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Giants is becoming a political campain

Posted By: Seth
Date: Sunday, 29 November 2009, at 10:31 p.m.

In Response To: Giants is becoming a political campain (Rich Munitz)

I( Rich Munitz) agree with Iancho's recent post on the topic.

I have remained silent on the topic of Giants voting for a reason.

IMHO,I had previously stated that the Giant List is way too subjective, in nature. In the past,( before accessing this forum), I had always thought that there were objective criteria to determine these 32 slots. Chuck Bower made some attempt at an objective approach to this task.Am just curious, why there aren't standard ratings for backgammon players similar to chess ratings for grandmasters, etc. around the globe. Is it because American Bg players and the rest of world- Europe, Asia, etc. are not continually playing one another for such ratings? I have never played in any Bg tournaments, so, I may be very lacking in knowledge in this whole matter. Additionally, I wonder how people's posts here( of Giants ) influence the voting of others. I am merely posting my thoughts on the matter and am not looking to be inundated with criticisms for my ideas, etc. Just looking to open a discussion regarding these issues of the Giants. I agree with Richard that these votes should have been cast without prejudice.

Messages In This Thread

• Giants is becoming a political campain
  Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 29 November 2009, at 9:04 p.m.
  • Giants is becoming a political campain
    Seth -- Sunday, 29 November 2009, at 10:31 p.m.
    • Giants is becoming a political campain
      Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 29 November 2009, at 11:16 p.m.
      • Giants is becoming a political campain
        KenB -- Sunday, 29 November 2009, at 11:51 p.m.
        • Giants is becoming a political campain
          Coolrey -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 12:38 a.m.
          • Giants is becoming a political campain
            KenB -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 2:15 a.m.
            • Giants is becoming a political campain
              Rich Munitz -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 2:43 a.m.
              • Giants is becoming a political campain
                Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 2:44 a.m.
                • Giants is becoming a political campain
                  Carter Mattig -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 3:12 a.m.
                  • Giants is becoming a political campain
                    Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 3:13 a.m.
              • Giants is becoming a political campain
                Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 2:47 a.m.
              • Giants is becoming a political campain
                adambulldog -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 6:50 a.m.
  • Giants is becoming a political campain
    Stick -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 12:54 a.m.
    • Giants is becoming a political campain
      David Rockwell -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 2:28 a.m.
    • Giants is becoming a political campain
      Rich Munitz -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 2:37 a.m.
  • Giants is becoming a political campain
    Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 3:02 a.m.
  • Giants is becoming a political campain
    David -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 3:22 a.m.
    • Giants is becoming a political campain
      Stick -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 4:44 a.m.
      • Giants is becoming a political campain
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 4:54 a.m.
        • Giants is becoming a political campain
          Stick -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 5:14 a.m.
      • Giants is becoming a political campain
        Rich Munitz -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 5:23 a.m.
      • Needing to vote for 32 is way too much
        neilkaz -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 5:36 p.m.
        • Oops..I meant not be able to vote for yourself *NM*
          neilkaz -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 8:36 p.m.
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      adambulldog -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 5:42 a.m.
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    garyo -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 4:52 p.m.
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    alex21 -- Wednesday, 2 December 2009, at 2:31 a.m.
    • giants
      Max Urban -- Wednesday, 2 December 2009, at 8:55 a.m.