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Subject: Re: Junior forfeits to Crafty!

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 11:51:58 02/05/00

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On February 05, 2000 at 13:59:22, Peter Kappler wrote:

>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


Read again:

[ begin ]

I was not going to ask anyone to please stop censoring me so we can play.

[ end ]

Bob could have been more keen on this.

More constructive: what about playing the Crafty-Junior game after all?

Ed



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