IOS #3 The Cryztal Cruise

[El Mexicano]

Nevermind...they updated the ratings a day early. My Bad.

[pickax]

This is why it would be nice for pdga.com to have the ratings at the time of the tournament rather than current rating.

[mirth]

new ratings out today. kenny and andrew both were unrated prior to today.

[mirth]

d'oh, didn't see page 5.

If the PDGA could work out a type of insta-ratings then the spreadsheet they send out the week prior to events would be pretty accurate instead of lagging a couple months.

[Chainmeister]

I noticed that there were a couple ofl 940+ rated players that playted in the intermediate on Sunday (Kenny Glassman and Andrew Gleason). How does that work? Several were over 920... Hmmm

Kenny and Andrew are new to PDGA and just got their first rating today! They had no rating yesterday.  Welcome to Advanced boys!  You can search this board for the Kenny/bagger thread on this board but he's taken enough cheap shots.  He joined PDGA and its no surprise that his rating is 940+.

[Jon Brakel]

I noticed that there were a couple ofl 940+ rated players that playted in the intermediate on Sunday (Kenny Glassman and Andrew Gleason). How does that work? Several were over 920... Hmmm

Well, Kenny and Andrew didn't have any rating until today! This is their first rating for both of them. Welcome to Advanced gentlemen! 

[Bruce Brakel]

I'm sorry about the rain and the lightning.  The Universe is a delicate thing.  The Waterford Junior Girls' Club was petitioning for outrageous cash sales to casuals on Saturday, and we did not consider the effect that might have on Sunday's weather. 

Whenever there is a long weather delay things get a little FUBAR.  I'd like to thank Mike Krupika for helping decipher the semi-decomposed CTP flags, and everyone else for just taking it all in stride.  If you had to leave early, we understand.  If you made arrangements with the TD for someone to collect for you, we honored that. 

We had to turn people away at Crystal Lake.  Pre-registration is always a good idea.  Next year we will make pre-registration cheaper than day-of sign-up.  The people who don't take advantage of the early bird discount will sponsor series overall awards. 

[Jon Brakel]

Results are up for Sunday. I fixed all the mistakes that people told me about. Look it over and let me know if there are others. http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=5699&year=2006&includeRatings=1#Intermediate

[Schwinn2]

Results are up for Sunday. I fixed all the mistakes that people told me about. Look it over and let me know if there are others. http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=5699&year=2006&includeRatings=1#Intermediate

Wow! Ben will be surprised and excited when he finds out the results.  He thought that he'd end up about 10th.  I think I might wake him up and tell him.  He's fun to talk to when he's still half asleep.  He says the most bizarre things.  But, that's a little off-topic.

Jon, did you remember to look at your left hand when you were handing out Ben's prize?

[Jon Brakel]

Results are up for Sunday. I fixed all the mistakes that people told me about. Look it over and let me know if there are others. http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=5699&year=2006&includeRatings=1#Intermediate

Wow! Ben will be surprised and excited when he finds out the results.  He thought that he'd end up about 10th.  I think I might wake him up and tell him.  He's fun to talk to when he's still half asleep.  He says the most bizarre things.  But, that's a little off-topic.

Jon, did you remember to look at your left hand when you were handing out Ben's prize?

Yep. I have Ben's trophy disc, his brass and your brass. You tied for last brass in Rec so there's a few in there for you also. Are you coming down to the Peoria Open?

[UMphreak]

On a side note I was still wondering about my entery fee from Sunday.  I drove in from Colorado Fri and sat and played sat.  However, I over slept for sun. and I was wondering if my fee could either be returned or just put towards IOS#4?  Please let me know- Rocky

[Schwinn2]

Wow! Ben will be surprised and excited when he finds out the results.  He thought that he'd end up about 10th.  I think I might wake him up and tell him.  He's fun to talk to when he's still half asleep.  He says the most bizarre things.  But, that's a little off-topic.

Jon, did you remember to look at your left hand when you were handing out Ben's prize?

Yep. I have Ben's trophy disc, his brass and your brass. You tied for last brass in Rec so there's a few in there for you also. Are you coming down to the Peoria Open?

Thanks! I can't believe that I cashed too.  I really don't like to leave before the awards ceremony.  We usually stay even if we don't cash.  I don't know why, maybe it's a karma thing, but we like to show support for the disc golfers who did well.

I woke Ben up last night to tell him the results.  When I told him he took 3rd, he quickly sat up in bed, and said, "REALLY?!!  That means I get one of those cool trophy discs!!"  Then he broke out in this strange, almost disturbing laughter.  Next thing I knew, he laid back down and was sleeping.

And yes, we'll be down for the Peoria Open.  Great practice for the USWDGC!

