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    Paul McBeth Bought a McLaren

    this thread is funny. McBeth is a living incarnation of the American dream. and the most common snare for we, status-seeking Americans is envy (followed closely by lust, but that's another story). "Must be nice..." "What's next? A couple of kids?" "Sheesh, must be nice..." Build your own...
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    Ask John Houck about Course Design & Development

    rhetorical questions need not be answered, my friend...
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    Enough with the alternate pins!!

    In Golf, alternate pins do not exist merely for strategic reasons, but also because the green is a LIVING playing surface - it spreads out wear and tear on the single most important area(s) of the course...personally, the 'goat path' appearance (you know, that worn-out patch of dirt encircling...
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    Ask John Houck about Course Design & Development

    The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum—even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time...
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    Ask John Houck about Course Design & Development

    Ideas belong to no one. I doubt anyone here sincerely believes the folks at Innova were the first or only to imagine a triangular rim disc - so what is it that makes them noteworthy? Perseverance? Belief? Faith? Interesting how with human beings, investment leads to conservatism, and frankly...
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    Adding Holes in the Woods

    Scout without preconceptions or program, which is another way of saying 'take what the land gives you'. Allow the plot to tell you where all the good holes are (there could be hundreds or even thousands), listen carefully and take good notes. Trust yourself and exercise patience during this...
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    Disc Golf is very well suited to match play, isn't it?

    Match play scoring is how Golf started and tends to even out penalties and rewards for the individual in a match. One may still win or lose via a single error, but one won't be blown out by single hole, which creates a different sort of competitive tension for the individual. Match play seems...
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    What's your 2 shot distance?

    This is good. I've felt this way about 'regimented' practice sessions. For example, if you force yourself to practice from measured distances, you train your 'being' to 'read' these situations for when you imagine the stakes are higher, like a 'real' match. This practice hopefully allows for a...
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    People who play like disc golf zombies

    this is an interesting phenomena. i wonder, if the lack of affective display has something to do with the supposed diminishment of social skills in younger generations...people who are truly depressed cannot even rise from bed each day, so i doubt it is that...maybe it's that they've not yet...
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    People who play like disc golf zombies

    I read it differently... Saw the fellow in the story as a older guy with limited options and low-self esteem, possessed by the knowledge that not only would he never accomplish such a feat, but it also stirred no desire in him to even try. so he snubbed you with a sarcastic one-up-man dig...OR...
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    What rules would you add (not really, but you might wish for)

    Take note: this thread isn't to be taken too seriously, or better, i take it as an opportunity to brainstorm/b*llsh*t about this topic...these ideas are predicated on the general premise that more skill should be required in disc golf, certainly for professionals and that a player, certainly a...
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    What rules would you add (not really, but you might wish for)

    see #5 - a player should rely on his own normal resources. What's interesting to me is how 'personal' this thread gets...I guess we all tend to think about our own games first and foremost...
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    What rules would you add (not really, but you might wish for)

    I believe in Golf the reason for an early departure's DQ relates to 'not finishing the course correctly', which means one forfeits the right to 'try again'. Disc golf fears alienating players, so there's a stronger emphasis on participation and inclusion...
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    What rules would you add (not really, but you might wish for)

    Disagree for 3 reasons. 1. Maintaining your quiver is to be considered a skill test. 2. Limiting options is also to be considered a skill test. 3. Selection of the proper quiver for a given event is also a skill test. So by combining these three ideas, we have compounded the skill required...
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    What rules would you add (not really, but you might wish for)

    Assuming this is for 'official tournament play'... 1. Ban jump-putting. Jump-putting demands that your card-mates enforce the rules. 2. Expand the smallest green to a 15 meter circle and allow 'course administrators' to create even larger greens of different shapes/configurations within a...
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    Low speed turnover

    This ^ fellow's onto something. 'Turnover' is a term generally used for shots thrown with more force - the thrower 'forces' the disc to turn with speed or the the disc is 'under stable' at that speed and 'turns' by itself. For a situation as you described, a 'touch shot' (and for almost all...
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    'Legendary' Players

    see there? reminiscing can be cool...almost as good as anticipating... Dr. Rick is nice but he's got an ego like everyone else. He's well practiced at keeping it under wraps - outstanding mental game. At this point it's not really fair to say had he elected to play Open, he would have won. This...
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    'Legendary' Players

    Barsby's got some of the best stand-up comedy in the game and he's a decent impressionist too...
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    'Legendary' Players

    @DiscFifty (and his ilk): this tread is merely content provided to amusingly distract. Provide your own that's better or go elsewhere, please. And don't take things so 'ironically', clever-man. (knowing full well this is a 'offend somebody' trap) Climo McBeth King near miss: Pierce I added...
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    'Legendary' Players

    By my count there are three unanimous choices for this designation in disc golf. Legendary might be a category above 'Hall of Fame' status, and would primarily be for a player's accomplishments on the field. Who else might be fit enough to be called 'Legendary' and why? Feel free to be...
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