Posted ByC. Urbanus on July 25, 2001 at 18:05:56:
In Reply to: Interesting Article posted byMaster Roshambollah on July 25, 2001 at 13:53:17:
: rather, they prefer to call it "teaching", or as one player termed it "a lesson fee." I thought that was great! I intend to use just such semantic posturing in my own future RPS-for-ante games.
I might also start partaking in this, at the park across the street from my office. Once I experience an increase in capital, that is. Most of it (as well as the budget of my office) is tied up in "investment opportunities" that should come to fruition following the completion of the opening weekend of the NFL season.
: Perhaps the recent construction in the Circle made the RPS players less conspicuous,
I heard that perhaps the police(or maybe the chess players, I forget) had chased or were gradually driving the RPS players into the Metro station (plus you can play all year there). And isn't the entrance to that one like a mile long downward escalator? I don't blame them for not bothering. I remember my ears popping going up and down that escalator.
:or perhaps the Post is biased against our great sport.
Or maybe they're already writing a separate article on the subject? 'Sports in the Circle' would make a good series.
Sincerely,
C. Urbanus
"Paper & Rock, question & answer"