[rusww]

BBO

'Express' tournaments offer an interesting & enjoyable event - HOWEVER - I find it extremely frustrating from a number of aspects --- as follows -- what do you think ?? - what changes would help ????

A.... i have been 'timed' out from some events, since I find waiting 8/9 minutes for the start of the event as toooooooooooooo long ....
quite simply ... 8 minute wait is too long !! It has meant that i got distracted, am researching, sending emails, etc, & consequently time quickly passes & forget I was signed in !
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>>>>>>>> thus can I suggest that BBO limit signing period to say 4 minutes max ?
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B-- slow bidding by opps ! -- means hands get timed out = average scores !!!!!
...................& i have lost out many times, achieving 50% and not +ve +50% scores :-( !!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.... thus can I suggest you extend bidding / play time to 7 minutes from 6 ?
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C +++++ thus additionally,
>>>>>>>>>>> you reduce player bidding time to 45 seconds ?
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D..... thus following on from reducing bidding time to 45 secs;

>>>>>>>>>> suggest, initiating warnings after 15 secs delay; then @ 30 - then quickly inserting a robot
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E ..... then arising from this player being timed out they are informed by email @ their failure & how many 'failures' they are allowed before being barred from entering ?
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F -- robots - !!! I double for penalties & get taken out by the robot !!!!! = 0 % !!!!!
>>>>>>> extremely annoying --- can robots be told to 'shut-up ' ?
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G... 'averages'; far too many averages occur; especially through deliberate slow play by opps when they are losing !!!!
>>>>>>>> can TD be called to adjudicate ---- or build in penalty, to be levied upon opps for slow play ????
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Russell

[mgoetze]

My comment is "wrong forum".

[Bbradley62]

Yes, it would be good if an administrator could move this to the correct forum, but Russell raises some good points.

I have also lost several tournaments because I've gotten distracted during the long wait before the start of the game. I support suggestion A of shortening the waiting period.

I also like suggestion C of shortening the time limit to 45 secs per play.

E is unnecessary, since this information is already available. Tournaments specify their required tournament completion rate, if any; each player can see his completion rate by looking at his own profile.

G is hard, because there's no easy way to differentiate between offenders and non-offenders when a board does not get completed. But if Express tourneys are going to become a major component of the tournament system, it would be good to see habitual slow players get barred from Express tournaments.

[Free]

mgoetze, on 2010-December-20, 06:50, said:

My comment is "wrong forum".

Agree, but I would spell it """""""""""""wrong forum""""""""""""""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pooltuna]

rusww, on 2010-December-20, 06:02, said:

BBO

'Express' tournaments offer an interesting & enjoyable event - HOWEVER - I find it extremely frustrating from a number of aspects --- as follows -- what do you think ?? - what changes would help ????
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G... 'averages'; far too many averages occur; especially through deliberate slow play by opps when they are losing !!!!
>>>>>>>> can TD be called to adjudicate ---- or build in penalty, to be levied upon opps for slow play ????
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Russell

Regarding G: I think the best way for BBO to handle this would to be to assign not averages but to keep a clock on both sides and assign a score value = [1-time used/6 min(altho I thought it was 5)] * 100%. But this may not be possible due to software problems and where time used represents the total bidding time and play time for each side. Other gamesmanship is still possible if one side becomes aware that the other side has exceeded or approached half the time