joshmo65
Eagle Member
I'm worried for our next event. Another 144 cap and there is already 177 people following the tournament on DGScene.
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We had a feeling that our traditional 72 person tournament would fill quickly, so we broke it out to two days splitting the divisions and bumped it up to 144. It sold out in 70 seconds. In 5 minutes we had a 90 person deep waitlist.
I would love to see the PDGA allow us to do lotteries. Let everyone interested sign up over a week instead of going with whoever can fill out some form the fastest and then random pick people. If your club runs a bunch of tourney, double weight people who missed out of the previous one so that they have a better chance of making it the 2nd time.
On another note, I took 14 years off from sanctioned play before 2020. DGS is awesome. I do not remember at all what we had to do to sign up for a tournament in the old days. Did we just show up? Maybe pay the TD in person in advance? I honestly don't recall whatsoever.
I would love to see the PDGA allow TD's to fill their fields as they see fit in general.
In the Northeast tournaments are filling stupid fast (like in 2min w/ a 90-person waitlist fast). In trying to give back to the sport - now that I'm retired - if I wasn't so busy designing and building courses (and TRYING to play some events) I'd seriously think about TDing.
I would love to see the PDGA allow TD's to fill their fields as they see fit in general.
No! Please no. Already it's near impossible to find tournaments with novice divisions- I'm 615 rated and have to play MA3. Just once I'd like to play in a novice division. With TDs allowed to choose there might never be rec players in tourneys.
TDs could ignore players they don't get along with.
I heard one TD say he wished he didn't have to have Female divisions....they rarely fill and he would rather use the spots for males.
I do not remember at all what we had to do to sign up for a tournament in the old days. Did we just show up? Maybe pay the TD in person in advance? I honestly don't recall whatsoever.
No! Please no. Already it's near impossible to find tournaments with novice divisions- I'm 615 rated and have to play MA3. Just once I'd like to play in a novice division. With TDs allowed to choose there might never be rec players in tourneys.
I heard one TD say he wished he didn't have to have Female divisions....they rarely fill and he would rather use the spots for males.
I'd also reduce refunds or eliminate refunds for dropping out within 48 hours of event - eliminates those who "take up space" forgetting that they work every Saturday.
Ledgestone knocked DGS down. Registration had to be halted and will reopen tomorrow.
I surmise that the rule dates back to when tournaments were few and far between, to keep a TD from showing favoritism, since the players not in favor, and not granted entry, wouldn't have any other options for competing, earning points, etc., because there would be no other nearby events as options. Now, at least around here, there are multiple tournaments every weekend close enough for a long commute.
Am I the only person that thinks some of these tournaments could stand to charge a bit more? Sure, the local c-tier at a pitch and putt course probably can't charge $50-60 (maybe it can lately with the demand around here) But an A-tier like Ledgestone? I enjoyed that tournament immensely last year for many reasons. It's a fun trip to plan and becomes a mid summer destination for me and a few buddies, it gives me a chance to test my skills on a course against a massive pool of similarly skilled players, and I know even if I play poorly I'm still coming home with a new bag and a few discs.
Ledgestone:
Entry Fee: $160
MA1,MA2,MA3 competitors: 300+ in each division
Players Pack: $500 value, Grip BX2, Stool, 4 discs, etc.
Courses played: 3
Meals included: 2
Local event:
Entry Fee: $45
MA1,MA2,MA3 competitors: 30 ish
Players Pack: $15 value, 1 stock stamped disc
Courses played: 1
Meals provided: 0
I guess obviously not every tournament can/should provide the same value, but I feel as though I'm getting far more than four times the value from ledgestone as I am the local C-tier event. I guess I'm curious if there would be a DGS crash and 609 (and sure to go up tonight) angry comments on the Ledgestone page if the event entry was $250 or even $300, or if it would just casually fill up like a "normal" event did 2 years ago.
edit: Heck keep the AM side exactly the same as it is now, you'd still get the biggest players pack, with huge competitor fields anywhere, and put the extra $140 x 1600 into the pro payout and now we're watching the Pros compete for nearly half a mil. I'd still gladly sign up for that.