RacerRay52@aol.com wrote:
> Why you so angry about life's toy department, Pal?
No anger. Those were honest questions. You have a low opinion of Solo
II, yet you obviously spend a lot of time bitching about the elements in
it that you don't like, almost as if you have a similarly low opinion of
yourself. It doesn't make sense so far, and I was hoping you could clear
it up for us.
> Unless the 1st Amendment to the Constitution has been repealed while I
> wasn't looking, a fellow can speak his mind and put his opinions out there
> for all to see.
No argument here.
> You can call it "bitching" if you like.
Lots of what you've had to say fits that description very well.
> A tour series that awards a points championship, for reasons already
> stated, strikes me as a bit of pretentiousness.
Like, say, Regional year-end class championship trophies? Where's the
pretense? you can just as easily claim that the class winners at the
Solo II Nationals are just being rewarded for showing up, and that lots
of potential winners don't have the time or money to make the trip to
Topeka. In Solo II, like any other sport, you can't win if you don't
play. And if you don't play, you're in a really poor position to speak
disparagingly of those who do play and win.
If, as you say, you just want to do some half-assed "racing," what's to
stop you showing up at your local Solo II events and doing that? Why
does it bother you so much that other folks are trying harder than you
are?
> Some say that all the
> hotshoes in every class would show up for every event.
You wouldn't have to run every event to win in any points system that is
likely to ever be implemented, any more than you have to run every event
to win your class in Pro Solo or in your local region.
I'm not really taking a position on the idea of a Tour points series
myself, as it would have minimal effect on me. I can't see any harm in
it, however.
Jay
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