[uday]

Something seems to be wrong w/Nikos' vugraph archive site.

Anyone have the 4 semfinal vugraph files? If so, pls email them to uday@

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[Gerardo]

I think the last segment of the semifinal was not in vugraph , I don't know why

[DenisO]

Hi Uday

All files on their way to you - unfortunately SF4.lin wasn't Nickell/Jacobs - somebody had obviously written off Nickell and decided to show the other match

Denis

[uday]

Tell me about it. I was at the playing site, and begged and pleaded until the ACBL took pity and switched to the "other" match for the final segment .At the time, it seemed like the match more likely to be turned around ( both matches looked grim for the losers, but one match was 10+ IMPS grimmer than the other), and I wanted to offer the audience a fresh set of faces.

I'm still kicking myself

[Deanrover]

uday, on Jul 20 2004, 02:35 AM, said:

Tell me about it. I was at the playing site, and begged and pleaded until the ACBL took pity and switched to the "other" match for the final segment .At the time, it seemed like the match more likely to be turned around ( both matches looked grim for the losers, but one match was 10+ IMPS grimmer than the other), and I wanted to offer the audience a fresh set of faces.

I'm still kicking myself

Can we kick you too Uday?

[DenisO]

This thread brings up a couple of issues.

(a) BBO are still not recording the sessions and seem to rely on members to capture the lin files to hard drive if they are to be archived in the Bridge library. Other broadcasters (e-bridge, Bridgeplaza and Swan) keep a record of their sessions. Now BBO broadcasts are by far the best Vugraphs to watch but there is this problem of not recording. I think Uday has said it is on the "to do " list but I wonder what timescale.

( Both e-bridge and BBO broadcast exactly the same sessions from the Spingold so it would seem that there was only one Vugraph room. Yet during the recent European Championships we sometimes had three matches with both rooms being shown simultaneously. The Spingold is a very prestigious event so I wonder why only one room - is it due to lack of committment or resources from the ACBL -or poor communications between ACBL and BBO? One poster on RGB said that the Chief ACBL TD was stilll trying to find a Vugraph operator on the Sat morning. In Malmo there were a lot of Polish volunteers to do the Vugraphs - I find it hard to believe that there could be a shortage of operators in New York. Anyone know the answers?

Denis

[Cascade]

I believe there were a shortage of operators in New York.

There was talk of showing the Wagar final as well as the Spingold but as you know that did not happen.

[DenisO]

I stumbled across 3 segs of the Waqar final - an unscheduled broadcast. I recorded them and I've just sent them to yourself and Uday. Perhaps Uday will put them in BBO Bridge library.

Denis