tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370561620121679754.post4229087302515149233..comments2022-11-14T04:13:21.524-05:00Comments on Bridge Maniacs: Sunday BAM!Andre Asburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169761706897345951noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370561620121679754.post-42796428406481452872011-03-02T22:09:34.146-05:002011-03-02T22:09:34.146-05:00I see what you're saying about IMPs, and I sor...I see what you're saying about IMPs, and I sort of agree, but BAM scoring goes too far the other way sometimes. For example, doesn't it seem fundamentally wrong that the difference between 4H making 5 and making 4 is the same as the difference between 4H making 4 and down one? There ought to be some sort of bonus for actually, you know, making your contract; and this bonus should be bigger than the overtrick bonus. Maybe the discrepancy is too big at IMPs, but at BAM it's zero. (At MPs this works out a little better because there will be some scores between 4H making 4 and 4H -1.)<br /><br />My biggest complaint about Swisses is the shortness of the matches. Scoring is pretty random when you're only playing 6 or 7 boards against each team. The longer the matches, the more likely it is that the best team wins. Usually that is what I want. :)Patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370561620121679754.post-88604305315533800352011-03-02T12:54:31.167-05:002011-03-02T12:54:31.167-05:00I think we need a multi-step process here. First, ...I think we need a multi-step process here. First, the ACBL needs to reward different types of events equally. Maybe, if it's not a free gold point brigade, people will stop gravitating toward just KOs. Then, in a tournament, each day or group of days should be devoted to a different event or type of event. <br /><br />So, perhaps, in a 7-day regional. make Day 1 an intro day, Day 2 a qualifier in a 2-day matchpoint event, Day 4, a qualifier in a 2-day BAM, and Day 6, a qualifier in a 2-day KO. In the meantime, for non-qualifiers, or for people who can't play the 2-day events, the tournament could run other events, such as 2-session Swiss, side games, and the like.<br /><br />I like the variety of events, but don't like it when all the top competition is playing KOs.John Lowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264893397248519558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370561620121679754.post-24062088547032713582011-03-02T11:48:27.797-05:002011-03-02T11:48:27.797-05:00I couldn't agree more. I've never played ...I couldn't agree more. I've never played BAM since it is hardly every offered. In the northeast, only the NY regionals have a BAM event that I know of.Dananoreply@blogger.com