[paulg]

gwnn, on 2012-February-09, 08:11, said:

It is true for most people. Alt+tab, spouses, television sets, pets, and cooking are amongst the most likely sources of this effect.

phil_20686, on 2012-February-13, 09:29, said:

and beer.

And sherry I believe ... until you run out.

[phil_20686]

paulg, on 2012-February-13, 11:31, said:

And sherry I believe ... until you run out.

I do love sherry. Am staring mournfully at my empty bottle as we speak.

[JLOGIC]

I recently had a friend watch me while I played BBO. It went something like this:

Opened spotify to play some music. Selected a playlist. Bid. Go to AIM, jdonn is giving me a precision auction, answer his question. Bid. Clee is giving me some hand, answer his question. Random guy asks me for star tms. Talk to my friend irl about what's going on in the hand. Check who's kibbing. Make sarcastic comment to haspel at the end of the hand. Back to jdonn. Don't like this song, select new one. At this point I open up facebook in my browser and my friend freaks out and says "I can't see the hand." I am kind of shocked and about to become defensive, then I realize what I had been doing the whole time. I didn't realize it because it was just my normal routine.

Needless to say, I do not focus 100 % when I play bridge. In fact after writing this out I realize this might be why I get so antsy playing real life bridge where everyone is slow and there's nothing else to do.

[Vampyr]

jjbrr, on 2012-February-09, 10:56, said:

playing online is a skill just like any other. the more you practice, the better you get

But if, as you get better you add more activities at the same time, your "skill" level will be effectively the same.

[whereagles]

I've been having trouble concentrating both online and offline... ooops