Subject: Re: Long's Lap
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 18:24:18 EDT
From: Idiosynch@aol.com
To: AiRWizz1@aol.com, fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

Subject: Long's Lap
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:44:21 EDT
From: AiRWizz1@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

: First, I'd like to state that most of the people who have written about Long
: on the dojo don't have a clue as to what the hell they are talking about.
: I have met him on quite a few occasions and i dont think he's quite the
: jackass hes made out to be.

You're right.. he's a completely different brand of jackass.

Mike Long can be a nice guy.. but only when he doesn't have a deck of cards in
his hands or any of his buddies around. I agree that there's been a bit of
witch-hunting with him as the target -- but it's not as if he hasn't done
*anything*.. he just hasn't done anything THIS TIME.. which is ironic, as this
is the time he gets blasted.

: OK now with the real stuff.  Mike Long is NOT stupid.

Absolutely.. Mike is amongst the smartest people around.

: He was undefeated in the first 11 rounds out of 12.
: Cheating in the 12th round after having an already perfect
: record would be senseless.

Senseless, yes.. completely out of the question?  Well.... apparently not.

: He doesnt have an altercation at every tourney he goes to.
: If you people were to listen to his side of the story about anything
: you would understand where im coming from.

Yes, and if I were to listen to, and believe, his side about everything, I'd
be referring to him as St. Mike.

Of course, I do listen.. but I've got to take everything with a grain of salt,
y'know?

... and he really DOES have an altercation at every tourney he goes to.
He certainly has at the past 3 I've been to.

: So far ive seen one side of the story reported.
: I was at nationals. I heard first hand his side of the story.
: It could have been an honest mistake just as easily as cheating.

Agreed.. it could've been an honest mistake.. but as it's Mike, everyone is
taking a closer look.. Once again, Mike's rep is causing him even more harm..
and harm to his teammates as well, judging by what they have to say.

:POINT 2
:It has no effect on you. There have been many incedints larger
:than this that had no effect on the game. Dont worry about it.

Yeah, these posts are gonna have such a HUGE effect on the game.. WotC is
really listening, and thinking "gosh, I think we should do something about
possibly unintentional cheating"

:If you werent even at nationals than you have absolutely no
:business talking bad about the man.

I assume no responsibility for the actions of others, but
1) I *was* at Origins.
2) I'm be naturally resentful of others telling me what to do.
3) I care, because he's from my 'region', and I'd like to know what's going
on.
4) even if he WASN'T, I'd like to see what the DCI *isn't* doing to
'cheaters'.

:Every pro tour player has been accused of something.
:Long is not the only player to be accused of cheating.

Not the point -- and besides -- Mike seems to get accused more than most.

Why is that?

:POINT3
:If i had the opportunity to win $18 k in two days bycheating
:i would. Thats an aweful lot of money. I dont cheat .

So, your morals can be twisted for $18k..
What's it like to have a dollar value on your ideals?

:But if i could get on the tour and win countlessthousands by doing it i would
:Most of you proably would too.

Most. Not all.

:there are 5 articles worth reading so far.
:Hammers Hackers Slaughters Gallitzs Schneiders
:all the others just repeat each other and run on and on about nothing.

Like yours, like mine.

:Dont waste our reading time by writing stupid flame articles.

I've got time.

Chris Yates,
Some Random Chumly who was There