by BradMontgomery » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:33 am
Cmon Fungifuchandmark, only 112 times? I have played sprints more times than that only to be pipped by someone else, thats the way sprints sometimes works, they are sprints and whomever gets the score first wins, obviously someone else got you on that occassion. It happens. There is more luck involved with the sprints I reckon. They certainly are very enticing them sprints, I can tell you. Especially when they are increasing in prize money. I tried to find where to put the tournament id number to see how it went but I cant find where to check it out. I know it is very annoying to have lost after playing 112 times and then to be not even refunded your entry fee makes one even more upset. Bah, them sprints, oh boy. I know you have played at this site for a long time cause I have seen your name in the scoreboards quite a lot so I know that you are a good player. I too have gotten sooo mad with sprints that on many occassions I have emailed TG attempting to vent my anger and on occassions saying things I wouldnt say to my own mother and thank goodness a previous staff member named Ben Fricks was able to help me get through some difficult times when I really needed to get a grip on things and not take it out on the site staff and thankfully I am still allowed to play here and enjoy so much time having fun playing the games. Unfortunately Ben passed away last year I think it was, God Bless his soul. I guess what I am trying to say is to try and not be so impulsive on them sprints, I still struggle with them but I am confident I will get there one day and I am sure you can too. Like Ben Fricks said to me, it is something only I can do by myself, it has to come out of inside me. I need to change the type of person I am and learn to be able to have more self control.
I have played here for about 10 years and I can tell you I too have thrown some foul and accusing words at TG and in the forums also and I am forever sorry for this as i know it is my own doings that led to me losing so many games causing me to be upset so much. As far as I am concerned I have no reason to think that TG has ever done me or any other player wrong. They simply wouldnt exist as an online skill games site for this long if they did. Players just wouldnt stay.
Two things I would love to see TG do is get rid of the sprints and start some Solitaire tournaments where all players get dealt exactly the same cards. Actually I just came up with a good thought, how about instead of getting rid of the sprints simply limit the number of times a player can enter tham. I think that would work a lot better than just getting rid of them.