diana_eva Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Please discuss the latest version of BBO here. The two visible changes in this version are:A free weekly Instant Tournament is now available in the Solitaire Bridge area. You can try an 8-board Instant Tourney every week for free, and replay it as many times as you wish.You can submit bigger profile photos from now on which, when clicked, will show up in full. See release notes here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geitsab Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 The Instant tournament is fixed (example, 14 opponents lead a club, only one leads anything else and YOU lose 10.IMP because that lead is the only lead that defeats the contract. BBO takes money for these tournaments. Shame on you. Please discuss the latest version of BBO here. The two visible changes in this version are:A free weekly Instant Tournament is now available in the Solitaire Bridge area. You can try an 8-board Instant Tourney every week for free, and replay it as many times as you wish.You can submit bigger profile photos from now on which, when clicked, will show up in full. See release notes here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 The Instant tournament is fixed (example, 14 opponents lead a club, only one leads anything else and YOU lose 10.IMP because that lead is the only lead that defeats the contract. BBO takes money for these tournaments. Shame on you. The new free Instant Tourney in Solitaire Bridge area is free. Instant Tourneys use boards from older tournaments for comparisons and it sometimes happens that different versions of GIB are in use. That's why you'll sometimes see your robot do something else than all other tables. If you prefer a very pure field where robots always behave identically, play the robot duplicates. Same price, they are played live not instant, and you won't have any discrepancies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhchung Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Free instants!!?!??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Free instants!!?!??! Smells like videos. I bet you'll get these right second time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhchung Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 You give me too much credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Question: When does the weekly free tournament reset? Great idea by the way. It says you can play as often as you want but my memory is still good enough it would feel like cheating. Maybe in a few more years will try more often lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 So, does this mean that you'll post larger cat pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Question: When does the weekly free tournament reset? Great idea by the way. It says you can play as often as you want but my memory is still good enough it would feel like cheating. Maybe in a few more years will try more often lol. It changes every Friday night morning. I don't think it's cheating to replay it even if you remember the boards. Everyone else will do the same. The idea is to practice and get another shot when something goes wrong. Easier to experiment this stuff with a free tourney than with a real IT :) Edit: Sorry it's Friday morning not night, I made a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 It's Saturday seems to have same hands as last week on free weekly. not 100% sure but sure looked the same. so didn't reset fri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 It resets at 01:00 CT Friday, which is actually late Thursday night, not Friday night. The current tourney was loaded at about 08:00 Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 The Instant tournament is fixed (example, 14 opponents lead a club, only one leads anything else and YOU lose 10.IMP because that lead is the only lead that defeats the contract. BBO takes money for these tournaments. Shame on you.Presumably you left a "not" out of that sentence, for it to make sense. Anyway, caveat emptor. I play in instants a lot, in the full knowledge of the differences in GIB versions. And by the way, sometimes I win 10 IMP for exactly the same reason. Not ideal, but there are compensations for the downside that you highlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu1997 Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 is this new version why i started being able to read my partner's alert on the screen? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 is this new version why i started being able to read my partner's alert on the screen? thanks Maybe there's a bug, we'll check what's happening. There's no intentional feature to allow someone to see partner's alerts - that's only happening for robot games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurabh_g Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Please discuss the latest version of BBO here. The two visible changes in this version are:A free weekly Instant Tournament is now available in the Solitaire Bridge area. You can try an 8-board Instant Tourney every week for free, and replay it as many times as you wish.You can submit bigger profile photos from now on which, when clicked, will show up in full. See release notes here. It's really a great addition. One more addition that I suggest you can implement in future that will make BBO much more exciting. I often noticed that people with limited skills in bridge claim themselves to be "expert" or "advanced". BBO can have their own ranking system, that will automatically indicate the appropriate skill level of any person playing here. Everybody should start as a "novice" and depending upon their performance in different "paid" or free tournaments and depending upon skill level of their opponents they can easily progress upward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 It resets at 01:00 CT Friday, which is actually late Thursday night, not Friday night. The current tourney was loaded at about 08:00 Friday.The weekly tournament reset-ie cleared results but the same hands reloaded. i remembered them fairly well. Bd 7 I will never forget and it was 100% sure the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhchung Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Hmm. Obviously I should make a video so we can verify repeat hands with no doubt! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericvlad01 Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Clicking on the pictures doesn't enlarge them. Did I get it wrong or it's a bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Clicking on the pictures doesn't enlarge them. Did I get it wrong or it's a bug? If the photo was uploaded before this upgrade it won't become bigger. Only photos that were uploaded after the upgrade will show up bigger when clicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericvlad01 Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 If the photo was uploaded before this upgrade it won't become bigger. Only photos that were uploaded after the upgrade will show up bigger when clicked. Was uploaded AFTER was announced the upgrade. Actually exactly for this I uploaded it. To check the new functionality. Maybe you can make a test too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Was uploaded AFTER was announced the upgrade. Actually exactly for this I uploaded it. To check the new functionality. Maybe you can make a test too. You don't have a profile photo loaded at the moment. Maybe it didn't take or wasn't accepted. Right now you have the BBO logo showing. Try mine, rain, uday to see how it's supposed to work. And upload yours again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 The weekly tournament reset-ie cleared results but the same hands reloaded. i remembered them fairly well. Bd 7 I will never forget and it was 100% sure the same.The trial that was loaded Friday morning was the first one. There hasn't been a chance for it to reset yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 is this new version why i started being able to read my partner's alert on the screen?This was a bug, it should be fixed now. It was only supposed to happen when playing with a robot partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monikrazy Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Can you clarify where to find this new tournament? I think I am looking in the wrong place. Using the web version, in the 'play solitaire bridge' area I see options for About Solitaire BridgeStart Video BridgeStart a Bridge 4 GameJust Play BridgePlay in an Instant Tournament The Instant tournament offers 4 tournaments, 2 each for ACBL and BBO, but none of them are free. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Can you clarify where to find this new tournament? I think I am looking in the wrong place. Using the web version, in the 'play solitaire bridge' area I see options for About Solitaire BridgeStart Video BridgeStart a Bridge 4 GameJust Play BridgePlay in an Instant Tournament The Instant tournament offers 4 tournaments, 2 each for ACBL and BBO, but none of them are free. Thanks. Hi Monik, Clear your browser's cache memory and restart the browser to pick the latest version. You are looking at the right place, but your BBO is still an older version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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