[LELP]

when faced with Profile for the first time I don't think it is obvious that Other is where you type your conventions. COuld it be renamed please ... to be clearer.

[Vampyr]

LELP, on 2020-June-23, 11:57, said:

when faced with Profile for the first time I don't think it is obvious that Other is where you type your conventions. COuld it be renamed please ... to be clearer.

This field is not intended to be where you type your conventions. That’s what convention cards are for.

[gbb483]

It is, however, what most people appear to use it for. Useful when you are sitting at random tables with random partners. It also gives a nice concise summary - who's able to read the opposition's convention card for pertinent information within the 50 seconds that BBO allows you before rattling your cage!

[pescetom]

There are (or were) also many people who play predominantly (or only) individual tournaments where the profile is the only possible guide.

[Vampyr]

pescetom, on 2020-June-23, 13:26, said:

There are (or were) also many people who play predominantly (or only) individual tournaments where the profile is the only possible guide.

I should’ve thought that the individuals would have a standard card posted.

[barmar]

Vampyr, on 2020-June-23, 16:52, said:

I should’ve thought that the individuals would have a standard card posted.

Except for the "Express" tournaments, most individuals don't have a standard card.

Most people just "wing it".

[gbb483]

Vampyr, on 2020-June-23, 16:52, said:

I should’ve thought that the individuals would have a standard card posted.

I stand by what I posted yesterday.

[hrothgar]

For what its worth, on those incredibly rare occasions when I do bother to play in an individual with humans, I don't bother to look at people profiles since


1. Just because someone lists a convention or bidding system doesn't mean that they know how to play it
2. Odds are that Center Hand Opponent will list tings that I don't and vice versa so there'm not any actual common ground
3. And isolated set of conventions does not a bidding system make

[pescetom]

hrothgar, on 2020-June-24, 11:56, said:

For what its worth, on those incredibly rare occasions when I do bother to play in an individual with humans, I don't bother to look at people profiles since


1. Just because someone lists a convention or bidding system doesn't mean that they know how to play it
2. Odds are that Center Hand Opponent will list things that I don't and vice versa so there'm not any actual common ground
3. And isolated set of conventions does not a bidding system make

You could also add:
4. If I say X and he says Y it is not clear which I am following.

Nevertheless, what is written there is better than nothing I feel.
There is also other information like nationality and level which however unreliable is still worth knowing.

[Vampyr]

barmar, on 2020-June-24, 09:03, said:

Except for the "Express" tournaments, most individuals don't have a standard card.

Most people just "wing it".

Yes, what I am saying is that individual tournaments should impose a standard card. This is the case in real bridge, after all.

[barmar]

Vampyr, on 2020-June-24, 17:05, said:

Yes, what I am saying is that individual tournaments should impose a standard card. This is the case in real bridge, after all.

New England used to have an annual Individual Regional. It didn't impose a standard card. The usual practice was that at the beginning of each round the less experienced player in the new partnership would hand their partner the card that they play.

The only other live individual I've played in in recent years was my club's biannual individual. What we have is a card with a bunch of conventions in black that's the minimum system, and some conventions in red that are optional. The less experienced player usually says which of the red conventions they're willing to play.

A couple of decades ago there was an attempt to create a professional bridge tour in the US, where the games were all individuals. In that case they did impose a standard card, the ever-popular SAYC.