Unfortunately, BBO seems completely swamped as we kick off the first online regional, promising to give away tons of gold and red points. Speaking of kicking off, I got disconnected just now from the crowded overload. If you can’t get in right now, you aren’t alone!
What Is The Occassion?
For those who haven’t heard, today is the first day of a weekend long Save Your Regional event. Each day offers two-session pairs events that pays gold points to overall winners plus session top winners, just like in a typical regional event (or regionally rated NABC event). There are also a few one-session intermediate-newcomer 299er events, which pay only red points.
Here is the full schedule of the Spring 2020 Online Regional.
What If You Get Kicked Off?
Unfortunately, the directors usually can’t do a whole lot for you if you are disconnected. But they can adjust the board so you get the result you “should” have gotten. However, if you are kicked off for an extended period through no fault of your own, you might have to skip the board. If too many people have connectivity issues, they will just have to cancel the tournament and refund the entry fees. It’s happened in the past. Let’s hope not this time!
Note that Virtual Private Club directors have slightly more discretion. Sometimes they can swap in a substitute house player to play for you and finish out the game. However, an ACBL Regional is going to be more strict.
Short answer, if you get kicked off – keep trying to get back on! And don’t panic too much…
Tournament entries maxed out. There was an agreement with BBO on capacity. We are checking if it can be raised going forward. At least the good news is that the event is well attended