bboskill
#121
Posted 2012-July-20, 17:23
- there was almost no unrated matches, and if you tried to start one, you'd never get opponents
- everyone would complain when we were doing mentoring in a rated game (for any of the several reasons, even if there wasn't discussion at the table)
- all the matches said "ratings X to X+2 only" (which, of course, meant that nothing ever changed, and if your rating was 55 and partner's was 45, you were totally out of luck)
Eventually I was mentoring 3 people because that was the only way to reliably get a table.
I see "option to rate" becoming "no game if it's not rated" PDQ (because in my experience it was), and the two obvious differences between chess and bridge, as far as that is concerned, should be obvious (sorry for the LOLcat reference).
Which would bother me if I want to **** around with my friends [good player who likes to play games when drinking], [good player who will be great player in time], and [great player now] on a Friday night, where the bridge itself is at most third on the reasons we're there. It would bother me if I wanted to practise, or play with a new partner, or play a "system we need to understand so we can play against it", or if I wanted to play against [local experts who like me as TD], who given the rating difference, would have to pound out a 65+% game against us to keep from dropping (and is that fun for anybody?)
I can see lots of reasons why we would want ratings; the only one that would satisfy me would be the one that came up the last long discussion - ratings used to match "find me a game", *and kept secret from everybody*. In fact, I don't even want to know that it's happening, thank you, never mind knowing what my (or anyone else's) rating is.
#122
Posted 2012-July-20, 17:44
quiddity, on 2012-July-20, 10:28, said:
No you don't. It is not yours. If you don't like it, don't play on it and play on another site that does have ratings.
#123
Posted 2012-July-20, 18:40
helene_t, on 2012-July-20, 09:11, said:
Sure but then the claim is that someone in the top 1% would enjoy a game against someone around the 19th percentile. Somehow I have my doubts....
-- Bertrand Russell
#124
Posted 2012-July-21, 03:24
the hog, on 2012-July-20, 17:44, said:
How absurd, of course he has the right to make suggestions, there is even a forum for it, making it an explicit right granted by Fred. This isn't the right forum of course, you could whine about that if you want.
#125
Posted 2012-July-21, 17:09
quiddity, on 2012-July-20, 10:28, said:
To New Zealand? You are way off base: to the USA, thats where you want to be if you want no freedom of speech and bookburners
#127
Posted 2012-July-21, 20:48
advanced, on 2012-July-21, 17:35, said:
What a moron you are. An entrepreneur sets up a free web site and you want to tell him how he can run it? Sheesh! By the way the forum for suggestions is suggestions for the software, not for a whole change in philosophy. Play on other sites with ratings!
#128
Posted 2012-July-21, 20:52
the hog, on 2012-July-21, 20:48, said:
Given that said entrepreneur has an entire subforum dedicated to "suggestions for the software" i'd say yes, he is very interested in people suggesting ways to improve how he runs it.
trolls gonna troll i guess.
bed
#129
Posted 2012-July-21, 20:57
phall230, on 2012-July-12, 16:04, said:
Peter Hall
I am glad to hear it, and would love to know the nature of your information and your source.
#130
Posted 2012-July-21, 20:58
And just because we don't implement your suggestion it doesn't mean we're not listening. BBO is a tiny company. There are lots of things we'd like to do, but only so much can get done.
#131
Posted 2012-July-21, 21:56
#132
Posted 2012-July-22, 02:59
Antrax, on 2012-July-21, 21:56, said:
Americans consider Nazi references a normal mode of communication.
-- Bertrand Russell
#133
Posted 2012-July-22, 03:02
#136
Posted 2012-July-22, 14:02
the hog, on 2012-July-21, 20:48, said:
Your words give me an indication where you are from and what your IQ is.
You are the type that will/would have said:
It is my slave, I do with him whatever I want
OR
It is my ball, you can only play with it if you choose me in your team
OR
It is my house, I can burn it if I feel like
It is sad for you you live in a country without freedom of speech and opinion. The country of book burners.
The others feel that the forum is here for a reason.
#138
Posted 2012-July-22, 18:03
shintaro, on 2012-July-22, 09:33, said:
Where, the website? I should have thought it was too early to judge what effects the NGS has had on bridge in England, I would appreciate if you who are in the know could point me towards the relevant data.
#139
Posted 2012-July-22, 18:07
advanced, on 2012-July-22, 14:02, said:
You are the type that will/would have said:
It is my slave, I do with him whatever I want
OR
It is my ball, you can only play with it if you choose me in your team
OR
It is my house, I can burn it if I feel like
It is sad for you you live in a country without freedom of speech and opinion. The country of book burners.
The others feel that the forum is here for a reason.
You have again proved that you are a moron. "The country of book burners." What an idiotic comment.
Yes, Fred DOES have the right to do what he wants with his site.
#140
Posted 2012-July-22, 19:08
As for tv, screw it. You aren't missing anything. -- Ken Berg
I have come to realise it is futile to expect or hope a regular club game will be run in accordance with the laws. -- Jillybean