qwikjanz

I used to be able to generate the hands I wanted, upload the LIN file to a folder in my favourite hands and then use that as my deal source for teaching/practice bidding. This no longer works with the hands being rejected. I now want to use these deals for a tournament for beginners and I am very concerned it will just crash. My hands are generated using DMPro. What has changed? and Help!! Qwikjanz

Stats suggest that whilst learning relay systems and highly compex bidding systems play goes out the window. From personal experience and watching other players, I would suggest that this is true. However, once learnt, the benefits are interesting. I play relay for the other features of the system, but I bet,(without reading stats on hand shapes) my defence has also improved substantially. Systems designed to confound opponents disappear rather quickly. Systems designed to facilitate optimum contracts and also optimum defence persist. Please allow experimentation, whilst protecting cross grade events. Any *good* player should be able to cope. Let bridge progress from being a "protected" baby to being an aggressive teenager, or if we are that aged, a responsible adult. At top level events, we should all be able to defend any system. Allow BSC without written defences. Grow up

I play a highly artificial system for the benefits it gives me, but the great players in the world can play any system and win. BSC and HUMS are an excuse to avoid pairs you don't like. I strongly disagree with loss of seating rights at a national level and higher. I also strongly agree that within a county's event, that weaker players be protected. If an event is cross grades then provide protection, but at the major national and international events-- we are grown up - we can cope - stop whinging:)

Whilst in favour of our current regs (New Zealand, Australia) for tournament players. and definitely in favour of uniform regs for high level tournament events, I would have to ask where our local (majority) player is left? Either we promulgate two sets of regulations - Tournaments- lets all adopt the WBF standard, that's fine - but tournament style regulations and expectations create confusion with little old ladies and other ordinary club players, not to mention putting off players who are new to the game. Or do we set rules and regulations that encourage people to play and enjoy the game and to progress with easy rules and regulations and therefore set alerts at a low level and comply with the Laws defining reasonable expectation and complying with the spirit of the laws.