[blml] 2007 laws

[Brian]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:46:18 +1300
"Wayne Burrows" <wjburrows at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Significantly it appears there has been some consultation or at least
> communication with National Organizations about these changes.  My
> national organization has been quoting or alluding to these changes
> for some time.  On the other hand there has been no attempt that I am
> aware of to get feedback on the laws and appropriate changes from
> ordinary players.
> 
> Many National Organizations have been abusing their restricted power
> under the 1997 laws probably for the entire ten years of those laws
> existence.  The punishment, whoops I mean reward for that abuse of
> power is that they now have "absolute total power with no constraint,
> restriction or oversight" as Eric points out or that their powers have
> been "extended considerably" as Grattan would prefer to state.
> 

For anyone who enjoys playing any systems a bit out of the ordinary,
then the answer is online bridge(*) - although Wayne already knows
that. 

Maybe it's the way of the future. People who play at a high enough
level for (highly) unusual methods to be allowed will develop
and practice those methods online for their offline play. 

For the benefit of any BLML subscriber who hasn't tried the online
services, then the system regulations on BBO are simple enough, 
anything is allowed subject to full disclosure, and alert anything you
think might not be fully understood by your opponents. Might be
different in the tournaments, I don't play in them. 


Brian. 

(*) Well, all right, before Richard and any of his compatriots point it
out, I suppose emigration to Australia might be a rather extreme
alternative option. 



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