Friday, September 22, 2006
On the last post
I will have to say , if i am in any league or ladder room im not in there to play "just for fun" games. Yes i know the game is fun but im there for fun ladder matches or fun tourneys and if i want a regular "just for fun" game i will go to social 1 . Expecting a league member in a league room to want to play "just for fun" is bullshit. <---(potty language again) Some people will agree to do that especially if they have a potential new member on the hook or if its stated ahead of time that its just for fun but generally most people want laddergames. Anyway it sounds to me like someone needs to report a loss or stay in the "just for fun " room. Not reporting , if memory serves me correctly , can get you boxed or banned from a league too. I remember a couple of players getting the old heave ho for that.
New peeves front page exposure
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
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
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
An almost meetup
The Spicy One , commenting on my brawling ways in the past, brought to mind the story of almost meeting Ricketytick. I am originally from a town on the Tn/ Ky border that is beside Fort Cambell Ky , home of the 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagles. Rick is from a town 15 miles north of the base in Ky. Anyway back in the day, after my normal weekly job i had a weekend gig as a bouncer at a strip club across from the base. Rick had just been playing ox a month or 2 and I knew he lived nearby.
The club had feature attractions(dancers) from Penthouse magazine on the weekends and i told Rickety that i would get him in for free if he wanted to meet a Penthouse Pet. Well evidently he hadnt heard of that particular Pet because he turned down the offer and we never did meet up. I only worked at the club a few more months after that but had a lot of fun there before and after being a bouncer there. The last time i was there with 2 friends we got kicked out and rather than try to remove us by force the bouncers called the police lol. I never did find out why we got the boot but i had been drinking tequila all night . The police actually let us drive home! thats it for tonight .........cya at the tables!
The club had feature attractions(dancers) from Penthouse magazine on the weekends and i told Rickety that i would get him in for free if he wanted to meet a Penthouse Pet. Well evidently he hadnt heard of that particular Pet because he turned down the offer and we never did meet up. I only worked at the club a few more months after that but had a lot of fun there before and after being a bouncer there. The last time i was there with 2 friends we got kicked out and rather than try to remove us by force the bouncers called the police lol. I never did find out why we got the boot but i had been drinking tequila all night . The police actually let us drive home! thats it for tonight .........cya at the tables!
Monday, September 18, 2006
My Crappy Mood
A few people have asked about my comment regarding the mood i was in today so i decided to write about it. I woke up mad. Why you say would i wake up mad? I dont usually drink on weekdays or sunday nights , i usually save it for friday and saturday nights. I take a few prescribed pain medicines , a couple of them opiate based ,as needed and prescribed valium and carisoprodol which is also known as soma.
I take these meds for injuries suffered that have never properly healed. As a 14 year old i broke 3 fingers and 2 smaller bones in my right hand in a gold gloves boxing match and the index finger didnt heal right and since that time i have broken it 11 times. in 2000 i was the victim of a crush injury to my left foot which also involved my knee and included nerve damage and bones broken in my foot in 16 places. I have a torn abdominal muscle that i have been putting off surgery on because i had it repaired 2 years ago and the surgeon apparently didnt do the job right. Add to that injuries suffered as a bouncer (beer mug to the side of the head) which damaged my ear along with a dislocated shoulder from a keg party fight at age 18 and a fractured collarbone from a car wreck along with a severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome to top it all off.
i try to not take my meds for the uses intended, being somewhat of a druggy i save them for recreational uses when possible . I didnt take anything but ibuprofen and tramadol sunday so i had a bad nights rest and therefore woke up in a kill the world mood. Luckily my daughter can brighten my day just by walking in the door and concerned friends thru email and yahoo helped too so thanks yall cya later on!
