[blml] Alerting Rules [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[John Probst]

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From: "Guthrie" <guthrie at ntlworld.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Alerting Rules [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


>
> As current internet trends continue, however, and the merits of
> simpler disclosure practices become apparent to more players, this
> debate may well become academic.
>

There's no doubt that Nigel is right here. I can envisage (the 
unetymological Americans would envision) alerting eventually becoming 
dependent on "internet standard" and will probably fall into the "pre-alert 
basic method, WBF alerting, full disclosure" style. ... and I strongly feel 
that the NBO's, ostrich-like, keep their heads in the sand in not seeing 
this is the way things are going and that they are failing to seize an 
enormous opportunity. However this is long into the future, and at the 
moment most people play mostly in their own manor, and local alerting is 
fine.  Part of the fun in going to another country to play is to find out 
what's diferent and what's (not) permitted.  john

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