tbird888
Salient Disc Test Team
"Move Up"..?
Yeah. It seems to be shouted at every winner in Rec around here. Well, at least it used to.
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"Move Up"..?
Yeah. It seems to be shouted at every winner in Rec around here. Well, at least it used to.
... Why resist a true recreational division any way? It would be awesome to just go and play and be there just for the fun of it...
To answer the "why not"... Some folks just want to get out to learn or have fun or even just to expand their social network... Recreational as truly recreational would appeal to them whereas it can turn ppl off now... I for one prefer this and am not all that interested in competing...
DD pays out merch to rec players at their Friday Flex C-Tier events.
Potentially problem solved due to the obvious no cash, no merch, just a trophy. Not really seeing how the term "trophy only" could be confused with players pack, low entry fees, etc.
Since turning 50, I have learned that Advanced GrandMasters is the worst. None of these farts are masters at anything, and there's nothing grand about how they throw. Advanced? In age, maybe.
Heh... Though I disagree
Anywhooo... I have talked to TD's that have a hard time filling events on occasion, so I can see a need for a boost... I won't go as far as discounting your experience with events in your area though...
Really?
There's also a place for people that basically just want to play a tourney casually and have fun. They're called Discraft Ace Race/Trilogy Challenge/Vibram Birdie Bash/MVP Circuit Event etc.
Too brand specific to generate mass appeal. I only throw MVP, which means 2-3 times/yr (if I want to drive 8-10 hours round trip). No bang for my DG buck.
They're cheaper than cheapest entry for any PDGA event and probably fill out better than any novice division if offered would around here. :\
it was the Rec division, I shot an 829 player rating..... which the division is for players <850.
Even to this day my average is 841 player rating, leaving me in that division.
Yeah, that's Rec. If you keep playing, get better than the serious Rec guys who are still in Rec.That's fine and I honestly have no pony in this race... I do think the term is misleading though...
it misled me when I first started going... it sounded like not very serious but still at a competition so I was all in... that was the mindset I had... then was kind of shocked that it was actually some very serious guys and some very casual guys... kinda all over the place...
Change it to:
"Guys who carry giant bags of discs they have no idea how to throw but want to look pro UNTIL they throw" - Division