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The title implies that this is an apology. I mean, how else can you get people off your case other than by apologizing? But the guys that are trying to get rid of me, they don't deserve one. But they are the focus of this post.

Tonight, I seriously thought about what I had left that I could possibly do in pool. Win 8BRCAM? Won't happen. Win an MLP World Series and actually play on the team for the Playoffs? So what? There's no material reward for that. Hell there isn't even a worthwhile reward for winning 8BRCAM. I have literally no incentive to stay here and play, or even be around period. Or do I?

I remember when I first played Yahoo Pool. Someone from an IRC chatroom invited me to Gallows Pole to play a few fun games. I was then invited by someone else to join the league - Social Outcasts. I became a TD in that league after, say... 4-5 months. Why did I do all of that? Why did I keep playing? Why did I join a league? Why did I actually volunteer my time to run tourneys for other people? It was fun. Social Outcasts was a league where you could basically kick back and shoot the shit with people you've never met, but also people you could somehow call friends. But then other, bigger leagues caught my attention. Cool Pool of course the most prominent. But to be a TD there, it was more professional. It was like going from a convenience store in a small town to a large bank in New York. So many rules, so many regulations, it changed my entire perspective of Yahoo Pool. I went from just wanting to sit back and have a little fun, to really wanting to compete. I have little doubt this is how all of us started, with variations here and there.

So what happened to us along the way? Many things. We developed a hatred for someone, we got arrogant, we simply got good, many things. We've all made friends, and we've all made enemies. Why did we make those enemies? We thought someone cheated, we acted like morons on our parts, they ran their mouths, again - many things. This is no longer "just to have fun" like it started out for so many of us. For some of you, fun is still a major reason why you play. For the rest of us, we now play and hold grudges. We don't treat people based on what they do, we treat them based on who they are. Will Gaz and I ever see eye to eye? Literally maybe, but certainly not figuratively. Why? What does he do that irritates me? Well, usually nothing because I never see him. Good for both of us, better for him. It's the reputation he has with me. I've never liked him, he has never liked me. I beat him a few times (once for like 8 million rares in PF), he beat me a bunch of times. But I hate him because he's Gary. Not because he did anything to me in a particular instance. When I see him do something, whether it involves me or not, I think (and sometimes say) "there's Gary being his dumb self again." And I know he has the same thought about me if/when ever he reads what I type on here. "That's that fucking cubby again running his mouth like a retard" (or even worse).

Well, I've been browsing through sports forums, including a local one I contribute A LOT to as I travel around the state during high-school hoops season. The owner of that site's big goal is to positively promote high-school sports in Maine and the players involved, without bashing them. Believe me, it's all I can do not to call some kid who flops like a fish on defense a fucking turd. I thought about how that could relate to this. I'm not gonna go on some mission to promote YPool worldwide. That'd be going too far even for the most die-hard player. But I do have an idea.

A truce. Nobody sends out any sappy little apologies, nobody takes back anything they've said. I stop. You stop. I ignore the shit you say and do, you ignore what I say and do, and we stay out of each other's paths. I don't care about a "yes" or "no", I don't want to see "well I am the victim and you are the asshole here", I simply want to see this petty shit end. This isn't to one person, it is to everyone and you know who you are. I don't expect any respect, I won't give any. I don't say anything to or about you, you don't say anything to or about me, if we are forced to play in MLP or 8BRCAM, we play, report, send the tapes, and move on. No words, no bitterness, not even a gl or gg. Game(s), done. If we're at the same table, NOTHING. We don't exist to each other. It is this way or no way. But you have the option. I'm holding up my end. What you do is your concern.