[Jay Silver]

BBOSkill has stopped it's invaluable service due to high numbers of members using BBO, and, they, say, lack of help/support from BBO
I certainly benefitted from BBOSkill, recommend it to others and would appreciate it working again

[schlaks]

Jay Silver, on 2012-July-12, 05:22, said:

BBOSkill has stopped it's invaluable service due to high numbers of members using BBO, and, they, say, lack of help/support from BBO
I certainly benefitted from BBOSkill, recommend it to others and would appreciate it working again

I agree.

[dtol]

Jay Silver, on 2012-July-12, 05:22, said:

BBOSkill has stopped it's invaluable service due to high numbers of members using BBO, and, they, say, lack of help/support from BBO
I certainly benefitted from BBOSkill, recommend it to others and would appreciate it working again

The only feature missing from the BBO system is a "reasonable" method of rating the skill of players. OKBridge has the "Lehman Ratings", and though imperfect, it helps to estimate comparative skills. BBOSkill is trying to fill this void and BBO should either support it or provide an alternative.

[absalon2]

find it very useful to know with whom i am playing

[ipo123]

I think BBO should aid bboskill.com in continuing service. For those who don't know, the site allows you to follow your skill level by aveaging you previous months scores. I use it every day.

[jamegumb]

With all the above, I concur.

[JLOGIC]

lol shillssssss

[JLOGIC]

Stop spamming us. We are not stupid, when multiple posters with 1 total post come to post about this on different subforums, we know it is the same person (who created bboskill). ***** off.

[diana_eva]

Actually i don't think it's the same person. The bbo skill site links to the BBO forums prompting people to post to show their support.

[JLOGIC]

ah great, they are just promoting spam and not doing themselves. nice. if only someone could create something like a PETITION to avoid this spam.

[diana_eva]

yeah, he shd just open a support thread and point everyone there instead

[FM75]

ipo123, on 2012-July-12, 10:42, said:

I think BBO should aid bboskill.com in continuing service. For those who don't know, the site allows you to follow your skill level by aveaging you previous months scores. I use it every day.

Because you forgot last month's score a day later?
I guess that saves paper.

[jjbrr]

if you need a website to tell you how good you are at bridge...

[baggottm]

I would appreciate BBO integrating BBOskill or an alternate effective rating system into the site. Thanks

[kfay]

It's hilarious that BBOskill is now trying to get money from BBO for their site. Good luck.

[jamegumb]

JLOGIC, on 2012-July-12, 12:51, said:

lol shillssssss

lol

If by shill you mean am I blatantly advertising and advocating for a site for which I have no affiliation whatsoever, but really enjoyed the free service they were providing, I'm guilty as charged.

(Frankly, I couldn't care less if online ratings are provided by bbo, bboskill, ACBL, ELO, FIDE, or Charles Goren's granddaughter. I'd just like to be able to find them *somewhere*.)

[davepen]

I do hope that BBO can see its way to supporting BBOSkill. I use it often as a way of gauging my ongoing scores and skills around the table and particularly when another player is under rating themselves and by informing them, it can then be used to boost their confidence. It certainly provides an interesting topic for conversation with other players. Yes it may be slow at times but patience is a virtue. I hope others agree with me, Davepen.

[phall230]

I was disappointed to log in to bboskill and find it not responding today.

In my opinion it is a big bonus to BBO users.

It is interesting to see one's own record, of course.

Also it debunks players who pretend to be better or worse than they are, and gives a valuable independent way of finding the playing strengths of players - let's face it in bridge clubs and tournaments we soon know this, but online at BBO players can - and do - call themselves world class who would barely get 50% at a local duplicate. Or intermediate when they are rather strong. Both happen a lot on BBO asnd it is a weakness on the site.

For this reason I think bboskill helps elevate the status of bbo, which as we all know is already a very fine bridge site.

The EBU (English Bridge Union) has introduced it's NGS (National Grading Scheme) and this is having a similarly good effect on bridge in England.

Thanks for reading!

Peter Hall

[verena 6]

Just learned that bboskill.com stopped today, wish I knew what to do to get it back. I already miss it, not just to see how I am doing but also to find my partner's or opponents skill. And it also made me laugh when a self proclaimed 'expert' turned out to be an intermediate.
bboskill proved its usefullness and fills a gap as BBO itself doesn't give players rightly earned levels, which is a pity.

[kfay]

Why on earth would BBO pay these yahoos one dime when they could easily have instituted this service years ago? Or rather, implement it themselves now for free?

It's just LOL that bboskill thinks they're providing some service to BBO. They are offering nothing BBO couldn't do themselves. It's consistently been the position over the years that this was something BBO just wasn't going to do.