Lots of thoughts and feelings.
The community that has grown around this game and the hard work Jeremy has put into score tracking is second to none. If I was him, considering the circumstances he is under, I probably would have crawled under a rock and stopped tracking all scores. I have the utmost respect for him and I understand why he would want to reject this score. It is his board and his hard work that keeps it going. Nobody has a 'right' to have a score submitted, just like someone who is toxic in the forums deserves to no longer have the ability to post.
However; what I come back to every time is that the integrity of this scoreboard has to come before any of us. I understand only too acutely the strain playing this game against a random number generator can take on its players mentally, and I am prone to many a bad word or two about the game and how unfair it is when I play. However, I believe there's also a line to be drawn with poor sportsmanship.
In the real world, if a player acted with the same kind of outward hostility for other players or team mates in the same way we sometimes see in this community, they would be ejected from a team and there would be repercussions. Real sporting teams will fine players or side-line them if their behaviour throws a bad light on their sport. No player is above the sport they compete in, even world record holders. That being said, a score is a score.
Robbie, your skill at this game affords you a unique platform from which to demonstrate the depth of this game game and the amazing community that has grown from under it. I understand that there are situations I am not privy to that have caused tensions in the past, but I still dream of a scenario when these things can be put behind all and we can focus on the game and maybe one day all of us attend a Kong off together. I have not enjoyed being the target of false accusations or mocking etc.. Also, for the record, I do not care what voltage you play your game on, though I do not like the principle of what is going on here. I am in agreement with Jeremy in that it is a placebo effect, so at the end of the day... if you believe it puts you on a level playing field with others, please continue to do so. I however, do not wish to be accused of these things and I'm sure others do not either. I also do not think it is in the right spirit of the game.
I say accept the score, but I am going to put forward a motion that in the future, sound be a requirement to these games. I feel Robbie did a good job of validating his board and the gameplay looks genuine. I have no qualms in saying Robbie is one of the best players there has ever, and is likely to be.
Let's all be better people.
