[jenchester]

Why are some acol games in the acol club scored using N/S and E/W and others use We/They?
N/S W/W all the time would be better.

With We/They the scoring goes haywire if someone leaves and new person joins. We becomes They, and vice versa. What's going on?

[HardVector]

We/They refers to rubber bridge scoring. "We" is the side doing the actual scoring, "They" are the opposite side. In a typical rubber bridge environment, partners are not fixed and people shift seats and play with different people. I don't know what you mean by the scoring going haywire.

[jenchester]

HardVector, on 2026-April-12, 10:42, said:

We/They refers to rubber bridge scoring. "We" is the side doing the actual scoring, "They" are the opposite side. In a typical rubber bridge environment, partners are not fixed and people shift seats and play with different people. I don't know what you mean by the scoring going haywire.

[jenchester]

Thanks for response.
Why are some games using N/S E/W and others using We/They? What is the deciding factor do you know?

[diana_eva]

jenchester, on 2026-April-12, 11:08, said:

Thanks for response.
Why are some games using N/S E/W and others using We/They? What is the deciding factor do you know?

If you are playing at the table, you see We / They.

If you are kibitzing, you see EW / NS