Table-Hopping Players repeatedly moving, apparely looking for perfect partner/hand
#1
Posted 2012-May-25, 11:36
#2
Posted 2012-May-25, 22:10
#4
Posted 2012-May-26, 11:39
Whilst I have no problem playing with Novices I do object to playing with "experts" and "advanced" players who are really novices. This can take a couple of hands to manifest itself.
Also, no profile no play.
#5
Posted 2012-May-26, 11:56
#7
Posted 2012-May-26, 13:06
#8
Posted 2012-May-26, 23:22
#11
Posted 2012-May-27, 22:51
Antrax, on 2012-May-26, 13:06, said:
I don't make the decisions about what features get implemented. But unless we can understand what's wanted, we can't even consider it. So I'm trying to get an idea of how you want define "table-hopping" in way that could be detected automatically, and what you want us to do to prevent it.
#12
Posted 2012-July-10, 15:30
barmar, on 2012-May-27, 22:51, said:
I am not a new user exactly, but have played a bit recently after a long break. I am finding the behaviour frustrating. It seems commonplace for players simply to disappear if they are in a bad contract. The further implication is that if you click "Help me find a table", you often land in one of those vacated seats, in the midst of a hopeless contract.
Another time I was playing and declarer led a card to which I followed. Then he put up an undo request. I felt that as I had already played to the trick that was not possible, so I declined. He then repeats the undo request multiple times. Finally, his partner who is the host boots me from the table.
Not so much table hopping as table hopped!
Tim
#13
Posted 2012-July-10, 23:40
Either that, or ask for a redeal. Better players normally agree to redeal as they don't care about getting silly "good" results.
#14
Posted 2012-July-11, 04:35
timjand, on 2012-July-10, 15:30, said:
Another time I was playing and declarer led a card to which I followed. Then he put up an undo request. I felt that as I had already played to the trick that was not possible, so I declined. He then repeats the undo request multiple times. Finally, his partner who is the host boots me from the table.
If you are at a table and someone leaves because they are in a bad contract then you can report it to abuse@bridgebase.com. Leaving midhand is considered a "serious offense" and the BBO staff will look into it, perhaps even suspending or barring the account in extreme cases. if you join a table with a hand in progress then it is perfectly acceptable to ask for a redeal. If the opps refuse to accept this then it is probably not table you want to be on anyway.
Similarly for undos. There are many players on BBO who allow no undos during play, while others always accept. A middle position that is (probably) better is to ask the player concerned whether they misclicked and to allow an undo if they say yes with special exceptions, such as on opening lead. If you find out later that the player did not misclick, or if they take advantage of knowing the exposed card in your hand, then it is simplest just to mark their profile with an appropriate comment and excuse yourself before the next hand. If you set yourself as table host you could also ask them to leave and boot them if they refuse.
Finally, things improve somewhat when you get to know a regular set of players to act as partners and opponents. Most of the problems of the MBC go away once you have settled games.
This post has been edited by Gerardo: 2012-July-20, 17:11
Reason for edit: abuse@bbo.com -> abuse@bridgebase.com
#15
Posted 2012-July-12, 11:28
Zelandakh, on 2012-July-11, 04:35, said:
I've found this so common that I would constantly be reporting it.
I'm not sure about the redeals either. Isn't that giving an advantage to the leaver, since the hand will never be completed? It seems unfair on the non-offending side who may have played well to get the advantageous position.
Zelandakh, on 2012-July-11, 04:35, said:
This particular player apparently did not speak English, anyway did not reply when I asked the reason for the undo request.
Zelandakh, on 2012-July-11, 04:35, said:
I certainly agree with this.
Tim
#16
Posted 2012-July-20, 04:03
Bbradley62, on 2012-May-27, 07:33, said:
And the frequency is what... 0.002% ?
-- Bertrand Russell
#18
Posted 2012-July-28, 10:42
at one point we forced hands to be auto-redealt when someone bailed and someone else sat down.
As you know, one can't really complete a hand from the middle, with no knowledge of what happened on prior tricks. Yet, we received a number of complaints about this behaviour and decided to roll back the change.
Back to the main topic.
We're looking at the HMFAG ( help me find a game ) logic again. But lets ask this:
Someone clicks HMFAG. Where should he go if he's known to be a table hopper with (say) a 35% completion rate? to a table with other table hoppers? Or should we say 'Sorry, no tables available?'
U
#19
Posted 2012-July-28, 13:17
uday, on 2012-July-28, 10:42, said:
Someone clicks HMFAG. Where should he go if he's known to be a table hopper with (say) a 35% completion rate? to a table with other table hoppers? Or should we say 'Sorry, no tables available?'
U
Could you throw him to the lions?
Put him at the table with the lowest combined completion rate or with a partner with the lowest CR.
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#20
Posted 2012-July-28, 14:21
uday, on 2012-July-28, 10:42, said:
Someone clicks HMFAG. Where should he go if he's known to be a table hopper with (say) a 35% completion rate? to a table with other table hoppers? Or should we say 'Sorry, no tables available?'
How about this: a player whose table-hopping reaches an "unacceptable" level (this could be measured as hand completion rate, or average hands played before leaving, or some combination thereof) loses the ability to use the "take me to the first seat available" function. He can still use the "list interesting tables" function, but since he has demonstrated an inability to sit still, he should be required to pre-screen the tables before sitting down at one.