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Friends online disappear when i enter in the bridge club gameplay

#1 User is offline   brandley2 

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Posted 2020-September-17, 15:11

As a result, i cannot invite someone who is not in the lobby of bridge club, he/she appears to be offline. This is a major drawback that did not exist in previous version. Moreover, it would be nice to receive as mail, the chat msgs they send but are unable to talk to me directly, eg while playing a trney...

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Posted 2020-September-17, 17:44

The casual server is separate from the main server. When you go to the casual room, you can only see those friends who are also in the casual room.

So you have to agree with them to go to the casual room. Then when everyone is there, you can invite them.
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Posted 2020-September-19, 08:46

The two server system is really ill conceived and does not promote playing, chatting or messenging friends....in fact, it makes it almost impossible to find friends--unlike the old system where everyone was on one server and everyone could see, chat and msg everyone if not on Ignore list. It truly is an abhorrent design w/ many many flaws. Please get us back to ONE server ASAP !
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Posted 2020-September-19, 14:32

View PostZacks1, on 2020-September-19, 08:46, said:

The two server system is really ill conceived and does not promote playing, chatting or messenging friends....in fact, it makes it almost impossible to find friends--unlike the old system where everyone was on one server and everyone could see, chat and msg everyone if not on Ignore list. It truly is an abhorrent design w/ many many flaws. Please get us back to ONE server ASAP !


The two server system was a necessary hack that saved the life of BBO when usage suddenly rose fourfold and no other solution was possible.
It seems to me quite a small price to pay, although (as so often) BBO could document and explain it better.
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Posted 2020-September-19, 15:34

View Postpescetom, on 2020-September-19, 14:32, said:

The two server system was a necessary hack that saved the life of BBO when usage suddenly rose fourfold and no other solution was possible.
It seems to me quite a small price to pay, although (as so often) BBO could document and explain it better.

Diana_Eva did explain it quite thoroughly in the BBO Announcements and Special Events forum months ago when they first got it done. I cannot tell you how many complaining players I directed to that post. It's gone now. I wish she'd post it again. After all this time apparently there are a substantial number of members who still haven't read the post and therefore haven't figured out how to maneuver the two server setup.
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Posted 2020-September-19, 15:35

View PostZacks1, on 2020-September-19, 08:46, said:

The two server system is really ill conceived and does not promote playing, chatting or messenging friends....in fact, it makes it almost impossible to find friends--unlike the old system where everyone was on one server and everyone could see, chat and msg everyone if not on Ignore list. It truly is an abhorrent design w/ many many flaws. Please get us back to ONE server ASAP !


As the old saying goes, "When all else fails, read the instructions."
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Posted 2020-September-19, 20:17

View PostChas_P, on 2020-September-19, 15:34, said:

It's gone now. I wish she'd post it again.

It hasn't gone. You just need to change the filters at the bottom of the forum to show posts older than the 30 days, which it stops at by default.
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Posted 2020-September-20, 08:05

View Postsmerriman, on 2020-September-19, 20:17, said:

It hasn't gone. You just need to change the filters at the bottom of the forum to show posts older than the 30 days, which it stops at by default.

Got it. Thanks!
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