Andrea
I’m sorry I make you feel that way. In no way am I attempting to undermine anyone else’s chances or abilities to succeed in this game. Again, an unfounded call. You and Shanthi both know that I love this game. I’ve been playing for years and years now and have marvelled and appreciated every single advancment in the game - large and small as well as significant and insignificant to myself. Things you’ve done for new players like the Newbie Auction I thought was great and I supported this. Everytime you make a coding advancement I post positive remarks about this. I suggest developments to the game. Only last week did I send Shanthi a PM listing some series so we could have a Triple in Australia to make it more attractive for horses to stay here. This took me an estimated ten hours to research which included contacting people within the actual Australian racing industry. I have my moments yes, and this is one of those. But at the same time, I don’t feel as though you have any right to say I undermine anything you do for the game. The fact that I spend so much time and care so much about the success of my stable should be an indicator of this. I believe Final Furlong is the best game around and the fact is you and Shanthi, along with a good group of members, have made this the case. How many times I have said this I’ll never know.
Also, Final Furlong strives for realism. You know as well as I do that if a horse is stakes quality in real-life, the horse runs in stakes. Well, they do over here anyway. Shogun Lodge is a prime real-life example of a Sudden Death, though somewhat more successful at winning a couple more stakes. He ran so many seconds and thirds at the top level it became a joke amongst the media and industry. I refuse to run a horse that is stakes quality in anything but stakes. You would also know as well as I do that there are people in this game that run the most useless no-hopers in stakes races. No offence, but everyone knows this is true. I don’t think I’m committing a crime at all and fair enough, Sudden needed to win a race. I got him the win, he won a stakes and placed in a heap of good level stakes against some great horses.
Finally, assumption is the mother of all stuff ups [change ‘stuff’ to any other word you like]. Please, please, please don’t assume that I think you are tossing bids onto my horses. That is being absolutely ridiculous. You a mature woman with better things to do than that and you know that I know that fact. Show me where I’ve made the so-called allegations and I’ll rectify or justify the statement. Please, don’t insult me by assuming I’d stoop to the level of actually openly trying to cover an accusation. I’m not an idiot and neither are you.
Andrea, and Shanthi, I thoroughly respect everything you do concerning the game. I may not agree or like what happens all the time [now being one of those times], but I do respect you and I know my place and I know my right to voice my concerns is just as valid as other members voicing concerns and making idiotic and stupid comments or requests, which I know annoy you just as much as what I do.
Finally, my sincere apologies Andrea for how you feel. Believe me please, it was not ever my intention to insult you or Shanthi on any level and again, I apologise if I have.
Sange
I’m glad you bought Mocashment, good on you. I’m not holding anything over newbies heads. I don’t have that right. You bought the horse, good for you. What I can’t fathom is the fact that newbies seem to forget I was once a newbie too. I also watched people splurge on horses and thought it was crazy. You’ll be in my shoes one day hopefully and you’ll be spending big money too. I just hope for you that the final bid you pay is a totally honest and legitimate one.
MJM Racing
Quite frankly, I do not understand why you bothered to post that message at all. Yes Witness has travelled a lot. Fact is, it doesn’t affect horses at the moment, so I don’t care. He likes short rest periods apparently too, so I don’t care if he runs ten days apart. You’ll notice lately I’ve been trying to give most of my horses at least fourteen days rest, with the exception of a couple. Don’t go pointing fingers at me, whether it is a joke or not, when there are plently of other stables, who I won’t name, that travel their horses just as much as I do. You are really stupid if you think I’m prepared to joke around at the moment. Funny ha ha buddy. Seeing as you want to get petty and play jokes, why don’t you try spelling Shanthi’s name properly for starters.
Posting like that makes me want to see you have to pay every penny you said you would.
. Good Luck with your recent purchases.