From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Jul 26 08:30:54 2001 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f6Q7R1w29572 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:27:01 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f6Q7R0o29566 for <britdisc-real@pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:27:00 +0100 (BST) Received: from hotmail.com (f167.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.23.167]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f6Q7Qxq10977 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:27:00 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:26:53 -0700 Received: from 193.113.57.163 by lw15fd.law15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:26:52 GMT X-Originating-IP: [193.113.57.163] From: "Christian Nistri" <wigsy22@hotmail.com> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Subject: Re: Confessions of a Tournament Director!!!! Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:26:52 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F1670zrAXBirbThA9QR00007b38@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jul 2001 07:26:53.0210 (UTC) FILETIME=[57A167A0:01C115A4] Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Nancy, I can fully understand your grievances at the seeding for the last Tour but I do think it is important that we make sure that we keep to the truth. >And although it really screwed my own team's chances. What chances????? Wigsy "Less talk, more D" >From: "Nancy Stebbing" <nancy.stebbing@tesco.net> >To: "britdisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> >Subject: Re: Confessions of a Tournament Director!!!! >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:38:08 +0100 > >I think what really rankles some folks is the APPEARANCE of you guys >blatantly cheating. > >I know that as a TD and person in a BUF leadership position, I often have >to >make decisions that are blatantly unfair to MY OWN TEAM to avoid the >appearance of being partisan and of cheating. I can name ten people off >the >top of my head who have made decisions detrimental to their own teams in >the >past year in order to be seen as being fair. > >That said, I find it hard to believe that you guys didn't look at your new >pool and think 'Well, that might look a bit odd.' Add to that the >unfortunate coincidence of a problem with seedings at your most recent >co-ed >tournament, which was clearly a simple misunderstanding and nothing >malicious, and it just looks really bad. > >Compounding the problem is that different decisions would have given teams >close to you in the points standings a d'mn good chance of making the >semi's. At the end of the day- that is what the row is about. It LOOKS >like you guys cheated your @sses off. > >And although it really screwed my own team's chances. I'm going to assume >that you made your decisions as best you could at the time. Maybe next >time.... And hopefully this will resolve itself quickly. I know you >worked really hard to get a Tour together, and that its a thankless job. > >Nancy Stebbing >BUF Mixed Coordinator > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp