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Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 3:42 p.m.

In Response To: Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh (Stick)

I don't see how failing to show up for an award and taking unfair advantage of a public opportunity to give a biased view of a situation are even on the same page.

I had several thoughts during the long speech to consider what others were thinking. I didn't mention Ray's periodic interjection of axioms, none of which I can remember. However I did think of an appropriate one myself: "there are two sides to ever story".

Rob made a great effort to bring new players onto the tournament scene by making the Novice event ENTRY FREE while at the same time providing a prize pool and trophies. 22 players took advantage of that opportunity. So among the 100+ audience members for the speech were several easily impressionable newbies. Imagine having the excitement of your first big weekend tournament tarnished by a long, selfish display. Further, without hearing the other side, I can imagine many of these (and others) actually believing everything they heard.

Backgammon isn't a perfect world. Who said it was? Anyone can complain about it. A champion looks for ways to make it better for everyone.

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• Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
  Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 4:55 p.m.
  • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
    Stick -- Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
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      neilkaz -- Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 9:48 p.m.
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        Michael Petch -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 2:29 a.m.
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          Michael Petch -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 3:37 a.m.
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            Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 4:08 a.m.
            • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
              Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 4:29 p.m.
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                Carter Mattig -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:18 a.m.
    • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 10:00 p.m.
    • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
      David -- Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 11:09 p.m.
      • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
        Stick -- Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 11:13 p.m.
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          David -- Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 11:52 p.m.
          • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
            David Rockwell -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 1:02 a.m.
            • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
              Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 1:21 a.m.
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                Chiva Tafazzoli -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 12:59 p.m.
                • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
                  David Rockwell -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 4:18 p.m.
                  • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
                    Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 6:10 p.m.
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                      David Rockwell -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 6:38 p.m.
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                    Carter Mattig -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:15 a.m.
              • OT/Just wondering
                Sam Pottle -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 2:01 p.m.
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                  Michael Petch -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 12:23 a.m.
          • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
            Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 3:16 a.m.
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            Carter Mattig -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:09 a.m.
    • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
      Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 3:42 p.m.
      • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
        Ken Larsen -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 4:08 p.m.
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    lenny -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 2:42 a.m.
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      neilkaz -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 3:00 a.m.
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        lenny -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 5:09 a.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 5:19 p.m.
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            lenny -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 11:10 p.m.
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              neilkaz -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 1:06 a.m.
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                lenny -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 2:03 a.m.
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                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 2:43 a.m.
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                    lenny -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 4:34 a.m.
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                  Timothy Chow -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 2:59 a.m.
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                    lenny -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 4:33 a.m.
                    • " troubles BG is having -- with attendance down. "
                      Rich Munitz -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 6:30 a.m.
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                        lenny -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 4:39 a.m.
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                      Mike Main -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 3:20 p.m.
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                        Phil Simborg -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 3:42 p.m.
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                        Neil Robins -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 5:33 p.m.
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                          Bob Koca -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 5:47 p.m.
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                          Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 4:24 a.m.
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                            lenny -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 4:35 a.m.
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                              Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 7:51 a.m.
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                              Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 10:33 p.m.
                          • " troubles BG is having -- with attendance down. "
                            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 7:19 a.m.
                • " troubles BG is having -- with attendance down. "
                  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 6:37 a.m.
            • " troubles BG is having -- with attendance down. "
              Rich Munitz -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 1:10 a.m.
    • " troubles BG is having -- with attendance down. "
      Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 3:43 p.m.
  • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
    Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 9:33 p.m.
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    Bob Glass -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 11:42 p.m.
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      Stick -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 11:44 p.m.
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    Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 1:00 a.m.
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      Justin N. -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 1:32 a.m.
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    Stick -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 3:13 a.m.
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      Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 4:11 a.m.
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        Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 11:09 a.m.
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          Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 2:57 p.m.
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      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 2:15 p.m.
      • Saturday morning speech in Pittsburgh
        Stick -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 2:24 p.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 2:59 p.m.