Walter and Satan -

Calling me pompous or referring to me sarcastically as a 'mastermind' is still not helping your case.

Satan, I can hardly believe that you are the same person that I played 6 or 8 games of no-restriction Pente at IYT about a year ago, even though I stated then that I didn't like it. Within a short while, you picked up and started playing the correct version of the game and I played you some games of that too helping you out in anyway that I could.

You seemed so fun-loving and we were joking about funny words that we had made up in the past. What has made you so hateful towards me that you would stoop to calling me pompous?

We have only made this recommendation because it is MY feeling and the feeling of other players that the game will be POSITIVELY affected in the LONG run if we keep the restriction on it. If that has somehow reduced your fun, we are sorry. But we believe that MORE people will have MORE fun in the long run if the game explodes into the game that we think it can become, and that would include both sides having a reasonable chance to win at ALL levels.


Gary