Give me a break! What's "elitist" about "I'd like to see what you're playing". And if the Herculean chore of taking 2 minutes to fill out a convention card will drive someone from the game, I have a feeling they weren't staying for long anyway, and ...
I know that attending nationals is very difficult (actually impossible unless within driving distance)for me financially. I've already started saving to pay for my few days in Montreal in July.
I am as happy as I'm surprised that they got it right in your case. And yeah, playing 10 days is insanely hard. On those too infrequent occasions when I've actually made it day 3 of a 3 day event, I've always had to take at least ...
@Tim: Guess we'll find out in 2023. FWIW, I did mean what I said. However, for personal, non bridge reasons, I needed to get these points credited sooner rather than later, and apparently the only way to do that was to sign up for three years whether I wanted ...
Update:
Paid the three years, though as someone on a small, fixed disability pension I would have strongly preferred to not have to.
Kissed and made up (figuratively) with Cindy, and explained where I was coming from, which she seemed to understand.
All that being said, my opinion of how ...
You suspect correctly. My utter disgust has not abated. In fact, with every interaction, it has only increased. Maybe one day I will have the colossal good fortune of having some form of interaction with that organization that could be classified as positive (heck I'd even take a neutral ...