Re: Illinois Novice 2001 Final Results

Hey,

 If what you say about your beating
Michigan B is true (and I believe it to be,) then you're
right; you are one rank higher than the rank indicated
by my post. I compiled rankings for the lower
brackets from memory as I failed to obtain the relevant
score sheets before leaving UIUC for Thanksgiving
break. I am sorry and will be more careful in the
future.
 As for what you're saying about my children,
well, yes they are a talkative bunch; they're also a
batch of irreverents and they have fun playing the
game. I have complete faith that no member of our house
team bears any malice toward you or anyone else on
your team and I heartily invite you to, well,
lighten-up. As moderator of the match in question, I will say
that I saw no misconduct to speak of. I further see
nothing inherently wrong with posturing, in jest, for the
neg championship in a decided match; if you didnt
find the joke funny, so be it.
 I am sorry you
found any aspect of your match against our house team
distasteful as it indicates some failure on my part as its
moderator, but I would appreciate your raising your
objection where its relevant, i.e. during that match.
Beyond actions affecting match play (as incessant
chatter may), anything anyone has to say about the
conduct of another team is, in effect, equivalent to a
lampooning of another team (or, in this case, player.) I
offer that this is hardly the place for such statements
in spite of the recent trend towards the misuse of
this forum for exactly that purpose.

With
sincerest apologies,
hb

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