[dragon] The "challenge"

[Paul Jacoby]

>I am even considering boycotting the challenge booth as I have been so
>uncomfortable with Pauls attitude.  Not sure that will make you feel any
>better, but I thought it only fair to state for the record :/.

Just so that everybody knows (I am kinda fed up with vague news giving birth
to bad rumors), the reason why Rob is uncomfortable with my attitude is
because a lot of Dragon players in the french listserv have stated that they
wished to play with one "Mirumoto Shiryu" in their decks to show support for
my character, and because I do not try to dissuade them to do so (his point,
and I guess he is right in that, is that Shiryu is a card that will tune
down the efficiency of their decks). It's just that I see this as a token of
respect and, more than that, of friendship shown to me and friendship is a
feeling I was *never* able to turn down.

To be fair, I even thought for a while that I would put a bounty to reward
all those players, but Rob was right in that : putting a bounty for this
would indeed have been vain, so as you can see the bounty forum for the
European Championships is very void from any "bribe" attempt by me.
Friendship should *never* be "helped" by greed, so I will not reward the
players who play Shiryu more than the others (I *am* considering offering a
rare or promo to every Dragon player who comes to play at the booth, whether
or not Shiryu is in their deck), but I will *not* try to dissuade those who
wish to play him to do so.

>Take care,
>Rob

Paul "Mirumoto Shiryu"
Yokuni's Yojimbo
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