[Gottis]

Oh well, 1 thing makes me well annoyed at times, when people alert, like a weak 2,, they alert it as multi, well that can be alot of diff things. say some not so experienced players look at an alert saying Lebensohl, sometimes i suspect it is like players want to hide what their bid truly says. It is not a good way to act, can scare many newcomers or not advanced players.
So try to alert your bids better!!! miouw

Mr lall cant you say some more about that Mr Garble, is he admirable?

[kenrexford]

Good point.

That said, a lot of people shorthand stuff. You might consider announcing to the opponents, when you join a table, that you would like explanations for bids that are not by names of the bids only. That might solve or reduce the problem.

[jtfanclub]

kenrexford, on Apr 15 2008, 05:33 PM, said:

Good point.

That said, a lot of people shorthand stuff. You might consider announcing to the opponents, when you join a table, that you would like explanations for bids that are not by names of the bids only. That might solve or reduce the problem.

When I alert a bid in real life, I say "Alert", and if they ask further, I give them a full explanation.

When I alert a bid on BBO, I hit the alert button and I put in a couple of words in the box. If they ask further, I'll give them a full explanation.

I'm sure as hell not going to put the full explanation out there before they ask...

1) It's often more confusing to get a paragraph than to get something like "Multi" or "Natural NF".

2) Why should I spend the time explaining something they haven't asked about?

3) There's only so much space in those tiny boxes.

If you want to know, ask. If the person you're playing against doesn't know a common language, that may be all they can say in your language. And yet, people survive.

[kenrexford]

jtfanclub, on Apr 15 2008, 06:16 PM, said:

kenrexford, on Apr 15 2008, 05:33 PM, said:

Good point.

That said, a lot of people shorthand stuff. You might consider announcing to the opponents, when you join a table, that you would like explanations for bids that are not by names of the bids only.  That might solve or reduce the problem.

When I alert a bid in real life, I say "Alert", and if they ask further, I give them a full explanation.

When I alert a bid on BBO, I hit the alert button and I put in a couple of words in the box. If they ask further, I'll give them a full explanation.

I'm sure as hell not going to put the full explanation out there before they ask...

1) It's often more confusing to get a paragraph than to get something like "Multi" or "Natural NF".

2) Why should I spend the time explaining something they haven't asked about?

3) There's only so much space in those tiny boxes.

If you want to know, ask. If the person you're playing against doesn't know a common language, that may be all they can say in your language. And yet, people survive.

I shorthand also.

I'm just saying that if a new player is uncomfortable with that, ask for more specifics.