Ok, here's the deal... when I made the comment about the thread I was going
on a cursory read of same when it started. I came away with the impression a
sort of bump and run had taken place between you and Oliver and that you
thought he'd done it on purpose (I was pressed for time, otherwise I would
have read more carefully and responded or not on the spot). Which is
ridiculous, of course, as the effect of latency make it absolutely
impossible to do that sort of thing with anywhere near predictable results
online (especially at Michigan or any high speed track). In a way I wish it
were, though. It would be outlawed, of course, but I would like the option
of booting an annoyance (i.e. someone I wasn't racing for position or on a
wildly different strategy) out of my way and taking my chances with the race
stewards telling me off for it.
Anyway, having looked at the incident that's evidently not the case. Even
so, you seem to make it appear like there's a *** against you doing
well in these races when, in fact, most of the incidents are as much to do
with you as anyone else. Reading the thread I summized you weren't very
receptive to that point of view, so I refrained from making any comment in
that direction.
Honestly, suppose I did and my comments were in line with Oliver, Craig,
John and Sean, would that change your mind on the incident? -Would you
accept someone could interpret your actions as being a mistake on your part?
You sure as hell didn't in the thread about the Pocono restart incident.
As for my take on John's tactics: he's gotten pretty wound up because you
protested his actions (indeed, if anyone is going to object to a lapped car
inserting itself in the battle for 4th it's #42's job ---> you're the one
who should have taken advantage of John doing so), so I didn't think he'd be
receptive to my "you can't keep on taking and expect no-one to
object"-opinion. John will gladly accept a let bye when someone considers it
not worth their while taking a chance with a latency incident by racing him
hard in the earlier stages of the game, but appears unwilling to extend a
similar level of courtesy when the chips are down and he's not really "in
the fight". Seeing as most seasoned online racers are not willing to take
chances with the way the game handles the differing delays in information
exchange there's no real way of letting him know their displeasure on track
(cutting him up, bumping him or brake checking him), so he can have his cake
and eat it. Which is patently unfair and unsportmanlike, IMO. But like I
said, it didn't appear to be a good time, so I didn't post that.
BTW: when I said "I already have", I meant this: "It's officially too late
to post the one for Michigan", which I took to mean: "don't post it or
else". I thought what I had already compiled with regard to the Michigan and
Bristol race merited posting to a degree where a possible penalty to myself
wouldn't matter, so I went ahead and did it anyway.
Actually, I didn't blatantly ignore John's statement, I just wriggled around
it. It's something us Belgians happen to be *very* good at.
Jan.
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