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Nactation notes — S as a substitute for Z

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Monday, 23 January 2012, at 4:29 a.m.

In Response To: Nactation notes — S as a substitute for Z (Taper_Mike)

The way things stand now, a nactator who identifies a play in the Z (Reverse split) family is obligated to evaluate a second family, the S (Split) family, before he can assign a Nactation.

Not true! See below.

The position in this thread is a great example. I made the mistake of assigning 51Z, when I indented to follow the present standard, and assign 51S.

You seem to be laboring under a false premise. Your assignment of 51Z to 23/22 13/8 is not a mistake. It is a perfectly acceptable option.

That said, if you use 21Z, 41Z and 51Z on the opening play or reply, I believe many people will feel disoriented or won't like it. (If that surprises you, feel free to test it out.) Admittedly, it's not so much that they are in love with the convenience clause or even that S is the first letter in Split (although I'm pretty sure that's part of it for some people); rather, it is that they have become accustomed to seeing opening 21S, 41S and 51S written that way and see no good reason to change.

If, OTOH, you use 51Z on a play deeper into the sequence that isn't precisely 24/23 13/8, people are much less likely to care.

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• 21$-64K-32U-51D-51Z-65R-53P-44 — Double-anchor position?
  Taper_Mike -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 6:24 p.m.
  • 21$-64K-32U-51D-51Z-65R-53P-44 — Double-anchor position?
    Stick -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 8:54 p.m.
    • 21$-64K-32U-51D-51Z-65R-53P-44 — Double-anchor position?
      Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 9:33 p.m.
    • 21$-64K-32U-51D-51Z-65R-53P-44 — Double-anchor position?
      neilkaz -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 1:29 a.m.
  • Variant
    Petter Bengtsson -- Friday, 20 January 2012, at 11:15 p.m.
    • Variant
      Taper_Mike -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 12:34 a.m.
    • Variant
      Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 1:02 a.m.
    • Another variant
      Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 3:36 a.m.
      • Another variant
        Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 21 January 2012, at 4:40 a.m.
      • Another variant
        Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 22 January 2012, at 9:43 a.m.
      • Another variant (23pt): Rollout
        Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 22 January 2012, at 9:15 p.m.
        • Another variant (23pt) — Another Rollout
          Taper_Mike -- Monday, 23 January 2012, at 8:14 a.m.
  • 21$-64K-32-51D-51S-65R-53P-44 & Variant — Rollouts
    Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 22 January 2012, at 10:25 a.m.
    • Nactation notes
      Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 22 January 2012, at 9:01 p.m.
      • Nactation notes — S as a substitute for Z
        Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 22 January 2012, at 10:50 p.m.
        • Nactation notes — S as a substitute for Z
          Nack Ballard -- Monday, 23 January 2012, at 4:29 a.m.
          • Nactation notes — S as a substitute for Z
            Taper_Mike -- Monday, 23 January 2012, at 5:07 a.m.
            • Nactation notes — S as a substitute for Z
              Taper_Mike -- Monday, 23 January 2012, at 7:33 a.m.
              • Nactation notes — S as a substitute for Z
                Nack Ballard -- Monday, 23 January 2012, at 11:54 a.m.
                • Analogy for S/Z
                  Nack Ballard -- Monday, 23 January 2012, at 8:44 p.m.