Update of the list of conventions

[HanabiGrandMaster]

I hear what you're saying, and I agree with most of it. You put in so many words

I've noticed that most players "play however they find it the most fun", and will refuse to play the convention that the table is set to.

Or just refuse to configure the table properly.

I play 2-player games mostly, because I don't have the patience to wait for more players. And I encounter a lot of players who:
- Think black powder is on, while it isn't and yolo-play a 5.
- Refuse to play a 1, thinking it's powder 1, while black powder is off.
- Play conventional leftism, while finesse is selected.

The fact that CL is never hosted, doesn't mean it doesn't get played. I would put CL between beginner and finesse, but most players don't know that they play like that; or refuse to configure the table.

I literally played with a player who uses CL (in my finesse table) 10 minutes ago:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=586599451
In move 10, this happened:

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Discarded: m4
Played: r0, y1, g0, b1, w1, m0

 HGM's hand: (new) m2,  y3,  b4, g(2), y(2),   r3  (old)
Feen's hand: (new) b1,  w2,  b1, w(4), r(3), g(4)  (old)

Feen gives yellow-clue to HGM

 HGM's hand: (new) (m*y)2,  (y)3,  b4, g(2), (y2),   r3   (old)

Clearly m2 isn't playable, so Feen think's the focus of yellow-clue is on y2. While finesse interpretation puts the focus on m2, making HGM think it's y3.

I think that with this list, you can reach some specific players like:
- unspecified -> beginners/apprentice
- basic -> medium/good players
- finesse -> good/strong players
- finesse & bluff -> strong players/expert/master
- layered finesse -> master

I think what you call finesse || finesse & bluff; is the difference between (historically) Conventional Leftism || Finesse. If you want to change the convention name, then I would rename finesse (without bluff) to Conventional Leftism, and finesse & bluff (to mean traditional finesse), to elaborate that bluff is also required.

So maybe call it this:
- Unspecified -> beginners/apprentice
- Basic -> medium/good players
- Conventional Leftism -> good/strong players
- Finesse & Bluff -> strong players/expert/master
- Layered Finesse -> master