This is an old peeve of mine and since i saw it i thought i would put it up front so people didnt need to track it down ,thanks for your thoughts Nanc and Q
Nanc814 said...
Ok, well here's a pet peeve that hasn't been mentioned here til tonight... how about someone who loses a game and doesn't report? How about a person who selectively plays? How about someone who does both? Selectively plays, choosing to play only those that they *think* they can beat and then oops! they lose and then weasel out of reporting by claiming the other person never told them it was a ladder game. Are you kidding me? You are in a league room and you agree to play someone...you sit at a table and begin playing a 45p/45s set and then when you lose you are going to say that you didn't know it was ladder??? Hmmm... why didn't you say that when your opponent reported to YOU when they lost??? How convenient. When two members of the same league sit down to play in the league room, it is IMPLIED that they are playing league games unless otherwise specified. Everyone understands this and to state otherwise is pure manipulation of the ladder in my opinion. I am especially upset when this is done to a very nice person who will, for lack of a better phrase, lie down and take it. Well, it's downright dirty and despicable if you ask me. To do that period, but to do it to someone who you know won't fight back; how awful, how sneaky, how manipulative, how cowardly! I think anyone who places that much importance on winning a game and earning a few measly rating points that they'll do it by being dishonest, manipulative and unfair should not be allowed to participate in league play. League play should be about good, clean, fair & fun competition... Yes, I know, it's not always like that in the real world of league play and maybe I sound idealistic... but... people like that ruin it for the rest of us and it just makes me sick. I wish everyone would just refuse to play people who act like that; to enable this behavior only encourages it.
8:11 PM
Queenie said...
Here's my pet peeve. If you come to the Synergy room to play, and you and the person you sit down to play are both Synergy members, it should generally be assumed that all matches are Synergy ladder matches unless decided ahead of time that they are for 'fun'. To lose a match and then say "You never said they were ladder matches" is inexcusable. Excessive applauding, cackling, etc. may be annoying, but this particular habit is just plain WRONG! A few of us were in the room tonight when this happened. I for one will not accept an invitation to play this person, and won't allow him to join me at a table.
8:30 PM
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Hey Bob! Good word choice to describe what it does to you when that happens to you!
Just a point, when Interleague was set up it was agreed everyone should start with a clean slate which will explain the mystery to you Richard.
I totally agree with the points about not reporting, it has never happened to me but then I don't play many ladder games. I do play mostly for fun and couldn't care less about ratings and such but appreciate that some of you do. Regardless of that, any form of manipulation or unfair play is the pits!!
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