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Questions for Ed

Posted By: Paul Weaver
Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 9:59 a.m.

In Response To: Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe (ed olaughlin)

During your match with Larry, did it ever occur to you that the match was taking far too long? Did you ever consider going to the director and requesting a clock?

In retrospect, do you think you did the right thing by not requesting a clock at some point in the match?

Incidentally, when I asked NeilKaz to give me his opinion of the six best Amercian backgammon players, he mentioned you as being the second best. You are a great player and well underrated. You are to be congratulated for your outstanding tournament record thus far this year. You won the tournament in New Jersey, and reached the semifinals of the jackpot events in both New Jersey and Santa Fe. Additionally, your character and integrity are above reproach.

However, I am not sure your judgement was correct when, during the match, you failed to realize the consequences and ramifications of the amount of time your match was taking and you failed to demand a clock.

Admittedly, I do not know all of the facts, but I believe that you should have asked for a clock at some point.

Messages In This Thread

• Clocks
  Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 12:02 a.m.
  • Clocks
    stw672 -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 1:32 a.m.
  • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
    Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:25 a.m.
    • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
      Stick -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:37 a.m.
    • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:10 a.m.
    • All it takes is a 3 hour 11 pt match to muck up the schedule
      neilkaz -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:18 a.m.
      • CLOCKS
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:26 a.m.
        • CLOCKS
          Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:29 a.m.
      • All it takes is a 3 hour 11 pt match to muck up the schedule
        Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:26 a.m.
      • Take up a last century project
        svilo -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 7:03 a.m.
        • Take up a last century project
          Stick -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 11:47 a.m.
          • Take up a last century project
            svilo -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:48 p.m.
            • Take up a last century project
              Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:36 p.m.
              • Take up a last century project
                Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 4:39 p.m.
            • Take up a last century project
              Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 4:36 p.m.
              • Take up a last century project
                Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 4:39 p.m.
          • Take up a last century project
            Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 3 February 2010, at 3:20 a.m.
    • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
      ed olaughlin -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:35 a.m.
      • Different time limits per player
        Paul Vianna -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:41 a.m.
        • Different time limits per player.. no $%#%# way
          neilkaz -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:44 a.m.
        • Different time limits per player
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 8:18 a.m.
        • Different time limits per player
          Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:10 p.m.
      • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
        neilkaz -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:42 a.m.
        • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
          ed olaughlin -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:53 a.m.
          • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
            Stick -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 4:04 a.m.
            • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
              ed olaughlin -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 8:48 a.m.
              • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
                Chiva Tafazzoli -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:07 p.m.
          • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 4:55 a.m.
            • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
              Stick -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 5:28 a.m.
              • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
                Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 6:25 a.m.
              • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
                ed olaughlin -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 8:43 a.m.
                • Questions for Ed
                  Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 9:59 a.m.
                  • Questions for Ed
                    ed olaughlin -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 11:12 a.m.
    • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
      Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 5:23 a.m.
      • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 5:53 a.m.
        • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
          Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:59 p.m.
          • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
            David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 3:23 p.m.
    • Scheduling Problem in Santa Fe
      jdg -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:12 p.m.
  • Clocks
    Jim Allen -- Tuesday, 2 February 2010, at 2:32 a.m.