Also, im going easy on people this round. Let's see if anyone can sweep me. Also, im realizing this tourney is going to last way longer than I was wanting. So, im throwing some bones. Dont get me wrong, im still going to try.
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Go a whole pente tourney without some weird **** happening challenge: impossible
It's generally considered poor sportsmanship to go easy on people in a tournament setting. Announcing you are doing so...makes it weirder, certainly not better, probably worse.
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
Ok well sorry. But I cant see my self doing this another 6 months, which is what will happen if I make it to final round with Karl. Endless split sets.
The issue is no vacation days. I have surgery on Friday. I have a gf that wants to take vacations with me coming up. Where im not staring at a pente board lol. I have a teen daughter who needs help with home work. I have both a 40 hour week job, and a home business, including an employee I pay that works with me. And customers im contracted to finish elaborate custom work for. That i must focus on, to pay down credit cards.
Really a lot of too much personal information, but I feel I owed an explanation. This is why I had retired from pente. Because im older now, and have other stuff i chose to focus on.
But, lets see how it goes. If I make it to next round, who knows, maybe I'll find some breathing room to do more quality games.
Also, I feel sort of a pressure that everyone expects me to play endless elite level games. I have the skill level, but perhaps not the resilience over time with such tourney time constraints. Im not completely falling on my sword here, ill still fight in my games.
But admittedly I did some goofy moves, that I'll need to recover from. I cant even time out from the tourney to get out like I tend to do. Because someone will just resurrect my games like homebrews lol.
Hey I mean, at least I was here to throw some stones around. And yes karl I know youre paying money, to people, and have an invested dream to defeat me in final round. Im all for that and support you. Keep in mind I've declined to recieve money. (Dont guilt and put it on me that you are paying people, I never asked you to do that. It has nothing to do with me). But im glad youre having fun with that.
But I did express my skepticism of if I could or would be willing to deliver on that (complete a tourney).
Weird to say im going easy on players? I mean I guess. At least I didnt just delete my account like what's his name. I respect the participants, so im just being open and forthright.
This is not televised. We are just a small group of friends doing a small intimate tourney. So im just keeping it real with everyone. Honestly, people like mumix deserve final round over me. He has the resilience to go a 10+ game sets on final round. I do not.
Karl me and you can do some occasional sets, if i dont make it to final round. And I have a feeling your rating goal can be achieved without me. Im a retired player. Who gets talked into tourneys every so often. You cant expect much. Other than, I know how to play pente.
Ultimately, aside from my personal stuff. The 2 days a move with no vacation days, and where at least 2 players advance from every section, kind of kills it for me.
I didnt understand why, if i sweep all players and get highest score why someone else in my section is advancing. Didn't seem right. Just makes the tourney take longer.
Pente_gon pops in here every day. Yet you dont see him competing. Likely for the same reasons as me.
And yes, anytime you pull in retired masters/grand masters, there's a chance of weird **** happening. Theres a reason they retired.
For a masters tourney. I feel 14 days vacation per 6 months every 6 months would be better. And inbetween rounds, a 1 week cool off period for people to know who they will face and have time to study for them. And, who ever has highest points in a section, the others in that section do not advance. And, 3 days per move. And, allow vacation to roll over once. So a person can take a 1 month vacation per year if they feel like taking a longer vacation. Because these tourneys take too long no matter what you do. So people need a way to balance it in thier lives. Just my opinion.
Ive never been in a tb tourney where I enjoy being stuck in it. Maybe first couple of rounds. After that it becomes a chore. Is why i have always preferred just playing individual sets with people.
I enjoyed the Carsons pente tourney. Because it was live. And so i only had to focus one set at a time. And I could schedule with the person. And there was down time inbetween sets.
Scire hostis animum - Intelligere ludum - Nosce te ipsum - Prima moventur conciliat - Nolite errare
