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I'm currently playing - or should I say "trying to play" - a robot game. Four times so far, the table has closed due to an "error" and I have had to go back in to continue. This has recently been happening too often. Perhaps BBO's technology requires an upgrade? Still, as annoying as these table closings are, they are FAR less annoying than the always nauseating and completely worthless GIBBO robots.
Benellis58 GIB bashing on repeat Groundhog Day
#2962
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Posted Today, 00:55
I like BBO and am loyal to BBO - in spite of its questionable technology and its absolute LOVE for money.
I quite enjoy robot games...as evidenced by the fact that I continue to play them - in spite of my ever-increasing contempt for the the loathsome, disgusting, and despicable twin aberrations of GIB and GIBBO (both of which I wish would vanish forever and stop polluting BBO with their interminable wretchedness).
BBO is certainly not perfect, but it's okay. It would be more "okay" if it got rid of GIB/GIBBO, because GIB/GIBBO totally sucks pumice and is a humiliation to the site...and indeed to Planet Earth.
I quite enjoy robot games...as evidenced by the fact that I continue to play them - in spite of my ever-increasing contempt for the the loathsome, disgusting, and despicable twin aberrations of GIB and GIBBO (both of which I wish would vanish forever and stop polluting BBO with their interminable wretchedness).
BBO is certainly not perfect, but it's okay. It would be more "okay" if it got rid of GIB/GIBBO, because GIB/GIBBO totally sucks pumice and is a humiliation to the site...and indeed to Planet Earth.
#2963
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Posted Today, 11:24
We scored 84.38 % on this board, and whatever we did on it, we would never score more OR less. That's because at 12 other tables, East-West bid FOUR spades and made either 10 or 11 tricks, and at one other table the EW pair was doubled in FIVE spades and went down. At our table and three others, EW stopped in THREE spades and made an overtrick.
So North's stupidity was irrelevant on this board, but I still want to point it out, because out of my huge respect for Diana, I feel obligated to bash the GIB/GIBBO robots, which is the mission statement of this essential thread that Diana created.
So, let's get down to business: I, South opened one CLUB. When East cuebid two CLUBS, I doubled...to show GOOD CLUBS. The definition of my double of two CLUBS stated that it showed "rebiddable CLUBS" and the "KQ (or equivalent) of CLUBS".
My GIBBO "partner" was on lead against West's contract of 3S. Did he lead a CLUB? Of COURSE he didn't. HE'S a GIBBO robot, and they stupidly and perversely HATE to lead their "partner's" suit...mainly because they are the worst "bridge players" the world has ever seen.
So even though I opened one CLUB and later doubled three CLUBS to show very good CLUBS, the GIBBO piece of dirt sitting across from me led a heart.
Well, okay, no one's perfect. But then North won his diamond queen at trick two, so he was on lead AGAIN at trick three. Did he lead a CLUB this time? Ha, ha, ha - of COURSE he didn't, because HE'S a GIBBO robot!
https://www.bridgeba...S5%7Cmc%7C10%7C
So North's stupidity was irrelevant on this board, but I still want to point it out, because out of my huge respect for Diana, I feel obligated to bash the GIB/GIBBO robots, which is the mission statement of this essential thread that Diana created.
So, let's get down to business: I, South opened one CLUB. When East cuebid two CLUBS, I doubled...to show GOOD CLUBS. The definition of my double of two CLUBS stated that it showed "rebiddable CLUBS" and the "KQ (or equivalent) of CLUBS".
My GIBBO "partner" was on lead against West's contract of 3S. Did he lead a CLUB? Of COURSE he didn't. HE'S a GIBBO robot, and they stupidly and perversely HATE to lead their "partner's" suit...mainly because they are the worst "bridge players" the world has ever seen.
So even though I opened one CLUB and later doubled three CLUBS to show very good CLUBS, the GIBBO piece of dirt sitting across from me led a heart.
Well, okay, no one's perfect. But then North won his diamond queen at trick two, so he was on lead AGAIN at trick three. Did he lead a CLUB this time? Ha, ha, ha - of COURSE he didn't, because HE'S a GIBBO robot!
https://www.bridgeba...S5%7Cmc%7C10%7C
#2964
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Posted Today, 11:42
The GIB definition of West's double of 4H is the pathetic trash that you would expect, but the GIBBO robot can't even manage to follow his own definition. It claims that he is showing "14-17 HCP", but the useless GIBBO warthead has only 12 HCP. What's the point of even having GIB definitions, given that A. They're usually incomplete and/or incorrect and/or poorly written and/or unnecessary, annoying, and insulting...and B. The hopelessly braindead GIBBO robots don't even adhere to them?
Speaking of GIB definitions, look at the ABSOLUTELY useless one for North's double of 4S: "2+ HCP; 3+ total points". That's it, that's ALL! World-class GARBAGE! Did the author of that JOKE of a definition actually think he was providing something useful...or was he purposely trying to write the single worst definition in the history of the world? If the latter, I congratulate him, because I think he might well have succeeded in his objective.
https://www.bridgeba...CS9%7Cmc%7C9%7C
Speaking of GIB definitions, look at the ABSOLUTELY useless one for North's double of 4S: "2+ HCP; 3+ total points". That's it, that's ALL! World-class GARBAGE! Did the author of that JOKE of a definition actually think he was providing something useful...or was he purposely trying to write the single worst definition in the history of the world? If the latter, I congratulate him, because I think he might well have succeeded in his objective.
https://www.bridgeba...CS9%7Cmc%7C9%7C
#2965
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Posted Today, 12:01
Gaze in awe at the unbelievably stupid (EVEN for a GIBBO robot!) bid of 2S by the fleabrained slab of GIBBO filth in the North! His partner South has shown, according to the GIB definition, "4+ clubs" and "5+ spades"...and yet the absolute M.O.R.O.N. in the North converts 2C (where he has KJ3 tripleton) to 2S, where he has...a STIFF TEN! And once again, King Bozo the First doesn't even follow his own GIB definition, which claims that his bid shows "2+ spades".
