Subject: Re: Scouting....
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 15:20:28 +1000
From: David Low <djl@PH.ADFA.EDU.AU>
To: DCIA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM

>      Yeah I agree with what you are saying, but I just think it is
> absolutely impossible to stop people from talking about a match they just
> had, but it is not impossible to stop people from watching other games,
> and/or looking at deck lists.
> Part of the fun during a tournament is talking about matches while you
> wait.

    That's the difference between a professional environment and a social
    one.  While there are elements of each in most cases, there are always
    tradeoffs - and often sacrifices - to make.

    In a professional environment, you do *not* talk about your matches
    until after the tournament.  If you do, you're out on your ear.

    In a social environment, who cares anyway? :-)

    But when there's a mix, there's going to be problems.  Sydney players
    visiting Canberra, for example, get annoyed if there's no deck listings
    or deck checks, but would probably get more annoyed if they got booted
    for talking to each other about their last match :-)

    The problem is, everyone has a different idea about where
    professionalism stops and social play starts; we draw the line where
    *we* want the line to be drawn :-)

         Regards,

             David.

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