From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Mar 11 20:54:04 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA01785 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:52:32 GMT Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA01767 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:52:29 GMT Received: from bridge.freeuk.net (bridge.freeuk.net [212.126.144.11]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA18834 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:52:29 GMT Received: from [212.126.148.10] (helo=default) by bridge.freeuk.net with smtp (Exim 2.11 #1) id 10LCRO-0004hx-00 for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:52:26 +0000 From: "er2de2" <tammo@freeuk.com> To: <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Fw: drop the pull Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:37:58 -0000 Message-ID: <01be6bff$0c7b6b00$0100007f@default> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk You can spot the good intention behind the new rule: It may make the game more fluid, as it takes the risk out of bringing the disc into play more quickly. Still, as someone who has gone through the humiliating experience before, I'd miss the thrill that comes with every pull heading my way... I can only agree with Si, the old rule should stay, not just for the comedy value of seeing someone else screw up. After all, mistakes must be punished. Tammo (Chevron) er2de2@bigfoot.com -----Original Message----- From: Simon Hill <simon.hill@actix.com> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Date: 11 March 1999 10:03 Subject: drop the pull > >2. I would like to formally (how do I do that?) ask the BUF to go back to >the WFDF Ultimate committee to re-instate the dropped-pull rule. This is a >brilliant rule. And I speak as a player who is usually on the wrong-end of >it! > >Si (22)