When exactly did I attack Dean?
Right after his explanation why he is in privateers. You started your post directly pointed at him, with "You and your nonsense [fat]again[/fat] Dean" You are attacking him there at two different levels. The first level is telling him that his current post is utter bullsh... and the second level is that all of his posts are utter bullsh... For me the whole discussion would have ended there, if I was him.
That was a defense to his sarcastic personal comment, not an attack. If you're to point the finger, at least start reading from the beginning.
Doesn't this prove those same people feel that maybe there is truth in what I say and that this is not the right division for them? If not, why act so insecure and argue?
No, it doesn´t. It proves that it annoys people and that´s it. That it is insecure is only your point of view. Why argue? Because we have to! Who is we? The top drivers in privateers. We have to defend ourselves for our choice of division [fat] this season [/fat]. Don´t worry, I guess noone of us will be in this division next season. I sure won´t.
Oh really? How come it's only annoying to those who are Works material and the opposite of annoying for those who aren't?
You don't have to defend yourselves, because I'm not attacking you. I'm saying you just don't belong in this series, period. You (not you in particular, but the top group) start coming up with lousy excuses that I already quoted, which are not really based on logic and are not really honest either.
You don't have to agree with it, but if you can't come up with common sense reasoning to argue against it... Give me solid reasons for the top group of drivers that I can't deny and I'll admit I was wrong, but so far I haven't seen any of that.
I did! I explained myself. Dean, Cookie and Sky explained themselves as well. It is not our fault if you simply dismiss our explanations. Can´t you see or don´t you wanna see it?
Well, don't expect me to just accept nonsense, because I won't. I've yet to see someone apart from Sky admit they are not for this division and just honestly take responsibility. All I hear is attempts to attack me personally or try and change the topic to something else.
The discussion is a look into how things should be done in the future, whereas you and the group you're racing regularly at the top serves only as an example...
I can see nothing constructive in this discussion. What do you wanna do in the future? Every new driver has to do some test laps and based on his performance "the jury" decides in which division he has to drive? People should still be allowed to pick the division they want to drive in. Freedom of choice... None of us top privateers picked this division because we thought "Oh yeah, I am so freakin fast, but I dont like competition, so I will join the privateers and dominate it and win every race. Yeah, that seems a good decision to me."
There is nothing constructive because instead of sticking to the topic of discussion, you and others begin to overreact emotionally and point the finger at me. I'm not really interested in that. It was actually aimed more towards the moderators and why they have allowed it, rather than the drivers themselves. I'm not accusing drivers and I already said it is within the rules and legal that you're all racing here. It's just that I don't see it as proper.
And you didn´t answer when I asked who is we, when you say "What do you want us to do, we can´t just look at the situation without doing anything". So it means the whole staff is unhappy about the situation in privateers this season or what? Or who are the unhappy drivers? I couldn´t notice anything about unhappiness out of Michaels and Andrews posts. I noticed that this vague and generic talk about "some people" happens quite often, without anyone ever knowing whom it refers to. And I still wonder why you are the speaker for those unhappy drivers, since you are neither in privateers, nor a moderator.
Anyway, maybe I could explain my reaction with this post, maybe I couldn´t explain it to you. Feel free to answer to it or not, I won´t reply anymore because I feel it would be a waste of energy.
I don't want you to do anything, I would like the moderators, those who run the league, to think about it and not allow it to repeat in future seasons. The issue here is, we've already had multiple discussions about how drivers should be allocated to each division, and unfortunately, for whatever reason (raising up number of participants?) this season has been neglected in that respect. People have simply been allowed to race wherever they want. This hurts the balance in the lower divisions, obviously.
Again, I just don't see why you have to be offended by all this. It's stating facts, not pointing the finger and assigning blame to drivers... Whether you feel obliged to move up or not, whether you're happy with how things are currently or not, that's up to you, just as it is up to me. Instead of getting in argument me with every time I post something concerning the league, try and direct your opinion to those who are in charge, but don't expect me to silently ignore nonsense and lack of logic, because next time we go the wrong path again, I wouldn't want to be part of the group which allowed it to happen by keeping silent.
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Bigger grids tend to produce better races
Sorry, Paul, but that's just not true at all. Bigger grids tend to produce more incidents, more traffic, more problems, etc. The racing does not improve just because you increase the numbers, it has never been the case.
