Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 12:10:58 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 14:51:58, Ed Schröder wrote: >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 ] > I see that very clearly. I'm not saying that Amir needed to beg Bob to un-censor him. He could have simply waited until the start of the round, and then the problem would have become obvious to Bob. >Bob could have been more keen on this. > True, but Amir could also have been more patient. >More constructive: what about playing the Crafty-Junior game after all? > >Ed It's possible this will happen later in the tournament. --Peter
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