Who are your most bizzare flex league opponents?
Here are mine...
- A guy who lost every other match of the season and, during our final match of the season, stormed off the court through an ALTA ladies' practice screaming obscenities after I was beating him 6-0, 1-0. As he left the courts he yelled, "I'm done with this bleeping game!"
- A guy who would start calling anything near a line "out" when he was losing. I thought he was nasty during our match but I later learned he was far worse during other matches. He would just blatantly cheat with zero shame when losing. A number of players just gave up and left the court as he became more agitated.
- A guy who sends absolutely bizzare, ranting e-mails to opponents when scheduling matches. In my case he literally double booked himself and thus defaulted. I was going to cut him slack but, after learning he was a maniac, decided to take the forfeit. When he saw the default and realized that I had the e-mails to prove the default he wrote that I was "getting e-mails out of his in-box" to make him look bad. He went down hill from there. Based on the content of his messages I seriously believe that he needs meds of some form. They're really scary.
I've met many nice guys in flex singles but I've also met some completely insane jerks. It's almost enough to make one give up on flex leagues. A like/dislike feature would be nice for flex leagues. Any one rating wouldn't matter but it would neat if, after some minimum number of ratings, one could see a "sportsmanship" rating for each player.
Here are mine...
- A guy who lost every other match of the season and, during our final match of the season, stormed off the court through an ALTA ladies' practice screaming obscenities after I was beating him 6-0, 1-0. As he left the courts he yelled, "I'm done with this bleeping game!"
- A guy who would start calling anything near a line "out" when he was losing. I thought he was nasty during our match but I later learned he was far worse during other matches. He would just blatantly cheat with zero shame when losing. A number of players just gave up and left the court as he became more agitated.
- A guy who sends absolutely bizzare, ranting e-mails to opponents when scheduling matches. In my case he literally double booked himself and thus defaulted. I was going to cut him slack but, after learning he was a maniac, decided to take the forfeit. When he saw the default and realized that I had the e-mails to prove the default he wrote that I was "getting e-mails out of his in-box" to make him look bad. He went down hill from there. Based on the content of his messages I seriously believe that he needs meds of some form. They're really scary.
I've met many nice guys in flex singles but I've also met some completely insane jerks. It's almost enough to make one give up on flex leagues. A like/dislike feature would be nice for flex leagues. Any one rating wouldn't matter but it would neat if, after some minimum number of ratings, one could see a "sportsmanship" rating for each player.