criptik Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Is there a way to chat to everyone registered for a tournament before the tournament actually starts? For me, neither Chat->Tournament from the director's menu, nor picking Tournament in the regular chat window seems to do anything (before the tournament has started) On a related question is there a way to chat to a list of usernames? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 No, there's no way to chat to a multiple usernames or tourney registrants. When the tourney starts there's usually a blast sent to all the tables, this is the usual way to reach all registrants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 No, there's no way to chat to a multiple usernames or tourney registrants. When the tourney starts there's usually a blast sent to all the tables, this is the usual way to reach all registrants. Is there a way to set up a multi-line blast to all the tables during tournament creation, or using chat just after the start?I have often seen tournaments blast multiple lines of chat at the beginning but do not know how it is done.Tournament creation just seems to expect a single line of text (maybe there is some escape sequence to create newlines). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Tournaments that we create automatically on a schedule, like all the speedballs and virtual club tournaments, have a blast message in the settings. I don't think there's anything equivalent when you create a tourney by hand, so the TD just has to use "Chat->Tournament" after the game starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir John D Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Is there a way to set up a multi-line blast to all the tables during tournament creation, or using chat just after the start?I have often seen tournaments blast multiple lines of chat at the beginning but do not know how it is done.Tournament creation just seems to expect a single line of text (maybe there is some escape sequence to create newlines). Next time a director uses the blast method, ask them how they did it. It may be that they have a special gadget or BBO have given them an extra facility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 You can use "Chat->Tournament" before the tournament starts. But it will only go to players who are in the tourney lobby, not everyone who is registered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criptik Posted April 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 You can use "Chat->Tournament" before the tournament starts. But it will only go to players who are in the tourney lobby, not everyone who is registered. How does a player get into the tourney lobby after registering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 When you click on the tournament, so you see the headings "Register, Details, Entries, Partnership Desk", you're in the tourney lobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank34589 Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 To 'blast' to all participants, after tourney has started, you can use the 'chat manager' to set up what you want to send, prior to the tournament. An interesting option can also be found in the directors forum under 'Input Director Phrases for Tournaments''. Allows you to type pre-set letters to type whole phrases. ie: typing the letters 'bbi' to input 'Welcome to *** Bridge Club. Please play promptly when it is your turn. Everyone please be polite. Let's have a fun evening.' or typing 'bb1' to input 'This evening, we are playing 6 rounds of 3 boards @ 7 minutes each, 21min per round. This tournament uses pre-dealt hands. Your convention card will default to SAYC if it is not set to something else.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 To 'blast' to all participants, after tourney has started, you can use the 'chat manager' to set up what you want to send, prior to the tournament. Does this work correctly in the V3 web client? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank34589 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Does this work correctly in the V3 web client? 'Chat manager' should work for all Bridge Base Online versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir John D Posted May 17, 2020 Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 You can use "Chat->Tournament" before the tournament starts. But it will only go to players who are in the tourney lobby, not everyone who is registered. I didn't appreciate that. Have been wasting my time. Gutted. It would be helpful to have a facility to contact all on the Custom List, for example. Saves all the faffing. Have tried to understand computer programming but sadly, beyond my brain. Even in lockdown, all the time in the World, is not going to help. Keep safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 This has been improved. If you chat to tournament, it will go to everyone who has registered in the tournament, even if they've left the tourney lobby. You can send these chats before the tourney starts and for a few minutes after it ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrice Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 This has been improved. If you chat to tournament, it will go to everyone who has registered in the tournament, even if they've left the tourney lobby. You can send these chats before the tourney starts and for a few minutes after it ends. For the last days I've been getting two copies when I use the Chat to Tournament either as a player or from the directors tab. Output looks like:>tournament: Thanks for directing>tournament (*2934):Thanks for directing All the chat to tournament appears this way. Am I doing something wrong? ThanksPeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 All the chat to tournament appears this way. Am I doing something wrong?No, this was reported as well in another thread. https://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/83026-chat-to-tournament-by-a-director-appearing-twice-for-other-player-directors/page__pid__999160#entry999160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 carbon Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 In V1, any registrant can chat to tourney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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