> Sure -- two parts. First, as James describes, going
> literally all over the country, if not the world, to
> exploit opportunities sometimes leads you to locations
> and establishments that you would otherwise stay away
> from like the plague. To some, putting up with
> discomfort is the "cost" of doing business.

> Second, occasionally, there are repercussions for
> trying to get advantages that are
> "non-standard." The story of James's run-in
> with the Imperial Palace is, of course, the major case
> in point.

> Don

Not only that, HC is hard to do full-time if you're big. There are some flashers that anyone can see and every AP should know what to do when they see it, but it helps a lot to be short. I'm a big freak and yes, I have laid down on the table and degraded myself in other ways to sneak peeks, but it's hard to make a living that way, and that behavior also jeopardizes HC games that other more physically apt people could exploit.