Author: Ron Murawski
Date: 07:57:11 07/19/02
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On July 19, 2002 at 09:30:48, Kevin Strickland wrote: >On July 19, 2002 at 02:41:17, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>I am sorry to hear this news Kevin. I appreciate everything that you have done >>already. You did a great job in getting people excited about computer chess in >>North America. It is a shame that some people do these kinds of things because >>1. We are on the internet and somehow that means we can all act like it's a 1st >>grade free for all, and 2. That people are too immature or selfish or full of >>pride or hate or whatever the reason is and find the need to do things like >>this. >> >>You are a better man than I, since I would have just posted the emails here to >>ruin the reputation of those who committed such hateful acts. >> >>I hope you don't leave, because not everyone here is bad. I guess it only takes >>a few bad ones to ruin it all though. >> >>Russell > >I will not be leaving the CCC. That will not happen. I just will not spend >almost a year of my time organizing an event just to have someone in the wood >work trying to sabotage it. > >On a side note I will not post the emails here. That is not my style. But I will >say that 75% of them came from out European counter-parts. > >Since I slept on what happened yesterday I have come to a few conclusions: > >1. People were just trying to push a few buttons.. trust me they did. >2. Some European's do not want a _successful_ tournament here. I am sure you can >easily see why. If we were to told a massive event here it would look bad that >only 20 participants show up there. >3. Maybe I should just continue and do what I want. Which is hold the event. I >seem to have support from the University of Alberta game group. That surely will >go a long way to not only having a venue for the event, but also in support to >organize it. > >Kevin. Kevin, I'm sorry to hear of your current leanings. I know nothing of this Peter Skinner controversy, but it seems to have nothing to do with the wonderful idea of having a North American Open tournament. I consider the entire Skinner discussion to be off-topic. I think almost all CCCers on this side of the Atlantic support your efforts to start this tournament and I think that many CCCers worldwide also have an interest. Just look at how quickly the responses to your announcement blossomed into huge threads. There is a tremendous fascination with a possible North American Open 2003. The small handful of hate-mongers here at CCC get more than their share of publicity. What a man stands for is of importance. You seem to be taking the high moral ground here, which is good. But caving in to the demands of this hatemonger just reinforces the hatemonger's own self-deluded "genius" opinion of himself. When hate wins, we all lose. I hope you will reconsider and not let the "dark side" come away victorious. Best regards, Ron
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