Hornets' Nest
Fair, Fun, and Friendly
Welcome to the hornet's nest. All the hosts strive to make players comfortable and have a good game. Your volunteer directors are not paid and do so only for players benefit and the appreciation for their service.
Questions: jimdandy@frontiernet.net
BBOHornets Membership
Send BBO name to bbohornets@hotmail.com for membership. Please allow time for our manual update. One of our hornet directors will read your mail and add you as a member. We use the BBO list for our Hornets' Nest.
The hornet's nest is a friendly open club. All directors have the option to use friends list, special list, member list, or an open game. New members will be added here as soon as possible. Member list is at http://bbohornets.com
Note: First character in BBO name must be numeric or alpha (no embedded illegal characters such as a dash.
The Hornets and Kaiserzell (our partner) do NOT use same member list!
Fun Points / TOC
Fun Master Points are points given in certain games using a modified ACBL formula. Fun points are for the fun and enjoyment of hornet members only. Suggestions always welcomed.
http://www.freewebs.com/bbohornets/funpointsstats.htm
Please remember these are fun points and have no value except achievement fun.
Notice: Fun points are retained only for hornet members after end of month. Please send BBO name to bbohornets@hotmail.com for membership.
After each game hand details may be seen at:
http://online.bridgebase.com/myhands/index.php
BBO history for all pairs games may be seen at:
http://web04.bridgebase.com/tourneyhistory/th.php?m=t&f=p&d=Pairs
BBO history for all individual games may be seen at:
http://web04.bridgebase.com/tourneyhistory/th.php?m=t&f=i&d=Individuals
Click the "Click to Play" link on BBO page to play a tourney.
Click "Free Tournaments" to get an index of free tournaments presently set up in BBO.
This will give a list of all the scheduled tourneys. When you click a tourney BBO will take you to that tourney room.
The hornet tourneys start at 9:30am, 1:30pm, and 8:00pm EST (New York) and will have "hornet" in the name. The host will usually be bbohornets.
The window will change to tourney room after you select a tournament.
The Registration button in the selected room will open a screen to see all players registered for this game. A box to put a known partner's name is available.
Click the Partnership button if you are looking for a partner. This will open a window that shows all players who would like a partner. You may click each player to see their profile. If you see a player you would like as partner then click "send invitation". If players accepts then you are registered.
You may also simply add your name to list and let others find you. If friends only tourney and name is rejected then you should send BBO name to hornets@hotmail.com for registration.
After BBO confirms you registration then you may stay in room and chat or go to the regular games for practice play. No need to watch the clock. Once the tourney starts and both players are anywhere in BBO, you will be automatically transported back to the tourney room and a table in that room for start of play.
Instructions for Installing BBO. (BBO registration and play is free)
http://online.bridgebase.com/index.php
Instructions for playing and getting around in BBO.
http://www.bbofriends.com/WelcomeZone.htm
Web pages may be converted to some languages by using this Goggle link and selecting language.
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
Any help in correcting web pages would be welcomed. Just send the change to jimdandy@frontiernet.net. Thanks
