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Nactation - usefulness versus complexity. Elitism?

Posted By: Rod
Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2013, at 9:25 p.m.

In Response To: Huge investment in select minutiae doesn't mean that simplification isn't beneficial for all (Rod)

Nactation is excellent for the early game. It is relatively simple to use and understand and is quite useful.

However, for many mid game situations it sucks. A special rule for when to use P or p regarding pointing on the 7 versus the 5, when P is normally thought of for pointing on the 5... But in this case it's for pointing on the 7.

Too much complexity.

http://experoinc.com/usefulness-vs-usability/

The above link is just one of many. It highlights what we intuitively know - when a system becomes overly complex its utility often decreases.

What is the aversion to utilizing a system that can be used in conjunction with Nactation (or replace it entirely) that is far far more simple with at most 4 or 5 rules?

Elitism? Are we an association of lawyers or doctors seeking to keep the bar so high to prevent competition?

Nactation falls short. If an entire match was nactated there are, perhaps, 10-20 people who wouldn't need to look up some of the symbols. In 5 minutes someone could understand COMPLETELY a match notated this way. Your early game plays could be saved in short file names, as with Nactation. And a match could easily be KC notated with just a 20-30% increase in # of characters used over a match nactated.

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