In Reply to Old Shep

Shep left a few comments on different posts and i will adress some of them now. This is part of his comment on 1 post

"Yes, I do dislike losing. the same as any other competitive player on here does. I am sure Perrin and Wordie hate losing, especially to someone they consider a 'lesser' player (and theres plenty of them in their cases). " (OldShep)

As for me and i speak only for me here , I truly do not mind losing to what you call a lesser player. I find that in most cases it ramps up their confidence, usually (hopefully) they are thinking Hey!! i beat this s.ob. once i can do it again. That makes it a more competitive game and a better experience for both of us. However i do hate like hell to lose to players that are my equal or better skillwise such as Wordman ,Dorcas etc and there are quite a few in the etc category. Thats just my competitive nature kicking in. Ok Moving on......

Here another comment this time in full
I am quite disappointed, Perrin!!You never added to this post that, in fact, I was right.. as relayed to you by a HTD from our League.You forget that Cases and Myleague have different rules ( as Wordie found out ....... the 2 boot rule actually applies in FSW, not MyLeague, I believe)You have carefully edited that log off the chat, I notice. You told me I need a TD guide but I didn't need to because I still have one and rule No1 is NO dupes!!Obviously my beef wasn't with you that evening which I did explain to you. It was with a TD who was being too lazy to sort the 'blue' out which would have taken her 5 seconds.I must say, you have a vast array of insults which is hardly surprising considering your vocabulary. I don't recall ever being rude to you whether it is during a game or in the lobby. I think the only one I object to is being called a bully ........ because that is false. Arrogant?? Yep!! Miserable??? YEP!!! Asshole?? I can be!!Oh well, at least I won't be the only arrogant asshole (your words) in FSW now :o))Regards the 'cheap win' I got against you.. I would gladly swap that for a legitimate win over you ..... same as I would against Wordman or Natssss. I rarely take 'foul' wins. Despite being a miserable, arrogant asshole etc etc, ask around!! I have given resets 90% of the time people have fouled against me

I hate to disagree with you Shep but i think you had a beef about playing me that evening admit it or not. Otherwise why would you not go ahead and play me and take up the situation later with a td manager or ladder op instead of letting me take the moral high road by giving you a free win? Instead you bullied the td . How you ask ? You knew it was too late for her to change the pairs yet you caused a scene in the lobby , refused to play the match and threatened to report her if she posted the win to me. I hope you felt good about it.

Now for the last bit "By the way, as an aside to your little remark about thumping my fat head ........ I didn't get to do CP work with the Dubai Royal Family for 3 years by not being able to look after myself :o)))) " Great !! If i ever meet you i wont feel bad about thumping you ;-)

Rank Hounds / Leapfroggers

I Have been asked to post about the above mentioned subjects so i will start by putting up what the rules say about it.

Rank Hounding: Players in the Top Ten are expected to be as active after they reach the top ranks as they were before. In other words, if you are playing 20 games a day to make it to the Top Ten and then only play once a week to hold your rank you may be penalized.

Leapfrogging: Players in the Top Ten should try to play the person ranked directly below them at least once every three days. If you are found to be avoiding challenges that put your rank at risk your account will be penalized.

on the first an example would be , if you are the # 2 player on your ladder and you play every day and capture the # 1 spot then disappear for a couple of days or avoid laddermatches or tourneys with the former #1 playing that in my opinion is rank hounding. On leapfrogging... If you play on a regular basis and enter tourneys on the ladders then there should be no problem. If you capture the # 1 spot just playing in tourneys on a ladder that is active with laddergames i think you should make more effort to be there for tourneys until you are beaten if you dont intend to offer laddergames in the room in which the ladder plays. If you want a shot at #1 usually all you have to do is ask for a ladderset or enter tourneys the # 1 player is in. Most players will be happy to play you. If you get turned down for a set then go to your ladders website and click the rules link. There you will find out the steps to take. You can also contact the league admins for help. Hope that helped cya at the tables

Steal up and Down / more

Wordsteal was up for awhile yesterday, we managed to get in 1 tourney. I went on to bed expecting the best today and found out that its down again :-( Such is life.

At hoyle yesterday morning in soc room 1 i was looking at some of the player profiles and saw this quote.... There aint no cure for fat bitch!!!! rotflmao that player sure hit the nail on the head. I can think of a couple of people that sure fit the bill for that little quote ;-) Ran across at least 1 yesterday.

I hope Mark gets steal up and running again today. The graphics may not be hoyle quality but i miss the new dictionary. If it doesnt come up i will look to ladder at hoyle today. Cya at the tables