Re: I am sorry everyone

Posted by Zoneman () (Ranked 26 on Gin (GameDesire) Ladder) on September 07, 2005 at 21:20:34:

In Reply to: Re: I am sorry everyone posted by tova123 on September 07, 2005 at 20:18:31:

Hello tova,

So much to respond to, let's start off with the statement "Shy has covered up for me so many times": Shy has had to cover my tournys on 2 occasions, once because I was having bad wheather and couldn't stay connected and the other occassion was because I had to work, if I don't work, my bills do not get paid. I have been a TD on 3 seperate occasions covering 8 months and have hosted over 250 tourneys, so to have a person cover for me twice is a pretty good percentage of tourneys that I have been able to make. Yes Shy is there for everyone whether she is playing or hosting, and does a great job, I wish we had 20 more people just like her. On the reverse side of that, I have had to cover for her on 2 occassions. That's what we do, it's our job as HTD's to cover for other TD's, that doesn't give her or me any extra perks when it comes to playing in a tournament. Second about what you said about waiting for Shy, or anyone else for that matter. Shy was in the toureny room 45 minutes before the start time of my 10 pm tourney, which gave her more than enough time to register. I was unaware of her computer problems until 5 minutes past the hour, thats when she said she was froze. I had 5 players in my 10 pm tourney, and I waited an additional 5 minutes. If you recall correctly, Shy made a comment that she could not do anything and that she had to reboot. How am I as a TD suppossed to know when she is able to get back online, register for a tourney, and get back to the room, it could have been another 10-15 minutes before she could register, and I can't justify waiting that long for a player, no matter who it may be. That is when I chose to close and start my tourney...10 minutes late. Is it fair for the other players to have to wait even though there are enough players to start? In my opinion, no it's not. Third, when you said every tourney starts late or never on time. I always start my tourenys on time, UNLESS I don't have enough players. Once I have 4, I start. Maybe other TD's start late, thats their choice, it's thier tourney. I am not any other TD, I start on time whenever possible, it's the way I was trained. It's something that I won't change, I will always start on time unless I don't have enough players. Not every player is willing to wait 5 or 10 minutes just so that another player can register, especially when that player is having computer problems. When I play, I never ask a TD to wait so I can register, because I, as a player, know the rules, and I definitly wouldn't ask a TD to wait for me if I had to reboot, it's not fair to the other players.

I am sorry you feel like I wasn't a "team player", as you whispered those words to me, just because I didn't wait for another player, but rules are rules, and I follow them. I would have the support of any TDM as well on this. If you have any further comments or questions, I would appreciate it if you contacted me personally through IM chat or through e-mail. I do not appreciate being called out by you or any other player trying to make me look bad. I do what I can for you and every other player who plays here, and I go by the rules. When I screw up, I admit it and I am man enough to apologize. The only reason I am responding to your post is that I feel I have to defend myself so that other players don't think negativley towards me.

Thank you,
Michael ... Zoneman