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Interesting. It sounds like club bridge has changed a lot in the last 20 years (since I stopped playing). The technology bit seems a little ridiculous, young p
by mercutio2 3y ago
Interesting. It sounds like club bridge has changed a lot in the last 20 years (since I stopped playing).
The technology bit seems a little ridiculous, young people can and do respond to email just fine, I don’t think trying to move to Discord is a good use of anyone’s time.
But when I was a player (and struggling to get anyone to use email), everyone was unfailingly nice.
- pclmulqdq 3y ago95% of opponents I have met playing bridge are very nice, but the remaining 5% are a very distastefully "boomer" form of nasty. This is particularly memorable for younger people. Also, a lot of players expect you to "put in your time" so to speak. If you don't alert properly or if you are using weird systems but asking basic questions, that really pisses off a lot of them. Frankly, the alerts are a big issue - not alerting a "weird" bid can be a huge advantage - but the rules around it are nuts. Every game has its bad apples, though. I doubt you get that ratio playing chess or trading card games.
- bsder 3y ago> Every game has its bad apples, though. I doubt you get that ratio playing chess or trading card games. Chess and trading card games are notorious for having participants who have absolutely horrible social interaction skills. My experiences playing bridge were always way superior on a social interaction scale.
- TylerE 3y agoI’ve heard bridge described as a social game for anti-social people.