From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri Oct 23 11:29:07 1998 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA28920 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:15:49 +0100 (BST) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA28904 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:15:45 +0100 (BST) Received: from [158.152.203.174] (helo=[158.152.203.174]) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.05demon1 #1) id 0zWeFz-0002rP-00 for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:15:43 +0000 Subject: Ultimatum stories needed Date: Fri, 23 Oct 98 11:14:26 +0100 x-sender: ultimatum@pop3.demon.co.uk x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0, March 15, 1997 From: Paul Hurt <paul@ultimatum.demon.co.uk> To: "BritDisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-Id: <E0zWeFz-0002rP-00@post.mail.demon.net> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi all About Ultimatum.... Yes, there hasn't been one for a while. Here's what's happening. There was due to be an August issue, but it was decided to hold it over until we got back from Worlds, so we could get GB at Worlds info in it. But even so, at that stage there was still stuff that needed reporting - primarily the conclusion of the Tour. Despite scouting around, I couldn't find anyone willing to write anything (and I was only looking for 200 words or so, to go on the web site). Anyways, I have now had GB Open and GB Women reports on Worlds (thanks Jeff and 'Becca). So this is good. But we've also had three Tour dates, Nationals and Women's Nationals since then. Does anyone want to write something about these? Here's some possible topics: * Tour wrap-up * nice knowing you, Shot-gone * Nationals * Women's Nationals * New BUF officers * What ought to happen with the Tour next year? * absolutely anything else you fancy writing about You don't need to be a world-authority on Ultimate. You don't have to have taken point-by-point notes on everyone's games. You don't need to re-write War and Peace. You just need to have something to say. If no-one comes forward to write anything, I will just publish what I have about Worlds and everything else will go un-mentioned. When you think about it, 1998 has been a real turning point in British Ultimate. It would be a shame for events to pass us by un-documented. So please, offer your services! Thanks Paul P.S. For your information, the Ultimatum web site has been getting huge accolades from foreign players. We are the envy of Ultimate Associations around the world. U.S. players are complaining, asking why the UPA doesn't have anything like it. However, players here don't seem to give a stuff, and so the site hasn't been updated for months, because there's nothing to update it with. Because, unfortunately, stories on the website (and in the newsletter) don't write themselves. So let me see if I've got this straight. We love this game. We think (we *know*) it deserves to be on telly/be an Olympic sport/be part of the National Curriculum/whatever. We want to see it succeed. At the very least, we want to stop having to justify the sport's existence all the time. But we expect other people to make all this happen. I need YOU to take a more active interest in Ultimatum. Otherwise the web site will go off-line and the newsletter will disappear (though if you insist, we can hand out sheets of blank paper with "Ultimatum" printed at the top.) Sorry for the rant, but this honestly is the situation. Ultimatum is supposed to be *your* publication. Like they say, "Use it, or lose it". --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Hurt Editor, Ultimatum Magazine, London, England editor@ultimatum.demon.co.uk Visit Ultimatum Online... http://www.ultimatum.demon.co.uk