TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO CALLS HIMSELF "ROOSTER" OF TEAM CORROSION.
SIR, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOU HAVE PUBLISHED A LETTER CONTAINING SEVERAL DEROGATORY REMARKS CONCERNING TEAM VIPER AT THE TEN- MAN TOURNAMENT AT SKIRMISH NOTTINGHAM, LAST MONTH.
FIRST OF ALL, I AM SORRY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO. I WISH NO ILL FEELING BETWEEN TEAM VIPER AND ANY OTHER TEAM. IN FACT I ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE TEAM MEMBERS TO BE AS HELPFUL AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY TO LESS EXPERIANCED PLAYERS AND TEAMS, AND AM SADDENED TO HEAR OF YOUR LETTER.
BUT....... I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THESE POINTS.
1) VIPER FELT THEY BORE THE BRUNT OF A NUMBER OF QUESTIONABLE REFEREEING DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...LETS BE REALISTIC, REFFING IS A THANKLESS JOB ON THE BEST OF DAYS, AND BY AND LARGE REFEREES DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND THE STAFF AT SKIRMISH NOTTINGHAM ARE NO EXCEPTION, BUT IF A TEAM FEELS THAT THEY ARE DRAWING THE "SHORT STRAW" A TENDANCY TO "MAKE SURE" OF AN ELIMINATIONS OCCURS, AND TEMPERS RUNNING CLOSE TO THE EDGE IS ENEVITABLE.
2) I BELIEVE THAT THE LAST GAME OF OUR DAY WAS BETWEEN YOUR TEAM AND MINE. AS THE SCOREBOARD LAY THE WINNER WOULD TAKE THIRD PLACE IN THAT DIVISION, THE LOSER PLACED, WELL, NOWHERE!
HISTORY WOULD DICTATE THAT YOUR TEAM LOST. DO YOU THINK THAT PERHAPS THIS RESULT MAY HAVE INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO PUBLISH YOUR LETTER?
3) YOU STATE THAT NOT ONLY IN THE GAME AGAINST YOUR TEAM, BUT IN ALL OUR OTHER GAMES THAT VIPER WERE BEING ****ERS. I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT YOUR EFFORTS MAY BE BETTER EMPLOYED IN WATCHING YOUR OWN TEAM AND NOT MINE. YOU MAY POSSIBLY WIN MORE GAMES AND HAVE LESS TIME TO CRITISIZE PEOPLE YOU CLEARLY DO NOT KNOW.
4) IN A DEMOCRACY YOU HAVE THE INHERENT RIGHT TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION, BUT TO PUBLISH IT ON THE INTERNET IS ANOTHER MATTER. CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT " FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS A REACTION"......ITS BASIC PHYSICS.
5) FINALLY, IN FUTURE IF YOU FIND YOURSELF SO UPSET ABOUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH MINE OR ANY OTHER TEAM, EXTEND THEM THE COMMON COURTESY OF ADDRESSING THEM FACE TO FACE AND NOT BEHIND A NICKNAME ON THE INTERNET. IF AFTER CONSIDERATION YOU DECIDE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SPINE TO DO THIS ,IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU SAID NOTHING AT ALL.
SIMON COLE
TEAM CAPTAIN
RPS VIPER.
SIR, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOU HAVE PUBLISHED A LETTER CONTAINING SEVERAL DEROGATORY REMARKS CONCERNING TEAM VIPER AT THE TEN- MAN TOURNAMENT AT SKIRMISH NOTTINGHAM, LAST MONTH.
FIRST OF ALL, I AM SORRY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO. I WISH NO ILL FEELING BETWEEN TEAM VIPER AND ANY OTHER TEAM. IN FACT I ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE TEAM MEMBERS TO BE AS HELPFUL AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY TO LESS EXPERIANCED PLAYERS AND TEAMS, AND AM SADDENED TO HEAR OF YOUR LETTER.
BUT....... I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THESE POINTS.
1) VIPER FELT THEY BORE THE BRUNT OF A NUMBER OF QUESTIONABLE REFEREEING DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...LETS BE REALISTIC, REFFING IS A THANKLESS JOB ON THE BEST OF DAYS, AND BY AND LARGE REFEREES DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND THE STAFF AT SKIRMISH NOTTINGHAM ARE NO EXCEPTION, BUT IF A TEAM FEELS THAT THEY ARE DRAWING THE "SHORT STRAW" A TENDANCY TO "MAKE SURE" OF AN ELIMINATIONS OCCURS, AND TEMPERS RUNNING CLOSE TO THE EDGE IS ENEVITABLE.
2) I BELIEVE THAT THE LAST GAME OF OUR DAY WAS BETWEEN YOUR TEAM AND MINE. AS THE SCOREBOARD LAY THE WINNER WOULD TAKE THIRD PLACE IN THAT DIVISION, THE LOSER PLACED, WELL, NOWHERE!
HISTORY WOULD DICTATE THAT YOUR TEAM LOST. DO YOU THINK THAT PERHAPS THIS RESULT MAY HAVE INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO PUBLISH YOUR LETTER?
3) YOU STATE THAT NOT ONLY IN THE GAME AGAINST YOUR TEAM, BUT IN ALL OUR OTHER GAMES THAT VIPER WERE BEING ****ERS. I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT YOUR EFFORTS MAY BE BETTER EMPLOYED IN WATCHING YOUR OWN TEAM AND NOT MINE. YOU MAY POSSIBLY WIN MORE GAMES AND HAVE LESS TIME TO CRITISIZE PEOPLE YOU CLEARLY DO NOT KNOW.
4) IN A DEMOCRACY YOU HAVE THE INHERENT RIGHT TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION, BUT TO PUBLISH IT ON THE INTERNET IS ANOTHER MATTER. CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT " FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS A REACTION"......ITS BASIC PHYSICS.
5) FINALLY, IN FUTURE IF YOU FIND YOURSELF SO UPSET ABOUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH MINE OR ANY OTHER TEAM, EXTEND THEM THE COMMON COURTESY OF ADDRESSING THEM FACE TO FACE AND NOT BEHIND A NICKNAME ON THE INTERNET. IF AFTER CONSIDERATION YOU DECIDE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SPINE TO DO THIS ,IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU SAID NOTHING AT ALL.
SIMON COLE
TEAM CAPTAIN
RPS VIPER.