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Stuffing down throats

Posted By: MFIC
Date: Thursday, 6 November 2008, at 1:26 a.m.

In Response To: Stuffing down throats (Jason Lee)

Here is an email from one of my Championship-level players on his position NO CLOCKS MANDATORY and NO CLOCKS OPTIONAL, but yes, clocks for those who have shown the need: "Dear Patrick,

Here's a possible answer to those numb-nuts idiots who want to penalize everyone by putting clocks in all matches. The problem is slow players, right? Well, simply have slow players always play with a clock, until and unless they have brought their speed of play in line with others. A fast player having to play with a clock against the slow player could be an advantage to the fast player, making up for the inconvenience for having to use the clock and yet not have to use a clock robotically just cuz some stupid rule says "clocks in all matches". A slow player would be identified by 3 to 5 slow matches charged against him/her, and a so designated slow player would be publicized to other tournament directors prior to annual/semi-annual tournaments. A fast player who gets stuck with a slow-boat would get a mark against him/her, but would unlikely to get the 3 to 5 marks that would then penalize him/her. A player gets 5 marks can play fast to reduce his black mark scores to where he/she is below that level and can join the ranks of fast players once again. And maybe make the slow player suffer some embarrassment for being designated slow - "Oh yeah, he's in the leper colony" kind of deal. I hate situations where someone gets penalized for other people's problems, like speed bumps on streets so that everyone that travels gets to remember the teenagers who have to show off. They just go elsewhere to show off, leaving behind the blue laws of having speed bumps.

Anyway, I personally will never play in a "all-clock" tournament under any circumstances (or a clock upon request of one player tournament), but if some system like the one mentioned above was implemented, I would agree to play slow players using a clock." ---Art Moore (He has allowed me to give out his name). ______________the MFIC (patrick)

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