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CLOCK-troversy 2

Posted By: Barry Silliman
Date: Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 11:59 p.m.

In Response To: CLOCK-troversy 2 (Coolrey)

Ray wrote: "Nothing was said between the other games either, to my recollection... It's actually kind of uncool... 4 to 7, Mr. Russel? 12-9 Ray? Pros are pros and tend to ignore the letter of the law. Joe said nothing, just scored the game, despite his assertions to the contrary."

Barry says: I always state the score after each game. It is cool to be uncool. In fact I intentionally cultivated a geeky wardrobe strategy that I believe played a key part in my win at Baltimore in October (besides the field being considerably weakened by Ray's absence). My T-shirts got progressively nerdier throughout the weekend. Friday I wore an "IBM" t-shirt, Saturday I wore a "Carnegie Mellon" t-shirt, and in case readers of CJC's newsletter or Bill Davis' newsletter can't exactly make out the really nerdy t-shirt I am wearing in their latest issues, on Sunday I wore this (Color option #2):

http://www.threadless.com/submission/42180/LET_S_gO_EaT_SOme_pi

I want pros to be more, not less, careful about observing the rules to be good examples for the newcomers. I always shake my dice vigorously, I always state the score after each game, I always say "DROP" or "PASS" prior to resetting the checkers,(I will grant that I usually don't say "DOUBLE" as the cube action is obvious), and I never move checkers with two hands.

Messages In This Thread

• CLOCK-troversy 2
  Coolrey -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 6:08 p.m.
  • CLOCK-troversy 2
    neilkaz -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 6:30 p.m.
  • CLOCK-troversy 2
    Jason Lee -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 6:37 p.m.
    • CLOCK-troversy 2
      Jason Lee -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 6:38 p.m.
  • CLOCK-troversy 2
    Stick -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 6:44 p.m.
    • CLOCK-troversy 2
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 8:35 p.m.
      • CLOCK-troversy 2
        TarHeelFan -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 3:15 a.m.
        • CLOCK-troversy 2
          Stick -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 3:25 a.m.
          • CLOCK-troversy 2
            Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 3:32 a.m.
          • CLOCK-troversy 2
            TarHeelFan -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 3:48 a.m.
            • CLOCK-troversy 2
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 10:51 a.m.
              • CLOCK-troversy 2
                TarHeelFan -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 11:13 a.m.
                • CLOCK-troversy 2
                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 11:18 a.m.
              • CLOCK-troversy 2
                MFIC -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 6:30 p.m.
                • Scoreboards
                  Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 9:19 p.m.
                  • Scoreboards
                    Keene -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 10:06 p.m.
                    • Scoreboards
                      Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 3:50 a.m.
                    • Scoreboards
                      MFIC -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 8:17 a.m.
                  • Scoreboards
                    Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 11:02 p.m.
                    • Scoreboards
                      Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 11:28 p.m.
                      • Compatibility with clocks?
                        Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 4:25 p.m.
                        • Compatibility with clocks?
                          Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 4:58 p.m.
          • CLOCK-troversy 2
            David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 5:12 a.m.
        • CLOCK-troversy 2
          Coolrey -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 4:28 p.m.
          • CLOCK-troversy 2
            Barry Silliman -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 11:59 p.m.
            • CLOCK-troversy 2
              Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 3:15 a.m.
              • CLOCK-troversy 2
                Barry Silliman -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 12:30 p.m.
            • Nerdie college T-shirts (OT)
              Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 4:28 p.m.
              • Nerdie college T-shirts (OT)
                Barry Silliman -- Wednesday, 17 December 2008, at 10:22 p.m.
                • Nerdie college T-shirts (OT)
                  Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 18 December 2008, at 5:10 p.m.
  • CLOCK-troversy 2
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 6:51 p.m.
  • CLOCK-troversy 2
    Barry Silliman -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 7:34 p.m.
    • CLOCK-troversy 2
      Jason Lee -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 7:56 p.m.
      • CLOCK-troversy 2
        Barry Silliman -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 8:07 p.m.
        • CLOCK-troversy 2
          Jason Lee -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 8:48 p.m.
          • CLOCK-troversy 2
            Barry Silliman -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 9:07 p.m.
    • CLOCK-troversy 2
      Bill Riles -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 8:20 p.m.
  • CLOCK-troversy 2
    Sam Pottle -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 10:07 p.m.
    • CLOCK-troversy 2
      Coolrey -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 4:14 p.m.
  • CLOCK-troversy 2
    Rich Munitz -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 10:56 p.m.
    • CLOCK-troversy 2
      Stick -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 11:15 p.m.
      • CLOCK-troversy 2
        neilkaz -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 11:42 p.m.
        • CLOCK-troversy 2
          Bill Riles -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 11:55 p.m.
      • CLOCK-troversy 2
        Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 2:14 a.m.
        • CLOCK-troversy 2
          Coolrey -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 4:12 p.m.
    • CLOCK-troversy 2
      MFIC -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 6:05 a.m.
      • CLOCK-troversy 2
        Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 6:24 a.m.
        • CLOCK-troversy 2
          Coolrey -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 4:06 p.m.