3-way match on BBO

[nickf]

Here's a little problem that is playing with my head.

 

How do you broadcast a 3 team game (a triangle match) on BBO so that you get meaningful comparative scores in the Movie window.

 

Remember, in a triangle match you cant link any of the two tables because this always contains both pairs from say TEAM A and a pair from TEAM B and TEAM C.

 

thanks in advance.

 

nickf

sydney

[paulg]

Presumably each table plays different boards in each round, so you need three unlinked tables in round 1.

 

In round 2, again you have unlinked tables but the operator can input the results from the appropriate table from the first round to ensure relevant scoring.

 

Paul

[hotShot]

I don't know how to do that with the software, but ..

 

You play 2 rounds and during the first it's impossible to have the scores.

 

During the 2nd round you should be able to enter the 1rst round results as results for the closed room.

[Mr. Dodgy]

Tricky...

 

As noted previously, you obviously aren't going to get comparative scores during the first 'leg'.

 

But an improvement on having the operator enter the previous results manually during the second leg may be possible.

 

However, you might need 6 PCs (actually, with clever shuffling I think 4 will suffice - and I know you have those ;)).

 

Leave the first leg broadcasts running until the second leg starts (if not possible, quit the broadcast without properly 'closing' it so you can restart them later just prior to the 2nd leg), then take PC#4 and 'connect' to PC#1's broadcast as if broadcasting the closed room. Once that's done, take PC#1, end it's existing broadcast and, again, reconnect to PC#2's broadcast. Then end #2's broadcast and use it to connect to PC#3's broadcast. You can quit #3's broadcast then.

 

Slightly easier if you had 6 PCs

 

Hopefully you'll manage to retain all the bidding and play from the 1st leg during the broadcast of the 2nd leg this way.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

me.

 

 

P.S. Is it possible to broadcast using BBOTV/FLASH? you might get away only 3 PCs in that case assuming a sufficient number of operator accounts provides the facility to log in multiple times from one PC.

 

P.P.S. funny you posted this today - I played my first triangle match yesterday!

[Mr. Dodgy]

If that works perhaps it could be tweaked for style points...

 

When the 1st table finishes the 1st leg, use PC#4 to link to that match (invisibly?), and you'll be ready to rip for the second leg...and so forth...

[sfbp]

If Uday were to add a "no-movement" movement, you could run it as a pairs game with one round per board? Or am I missing something......

 

Sounds a lot like the real live swiss matches where three teams play - essentially you have a mitchell movement. The only problem might be scoring each team against the "field" as opposed to against only the opponents they faced on that board. That relatively small change might be all Uday or Fred has to do to fix it.