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Just noticed my completion rate is at 92
In all the years I have played in BBO I would only have not completed a few tournaments out of possibly 1000s, at least many many 100s
And the only time I would ever have missed one would not have been withdrawal. It would have been a technical or other unavoidable issue
If you mistakenly start a Daylong too late and get booted out does that count as incomplete lol That happened a few times too - time zones lol
I don't mean to make light but seriously who can afford to waste a tournament fee these days
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Posted 2025-May-30, 18:47
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Posted 2025-May-31, 11:41
thepossum, on 2025-May-30, 18:47, said:
Hi
Just noticed my completion rate is at 92
In all the years I have played in BBO I would only have not completed a few tournaments out of possibly 1000s, at least many many 100s
And the only time I would ever have missed one would not have been withdrawal. It would have been a technical or other unavoidable issue
If you mistakenly start a Daylong too late and get booted out does that count as incomplete lol That happened a few times too - time zones lol
I don't mean to make light but seriously who can afford to waste a tournament fee these days
P
Just noticed my completion rate is at 92
In all the years I have played in BBO I would only have not completed a few tournaments out of possibly 1000s, at least many many 100s
And the only time I would ever have missed one would not have been withdrawal. It would have been a technical or other unavoidable issue
If you mistakenly start a Daylong too late and get booted out does that count as incomplete lol That happened a few times too - time zones lol
I don't mean to make light but seriously who can afford to waste a tournament fee these days
P
Just to clarify - Daylongs don't count towards your TCR, so missing those isn't an issue.
However, you did register for this timed robot duplicate in the past 60 days and didn't play it:
https://www.bridgeba...rname=thepossum
In timed games, your TCR is affected if you don't play, because other players are waiting on you to finish so they can get their scores. If you ever need to exit a robot tourney, use the Withdraw button - it won't hurt your TCR. Letting time run out without playing does count as incomplete.
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Posted 2025-June-02, 21:35
diana_eva, on 2025-May-31, 11:41, said:
Just to clarify - Daylongs don't count towards your TCR, so missing those isn't an issue.
However, you did register for this timed robot duplicate in the past 60 days and didn't play it:
https://www.bridgeba...rname=thepossum
In timed games, your TCR is affected if you don't play, because other players are waiting on you to finish so they can get their scores. If you ever need to exit a robot tourney, use the Withdraw button - it won't hurt your TCR. Letting time run out without playing does count as incomplete.
However, you did register for this timed robot duplicate in the past 60 days and didn't play it:
https://www.bridgeba...rname=thepossum
In timed games, your TCR is affected if you don't play, because other players are waiting on you to finish so they can get their scores. If you ever need to exit a robot tourney, use the Withdraw button - it won't hurt your TCR. Letting time run out without playing does count as incomplete.
Thanks, that was due to unforseen and unavoidable circumstances. Some of us have them in life. A bit cruel in a robot tourney. Not really inconveniencing anyone
I am usually one of those waiting for others to finish and one forced unavoidable opprtuinty to play and finish penalises me that much
60 minutes allocated to a tourney. Everyone at a table with 3 robots. Come on
Should just be 1% penalty if anythingI have been in so many of those tourneys. If other people are still playing up to the 60 minute mark I find other things to do in life
As if the pain of wasting two US(!!) dollars isn't enough
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Posted 2025-June-03, 09:45
"unavoidable circumstances". But you didn't start it - you could have withdrawn.
Yes, these things happen. We know. We want to know *how often* these things happen *with you*, so we can determine how likely it is that it will happen *in my tournament today*.
So, you had a choice. You could have taken a couple of minutes to Withdraw, and not take a hit, or you could have considered the unavoidable circumstances time-critical enough that you were willing to take a 60-day hit to your reliability index to not take that couple of minutes. I understand, we've all been there, I have the hours waiting in the ER to prove it.
And it can be a 1% hit. All you have to do is play 88 more tournaments in the "last 60 days". Since that includes "and pay for", I'm sure BBO won't mind that!
If it sounds like I'm being mean and uncaring, well, I have history for that. Go look it up. But also realize that every tournament you don't finish disrupts N tables of players and the director. Who also has a decision to make - "is this person's $4.50 worth the hassle it will be for me and the rest of my players if they have 'unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances' again?" And a good way to make that decision is "how likely is that? 5%? 10%? 20%? Any time they aren't doing well in the first few rounds and decides it's not worth finishing?" and setting their bar appropriately.
Yes, these things happen. We know. We want to know *how often* these things happen *with you*, so we can determine how likely it is that it will happen *in my tournament today*.
So, you had a choice. You could have taken a couple of minutes to Withdraw, and not take a hit, or you could have considered the unavoidable circumstances time-critical enough that you were willing to take a 60-day hit to your reliability index to not take that couple of minutes. I understand, we've all been there, I have the hours waiting in the ER to prove it.
And it can be a 1% hit. All you have to do is play 88 more tournaments in the "last 60 days". Since that includes "and pay for", I'm sure BBO won't mind that!
If it sounds like I'm being mean and uncaring, well, I have history for that. Go look it up. But also realize that every tournament you don't finish disrupts N tables of players and the director. Who also has a decision to make - "is this person's $4.50 worth the hassle it will be for me and the rest of my players if they have 'unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances' again?" And a good way to make that decision is "how likely is that? 5%? 10%? 20%? Any time they aren't doing well in the first few rounds and decides it's not worth finishing?" and setting their bar appropriately.
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Posted 2025-June-03, 11:36
thepossum, on 2025-June-02, 21:35, said:
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As if the pain of wasting two US(!!) dollars isn't enough
As if the pain of wasting two US(!!) dollars isn't enough
You can actually ask for a refund on that. If it happens occasionally, we're lenient about it and refund generously. Esp in cases like this where you didnt get to play at all.
Like you said, life happens. I've applied a refund for you for that game
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