Well, here we are, the Summer hols are now in full swing, people are upping and leaving the boards, setting off to their R&R and cc suffers a relapse.
A week has gone by since my last update and the whacky world of CC is just that, whacky.
The hot topics in GD this week have included ‘foes’, 'dice’, ‘how to make it to the top’, ‘styles of play’, the odd promotion
, more dice, and many other interesting things I should really tell you about.
But what really caught the eye this week? What really gets the old mans blood up? (apart from that sweetie Clapper and her avatars of course). Well let's see....not a lot really, so I thought that as things are quiet, and I am away now for a few days break, what better time to take a look through some great threads that never were.
CONGRATS - KILLMANIC - BRIGADIER!.....Now here is a true Aristo of cc. What happened? Well that thread was killed ('scuse the pun) by none other than our ol' fav mod. wicked with this comment:
"back to the gay hat for you!"
...tish tosh wicked, you hurt the guy, so much he has deranked to the rank of the mediocrity....a Major!
The "Conquerer"...A great thread that just ran out of steam. But some superb quantified arguing took place during its brief time in the sun, about the pros and cons of the front page rankers...I particularly liked the comment from liamo6969 when he said:
Will be interesting to see if any of these guys reply,
Because i would bet a big buk that nearly every1 in the top 250 on the scoreboard falls into this category.
2 MONTH RESTRICTION IS OVER...A kind of interesting thread about something or other, but a quote caught my eye when responding to Robinettes return from self imposed exile:
you consider 30% extra whiteness for 19 days hell? GET A F***ING LIFE!!!!
The thread finally expired with a suitable epitaph:
amen bro!
codeblue1018...Now once again dear reader, I must warn you that I have the utmost repect for this player. He is a Diety you should all kneel before such is his knowledge of playing this game. This thread ran out of steam with a small but pertinant entry from ParadiceCity9
Ya I made an abuse thread about him and wicked said that they'd "look into it". Obviously nothing's happened...
Great!...A sweet nut of a thread started by Phatscotty who said:
So every non-premium cook I play gets to leave me a 1 on ratings
This thread soon passed into the ether after a pithy comment by Anarkistsdream who said:
Funny that your only ones were left by officers...
Maybe you're just an asshole?
What should be your Win% when... ....This thread was started by Soloman asking what seemd an innocuous question, only for that fav Anti Hero of yours and mine, JR, to step in with this salty remark:
what should your winning percentage be when 2 brothers team up on the 3rd player in a 3 person singles game ?
I believe the dice are rigged ... A lovely little thread that showed us how some on the site actually go through various belief phases. With Top dog letting us all in on his secret….he waits 10 seconds sometimes. This gets him better rolls. The thread was killed off due to too many shakes of the head by readers and the following by acyckowski
No, it's true. The intuitive insight of TD's mind is greater than the combined computing power of all the Crays hidden in the basement of the NSA. AND he uses The Force.
This new feedback system sucks......…A thread started by an old friend Sir Kick-some. The reason I add this to the list was his opening remark:
Having been an enthuiastic player on this site (posh word for addicted) i find myself losing interest... First it was the points adjustment, lowering the standards so that any man and his dog, could reach Officer, and now this 'Mickey Mouse' ratings system!!!
You are a one in a million Sir KS.
This was especially funny when read alongside the following thread:
How to leave rating for "dumb" play?Started by Silver- and killed very quickly after the second poster, mibi, said:
your 'b' is upside down.
And finally a thread from some time back, started by Marfski.
StupidityIn this he said:
Just thought I would share a really sickening, stupid thing I did. Maybe it will make some of you feel better if you have ever done anything stupid…..
I thought I was giving everybody five stars and instead gave them all one! I dumbly thought the star on the left was the highest and if you didn't like something about the player you could click 1, 2, 3, or 4 stars starting on the right hand side.
I was mortified this morning when I got an email from my aunt asking why I gave her such bad feedback!
I hope she has forgiven you by now Marfski.
Well, I’m away for a few days of good food, good wine, and great company, I’ll see you all when I return.
like school boys 
