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BBO and Guinness Book of World Records is it worth a try?

#1 User is offline   Aberlour10 

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Posted 2009-May-28, 06:07

A few days ago I read about the attempt one of the online sites to enter The Guiness Book of World Records by hosting the "World's Largest Poker Tournament".
I don't know about detail facilities in official recognizing such a records, but why not try to organize something similar at the BBO if the "Guinness" would allow it ? Is just only a general idea... what, how, who, when etc etc could be discuss.
In my opinion all what can bring a "piece" of good publicity for BBO is worth to think about it. What do you think? :D

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Posted 2009-May-28, 06:16

I'm sure we would win, especially if we did it by weight rather than by pure head count.
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Posted 2009-May-28, 06:22

Might be difficult to beat this world-wide pairs tournament that is played at clubs everywhere simultaneously (what's it called?)

Also I suspect it would require software changes to allow for a tourney with tens of thousands of participants.

But maybe, rather than making a very large tournament, a set of boards could be allowed to be played an unlimited number of times in the main room, in that way the scores for those boards could constitute a tourney with a number of players close to the number of active players at BBO.
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Posted 2009-May-28, 06:22

Not sure if the program/server would sustain a very large tournament, but I think it is worth a try.
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Posted 2009-May-28, 06:38

I'm quite sure we'd be able to beat this world wide tournament, it's just a matter of setup.
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Posted 2009-May-28, 07:05

Lol, just imagine asking for 1422 subs at the same time
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Posted 2009-May-28, 07:26

Fluffy, on May 28 2009, 08:05 AM, said:

Lol, just imagine asking for 1422 subs at the same time

Hmm - what is the Guiness record for most subs needed in a bridge tourny?
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Posted 2009-May-28, 07:26

kenrexford, on May 28 2009, 07:16 AM, said:

I'm sure we would win, especially if we did it by weight rather than by pure head count.

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Posted 2009-May-28, 12:32

vuroth, on May 28 2009, 08:26 AM, said:

kenrexford, on May 28 2009, 07:16 AM, said:

I'm sure we would win, especially if we did it by weight rather than by pure head count.

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Speak for yourself!

Oh, come on. Don't you ever notice that bridge tournaments are often held in basements, on the first floor when there is no basement, or in very large buildings? A coincidence???? I don't think so. :ph34r:
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Posted 2009-May-28, 12:33

I'm not heavy for a bridge player, but I'm sure plenty heavier than before I was a bridge player. It is not a coincidence.
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Posted 2009-May-29, 11:35

How about longest continuously running bridge game? Or, maybe even card game for that matter.
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