December Ratings

[Dan Michler]

brett loves alot of dudes  

i also love the dudes who have to throw everything max weight. (e.g. schuboy)    

[airspuds]

spoken like a true pro

practice and putt

good advice

my rating   902

[Bruce Brakel]

I finished the year with:

Current Rating: 847 (as of 15-Dec-2005)

I don't know if that's good or bad or what.  This is my first year in the PDGA and actually playing in tournaments.

Kelsey thinks its good.  She's 846.

My first tournament season ended in 1992.  If we had had ratings then, I'd probably have been rated right around there.  

If I was young and healthy I'd be happy to be 846.  Lots of room on the upside from 846.  

[Bruce Brakel]

There were 15 intermediate rated playerss who played one or more of our tournaments in 2005 in Intermediate who have graduated to Advanced.  I think this should help beef up our Advanced turn out a little in 2006.  

[shawn]

Wow, I made it to the advanced field again..  I  went from 912 to a 935 with this update..  Goal is to get up to 950 by next fall...  I just have to stop missing anything under 15 feet, and that should be a reality...

[Brian]

rock and roll, down two points.  Maybe I should play more tounrys, but they cost money that I can spend on building a bike.

[Bruce Brakel]

How to play tournaments for free or almost, the easy way:

A) Play in a division indicated by your rating.  
B) Play tournaments with good amateur payouts.  If you are posting on this message board, I can give you some pointers on where to find those events.
C) Finish in the prizes.  If you followed (A) and (B) and you played without first wedging your head up your butt, this is easy.
D) Sell your prizes to Bruce for the same price he paid Discraft and Innova when he buys them.
E) Put the money somewhere that will be handy for the next tournament, but not easy to find when you get the munchies.

This is not a plan for getting rich quick.  If you want to get rich quick you have to sell your prizes for 75% of retail, like Dan and Brett do [or did, as the case may be].  This is more of plan for recycling your tournament entry fee.  

[Dan Michler]

get rich quick. haha.  yeah right.  its true i'm able to recoop entry fees, but once u count in travelling expenses and stuff, playing amateur tournaments is pretty much gonna cost u a little bit of money.  i don't advise anybody selling their discs they win unless u have won enuf that u are never having to buy discs for yourself.  otherwise, the key is to make sure you get discs that you will use at the tournaments, so u are atleast saving yourself the cost of buying discs.  this may seem obvious, but i see alot of people get some "new" disc with thier winnings that they don't need and won't hardly use.

in the end i guess i love disc golf and choose to spend alot of my disposable income (which is almost non-existant) on it.  

[airspuds]

at the homie

i took 4 white aviars


practice putters

[El Mexicano]

SWEET! Up to 950!    

[CEValkyrie]

Shawn, there is no doubt you'll get to 950. I think you could do that only throwing a Roc every round!


Nice shooting Juan! Got some players on the rise in this area!

[CEValkyrie]

Figured i'd bring this back into the mix.
http://discontinuum.org/forums/index.php?s...=20&#entry25805

[Bruce Brakel]

I was just kidding about the getting rich quick.  I'm all for amateurs selling their prizes and making a little entry fee and expense money.  Pros too.  I'll gladly pay you 85 cents on the dollar for all your pro winnings!  No one is getting rich off tournaments other than maybe the shareholders of Exxon, BP and Speedway.  

[Dan Michler]

i am well aware that u were kidding about getting rich, but once people start getting on u about being a prize hog in the amateur ranks, that can be a tough thing to deal with.  i'm just trying to avoid that as i don't plan on starting to donate money to professionals until 2007.

[Chainmeister]

I wouldn't pay any mind to anybody giving anyone else a hard time about "getting rich" playing Am.  Your rating justifies your division.  You win and too bad for them.  Playing Am allows you to sell off a little plastic and make a few silly sports bets with your heart rather than your head.   (I'm having Joe dye the Orc I won).  Whenever you decide to play for real cash rather than plastic cash I suspect you will not be donating money to anybody.  As long as you read the lines at the bottom of your signature, "Relax and have fun" the rest of the world will have to watch out.  

[Younk]

I finished the year with:

Current Rating: 847 (as of 15-Dec-2005)

I don't know if that's good or bad or what.  This is my first year in the PDGA and actually playing in tournaments.

don't worry whether people think its good or bad.  the goal should just be to keep improving.  i set my rating goals for each december's update because usually all my tournaments for a given year will be included at that time.  my goal is to improve at least 15 points by next december.  can't wait for 2006!!I totally appreciate what you guys are saying.  I guess I just don't understand the points thing and that's why I posted.

I totally appreciate what you guys (Dan and Brett) are saying. I guess I just don't understand the points thing and that's what I should have asked for help with.  I tried skimming through the PDGA description of the points but my short attention span on top of being at work didn't allow me to comprehend it.  Short bus explanation would be great    

[Mike S]

I ended up at 882 for the year.  Not too terrible for a first year I guess.  My rounds at Waukegan were so bad.  I played a lot of courses for the first time in tournament settings this year.  Hopefully I'll do a little better next year, with some experience and some course knowledge.  My goal this year is to win an Int tournament and move up to Adv.  I have a much better time in Adv, and I play better too.

[Jon Brakel]

My goal is to keep shooting 900+ rated rounds. I had a few in 2005. Here's hoping for a few more in 2006!

[Bruce Brakel]

I think your intermediate rounds last year were juiced!   

I did a click, click, back, back on some moron today and was mildly impressed with his rating.  My impression had always been that he was not really any better than me.  Then I looked at his history.  He has had basically the same rating for four years, then he jumped up 12 points when they handed out the juice:

18-Apr-2006 940 9
15-Dec-2005 941 10   <----- JUICE!
15-Sep-2005 929 8
15-Jul-2005 925 8
15-May-2005 928 10
15-Feb-2005 926 16
15-Dec-2004 929 13
15-Sep-2004 927 10
15-Jul-2004 927 10
15-Feb-2004 931 14
15-Dec-2003 928 12
15-May-2003 920 10
15-Mar-2003 925 7
31-Dec-2002 934 7
27-May-2002 925 7
31-Mar-2002 928 5
16-Dec-2001 934 4

I'm not really certain how the juice thing works for players like me who missed out.  Presumably, eventually, it will even out.  Until then, i guess I'll be dragging down everyone else's rating by shooting a little better than my current lefty influenced rating.
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So, I was feeling like my win the other day did not really count because the advanced field was packed with recs and intermediates.  Then I saw someone giving props to Dobberstein for winning at the Jersey Jam so I went and looked at those stats.  He had fewer advanced players to beat than I did, and they had a lower division to hide out in too.  I guess New Jersey is full of pretenders! 

Anyway, I've never had so many people congratulate me on playing well before, and I wanted you all to know that I appreciated that.  If I can stay reasonably healthy, next year I'll probably play trophy-only Pro Master, at our tournaments. 

[Jon Brakel]

My goal is to keep shooting 900+ rated rounds. I had a few in 2005. Here's hoping for a few more in 2006!

Ya...umm...well...I think I left my tux at the cleaners this year!