Rainbowgym
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Professor Dav said:Hope that was vague, yet intriguing enough for you.
Dave
For me that was not vague, I am very good in "reading between the lines":thumb:
Professor Dav said:Hope that was vague, yet intriguing enough for you.
Dave
Professor Dav said:First, sorry I haven't answered you, this is honestly the first request from you I've seen. (this thread is a bit busy)
Second, I'll give you one guess.
If that doesn't answer your question, you'll just have to wait.
Dave
meganium45 said:I find it very interesting that Ditto is arguing on this side of the ball after being one of the players who did NOT qualify for Worlds this year, despite travelling all over god's green earth with his fiancee to try and earn the invite.
Ditto played in Worlds '05, but not in Worlds '06 and STILL sees the logic of the new system.
Kind of interesting if you ask me...
Vince
(Hey, Mike, am I the judge mentioned in your quote?)
M45
GymLeaderPhil said:Dave Schwimmer did just that. In the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
The Grinder is a welcomed loss. Anyone who has been on the staff the last three years will most likely agree. It is impractical to run an event of such a large size, not ending the tournament when there's a clean cut, and starting in the afternoon. It's not fun for the staff/players to have to stay up all night and then wake up the next morning to work/play Worlds. There was too much of a strain. PUI is shifting the priority of attending the Grinder into other qualifying events this season and you will have plenty of ways to have fun in those tournaments.
I'd like to add that I don't think that Worlds 2007 is going to lack all of the interesting side events that the previous World Championships have had. Perhaps it will be on a smaller scale, but I doubt that the only thing going on all three days will be the main event. That's a huge oversight to say that nothing will be going on and that non-Worlds competitors will not be welcomed.
Professor Dav said:You're telling me that there's an assumption being made on MY part? Do you not see that there are three fingers pointed back at yourselves whilst you point that one finger at me? You ASSUME there will be no 'other stuff' at Worlds next year. You ASSUME that there is no other reason to attend. You ASSUME that we don't want 'all those pesky players' there. How about in the future, you simply ask, and perhaps find out that other than the reduction in invites, and likely elimination of the grinder (as a means to reward MORE people for CONSISTENT play throughout the season), that we really don't have plans to change anything. Side events at Worlds has been a HUGE sucess for us every year. All of the other 'fun stuff' we do, has been a huge sucess for us each year. The fact that less players will be playing in the main event means nothing in regards to what else we can do for everyone else.
Honestly, I won't even respond to your questioning of my professionalism. Whether it was appropriate or not, it's hypocritical to believe that you should be treated better than you treat others.
At this point, JandPS has heard exactly what I think of his post, and attitude. I won't coddle or placate people who so arbitrarily insult the integrity of my staff.
Prof. Dave
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First of all no one has insulted anyone’s integrity, nor besides anger in your posts have you pointed out any factual inaccuracies in my posts, basically you do not like what I have said and are mad at me for saying it but nowhere do I see where you say that I am wrong. My thesis is as follows.
Point #1 the World Championships are a huge undertaking for your staff and put an incredible amount of strain on everyone involved.
Point #2 A smaller World Championship would be much easier to plan and run and at only 64 players would be a heck of a lot less costly in both time and money.
Point #3 The Grinder was a huge pain in the rear to run and only served to cause more headaches and added expense to putting on the World Championship Tournament. All it did was bring in huge numbers of players who after the Grinder was over, stayed and clogged up the side events, and got in the way of people who were trying to run the actual world championship tournament.
So if the grinder is eliminated, people who are not playing in the World Championship tournament will no longer have any reason to show up at the World Championships, so attendance will be way down at the event. This will enable the side events to be much easier to run as there will be less people hanging around looking for something to do. This will make the entire World Championships a heck of a lot less hectic for everyone involved in running the event.
So with no Grinder and only around 64 players per age group the World Championships will be way more easy to pull off, way more affordable, and it will be able to be started and ended in two days rather then three, saving a lot of money in Hotel expense.
I have never stated that anyone at PUI is wrong or bad for making these changed to the World Championships, but I do not like being told that these changes are done solely to make things better for the players participating in the game when there are other considerations in play in the decision-making
JandPDS said:If the tournament had started at 10:00 am instead of 3:00 pm it would have been finished by 10:00 pm and would have been a lot easier on everyone.
JandPDS said:Prof. Dave
First of all no one has insulted anyone’s integrity, nor besides anger in your posts have you pointed out any factual inaccuracies in my posts, basically you do not like what I have said and are mad at me for saying it but nowhere do I see where you say that I am wrong. My thesis is as follows.
Point #1 the World Championships are a huge undertaking for your staff and put an incredible amount of strain on everyone involved.
Point #2 A smaller World Championship would be much easier to plan and run and at only 64 players would be a heck of a lot less costly in both time and money.
Point #3 The Grinder was a huge pain in the rear to run and only served to cause more headaches and added expense to putting on the World Championship Tournament. All it did was bring in huge numbers of players who after the Grinder was over, stayed and clogged up the side events, and got in the way of people who were trying to run the actual world championship tournament.
So if the grinder is eliminated, people who are not playing in the World Championship tournament will no longer have any reason to show up at the World Championships, so attendance will be way down at the event. This will enable the side events to be much easier to run as there will be less people hanging around looking for something to do. This will make the entire World Championships a heck of a lot less hectic for everyone involved in running the event.
So with no Grinder and only around 64 players per age group the World Championships will be way more easy to pull off, way more affordable, and it will be able to be started and ended in two days rather then three, saving a lot of money in Hotel expense.
I have never stated that anyone at PUI is wrong or bad for making these changed to the World Championships, but I do not like being told that these changes are done solely to make things better for the players participating in the game when there are other considerations in play in the decision-making
M_Liesik said:And now for the PUI hat-trick:
I'm incredibly unhappy that a Professor would post such a tirade on a public forum, instead of coming directly to POP with your concerns. I don't mind civil posts and debate, but, JandPDS, your posts in this and other threads clearly indicate that you either haven't read, or have no regard for the Professor Core Values. Also, they seem to indicate a strong distaste for POP staff. This is not the type of person that I want as a Professor.
Pokemon No Baka said:Will JandPDS be banned from Pokemon?
M_Liesik said:Why should he be? I simply stated that he doesn't belong in the Professor program.
M_Liesik said:A Professor has never been a requirement for a tournament to be sanctionable. At least not for PUI (not sure about WotC).