Subj : Re: 2002 TW AWARDS
To   : All
From : sloppy
Date : Fri Jan 10 2003 10:13 am

Hey, I'm back, well kinda.  My vacation ends on Sunday, so its time to get 
back to playing Tradewars :)

>
>Hey, sloppy    :)
>
>
> >From a message by sloppy about Re:2002 TW AWARDS:
> > Haha, you got that right Doc, somehow I wound up in the top ten so you 
>know
>it can't be that good....
>
> >
> >I dont think that the league is good enough for that yet .. lets get the
> >scores calculated correctly first .. then lets get 6-12 months of scores 
>in
> >before we start using it as a reference ;)
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "SLG" <twgsdotorg@twgs.org>
> >To: <jonlewter@netzero.net>
> >Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:54 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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