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l.strether wrote:lakeviewdave wrote:You havn't addressed any of them...
How can we move on to Castro if you cannot address the questions that are being discussed and you have no answer for besides "Let's move on to Starlin Castro". You opened a can of worms and now you cannot backup your statements. I am shocked you even play in any leagues with managers who even use a ratings guide, how such an unfair advantage that must be for you.
Hi, Dave.
I did address your questions about ratings guides giving an edge, and your other questions as well. Here is the post where I did so:l.strether wrote:Since you didn't address my post that answered all these questions, I'll say it again. "Time savers" are those that save time on mundane activities of workable time lengths. Ratings guides do much more than that. Considering almost none of us, including myself, have even close to the time necessary to actually count out every card on the set. So, the ratings guides give their user information they most likely never would have gotten without them. And, as I said before, counting out the cards doesn't guarantee one would count them out correctly.
Your acknowledging people might not count them out correctly perfectly supports my point. The ratings guide provide a service guaranteeing they'll be counted out correctly for those who can't...even though very few of us have the time to count out a whole set.
So, the ratings guide do give helpful, vital information that give their users an edge they most likely wouldn't have had without them. I don't know why people who actually pay for that edge try to say they didn't. I'm not saying it's unfair in anyway. Let's get back to Starlin Castro.
That countered every point you made and answered every question. If you disagree, feel free to address it yourself.
I totally disagree.
How do ratings guide give an edge? Still no facts to back this statement up.
There is nothing in the ratings guide that one cannot compute themselves. Given this, then the ratings guide provides no advantage. Time is not a valid argument either.