Brodysseus
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I'd trade it with the highest number they had. Sharpie on a #1 and have my card mates from the round sign it. Nice keepsake/memory without cramping on that particular scene.
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Club Bag Tag Etiquette Question
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Grippenripp
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Don't be a dick. If you're not going to be around to accept a challenge then don't take the tag.
I've started "course tags" for my course. Each tag has a picture of the hole with no number on it. The players who are committed to playing regularly get these tags. I don't charge for them, but expect them to be competed for at least twice a month. I live in the sticks and there aren't a lot of local players so this works well. I also have on hand a few generic course tags for travelers who may want them. These have a collage of several holes on them. If I run out I order more. Good keepsake from a course.
joecoin
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Take the tag home.
Post pics of it weekly on FB in different settings. "Here I am with the tag at the Statue of Liberty, here we are at the Grand Canyon", etc.
At the end of one year of doing this, post a video of the burning of the tag in some sort of cult ritual.
Attend the same tournament the following year wearing a disguise. Win the tag again. Repeat process.
Post pics of it weekly on FB in different settings. "Here I am with the tag at the Statue of Liberty, here we are at the Grand Canyon", etc.
At the end of one year of doing this, post a video of the burning of the tag in some sort of cult ritual.
Attend the same tournament the following year wearing a disguise. Win the tag again. Repeat process.
Putt for D'oh
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Just because there may be no formal rules, or not technically breaking the rules doesn't mean taking a top 20 tag out of the game isn't a disrespectful dick move.
There are a lot of instances in life, sometimes daily, where you can choose to be a dick or not be a dick and very very few of those decisions have anything to do with formal rules or laws.
Not clarifying the expectations and rules of a league is also a dick move imho. It's pretty easy to come up with that stuff really so there isn't a good reason not to have it. The reality is, unless you enjoy misunderstandings and conflicts a good set of rules is essential and there is nothing wrong with that. Most of the conflicts I see brought up here and elsewhere in leagues or tournaments are not because of someone being a "dick" but because rules or standards were not clearly spelled out.
Future_Primitive
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Seems a bit much to pin it all on the guy who paid his money for the tag and played well enough to earn the #1 tag. How about some blame for the guy who sold the tag to an out-of-towner to begin with? Think I would need a good explanation from the League Director how this all went down before I start blaming travelling Mike for this issue.
Bag tags in general---and this scenario, in particular---generate more drama in my local disc golf club than everything else the club does, combined.
Which I find somewhat entertaining, since I'm not a bag tag participant. Not for philosophical reasons, but the fact that I don't play enough rounds with other bag tag holders to make it meaningful (plus, I don't care for the tags hanging off my bag, or keeping up with them otherwise).
Clear rules and guidelines help, but even with them there are players getting upset because they think those rules should be different. So the drama never ends.
Which I find somewhat entertaining, since I'm not a bag tag participant. Not for philosophical reasons, but the fact that I don't play enough rounds with other bag tag holders to make it meaningful (plus, I don't care for the tags hanging off my bag, or keeping up with them otherwise).
Clear rules and guidelines help, but even with them there are players getting upset because they think those rules should be different. So the drama never ends.
As a traveling player, there is no tag that is THAT important to me. Though, it is likely that it is THAT important to the guys playing all the time for those tags. I have heard all of the opinions that stand on principle, and most are correct, but my principles would not allow for me to take the top tag. If my ego needed to be sated, I might try to trade the tag for some club emblazoned mini or towel.
A couple of the tag leagues I play in now have gone to electronic tag assignment. DGS usually, around here. We all get generic tags without numbers and enter play and tag switches into a league page.
A couple of the tag leagues I play in now have gone to electronic tag assignment. DGS usually, around here. We all get generic tags without numbers and enter play and tag switches into a league page.
This is one of the best ideas I have ever heard. I'm going to try this with our club this year - maybe even get personalized tags if it doesn't cost a fortune.
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NathanNoodleArm
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I hate this idea! I currently hold the #1 tag and I want everyone to see that bad mother hanging from my Juju!
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Our (very small) club did bag tags as a fund raiser and I had the #1 tag.
Without any warning, my job changed from days to rotating shifts.
What this meant, in my situation, was that I was not going to be available to play for tags with any regularity.
I gave the club the #1 tag.
They've had a blast competing for the tag and I never gave it a second thought.
It was the right thing to do.
Without any warning, my job changed from days to rotating shifts.
What this meant, in my situation, was that I was not going to be available to play for tags with any regularity.
I gave the club the #1 tag.
They've had a blast competing for the tag and I never gave it a second thought.
It was the right thing to do.
Yeah....it became a big hassle otherwise. A bunch of us would be in tournaments and forget to change tags, or some would take off right after the tournament before swapping tags. We ended up mailing tags to one another, it was a drag.
Of course, it was an Alztimers bag tag league....a bunch of 50+ players. Could explain some of the forgetting.
jdw80550
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You're right. You won it fair and square.
You also won the right to have your name dragged through the mud. For people to speak ill about you. For people to come up with by-laws bc some a-hole cares more about, literally #1, than the group that put the event on, every week. Congratulation on your win. Can't wait to never play with you.
Long ago we had bag tags on a challenge-only system (not thrown in at tournaments). A challenger who lost paid the winner 25 cents per difference in their numbers. It certainly kept #33 from pestering #2 over and over.
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