I have only a few seconds to spare right now but I wanted to answer these posts as not to leave you guys clueless.
[quote name='Arkay Firestar']Where the hell is Cincy? I emailed him, I've posted here repeatedly...I don't want a randomly generated loss...
EDIT: apparently we've already handed out random wins and losses and I got a win, but I really hope it doesn't continue this way. I know supa's been havin problems, but it seems like people just aren't interested...
Anyways...Here's looking to next week.[/QUOTE]
Arkay, Im 99.9% sure we've discussed this. Cincy is out of town. He warned me this would be the case and I even offered to just give you the W. I hit you up in AIM a little over a week ago warning you about this and letting you know the deal. He was going to do his best to get back in time to play but if he couldnt, he said we should go ahead. He and I are to play this week so I knew THIS weeks game wouldnt cause trouble for somebody else because that somebody else is me.
[quote name='craven_fiend']Alright, this may be where I over step my boundaries a bit, but why the advancement on the last day to play games? I know you've had issues for the last week or so, but atleast let those of us who were trying to set our games up, get them played. I don't want to take a win from someone just to advance the schedule, I want to earn a win. But you are the commish and I will live with it.[/QUOTE]
No you havent overstepped any bounds or even offended me in the least. Last week I extended the deadline through the weekend in the hope that we'd get 100% played. Didnt happen. So I thought we might hopefully make up for the slow down by rededicating ourselves this week. When I finally could get on again, only TWO games had been played. TWO. This is day 6 of what is *supposed* to be a 7 days then we advance league. The thread was hardly abuzz with people trying to get a hold of each other and my inbox (league,email,and CAG) was empty (save for Rich's to me and I knew the reason that game wasnt getting done (moi) So I decided I might as well just advance it. I honestly dont believe (and Im sure a few of you agree) that a ton of games would have miraculously gotten done this evening. There is a chance I am wrong. And dont think I didnt think long and hard about that very possibilty. But when it comes right down to it, our past history gives a pretty clear indication of how things most likely would have gone.
And just in case any of you wondered, it SHAQ FUING sucks for me having to decide game. I dont like having to sift through posts deciding "who tried harder" or "wanted to play more". And I sure as hell dont like having to be judge, jury, and executioner between my own friends, my leaguemates. This is not my nature, not the kind of person I am at all. But week in and week out a lot of you guys keep making it so I have no other choice. Ive done my best to make it communicating as easy as possible. I revamped the OP so its one click to a guys PM or info. I extend deadlines. I work out schdule conflicts for games in Im not in (and is that really my job?) When you guys PM me me because youre having trouble finding somebody, Im looking for them as hard or HARDER than you are. I just dont know what more to do fellas. I want this league to be great. If I didnt then I wouldnt waste what little free time I have working on it. But I cant do it all by myself and I sure as hell can drag you guys along with me. This league is what WE, each and every one of us, make it. And right now, we arent much of anything. If I am at fault, if I need to something or just do more, for gods sake tell me. Because Im tired of dreading each coming week because I know they ll be (yet again) a huge chunk of games I have to play god on.
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