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Here's an idea.
Playing as a single in tournaments that use the GIB conventions, one often encounters players who make very bad bids. It’s hard to understand why, as the meaning of a bid is clearly displayed.
To help players become better bidders, an interesting idea would be to assign a bidding skill score to players based upon the percentage of bids that they make that conform to the GIB conventions. This would help people to learn to use the conventions and enjoy playing more. It would also help partners by suggesting how well a player’s bid could be trusted.
A simple percentage of correct bids would work. Obviously, this would only apply to tournaments that use the GIB conventions. Player rating has been discussed here for a long time, this might be implementable for GIB bidding.
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Player Bidding Rating
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Posted Yesterday, 16:33
OldPlayr, on 2026-January-16, 10:25, said:
Here's an idea.
Playing as a single in tournaments that use the GIB conventions, one often encounters players who make very bad bids. It’s hard to understand why, as the meaning of a bid is clearly displayed.
To help players become better bidders, an interesting idea would be to assign a bidding skill score to players based upon the percentage of bids that they make that conform to the GIB conventions. This would help people to learn to use the conventions and enjoy playing more. It would also help partners by suggesting how well a player’s bid could be trusted.
A simple percentage of correct bids would work. Obviously, this would only apply to tournaments that use the GIB conventions. Player rating has been discussed here for a long time, this might be implementable for GIB bidding.
Playing as a single in tournaments that use the GIB conventions, one often encounters players who make very bad bids. It’s hard to understand why, as the meaning of a bid is clearly displayed.
To help players become better bidders, an interesting idea would be to assign a bidding skill score to players based upon the percentage of bids that they make that conform to the GIB conventions. This would help people to learn to use the conventions and enjoy playing more. It would also help partners by suggesting how well a player’s bid could be trusted.
A simple percentage of correct bids would work. Obviously, this would only apply to tournaments that use the GIB conventions. Player rating has been discussed here for a long time, this might be implementable for GIB bidding.
One could dispute (not to say hundreds of posts confute) your claim that the meaning of a bid is clearly displayed
But it's an interesting idea all the same, although BBO has always been averse to any real ranking and this particular one does seem a bit perverse.
Do you think GiB would score high, especially if it considered follow ups?
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Posted Yesterday, 16:48
When you click on a bid in a GIB game, the meaning is clearly displayed.
I am not suggesting a ranking. Value is similar to the 'tournament completion rate' currently available. (I assume that you don't object to that...)
I have no idea what you mean by 'GIB scoring high'.
All I am sugggesting is an indication of how often a player's bid does not match the GIB convention. Helpful to the player in improving. Helpful to a partner on whether to expect reasonable bids or not.
I am not suggesting a ranking. Value is similar to the 'tournament completion rate' currently available. (I assume that you don't object to that...)
I have no idea what you mean by 'GIB scoring high'.
All I am sugggesting is an indication of how often a player's bid does not match the GIB convention. Helpful to the player in improving. Helpful to a partner on whether to expect reasonable bids or not.
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