@mghrn55
I appreciate your comments, especially the civil and kind ones. I'll be honest to a fault here. I don't get into the politics and hardly post. Most of all the clans do not post, and don't have a clue what is going on in here. But it doesn't take away their hard work.
I spend over twenty hours a week vetting every game, every match, and I don't do it the easy way with ratings which mean nothing, TER which only tells you what they are now going into a tournament, I look at games. And it takes so many hours I actually fall asleep at my laptop.
You ask why I want to be associated with them? Keep in mind I have never met anyone on this site.
However, Mac was really good to me when I got here. Just through messaging, and not a lot, but enough to get to know someone a little.
I am loyal to who I consider a friend. If my friend committed murder, I would visit him in prison. I lived in some really bad places, where more than half the people are now back to a ten year stretch, or life in prison. When I can, I go visit or I write.
Now, everyone in this forum know so much more than me, I can't keep up with a verbal fight. I only know one way.
I don't want anyone thinking anything poorly of my clan. My players, some of who you know, are all great, and kind people. We all work hard.
I don't ever turn my back on anyone I consider a friend. I don't even understand half of what you guys say in here. I wish I did. I am not a coder, or an Tech person. And I have no answers to even add.
Although on a personal note I do like the idea of clan ratings being separate from tournaments. It would help the smaller clans like mine and others. But what do I know?
I don't post much, because I'll get crushed, and I swore never to lose my temper in here again. I won't do it. I don't even want to argue.
So I figure Russ will do what he feels is best at some point.
In giving my opinion, it is not to throw any dirt at anyone. I just find it better to stay out of it. Nobody listens to me anyway.
Oh, Lemon gave me the amount of games I asked for. He would give me more, but I had to get rid of my tournaments, and I had to feel better. I had a few surgeries.
But you guys know I stink at chess. I play because it's fun, and when I can't sleep, chess is always waiting for me.
I appreciate your opinion, and the kind words, I can also see your point a view. But my entire life, because I had to, I could never turn my back on a friend. I can't change now at my age. It is not a middle finger at you, or anyone in here. And especially the site or clan system.
I do like like the clan ratings to be different as a good idea. There are a lot of really high ranked players I have spoken to that feel this way to, they added that every game in a clan match should be finished no matter who will win or lose. I think if we add that, then everyone who plays in clan matches will have a real rating that we can all trust.
Now I gave you how I feel. And maybe it does not belong in here, if not then I apologize. I like to leave it to the experts who know what they are doing. I'm not saying anyone is wrong here, just that I am not qualified to change anything.
But I hope people will see how many games and matches we have played, and how hard we have worked, meaning Breaking Bad. It's a clan all by itself working hard and most of all fair. To take that way from us would be the biggest crime.
I hope you don't feel that way or anyone else. These kind of talks are much better than blasting each other or calling each other names. I think everyone can get a lot more achieved, and more people would join in. In my humble opinion.
I also understand what your saying about being associated with this person or that person. But with all the thousands of players on this site, or all the clan players, we can say the same about so many of them as well. Instead of who we associate with, maybe it is better to talk to Russ and Admin without personal attacks. And I am not accusing you of any of this, just making a blanket statement.
I hope even a little of this makes sense.