Recent content by JessEm

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Ruins the spirit of eBay / auction-style sales. I understand reserves, and setting the price you want. However, as a buyer I usually gravitate to listings with bidding which allow the market to set the value. Also, with reserves I can simply move on if I don't like the price. Shilling...

Hello, In everyone's opinion, does this look like shill bidding on eBay? 73 bids in 30 days. 100% with the same seller. On 10 different items, listed in 10 different categories. The different type of items run the gamut from soup to nuts.

Bar rules favor weaker players because if/when the stronger player gets BIH, it's still gotta be behind the HS. Unless their balls happen to be in the kitchen as previously mentioned. Then you can screw with them by scratching on purpose. But for the most part, it slows down stronger players.

Personally, I'd love to hear a followup to your mission to hunt down a hand-tooled case in Mexico. As others have said, it seems fraught with disappointment. Especially if you're not diligent. An excellent alternative is a Justis case. Just plan on spending a little more. The bonus is that it...

I have a large suitcase that my 2x4 case fits inside diagonally. No issues. Not sure I would I trust it though if the suitcase wasn't a hardside.

Easy big fella. Never said I know it all. You were lucky. I can only speak from my own experience, and I stand by what I said. I would hard pressed to think of a single team that lasted more than a couple years without a major overhaul to the roster. Around here I've seen it happen with every...

I hear ya. They actually do. Their "certification form" is just that. This isn't the full story. Probably anyone who's ever tried understanding how it works has read the above explanation by APA... They also say it's actually a secret, and proprietary, and they make their operators sign...

Doubt it. Unlikely you're at liberty to state whether innings directly affect a player's SL, as AI did...? Or, that SLs are determined by League Operators. Personally, I would be wary of engaging in this conversation at all, if I was you. But take it or leave it. Just some friendly advice...

The APA's proprietary and secretive handicap formula is always up for debate. If I'm not mistaken, Dr,Dave even took a good swing at cracking the code. See my Q/A with AI. *The caveat is it's entirely possible this answer is inaccurate - as demonstrated yesterday with my "test questions" about...

APA would be a better league if the SL cap was 25. Period. Touting "the fun of playing with family and friends" is a little dis-ingenious when they know it's short lived. Your "friends & and family" will improve and you will be forced to cut your brother, uncle, neighbor, mom. and/or disband...

Houston, we have problem. Prompted by this thread, I decided to poke around on GTP-4 a little. My questions were about absentee ballots in the 2020 election. Specifically, "How many absentee ballots were cast for Joe Biden in 2020?" Within a matter of 5 minutes, after questions regarding...

I don't believe innings outweigh Win/Loss. If it did, we wouldn't see a HUGE disparity in actual skill between players from different-size regions. For example, a 5 from a large region is much better than a 5 in a smaller region. That is because many more good 7's in the larger region keep the...

Sharp looking stick. That purple heart looks blood-red 😵