[showle]

Okay, I had one that REALLY got to me tonight

Player: I have asked over and over for an explanation of the 3 ♥ bid here, but neither of my opponents will explain! I'm not playing another card until I get a satisfactory answer.

Me: Let me ask them-- perhaps they missed the query. (then I realize that the player making the complaint was the one who bid 3 ♥, not the opps!)

Player: Time is running out-- please make them answer!

Me: Sorry, but you yourself are the one who bid 3 ♥-- I don't think the opps have any useful information about a bid that YOU made. Play on please

Player: I don't understand. I clicked on 3 ♥ multiple times and by law they owe me an explanation!

(another directors call comes in, but I push it to the side temporarily)

Me: But YOU were the one to bid 3 ♥. It's highly unlikely that your opponents will be able to provide you with any useful information regarding your own bid. Your opponents can only answer questions about their own bids. Play on please.

Player: Sorry! I forgot that I was the one who bid 3 ♥-- my mouse and keyboard are old. I need to replace them.

(yet another directors call comes in)

Me: Hope I have helped and that this solved your issue. Play on folks!

I leave the table....

Then I get a whisper while I am in the lobby from this same lady: "Sorry, I just forgot that I was the one who bid that. I guess I'm just confused! But I still think that the opps could have answered me. If we don't finish this hand I think our side deserves an A+ since they held me up by not answering my questions in a timely manner."


ARGH!

[Mirjam_3]

player a: i think you will find booted player x just left... he is a stupid player, and very rude from my experience, you should probably ...
player a: ban him, he is banned from my tourneys and tables

->Mirjam_3: Automated message: Find substitute: Invitations issued
->Mirjam_3: Automated message: Substitution complete. booted player x has been replaced with Sub Y

->partner of booted player x: was he rude to you?
Mirjam_3: wc
player a: hey sub!
player a:
->player a: !H
partner of booted player x: no,but he is red now,what should i do?
player a: this guy claims he expert, he idiot who acts like 3-year old
Sub Y: hi
->partner of booted player x: i give u sub

->player a: i see, i mailed him
player a: mailed or nailed? lol

[Mirjam_3]

A very nice but not non-demanding player offers me to co and i gladly accepted the help:

CO-DIRECTOR: there is nothing to do ;-)
CO-DIRECTOR: very go discipline;-) well done
->CO-DIRECTOR: i had failing alert thing so i was glad u came... takes lot of time.. but ok now i think:)
->CO-DIRECTOR: yes, they are sweet:) i trained them hehehehe
CO-DIRECTOR: yes i see that ;-)
CO-DIRECTOR: it's very nice
->CO-DIRECTOR: yes:)
CO-DIRECTOR: i think when i play in your's tourney u have more work
->CO-DIRECTOR: i wd not suggest that one;)
CO-DIRECTOR: i make some problems always ;-)

[Mirjam_3]

talking with another director (and no... no name available...) about an event coming up...

Me: 'be sure u r dressed up girl'
She: 'forget it, will wear dental gloss...'

[Mirjam_3]

last board, last table:

Player from lobby: Plse, 4c was down 2 and not one.

I really couldnt remember any 4c contract, so i asked movie again...

Me: The contract was 3 clubs.

[guggie]

My very first codirecting (with Mirjam of course) and my very first call.
Player A complains: we dont get a new board.
Table reads: round one completed, 5 minutes left
So I explain she has to wait and will be moved, but this round complete
Other 3 players haste to chat: we told you-so we told you so-we told you so
Other 3 players make profound excuses for director call

I say other 3 players no problem, and I thank player A for giving me for my first a director call which I can solve

[guggie]

I want to delete thsi one dont know how

[guggie]

Another one today, as I was helping Mirjam out on her birthday GLAMOUR. (Another BIG HUG Mirjam)
Player calls: I have no double bidding card.
LHO bid 1♠, p bid 2♦, RHO pass.

She had:
♠K963
♥9865
♦4
♣AKJ8]

She had all my sympathy, I should have wanted to double also in her place;-)

[Mirjam_3]

At first bbo land i was called at table by Nplayer

Nplayer: opps opened 1nt insufficient and did not alert

Hand was still in play so i cd not see the full hand but i started to ask since i supposed the Nplayer wd not call me for nothing.

