[blml] Online Bridge

[Adam Beneschan]

Brian Meadows wrote:
 
> I am playing online, and find myself with a pickup partner whom I
> have never met before. Our agreements are the common "SAYC,
> pard?" "OK." Then I notice that my partner has loaded the SAYC
> file into Full Disclosure. What are my obligations? To refuse to
> play until I have checked every detail in the file (it's a
> time-consuming process)? 

Yes.

If you're presenting a convention card to your opponents (which is
essentially what this file is, right?), you're responsible for making
sure it's correct.

What on earth do you think the alternative would be?  If you're going
to give a CC to your opponents, but with a caveat that it's not
guaranteed to be accurate, what would be the difference between giving
them a CC and giving them an online copy of the Dead Sea Scrolls?  A
CC like that is going to be approximately as useful as the scrolls,
because if the opponents can't count on it being true they're going to
have to ask about everything anyway.

                                -- Adam