I set up a 12-race tourney to get myself the 'Endurance' trophy, which DE and novide kindly joined along with some mysterious guy in a FEISAR who began trumping all of us. :/ But also joined was a rank 7 guy who went by the name of tjm345. He left at the start of the first race, obviously realising it was Phantom. I then got a message from him/her/it at the second race, which I didn't read for another race or two until I managed to access it in the time between races. It read as follows:

HIDDEN TROPHY

TAKES 8 people 12 races no fury only campagin skins - ONLY WAY TO GET TROPHY

Given that I am in possession of a brain, I could tell that this was the 'Bling Brigade' trophy. I decided to ignore it until after the races, when I could send him a message saying that yes, I did know, and I'd sort out a race for it sooner or later. But about halfway through the races, about race 7, I got another message. This one read:

YOU NOW

ENGLISH & FRENCH CAN YOU SET UP GAME YOU TALK TO OTHER PLAYER I ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH

OK, so any feelings of sympathy I had evaporated. I was still in the race to begin with, and likely as not would still have been even if he hadn't been able to see it. I wasn't about to abandon the race just to set up a race for some clot who: (a) can't understand how to send a polite message, (b) couldn't punctuate a polite message if he tries and (c) showed absolutely no regard for trying to speak what is possibly the most important foreign language for a Briton to learn. Every Briton should know at least some French, should at least try it! And why should I be forced to act as an intermediate simply because I put in the effort in the schools I've been to and talking to French friends?

I wouldn't have minded (c), but the fact that he'd been so careless just reminds me of the worst parts of modern day Britons, and so I replied coolly after the races that I had no intention of racing with him, and could find other people to do Bling Brigade with. Hopefully French ones.