Wplayer (privately to me): Nplayer est furieux!!!
Nplayer: we were deceived
->Wplayer (privately): what system do u use?
->Eplayer(privately): what system do u use?
Eplayer4: SEF
Mirjam_3: what is sef?
Wplayer: what system lol : french standard!h
Eplayer: about SAYC but french
Mirjam_3: ok what is yr nt range?
Eplayer: 15 17

The hand was finished and i counted points of Wplayer. It were 15 points…
->Nplayer (privately): he had 15 points
Mirjam_3: ok ty all
Wplayer: 15 pts classique!!!
Mirjam_3:

I left the table and went on. Then the Nplayer whispered to me:
‘only 11 pts’

Private conversation with Nplayer:
->Nplayer: come on i was there and counted 15

Nplayer: sry missed ace
->Nplayer: ty dear

[Mirjam_3]

I am called at a table by W and the message appears in the table that the director was called bij W.

W (privately to me): He didnt call.

Table seems playing and ok.

I didnt understand the meaning of this message. He? Is he Me?

So I said privately to W:
Can i help?

W: No I didnt call.

[guggie]

I was playing glamoured an Mirjam was directing. I placed a careless double and the result was 4Sxx+1. Wow, -1080. Thank heaven for no kibitzers. Than mirjam broadcasted: Hurrah for Guggie who made 4Sxx+1 on board 2.

Then I had to confess to the whole tournament

Ths Mirjam!!! Many thanks!!!!

[xx1943]

I love bridge.
I love BBO.
I love to direct tourneys in BBO.

Al

[Mirjam_3]

Player at first board: 'This is not my p with whom i registered.'

Hmmmmm, how did i tell it softly? My english is not well enough((( : 'It is indy.'

[bambi1]

Yesterday while helping out a director in the afternoon, I was messaged
"please adjust board 6 5D="

I responded "ty, I will review the board"

On reviewing I saw that it was 5D-1. So I adjusted accordingly.

The player again messaged me, "Its 5D= , not down 1"

I reviewed again , just to be sure ( we do make the odd mistake), and definitely saw it was 5D-1. I messaged the player explaining, my decision, two outstanding Aces and a high trump.

He then messaged me back "do not adjust the board, leave it the way it was, if I had known down 1 I wouldn't have asked"

Laughing really cleanses the soul!

[xx1943]

Hi all

What about this?

Yesterday a blacklisted Rudeplayer because of very rude behaviour.

Today before Tournament starts this occurred (chat from other people deleted)

Rudeplayer->Tournament: vgan_id how can i get to plat your tournament please?
Rudeplayer->Tournament: vqan-ibd tks
Rudeplayer->Tournament: dont ask for subs please
->CoTD: I blacklisted Rudeplayer yesterday. he/she is always complaining, doesn't hear my arguments and then was very rude.
CoTD (Lobby): ) .. i dont know that name (fortunately)
UnknownPlayer->Tournament: how can I join tournamet please vqand_ibd?
->UnknownPlayer: by registration
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): lol can't make it says private
->UnknownPlayer: who's your pd?
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): can I join?
->UnknownPlayer: yes
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): have none
->UnknownPlayer: go to Partnership desk
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): I go refuse to
->UnknownPlayer: don't understand this
->UnknownPlayer: maybe u r banned from BBO?
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): can't get in says private
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): me ????
->UnknownPlayer: I didn'T blacklist you
xx1943->Tournament: ** Very Quick and Nice. We'll start in 5 minutes. Get ready. **
xx1943->Tournament: !D!D Be sure you have read the RULES of this tournament. !D!D
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): lol something working wrong first time I join a tournament
xx1943->Tournament: !S!D!S Register only, if your connection is 100% ok. !S!D!S
xx1943->Tournament: !D!S!D Register only if you are willing and able to play very fast !D!S!D
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): please see what is wrong
->UnknownPlayer: I really don't know
->UnknownPlayer: r u trying the rite tournament?
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): ok I am so sorry
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): yes
->UnknownPlayer: :=)
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): says it private
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): ok have fun
->UnknownPlayer: ty very sry
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): so bizarre
UnknownPlayer->Tournament: hope you don't need subs
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): how do I become a member please?
->UnknownPlayer: there r no members open for all
xx1943->Tournament: !H!H Here we go. Thanks all for playing ** Very Quick and Nice ** Have fun. !H!H
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): no way you did not let me get in
xx1943->Tournament: !H!H Your TDs today are CoTD and xx1943. !H!H
xx1943->Tournament: !H!H Many thanks to Co-TDs without them there were only 20 tables !H!H
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): so strange says private
xx1943->Tournament: !H!H Nice to see you all !H!H Play fast, be nice and enjoy! !H!H
xx1943->Tournament: !H!H Be nice, polite and patient to pd, opps and TDs. !H!H
xx1943->Tournament: !H!H!H Good luck all !H!H!H
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): will report it
->UnknownPlayer: pls do; perhaps UDAY can tell you, what happened; I don't know and can do nothing; very sorry; U can ask one of the ...
->UnknownPlayer: yellows also
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): sorry what is yellows?
->UnknownPlayer: the guys below ur nick in the lobby
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): ok tks you are too exclusive for me have no way to play enjoy
->UDAY: UnknownPlayer is complaining,why he can't get into VQAN; I didn't blacklist him
xx1943->Tournament: !S!S 12 minutes to go. Tables playing #1 think of claiming !S!S
UDAY (Lobby): he must have aliases; want me to check?
->UDAY: pls
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): lol tjought this was a nice site will go back to swan
->UnknownPlayer: tell ur problem UDAY pls
->UnknownPlayer: This is a nice site
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): no
UnknownPlayer (Lobby): no
UDAY (Lobby): Rudeplayer = UnknownPlayer
->UDAY: :=) I understand
->UDAY: ty

