I was just pointing out, a remark like the one I called out, generalising to all players in a particular group - in this instance the Acol club - is bound to upset plenty of guys.
Was I personally upset? No, probably not. I think years of arguing on the internet has given me a fairly thick skin. I play all the time in the Acol club because it's the system I know best (in fact it would be more accurate to say, it's the
only system I know ...
). Does this make me an 'inferior' player? I'll let others judge.
Oh yes I've made plenty of stupid mistakes. Like yesterday, when I called a gerber 4
♣, and on hearing the 4
♠ response, thought to myself
"aha: three aces" (sic). I ended up taking it to 7NT,
missing an ace ! Of course I'd got the blackwood and gerber responses mixed up. Of course I apologised profusely to partner (who was very understanding).
And of course I've had the occasional partner who's committed a comparable cock-up. What I like best, is playing with a partner who's big enough to admit when they got it wrong! Luckily there are plenty of pretty good players in the Acol club (and, I hope, elsewhere on BBO) who're prepared to do that.
Plenty, but not all.