Zen Referee signing off.....

[Mauler]

Well, it's been a wild and fun ride, y'all.

Having travelled 15,000+ miles in the month of March, and having been home for a grand total of 5 days in between all the reffing I've been doing, I've come to realize that maybe I do referee too much. And at the same time, I've come to notice that my "refereeing personality" has started to seep into my personal life more that I'd like: i.e. diminishing expressiveness in coversations, apathetic yet judgemental of my friends' actions, rigid body language, etc.

There is also a matter of diminishing health directly related to excessive refereeing -- particularly in my recent progressive onset of repetitive stress syndrome in my elbows, which have been identified as a result of too many "off-target" referee hand signals.

I urge my fellow referees out there to be vigilant as well of such effects of irresponsible overbooking, and excessive refereeing activities. Fencers and coaches should embrace a sense of community as well and voice their concerns to referees who display the signs and symptom.

I've decided to retire from the fencing world, effective immediately, and resume my career as a travelling musician. By my side, a recently acquired 30th Anniversary Gundam Beam Rifle Guitar, signed by Yoshiyuki Tomino himself, I'll be wandering off to wherever gigs lead me, starting with a short stay in Okinawa.

It's been a pleasure and honor to have been involved so intimately with the sport, and I'm glad to have contributed in my small ways as its facilitator. Perhaps my gig locations will coincide with NAC rotation sometime in the future. I'll be sure to drop in and bring in my roadies to join the referee parties. I'll come visit as a spectating layman, and ask you guys silly questions.

I've donated my set of Y-R-B Cards to a local soccer officials association (don't know what they'll do with a Red Card), my timer to a middle school home economics class and eBay'ed off my priority coin (1984 Olympics Commemorative Coin). I did, however, decide to hold onto my set of shims so that I may use it as a guitar pick since it adds a unique metallic feel to my sound.

I'll miss all y'all, especially Fencing.Net.

P.S. I'm giving away a collection of fencing gear that I've accumulated over the years, since I won't be needing them where I'm going. Not to mention I can't carry too much stuff... So if you're interested in acquiring competition gear, coaching gear, footwear, etc, please e-mail ObsessiveCompulsiveReferee@gmail.com

P.P.S. Since where I'm going, I won't be playing much games either, I'm also giving away my on-going home made cockpit project to a tender loving care of an uber-geek. I got most of the MFD and side panel controls wired for Falcon 4.0 AF, but of course with a little tweak you could get to it to work with a game of your choice.

[yeoldearmourer]

God Jay you had me going on this one. My kids would have to hunt you down
drag you back. It would have been the same without the reports on Mr. Robitic and the lastest gag.

[fencerontheline]

Originally Posted by Mauler

Well, it's been a wild and fun ride, y'all.

Having travelled 15,000+ miles in the month of March, and having been home for a grand total of 5 days in between all the reffing I've been doing, I've come to realize that maybe I do referee too much. And at the same time, I've come to notice that my "refereeing personality" has started to seep into my personal life more that I'd like: i.e. diminishing expressiveness in coversations, apathetic yet judgemental of my friends' actions, rigid body language, etc.

There is also a matter of diminishing health directly related to excessive refereeing -- particularly in my recent progressive onset of repetitive stress syndrome in my elbows, which have been identified as a result of too many "off-target" referee hand signals.

I urge my fellow referees out there to be vigilant as well of such effects of irresponsible overbooking, and excessive refereeing activities. Fencers and coaches should embrace a sense of community as well and voice their concerns to referees who display the signs and symptom.

I've decided to retire from the fencing world, effective immediately, and resume my career as a travelling musician. By my side, a recently acquired 30th Anniversary Gundam Beam Rifle Guitar, signed by Yoshiyuki Tomino himself, I'll be wandering off to wherever gigs lead me, starting with a short stay in Okinawa.

It's been a pleasure and honor to have been involved so intimately with the sport, and I'm glad to have contributed in my small ways as its facilitator. Perhaps my gig locations will coincide with NAC rotation sometime in the future. I'll be sure to drop in and bring in my roadies to join the referee parties. I'll come visit as a spectating layman, and ask you guys silly questions.

I've donated my set of Y-R-B Cards to a local soccer officials association (don't know what they'll do with a Red Card), my timer to a middle school home economics class and eBay'ed off my priority coin (1984 Olympics Commemorative Coin). I did, however, decide to hold onto my set of shims so that I may use it as a guitar pick since it adds a unique metallic feel to my sound.

I'll miss all y'all, especially Fencing.Net.

P.S. I'm giving away a collection of fencing gear that I've accumulated over the years, since I won't be needing them where I'm going. Not to mention I can't carry too much stuff... So if you're interested in acquiring competition gear, coaching gear, footwear, etc, please e-mail ObsessiveCompulsiveReferee@gmail.com

P.P.S. Since where I'm going, I won't be playing much games either, I'm also giving away my on-going home made cockpit project to a tender loving care of an uber-geek. I got most of the MFD and side panel controls wired for Falcon 4.0 AF, but of course with a little tweak you could get to it to work with a game of your choice.

