"That never happened before" (tm GDQ) Amusement only - ruling
#1
Posted 2025-July-31, 09:39
Okay, finish the hand, we'll discuss.
Director, please!
"Declarer just found the diamond J, after we cashed 5 diamond tricks." Okay, play it out, we'll discuss after the hand.
The expected time later: "Director! He took 9 tricks, we're not sure he has 8 running after we take our 5 diamonds."
"Director! She took the last trick with the diamond J, making 8 tricks."
Yeah, I had the same revoke, on the same hand, at the same time, at two different tables. I've certainly had "that board", but usually it's in a tournament with 6 (or 12!) copies in play, and never simultaneously.
(and the icing on the cake was that I hadn't played it yet. So I had to say "I know something about this hand, but I don't think it will affect our play" and then without a care in the world put partner's head in the noose because it was the obvious call. Strange, *partner* didn't revoke as they took their 5 diamond tricks into 3NT...)
#2
Posted 2025-August-27, 21:11
#3
Posted 2025-August-27, 22:52
mycroft, on 2025-August-27, 21:11, said:
Yeah, every post will remain permanently at 0 views until someone replies and it updates the cache. So doesn't mean nobody saw it, just that it was amusing enough to chuckle at (but not necessarily to add more to

#4
Posted Yesterday, 00:43
Thanks for the information.
#5
Posted Yesterday, 06:04
"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
#6
Posted Yesterday, 13:27

As for tv, screw it. You aren't missing anything. -- Ken Berg
Our ultimate goal on defense is to know by trick two or three everyone's hand at the table. -- Mike777
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
#7
Posted Yesterday, 15:46
blackshoe, on 2025-August-28, 13:27, said:
I get the same problem and I never know whether my post made it or has been lost, until a considerable time later. It is particularly frustrating when I've written a long post.
It seems worse when BBO is busy running a popular vugraph.
#8
Posted Yesterday, 15:47
blackshoe, on 2025-August-28, 13:27, said:

The forum bug has got even worse in the last month, at least in my experience.
And it is not just related to the erroneous update of forum software leading to intolerance of certain character sequences, but some glitch in the hosting or an SLA that assigns zero priority (maybe paulg hit the nail about simultaneous vugraph access).
How come that BBO continue to ignore requests for help from long term (and generous) members who cannot even access the forum?

As an aside, they never gave me the explanation that the problem was with my browser, and just as well.
#10
Posted Yesterday, 17:19
barmar, on 2025-August-28, 16:11, said:
Unless they're run on the same server.
As for tv, screw it. You aren't missing anything. -- Ken Berg
Our ultimate goal on defense is to know by trick two or three everyone's hand at the table. -- Mike777
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
#12
Posted Today, 10:45
"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
#13
Posted Today, 10:47
pescetom, on 2025-August-29, 01:54, said:
Is bandwidth really a problem nowadays?
"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
#15
Posted Today, 13:15
blackshoe, on 2025-August-28, 17:19, said:
We think it's a database issue (probably lock contention), and the forum uses its own DB server. It uses the same webservers as the rest of BBO, but if there were a performance/bandwidth issue there it wouldn't limit its effects to the forum. And vugraph doesn't go through the webservers at all, it's between the application and the BBO playing server.