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Subject: Re: Junior forfeits to Crafty!

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 10:59:22 02/05/00

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On February 05, 2000 at 13:46:52, Amir Ban wrote:

>On February 05, 2000 at 13:43:35, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>On February 05, 2000 at 13:32:59, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>>On February 05, 2000 at 13:28:07, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 05, 2000 at 13:07:18, Amir Ban wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 05, 2000 at 12:54:14, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Amir, this is crap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You walked out of the tourney 10 minutes before it started.  You know damned
>>>>>>well that Bob would have lifted the censor so the game could be played.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Has it occurred to you that I didn't doubt that ? Did you consider that I
>>>>>thought I deserved more respect ? That I want someone to talk to my opponent to
>>>>>please agree to play with me this one time ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Amir, if you wanted someone to talk to Bob, there were at least 20 of us in
>>>>channel 164 who would gladly have helped.  I pleaded with you not to leave, and
>>>>you ignored me.
>>>>
>>>
>>>We don't understand each other very well. I did NOT want anyone to go plead for
>>>me with Bob.
>>
>>Ah, I completely mis-interpreted your statement.  I understand now.
>>
>>My question to you is this:  when you entered the tournament, you must have
>>known that an eventual pairing against Crafty was likely.  Why did you
>>participate if you weren't willing to play against Crafty?
>>
>
>We still have problems in understanding. I was willing and expecting to play
>crafty. What I did not expect is to show up for the game and find the censor
>still on. I was not going to ask anyone to please stop censoring me so we can
>play.
>
>Amir


I think you know perfectly well that Bob had simply forgotten about the censor,
and that he would have removed it so the game could be played.

I can understand why being censored would upset you, but I think you
overreacted.

--Peter




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