csdenmark Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Most bids I make in nearly all systems I play are alert-requering. I think FD explanation is sufficient for that. I rarely press the alert button because I think it may cause confusions. I have decided to explain in alert box the day I will have opps. playing something else than standard. I need that because the syntax for qualify field is unknown. In many of the systems I play there are several brown-sticker features. I am really in doubt how to handle this. The point is that such features are normally only allowed for Bermuda Bowl in end-phase - fx. canape' overcalls and inverted doubles. I would appreciate very much if it would be possible to enter a code so that FD would display such very special features in another colour than the standard yellow and in that way attract opps.' attention. Right now they don't notice and are often trapped. That's not fair and not fun for me either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTodd13 Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Star Trek fans will get this reference. I've thought before that normal alerts should be "yellow" alerts and that really bizarre stuff should be a "red" alerts. You can guess what the result would be...endless regulations over what is a red alert and what is a yellow and then endless complaints when somebody forgets and makes a yellow alert when it should be a red. Anyway, I don't have a good answer to this problem. Both options have big downsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmum Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Guess I would not find it fun to play against brown sticker conventions (If thae are banned in anything but Bermuda Bowl) mainly because my P and I would have had no way of devising a defence to them :) Probably here on BBO I would not attempt to play at one of your tables cs -- just because I KNOW you play advanced systems -- and I have no problem with you doing so, but it would be disconcerting to find opps who are playing those conventions without realising it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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