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We don't agree..I am sorry
Posted By: Coolrey In Response To: We don't agree..I am sorry (Rod)
Date: Thursday, 9 April 2009, at 12:05 a.m.
Rod: first... you never gave me your email address. yes, I do have it now... but from this site. Like you have mine and never bothered to ask me for the match. Any emails to me asking or reminding me? I work 60-70+ hours a week - sorry I didn't remember to send you a match from a month ago once I finally was able to access your email address. You never indicated you wanted the match either. You did say you should be charging me for the privilege of recording a match with you, though, which takes some big ones....
Ray: I have to ask you to send me a match of mine you recorded? Nobody else needed to be asked, Roderick sir. You've had my address for some time actually. You emailed comments on one of my articles thru CJC, remember?
I just let people record em if they want to, I try to get along. It is just kind of weak if they make no effort to share the information later, I put up with the bulky camera, their dice, their board, at their convenience. Malcolm Davis, Bill Riles, Neil Garvie, Gregg Cattanach... all sent matches without a request, so that is the normal ettiquitte I have come to expect.
Rod: I think that it's a little odd to even imply I might ever try to take advantage of the dice when I always ask for the device that eliminates the problem.
Anyway, at the end of the match David thanked me for being a gentleman about the clock issue and his play during the last game and not using it against him in any way. I said not a word until after the match, asking only that he not pick up the dice until I actually had hit the clock (I do still think about the move until I hit it).
Ray: You had no clock with Frank as far as I know, you didn't request one with me, so you don't always ask for the device that eliminates problems... and when there isn't one you do stuff that provokes old pros like us to roll the dice, and then you act all shocked and offended.
Then you posted here that David was picking up the dice before you hit the clock, which to my way of thinking was disrespectful to him.
I also didn't say you ought to pay for recording the match I think I said it wouldn't be too obtuse if I asked you to, but I didn't.
On another front: Neither you or Neil gave Rob a dime for recording and entering your match... and maybe I am out of line here; but even if they ask me to record it... When I am making four figures I give the guy a tip, at least! And, I explain to my opponent that it wouldn't be a bad idea if the winner paid maybe 40 and the loser 20 or something like that. Seems sort of selfish to split up over $5000 and stiff a guy who offers to do you a favor, to me. We all know how much work that is, and I for one do NOT want to do it.
I am not surprised that you didn't tip Rob, really... But I don't understand Neil not doing it, to be honest with you.
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