Subject: History of Mike Long Articles (use this one pls) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:24:21 -0700 From: Jeff Cunningham To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Hey Frank, Here is the History of Mike Long Articles. 13th - Outrage! Right after US nats and everyone has heard about the card found in his lap! Tons of identical posts are sent to the dojo crying for justice. The opinion is that cheating is high! Tourney magic is crumbling! All is lost! Some of my favourite exerts are: *"Some people you can just tell are cheater by looking at them. Mike Long is one of these people. That is all the proof I need!!" *"Is that a Cadaverous Bloom in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" *"So you are all tired of cheating? You look at Mike Long, see him cheat, and the cycle repeats all over again. Well, that's just fine...Because that's just what Peter Adkinson, Founder & CEO of WOTC, wants!!" 15th- Hacker sends in his "Why I am going to Cheat" post as a sarcastic parody of Mike Long detailing how he and his Team will begin cheating because everyone else is. 16th- Tons of furious Dojo Denizens slander Hacker. One person even goes as far as to say "The People I play with (myself included) think you are scum.." and "You make me sick". All of a sudden Hackers PR goes from great to hate. 18th- It becomes realized that Hacker was only joking. Suddenly many there are many posts explaining how he was obviously only joking and Hacker is accepted lovingly back into the magic community. 22nd- A new opinion, Mike Long *OF COURSE* never cheated!! He was 11-0!! It becomes obvious public opinion that Mike Long did not cheat with the Cad Bloom and it just fell into his lap. So, you may be wondering, What's next in the crazy rollercoaster of mayhem? Well here is my "meta-long" picks for upcoming changes in the post shifts: *Someone posts that 'Mike Long Stole My Baby' . Havoc ensues. *Gary Wise posts an article called "Why I am going to become an American". Proud Canadians respond in great amounts furiously (though it is found later that he was only joking and is actually a happy Canadian) *Mike Long openly admits he cheated but blames it on abuse as a child. *People decide that everyone and their grandma has written a post saying the same redundant thing and decide to stop. (okay okay that is just too unlikely) :P Jeff Cunningham (Ffej) Vancouver BC CANADA kcunning@direct.ca PS. It is like 3:45am so don't blame me for what I write. :P