http://www.qbwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Avoision&highlight=avoision I think you just did most of those things. Clearly, random ad nominem attacks will help solve the problems you seem to think are rampant in quizbowl. Also, maybe when you work your ass off to improve quizbowl for the entire HS and college circuits you can talk about the faults of Matt Weiner's methodology. Until then you remain a self-hating tool who thinks that his stupid comments that get in the way of real information are OK, while nobody should be able to obstruct the flow of tournament announcements and/or results with discussion of legitimate issues. Mr. Kwalter On 11/16/06, Brian Rostron <blr85_at_...> wrote: > > > I think that a commissioner should be appointed to look into the > proceedings at College Bowl events in the early and mid 1990s. Perhaps > even the events of the late 1980s. Someone impartial and analytical, > but with a deep-seated desire to see the game never tainted by > corruption or favoritism and a commitment to ensure that those > individuals, institutions, and programs complicit in unfair activities > are made accountable for their actions. I nominate Matt Weiner. > > (Sure he may come across a bit strong initially, particularly when he > appears to make perhaps excessive, yet meticulous and accurate, note > of the actions of those already known to be mildly distubed. And some > of what emanates from parties that he may or not have connection with, > with regard to making fun of how people look, dress, and on occasion > smell, again however accurate and in some cases beneficial and > informative to all parties involved, comes on across a little strong, > to the point of almost resembling adolescent bullying, but that's > probably some other people, perhaps trying to emulate him, but lacking > the accompanying judgment and discretion. (The same goes for those > other people hounding sensitive people about rather inconsequential > things or for expressing divergent, but somewhat reasonable views > about things.) Perhaps people should password protect that stuff or > have a separate site so people seeking a smidgen of informative news > don't have to wade through such things and get annoyed. Particularly > those with an exaggerated stress response due to an undiagnosed visual > condition from early childhood that they are tortuously correcting. > It's all good when people have the same aims but perhaps go about > things somewhat differently.) > > > -- "The life of an errant seemed to him far less ignoble than the life of one who had accepted the tyranny of the mediocre because the cost of being exceptional was too high." -James Joyce [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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