gszes Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Yep - he can.yep he canA. his partner can play (name please)b. play with anyone in which case we may have 4????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I'm awaiting Mars' response for the match. I am giving Larry a weekend off after our solid Gatlinburg outing. if you receive no reply from mars are you willing to patner another random poster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I don't understand why we don't have players clamouring to play in these matches.I would play every weekend if I was able & permitted to :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 yep he canA. his partner can play (name please)b. play with anyone in which case we may have 4????? I am available to play with my partner (Cameron Small). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 if you receive no reply from mars are you willing to patner another random poster? I'd rather play in a known partnership, especially since it's canape club. They haven't dealt with that often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 What time on Saturday? I'll turn up to watch and I'll play if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jallerton Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 If you want a regular partnership of BBF posters to score up with Phil and Cameron, Frances and I are available. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I'd rather play in a known partnership, especially since it's canape club. They haven't dealt with that often. for what its worth the only time we beat them (the last match 6 weeks ago i think the score was 34-30) everyone on the tem was playing a 2/1 variant. There is no need for too many special effects (ok ok i admit we talk about a LOT of special effects) we want to see good solid bridge like the kind we write about here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Reading the notes it looks possible we have possibly maybe 7 players interested with 2 set pairs. here is my understanding of the recap. Jillybean TylerE Nige1 Gszeszycki individuals wishing to partner anyonePhilKing and Cameron Small (is that bbo name)Jallerton and frances (is that bbo name) are willing to play if they can partner Phil and Cameron I'll be honest it will be a last resort to play a pair that want to limit who the other two players will be so if i misread that statement about Jallerton and partner let me know. I will let JEC know in about 6 hours who we are starting and i think we will even have extras so maybe a pair can start and we can sub in a pair after 14 boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I think that, in general, we should be aiming to field the strongest team possible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 YAY for the BBBF (British BBF) team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catch22 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 YAY for the BBBF (British BBF) team!+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Jallerton and frances (is that bbo name) are willing to play if they can partner Phil and Cameron I'll be honest it will be a last resort to play a pair that want to limit who the other two players will be so if i misread that statement about Jallerton and partner let me know. jallerton can speak for theirself but it seemed to me that the offer was simply to fill out the team with a regular partnership of two BBF posters, rather than one poster + one not OR two posters who hadn't played together, and assuming that Phil and Cameron were already committed to. IMHO the forums give the best account of themselves with regular partnerships, but the pickup approach appears to work fine too, so whatevs. :) I'm just glad we have these matches at all. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 does this mean cherdano is throwing their hat in the ring also????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 jallerton can speak for theirself but it seemed to me that the offer was simply to fill out the team with a regular partnership of two BBF posters, rather than one poster + one not OR two posters who hadn't played together, and assuming that Phil and Cameron were already committed to. Correct. You seemed to be concerned about not having regular partnerships of BBF posters. "frances (is that a bbo name?)" is Finch on BBO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I think that, in general, we should be aiming to field the strongest team possible. A good goal BUT We had a 0-33 record and most of the matches were not close we finally won one 6 weeks agoand haven't been able to field a team since. So tell me what criteria do we use to pick ourchampions??? Should a player play again until they have lost? Do we want to have a votelisting all of the available players and should it be open for all to see ?? Should we go strictly bynumber of posts? Should we go by most MP (in which case we all have to keep our number up to date)Should a player that has never had a chance go before one that has tried and lost before??? Do we have all players send in a resume and see which looks the most impressive? The list of ideasis almost endless IMO we will try to field the strongest team possible but using the following "system" gather players from writers (posters who answer questions)gather players from questionerswriters with their partnersquestioners with their partnerswriters and questioners can form an entire team of non posters but the above will have priority. Now I freely admit I do not know all of the writers (for ex I never saw a post by keylime before last week)so I do not know all of the writers. I can go to the forums to look when they show interest in playing. We should also have a seniority type set up in the sense of if you play and lose you go to the back ofthe line. Playing and winning (a rare event so far) allows you to keep your current place and indeedyou should be allowed to defend your title at least every other session. That way if we do get a ummm errr stammer yeah right winning streak one foursome cant play all the time just half the time. I have no problem with 1 or 2 players going on and on and on as long as they play and win with differentpartners. So what does all of the above have to do with this week??? Well if the list is the way i noted it earlierwe would have a team of Jillybean TylerE Nige1 and myself (all writers) Now the next questiondoes anyone want to defend their recent victory (i do) If there are no others then we go by who hasnever played TylerE Nige1 have never played partnership philKing and cameron small have never played (as far as i can tell) RIGHT THERE we have enough to form a team I will sit this one out and try next time and intend to submit PhilKing and (cameron small) need bbo name and TylerE and Nige1 can partner one another I will let JEC know about you four and we can straighten out bbo names tomorrow remember game is at 2pm est. jec will invite you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron_1 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Cameron_1 is my BBO login Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Correct. You seemed to be concerned about not having regular partnerships of BBF posters. I assume that's the royal "you" and not directed at me specifically since I hadn't weighed in on that particular question before then. :) As it happens that's my preference too, but I'm mostly a bystander here so my opinion shouldn't matter so much. :) EDIT: Didn't see gszes' last post till now. Agree with everything in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is there a time that the match has been agreed upon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jallerton Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I'll be honest it will be a last resort to play a pair that want to limit who the other two players will be so if i misread that statement about Jallerton and partner let me know. GreenMan is correct. In previous posts you seemed to have been complaining about the lack of volunteers and lack of available regular partnerships. Presumably it will also be a last resort for you to select JLOGIC given that he has a 0/1 record in BBF vs JEC and places restrictions on his preferred opponents. That is a shame. Anyway, good luck to the selected team. I hope TylerE and Nige1 have time to agree their system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I think it's silly to discard jallerton and finch on one of the few occasions they are actually available to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 This is crazy, the team should consist of established partnerships whenever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Still time for a team of 6? We should be available for some practice with with TylerE and Nigel Guthrie beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Still time for a team of 6? We should be available for some practice with with TylerE and Nigel Guthrie beforehand. IMO jallerton and franceshinden must play if available. PhilKing, Cameron1 and TylerE are worthy representatives. Although I'm happy to make up the team if needed. When is the match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 I agree with the sentiment that the strongest possible team should be fielded. Any word on time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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