I take these meds for injuries suffered that have never properly healed. As a 14 year old i broke 3 fingers and 2 smaller bones in my right hand in a gold gloves boxing match and the index finger didnt heal right and since that time i have broken it 11 times. in 2000 i was the victim of a crush injury to my left foot which also involved my knee and included nerve damage and bones broken in my foot in 16 places. I have a torn abdominal muscle that i have been putting off surgery on because i had it repaired 2 years ago and the surgeon apparently didnt do the job right. Add to that injuries suffered as a bouncer (beer mug to the side of the head) which damaged my ear along with a dislocated shoulder from a keg party fight at age 18 and a fractured collarbone from a car wreck along with a severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome to top it all off.
i try to not take my meds for the uses intended, being somewhat of a druggy i save them for recreational uses when possible . I didnt take anything but ibuprofen and tramadol sunday so i had a bad nights rest and therefore woke up in a kill the world mood. Luckily my daughter can brighten my day just by walking in the door and concerned friends thru email and yahoo helped too so thanks yall cya later on!
RE:Dorcas
I had thought to close the topic not from offense at the comments posted but from negative comments about it in my personal email and just from the fact that i was in a crappy mood today. I leave the option for open comments and dont remove anyones posts no matter if they offend me or anyone else and i dont use the remove tool. f-word ,potty language, whatever people want to put here is fine with me. I dont post comments i get in my email because i feel like they are private to me altho sometimes i have quoted a person anonymously with their permission or at their request. That being said let free speech run amok here!
Topic reopened
Ya know , i get a lot of private email about what i write here aside from the comments people post on the site and already i have had letters telling me to not squash the pet peeves topic and one person said that i shouldnt worry about offending people. The remarks that person made were totally right and to that person i appreciate you pointing out that i shouldnt let the blog become watered down because im afraid of offending a friend or enemy.
If i offend you and you consider yourself a friend of mine , i apologize for offending you and i promise to not be offended in return if you bitch me out for offending you as long as we remain friends. If you arent a friend of mine or dont like me and get offended by what you read here (yes its time for an ass mention) you can kiss my hairy white ass and go to hell anyway. If you dont like whats written here by me and the comments from others stop reading here .
That was probably a stupid statement i just made because one email told me that even people who dont like the commentary and debate here or are offended by it are still drawn to it like moths to flame just because they may be mentioned or get an ego trip from making their own comment or whatever. Anyway topic reopened , dont like me - fuck off , and to the rest of ya, Have A Nice Day and more to come later .
If i offend you and you consider yourself a friend of mine , i apologize for offending you and i promise to not be offended in return if you bitch me out for offending you as long as we remain friends. If you arent a friend of mine or dont like me and get offended by what you read here (yes its time for an ass mention) you can kiss my hairy white ass and go to hell anyway. If you dont like whats written here by me and the comments from others stop reading here .
That was probably a stupid statement i just made because one email told me that even people who dont like the commentary and debate here or are offended by it are still drawn to it like moths to flame just because they may be mentioned or get an ego trip from making their own comment or whatever. Anyway topic reopened , dont like me - fuck off , and to the rest of ya, Have A Nice Day and more to come later .
Hmm
Wow already some strong opinions out there on peeves. To the one anonymous comment , i was talking about the 1 or 2 notorious applause button users. I have a few other peeves as well but i think i will squash the topic here and now so as too keep my temper down . I have probably offended pretty much everyone i can think of at one point or another in my writing here , im not in a good mood and there are a few i dont want to further offend so topic closed.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
wordox peeves
Everyone has their pet peeves in ox , we have heard all about passing. 1 more of mine are thge people who use the applause button after almost every play. Is this a ploy to distract or are they truly awed by the fact that i just played the word sri? Im sure most of you have run across this peeve of mine . I will applaud a very nice play but i hate to overuse the button. Let me hear about any pet wordox peeves out there. you dont have to use your real name if it makes you uncomfortable. Cyas at the tables ;-)
Interleague Yesterday
The day went ok at Interleague altho the infamous team Pepperrin hit a snag when The Spicy One couldnt get in the room. So i , "The Great One" graciously volunteered to host the partners tourney which spared the other teams a sure beating ;-) .That annoying little nugget showed up at the end of the night marring an otherwise pleasant evening. No sign of the accompanying kernel of corn tho. I know I know its a sick disgusting thought so i will try to not bring up that mental image for you all anymore. Ayla made up a tourney graphic for me of a crow smoking a joint and holding a bottle of whiskey and its a very cool graphic.... thanks Aylababe! CAW!
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