The DIDO Tourney
This page last updated on
January 27, 2009
Introduction
The DIDO Tourney is a 'Drop in Drop out" tournament that runs
on a daily basis in the Daily MPs room, but at a time to suit you and
partner and NOT at a fixed time.
The Dido Tourney allows all members, where ever they live, to take
part in a pseudo movement tourney which more realistically approaches
a real life tournament at any time convenient to them. One can play
just 4 boards at a time as the Dido Tourney is truly Drop-in, Drop-out.
Also one can play with different partners at different times.
A ladder for ALL those ( and not just the top 100) who gain DIDO Points
is updated weekly and accumulates all DPs earned using a decaying function
so that the most recent points count the most. ( see details and examples
) This is designed so that new players can gain a place on the ladder
as previous high scorers who do not gain more DPs, will drop down the
ladder thus giving this opportunity.
How it works
A member would enter the Daily MPs Room in the normal manner and then
be offered the choice of playing precisely in the way in which the Daily
MPs Room operates currently OR he would be able to choose to play in
a DIDO Tourney session of 4 boards with a partner of his choice.
The member will be able to play as many DIDO Tourney sessions as he
likes during the course of a deal with the same or many different partners
but he will never play more than 4 boards (except if a crash occurs
on the first board) against any other member during the same deal.
Those members who have arranged to play with a particular partner will
enter the room and anchor their partner by using ‘Set as Partner’,
whereas those members without a prearranged partner will need to use
‘Find a Partner’ and/or ‘Invite a Partner’ before
applying ‘Set as Partner’ to the partner that they’ve
teamed up with.
Any member who plays 16 or more boards (minimum of 4 x 4-board sessions)
in the DIDO Tourney during the course of a deal will qualify for the
DIDO Tourney Leader Board. Scoring of all boards will be across the
whole field in the Daily MPs Room ensuring meaningful scores for the
DIDO Tourney. Obviously no member will be able to play a board twice,
nor be able to play a board that he has kibbed.
The top quarter of the DIDO Tourney Leader Board will be awarded DPs
on the same scale as BCL issue OMPs in other movement events. Those
members who qualify to receive master points through their National
Bridge Organisation will receive them where appropriate in the normal
way.
The DIDO Tourney Ladder
A DIDO Ladder will maintain a running record of DPs awarded but they
will ‘decay’ with time.
Here are some examples of the details we provide.
Each week, the number of DPs accumulated in to date will be reduced
by 33% and added to the number of DPs earned in the current week to
make a total for that week. This process is repeated on each subsequent
week. A detailed Web page will show all the DPs earned over the last
13 weeks and how they are accumulated to your current ladder position.
How to Enter a DIDO Tourney
Select 'Start a Table', click the new DIDO option
When your partner is seated with you then both Click 'Ready'
Notes:
If you have a player set as your partner then only that player can
sit opposite you
If you invite a player to be your partner then that player will be automatically
seated if the player accepts |
