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#21 mgoetze

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Posted 2012-February-04, 18:40

I'll volunteer as captain. I think you should allow 6 person teams if only for scheduling reasons.

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#22 benlessard

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Posted 2012-February-04, 19:59

mgoetze, on 2012-February-04, 18:40, said:

I'll volunteer as captain. I think you should allow 6 person teams if only for scheduling reasons.

6 or 8 is no problem the question is do we allow teams of only 4 players ?

Score formula could be like.

(imps + 45) +10 (if you win) -----where imps is between -45 and 45.

So if you win by 5imps you get 60pts and the other team 40 (-5+45) if you win/lose by more than 45 imps its a blitz (you get 0 the other team 100)

if you win by 1 you get 56--opps 44

I also think a carryover of 10% for the final is ok. So if the winning team won the RR with 350 and the 2nd team has 320 than team 1 get a 3 imps head start.

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#23 mgoetze

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Posted 2012-February-04, 20:14

benlessard, on 2012-February-04, 19:59, said:

Score formula could be like.

(imps + 45) +10 (if you win) -----where imps is between -45 and 45.

Uhm yes but it could also be normal (as in, VPs). I mean if you're putting money up for this you can decide obviously but this just seems weird.

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#24 jillybean

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Posted 2012-February-04, 20:23

Please add hrothgar and me, playing 2/1 in case you were wondering.

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#25 Hanoi5

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Posted 2012-February-05, 06:41

I'd like to play.

Fluffy said he woulld too but there's the playing time issue ...

wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.

rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win

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#26 paulg

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Posted 2012-February-05, 07:35

For the BBO InterCity League, which runs on a fixed day and time, I need a team of four regular pairs and two singles to get close to getting a four for every match. I would not underestimate the difficulty in getting people together unless they are students or retired.

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#27 han

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Posted 2012-February-05, 08:07

If mikeh needs a partner I'm available.

Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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#28 MickyB

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Posted 2012-February-05, 09:01

I'll enter a team.

mgoetze, on 2012-February-04, 20:14, said:

Uhm yes but it could also be normal (as in, VPs). I mean if you're putting money up for this you can decide obviously but this just seems weird.

Nothing could be [unintentionally] weirder than the WBF VP scale.

#29 JLOGIC

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Posted 2012-February-05, 09:06

I remember the BBO Poland thing ages ago. We had 6 young people and we forefit after winning like 2 matches because we couldn't get enough people on for the next match.

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#30 gnasher

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Posted 2012-February-05, 09:10

MickyB, on 2012-February-05, 09:01, said:

Nothing could be [unintentionally] weirder than the WBF VP scale.

What about the ACBL's 30-VP scale?

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#31 MickyB

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Posted 2012-February-05, 09:34

gnasher, on 2012-February-05, 09:10, said:

What about the ACBL's 30-VP scale?

Looks less weird to me, it's an otherwise sensible VP scale with a win bonus. The WBF one is just capped imps with some added randomisation.

#32 wyman

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Posted 2012-February-05, 09:47

I'm playing with BunnyGo. Can we reach out to potential teammates, or should we wait to see what this thread brings?

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#33 CSGibson

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Posted 2012-February-05, 10:07

I'll happily captain a team (with me & Atul playing one partnership), or join someone else's ship, either way.

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#34 benlessard

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Posted 2012-February-06, 06:13

Team 1 Mgoetze-jschafer

Team 2 Csgibson-Atul

Team 3 benlessard-Zayats (benoitlessard@hotmail.com)
+ 2 others players from Montreal for sure.

hrothgar-Jillybean
artK78 + his partner
Inquiry+partner
Codo+ ??
Wyman + BunnyGo
Valardent + his partner
Han + Mikeh ?

As soon as we have 4 teams we can start playing some matches and if 2 other teams want to join they have like 3 weeks to do it and if we are only 4 teams then the 150$ will be easier to win

So we still need 1 captain. PM to the captain if you want to join a team.

#35 mgoetze

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Posted 2012-February-06, 07:20

benlessard, on 2012-February-06, 06:13, said:

Team 1 Mgoetze-jschafer

Does this mean I get first draft pick?

If so I pick

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#36 MickyB

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Posted 2012-February-06, 07:28

benlessard, on 2012-February-06, 06:13, said:

So we still need 1 captain.

I would like to captain a team of Brits [myself, Sasioc, Simplicity and a few others].

#37 Rossoneri

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Posted 2012-February-06, 07:50

MickyB, on 2012-February-06, 07:28, said:

I would like to captain a team of Brits [myself, Sasioc, Simplicity and a few others].

Am I eligible?

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#38 ArtK78

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Posted 2012-February-06, 07:52

As others have mentioned, I and my partner, guymath, will play. Do we wait to be assigned teammates or should I reach out to potential teammates?

Thanks.

#39 wyman

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Posted 2012-February-06, 08:19

I'd like to captain a team. I have people in mind (mostly forum posters who are irl friends) -- just waiting for responses. Did you say teams of 6 or 8?