But, please, please, PLEASE, o ye defenders of and apologists for the robots, PLEASE keep reminding me how they are "better than most human players" - because for some strange reason I keep forgetting that.
Are there actually ANY super-naive people left who STILL believe that the robots have ANY idea how to play?
https://www.bridgeba...D9%7Cpc%7CH9%7C
But, please, please, PLEASE, o ye defenders of and apologists for the robots, PLEASE keep reminding me how they are "better than most human players" - because for some strange reason I keep forgetting that.
Are there actually ANY super-naive people left who STILL believe that the robots have ANY idea how to play?
https://www.bridgeba...D9%7Cpc%7CH9%7C
#2966
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Posted Today, 12:03
Gaze in awe at the unbelievably stupid (EVEN for a GIBBO robot!) bid of 2S by the fleabrained slab of GIBBO filth in the North! His partner South has shown, according to the GIB definition, "4+ clubs" and "5+ spades"...and yet the absolute M.O.R.O.N. in the North converts 2C (where he has KJ3 tripleton) to 2S, where he has...a STIFF TEN! And once again, King Bozo the First doesn't even follow his own GIB definition, which claims that his bid shows "2+ spades".
But, please, please, PLEASE, o ye defenders of and apologists for the robots, PLEASE keep reminding me how they are "better than most human players" - because for some strange reason I keep forgetting that.
Are there actually ANY super-naive people left who STILL believe that the robots have ANY idea how to play?
https://www.bridgeba...D9%7Cpc%7CH9%7C
But, please, please, PLEASE, o ye defenders of and apologists for the robots, PLEASE keep reminding me how they are "better than most human players" - because for some strange reason I keep forgetting that.
Are there actually ANY super-naive people left who STILL believe that the robots have ANY idea how to play?
https://www.bridgeba...D9%7Cpc%7CH9%7C
#2967
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Posted Today, 12:08
After reading the GIB definition of 3D, my recommendation is that Mr. GIB should go to bridge school.
https://www.bridgeba...H8%7Cmc%7C12%7C
https://www.bridgeba...H8%7Cmc%7C12%7C
#2968
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Posted Today, 12:15
The GIB definition of North's double says that it shows "10+ HCP". It also says that it shows "10- total points:.
Once again, my recommendation is that Mr. GIB should go to bridge school. If he's lucky, they might even have a class that explains what "total" points are and how they are calculated.
If not, he undoubtedly has things to learn in EVERY OTHER CLASS anyway.
https://www.bridgeba...CST%7Cmc%7C7%7C
Once again, my recommendation is that Mr. GIB should go to bridge school. If he's lucky, they might even have a class that explains what "total" points are and how they are calculated.
If not, he undoubtedly has things to learn in EVERY OTHER CLASS anyway.
https://www.bridgeba...CST%7Cmc%7C7%7C
#2969
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Posted Today, 12:26
North's auction is a pathetic joke. (What else is new?)
At the point he hears his partner open 1NT, he...IMMEDIATELY and ARBITRARILY and UNILATERALLY decides that the hand will be played in 6S.
Now, if someone was pointing a gun at his head and insisting that he immediately GUESS the best contract, then yes, looking at his hand, 6S would be a pretty good guess. Fair enough...EXCEPT that: There WAS no gun pointing at his head, and he had all the time and space in the world to conduct an intelligent, scientific auction to determine the best contract through investigation rather than through GUESSING.
As it turns out, SEVEN spades was ice cold on any lead...but West made a foolish lead anyway. Big surprise - NOT!
https://www.bridgeba...S5%7Cmc%7C13%7C
At the point he hears his partner open 1NT, he...IMMEDIATELY and ARBITRARILY and UNILATERALLY decides that the hand will be played in 6S.
Now, if someone was pointing a gun at his head and insisting that he immediately GUESS the best contract, then yes, looking at his hand, 6S would be a pretty good guess. Fair enough...EXCEPT that: There WAS no gun pointing at his head, and he had all the time and space in the world to conduct an intelligent, scientific auction to determine the best contract through investigation rather than through GUESSING.
As it turns out, SEVEN spades was ice cold on any lead...but West made a foolish lead anyway. Big surprise - NOT!
https://www.bridgeba...S5%7Cmc%7C13%7C
#2970
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Posted Today, 12:35
OMARHEUM, a frequent contributor to this thread and a fellow NON-fan of the disgusting, braindead GIB/GIBBO robots, has provided another hand, and it is a true...GEM!
OMAR writes "GIBBO daily free game: quite the duck by West at trick one, yielding me a 99 % score on the board".
My comments:
QUITE the duck indeed! And yet there are some incredibly naive people who have stated that the GIB/GIBBO robots are "better than most human players". I certainly hope those poor, misguided souls look at THIS hand!
https://www.bridgeba...D7%7Cmc%7C12%7C
OMAR writes "GIBBO daily free game: quite the duck by West at trick one, yielding me a 99 % score on the board".
My comments:
QUITE the duck indeed! And yet there are some incredibly naive people who have stated that the GIB/GIBBO robots are "better than most human players". I certainly hope those poor, misguided souls look at THIS hand!
https://www.bridgeba...D7%7Cmc%7C12%7C