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#1 User is offline   traintcket 

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Posted 2015-November-28, 11:30

I joined this online to learn to play this game. I am now leaving and i would make the following observations
1. most players on here lie about their ability - why doesn't bridge have a rating system like chess, so an expert is really that??? how hard can it be
2. people on here are 1) aggressive 2) downright nasty

I play in line chess and that is much better...Never again with this game
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Posted 2015-November-28, 12:37

would answering your questions help you to keep playing bridge?
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Posted 2015-November-28, 13:05

Yes, stick to a game that does not require partners, and no partners will ever be rude.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2015-November-28, 18:09

yes, sad but true, bbo is full of clueless arseholes. i only play with people i know.

i think bbo should introduce the option to rate partners, much like customers can rate hotels on comparison sites - a score for their ability and a score for their manner.
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Posted 2015-November-29, 03:02

Sadly we do have some players who have some strange condition that does not allow them to be nice. Self rating methods can not be expected to be 100% honest. Who will be the one to tell Molly she is not an expert? (keep in mind at lest 40 people have pointed out to Molly she lacks knowledge).
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Posted 2015-November-29, 05:02

I don't think that there is any way to know for sure, but I suspect that there is a correlation between gender and inflated self-ratings, and an inverse correlation between inflated self-ratings and length of penis.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2015-November-29, 05:34

have just sent a report to abuse about one rude player, hopefully he gets banned but we'll see!
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2015-November-29, 12:32

 1eyedjack, on 2015-November-28, 13:05, said:

Yes, stick to a game that does not require partners, and no partners will ever be rude.

Of course, that doesn't address the subject of rude opponents.
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Posted 2015-November-29, 12:47

 Bbradley62, on 2015-November-29, 12:32, said:

Of course, that doesn't address the subject of rude opponents.

True. They are the minority of instances, and many such instances are related to disclosure or psychs, again which do not feature in Chess and similar.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2015-December-01, 02:46

I can also immagine that chess players don't accuse each other of cheating as often as bridge players do.
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Posted 2015-December-01, 09:31

This is the internet. There are rude people everywhere. I occasionally play chess on chess.com and there are a lot of rude people there too.
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Posted 2015-December-01, 10:12

 helene_t, on 2015-December-01, 02:46, said:

I can also immagine that chess players don't accuse each other of cheating as often as bridge players do.

I've actually been accused of cheating (i.e using a chess engine) a couple of times at chess.com. I would have that taken as a compliment if it hadn't come from people who were obviously as clueless as I was (am).
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Posted 2015-December-03, 12:45

 wank, on 2015-November-28, 18:09, said:

i think bbo should introduce the option to rate partners, much like customers can rate hotels on comparison sites - a score for their ability and a score for their manner.

The option is there - you can write private notes for anyone you care to. If your suggestion is actually for those private ratings to be accessible by others, well that is quite a different thing and sadly very open to abuse.
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Posted 2015-December-03, 12:50

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Posted 2015-December-03, 13:18

Just imagine how often you'll be marked down for not knowing that 4 is always Gerber.
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Posted 2015-December-04, 12:27

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Posted 2015-December-04, 17:25

Considering the manners people generally show in bridge clubs, and on the internet, you might expect the combination of the two (AKA online bridge) to be little other than an insult contest.

Actually it is quite surprising so nice most people are on BBO.
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Posted 2015-December-04, 21:55

 helene_t, on 2015-December-04, 17:25, said:

Considering the manners people generally show in bridge clubs, and on the internet, you might expect the combination of the two (AKA online bridge) to be little other than an insult contest.

Actually it is quite surprising so nice most people are on BBO.

Think of the manners people show on internet forums. They make a posting on a forum, then never respond to anything, to show they care a little something for anybody's replies.
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Posted 2015-December-26, 18:48

Someone called me "sissy spineless coward" on chess.com today.
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Posted 2015-December-27, 08:42

 nullve, on 2015-December-26, 18:48, said:

Someone called me "sissy spineless coward" on chess.com today.

Stop playing the Petrov then? :lol:
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