[blml] Any redress or rub of the green

[Nigel]

[Eric Landau]
Nigel seems to think that he is entitled to *something* extra if the
opponents *don't* have the bidding misunderstanding he hopes for,
calling the difference "ill-gotten gains" and himself a "victim" of
their failure to bid themselves into a zero. It is not against the law
not to have a bidding misunderstanding, even if you've given MI that
might cause your opponent to hope that you will. "Ill-gotten gains"
come from inflicting damage on your opponents, not from failing to
inflict damage on yourself.

[nige1]
Of course I said no such thing. In the UK at least, it is an 
*infraction* to enter incorrect information about your methods on your 
*convention card*. I accept that rules in America may be more lax.

Irrespective of whether current rules allow the director to compensate 
Karen, I am sure that they allow the director to *punish her opponents* 
for this blatant infraction.

I hope that, in future, fairer rules will entitle Karen to redress when 
she suffers a bad result by trusting opponents' card. Finally (as 
explained previously) current rules about protecting yourself should be 
eradicated because they are unfair, complex, superfluous, and add 
nothing of value to the game.