LOL LOL

Thanks UDAY

Al

[xx1943]

Another funny story:

Today in VQAN when I made the usual announcements before tournament starts:
xx1943->Lobby: !H!H ** Very Quick and Nice ** for VERY FAST PLAYERS only starts soon !H!H
xx1943->Tournament: !D!D Be sure you have read the RULES of this tournament. !D!D
xx1943->Tournament: !S!D!S Register only, if your connection is 100% ok. !S!D!
Two minutes to go til start; 60 pairs registered; suddenly a player said:
player (Lobby): Hi, quick point. "Very Quick and Nice" says "Read the RULES before register!!!!!" but there are no rules -- click on ...
player (Lobby): "Tournament Rules" and you get a blank page.
->player: ty :=)
player (Lobby): Thanks, wow, you fixed that quickly!

Very nice; I forgot to upload my nice rules and nobody but one noticed.
To post tournament rules seems very futile, because almost nobody reads them.
Posting rules imo serves only the purpose to be on the right side, of someone complains about TDs decisions.

Cheers

Al

[McBruce]

I announce most of my conditions of contest in three floods of messages in the first three one-board rounds once subs are settled and everyone is present. I tell people to continue playing and read them by scrolling back when they have a chance.

Occasionally I get complaints from people who say I talk too much, and compared to most other TDs I certainly do make a lot of announcements. But the ability to scroll back and read the rules when you are unsure of something is cited more often by players having a problem. And not only that, over-announcing online is very different from yelling out announcements in a club. Online you do not bother anyone except the most sensitive, since the announcement stays in their chat area and can be read later. In a club, making an announcement stops everything at every table.

There are still those who won't read anything though. Usually it is a language barrier.

[paulhar]

xx1943, on Aug 2 2004, 06:59 AM, said:

To post tournament rules seems very futile, because almost nobody reads them.

If the touney description tells me to read the rules, I always read the rules. Once I saw in the rules 'Cross-IMPS' and the tournament description said Matchpoints

I let the TD know and the tourney description was quickly fixed to CrossImps. Too bad - I had already registered with one of my favorite matchpoint partners

[xx1943]

paulhar, on Aug 2 2004, 09:33 PM, said:

xx1943, on Aug 2 2004, 06:59 AM, said:

To post tournament rules seems very futile,  because almost nobody reads them. 

If the touney description tells me to read the rules, I always read the rules. Once I saw in the rules 'Cross-IMPS' and the tournament description said Matchpoints

I let the TD know and the tourney description was quickly fixed to CrossImps. Too bad - I had already registered with one of my favorite matchpoint partners

Hi Paul

you are one of the rare exception reading rules.

About TD's mistake´: NOBODY IS PERFECT.

Cheers

Al

[Mirjam_3]

Two polish players are not very happy with each other.
They start talking in polish.

I remind them to use english only.

One player A says: "Ok, sorry."
The other one B says: "I no english, i like polish."

I said to B: "Sorry, if u do not speak english i blacklist u for further Glamour tournaments. When u learned some english, plse tell me and i unblack u."

I hoped he was able to understand this and/or he could find someone who told him the meaning.

Well, he understood me very well.

A started in polish again.

B to me: "Now u plse black A."