Oh man... what have I done now?(posted 8870 days ago)Yes, BBH, you are so right... I shouldn't have been drinking on a night of a public meeting.
Lagavulin: I apologise for saying this in public for everyone to read before talking to you. My only apology is that I don't even remember saying that during a public meeting. Just look at Barry's reply. I have said some very strange things on IRC before. I almost gave away two HotRods during one of my nights. ("gave away" as in "I had to buy them first, then ship them to the two people.)
Hell, I still hold the very questionable "first and only" of having pissed off BBH on IRC. And I recently pissed off Brian too. I'm well on my way to be the first to have pissed off every single #marper (and MARPer) first.
On the other hand... once it had been made "more or less publicly" known who of the 3 coordinators exactly had chosen which game... and maybe that's the fault of the two other coordinators too (sorry, JD, sorry, Brian, but I think you guys agree on this) for just accepting your recommendations without doing too much research.
Lagavulin: It is well-known that you and Phil are friends and I think that you guys even have your own one-on-one competitions on a lot of games. Based on the first part, is it that strange that people think what I apparently said in public? Based on the second part, yes, I can see how you and Phil both know a lot of the same games and how, then, you could choose games you know and like for the tournament. And, yes, I admit that you could even choose those games without even thinking about the fact that Phil has played most of those games too.
So, yes, I apologise for saying what I said in public and before confronting you with that, but I do not apologise for things I have been thinking (and lots of others, too). Yes, I was wrong, regardless of my personal thoughts. I am sorry. I really am. I've pissed off a lot of people and most of them at times when "my inhibitions were off- guard". Yes, you are correct. We had very nice chats on IRC, and I regret having done this to you in this fashion. I really did (and do) enjoy your presence on #marp.
To Vaz and all the others I have pissed off: You're not alone. Maybe I'm just a bastard at times. Not maybe, even, probably.
As a final, personal, note: Heh. Regardless of exactly how the games were chosen, even if you did favour Phil (I said "if", so I am not saying now that you did, I'm speaking hypothetically now), then it backfired. It made me more determined to try harder. Especially when I had to play Phil one-on-one on SnapJack.
Ben Jos.