The four new NHC "Super Qualifiers"

[Rick B.]

Whew! I\'m being sensitive?

Good thing it\'s Friday -- seems like you could use a cocktail yourself. Maybe some deep breathing, too.

You read *way* too much into my post, stuff that simply wasn\'t there. I never said ego wasn\'t involved in these contests; I tried to infer that *too much ego* -- thinking that you are better and smarter than the rest -- is a bad thing to bring to a contest. In my opinion, a healthy amount of ego tops out right around \"I can do this...I think I\'m as good as these guys...why can\'t I win?\"

I could name names of specific regular tourney players who I know for a fact think they are better handicappers than everybody else -- because they have said so, right to my face. That\'s pretty arrogant, and probably flat out wrong. I wouldn\'t dare say or even think that I\'m a better handicapper than you, or anybody else. This game has humbled me a million times over, and I try to give it -- and all those who dare play -- their due respect.  

Obviously, I didn\'t make myself clear enough on this for you. My bad.
 
As far as the rest, Mall did a far superior job to mine in explaining some of the reasons I mentioned, and he added others that are also worth examining. If you refute all that he wrote, too, that\'s fine. Your opinion is just as good as anyone else\'s here. But when you post a one word opinion on a topic, with no other context, you shouldn\'t be surprised that others might not give it much weight, or possibly interpret it differently from how you meant it.

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Rick B. Wrote:
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> Whew! I\'m being sensitive?
>
> Good thing it\'s Friday -- seems like you could use
> a cocktail yourself. Maybe some deep breathing,
> too.

Maybe I shouldn\'t have responded after working my last day of the week,  dealing with a room full of knuckleheads. I did have something similar to a cocktail after settling in.

 
> Obviously, I didn\'t make myself clear enough on
> this for you. My bad.

And neither did I.

>  
> As far as the rest, Mall did a far superior job to
> mine in explaining some of the reasons I
> mentioned, and he added others that are also worth
> examining. If you refute all that he wrote, too,
> that\'s fine. Your opinion is just as good as
> anyone else\'s here.

Mall did do a nice job explaining it.


> But when you post a one word
> opinion on a topic, with no other context, you
> shouldn\'t be surprised that others might not give
> it much weight, or possibly interpret it
> differently from how you meant it.

You are 100% correct here. That was my fault for not further explaining it. I just feel that the essence of compettition is believing that you are better than your opponents, and that involves your ego. Thats all, nothing more, nothing less. Good luck to you Rick.