Yes, I do mind actually. Andy you are simply wrong. I am not a fast racer at all. I am mid pack at best. My best ever finish was 3rd, which I have achieved only twice in nearly two years. When we did V8s (maybe at Queensland if I remember right), you were faster than me. I am sure I can dig out the results files if I really need to, or then again you can ask any of the regular club guys who can vouch for that. Not that it matters how fast we all are anyway, right? You seem to have it in for anyone better at sim racing than you, and I am not the only one to have pointed it out to you.
Also it isn't my "toys" at all, so don't even try to imply that, trying to make it personal, trying to put the onus on me. I try to run the club for everybody, as a whole, as proven by this very thread where I listened to what people want and then we moved to see what we could do to cater for it. Another thing is I am not an autonomous club runner - I run the club based on guidelines and discussions with the staff behind the scenes. This isn't a one man show; in fact sometimes decisions get made that I disagree with, but my job as staff is also to support those decisions once they are made and provide a united staff front.
I have seen a whole load of posts in the recent past about your opinions on fast guys and assists. This isn't a one off. You are entitled to your opinion and point of view, but you don't need to repeat it endlessly when the club doesn't change to suit you. You also like to misconstrue what I say, deliberately twist what I say (even where I have given clarification) just to suit your point of view.
You like playing this game where you say just enough to rile others up, but just not enough to cross the line when it comes to the rules. Passive aggressive slightly sarcastic comments and well-placed emoticons don't make what you say any more friendly. I grow tired of you having a go all the time in a way so you can backtrack when someone calls you on it, (pretending you were just being all friendly and discussing how you feel), especially supposedly at my expense or trying to make it personal when I am trying to do a good job, and I have always tried to take the time to hear your opinions - not changing how we do things doesn't mean we didn't listen, it means we listened and decided on another course of action we deemed better.
Being a paid member doesn't give you the right to dictate how the clubs are run; it allows you to participate and put forward ideas that may or may not be used. If you don't like how I run my events, go somewhere else, I don't care. I won't miss you, and I won't be paying much more attention to you either. You've worked your way through any goodwill I might have once had.
Edit: Finally, if you want to carry this discussion on further, take it to a PM. The thread has gone off track enough already.
