[blml] Encrypted signals (was: nearest card)

[Tony Edwards]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Johnson" <johnson at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Encrypted signals (was: nearest card)


> Adam Beneschan writes:
> >
> > A club in the ACBL could hold its own tournament and allow encrypted
> > signals or any other convention that isn't allowed in any national
> > ACBL event.
> >
> > And any organization can set up any tournament it wants with any
> > convention it wants to allow, if it didn't award ACBL masterpoints.
> > The ACBL couldn't do anything to stop them---nor, I believe, would
> > they particularly want to.  If there really were enough people who
> > would play in such a tournament to make it profitable to hold one, why
> > hasn't someone?
>
> For what it's worth, many years ago the club I play at announced
> the intention to hold regular "anything goes" games.
>
> Came the first one there were only two pairs (not sure if
> Tony Edwards is still lurking here, but he and I were one of the
> pairs -- intending to play a big pass/relay) interested.
> Idea dead in the water.
>
 Ya, I'm still here.  I'm still disappointed that the idea didn't fly. The
club I'm director/manager of (one day a week, church basement--but 22-26
tables per week!) has a play what you want policy, superchart+, have a
defence available ...but hardly
anyone uses anything but GCC. :-( (or :-) , depending on how you look at
things). With special games like STACs, ACBL-wide charity, ect. we have to
"dumb-down" the game to GCC. This always gets grumbles from the handfull who
do enjoy less orthodox methods.
 Do those who use less orthodox methods have an advantage? Not that I can
find:
year after blood-soaked year, the good, solid bidders/declarers/defenders
seem to relentlessly cream the other players no matter what they play.

Tony (aka ac342)

ps. as for the topic at hand, I think encrypted signals should be permitted,
      (I mean, what's the big deal?) but it's up to the SO.