Walk a mile on one of the staff's shoes just ONCE and you will get a completely different view. The staff and volunteers bend over backwards and give give give to the game and the people so events like this go off as smoothly as they do. WOW.....glad a college student is able to psycho-analyze an entire group so quickly!
/end sarcasm
Keith
And I'm glad a lawyer is able to read my post correctly. I didn't say it was the "ENTIRE GROUP," in fact I even went out of my way to say it was a few people and that most of the judges were extremely professional. I also specifically said I was not characterizing the entire group. And yes, I do know that most of them bend over backwards... I'm not stupid, and I know what you guys do. You pretty much seemed to misunderstand my entire post. Perhaps I was unclear.
Let me expand upon my previous points. The event was very successful in terms of time management and overall quality, and ALL I was saying that there were certain judges acting like real jerks to everyone. That hardly means ALL the judges, and I do not see how you could read my post thinking that. I was talking about those who seemed to be "getting high" off the power they had. And don't tell me nothing like that ever goes on. No one is perfect, and power goes to many people's heads sometimes. If you want to turn a blind eye to something I was bringing up and do not want to perhaps examine the behavior of some of the more radical judges in the future, then that's your problem. All I know is I heard a NOTICEABLE amount of complaints this past weekend about how some of the judges were treating players and onlookers and experienced it myself a few times. But, I guess you're absolutely right in believing that nothing could ever possibly be wrong with anyone who works these events. I won't try to bring up anything I felt was wrong in the future since you seem to think everyone is perfect, and that there is no room for improvement.
the_sniper said:
What Keith said is perfect. AWESOME event, great time on this end. I played both weekend
days and had Z-E-R-O experiences like you have described. The judging was super! And
I'd like to personally thank EVERY judge for their efforts and good work.
Low class post wpm, but sadly par for the course when it comes to you
Just because nothing happened to YOU doesn't mean nothing happened to anyone else. Geez, common sense. Oh and yes, I'm just so low class; what a cliché response. You act like I specifically came into this thread out of the blue when I rarely post on the Gym just to start trouble. Because you know, I'm always complaining all the time about everything with events... you see it with me especially. Sorry, but I wisely pick and choose what to complain about... it's not a habit like with other people, and I'm not like some players who find a fault in every single event about every single aspect. As far as I can remember, this is the only time I have EVER brought up anything such as this. So maybe next time, you should cut out the pointless ad hominemems which only exist to insight anger.
The point of my post was to bring to your guys' attention that SOME of your judges did not act very professional, and indirectly, you should possibly consider paying more attention to the politeness/professionalism they display in the future (like perhaps emphasize that this is a KIDS event, and that you don't have to rip people's heads off). I don't complain for the sake of complaining... I complain when I think something can be improved in the future.
Geez.
EDIT: And I don't feel like discussing my observations any further, since I don't want to get into a fight with anyone who misunderstands my posts or intentions over something that was simply meant to be a "heads up." I feel I have made my points clear, so if you don't understand them, then just disregard them.