liljol wrote:
Well, it’s time to provide an explanation why the indiscriminate use of “bash” by some here causes the genuine resentment from some of us that were parts of the Real Bashes from at least 1998 through 2003. FWIW, I first met Bobby/LEWSER at the one and only Phoenix Bash in 2000, and the following year at Houston Bash 2001 finally met BO (apologies to others on this list whom I’ve also met at other Real Bashes; no disrespect meant).
My first Real Bash was in 1998 in Myrtle Beach, followed by one later that year in Las Vegas. Tampa hosted the 1999 & 2002 Real Bashes; Houston hosted again in 2003. If there were any other Real Bashes since 2003, I was not a part of those. The 1998 Real Bashes in Myrtle Beach and Las Vegas were composed partly of members of the BadBart list and AOHell players. As it turned out, those Real Bashes marked the handing off of Real Bashes from the AOHell players to BadBart (there was some overlap between the two groups).
Certainly, some of you will not appreciate and/or agree with the following, however there has been and always will be an attitude of exclusivity among those of us that have been part of the long standing BadBart list (and, of course, maybe just a lil more for some of us than others). If there is/was any other list that has been around longer and/or has had membership composed primarily of the most visible players of the NTN Buzztime Network, it’s news to me.
Exclusivity aside, any current participant(s) of the past WVBTOs or Triviapalooza with the audacity to suggest that those of us that attended those Real Bashes didn’t have at least as much (if not more) fun than now is sadly mistaken. The opportunities to meet and play with other well known players had as much priceless value then as it does now.
There’s more I could add, but IMO this is enough for now.
Exclusivity?
Damn! Y'all had more "Exclusive" fun, exclusive fun which the rest of us can only dream!
And shucks, we only get to meet below average players at our events, because the Olympic gods of trivia won't grace us with their exclusive presence, but gather in anti-bashes with their ilk and kin to laugh at our futile attempts to beat their scores...whatever.
Exclusivity! I guess I'm having a bash everytime I travel to a site and make the board solo...pretty fucking exclusive and a "wicked pissa" of a good time with BOTFLY, esquire.
HAHAHHAHAHA!!!
Best of luck in all of your exclusive endeavors, you exclusive endeavorers.
Sincerely,
One unworthy, late to the party, bash-excluded BT player.