JR
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Hi and welcome. Who are you and where do you come from and how long have you played?
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RockinDiscGolf said:New to the board ... have played since the late seventies when I used a 181 gram Whamo and the course(s) were laid out using fence posts, stop signs, and tree trunks as targets. Got in to metal chains in the 90's and was in complete awe! Although once a little competitive, am into the sport for it's health and mind benefits now, along with it's fellowship and personal competitive enjoyment. Throw right handed and have an air bounce techinque left over from my Whamo freestyle days ... hard to break! Will be eternally an AM and am perfectly fine with that ... just give me a good course and the time to enjoy it. I try to promote the sport when ever and where ever. In that sense, I post the following:
An observation I've seen for most DG events of clubs and TD's is the absence of a proper online system to communicate event results and offer organized leagues or points series on the web. Santioning organizations offer these services but registration and per player events fees are tacked on. These fees can reach hundred's of dollars for larger events and are potentially taken from event payouts. What if a club did not want to sanction their event but wanted a points series or league to offer their membership? Most clubs I have observed use a spreadsheet and post results via a pdf or some sort of other means ... all less than adequate.
In an effort to promote the sport for even the smallest club or association, I am in the process of developing a DG datebase to handle these objectives. The intention is to widen the communication of event results and competitive rankings for all clubs ... large and small.
If acceptable, I would like to link to a demo (under a separate thread) and ask for player/club feedback to assist in development features.
Would this be acceptable on Disc Golf Review forums? If so, is anyone interested?
I played a local course in 1976 (Brahan Springs) mostly in and out of a large pine tree stand. You didnt find many courses around the south in the 70's. The baskets were different, metal domes on top that looked like trash can lids, until Steady Ed change the course and they installed his basket designs (Mach I). We petty much threw standard frisbees back then and people were not getting the distance people do today. And when it was cold and you hit a tree you often cracked a disc. Having discs that fly with stable, overstable and under stable are some of the biggest improvements. The sport is really growing. Love to see new courses opening up with all types of play from beginner style ace run courses to the super long pro courses. It never gets old playing a new course. Love the number of manufactures available today with just about any style, type of plastic and color discs you want. We had very few colors to choose from and really a limited selection of plastics even in the 90's.JR said:Hi and welcome. There are not many players who have started in the 70s on the boards. How have things changed in disc golf since you have started from your perspective?
i wish my game had grown as much as the sport has since the 90's.WadeMade1 said:I played a local course in 1976 (Brahan Springs) mostly in and out of a large pine tree stand. You didnt find many courses around the south in the 70's. The baskets were different, metal domes on top that looked like trash can lids, until Steady Ed change the course and they installed his basket designs (Mach I). We petty much threw standard frisbees back then and people were not getting the distance people do today. And when it was cold and you hit a tree you often cracked a disc. Having discs that fly with stable, overstable and under stable are some of the biggest improvements. The sport is really growing. Love to see new courses opening up with all types of play from beginner style ace run courses to the super long pro courses. It never gets old playing a new course. Love the number of manufactures available today with just about any style, type of plastic and color discs you want. We had very few colors to choose from and really a limited selection of plastics even in the 90's.JR said:Hi and welcome. There are not many players who have started in the 70s on the boards. How have things changed in disc golf since you have started from your perspective?
There are a handful of trolls there, but it's easy to ignore in such a large group. When one appears here, it's very destructive.mark! said:FNG, been playing for a few months. Was over at DGCR before I knew better, but got here as soon as I had pretty much read enough my thing's bigger than your thing threads.