Reporting Rude Behavior

[hotShot]

Difficulties are probably technical ones--how to determine when a board is sufficiently complete?

I would define "midhand" as "from the first bid up to the last card". I don't

think that this is difficult to determine by the (client) software.

It is not that simple! If a board is finished the next one is dealt immediatelly. If the dealer e.g. has a clear pass, he might have bid, faster than you can leave the table.

 

So make it after the first bid,a player actually made.

 

What about the dummy, he is not expected to play any card until the game is over, i think it is the best moment to leave while you are dummy. This way another player can take your seat, and the next board can start without delay. So it should be appropriate to leave.

 

A great solution would be, if a player who bid or played a card at a certain board, cannot sit at another table until this board is finished at that table. This "mini ban" would just hit table hoppers, and if a board is not finished at the other table, because they don't find a replacement, the "mini ban" will be longer.

[Brandal]

One thing I have noticed in Main Bridge,

is that when we are 4 norwegians playing

at the table we rarely experience the

constant leaving and having to find new

partner or opps.

 

When I play with someone and just accept

two random opps from "anywhere" we see

that it usually takes almost an hour and 8-10

boards to have the table "settle".

 

I'm guessing it is like this with people from

other countries too?

 

Are we being less patient/tolerant with foreigners

and/or people we don't know?

[helene_t]

We are probably nicer to people from our own country than to foreigners. In a familiar group, you can be held responsible for your behaviour. Of course, four people online from the same country is not a familiar group, but maybe it feels more familiar than a table with four different nationalities.

 

But maybe it's something else. If four Norwegians are playing at the same table it looks as if they chose that table deliberately and already planned to stay there for a while.

 

Other than table-shopping, I think people at BBO behave very well in general. I have seen very few flames on this forum and I've only enemy-listed a single player (who was someone who harrassed his/her partner).

[Brandal]

If four Norwegians are playing at the same table it looks as if they chose that table deliberately and already planned to stay there for a while.

This is sometimes the case,but I would say just

as many times there are one at least who is

"randomly chosen".

 

We have all kinds in Norway too,didn't mean to

say otherwise :P

[Rain]

I mostly play with people I already know, mostly singaporeans. It used to be easier to find "friends" when the community is smaller. Harder now, depend on fate? :>

 

Once you get to know someone more, and choose to play at same table, its harder to just leave table for whatever reason. You *know* the person you let down will chase you down or something. And if you're in the same country, more possibility of real life homicide or whatever! =P

[Brandal]

I mostly play with people I already know, mostly singaporeans. It used to be easier to find "friends" when the community is smaller. Harder now, depend on fate? :>

 

Once you get to know someone more, and choose to play at same table, its harder to just leave table for whatever reason. You *know* the person you let down will chase you down or something. And if you're in the same country, more possibility of real life homicide or whatever! =P

I will never report anyone for leaving my table

in Main,it is mildly annoying but not rude.

 

I will report if I or anyone at my table is

verbally abused.

 

I agree that in tournaments it is a big problem

when people just leave after a disagreement

or something like that.

 

Frequent tournamentabusers should be punished

with bans that get longer the more frequent.

[ducky_rh]

Just a side note: I suggest never showing one's email address in one's profile. Why? The other day I reported a particularly obnoxious tournament participant, to the TD at the time, and later to BBO by the obscure and cumbersome email process.

 

Now, I have never had a serious virus on my computer in several years of constant internet use, but within an hour of the tournament incident, I received an email containing Backdoor.Zincite.A and W32.Mydoom.M viruses, which devastated my computer. I cannot, of course, prove any connection, but the coincidence is obvious. And I do not wish these viruses on anyone, even my very few "enemies"...they are extremely nasty.

 

I was able to remove the viruses, but a week later I am still trying to clean my computer and get everything to work right.

 

Needless to say, I removed my email address from my profile immediately.

[ack_hh]

Just a side note: I suggest never showing one's email address in one's profile. Why? The other day I reported a particularly obnoxious tournament participant, to the TD at the time, and later to BBO by the obscure and cumbersome email process.

 

Now, I have never had a serious virus on my computer in several years of constant internet use, but within an hour of the tournament incident, I received an email containing Backdoor.Zincite.A and W32.Mydoom.M viruses

I doubt that there is someone taking note of the e-mail addresses

in the players' profiles.

 

Most likely one of the recipients' computers is infected, or it was pure coincidence.

 

One should never open e-mails containing strange addresses, subjects, or attachments.

An up to date virus scanner protects against these well known viruses.

[jdulmage]

I don't think reporting people who leave is the most efficient way to deal with this. Best is some automated punishment like banning from playing if they leave halfway or something. Hard to code I think.

considering how it is almost impossible to determine if somebody disconnects due to ISP issues or just leaves.

 

The way I look at it, who cares. Just get a sub in for the person and all is well. This is one of the reasons why playing bridge in person/real life is far better than online.