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The IAC Café / Re: IAC vs ACOL - Challenge #5 Sunday July 3rd
« on: July 02, 2022, 08:58:17 PM »I am sorry to say but this month we have been awful towards our ACOL opponents.
And we will not do it again.
From next month on, I'll notify POCO1, who collects ACOL teams, about our teams on WEDNESDAY before the Challenge date, and we'll go ahead with as many or no teams we have by then.
Sorry all, but if you want to participate, you have to do it timely, and register on time, none needs this stress to set up multiple matches 8 hours before the start and tell bunch of already registered players to go away because IAC side could not make enough teams.
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That said....
Please be online 10 minutes before the start. Captains, if you see a teamie is missing, please try to find a sub, and let bbo_iac know as soon as possible. Please also alert bbo_iac if there is any player that frequently does NOT get the invitation.
We'll play 10 boards, then a short break (5mins after last table finishes), and another 10 boards. All matches in the same session play the same hands, which are just random, there are no pre-made boards to favour this or that system. Please announce your system and carding when you meet opponents, and alert all artificial bids by meaning, not just convention name.
Good luck everyone, wish you tons of fun !!
I have not intended to be awful to anyone. It's a bit confusing. I have no idea how many acol teams there are although since you say it would be ideal to have three iac teams in the morning and four in the afternoon I am guessing Poco has that number of acol teams.
This month I have been very busy and I really could not have said earlier whether I could play and, even when I decided I could, it was a bit provisional. I am confident now that I can play tomorrow.
I understand that for an event such as this it is important for players to commit well in advance. Right now that just isn't practical for me.