[ASLML] "Mac Sez" and "Perry Sez"

[Bruce Bakken]

>
>I will accept any posting labeled a
>Perry Sez as "certified", and I use
>the Perry Sez Site.
>

I generally accept this sentiment, and those expressed below.

What if you're playing someone who's asked a question of MMP and gotten a 
reply, but for one reason or another has not shared it with anybody?

According to the standards expressed by a fair proportion of ASLML 
respondent's, this "private" Perry Sez should be just as valid as any other. 
  Or is it only valid if it's *posted* somewhere?

I'm not suggesting that anybody will lie and make up "Perry Sez"s.

I'm suggesting there is no way to prove otherwise without an Official Q&A, 
and to force someone to accept a purported "Perry Sez" that is not 
Officially corroborated -- even if you are the TD and it is your tournament 
-- is, well, just plain wrong.

Regards,
Bruce Bakken

>Whilst it has crossed my mind that someone
>could "make up" such a ruling, note that if
>they ever got caught, they'd probably
>become an ASL pariah. Any such public
>posting, on, say, the ASLML, if it were
>controversial enough, would undoubtedly
>get the attention of Perry himself, and then
>the cats's out of the bag.
>
>I have already expressed my dissatisfaction
>with *not* having these things immediately
>posted on the MMP Website as "official"
>if the subject matter warrants it. I'm sure there
>*are* times when he need only reply to the
>sender, but *always* replying *only* to the
>poster can only result in further splintering of
>accurate rules knowledge, especially if the "Q"
>is a very good one, and it's not something that
>could otherwise be easily answered with the rules
>as written.
>
>I will always post my "A"s to the ASLML, that's the
>best I can do - Perry/MMP could do a lot better
>by simply putting them on the Site, and making
>them resolutely "official".
>
>Anyone that sends in a Q will need to accept that it
>becomes MMP property on the spot, can be edited,
>and disseminated as they see fit.
>
>If Perry/MMP are going to make official rulings, they
>should make every effort to see that the *entire*
>community has access, ASAP.
>
>
>

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