11/13/07 Ratings Update

[tacimala]

I went down 3 to stay within about the same rating area as I have been since my first rating!

[stpitner]

mighty nice rating area to stay in though

[mirth]

Recreational, here I come!

[stpitner]

is there a place where I can download everyone's new rating so that I have a list handy for this weekend?  The lack of laptop for instant lookup means I have to go the road of hard copy...

[Bruce Brakel]

I'm 934.  Somehow I'm all of a sudden now seeing the wisdom in having a series rule for ratings!    

[UMphreak]

my highest rating yet 944, I also got 2 1000 plus ratings on there now.  In near back to back weekends.  Then you look and see I had one dropped that weekend, wow.

[mirth]

Gratz Brett on a 7 point jump. 7 more & you're 1000-rated!

[Jon Brakel]

is there a place where I can download everyone's new rating so that I have a list handy for this weekend?  The lack of laptop for instant lookup means I have to go the road of hard copy...

You'll get a local list of players and their ratings from the PDGA on Thursday. You just print it out. Should be about 75 pages.

[Fox Metro Discer]

Moved up 10 points to 931. I wish that Gary had his tourneys in there. I may have gone up even more.

[Chainmeister]

is there a place where I can download everyone's new rating so that I have a list handy for this weekend?  The lack of laptop for instant lookup means I have to go the road of hard copy...

You'll get a local list of players and their ratings from the PDGA on Thursday. You just print it out. Should be about 75 pages.

If you want a shorter list to work from you can print out the results from the Discontinuum invitational and a  handful of the IOS events and you will likely have everybody who is likely to show up.  The results will show current ratings of the players.  I took a look at the Invitational results to get a quick look at the usual suspects and see how they are currently rated.  On a threaddrifting note-- Scott, I am thinking of playing on Saturday as its a better day for me.  Use this as a promo to get some GM's to come-- there is going to be at least one sure fire donor in the field.  

[stpitner]

is there a place where I can download everyone's new rating so that I have a list handy for this weekend?  The lack of laptop for instant lookup means I have to go the road of hard copy...

You'll get a local list of players and their ratings from the PDGA on Thursday. You just print it out. Should be about 75 pages.

If you want a shorter list to work from you can print out the results from the Discontinuum invitational and a  handful of the IOS events and you will likely have everybody who is likely to show up.  The results will show current ratings of the players.  I took a look at the Invitational results to get a quick look at the usual suspects and see how they are currently rated.  On a threaddrifting note-- Scott, I am thinking of playing on Saturday as its a better day for me.  Use this as a promo to get some GM's to come-- there is going to be at least one sure fire donor in the field.  

Haha, thanks for the promo tip.

I do have to say thanks to anonymous for sending me a list that has all current players from IA, IL, IN, and WI in an excel spreadsheet.  I would say who anonymous was, but I don't know if anonymous wants their name revealed hehe   But anyway, I have a list of all the players from the 4 states, and I can sort that by PDGA # and then I modified it to split first and last name and sort everything by last name too (for those people that can't remember their PDGA #).

I'll also find out Thursday if I get the list from the PDGA, and I hope it's Thursday, not Friday, because then I can print it at work double sided and multiple pages per side if needed (magnifying glass not included )

[Bruce Brakel]

Back on topic, it finally sunk in an hour ago: Kelsey and I are in the same division now!       

She beat me at Holly Sunday afternoon but I whupped her today at Holly.  While I was whupping her she got more birdies than me, made more putts outside the circle than me, and had more drop in putts for birdie than me on 350 foot holes.  She cranked a drive 345 feet and parked it on the second hardest hole out there. 

[pickax]

I'm 934.  Somehow I'm all of a sudden now seeing the wisdom in having a series rule for ratings!    

I'm with you there. In addition, it would be nice to know that I can play all year on Saturday and not have to switch days mid-season.

[Bruce Brakel]

Well, it would work for me personally, but I still don't think it works well for the individual tournaments and the PDGA members with steady lower ratings.  At the end of the season you could have guys rated 910 playing 940 rounds in the 850 capped division, and that just wouldn't be right. 

If I understand everything correctly, it looks like I'll start the season playing Am 2, unless i get my rating up over the winter, and if I do get my rating up, then i'll be playing Open Half-In. 

[tree]

I'm looking forward to moving up to intermediate women next year

[pickax]

I definitely agree we should keep things fair.

One could always make the series rule such that one can stay in their division for a series as long as their rating doesn't bump them up two divisions (or some other arbitrary cap). For example, I will start off in the MA4 division. If my rating goes up to 860, I could continue playing the series in the MA4 division for the IOS. If it went up (by some strange miracle) to 900, I would be given the boot to MA2. Just an idea to explore. It would be a new experience for me to be called bagger.

[Jon Brakel]

We should consider allowing to play in the lower division for the rest of the season but as trophy only.

[Fox Metro Discer]

Another option. When I started to play up in Wisconsin many moons ago, at league you were required to move up a division if you won 3 weeks in a row. Maybe, if you place at a certain position a number of consecutive tournaments, you are then required to move up to the next higher division?

[pickax]

No offense, but promotion based off wins/position is a bad idea. It depends too much on who shows up rather than based off one's abilities.

[Fox Metro Discer]

I was just throwing out ideas. I actually did not even think from that point of view.