Note pockets are NA during play to read.
After we encountered players at Copenhagen tournament that used such in a disclosed manner but eventually discovered after some years of their cheating. Written down plenty of LOS checks for each scenario, record the id of a newly placed concealment counter above key units with certain SWs to track their movement etc
Anyhow, they are the slowest player around, nobody you want to play with anyway.
So, this is interesting. In actual tournament play in Copenhagen, a renowned tournament, players are NOT allowed to read their notes!
The same should be true in VASL tournaments, perhaps? Oh, what a stir this will cause in the vast community!
Tournament VASL button proposal
When on:
-- all HIP functions are rendered inoperative by new VASL programming.
-- all HIP must be recorded in delayed notes (already a requirement of the VASL tournament, thankfully)
-- all other notes must be recorded as delayed notes and no new notes are allowed to be added during the game (recording stack contents, LOS check results, etc.)
-- all notes to be disclosed after the game is over to prevent alternative HIP instructions,
-- tournament mode also activates access to the new chess clock that is added to VASL.
When off:
-- anything goes as far as using HIP for notetaking etc. (reminders to call wife, when to pick up the dry cleaning, and, most importantly, when to go to the bathroom and note when the opponent does).
