Queens And Jacks

This applies mainly to playing pinochle on Yahoo! Games.  The BRB thing, actually it is okay during a game of pinochle in my opinion.  I do not mind waiting a little bit for the pinochle game to continue.  I actually do that quite often myself.  Here is the point of this post.  Please be courteous with your BRB’s. actually I have found that if I announce a BRB like this “I will be a moment or two after this hand” and give the other players forewarning so they can use that time to do things as well. 

Doing this speeds game time, lowers frustration levels, and provides for a more enjoyable experience overall.

Now to the Peck Peck Peck (typing)…  I like to write, obviously.  I do not mind chatting during the pinochle game.  What I do mind is when a person makes  the whole table wait for them to play minesweeper on their keyboard so they can type something that really wasn’t important enough for everyone to wait 30 seconds for them to finish typing.  That isn’t very nice. 

What I like to do is type between clicks.  I usually play on a laptop so it is a bit easier, but why not click a card and stop typing, who cares if you only get one word in a trick.  I have typed for 7 or 8 tricks to get my point out but I didn’t slow down the game. 

So for everyone’s sake, please limit the time it takes to write and type between clicking the cards.