What makes a good tournament?

[OvEr HaNd AsSaSiN]

damn I cant even read that.

[Dan Michler]

Gotta have respect for jdunk's code of silence.  There happened to be another disc golf on his computer who needed a place to anonymously bash Scott Pitner's payouts.

[jdunk]

let the jdunk bash start. il go first hes only rated 904 he sucks

[pdga#7648]

He can complain all he wants.  It just isn't working for him, unless what he wants is the opportunity to complain some more.

and has a very good complaint!!! 3 months and 4 days?? UNREAL!! Did you have to wait 3 months for me to pay my entry fee? No, but I probably pre registered that much in advance. To make someone wait 3 months for a trophy they earned is just wrong, PERIOD!!(homemade or not) and from the outcome, wasn't worth the wait. I would have rather just picked out plastic the day of the tourny if I would have known the outcome. How do you expect people to want to return to a tournament that you are a part of, if they have to wait that long? BUY the trophies, and have them present.
I have played in over 100 tournaments in my days of this sport, but have  never came across a worst TD than you Bruce( and I have been to a Brian Cummings tourny) more than once I might add. You will never see me at any event you are a part of again. Its a shame that the best disc golf club in Illinois has an officer as bad as you( some of your own members agree) 
Not dissing the club, as most of the members are very cool people, and I get along well with most, but you, and only you steered me away from anything you are running or will be present at for a long time. Hope it feels good, something you work at so hard to do well, you failed at miserably.

[Steven Jacobs]

He can complain all he wants.  It just isn't working for him, unless what he wants is the opportunity to complain some more.

and has a very good complaint!!! 3 months and 4 days?? UNREAL!! Did you have to wait 3 months for me to pay my entry fee? No, but I probably pre registered that much in advance. To make someone wait 3 months for a trophy they earned is just wrong, PERIOD!!(homemade or not) and from the outcome, wasn't worth the wait. I would have rather just picked out plastic the day of the tourny if I would have known the outcome. How do you expect people to want to return to a tournament that you are a part of, if they have to wait that long? BUY the trophies, and have them present.
I have played in over 100 tournaments in my days of this sport, but have  never came across a worst TD than you Bruce( and I have been to a Brian Cummings tourny) more than once I might add. You will never see me at any event you are a part of again. Its a shame that the best disc golf club in Illinois has an officer as bad as you( some of your own members agree) 
Not dissing the club, as most of the members are very cool people, and I get along well with most, but you, and only you steered me away from anything you are running or will be present at for a long time. Hope it feels good, something you work at so hard to do well, you failed at miserably.

It .... Is    a disc...

[Bruce Brakel]

He can complain all he wants.  It just isn't working for him, unless what he wants is the opportunity to complain some more.

and has a very good complaint!!! 3 months and 4 days?? UNREAL!! Did you have to wait 3 months for me to pay my entry fee? No, but I probably pre registered that much in advance. To make someone wait 3 months for a trophy they earned is just wrong, PERIOD!!(homemade or not) and from the outcome, wasn't worth the wait. I would have rather just picked out plastic the day of the tourny if I would have known the outcome. How do you expect people to want to return to a tournament that you are a part of, if they have to wait that long? BUY the trophies, and have them present.
I have played in over 100 tournaments in my days of this sport, but have  never came across a worst TD than you Bruce( and I have been to a Brian Cummings tourny) more than once I might add. You will never see me at any event you are a part of again. Its a shame that the best disc golf club in Illinois has an officer as bad as you( some of your own members agree) 
Not dissing the club, as most of the members are very cool people, and I get along well with most, but you, and only you steered me away from anything you are running or will be present at for a long time. Hope it feels good, something you work at so hard to do well, you failed at miserably.

If I can only piss you off enough to get you to leave and not come back to this message board, my mission will be complete.

[tacimala]

Doug you are a huge jerk for being upset and complaining about someone not doing something they said they were going to do.

[OvEr HaNd AsSaSiN]

The only thing trophies are good for is collecting dust.. id rather have an extra disc instead, or maybe a event patch that says winner so i can put it on my bag..

[pdga#7648]

Doug you are a huge jerk for being upset and complaining about someone not doing something they said they were going to do.

Taylor, you can feel anyway you want, I wont lose no sleep over it. But do you sign up for a tournament to hopefully get a trophy 3 months later, after he posts and says he will make me wait even longer? No a good TD at all. But the feeling is mutual, before you posted this.!!!

[tacimala]

I should have put the sarcasm quotes around my post to help you then big guy.

[ChrisPUTTS]

The only thing trophies are good for is collecting dust.. id rather have an extra disc instead, or maybe a event patch that says winner so i can put it on my bag..

I have never seen this done but i like the idea... If it is cost efficient for the TD i think that would be better than trophies for the am divisons...

[pdga#7648]

I should have put the sarcasm quotes around my post to help you then big guy.

lol, probably.
Figured someone would come to his rescue, just wasn't figuring it would be you.

[pdga#7648]

He can complain all he wants.  It just isn't working for him, unless what he wants is the opportunity to complain some more.

If I can only piss you off enough to get you to leave and not come back to this message board, my mission will be complete.

again, you failed. wont boycott this site or other members, just you!!

[fathergod]

 For me, the tournament has to be worth the drive.  I've played in a few where the TD is terrible and is more concerned about his merch than the actual tournament.  I just had a situation where one TD didn't submit the tournament results for about oh...two months!!   Being said, I think the IOS and the Wisconsin Tour are really handled professionally and really make worth playing.  I would like to see a Northern Illinois Championship take place before the winter season kicks in

[SIUFrolf]

two months to turn in a TD report is nothing, try 8-9 months like with the Abominable Snowman II, that is unacceptable.

[Jon Brakel]

Doug,

Just a few clarifications:

Bruce is not and has never been an officer or held any other official position other than member of Discontinuum. Considering that he lives in Michigan, he probably never will.

Bruce was not the TD or even merch man for IOS #3. Brett, Bruce and I ran the IOS this year as we have all the previous years and we share most of the traditional TD duties. However, for IOS #3 Scott was the merch man leaving Bruce to help out wherever needed.

Through some mis-communication no one made or bought trophies for IOS #3. Bruce volunteered to make them after the event. He was not paid to do this. I think this is where he became a little irritated. You were picking on someone who was just volunteering his efforts to make good on trophies.

The IOS has always had home made or dyed disc trophies. It has kind of been a signature of ours. Like it or lump it but trophies purchased from a trophy shop are very expensive (unless you buy the cheap ones and then they look like shit). We have always thought that it was better to put that money back into CTPs and payouts.

[dana]

Boom goes the dynamite.

[CEValkyrie]

Boom goes the dynamite.

[Sr.]

Got to play in one of Mark Kruses events in Ohio. Just wondering if anyone else played in any of his events? In my opinion, he is one hell of a tournament director! Got home from Toledo before 8:30pm. We had a basket toss and Jumbo toss between rounds and played 2 rounds of 21 holes. Very efficient and informative TD and a really nice guy.

[Tom McManus]

Got to play in one of Mark Kruses events in Ohio. Just wondering if anyone else played in any of his events? In my opinion, he is one hell of a tournament director! Got home from Toledo before 8:30pm. We had a basket toss and Jumbo toss between rounds and played 2 rounds of 21 holes. Very efficient and informative TD and a really nice guy.

Randy, I saw the scores  Great shooting. Nice job.