Discontinuum 2010 Bag Tag Challenge

[tacimala]

To make it easier to keep track of who has bag tags and when they change hands, I have set up a league on Disc Golf Scene for the 2010 bag tags:

http://www.discgolfscene.com/leagues/Discontinuum_2010_Bag_Tags

The league is mostly up to date and for those that are interested, you should sign up for Disc Golf Scene (free) and you can post challenges, scores, results of tag matches, etc. I use it to keep track of all of my scores actually and you can also get achievements for shooting well at tourneys and leagues.

Your information will be synced up automatically if you include your PDGA number (I entered all those in on DGS already) or if you are not a PDGA member, all I would need is an email address to sync it up.

If you don't want to sign up and a tag changes hands, feel free to post here and I'll update it on that site.

Any questions? I know I left it pretty short and sweet.

[pdga#7648]

I'm in Taylor

[Steven Jacobs]

Thanks for setting this up.

[tacimala]

or if you want to post or PM me your email address, I can add that on there as well to give you an invite. Either way it's pretty easy.

Steven - no problem!

[Tom McManus]

Taylor thanks for setting this up.

[CEValkyrie]

president@discontinuum.org

[tacimala]

So a few other cool things about the site:

- All of your profiles are synced up to tourneys and leagues by PDGA number. Just by signing up you will probably have some rounds stored under your name if you've played lots of local tourneys over the past year or so.

- You can add friends kind of like on Facebook or other social networking sites.

- You can then challenge those friends to rivalries. Now practice rounds mean a little more when you are out there. Bragging rights go a long way!

- You get achievements for winning leagues or tourneys, cashing in tourneys, shooting hot rounds, etc. Aces are also achievements.

- Running leagues through the site is easy as well and can take care of scoring, keeping track of money won and so on.

- If you play the same courses a lot, it can be good to keep track of your averages and see those over time. The stats feature on the site can do that, as long as you are keeping all the scores. Good for stats junkies.

- You can add photo galleries, which makes it easier to share photos of courses.

- Yadda, yadda, yadda

[pdga#7648]

that site is awesome Taylor. But why does it say PDGA# not verified??

[pdga#7648]

nevermind, it is there now.

On a different note though. I got my tag in the mail today. I received 32, but I thought it was 33?? hope thats not too big of a deal?

[tacimala]

I'm guessing Tom switched you and the other 32/33 around then, so I'll update that on DGS as well.

[PHishHead]

  not sure were to ask this question but i figured this was as good a spot as any.  do i get anything besides a high five and a pat on tha back for ending tha year with the #1 tag?  just wondering

[tacimala]

To be honest, I don't even know who had what tag at the end of the year. That is the goal of this system so as to make it more of a challenge and to raise awareness for the tags and the club in general.

[Tom McManus]

not sure were to ask this question but i figured this was as good a spot as any.  do i get anything besides a high five and a pat on tha back for ending tha year with the #1 tag?  just wondering

Yes. We return the missing persons report to you.

[PHishHead]

  ya I'm just wondern if this is all just for bragn rights, or actually for something.  i thought years back there used to be something paid out to the top 5 or 10 or whatever.  plus are their rules on defending tags or are we supposed to be OK with people just sittn on the top tags.  I defended #1 through 2 tourneys, and something like 10 challenges but that doesn't mean the next person even has to do it once if there are no real guidelines.  i love the bag tag challenge it gives you more reasons to take the random round more seriously, witch helps keep me in check, and lord knows i need that.  i guess its just alot of thought for a simple question. thx

[damonshort]

...you thought about it so much you actually answered your own question. 

There are no real guidelines anymore, for all the reasons you hit upon. I look at it as a 'strictly for fun' thing; I couldn't find my tag most of the time last year, and I'm not one to volunteer to run a bagtag challenge at a tournament, for one example.

it's a nice little perk for being part of a great club, but really nothing beyond that unless somebody wants to make it a project.

[tacimala]

Well now that people can know who has what tags, it'll make it easier to even try something like that. Perhaps next year.

[smyith]

why not this year? you have it set up and you got a couple months of winter to figure it out.

[CEValkyrie]

One reason we decided to move away from prizes is the fun factor. Players with top tags ran into hiding knowing prizes and money were on the line. We have tried to offer as much as possible with a club membership.

[Dan Michler]

I don't think there is a good way to setup a fair system to pay out for tags at the end of the year.  It'll only result in far more complaints and headaches than its worth.  I like the current system.  The tag is primarily something to put on your bag and represent the Club.  Tag challenges are a fun side-game.  If you start paying out for the top tags, then less skilled players (a majority of the Club) may not want to participate in a gamble that they have no chance to win.

If you want to play disc golf for money, then play Open at PDGA tournaments or gamble on the side with your friends.  I would not advise forcing everybody who wants to be a Club member to participate in a cash game.

If there are enough who really really want to have a payout for tags, perhaps they could pay extra to get in the Tag Challenge Cash Payout game?  The highest ranking of those who paid to participate get the prizes.  Somebody would have to volunteer to keep track of this.

[tacimala]

And there would have to be rules in place on accepting challenges, minimum number of matches, etc. For how widespread locations are in the club that would make it tough to actually happen.