[tree]

And yes, we'll be down for the Peoria Open.  Great practice for the USWDGC!

COOL, Marie I'll see you in Peoria!

[discmonkey]

Just wanted to say thanks for everything.  I didn't mind the rain at all (the lightning that hit the ground in the parking lot not too far from me and knocked a couple guys down was a little scary, but...) and had my best finish yet.  I've played in a whole lot worse weather, so no problem there.  You guys do a great job and I'll be at every IOS this year because of it.

[Mukey]

(the lightning that hit the ground in the parking lot not too far from me and knocked a couple guys down was a little scary, but...)

Holy crap! I didn't even hear about that. Sheesh!

[CEValkyrie]

On a side note I was still wondering about my entery fee from Sunday.  I drove in from Colorado Fri and sat and played sat.  However, I over slept for sun. and I was wondering if my fee could either be returned or just put towards IOS#4?  Please let me know- Rocky

Rocky,
   I hate to be the one to tell you this but this is the policy we decided on prior to the start of the year & we've got to stick with it.


Preregistration Policy:

If the TD is contacted Friday or before the event weekend, the preregistered players money will be held and can be used at any of the IOS events left in 2006.
If they don't show to any of the later events the money will be used in the prize pool at the final event.
If the TD is not contacted Friday or before the event weekend the money will be added to the prize pool that weekend. 

Players that have preregistrered are asked to check in at Tournament Central by 9AM the morning of the event.

If you do not check in by 9 your spot may be released to people on the waitlist!

[UMphreak]

Hey man NOT COOL AT ALL.  I come to all of these events and donate my money on saturdays and for this one I actually gave 23 bucks after the 2 rounds on saturday and didn't even have 24 complete hours here.  All that I am really asking is to have that money go to the next IOS and on top of it have prereg'd for EVERY tourney this year AAAAND  paid the online fee for registering.  At least attempt to help me out here.  OH and on top of it I borrowed the money from kenny to make sure I would have a spot for sunday.   Not happy about this at all.   

[Bruce Brakel]

If we hold spots for people who have not paid, they don't show and they don't call.  Then when it fills, like at Kenosha, we have to start a wait list, people have to stand around actually waiting, those people have to register at the last moment and the tournament starts late.  That is what happened at Kenosha because I was not up to speed on this year's posted policy and i took a bunch of no cash reservations from people who would absolutely, definitely be there.  Yeah.  Definitely.  Absolutely.

If we refund money for people who are no show no calls, that is no different from taking registrations without money.  Sunday we had at least ten people standing around waiting to see if five other people were going to show up.  Some of them got in but then we had to do late registration and start the tournament late.  If we were refunding for no show no calls, 30 players might have looked out the window and stayed home and not called.  We'd be doing late registration for an hour after registration was supposed to close.  We cannot run tournaments that way.

Almost always, if someone actually calls during registration and says they can't make it, they got stopped by a cop or had a flat or whatever, we go soft and roll their money over.  But at that point we still have their money.  At this point the tournament is over.  We added that money in when we decided how many CTPs to put out (22 for 330 total brass) and what to do for all-day volunteers and what to set aside for overalls. 

[airspuds]

my group finished a hole and saw everyone going in so we sat there for a minute
as everyone looked down but me i see like 4  lighting  hits  kinda far away as the sound took a second to get to us
i said "did anyone see that  ? "  No was the answer
the rain came down a little harder and i started back to the car
i was kinda half jogging as a couple strikes hit and then there was one that sounded right there

i was running full out for the car after that, let it rain a little and tracked down my brother and headed to his house for dinner then home
home in time for the sox game

hats off to everyone that finished and the people who ran the T that late   

[Bruce Brakel]

We blew our horn when those ground strikes were first visible, but not many players heard it.  The park blew its horn a few minutes later, but not many people heard that either.  If you are under an umbrella in the rain, you don't hear much. 

One of those lightning strikes hit close enough to tournament central that we could hear the "zot" sound before the boom.  That one disabled all my space alien implants and I was confused for the rest of the day. 

We were the last one's out and it was dark by then.  We drove about twenty yards and realized something was wrong with the trailer.  The hitch lock was stuck in the unlocked position.  It took a long time to get it unstuck and locked.  Then we had to drive in the rain in lightning all through Chicago and Indiana.  That was exhausting so we stopped and napped for four hours and finished going home at the break of dawn. 

On the way to a tournament where there are 100 players pre-registered we are all happy, enthusiastic and full of vim.  On the way home Diana says, "Um, explain to me again why we do this?"  And I say, "Good tournaments, legal fun, we get to see my family, your kids are past and future national and world champions."