Response to My final words about the Tourny !

Well, everyone else is doing it (it being giving a round of accolades for the tourney), so why not me?

It's certainly been an intriguing 3 months, so say the least. After all, it was only as I was "surfing" while downloading MAME 35 FINAL that I noticed that this site I'd never been to was holding a tournament. Of course, I decided to give it a try, and eventually ended in 8th, much better than I could have hoped for at the start. With any luck I can be as equal a "force" in T2, although I'll have much less free time, mainly due to a longer commitment to number checking 3 fantasy football leagues & running a fantasy hockey one.

Speaking of the heavy burden of administration, first I must thank those who served as judges and organizers of the tourney. I know that it's hard keeping 10 to 12 people who know each other "happy", let alone 34 people from around the world.

A special "Thank You" goes to Pat Laffaye, who was patient and fair with yours truly. I especially fear that I might have made Pat spend more time dealing with the last 44-point INP for miexchng than I did playing the game over the 3 months :)!

Anyway, onto my competition, which was certainly top-notch. I guess I'll start at the top, with the somewhat fitting tie between BeeJay and JoustGod. Congradulations to both of you !!!!

And let me take note of others with at "least" a 1st place in a game: Brian McLean (I can only imagine what you're capable of with MORE than about half a month to compete in), Cicca, Skito, Renzo Vignola (who would have passed me overall with ANY score in 2020bb), Donut (only the enforced maximum kept me within 20 points of your score), Phil Lamat and Stig Remnes.

And of course how can I forget Q.T. and BBH and... the list IS too long, so basically, everyone else is the tourney.

Finally, I must thank Zwaxy for providing the site and dealing with 3 months of more work than usual. I know that if _I_ was the one maintaining and updating all this, I would have been content to find the time to compete at ALL, let alone finish 16th.

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