Bill Jacobs wrote
>Whilst the two processes look similar, it is interesting that the volumes
>are so different: 150 over 3 years banned from OKB, and <10 from BBO.
>
>I can think of 3 possible reasons:
>
>1. OKB has a much large number of players.
>
>2. BBO is more conservative than OKB in "convicting" people of cheating
>
>3. The presence of Lehman ratings in OKB provides a motivation for
cheating
>
>Item 3 is the one that interests me. I am coming to the conclusion that
on-
>line bridge is only playable in an environment where it is played purely
for
>fun - that is, there is absolutely no reward or prize of any kind
involved.
There are other possible reasons. For example, the way things
develop, the ambience, and so on may be different. Or perhaps cheats
are re****ted more on OKB. Perhaps the fact that OKB have responded to
pressure form their customers by appointing people specifically into
ant-cheating roles has led to more cheating being found. Or various
other things.
Compare systems that you are allowed to play in F2FB. These are very
restricted in England/Wales/North America, very unrestricted in
Australia/Netherlands. Why? When this question has been asked in the
NGs only absurd answers have been given, and consequently there is
always a moan that it should be changed so all countries are the same
[though whether the moaners think North America would be prepared to
follow Australia or vice versa is not clear!!!!]. In fact I believe it
is based on history, luck, the different development of the game, and so
on.
In the same way BBO and OKB have developed differently for a different
length of time and costing different amounts of money with different
games available. While Lehmans may affect cheating, so do all these
other things.
One of the modern things I dislike - this is not a bridge-oriented
remark, but a life-oriented remark - is that people think things have
single causes. In England road crashes are increasingly blamed on speed
rather than all the other reasons [eg a badly maintained car is more
likely to break at high speed]. In fact most things have multiple
causes. In my view the difference in number of convicted cheating cases
between OKB and BBO is the result of many reasons.
--
David Stevenson Wirral, Merseyside, UK
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