public apology...
that i will also deliver in person, but since i mentioned it (albeit in somebody else's journal)...
like i said, because i don't think they are REALLY good does not mean that i do not respect their abilities. i was and am wrong to spout off about JKB and Olaf--they are truly exceptionally good players who certainly will become GREAT players in time. They have not been playing long, but thier BODY of WORK (as opposed to their RESULTS) does speak for itself.
While they do have peculiar ideas about HOW the game should be and is played, they simply are two of the best new/younger players who have come into the game.
Most of my frustration about the state of the game stems from the fact that the game is not where it could, should, and would be. Combined with my abhorrence of any form of stupidity--manifest in the shameful ignorance in considering WHAT with a total disregard for HOW (i.e., SPREAD arguments and ANY mention of RESULTS within a ridiculously flawed tourney structure)--i wrongly spoke of JKB and Olaf.
i do not apologize for offering my opinion about their ability compared to Kenji's--i think Kenji has a stronger game than both of them. Aethetically (for this reason alone), i hope to live to see all of them (and many more) become really great players.
like i said, because i don't think they are REALLY good does not mean that i do not respect their abilities. i was and am wrong to spout off about JKB and Olaf--they are truly exceptionally good players who certainly will become GREAT players in time. They have not been playing long, but thier BODY of WORK (as opposed to their RESULTS) does speak for itself.
While they do have peculiar ideas about HOW the game should be and is played, they simply are two of the best new/younger players who have come into the game.
Most of my frustration about the state of the game stems from the fact that the game is not where it could, should, and would be. Combined with my abhorrence of any form of stupidity--manifest in the shameful ignorance in considering WHAT with a total disregard for HOW (i.e., SPREAD arguments and ANY mention of RESULTS within a ridiculously flawed tourney structure)--i wrongly spoke of JKB and Olaf.
i do not apologize for offering my opinion about their ability compared to Kenji's--i think Kenji has a stronger game than both of them. Aethetically (for this reason alone), i hope to live to see all of them (and many more) become really great players.