Info about F3

[socksey]

Results 9 Jul 10, 10 players:

1.    vegas_vic  12
2.    palladin  8
3.    Erindis  4
4.    LuckyDice  2

socksey



There is charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable... - Mark Twain

[socksey]

Results 16 Jul 10, TourneyBot #3525, 12 players:

1.    cowgirl  12
2.    blotsalot  8
3.    rollingfool  4
5.    sixtie, vegas_vic,  2 each
7.    socksey, RickrInSF, yonay, diane, tanika,
       zonga, LuckyDice (thx for playing)

socksey



You shall have joy or you shall have power, said God.  You cannot have both. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[socksey]

Results 23 Jul 10, TourneyBot #3532, 13 players:

1.   diane  12
2.   MacMom  8
3.   rif_raf, zonga  4 each
6.   socksey
7.   klitschkoooo, Schigolch, donzabackgame, PersianLord, Linus, sunray,  vegas_vic, inim,  (thanks for playing!)

socksey



"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars." - Walt Whitman

[socksey]

Results 30 Jul 10, Challonge.com, 8 players:

1.    LuckyDice  12
2.    SinnerSaint  8
3.    socksey, Miccimalou,  2 each
5.    sunray, qizwiz, rif_raf, klitschkoooo, (thanks for playing!)

socksey



"All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning." - Henry David Thoreau

[socksey]

Results 6 Aug 10, Challonge.com, 11 players:

1.    tjraczko  12
2.    silent_greek  8
3.    ginnytonic, adrian, rif_raf, MacMom,  2 each
7.    vegas_vic, grrr, Palladin, socksey, LuckyDice,  (Thanks for
       playing!)

socksey



"In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false." - by French painter Edgar Degas born in 1834

[socksey]

Results 13 Aug 10, Challonge.com, 12 players:

1.    socksey  12
2.    Linus  8
3.    Miccimalou, kthulin,  4 each
5.    Denise  2
6.    hotdice, sixtie, palladin, MacMom, rif_raf, Tom, mobay,
      (Thanks for playing!)

socksey



"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." - Ernest Hemingway

[socksey]

Results 20 Aug 10, Challonge.com, 11 players:

1.    juanz  12
2.    rif_raf  8
3.    socksey, DeaDice,  4 each
5.    verystripeyzebra, vegas_vic, zbilbo, sunray, zbilbo,
      WildThing, aviator,  (Thanks for playing!)

socksey



I always knew I'd be famous.  I knew it.  I wanted it. - Barbra Streisand

[socksey]

Results 27 Aug 10, TourneyBot #3566, 10 players:

1. Miccimalou  12
2. sixtie  8
3. socksey,  mickeymouse,  Tom,  sunray,  2 each
7. cassandra  DeaDice rif_raf nixo (Thanks for playing!)

socksey



Elliott Gould:  The trouble with Barbra is that she can't let herself be happy.
Barbra:  I'd be miserable if I were happy.

[socksey]

Results 3 Sep 10, TourneyBot #3587, 15 players:

1. DeaDice
2. diane
3. roxywahine PersianLord
5. zbilbo aviator sixtie LuckyDice
9. palladin rif_raf vegas_vic spielberg verystripeyzebra Tanika JonPrud

socksey



Women are like phones:  They like to be held, talked to, and touched often.
But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected. - unknown

[socksey]

Results 17 Sep 10, TourneyBot #3600, 16 players:

1. spielberg
2. burton
3. TriAtma_III Bamse
5. JonPrud rif_raf zbilbo blotsalot
9. gaspar cowgirl Tom LuckyDice resh_lakish
    socksey jackdaddy sunray

socksey



She was a real bully.  As soon as she sensed fear in anyone, she went for the throat. - Bob Mersey, producer of Barbra's People album

[socksey]

Results 24 Sep 10, TourneyBot #3613, 16 players:

1. blotsalot
2. Krazula
3. sixtie, perhof
5. rif_raf, socksey, sunray, pollemanden
9. GabiBilu, spielberg, TriAtma_III, WildThing,
    Cloxo, LuckyDice, PersianLord, Miccimalou

socksey



"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." - George Orwell

[socksey]

