[SBU Board] Fwd: New Masterpoint(R) Engine Launch

Thu Aug 20 15:04:27 PDT 2020

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From: American Contract Bridge League <emailservices at acbl.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Subject: New Masterpoint® Engine Launch
To: <jc.chupack at gmail.com>

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We have some very exciting news to share with Virtual Clubs – there’s a new
enhancement that many of you have been waiting for! More on that shortly,
but first a couple of “housekeeping” issues.

We continue to see clubs running masterpoint® limited games that are not
using the appropriate “hack” in their game setup. Failing to properly put
in the +MPLIMIT=x+ where “x” is the upper limit of the game causes the game
to award masterpoints as if it were an Open game. If you feel you MUST omit
this hack in order to allow non-ACBL members into your Limited games, then
it is imperative that you add it back in after the game begins so that
masterpoints are awarded properly. Continuing to knowingly omit this is a
violation of the CDR and can lead to dire consequences that we have no
desire to be forced to impose on anyone.

Also, we continue to get requests to run other ratings of games beyond what
is available through the Virtual Club program. You may even be aware that
some clubs have done this in the recent past. For a number of reasons, this
is not something that any club can do going forward. Games that are run on
BBO need to remain as they are. Deleting them and recreating them in
ACBLscore is not allowed.

Now on to the good news, and it is somewhat related to the above. Beginning
TODAY, we have launched the new Masterpoint Engine. What this means is that
ALL masterpoints are now calculated by our systems. We are no longer using
anything that comes from BBO. The calculation of masterpoints is a complex
process and, as we’ve spent these last few months online, we’ve found more
and more that there are some issues with the data we’ve been receiving.

That is just the beginning of what this is going to do for us! In the near
future, it will allow much more flexibility to use different game ratings
rather than simply being “stuck” with running regular club games except for
the times where we run a League-wide special event. There is one other very
important part of this, and it is available effective IMMEDIATELY. Open
games can now get credit for Limited games that are run concurrently!

If you run multiple games with different masterpoint limits at the same
time, please continue reading CAREFULLY.

If you run an Open game (a game with no upper masterpoint limit) and you
run Limited games at the same time, you can give credit to the Open game
for the Limited tables by following the instructions below. Note that you
can include Limited games that start within 30 minutes (before or after) of
the Open game. Limited games that start more than 30 minutes from the Open
game MAY NOT be included.

Also, if you run Limited games and run a Newcomer game (a game with an
upper limit of 20 masterpoints or less), you may also give the Limited game
credit for the Newcomer game’s tables by using the instructions below.
Again, like the Open games, you may only include the tables from games that
start within 30 minutes of each other.

To give the extra credit for tables, insert the hack +LT=x+ into your
game’s description sometime before the game ends. “x” is the number of
additional tables to give the game credit for. If there is a half-table
that you don’t fill with subs, you should round up.

Some examples:

   1. You have an Open game starting at 12:30, and between 12:00 and 1:00
   you have a 499er game and a 99er game running. If the 499er game had 10
   tables and the 99er game had 8 tables, you would add +LT=18+ into the Open
   game’s description. You would not add anything into the 499er game – it
   cannot get credit for the 99er game.
   2. At 1:00 you have an Open game starting. Between 12:30 and 1:30 you
   also have a 299er game and a 0-20 game. The 299er game has 14½ tables, and
   the 0-20 game has 7 tables. You would add +LT=22+ into your Open game, and
   you would add +LT=7+ into the 299er game.

Please note that misusing these hacks (i.e., intentionally giving games
credit for tables that they are not entitled to) is a serious violation. We
will be monitoring this very closely over the coming weeks. If you have any
questions or require some help, please message one of the VACB_TD’s that
are online throughout the day.

One more bit of good news…while this may not happen for a few more days, if
you have a robot pair in your game, they will be marked as ineligible to
receive masterpoint awards.

Regards,
Greg Coles
Director of Operations

August 17, 2020

CC: ACBL Board of Directors, district presidents, unit presidents
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