I think you focused on the wrong part of my point J.D. We both use gentlemen agreements at our local clubs. These are not rules (no one is getting in trouble for wanting to measure to the sector in our games) just local guidelines for how a group of people feel the game could be better. There are no morals to be had here. This is a game played for fun and things that get in the way of that are not moral dilemmas to be debated by the clergy. You just gentlemen agreement away things that effect local fun and then go on the forums to get the rules changed so your agreement is no longer needed

Again my point is make the main rules clear so we don't have a conflict of gentlemen later on (hunting rifles are typically not used in duels and I'm not handgun trained so would most likely do poorly at 10 paces).
Winning at LVO was because they are good generals with a strong local player base the they can practice with. It's amazing what a small think tank of good generals can come up with if you lock them into a club together! If those same players met with their equals across the world it would be interesting to see how it played out (and when/if it happens please have a table side reporter so we can get some nice batreps out of it).
Do I care if you draw a card with no Admiral selected? Does it effect my fun or will it likely effect the fun of my local players? Will I be sad if Liam's indication of intent that you get a card with no Admiral is clarified and made true in the RAW? The answer is no to all of these things. I don't care one way or the other until I am a rules judge at an event and two people are arguing over some stupid little thing that was easily fixed by a single line.
If I ever go to LVO or someplace else you'll find me quite happy to just play the game and have fun. Bar talk after about rules might get me on my rules tangents like here on the forums (with more or less clarity depending who's tab we are drinking on

) but that is not what I'm looking for across the table. The last big event (60+ players) I was involved in as a player I was voted Best Sportsman so clearly my pedantry online is simply to ensure that we can keep the trend going!