<< Michael Knapp wrote: "Interesting. What teams were at the Sword Bowl? How many years has it been in existence? What's the highest any Sword Bowl participant has finished in their particular RCTs? ACF Regionals? NAQT Regionals?" I have to ask a question: what in this message has led everyone to believe that Michael Knapp is a malicious ass? >> Maybe as much the subject header as anything. Perhaps poor judgement, and granted, "newbies" should look before they leap, but......well the LAST thing I was trying to be with that post was a malicious ass. Hell, several times (with nothing else better to do) I've mined the Dejanews archives for alt.college.college-bowl posts back when there was significant on-topic traffic to that group. << When I read it, my reaction was that Michael is a newbie who simply knows very little about our circuit. At worst, he is ignorant to a lot of the teams on the circuit. That, however, can just as easily come from inexperience as it can from arrogance. >> I'd really love to see teams from all over play. I'm just plain broke right now and I have no way of getting from here to, say, Phildadelphia or Chattanooga or wherever. << The only part of his message I saw that could be taken as arrogant was the first word: "Interesting." Depending on how he meant it, it could be an insult. But IMHO that's a lot to infer from one word. >> No. I said "interesting" because I actually found it an INTERESTING idea, not to be condescending. BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME, already.... mak
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