[lycier]

Suggestion on improving the compatibility and skill

Many of BBOers often complain of hard to find good players whom play with/against.
Many of BBOers often complain of hypocrisy of self rating.
I think the bboskill conclusion may be fair in the bbo skill website, if the total hands is set up over 10,000.
I suggest that BBO can add a option of the bbo skill,its prerequisites at below.
1-The total hands is set up over 100,000.
2-The BBOer play over five years.

For example,if this is feasible.then bbo can set up a special public club-the bboers only with over 1800 scores can open table or play at there.Orelse,I think more and more bboers will prefer to watch rather than play at the table,and gradually lose interest in bbo bridge.
Don't forget BBO is 10 years old,it is time to take chance to handle these problems.

Best Wishes

lycier

[Bbradley62]

lycier, on 2015-February-02, 22:14, said:

I suggest that BBO can add a option of the bbo skill,its prerequisites at below.[/font]
1-The total hands is set up over 100,000.
2-The BBOer play over five years.

Are you suggesting that no one would have this rating until he has been a BBO member for at least 5 years and has played at least 100,000 hands on BBO?

[lycier]

Bbradley62, on 2015-February-02, 22:36, said:

Are you suggesting that no one would have this rating until he has been a BBO member for at least 5 years and has played at least 100,000 hands on BBO?

I am suggesting that no one would have this New rating until he has been a BBO member for at least 5 years and has played at least 100,000 hands on BBO.

[barmar]

We don't currently record the number of hands everyone has played, although we could get it from our archives. Only 60% of users have been members for at least 5 years. A method that excludes almost half the membership seems flawed.

Note that bboskill has no official connection with BBO.

[1eyedjack]

barmar, on 2015-February-03, 10:26, said:

Note that bboskill has no official connection with BBO.

And I gather that it has been at least a half a year since the data on which it bases its ratings has been updated. Or so I understand. Happy to be corrected.

[TylerE]

There are basically 2 options to get strong partners/opponents. A: Make friends or B: Pay them. If unwilling to do A or B, you gets what you gets.

[Bbradley62]

barmar, on 2015-February-03, 10:26, said:

I don't currently record the number of hands everyone has played, although we could get it from our archives. Only 60% of users have been members for at least 5 years. A method that excludes almost half the membership seems flawed.

100,000 is beyond ridiculous. I'd expect that less than a quarter of that 60% have played that many. I just reached 5 years, and I probably don't have half that.

[Bbradley62]

Also, using a 5+ year span is a horrible way to evaluate anyone who started here as a beginner. Their results from 5 years ago may not have any relationship to their current skill level.

[barmar]

I play around 7500 hands a month these days, but it's almost all in robot tourneys. So I'm not sure how my performance there reflects how good a partner I'd be for a human.