pilowsky Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 It is ridiculous that I should be able to score 50.09% in the BBO Forums Sunday Daylong. Until I discover that only 275 players completed the challenge. I note that this is basically a gigantic group challenge. We all get to play the same boards. This makes it different from every other robot tournament. I could understand one, two or even a few of the regular posters being absent. But nearly everyone! In the words of ? Congrats to Nige1, diana_eva, Povratnik and kenberg for beating me - again. And everyone else whose names I don't immediately recognise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 What is a BBO Forums Sunday daylong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 The BBO Forums Daylong is meant as a giant challenge. And it uses only one set of deals to be more entertaining. It's a closed event, and soon enough I hope to re-open the all-human ones, so we can play with each other and not with robots. There are no prizes, so not much incentive to cheat for. Although this being the forums the likelihood of someone taking the winners' hands and analysing them here is significantly bigger than in other tournaments :) The Forums tournaments were always meant as a way for the forumers to do stuff together outside the Forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 The BBO Forums Daylong is meant as a giant challenge. And it uses only one set of deals to be more entertaining. It's a closed event, and soon enough I hope to re-open the all-human ones, so we can play with each other and not with robots. There are no prizes, so not much incentive to cheat for. Although this being the forums the likelihood of someone taking the winners' hands and analysing them here is significantly bigger than in other tournaments :) The Forums tournaments were always meant as a way for the forumers to do stuff together outside the Forums. Yes, not giving prizes for online events is prudent. Neither the EBU nor the local club are giving out prizes for their games. With the table money so much lower, there isn’t really much to spare for prizes anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Yes, not giving prizes for online events is prudent. Neither the EBU nor the local club are giving out prizes for their games. With the table money so much lower, there isn’t really much to spare for prizes anyway. How does one join the current Robot version of the Daylong Forum tournament? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted June 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 As I understand it all Forum members - including you - are automatically enrolled. Just logon to BBO on the day go to the competitive section where you will find the tournament listed as free for all Forum members and you will be able to play - and no doubt easily beat me. The other members may prove more of a challenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 All I will say is that if it was announced here, I didn't see it. I've been in one (and meant to do yesterday, but this weekend was full of "stuff I wanted to do, but slept instead") from the last time it was mentioned (in the "2300 started, 250 finished" thread). Oh, apart from "thank you. That is a touchingly simple and sweet (and appropriate) reward for interest." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 We've been running them for years. I thought they were announced way back when in the BBO Forum Events forum, but I can't find it. IIRC, it started out as human indy, but eventually became a daylong robot tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 That wasn't a complaint, Barmar (or wasn't intended as one). Just an observation that I, with my posting history, didn't know of its existence, or didn't remember when you did announce it. I hope others, like me, now made aware, will join in, and we can push it up to 400, 500 entries a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 That wasn't a complaint, Barmar (or wasn't intended as one). Just an observation that I, with my posting history, didn't know of its existence, or didn't remember when you did announce it. I hope others, like me, now made aware, will join in, and we can push it up to 400, 500 entries a week!When one logs into BBO on any Sunday, the BBO Forums Daylong would have appeared at the top of the Tournaments menu. You would even have been pre-registered i.e. instead of the "Register" button, you would have seen a "Play" button. All one has to do is click and play! :) Hope many of you can join next week, and the one following it, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 I have a question about this daylong thing, which I may try — it is free, right? And I would welcome any hints on how to protect oneself from the robots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 As I understand it all Forum members - including you - are automatically enrolled. Just logon to BBO on the day go to the competitive section where you will find the tournament listed as free for all Forum members and you will be able to play - and no doubt easily beat me. The other members may prove more of a challenge! I haven't got an invite so far even though i joined the forum 2 weeks back. Am i missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 By invite, i meant that the bbo forum daylong does not appear in the list of free tournaments at all for me to register. Can someone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 Are you sure you were checking on the Sunday that it runs? (Which may be dependent on your timezone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 Yes, of course... at different times as well. I even sent a message to bbo support. They advised me to raise it in the forum. Left me wondering if there any other conditions to be met like minimum no. of posts or period as member. Hope to play this Sunday at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Right now, i checked 'free tournaments' and 'all tournaments' for bbo forum daylong. For the 3rd sunday in a row, it is not listed. Now, i am very sure that it is NOT open to all forum members. I do not know who is in-charge. Perhaps this explains why such a small % of members participate in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Right now, i checked 'free tournaments' and 'all tournaments' for bbo forum daylong. For the 3rd sunday in a row, it is not listed. Now, i am very sure that it is NOT open to all forum members. I do not know who is in-charge. Perhaps this explains why such a small % of members participate in it. I believe that there is a delay between joining and being eligible for the tournament Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Must be the case though I am surprised that the eligibility conditions are not readily accessible to the forum members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Must be the case though I am surprised that the eligibility conditions are not readily accessible to the forum members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Right now, i checked 'free tournaments' and 'all tournaments' for bbo forum daylong. For the 3rd sunday in a row, it is not listed. Now, i am very sure that it is NOT open to all forum members. I do not know who is in-charge. Perhaps this explains why such a small % of members participate in it. Hi. I've asked a tech to investigate whether the list of members updates as expected, however due to the timing they weren't available in time to catch the Christmas Sunday. I'll see what we find this week and hopefully have this fixed by next Sunday. Sorry about this, the forums tourney has been running fully automated for a long time; it took a while until we realized something might be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikannan Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Thanks diana_eva, the forum member-list is updated now. Hope to play from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naveak99 Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 I used to play the Forums Daylong every Sunday. I used to be automatically registered for it. But now for the past month or so, I find that it is not visible on the list of tournaments. Though when I see the list of completed tournaments, it is there. Do you need to be an active forum member to take part? Does prolonged inactivity rule you out? I really liked playing it since the field is tough and improving my scores in the tournament was a source of great satisfaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I used to play the Forums Daylong every Sunday. I used to be automatically registered for it. But now for the past month or so, I find that it is not visible on the list of tournaments. Though when I see the list of completed tournaments, it is there. Do you need to be an active forum member to take part? Does prolonged inactivity rule you out? I really liked playing it since the field is tough and improving my scores in the tournament was a source of great satisfaction.You have to have logged into the forum in the past year. Since you logged in this week, tomorrow's list should include you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naveak99 Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 You have to have logged into the forum in the past year. Since you logged in this week, tomorrow's list should include you.oh yes, the tournament is back in my list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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