You not only had a personal vendetta towards the England Captain
We are talking about the same person here?
The same person whom I went out of my way for last year in an attempt to get him proper recognition for what he was having to do in the regular absence of that years Captain?
The same person that I was by far the most vocal supporter of to be elected as this years Captain?
The same person, who now in his new role as Captain, selected me to be in the Main Team?
The same person who actually made me blush as a result of his complementary words whilst standing at the top of the New Switzerland lighthouse, following the match in which I had led the Main Team?
The same person who could have chosen anyone, but had me as his personal, and sole support for a whole match when we were the only friendlies in both the immediate and close area?
Non of that sounds like the actions of somebody with a personal vendetta, nor reason to start one.
So would you care to explain how this alleged personal vendetta came about? And whilst you're at it, you can of course prove that this alleged vendetta hampered the Main Team's progress?
How so? What could I have possibly said that disrupted the team's progress?
Purely a matter of personal opinion, and not a crime.
Demoralising would be a Captain who allows a member of the Main Team who had already contributed to the team's progress to simply step down, especially as this person was able to be present at some of the later matches.
Despite feeling very strongly that this was totally unnecessary and unfair on the person concerned because of the point below and a point I will raise later relating to something the Captain said at the time, what did I say about it? Nothing, because the person who left supposedly did so willingly.
Demoralising would be a Captain who before the above player had stood down from the team, announced that they, along with about half the others in the Main Team would probably not be fielded in the Main Team during the remaining matches.
That's a really big pat on the back for those that had already, and continued to perform on a level as good as anyone else in the team. Expecting somebody like you who wasn't effected by this to understand though is probably a waste of time.
What did I do about it? I accepted that even though I had proven I could perform to a very high standard when fighting in the Main Team, I didn't have the skills or equipment of a lot of the others in the Main Team.
I instead took pride in my constantly being called for and relied upon to perform Close Support, which those who have been on the receiving end of this support, will probably agree can make a massive difference to the performance of the Main Team.
I personally also found it to be far more challenging and exhausting than shooting mobs for 3 hours, so I got a real kick out of doing it.
Demoralising would be a Captain that long before the WoF is over makes a post suggesting that next year we should probably be part of a British/UK team.
The mere presence of the post implied we weren't good enough to win as an English team, and the whole basis of it's content was that if England didn't win we should give up trying as England and merge in to a British/UK team.
That's just my opinion of course, but some of us are English first and British a distant second, so I have no problem at all stating that post got the patriot in me fired up.
I seem to recall that instead of telling the poster exactly what I thought of him and his suggestion, which is what I would have done according to how you allege I constantly behaved, I provided a constructive argument.
I basically argued there was no reason why we should give up being an independent team because it was the other team(s) who had suggested this idea who needed us, and not the other way round.
I asked why we would need to even consider changing next year at this moment in time, and pointed out we were already proving we had what was needed to win this year.
If we didn't win this year, then we came back next year bigger, better and stronger, and tried again.
The feeling that such a post could cause was summed up best by telling Oracle he should go down his local when England had just lost a football match, suggest something along the lines of what he had put to us, and see what reaction he got.
Despite some allegations made elsewhere in this thread I was far from a regular poster in the forum, and I believe my campaigning to keep an English team was the most posts I made on anything in the private forum.
I can't prove this though, just like you can't prove your allegation of sabotage based upon the alleged behaviour you mention.
Anyhow, I've documented instances where my morale was challenged, although I expect others will disagree that what I have mentioned was demoralising.
I've also stated how I dealt with it, which wasn't to sulk, complain, or generally be negative, which is the opposite of the way I'm alleged to have constantly carried on.
That doesn't mean to say my morale may or may not have suffered though.
By applying the same definitions of sabotage being used by several in this thread, I could say that Oracle deliberately acted to effect my morale, which duly effected my performance. As I was not performing at my peak I therefore lost the opportunity to bring maximum gain to the team.
Oracle therefore hindered the progress of the Main Team, and in doing so committed sabotage.
Now tell me that isn't pure speculation and contentious, and then compare it to what is being used against me.
As this is Hurrikane's event he makes the rules, not YOU and certainly not us!!
Indeed. And the rules should be clearly defined and visible to all before the event starts, and adhered to.
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