[nullve]

Didn't notice until board 5.

[sfi]

Did you at least do better the second time?

[nullve]

 sfi, on 2020-December-17, 22:45, said:

Did you at least do better the second time?

Results, 1st time ("Date: 2020-12-17 19:59"):

Spoiler

Title	Weekly Free Instant Robot Duplicate - MP
Host	BBO
Tables	15
Boards	Show Boards
nullve Score: 73.21% Rank: 1/15
All Players
Name	Score (%)	Rank
A	B	C
Prize
nullve	73.21	
1	1	1
R49	69.20	
2	  	  
darkzon	65.62	
3	2	  
laz49	63.39	
4	  	  
daniel_vie	62.95	
5	  	  
djseb	59.82	
6	3	2
wooey	51.79	
7	  	  
franco rm	46.43	
8	4	  
davidarbel	44.20	
9	  	  
niso63	42.41	
10	5	  
fr dum	41.52	
11	6	3
spasova	38.84	
12	7	  
hsmonica	36.61	
13	8	4
kcellen	29.91	
14	9	  
Krieg44	24.11	
15	10	5

Results, 2nd time ("Date: 2020-12-12 20:22"):

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Title	Weekly Free Instant Robot Duplicate - MP
Host	BBO
Tables	15
Boards	Show Boards
nullve Score: 71.43% Rank: 1/15
All Players
Name	Score (%)	Rank
A	B	C
Prize
nullve	71.43	
1	1	1
R49	68.75	
2	  	  
darkzon	66.07	
3	2	  
laz49	63.39	
4	  	  
daniel_vie	62.05	
5	  	  
djseb	58.93	
6	3	2
wooey	52.68	
7	  	  
franco rm	46.88	
8	4	  
davidarbel	44.20	
9	  	  
niso63	42.86	
10	5	  
fr dum	42.41	
11	6	3
spasova	38.39	
12	7	  
hsmonica	37.05	
13	8	4
kcellen	29.91	
14	9	  
Krieg44	25.00	
15	10	5

[barmar]

The weekly free instant tournament allows you to play as many times as you want, since no points are awarded.

[hrothgar]

 barmar, on 2020-December-18, 09:41, said:

The weekly free instant tournament allows you to play as many times as you want, since no points are awarded.

So, placement in the tournament doesn't actually matter?
The only thing that we should care about is whether or not we are buying "points"

This is a stupid choice Barry...
Don't try to justify it.
Fix it

[smerriman]

 hrothgar, on 2020-December-18, 10:21, said:

So, placement in the tournament doesn't actually matter?
The only thing that we should care about is whether or not we are buying "points"

This is a stupid choice Barry...
Don't try to justify it.
Fix it

What exactly are you talking about? It's working exactly as intended and how it has worked for years - it resets once per week and you can play it as many times as you like. It's an extremely useful tool as you can play through the 8 boards at any time during the week and then compare with YouTubers such as Peter Hollands to see how they did on exactly the same hands, unlike daylongs.

Why would playing in a free tournament be anything to do with buying points?

I assumed nullve was posting this not to report something wrong, but just out of amusement that he managed to play over half the tournament before he realised he was too early and the week hadn't reset yet.

[blackshoe]

Hey, if they gave you the same boards to play twice, ask for your money back on the second one.

[nullve]

 smerriman, on 2020-December-18, 13:14, said:

It's working exactly as intended and how it has worked for years - it resets once per week and you can play it as many times as you like.

bridgebase said:

A free weekly Instant Tournament is now available in the Solitaire Bridge area. You can try an 8-board Instant Tourney every week for free, and replay it as many times as you wish.

Ok, now I know.

(But I will probably never play a Weekly Free Instant Tournament again.)

[smerriman]

 nullve, on 2020-December-18, 18:49, said:

(But I will probably never play a Weekly Free Instant Tournament again.)

Any particular reason? You do realise that you're not being compared against other people who are also playing the weekly free / who were able to complete it multiple times - you're being compared against a fixed set of players who played in the original tournament. (Always the same set, which is why you truly can compare your scores against YouTubers).

It is IMO the best robot game offered on BBO - much better than daylongs which are all about the luck of the deal.

[nullve]

 smerriman, on 2020-December-18, 22:00, said:

You do realise that you're not being compared against other people who are also playing the weekly free / who were able to complete it multiple times - you're being compared against a fixed set of players who played in the original tournament. (Always the same set, which is why you truly can compare your scores against YouTubers).

I had no idea.

Found a video where Pete Hollands plays and comments on the same boards.

[mison627]

The weekly free tourney you can play as many times as you like. Don't know if it will help raise completion rate.

[mison627]

The weekly free tourney you can play as many times as you like. Don't know if it will help raise completion rate.

[pescetom]

 mison627, on 2023-August-19, 00:24, said:

The weekly free tourney you can play as many times as you like. Don't know if it will help raise completion rate.

that was already said earlier in this thread of 3 years ago.
Please avoid pointless necros (and BBO please require admin permission to necro after some reasonable period).

[barmar]

 pescetom, on 2023-August-19, 15:10, said:

that was already said earlier in this thread of 3 years ago.
Please avoid pointless necros (and BBO please require admin permission to necro after some reasonable period).

I looked for such a feature in the forum settings (I think someone asked for it a week or two ago), I couldn't find it.