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<blockquote data-quote="OmegaDef" data-source="post: 297678" data-attributes="member: 4082"><p>Thank you, Naildriver. I appreciate your feedback. The advanced league starts tomorrow, but it's looking like it's getting pushed back so more people can sign up. I'll most likely be continuing the blogs when it starts up again. And good news, my girlfriend was on the fence about having time enough to join, but as of today, she's in!</p><p></p><p>Shaneus, thanks for reading through. The best part of this experience was meeting and playing with the absolute best players I could find. You are right at the top of that list. Sorry I didn't point out I was writing these. I've been trying to do it as anonymously as possible. Second place was in fact the guy we played with when you visited. I am committed to writing about my own failures and triumphs honestly. No one else I'm writing about signed up for that. I'm sure they wouldn't mind, but it isn't my decision to make for them. That's the reason I kept their names out of it.</p><p></p><p>As an epilogue to all of this, I'd like to say one thing. Even in anonymity, I was never comfortable expressing my grievances or annoyances with people. That is the only thing I wished I could've been more honest with.</p><p></p><p>For example, there's a kid who quit the competition early. The brilliant strategy he'd come up with was that he always wanted to go last. He very graciously volunteered for it. I explained to him that wasn't how the rules worked and that given the opportunity, everyone would like to go last. It's obviously the best position. You know what score you need to beat, and you see everyone else's strategies and what is working. It really irks me when someone thinks they're clever enough to outsmart you, yet you see right through it. I was as nice about it as possible. For whatever reason though, he ended up quitting.</p><p></p><p>I omitted little things like this, but perhaps I should've added them for the sake of authenticity. The only reason I cite this as an example is because he gave up. Had he not quit, I wouldn't even bring it up. I'm still wrestling with exactly how honest I can comfortably be while writing these.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OmegaDef, post: 297678, member: 4082"] Thank you, Naildriver. I appreciate your feedback. The advanced league starts tomorrow, but it's looking like it's getting pushed back so more people can sign up. I'll most likely be continuing the blogs when it starts up again. And good news, my girlfriend was on the fence about having time enough to join, but as of today, she's in! Shaneus, thanks for reading through. The best part of this experience was meeting and playing with the absolute best players I could find. You are right at the top of that list. Sorry I didn't point out I was writing these. I've been trying to do it as anonymously as possible. Second place was in fact the guy we played with when you visited. I am committed to writing about my own failures and triumphs honestly. No one else I'm writing about signed up for that. I'm sure they wouldn't mind, but it isn't my decision to make for them. That's the reason I kept their names out of it. As an epilogue to all of this, I'd like to say one thing. Even in anonymity, I was never comfortable expressing my grievances or annoyances with people. That is the only thing I wished I could've been more honest with. For example, there's a kid who quit the competition early. The brilliant strategy he'd come up with was that he always wanted to go last. He very graciously volunteered for it. I explained to him that wasn't how the rules worked and that given the opportunity, everyone would like to go last. It's obviously the best position. You know what score you need to beat, and you see everyone else's strategies and what is working. It really irks me when someone thinks they're clever enough to outsmart you, yet you see right through it. I was as nice about it as possible. For whatever reason though, he ended up quitting. I omitted little things like this, but perhaps I should've added them for the sake of authenticity. The only reason I cite this as an example is because he gave up. Had he not quit, I wouldn't even bring it up. I'm still wrestling with exactly how honest I can comfortably be while writing these. [/QUOTE]
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