[jillybean]

Hi,

There is a <80 player restriction on new (free) tournaments, wondering why and for how long?

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jb

[uday]

Lifted. Just a bug.

But, this allows me to mention that I do plan to introduce limits on tourney size.

The primary purpose will be to prevent some newbie (new to TDing) from launching a 200 table game with a single playing TD.

Not clean how we'll do this but the idea will be that only experienced TDs will be allowed to run huge tourneys.

[hrothgar]

uday, on Oct 1 2006, 07:10 PM, said:

Lifted. Just a bug.

But, this allows me to mention that I do plan to introduce limits on tourney size.

The primary purpose will be to prevent some newbie (new to TDing) from launching a 200 table game with a single playing TD.

Not clean how we'll do this but the idea will be that only experienced TDs will be allowed to run huge tourneys.

Hi Uday

I like the idea of limiting the ratio between TDs and players. While I agree that this is especially important for TDs who are new to online bridge, I think that it should extend to all tournament directors.

One possible implementation would be the following:

Step 1: Determine a schedule that govern the size of tournament that "X" directors are able to handle. For example

1 director = 40 pairs
2 directors = 90 pairs
3 directors = 200 pairs
....

Establish some function that discounts the "value" of a novice TD.

TDs that have directed 0-10 games are worth 25% of an normal TD
TDs that have directed 11-20 are worth 50%
TDs that have directed 21-30 are worth 75%
Anyone who has director 30 or more tournaments is a pro

[uday]

I know what the host has typed into the TD field. Unless I ask each of those TDs to confirm that they really are going to be TDs, I can't be sure that the host isnt making up TDs in order to increase max T limits.

But I agree w/the principle

[jillybean]

hrothgar, on Oct 1 2006, 09:30 AM, said:

TDs that have directed 0-10 games are worth 25% of an normal TD
TDs that have directed 11-20 are worth 50%
TDs that have directed 21-30 are worth 75%
Anyone who has director 30 or more tournaments is a pro

Hi,

This sounds a little like ACBL MP's quantity is no indication of quality here.
When I started I could run as many individuals as I liked but still had little understanding of the rules of bridge.

To have a fair rating system what would be needed is a process where TD decisions are scrutinized.

jb

[uday]

We're not trying to rate TDs ; what I'm trying to prevent is only inadvertent abuse of the system by rookie TDs chewing off more than they can swallow

I think 10-20 tables is a reasonable limit for "unknown/unproven" TDs.

I think "highly experienced" TDs should be limited only by system contraints (currently ~200 tables, i think) since they know what they are doing.

And perhaps there is room for something inbetween.

( I am not worrying here about the quality of rulings, etc. Just the quality of the mechanics of TDing)

[Miron]

I don't like this idea.
Huge unclocked tournament (esp. indys) can be made with single TD (had no problem ever).
The limitation makes sence only for clocked tourneys.