Results 1 Oct 10, TourneyBot #3623, 15 players:

1. Naavanaxx
2. spielberg
3. TriAtma_III, adrian
5. pollemanden, yoyo, Tom, sunray
9. yonay, kent, socksey, rif_raf, burton, DeaDice, sixtie

socksey



"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." - Harriet Beecher Stowe

[socksey]

Results 8 Oct 10, TB #3633, 7 players:

1.    perhof
2.    socksey
3.    DeaDice, Miccimalou
5.    yoyo, rif_raf, spielberg

socksey



The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

[socksey]

Results 15 Oct 10, TB #3642, 15 players:

1. spielberg
2. rif_raf
3. LuckyDice, pollemanden
5. socksey, aviator, csg, Naavanaxx
9. GabiBilu, Cigale, sunray, Miccimalou, WiFi, sixtie, yonay

socksey



To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. - Thomas Jefferson

[socksey]

Results 22 Oct 10, TB #3651, 19 players:

1.      vegasvic
2.      jasonj
3.      pollemanden, socksey
5.      zbilbo, NeverEZ, PL_BACKGAME, Leudwulf
9.      DeaDice, csg, spielberg, sunray, Miccimalou, ginnytonic,
         aviator, Schigolch,
17.    LuckyDice, EricCartman, rif_raf

socksey



Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:   'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'

[socksey]

Results 29 Oct 10, http://challonge.com/images/brackets/fri3_31_oct_2010.png, 19 players:

socksey




"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it." - by American actress Claudette Colbert born on this day in 1903

[socksey]

Results 5 Nov 10, TB #3675, 17 players:

1.   lou
2.   Tom
3.   sixtie, RickrInSF
5.   vegas_vic, adrian, pollemanden, NoGuile
9.   Naavanaxx, yourfuturexwife, sunray, GabiBilu, LuckyDice,
      socksey. rif_raf. millennium 
17. Cigale

socksey



Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde

[socksey]

Time change!     Next week will begin a new time for Fri3 of 1700 UTC to open and 1730 UTC to start.  That is 1000 Dallas time!  See you then.   

socksey



Democracy satisfies best the human thirst for freedom; yet, being undisciplined, turbulent, and luxury-seeking, it falls time and again to austere single-minded despotism. - Thuclydides (centuries before Christ)

[socksey]

Congrats to silent_greek, Supreme Champion of todays Fri3 Tournament and to Worthy Adversary, humanbot!


See you next week at 1700 UTC or 1000 Dallas time!   

socksey



Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education.  One eternal lesson for us all:  to teach us how better we should love. - Barbara Jordan

[socksey]

16 Nov 10 - New Rules for Fri3 and Mini-Matches -


In order for you to participate in Fri3 or Mini-Matches tournaments, you must put all personal problems with any other player aside, at least for the time the tournament takes. You must not refuse to play with anyone just because you don't like them, because they insulted your mother, ran over your dog, flipped you the bird, drive-by shot your wife, or for any other reason!

When you join a tournament that is free, has no prizes, has a tournament director who is giving of his or her free time and good will, you have a responsibility to give your full attention to the play and play your matches in a timely manner without causing undue problems for everyone.

For instance, if you engage in another match outside the tournament, and are intent on finishing that match when the tournament begins, you are delaying from 4 - 32 people in the tournament.  As I have announced during tourneys many times, tell your (un)tournament opponent that you are in the tournament and will resume that game at another time, then leave and start your tournament match. 

If someone insults you in the tournament in any way, you must realize that this happens in tournaments, live or not, but, unlike live tournaments, you have the option to "gag" your opponent on Fibs. That's all you have to do. Gag your opponent if you don't like what is being said to you, but you must continue your match.

Blinding anyone for the tournament finals unless they are specifically interrupting in kibitz will be prohibited.  The tournament is for the enjoyment and learning experience for all.  So, please, put your differences aside and enjoy the games!

Keep in mind that we have some new backgammon players amongst us and they do not always know what is appropriate.  Give people some slack and help them out when needed. 
Above all, keep it fun and enjoy the games!　


socksey




"Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes." - Stephen King