More Tales Of Yesteryear

Harumph,

For whom does the bell toll? It tolls for thee, who hath woken me 
from my slumbers. 

It's interesting to see how lore is lost, after such short times. Ray 
spat out a chewbacca few lines out on the stoop ; Cat23 is Ray's 
and so was worldmasters ; however, worldmasters is gone 
(account closed), and was taken over by Chris Babcock over on 
DipWorld. 

More generally, maybe let's say two years ago, there was a 
sudden general slump on both Cat23 and DipWorld, probably for 
some common reasons, and also particular ones proper to 
each site. 

One of the general reasons was the creeping predominance of 
what was called "Smeagol" play, where mean-minded goons 
would huddle over a miserable two dots and emit not one jot or 
tittle of entertainment or derring-do.

Another general reason was the spilling over of various 
politico-social issues between various "faces", both from FtF and 
from PBEM. Internationally, too.

The refuge from this, for some few stoop suppers, was the 
"Riskwanker" concept, whose last fling on the wider stage was 
the "smeagolsmiter" team of the last Dipworld tourney. Since 
then, rudeness and smugness has meant that participation in 
Dip has become problematic at best, since this implies 
transgression of "lazy wanker" status, and turning-in of the 
Badge.

If this latest upsurge of whipper-snappers and fellow-me-lads 
means a return to days of yore, then good luck say I ; but beware 
the smeagols, for their name is legion...

Chairman Kow