[whereagles]

...are these foruns losing momentum as of lately?

Seems like less threads are posted and some regulars appear to be less active these days.

[Fluffy]

whereagles, on 2011-September-04, 14:40, said:

...are these foruns losing momentum as of lately?

Seems like less threads are posted and some regulars appear to be less active these days.

pehaps just a summer thing, at least that was my case, I think I will come back at full soon.

[whereagles]

I hope so. I like it more when the forum is so busy I can't keep track of stuff

[Free]

I'm going on honeymoon in a couple of weeks, but I'm sure the rest will take over.

[JLOGIC]

Definitely getting less active. Same with RGB. High volume regulars like jdonn leaving, many just much less active like han, cherdano, myself, etc and not that many high-volume newcomers.

[glen]

Well Justin does not need to post here if he keeps hitting home runs like this today:

the-negative-effects-of-professionalism-on-bridge-pros

[Phil]

Actually I thought we went through a lull a few months ago, but Justin is active again, MikeH is back, and Frances is posting again. Gnasher is active. The only really good poster that doesn't participate anymore is JDonn.

We need about another 1/2 dozen good players to sign up.

[mikeh]

glen, on 2011-September-06, 08:48, said:

Well Justin does not need to post here if he keeps hitting home runs like this today:

the-negative-effects-of-professionalism-on-bridge-pros

It is a great post. I wonder whether the effect Justin has noticed about professionals has also infected, tho perhaps for different reasons, the good amateur players in NA.

Even for amateurs, there is concern over finding good teammates....no, we won't be fired, but maybe we won't be asked to play in the next major event.

And as amateurs, we study the habits of the pros....after all, they live and breathe bridge while for us it is only a hobby....if they shy away from high variance action, isn't that because high variance action is losing bridge?

Justin makes a strong case that it isn't (at least, not if done well).

So maybe it isn't....maybe it's winning bridge against one's peers or against players stronger than we are.

Now if only I could convince my teammates

[FrancesHinden]

mikeh, on 2011-September-06, 09:43, said:

It is a great post. I wonder whether the effect Justin has noticed about professionals has also infected, tho perhaps for different reasons, the good amateur players in NA.

Even for amateurs, there is concern over finding good teammates....no, we won't be fired, but maybe we won't be asked to play in the next major event.

And as amateurs, we study the habits of the pros....after all, they live and breathe bridge while for us it is only a hobby....if they shy away from high variance action, isn't that because high variance action is losing bridge?

Justin makes a strong case that it isn't (at least, not if done well).

So maybe it isn't....maybe it's winning bridge against one's peers or against players stronger than we are.

Now if only I could convince my teammates

It is a great post and I think there's a lot of truth in it. The fundamental difference between being on an amateur team and being on the pro team is that (in general) your teammates are a similar standard to you. Surely part of the 'will I get fired' worry is that the sponsor won't understand why you have taken a particular action. There is an English sponsor who has told their team very clearly they are not to defend doubled partscores, basically ever. They still do it sometimes, and when one makes there's a huge row about it - and (I think) this is one reason why a great player was eventually fired from the team, because they wouldn't take that sort of instruction.

[JLOGIC]

glen, on 2011-September-06, 08:48, said:

Well Justin does not need to post here if he keeps hitting home runs like this today:

the-negative-effects-of-professionalism-on-bridge-pros

Heh, there is a high correlation in me posting on the forums and posting on my blog though, as pretty much I am either thinking about bridge/want to talk about it, or I don't.

[georgeac]

i usually lurk here quite a bit but as of late i have found bridgewinners to be far better in terms of quality posts and discussion.

[the hog]

Free, on 2011-September-05, 09:56, said:

I'm going on honeymoon in a couple of weeks, but I'm sure the rest will take over.

Whose?

[aguahombre]

Stay there. I will take over the honeymoon.

[Free]

aguahombre, on 2011-September-10, 22:46, said:

Stay there. I will take over the honeymoon.

Let me think ... hmmmm ... no

[jillybean]

Free, on 2011-September-05, 09:56, said:

I'm going on honeymoon in a couple of weeks, but I'm sure the rest will take over.

♥♥ Congratulations ♥♥

[inquiry]

Monthly post totals from Jan 2005 to present. Eight of the top ten months were in 2010. One each in 2008 and 2009, none so far in 2011, only 8 months given for 2011 compared to 12 for other years.

Date Count
Aug-11 6976
Jul-11 7297
Jun-11 7354
May-11 6282
Apr-11 6096
Mar-11 6039
Feb-11 5904
Jan-11 7045
Dec-10 6151
Nov-10 6560
Oct-10 6402
Sep-10 8333
Aug-10 8899
Jul-10 8657
Jun-10 8735
May-10 8234
Apr-10 8164
Mar-10 9270
Feb-10 7848
Jan-10 9827
Dec-09 7157
Nov-09 7343
Oct-09 7717
Sep-09 6542
Aug-09 7531
Jul-09 7111
Jun-09 6659
May-09 7169
Apr-09 7110
Mar-09 7695
Feb-09 8055
Jan-09 8333
Dec-08 8090
Nov-08 6125
Oct-08 6524
Sep-08 6492
Aug-08 6536
Jul-08 6405
Jun-08 6792
May-08 7594
Apr-08 7739
Mar-08 8073
Feb-08 9029
Jan-08 7633
Dec-07 6393
Nov-07 6887
Oct-07 7884
Sep-07 6821
Aug-07 7234
Jul-07 6676
Jun-07 6908
May-07 6572
Apr-07 5547
Mar-07 5798
Feb-07 5664
Jan-07 5387
Dec-06 4685
Nov-06 4764
Oct-06 3841
Sep-06 3373
Aug-06 3674
Jul-06 4686
Jun-06 4437
May-06 5425
Apr-06 5398
Mar-06 6010
Feb-06 4991
Jan-06 5247
Dec-05 4617
Nov-05 5843
Oct-05 6574
Sep-05 6716
Aug-05 5914
Jul-05 4939
Jun-05 5917
May-05 4738
Apr-05 4774
Mar-05 4206
Feb-05 3393
Jan-05 4136

[Bbradley62]

inquiry, on 2011-September-11, 21:15, said:

Oct-10 6402
Sep-10 8333

Doesn't this drastic drop coincide with the installation of the new forum software?

[JLOGIC]

Bbradley62, on 2011-September-11, 21:51, said:

Doesn't this drastic drop coincide with the installation of the new forum software?

I know jdonn and I both quit posting when the new forums came out, that might account for like 500 of the posts, lol

[helene_t]

All we need is a new water cooler hit ....

[cloa513]

helene_t, on 2011-September-12, 03:36, said:

All we need is a new water cooler hit ....

How about without Watercooler threads.