biscoe
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ugly, contrived, and unneeded.
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ugly, contrived, and unneeded.
ugly, contrived, and unneeded.
What course have you played that made you come to this conclusion?
ugly, contrived, and unneeded.
With UDisc type stats, there will be an increasing need to mark both the 10m circle, and "circle 2" (which I think is 20m?? Not sure).
So much to our dismay, we'll start seeing more of these ugly buggers out on the course. (I still haven't seen them in person. Paint is bad enough)
Yeah but actually needing these stats is highly debatable. It seems to me that they're an effort to legitimize disc golf by copying the egregious use of advanced stats in popular sports. I tolerate it cos I know that lots of people derive much of their enjoyment of sports through nerding out over stats but truth be told I can take it or leave it.
I just think that there's a middle ground that isn't being looked for, like using actual landscaping features like mulch or flowers or cairns or anything that doesn't look blatantly artificial like whiskers or spray paint. :\
The only truly useful value I see is in helping to clearly define where one can/cannot legally jump-putt in for tournament & league play.i see little (if any) value in marked putting circles of any sort. it is virtually never an actual issue in play and a waste of time and paint.
The only truly useful value I see is in helping to clearly define where one can/cannot legally jump-putt in for tournament & league play.
Maybe I missed it, but did someone actually claim visually defining the putting circle would enhance the "watchability" of disc golf on video? I'm with you on that... I just don't see it. :|The idea that ropes, whiskers, etc make for better disc golf on video is off base to me.
I would think putting in the whiskers would discourage multi pin positions and movement? Re-whiskering each move? A couple or more idle whiskered circles on a hole might look awful. A course with one set of whiskers might be more likely to leave the basket in whisker position more often.
Might just be me, but a couple courses I play on regularly I'm bummed if the baskets don't shuffle every couple weeks. I would not want anything that would discourage using multiple pin positions.
This was the best photo I could find online of my favorite solution.
As Shelton Springs, for example, there are 10m pieces of wire rope clamped around the base of each basket. When you move the basket, the wire rope comes with it.
You want to know if you are in the circle? Pull the rope out towards your disc.
Want to paint the circle for a tourney? Trace around the basket using the rope as a compass.
Simple, elegant solution.
This was the best photo I could find online of my favorite solution.
As Shelton Springs, for example, there are 10m pieces of wire rope clamped around the base of each basket. When you move the basket, the wire rope comes with it.
You want to know if you are in the circle? Pull the rope out towards your disc.
Want to paint the circle for a tourney? Trace around the basket using the rope as a compass.
Simple, elegant solution.
Yeah but actually needing these stats is highly debatable.