Skyball 8 CANCELLED

[Eric Cartman]

Problem with Montreal is you guys don't like us english speaking folk

First time I was ever to Montreal I went with some people from the Toronto area and I was shocked at how rude the locals were to their fellow Canadians.

How long ago was that? Wondering if it was during another push to separate. I went out there when I was 18 and experienced some rudeness (but not a lot). That was in 1988. The last time I went (2002?) everyone was great. I'm looking forward to going back, hopefully in the summer this time. Montreal is great!

[SlartyBartFast]

Problem with Montreal is you guys don't like us english speaking folk

First time I was ever to Montreal I went with some people from the Toronto area and I was shocked at how rude the locals were to their fellow Canadians.

Depends how you're behaving.

The general barely 18 louts who cruise the bars and strip clubs and get drunk and insult the locals deserve VERY little respect.

They knind of prove there's a reason the rest of the country has a higher legal drinking age.

As an anglophone growing up in Montreal it was VERY rare that I found genuinely rude or obnoxious francophones. Yet, many of my friends did. I think it has more to do with YOUR attitude and behaviour than theirs.

I've stepped in to help more than one lost tourist who was really just getting what they deserved since the interaction with a local had degenerated from the local trying to be helpful into the visitor figuring if they kept speaking english the local would eventually "get it". Or worse, the attitude of the visitor was "why the hell can't you speak English?".

Really the same reason people also have different experiences touring Europe in non-English areas.

But with respect to having a major tournamnet in Montreal, If the cash and huge pirize packages weren't that important to the majority of players, an event could be held for probably a less than a third of what the Skyball costs were.

Guess we might need an new winter event to replace Skyball. If XO doesn't anounce next year's event, we'll know it wasn't Rogers Cable's fault the event was trashed.

[Muzikman]

How long ago was that? Wondering if it was during another push to separate. I went out there when I was 18 and experienced some rudeness (but not a lot). That was in 1988. The last time I went (2002?) everyone was great. I'm looking forward to going back, hopefully in the summer this time. Montreal is great!

This was in 95. I have been there a few times for work since and everthing was cool, or as cool as the french speaking Candians can be Since the company I worked for was HQed out of the Montreal area most of the people I delt with were from there. Some were great people, others left something to be desired, but I won't blame the fact that they were French Canadian for that.

I would actually like to get to Montreal and do some sight seeing. The last few times I was there was all short business trips.

[SlartyBartFast]

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