[cjames]

Hi, recently this system has started to interest me, so I wondered if someone know a place where I can find a complete (and understandable) version of the system?

Does anyone here on the boards play this system regulary, and successfully?

[Gerben42]

<--- points at Hrothgar and possibly Free

[Free]

I used to play it f2f, but we changed back to natural. We had some success, especially with imp-scoring. You can find a pdf from Richard Willey from 2002, which is what we played (with just a few minor adjustments)...

[helene_t]

Marston's book on Daniel's System Pages says that the book will be publshed by the end of 2005, did that actually happen?

I need a new system for one of my IRL partnerships. We're playing Neanderthal Precision at the moment and are reasonably happy with that but would like something more advanced. Symmetric Relay Precision or something like Jannersten are other options, but if the Moscito 2005 (or something similar) is available we would consider that.

[the hog]

helene_t, on Jul 16 2007, 12:53 AM, said:

Marston's book on Daniel's System Pages says that the book will be publshed by the end of 2005, did that actually happen?

I need a new system for one of my IRL partnerships. We're playing Neanderthal Precision at the moment and are reasonably happy with that but would like something more advanced. Symmetric Relay Precision or something like Jannersten are other options, but if the Moscito 2005 (or something similar) is available we would consider that.

Paul has made the comment about publishing Moscito for the last 10 years. It never happens. There is a summary on the Ozone web site, but Richard's notes are best, though he does need to update.

Symmetric relay is a little dated these days, btw.

[hrothgar]

The_Hog, on Jul 16 2007, 03:07 AM, said:

Paul has made the comment about publishing Moscito for the last 10 years. It never happens. There is a summary on the Ozone web site, but Richard's notes are best, though he does need to update.

Symmetric relay is a little dated these days, btw.

I am (slowly) updating my notes. Currently, I am compressing them and dropping out some extraneous verbiage. Regretfully, I don't have a good enough grasp on the transfer 2/1 structures that Paul is current playing to really incorporate this (or the accompanying changes to the relay structures)

As to Ron's comment that Symmetric Relay is "dated". I suspect that Ron is referring to Symmetric Relay based Precision and not the Symmetric Relay structure itself. As far as relay methods go, I think that Symmetric is probably (still) the way to go. In my mind, it provides the best combination of ease of use and efficiency. In general, I prefer to start with a Symmetric type base and then include a few tweaks to improve performance.

(Of course, this all assumes that you have a good reason to be playing relay methods)

[the hog]

hrothgar, on Jul 16 2007, 09:02 AM, said:

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As to Ron's comment that Symmetric Relay is "dated". I suspect that Ron is referring to Symmetric Relay based Precision and not the Symmetric Relay structure itself. As far as relay methods go, I think that Symmetric is probably (still) the way to go.

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[helene_t]

hrothgar, on Jul 16 2007, 04:02 AM, said:

I am (slowly) updating my notes.

Looking forward to that. I think we'll focus on the notrump structure for the next few months and let the rest of the system in peace.

[akhare]

hrothgar, on Jul 15 2007, 09:02 PM, said:

I am (slowly) updating my notes.

Hear hear -- and please back them up this time.

CJames, my pard (DrTodd) and I play a FP system that's similar to Moscito. Actually, when vulnerable, we play strong ♣ system that pretty much matches the Moscito opening structure.

Note that I am foobar on BBO (not to be confused with the foo on this forum!!!)

[glen]

The_Hog, on Jul 15 2007, 07:07 PM, said:

helene_t, on Jul 16 2007, 12:53 AM, said:

Marston's book on Daniel's System Pages says that the book will be publshed by the end of 2005, did that actually happen?

Paul has made the comment about publishing Moscito for the last 10 years...

Paul Marston is in Nashville this week, so if anybody reading this sees him there, ask him how the book is going... however if you see another well-known player, do not ask him if you can play bridge on an XBOX

[hrothgar]

I was originally hoping to get an updated "Introduction to Symmetric Relay" posted this weekend. However, between the new Harry Potter book and work related issues I'm editing MOSCITO notes has gotten bumped to the bottom of the stack.