I got a text that said that basically said "Hey man I want to run something by you and maybe get some info,"
At the time I was busy working on a new website and a match bigger than anything we have ever done before. So I didnt drop what I was doing to call and find out what plan Mark had up his sleeve this time. Remember the pro player chili contest?
Besides Mark doesnt have to call me about anything. Just like if he puts out a match possibility in public I am free to make an offer on it as well. Its called competition and it is good for the players and the fans. There is a reason I do not discuss what I am doing until its done though.
This is all a giant cluster. I will own part of the blame for getting pissed and posting after I read the OP. I talked to Kimberly from Str8 shots yesterday. She was very nice and professional. She explained that what came across in the OP was not what she meant to say and I believe her. My impression is that she and her husband are not very familiar with AZ or pro pool and its history. They are trying to do their own thing with a focus on kids it looks like and had no clue what they stumbled into here. I hold no ill will toward anyone and wish Str8 shots and Mark well.
I am going to call Corey now and see if I can get him to call Shane some names on facebook so I can drum up half this much interest in Fridays match that actually will be taking place.
Justin, I know you were, or still are, ticked at me for what I said. Hopefully, you now have a different take on what I said. However, as far as what I stated about it being kind of low trying to trump what they were doing, and you stating that it is "just business". Well, run this by your head for a minute- you have gotten rather ticked (and I feel rightly so) in the past about others doing it to you. You stated that is the reason you don't put anything out anymore until it is "nailed down".
Here, you did the same thing to Kimberly, and justified it as "just business". That may work for you, and you of course are free to do things as you see best. But, wouldn't it be better if you didn't do the things to others that really upset you when some do them to you?? How can you get upset with others for doing it when it is "just business" in your mind??
The simple fact that you talked to Kimberly and her husband, and got the straight scoop, does speak volumes for you, and restored the respect I did have for you. (not that it might even mean anything to you) Too bad others couldn't have also taken that simple step.