Pok Nibin
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Posted - 2011.06.20 17:15:00 -
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Edited by: Pok Nibin on 20/06/2011 17:17:02
It's been interesting reading all these posts, getting down to what the actual transgression was seems to be a dart tournament in the dark. Fortunately, a few hit the nail on the head.
It would seem if an alliance is so huge they can field several teams, the generally accepted ethos of fair play would not suddenly disappear giving everyone license to ignore what they've known to be true since they were toddlers in the sandbox. Yes, it may present difficulties, but actually, if you couldn't field those teams without stepping all over the principals of fair play, in truth you couldn't field as many teams as you thought.
But, that's not the point. It's beside the point. The entire OP is beside the point. I don't think it's intentional deception. I think it's evidence of a lack of understanding of some fundamental concepts.
You don't hold meetings with your competition...unless you're up to something. It's just that simple. There's impropriety, but there's also the "appearance of impropriety." Fair and honest competitors are sensitive to these things and don't have to be told.
In this case, it was all part of the "plan". That word keeps cropping up with no regard to its significance. You have two competitors planning? You have conspiracy. There is no innocent motivation in this. It is what it is.
Given that, Mr. Tanner's rather lengthy excuse becomes a waste of bandwidth. In the end, we have to take someone's word for something and that someone has already demonstrated a lack of integrity. It's a wash. (By the way, I did read the entire post, which became more painful as I went along. I raised four kids. I've heard every "I didn't steal the cookies," excuse there is, and this post hasn't dreamed up a new one.)
It wasn't that I was disappointed to find a rigged final on the interweb TV toob. It was someone (once again) said they were going to do something which they did not do. Integrity.
It isn't a fashion. It can't go out of style. In the end this entire rebuttal by the offenders belongs in the "Get a clue" file...including all the "great post" responses by Hydra Reloaded members. They read like Al Capone's cronies saying "Good job boss," after he bribed a municipal judge, and offed a few witnesses.
Give my weary eyes a rest.
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