nige1, on 2012-December-29, 07:43, said:
If players won't provide their own cards, what is a director expected to do?
He could fine the offenders for each round that they continue to play without a convention card. That might lead to a swift correction of the deficiency.
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My understanding is that such regulations mandate that the offending pair play according to the standard card.
Yes, but in practice that doesn't happen. Generally the offenders don't even have time to read the standard convention card, so they just continue playing what they already play.
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Anyway I can't see any harm in TFLB providng default rules on such matters.
I can. The WBFLC has limited time and money, and there are many real problems with the existing Laws. I'd like them to use their resources on dealing with these problems, rather than those conjured up by your imagination.
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Language is always a major problem no matter the format of the system-card. I hope many countries would accept a WBF card in English. The use of standard symbols, acronyms, and abbreviations might make that easier. Naturally, however, many people would still prefer cards in their own language. Foreigners would then have to translate their cards to the local language. With careful choice of language, machine translation might be possible.
Anyway only the language would change, the constant structure and format would facilitate conversion and greatly simplify later disclosure communications.
Have you ever actually played bridge outside the UK? The problem you are trying to solve really doesn't exist.
Anyone who is sufficiently motivated to travel to a foreign country and play in a bridge tournament is also likely to be capable of understanding and completing the local convention card. If they don't speak the language well enough, they will probably be able to find a cooperative local player to help them fill in the basics. That meets the needs of both disclosure and good manners, without inconveniencing all the local players by expecting them to read an unfamilar convention card in a foreign language.
This post has been edited by gnasher: 2012-December-29, 10:23