rmunson1 Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 I have established many team matches when all 8 players have been online, ready to go. I assign each a seat and start the match. Very straightforward, it works.I have tried, quite unsuccessfully, to start matches when less than 8 (say 4 out of 8 have arrived). I hoped that 1 of 2 techniques would allow me to fill the seats and let the match begin.1 - invite. When I try to 'invite' I am given a very very long list of substitutes. What I want is a list of friends online that are now ready to play.2 - 'Sit' - I hoped that friends could find my match, request to be seated, and I would be asked to confirm that they are allowed to sit there. When they tried, nothing happened. They could not sit. I have heard that it is possible to establish the team match without all 8 players logged on at the time, but so far my attempts at searching the forum have not found a post that explains how that is accomplished.Fortunately, I have become familiar with +nokill+ +private+ +slow+ +silentspecs+. The first time I tried (without all players seated), I wasn't aware and got the experience shown here: In addition, is it documented somewhere about what all the choices are like +private+ and what they mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmunson1 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Sorry for my lack of research. I have solved problem #1 by creating another ID and playing with it more. Even though 'invite' produces a list of random substitutes, I learned all I need to do is go to the bottom and type whatever name I want and they will receive an invite.Using that other ID, I created another team match and tried to "Sit!". A popup came up 'Waiting for permission' which is what I would have expected. However, on my screen (that started the team match), no permission request appeared. Clearly the concept is there and working, except I don't know how to get it to work. Where is the permission request supposed to pop up on the Director's screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan_O Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 I have become familiar with +nokill+ +private+ +slow+ +silentspecs+. what means +nokill+ and +silentspecs+ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmunson1 Posted May 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 what means +nokill+ and +silentspecs+ ?+nokill+ means that BBO will not detect slow play and kill the hand - the declarer/defenders can take as long as they like and the hand will proceed to completion.+silentspecs+ means that kibitzers are not allowed to talk to the table or players at the table. Sorry for almost a month delay in responding. Just now saw the question. BBO never sent me an email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 +nokill+ means the team match will not be killed automatically in 15 minutes if it still have sitouts+silentspecs+ means kibitzers will not be able to send chat to kibs (same as vugraph). You won't need this unless you are doing an exhibition match with hundreds of kibs and want to prevent public chat. Team match creation and various additional description strings are documented here: https://blog.bridgebase.com/2020/05/01/setting-up-team-matches-on-bbo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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