I really don't understand any of this. Is it supposed to be funny? Is it a facebook thing, just saying stuff? Is it a play on "fake news"? :\:\:|
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ALL Mach baskets should be outlawed in pro tournaments!
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I really don't understand any of this. Is it supposed to be funny? Is it a facebook thing, just saying stuff? Is it a play on "fake news"? :\:\:|
the Duff
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Why so vague? Are you disappointed that this is fake or do you have a problem with the author?
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HS creative writing assignment?
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Ching outs
Have to say it feels like all this is pretty strait forward. Everyone chains out. Watching videos of the pros missing the same putts I miss does make me feel.... better? I'll be the first to say it's not a great feeling the miss what felt like a great putt, but if it misses it isn't that great.... all in sport though.
If every putt was guaranteed from 15-20 ft in then why bother playing. We all hit trees all the time (maybe you don't, and if so you better go to the casino and throw it all on the roulette table) and nobody is saying let's rip the trees out of the game. A skip, a roll, a bounce, all are sort of "random" but can be relatively controlled to a point. Chain outs are part of the game, don't see that changing regardless of baskets.
The randomesque feeling of these misses is most definately frustrating. We all have it happen though, whether your. Wysocki or a chump that's borrowing your friends midrange for a round. I will say that Mach baskets of all types have been the most frustrating out of any (other than cones, bleh).
At the end of the day our sport involves throwing a plastic disc, with some level of elasticity hitting a metal something or other. Dead on misses are bound to happen.
Have to say it feels like all this is pretty strait forward. Everyone chains out. Watching videos of the pros missing the same putts I miss does make me feel.... better? I'll be the first to say it's not a great feeling the miss what felt like a great putt, but if it misses it isn't that great.... all in sport though.
If every putt was guaranteed from 15-20 ft in then why bother playing. We all hit trees all the time (maybe you don't, and if so you better go to the casino and throw it all on the roulette table) and nobody is saying let's rip the trees out of the game. A skip, a roll, a bounce, all are sort of "random" but can be relatively controlled to a point. Chain outs are part of the game, don't see that changing regardless of baskets.
The randomesque feeling of these misses is most definately frustrating. We all have it happen though, whether your. Wysocki or a chump that's borrowing your friends midrange for a round. I will say that Mach baskets of all types have been the most frustrating out of any (other than cones, bleh).
At the end of the day our sport involves throwing a plastic disc, with some level of elasticity hitting a metal something or other. Dead on misses are bound to happen.
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Didn't Avery Jenkins complain that a worlds course had too many trees?
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Yep, when Worlds was in Charlotte. I guess it sucks when your game can't translate from boring wide open hyzers.
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Interestingly enough, I'm listening to The Upshot podcast (https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2017...o-recap-ricky-wysocki-gbo-lookahead/?ref=more) and Ricky Wysocki himself just said that the Mach X baskets are the most fair. They catch what they should, and don't catch putts they shouldn't.
I'm sure most rail against the Mach III's, but this is titled all Mach baskets.
I'm sure most rail against the Mach III's, but this is titled all Mach baskets.
The bolded can arguably be said about any model of target, depending on one's personal preferences and putting style. There are most certainly putts that the MachX will reject but will likely stick on a MachIII or a Discatcher Sport or an Instep basket.
Not every target can or should catch the 1000 mile an hour rockets that some players throw at them. Doesn't make them poor targets.
If you're rocketing putts from 10', you're doing it wrong
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I was actually talking with a guy very involved in maintaining the local course and he says that for a lot of us lower level players, something like a Mach III is actually better for us than some of the baskets the pro's might prefer. I know when I was playing on a course with some of the high end Prodigy baskets, I had a couple of putts that just skimmed off of their heavy chains that would have probably caught on a Mach III or similar basket.
Not saying anything good or bad, they were just different.
lyleoross
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Ricky likes them cause they suit his style. They have issues too. They require a very firm putt, tend towards left side chain outs, or bounce offs, and proportedly, discs that hit the x spit out.
They do suit a harder putting style per say, as long as you hit dead center. As a guess, center hit putts are less like to hit the center pole and bounce backwards.
I have no idea who Brady Hanna is, but if this little Faceplant article is indicative of his output, then an author he is not.:\
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Can't it be both?
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the Duff
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He's a local pro and designed a disc golf on a ball golf course that I enjoy (equipped with Prodigy baskets btw).
No, I don't think he is getting paid for his prose, but I kinda wish it were true. I'm tired of getting "Mach III'ed". They are ubiquitous around here.
And didn't Brian Graham resign last December?
I was vaguely amused by the story. Might have been a little more dramatic making it Joe Chargualaf's first big decision as director.
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Brian is interim Director until June 1.
