[spwdo]

hi uday,


can u change that capital i doesnt look the the same then l , sometimes this takes a lot of time as several i know off have a lot of lll and IIII in there nicks, looks good here but i see no difference on bbo between those characters

[Trpltrbl]

I know the feeling, took me a long time to figure it out. Think it is the only thing that annoys me on BBO, and it luckily happens very seldom.

Mike

[Free]

That's just the great thing of online nicknames: you can do stuff with I, i, l and 1 or with o, O or 0 That way, several people can have a similar nick... Lets keep it this way plz, then you can find who's "l33t"

[spwdo]

hi,


try subbing such a player when its hectic, no lol,0O0 can be seen, the capital l and l cannot be seen and takes to much time when your invitations arent answered, u only get a message, player lll isnt repaced with player xyz, same as they refused the invitation



thx marc

[Gerardo]

Guess this is a good reason for the all lowercase policy

[Trpltrbl]

I totally agree, when things are getting busy you don't have time to find out which is what.

Mike

[Rain]

A quick fix is to change your font settings. Both Times and Verdana font have clearly distinguishable I and L


Rain

[spwdo]

Rain, on Mar 22 2004, 02:52 PM, said:

A quick fix is to change your font settings.  Both Times and Verdana font have clearly distinguishable I and L


Rain

Rain


thx will do that for the moment, still i hope it will be changed somewhere down the line


thx

[blackest_k]

spwdo, on Mar 22 2004, 12:07 AM, said:

try subbing such a player when its hectic, no lol,0O0 can be seen, the capital l and l cannot be seen and takes to much time when your invitations arent answered, u only get a message, player lll isnt repaced with player xyz, same as they refused the invitation.

Isn't that more a problem of how the software works ?

I have never run a tourny, but there are several ways the substitution could be
done which wouldn't involve a director typing in a subs nick.

1)
simple queue where subbing is first come first served, subs ordered in order of registration (could allow all subbing to be done automatically)
problem being it wouldn't allow for different abilitys systems ect.
unless you could specify terms perhaps american, intermediate, sayc

2)
present subs in a list dbl click the sub required in a list and a request would be
sent out automatically.

3)
something else

If you don't have to type the name the problem goes away.

warm regards

john

[uday]

Typing the name is only one way of finding a sub. The TD can use a list. THere is a slight functional difference

Using List invites a sub to play

Typing names drags him in, bypassing the confirmation screen. This can be used to drag in someone who is not on the sub list, or to speed up the process by a few seconds.

[spwdo]

hi


yes, fully aware of the several options that can ce used but a player with a red nose isnt displayed in the substitutions list and thefore needs to be typed in manual, this is one of several examples wher u actually have to type in the name player involved


marc

[uday]

What are the various reasons to make you want to type the names in?

[Mirjam_3]

Hi,

Various reasons to have to type a name of one who has to be subbed:

player seems online but isnot
player is red but inviation failed
player asking to be subbed
player has to be subbed because of misbehave

There are certain players i cannot sub manually quick for the reason spwdo told.. takes a lot of time to figure out spelling..

ILI is most fun.. had several laughs with it because how do i explain at the table i am trying to solve the problem: often i ask the partner how the name of his p is spelled and a LONG silence is there... a good thing pn BBO is ... most players have humor!!!

[JRG]

Yes, I know I said it before. Yes, I know I have a lousy sense of humour.

I think purposefully silly names with purposefully confusing combinations of letters and digits is silly and annoying. Now I know it also causes TDs grief.

I know, I know, ... "Get a life!".

Oh well.