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Points: 6903 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 18:53
Originally posted by KillerPoodle KillerPoodle wrote:

Originally posted by Rill Rill wrote:


Giving someone else a "free" set when both are fresh and could play another might result in more fun for all.


I challenge you to find an instance of that happening in any modern era grand slam final.

During the third set of the 1975 Australian Open final, Connors was the beneficiary of three consecutive controversial calls. Leading 40-15, Connors intentionally double-faulted, drawing a round of applause from the pro-Newcombe crowd. After Connors faulted on his first serve of the next point and lobbed the ball in the air for his second serve, a fan shouted “double fault.” Connors caught the ball, but would then double fault. He lost the game, the set, and ultimately the match. “I don’t regret throwing it, but don’t put me in the same position again,” Connors said afterward of his somewhat questionable display of sportsmanship.

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Points: 1853 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 19:11
giving away 2 points is not deliberately throwing the set - as per his comment afterwards.
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Points: 1853 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 19:15
BTW - congrats on finding that example - what does it say that you had to go back 37 years to find one example?
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Points: 1269 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 19:20
Originally posted by KillerPoodle KillerPoodle wrote:

what does it say that you had to go back 37 years to find one example?

maybe she went for a famous example rather than looking at the timeline and finding the most recent one? 
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Points: 234 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 19:24
Better question is: would you consider someone who do not give 2 points to the looser a bad player?
And would you consider him a bad person?


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Points: 2042 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 19:28
If this is a topic about Illyriad and not about tennis, please get back on topic before derailing further. Thank you.

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Points: 205 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 19:35
It seems to me it's very much a topic about tennis... Back and forth and back and forth and back and forth...
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Points: 1853 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2012 at 19:42
Originally posted by Drejan Drejan wrote:

Better question is: would you consider someone who do not give 2 points to the looser a bad player?
And would you consider him a bad person?


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Originally posted by Rill Rill wrote:

This is a game.  There are ways to play games that make them more fun and less fun for the participants.  In the world of games, such things are called sportsmanship.  I think many of the reactions you see here are attempts to make comments on the sportsmanship (or lack thereof) inherent in one action or another.

Things like "don't kick a guy when he's down"

"tell the truth" (tennis pros calling their own balls is a good example of this)

Stuff like that that makes it not just a game, but a fun game.

In Illy we have a long tradition of commenting on the sportsmanship (or lack thereof) of various actions.  Hopefully we can remember that we are commenting on actions, not people.

The problem is that people stop wars even before anyone is "down" or had any chance to show "sportmanship". All in all the game still need stuff to fight over that will give us advantages but wont siege people out of the game.
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