There had a few complaints at the club (in the UK) about the methods my partner and I use now that we are playing regularly with the idea of playing in tournaments again, something I haven't done for years.
Ours is a small club where many of the players are elderly, and most still play 4M Acol. We play a basic 2/1 system with a range of conventions, including now Walsh and Transfer Walsh. Everything is alerted. But that doesn't satisfy the purists. This is the Matchpoint hand yesterday that was the straw that broke the camel's back, it seems.
West who can be a bit grumpy at the best of times was incandescent with rage that he's missed out on a vulnerable ♥ game, and that we made 2♠X after his partner passed and led a ♦. To keep the peace, both my partner and myself suggested to the TD (as ours is a friendly club generally) to adjust the score to 4♥ made by E/W - which turned out to be a bottom score as no-one else had bid it. It's only a game, after all, I mused, not life and death.
But the matter wasn't allowed to rest there. I can't comment too much at this juncture (as it has been referred to the club committee), but a number of players want my partner and myself to "tone down" our system because it is confusing to some players. This is what the TD suggested over 'our chat over coffee'. I'm agreeable to this, only to keep the peace, but it leaves my partner and myself in a bit of a dilemma as we can't practice our system at the table.
What are your thoughts, and as always thank you for your replies.