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The first half of this match was a very pleasant affair. Kaltica and
KSired couldn't make it for religious reasons (i.e. it
was Acquire night), but the rest of the Cadets showed up in strength. The
first half was marred by the usual ping problems.
The second half, played on Monday, January 19th, 1998, was nowhere
near as pleasant. The opposing captain, unaware that we use Pacific
time when scheduling matches on OKBridge, thought
the match started an hour earlier than we did. Showing up an hour too early, they
assumed that we were late, demanded that Kaltica
close down the FireSide presentation that he was giving (in the middle of a hand, no less!)
and were quite perturbed when he insisted on finishing that hand before ending the FireSide.
They became downright surly when we had to scramble to find replacement players. Their tempers did
not improve when our pings acted up again. All in all, a thoroughly unpleasant match...and one which
soured us on the Riko Ladder experience for months to come. It ended with a lecture from their captain on
punctuality, insisting that next time we play them we should be "on time and
prepared". Kaltica's response was brief and to the
point:
"You think there's going to be a next time???"
The comments that you see between the hands are intended for
Kaltica's students. Please ignore them as you enjoy these
records of the decisive hands in this match.
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