Jay, you are terrible at hide intention. You do not havit the psychology of a champion...

[Peach]

Hee hee heee . . . this is not bad. Especially the repetive stress syndrome.

[Durando]

Dude, too good. Would rep you if I could. Your description of flat conversational tones and weird robotic hand gestures actually made me think of a friend who refs alot.

[Amadeus]

Originally Posted by yeoldearmourer

God Jay you had me going on this one. My kids would have to hunt you down
drag you back. It would have been the same without the reports on Mr. Robitic and the lastest gag.

he got me completely...

[Poulet]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

he got me completely...

You are quite foolish indeed.

[alewive]

My best laugh of the day!

[Amadeus]

Originally Posted by Poulet

You are quite foolish indeed.

1. judging someone's intelligence based on an april fool's joke is odd

2. "gullible" would be a better word than "foolish"

[Poulet]

fool
n.

One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe

.....

[Amadeus]

Originally Posted by dictionary.com

fool·ish Audio pronunciation of "foolish" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (flsh)
adj.

1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly: foolish remarks.
2. Resulting from stupidity or misinformation; unwise: a foolish decision.
3. Arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous: a foolish grin.
4. Immoderate or stubborn; unreasonable: foolish pride; foolish love.
5. Embarrassed; abashed: I feel foolish telling you this.
6. Insignificant; trivial: spent all their money on foolish little knickknacks.

yeah, none of those match



your definition, by the way, is the third definition.

[Poulet]

1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly: foolish remarks.
2. Resulting from stupidity or misinformation; unwise: a foolish decision.
3. Arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous: a foolish grin.
4. Immoderate or stubborn; unreasonable: foolish pride; foolish love.
5. Embarrassed; abashed: I feel foolish telling you this.
6. Insignificant; trivial: spent all their money on foolish little knickknacks.

1) You certainly lacked good judgement to completely fail to notice that Mauler's post was a joke, from the very start.
2) Mauler's post was misinformation. Thus, your reply was a result of misinformation.
3) Your post sure made me laugh.
4) It was unreasonable of you to ever think that Mauler, the professional referee that he is, could ever stop refereeing
5) You should be embarassed to fall for that April FOOL'S joke.
6) In the grand scheme of things, this argument is trivial


You were fooled on April Fool's day. Thus, you are FOOLISH! Get it through your thick skull!

[Amadeus]

Originally Posted by Poulet

1) You certainly lacked good judgement to completely fail to notice that Mauler's post was a joke, from the very start.
2) Mauler's post was misinformation. Thus, your reply was a result of misinformation.
3) Your post sure made me laugh.
4) It was unreasonable of you to ever think that Mauler, the professional referee that he is, could ever stop refereeing
5) You should be embarassed to fall for that April FOOL'S joke.
6) In the grand scheme of things, this argument is trivial


You were fooled on April Fool's day. Thus, you are FOOLISH! Get it through your thick skull!

you're missing the point of the definitions.

but you know that, so i'm not going to elaborate.

[Poulet]

The first two are valid matches. The rest are jokes, except for the point that people who fall for April Fool's jokes are, by definition, foolish.

[Mauler]

Originally Posted by yeoldearmourer

God Jay you had me going on this one. My kids would have to hunt you down
drag you back. It would have been the same without the reports on Mr. Robitic and the lastest gag.

Hehe. You tell them they got me for life. Won't be that easy getting rid of me, as long as I'm breathing and I got my Yellow Card in my pocket. Please send them my love.

[Mauler]

Originally Posted by Peach

Hee hee heee . . . this is not bad. Especially the repetive stress syndrome.

You know, I have actually had cases of physical discomforts from refereeing. (i.e. stiff neck following a day of Y-10 Epee)

[Mauler]

Originally Posted by Durando

Dude, too good. Would rep you if I could. Your description of flat conversational tones and weird robotic hand gestures actually made me think of a friend who refs alot.

Alas, there is a good dose of reality in my post. While my refereeing persona took work to develop, I've also had a natural aptitude for it -- generally toned down expression, stiff posture, mechanical body motion, etc.

[yeoldearmourer]

Originally Posted by Mauler

You tell them they got me for life. Please send them my love.

Hmm You know something I don't after all she is of marrying age.

[KD5MDK]

But interest is just as much important as that, really.

[Dan H]

Originally Posted by yeoldearmourer

Hmm You know something I don't after all she is of marrying age.

Awwwwww... that would just be too cute. Could you imagine a ceremony occurring between pools and DEs at a NAC? Or several hundred fencers at a post-tournament reception?