[blml] Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

[Eric Landau]

My previous attempt to send this message appears to have been  
rejected; this may be a repeat.

On Aug 30, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Jeff Easterson wrote:

> Hola blml!  If the player says he worked this out with AI and didn't
> need the UI; is this enough?  Do you simply believe him?  If you do  
> you
> direct in different games than I. In my experience players usually (at
> least it is not always) say they were uninfluenced by the UI since  
> they
> had worked it out through AI.  This includes players who don't even
> count trumps.  Ciao, JE

Of course not.  We ask him how he "worked this out" and evaluate the  
credibility of his answer.  We accept his argument only if we believe  
that any of his "peers" would have worked things out similarly.

The "players who don't even count trumps" inevitably defend their  
actions by insisting that they are doing exactly what they would have  
done without the UI.  That is what they have been taught to do, even  
by some ACBL officials and Bulletin contributors who should know better.


Eric Landau
1107 Dale Drive
Silver Spring MD 20910
ehaa at starpower.net