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Originally Posted by Hoover
Some final observances. The thread was spawned as an allocation of something not done. What if on the other hand you had done it, would you have said so? Still I admire your honesty.
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BTW, whats wrong with the silver? Anyone? We got the semi-finals once. We then lost our bracket in two straight. After that we were all slapping hands, grinning ear to ear. Pats on back. Huge amount of fun. After losing? In what other sport do you see that kind of behavior?
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Hoover brings up a very important point. Would anyone ever be brave enough to publicly wise up to throwing a match to gain a strategic advantage? (Honestly, I thought saying that I considered it at all would bring the trolls out of the woodwork...)
And nothing's wrong with silver. Nothing's wrong with only moving a single match, if that's your definition of success. I think most people would agree that it's important to try your hardest to do your best, which may just be a blue banner. It's the difficulty of reconciling "trying your hardest" and "doing your best" in all their different forms that turns this into a real debate.