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thepossum, on 2024-November-08, 20:07, said:
I have just deleted a rather long defence to this attack. Not for any reason other than to prevent the thread being diverted. I still have the text if anyone wants to pursue it
I regard your comment Mike as another unnecessary personal attack and misinformation - not that personal but it undermines me somewhat
My system that I play - irrespective of knowledge or skill or experitise - precisely limits 2NT and 3NT bids - you should know that the systems people play are nothing to do with expertise
Some of the most experienced players are still able to play very basic systems. Not that I regard myself as one but systems do not define expertise
Like I say, life is too short (all of ours) for another tedious fight with Mike. I deleted my old post solely for that reason but have it stored somewhere if anyone wants to keep rubbish going. I am sure you can probably read it under deleted posts and I can send you a copy if you insist
I regard your comment Mike as another unnecessary personal attack and misinformation - not that personal but it undermines me somewhat
My system that I play - irrespective of knowledge or skill or experitise - precisely limits 2NT and 3NT bids - you should know that the systems people play are nothing to do with expertise
Some of the most experienced players are still able to play very basic systems. Not that I regard myself as one but systems do not define expertise
Like I say, life is too short (all of ours) for another tedious fight with Mike. I deleted my old post solely for that reason but have it stored somewhere if anyone wants to keep rubbish going. I am sure you can probably read it under deleted posts and I can send you a copy if you insist
I'm afraid mikeh is right on this one. A system where 2N and 3N are both limited is just not going to be competitive at the level of representing your country, which is the level mikeh plays at. You'd be pretty much guaranteed to lose before the match even starts because you're playing such an inferior system. (Go look up the convention cards of the England pairs in the most recent World Bridge Games - if any of them are playing Acol it's a very souped-up one.) Yes, plenty of decent, experienced players play systems where 2N and 3N are both limited, including many better than me. Everyone playing such a system - unless they're doing it because someone is paying them money to do it - is incompetent compared to mikeh.
Considering mikeh's team would beat the best team I've played on by 80 IMPs over 24 boards - without even trying - I think he gets to consider me incompetent.