Ego Said/Spirit Said 
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From: parinell@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James C Parinella) 
Subject: Ego Said/Spirit Said 
Date: 17 Oct 1994 19:18:31 GMT


I am psyched to find out this newsgroup exists, but I am VERY
disturbed to find out that someone has been posting using MY
name.  A computer friend of mine finally told me about this
"Testosterone" guy, and I was able to intercept the following
post.  Can you believe this guy?

------ ALBANY, NY--The juggernaut known as Big Ego Ultimate
continued rolling towards Lexington, Kentucky, with a
convincing 19-14 victory over Cojones in the Finals of the
Northeast Regional Tournament this weekend.  In outscoring
their opponents 85-26, Death or Glory won their ninth
tournament in nine tries this year.  DOG showed only minor
flaws in jumping out to a five point halftime lead and
cruising through the second half to give Boston its third
straight Regional championship and a probable #1 seed again at
Nationals.  Cojones clearly is not the vaunted NY, NY team of
old, as it missed the tough defense and attitude of Jon
Gewirtz and the consistent offense of Pat King, Dave Blau, and
others.  Death or Glory, meanwhile, showing less is more,
unveiled its full squad for the first time this year, and
showed traces of excellence with its highly efficient offense
and aggressive team defense.

The Cornell Buds also advanced from the region.  Additionally,
15 other "open" teams and some women's teams played this
weekend.  The highlight of the weekend was an attempt by RC
Pablo "These Are the Rules" Martinez to put an end to the
feebleness known as "frisbee time".  Even though the game to
go to Nationals was crowded by darkness, and even though
Saturday's first round games were capped, and even though
everyone knew that teams could take points at 10 AM, none of
the quarterfinals started much before 11, so those games were
short, the scores being 5-3, 6-2, 8-3, and 12-0.  As they are
prone to do, the players complained.  Nothing came of it.
Good.

Jim "Where's the Competition" Parinella

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What a jerk!  Now, here's the real story:

A wicked awesome weekend was had by all at NE Regionals.  The
tournament party was a real blast.  They played a Grate mix of
the Dead and Phish, with some Talking Heads livening things up
occasionally for some cool dancing.  We drank lots of beer,
and the teams that were eliminated on Saturday had a chance to
discover the "real" tournament.  There was a great game called
"Melnik".  It involved frisbees and beer, and although I'm not
really sure of the rules anymore, I enjoyed it, since we all
got to play as long as we wanted to, and we were all on the
same team.

There was a three way tie for Spirit of the Game, with each of
the teams insisting that the other ones be honored instead.
We were all pretty wasted anyway, what with the abundance of
Ganja wafting through the atmosphere, and then the tunes came
on again, so we forgot about that.

Because of that, people showed up right on Frisbee time on
Sunday morning, but RC Pablo "There is no You in UPA" Martinez
tried to break the time honored tradition of starting whenever
we feel like it.  He imposed draconian measures and
asphyxiated the quarterfinals.  Dude, when an important game
is played to 5-3, you know the game has gotten out of the
hands of the players and into the arms of Big Brother.  What's
next, referees?

The weather was great, the spirit was great, and everyone had
a good time.  The open finals weren't as bad as I thought.
There were a few bogus calls on both NY and Boston's part, but
that's to be expected.  On one occasion, Kenny Dobyns laid out
for a catch, then by the time he got to his feet, the Big Ego
guy was already at stall three, so Kenny informed him that the
stall couldn't start until he established a pivot foot.  So
the Big Ego guy goes, "I know, but we never play it that way."
And they never play that you can't spike it, either.  The REST
of the tournament had great spirit, though.  Lots of
violations happened but weren't called, people were out of
bounds but they made a good effort so they were called in, and
everyone thought that the teams that lost were nice people.
All in all, your typical weekend.

Jim "Spirit is Alive and Well" Elias-Parinella