In article <2hdjo5BXCKX$EwYj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
David Stevenson <bnewsr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I do not disagree with you about attitude, but I do about system.
>Novices are put off by what people say to them: they do not care about
>opponents' system whatever.
If I recall my novice days, most novices are either too busy trying to
remember their own methods to worry about the opponents', or they're
fascinated by these interesting ****ny toys. Or both.
> The people who care about system are staid middle-of-the-road players
>who [whatever they say] have no desire to improve and just want to turn
>cards over.
In other words, the permanent intermediates.
(Though one does see some better players who care, either because
they've convinced themselves it's im****tant because of the novices, or
perhaps because they're getting lazy.)
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