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Please Read the Manual - 2006
Hay all,
I don't think this has been posted this year yet.
With kickoff just a few days away, I just wanted to reiterate what a lot of us are thinking:
PLEASE READ THE MANUAL THOROUGHLY AND COMPLETELY!
While CD is a place for help and discussion, please take the time to fully understand what you have read in the entire manual before asking questions left and right, esp the rules portion. The same goes for the FIRST Q/A system. It takes considerable effort to mull through questions/answers that are clearly in the manual or have previously been answered.
Ideally (in my opinion), there wouldn't be any questions on Saturday - if there are, I'd venture to bet it hasn't been read thoroughly.
I suggest letting the manual information sink in for several days, sleep on it. Read it several times, every word, every page, or at least the portion you're responsible for. Yes, that takes effort too, but I believe you'll be better off in the long run (and so will everyone else).
This is just a reminder for the veterans, and a plea for the rookies. But it happens every year, let's try to improve for 2006.
Good luck to everyone and enjoy kickoff!
Thanks!
(this might get moved to Rules/Strategy, but thought I'd give it a chance for most people to see early)
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