Vugraph commentary logging

[mrdct]

I have received a lot of enquiries from people as to the post factum availability of vugraph commentary. My standard answer is to tell them to enable the logging of "chat" through their personal BBO options. However, when going through the commentary after the event, it can be hard at times to work out which hand the commentators were talking about.

 

One solution would be for the operator to type in a comment like "Board 21 coming up" or just "Brd21" at or about the time he/she redeals. However, the vugraph operator often has a million things on their mind and may forget to do this. A better solution might be for the software to automatically generate a system chat comment of "Board 21 coming up" every time the vugraph operator "redeals" to a new board. Similar software enhancements could include system generated chat comments for changes in the score and number of boards remaining.

[hallway]

or you could do what I have told my members to do for the Playing of the Hand/Discussion Format lessons in the BIL -

 

Send a friend a message - Type in the chat - Board 1

When Board 2 is dealt send them another message - Board 2

 

(pays to clue the friend in first !!)

 

That is then recorded on your Chat Log = ergo no problems deciding which Chat belongs to which boards .

 

I must say though that the Teachers are pretty good at 'saying' next board / moving on / Board # and so on which does the trick anyway.

 

So until the software does it for you (will there come the day when there is nothing left for us to do - hmmm?? ) - try that.