From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Jul 16 10:37:56 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id KAA16125 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:26:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA16120 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:26:10 +0100 (BST) Received: from (hottub.demon.co.uk) [158.152.195.248] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0ywkIh-0000bg-00; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:26:09 +0000 From: <bob@hottub.demon.co.uk> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:16:14 +0000 Subject: Re: Advance notice X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.30) Message-Id: <E0ywkIh-0000bg-00@post.mail.demon.net> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk I wasn't going to get involved in this discussion but something that Wayne wrote set off a few thoughts. Wayne Retter <wayne@phidelta.demon.co.uk> wrote: > [Personally, I don't *think* I would want to play with Lurkers or K- > Niggets, if they'd have me! I could write almost the same sentence except that I would substitute UTI and Shotgun for Lurkers and K-Niggets (and I can assure you that UTI or Shotgun wouldn't have me :-) ). I don't know much about Lurkers or K-Niggets, however Red II played K-Niggets at Swindon and it was one of the best games of ultimate I've ever been involved in - very evenly matched, hard fought and great spirit. If I lived locally to K-Niggets they are exactly the sort of team I'd want to play for. And the point of all this? Just that different teams work for different people. Everyone has their own reasons for playing ultimate and their own set of expectations - what they want to get out of the game. One of the things I like about playing for Red is that there's a place for me in the B team as a not-very-good player, and if I get fit enough and put the time in there's the carrot of playing in the A team. In the meantime, I get to practice with some excellent players. There are other teams where there would not be a place for me at my current level of commitment and ability. I'm not saying that this is necessarily a bad thing, just that it is the case. Bob - Red II not rising, young or a star :-) ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Bob Archer bob@hottub.demon.co.uk