The IDES OF MARCH??? SAT 3/1 2PM eastern does BBO forums get their marching orders vs JEC??
#1
Posted 2014-February-17, 13:24
on March 1 (what better way to give those slackers their marching orders), Is it possible
the long run between BBO FORUM POSTERS and JEC STARS may come to an inglorious end?????
The response to the past 6 possible scheduled matches has been so horrifically bad that
it has been expressed that JEC is growing impatient with us. This is a shame since it is
a wonderful source of experience even if the price is getting trampled beneath the wheels
of the JEC juggernaut and maybe made fun of in the forums:))).
LOOKING for volunteers for MARCH 1 2014 Saturday 2pm eastern. We need to fill the team by
4pm eastern Wednesday. That is about 8 days from now. ANYONE CARE????????????????????????
#2
Posted 2014-February-17, 14:13
#4
Posted 2014-February-17, 20:13
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself."
"One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts."
-Alfred Sheinwold
#5
Posted 2014-February-17, 20:27
By the way, the Ides of March is March 15. But I am sure you know that.
#6
Posted 2014-February-19, 18:26
ArtK78, on 2014-February-17, 20:27, said:
By the way, the Ides of March is March 15. But I am sure you know that.
I wanted a catchy title:) it must have worked 4 responses so far way more than last week:))))))))))))))
#7
Posted 2014-February-19, 18:56
chasetb, on 2014-February-17, 20:13, said:
There has never been a large supply of "singles" wishing to play. JEC and most others want regular
partnerships (understandable). I can partner with you but it would be a good idea to get in a lot
of practice btn now and gametime so at least we can eliminate a lot of the easy errors that have
contributed to some rather nasty massacres at the hands of JEC. Let me know
#8
Posted 2014-February-19, 21:46
Junior - Always looking for new partners to improve my play with..I have my fair share of brilliancy and blunders.
"Did your mother really marry a Mr Head and name her son Richard?" - jillybean
#9
Posted 2014-February-20, 15:14
#10
Posted 2014-February-21, 07:56
RunemPard, on 2014-February-19, 21:46, said:
Well well one of our esteemed colleagues has returned in our hour of need. He played on
a team that actually won vs JEC a long long time ago:)))))))))))))))))))) Let me know when
you want to get some practice in and since it is almost always first come first served
these days we should have no trouble planning on playing. best is to message me gszeszycki
on bbo where I visit quite frequently here my visits are a tad more spread out.
#11
Posted 2014-February-21, 07:59
phoenix214, on 2014-February-20, 15:14, said:
Now that's the kind of enthusiasm that we want to take with us to the hall of fame someday when
they enshrine the winners of events vs JEC.
![:)](http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
plans some let us know and we can think about scheduling.
#12
Posted 2014-February-25, 23:31
Don't be shy. We can't beat JEC unless you join the cause!
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself."
"One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts."
-Alfred Sheinwold
#13
Posted 2014-February-26, 06:39
chasetb, on 2014-February-25, 23:31, said:
Don't be shy. We can't beat JEC unless you join the cause!
UMMM err sigh I am always so confused---assuming you get a fourth what would be the
name of all of the team members?????????????????? I have seen NOONE follow up on anything
and as far as I can tell there are zero volunteers. If I am wrong please let me know quickly
because we have about 6 hours to go to file our team members names or forfeit spot.
#14
Posted 2014-February-26, 12:46
together just before crunch time soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
the BBO FORUM POSTER "team" ksvaii/partha47 papadai/gszeszycki wish us luck
none of us are a practiced partnership sighhhhhhh.
If you want to play in these commit to the date and say so it is normally
a first come first served set up. Ideally everyone gets a fair chance to play
against some top notch competition---if you respond but are not 100% clear
on your intentions to play I cannot schedule you its that simple---with any luck
we will get more chances to do this later on in march============================
#15
Posted 2014-February-26, 12:54
gszes, on 2014-February-26, 12:46, said:
together just before crunch time soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
the BBO FORUM POSTER "team" ksvaii/partha47 papadai/gszeszycki wish us luck
none of us are a practiced partnership sighhhhhhh.
If you want to play in these commit to the date and say so it is normally
a first come first served set up. Ideally everyone gets a fair chance to play
against some top notch competition---if you respond but are not 100% clear
on your intentions to play I cannot schedule you its that simple---with any luck
we will get more chances to do this later on in march============================
At the moment, my Saturday's are typically consumed with blacksmithing lessons, however, one of my old MOSCITO partner's has resurfaced and we're talking about getting back in practice.
Would there be any objection to a non-standard bidding system?
We'd probably try to team up with Diana and Timu or some such...
#16
Posted 2014-February-26, 14:32
gszes, on 2014-February-26, 12:46, said:
together just before crunch time soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
the BBO FORUM POSTER "team" ksvaii/partha47 papadai/gszeszycki wish us luck
none of us are a practiced partnership sighhhhhhh.
If you want to play in these commit to the date and say so it is normally
a first come first served set up. Ideally everyone gets a fair chance to play
against some top notch competition---if you respond but are not 100% clear
on your intentions to play I cannot schedule you its that simple---with any luck
we will get more chances to do this later on in march============================
The way I read it chase said he wants to play, and runem_pard offered to partner you to "defend your title". So you basically needed a 4th. Why would you discard two forumers for 3 randoms and name them BBF ?
#17
Posted 2014-February-26, 21:51
diana_eva, on 2014-February-26, 14:32, said:
if you go back and read all of the posts you will see I responded to every notion posters wanted to
play none of them followed through with any commitment. As time wore down I was still left with
no firm commitment from ANYONE and as per the new agreement we needed to turn roster in by noon wed.
#18
Posted 2014-February-26, 21:53
hrothgar, on 2014-February-26, 12:54, said:
Would there be any objection to a non-standard bidding system?
We'd probably try to team up with Diana and Timu or some such...
HECK YES put your team together and the next match that comes up
will be yours (too late for this week sigh)
#19
Posted 2014-March-01, 09:43
Having said that I have this saturday free, and I have planned to spend it training with my partner jsabate on BBO, so if someone fails or has problems I think you can count on us (Send me a private message on BBO or forums)