Hey ya' Nick...
Actually, it's been long time no see me anywhere Paintball related for a while now. I think I've played once since my Saberwolves friends invited me along for the Chicago PSP, and that was local. I miss Paintball but just don't have the time right now. Hopefully my game won't have suffered too much once I'm able to jump back in (although some might argue something like 'you've got nothing to worry about, Justin, 'cause you can't get any worse than the bottom, which is where you were anyway.') hehe.
As for Chris, I met him a lil' over a year ago in Chicago and had some good discussion with him. I have not followed threads of his or anyone elses for that matter on this or any other board. I did read a few posts of his a while back that struck me at the time as "arrogant," and in the following discussion he came across as stand-offish rather than open to debate...but I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt when I see things like that because I've been accused of the same sorts of things especially when I first hit the 'net and I think I've come a long way since those early days, which some of his posts kind of remind me of. I certainly don't think he's an idiot although I would agree he has made some "idiotic" statements and arguments...but I do think he has, from time to time, dug his own hole and then not stepped back to see how it happened when the fit hit the shan, not really taken resposibility, and has instead fought back (which has given the impression that he is thick headed and won't hear that he's wrong). If that makes any sort of sense at all...hell, it's late over here. I've personally got nothing against him and I kind of expect that as he gets better and more comfy as a writer he'll learn to avoid giving these impressions in the future. There is some foolish idiot Arkansan sitting at his computer right this very moment who has been through that experience himself.
As for Chris vs. Pete...I will absolutely agree that Chris has given a strong impression that he is "anti-Robbo." I don't know the history between the two but if there is a chance for healing I would hope it can be done. Hell, I got my "break" as a PGI writer by ripping into Pete on the 'net a number of years ago, back when WARPIG's Tourney Talk was the ONLY place on the 'net to talk it up and it wasn't even password protected. Pete emailed me with a bash of his own, I returned one of mine, and before long a good, civil, intelligent dialogue had developed. Month or so later Pete asked me to write an article. Ain't it funny how things come around?
Note to all you aspiring writers out there: DON'T, and I repeat DON'T flood Pete's, mine, Anthony's, or any other PGI dude or dudette's mailbox with crud. If we want you, we'll instigate it.
Back to the topic at hand, though...I will be most interested to see what happens to Rage, if everything I am hearing happened is true (IF, IF, IF).
Lotsa love to all,
~J~
PS...does ANYONE out there STILL think I'm TeeJ??? Poor fools.
