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#1 User is offline   helene_t 

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Posted 2024-January-05, 06:48

2-2
2NT-3
3-3NT
pass
Opener had 4-card heart support.
http://tinyurl.com/yk9qcc2x

This should probably go into a general Ben thread as it's not about GIB.
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Posted 2024-January-05, 07:49

I still fail to understand why we do not have a specific subforum for each different robot which allows one thread per bug as was always the case with GiB.
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Posted 2024-January-05, 08:44

View Postpescetom, on 2024-January-05, 07:49, said:

I still fail to understand why we do not have a specific subforum for each different robot which allows one thread per bug as was always the case with GiB.



I would guesstimate that there are about 0.0001% hands played on BBO with other types of robots than GIB.

That said, it';s perfectly fine to do standalone thread for any type of robot, as long as the poster specifies which kind of robot that was.

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Posted 2024-January-05, 09:55

View Postdiana_eva, on 2024-January-05, 08:44, said:

I would guesstimate that there are about 0.0001% hands played on BBO with other types of robots than GIB.

That said, it';s perfectly fine to do standalone thread for any type of robot, as long as the poster specifies which kind of robot that was.


When Argine was introduced over a year ago now I made the same suggestion and you wrote:

View Postdiana_eva, on 2022-November-30, 11:01, said:

It's an experiment for now, so it seems premature to dedicate an entire forum to Argine.

About 200 posts to the Argine thread have followed since then, documenting tens of bugs (several of them multiple times because there was no specific thread to locate and reopen).
I doubt that Ben will be much different: BBO forum members are curious and stubborn, as the continued bug reports for GiB demonstrate :)
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Posted 2024-January-05, 10:37

View Posthelene_t, on 2024-January-05, 06:48, said:

2-2
2NT-3
3-3NT
pass
Opener had 4-card heart support.
http://tinyurl.com/yk9qcc2x

This should probably go into a general Ben thread as it's not about GIB.


Thanks for raising. I will take a look at it.
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Posted 2024-January-05, 15:38

View Postlorserker, on 2024-January-05, 10:37, said:

Thanks for raising. I will take a look at it.


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Posted 2024-January-05, 21:58

View Postpescetom, on 2024-January-05, 07:49, said:

I still fail to understand why we do not have a specific subforum for each different robot which allows one thread per bug as was always the case with GiB.


These forums are basically dead. Half the subforums haven't seen a single post in YEARS. If anything, many of the existing subforums need to be combined.
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Posted 2024-January-06, 11:30

View PostTylerE, on 2024-January-05, 21:58, said:

These forums are basically dead. Half the subforums haven't seen a single post in YEARS. If anything, many of the existing subforums need to be combined.


Forums in general are dying, replaced by more "modern" social media, and the BBO forums are no exception.
That doesn't mean we should give up reading or writing in them should we so wish.
Generations of bridge players have learned a lot from this forum, including now obscure subforums and posts made decades ago.
Combining forums or subforums rarely makes sense, it does nothing to save space or make the information easier to navigate (look at the "Dealer and Full Disclosure" forum if you want an example of the needless confusion that can arise).
Structuring information costs nothing and is invaluable for navigation and research.
If/when a subforum no longer has good reason to attract posts then it can be locked if necessary.
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