Norbert, this is my thinking on tweaking
Norbert,
What you do, you offer as an equal service to everyone. You do not discriminate. Plus you are a source who has established a reputation as giving everyone the same thing in a fair and equal manner. Plus, what you do is not chemically enhanced, just physical. To me, that's a big difference. Plus, you have never hidden "secrets" from people so that your team will always remain stronger than other people teams.
I know many guys think (in our old azzz age), the thing to do is win instead of winning in a fair manner. Sometimes when you just win, you set yourself up on an island all alone. You make people feel there's no need to play with this guy. Not only does he win over you but he rubs it in and he is never willing to share information. From my recollection, you've never been one not willing to share that information. Plus again, what you do is physical.
And again, this is one of those subjects that gets a lot of rhetoric but at the end of the day, guys will play the way they want to. My only thought to Eric was that he put the "olive branch" out there to try to get people to come to the West Coast for the sake of fellowship. There's no reason guys should not want to go to Los Angeles unless they feel there will not be fairness in the process. But again, I also say to Eric or whomever wants to host a tournament, put it out there (whether its using boiled or whatever) and see who you can get to come to your tournaments. I think guys are so hellbent on numbers instead of the fellowship of the game that if they only get 6 people, they look at it as a disaster. It really is not. But you should always probe yourself about, "What could I have done to get more people to come?"
Reg
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