Really stoked on the Zephyr round. Jason did an amazing job commentating... perhaps the best out of all of the PHP videos. Jason, Nikko, and Nick all have done well. What is the next round video that will be posted? Sierra or Truckee River?
Round 3 is Sierra College, Round 4 is Truckee River, Round 5 is Tahoe Vista / North Tahoe / Lake of the Sky <--- people need to decide what this course is called!
Also, I have a suggestion that I think would add a little bit to the videos... while watching the Zephyr one I really wanted to know who was having the hot round and what each players score was for that round AS WELL as their total score through the tournament. Maybe have two score columns for multiple round tournament footage; first column has the round score, second column has their tournament score. Just my two cents.
I always appreciate suggestions, so thanks for bringing it up. I actually did consider this before the graphics upgrade PHP got this spring, because I've seen other channels do it and it's kind of nice. However, in the end I decided against it because I didn't want the scoreboards to be way too cluttered with sponsor logos, player names, hole scores, total scores, animations... AND round scores. It was just too much. I decided that to encourage people to focus more on the relative scores between the players as they stood in the tournament, not to include the round scores as well, since my approach to tournament coverage is to very much focus on the standings and competition between the players. Round scores are usually irrelevant to the overall competition and would detract from what I try to make the focal point of PHP tournament coverage. That being said, I will always mention round scores at the end when I talk about the PDGA results, I'll usually mention who had the hot round, and also talk about this with my guest during the on-camera outro. I do think this data is relevant and interesting, but I don't think it's worth reminding people of it on every hole. The bottom line is of course that it just comes down to personal preference, and I'm choosing cleaner and more focused graphics over more data. I've just felt that all the information thrown at me in videos where the round scores are included is a bit too much at once, and I don't have time to look at all of it before the next hole anyway. You may still disagree, but that's my reasoning for the decision to not include round scores.
I enjoyed the Poo out of the round with Jason, also. But, I enjoy Every Video you have put out. Keep on keepin' on and Thank YOu for all the hard work and dedication!
Thanks for your continued support! (On YouTube, Facebook, as well as here!)
Just want to echo the props on the production work all around. As someone who has probably watched 95% of the released YouTube disc golf round videos over the past 4-5 years, PHP has risen to be one of the best channels out there. You must do a ton of editing work... it shows!
Thank you for noticing all the extra work that goes into creating a PHP episode. I think many people take it for granted and assume that a disc golf tournament coverage video just takes X amount of time to put together no matter what, so I always appreciate people noticing the extra production time that goes into PHP.
Also good to see the Youtube comments appropriately roasting Proctor for his casual concern for the basic rules of disc golf
You know, I've avoided commenting on this topic on YouTube since I don't really want to derail the discussion of the tournament itself with such an inconsequential aside... but I may as well address it here.
I actually did notice when I was filming, and I immediately looked around at all the other players to see if anyone was going to call him on it, and honestly it just seemed like it didn't bother anyone. I mean I agree, Proctor should follow the rules, but you'll notice he never actually "cheated" by flipping his disc or scooting his foot forward to approximately where a mini would be if he had used one. He would place his foot directly behind the disc on the ground, keep it firmly planted, and then pick up the disc and throw it in. Is it against the rules? Yes. Is the result really any different than if he had put his foot behind his disc and chucked a different disc into the basket? Nope. Also you'll notice he never did it for anything that wasn't a tap-in.
I do think it's rather silly, because it's not even any more time consuming to just tap in with a different disc if you don't want to bother with marking your lie for really short putts. So I'm not necessarily excusing Proctor, but rather just advocating for the position of "who cares?"
I'm sure if it had bothered one of his competitors they would have called him on it and he would have stopped doing it. But ultimately it affected absolutely nothing, and was in effect the same as if he had not used a marker, but putted with a different disc. I do wish he would have marked his lies appropriately though, not because it affected the actual round, but because it has certainly lead to a lot of tangential discussions (here, on Youtube, and on Facebook) when I would personally prefer if people focused more on the tournament, the competition, the coverage, etc.
My two cents.
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- Paavo
