[fred]

mrdct, on Jul 15 2005, 05:57 AM, said:

I wonder if any thought has been given to covering the Bermuda Bowl in Estoril in a few short months from now?

BBO is going to be used to provide vugraph for live audiences at the playing site in Estoril. That means we will have at least 2 live tables on BBO at all times. Most likely, in order for there to be more tables, we will have to find volunteers to work as operators. Given that we have a lot of members from Portugals and that a lot of BBO members rate to be going to this tournament, I think the chances are good that we will be able to feature more than 2 live tables at once.

If everything goes according to plan then up to the minute provisional standings, board by board results, and scoreboards for every match will be available directly through BBO.

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[doofik]

Can't wait Great job.

doofik

[coyot]

fred, on Jul 14 2005, 10:09 AM, said:

Thanks for clarifying, Coyot.

I understand the FIGB (and/or EBL) decision to use the Baldi software for scoring purposes, but that doesn't mean it has to be used for vugraph as well. The Baldi vugraph operators are not required as far as scoring goes. They could be spending their time as BBO vugraph operators instead.

Sorry if I am missing something due to unfamiliarity with the Baldi program.

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

You're welcome

In theory, Baldi's Vugraph operation could be replaced by BBO, no doubt about that. You would only have to enter the results from the vugraph rooms to the system (just as results from any other table).

Edit: The Baldi's VuGraph (called Rama) is an integrated part of the system - when the operators finish "playing" the board, the result is automatically updated... But it should be no problem to configure the system as "no Rama shown" and simply collect the results from the VG rooms just as any other results and enter them into the system separately...