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Give it a rest, Paul

Posted By: Stanley E. Richards
Date: Monday, 4 October 2010, at 5:03 a.m.

In Response To: Give it a rest, Paul (Bill Riles)

I did not like that Mr. Riles excluded me from his open tournament two years in a row. I was not convinced that registering about 4 weeks in advance and then six weeks in advance were insufficient. I suspected that my spot was given to better known tourney players. I was highly offended that Mr. Riles implied that I was a weak person for suggesting a weak play. Mr. Weaver's open comments were appropriate discussions to improve the game.

That being said, perhaps it is best to see if Mr. Weaver's criticism will lead to a better tournament. It may be fair to Mr. Riles to suspend negative comments until after his next tourney. I believe that his next tournament will be an improvement. Overall, his tournaments have been good and will probably get better. Time management will improve. He will not exclude me if I register in time. He will not personally insult another BGOnline member because of a member's play choice cited in a post.

As a starting backgammon player, Chicago Point was one of my best teachers of backgammon. Mr. Riles has been very good for backgammon. We all make mistakes. We all learn from mistakes. If you put yourself in the spotlight to better a cause, your mistakes are more evident than those who do less. Mr. Riles has put himself in the spotlight to help backgammon. I wish him the best.

Stanley

Messages In This Thread

• Give it a rest, Paul
  Bill Riles -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 1:03 a.m.
  • Give it a rest, Paul
    Paul Weaver -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 1:13 a.m.
    • Give it a rest, Paul
      Bill Riles -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 1:50 a.m.
      • Give it a rest, Paul
        Barry Silliman -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 2:23 a.m.
        • Give it a rest, Paul
          Carter Mattig -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 2:32 a.m.
          • Dr. Evil ?
            Dmitriy Obukhov -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 2:55 a.m.
            • Dr. Evil ?
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 2:57 a.m.
              • Dr. Evil ?
                Dmitriy Obukhov -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 5:31 a.m.
                • Dr. Evil ?
                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 5:34 a.m.
                  • Dr. Evil ?
                    Carter Mattig -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 3:47 p.m.
            • Dr. Evil ?
              phil simborg -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 6:18 a.m.
              • No. Please educate me *NM* *NM*
                Dmitriy Obukhov -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 7:06 a.m.
                • No. Please educate me
                  Stick -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 7:44 a.m.
        • Give it a rest, Paul
          Bill Riles -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 2:47 a.m.
          • Give it a rest, Paul
            Steve Mellen -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 2:52 a.m.
            • Give it a rest, Paul
              Barry Silliman -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 4:12 a.m.
      • Ditto
        Casper van der Tak -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 7:28 a.m.
  • Give it a rest, Paul
    Michael Petch -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 6:57 a.m.
    • "People wonder why attendance is down on the ABT. "
      Paul Weaver -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 8:01 a.m.
  • Give it a rest, Paul
    Stanley E. Richards -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 5:03 a.m.
    • Give it a rest, Paul
      Rich Munitz -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 5:30 a.m.
      • Thanks for the correction "NM" *NM*
        Stanley E. Richards -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 3:51 p.m.