Subj : Re:2002 TW AWARDS
To   : All
From : sloppy
Date : Thu Jan 09 2003 09:43 pm

Pro Bowling awards?  Wasn't that on NBC in place of Friends tonight?

>
>Most awards are nothing more than popularity contests such as TW awards, 
>pro
>bowl voting, voting for best music video of the year, blah blah blah..
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "SLG" <twgsdotorg@twgs.org>
>To: <timberwolf@twgazette.com>
>Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:54 PM
>Subject: [twgsdotorg] Re:2002 TW AWARDS
>
>
> >
> > I'm no sure having awards is all that important anyway.. what do they
> > really mean? last years awards had it's problems yes.. and not due to
> > anything gypsy did....
> >
> > With the exception of silver dragon, does any one really put a lot of
>value
> > on these awards or flash them around to prove that they are indeed the
>best
> > blue or red?  I don't sign my messages SLG, 2nd place most improved yada
> > yada yada...I don't see anyone flashing their tw award like it was badge
>of
> > acceptance or greatness...or even associating themselves with the awards
> > they've won
> >
> > With the tw league up and running couldn't one get an Idea of who the
> > better players are by looking at the rankings? Do awards really paint 
>the
> > correct picture of who is the best at anything? Many of us felt that
>awards
> > were being given away based on popularity hence the fact that players
>never
> > heard of, were winning awards... if that's true, then where is the value
>in
> > the awards themselves? for example...Does prestone really need to know
>h'es
> > the best ceo or that kemper is the best killer or that res is the best
> > smack talker? If you've played the game you know what these players
> > abilities are... If your disliked by the community, what are your 
>chances
> > of getting votes even if you are the best at something...
> >
> > I think awards are really not that important... as for the better 
>players,
> > you know who they are by exp or word of mouth, you know the best
> > server/sysop by their popularity/reputation etc... awards for the most
>part
> > i think are moot ......
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> >
> >


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