Recent content by ragu

it comes to money , darren appleton was the top money winner last year at $118,000, and had to beat the best in the world and travel all over the world, not a very good return to be the best in your profession . a young player starting out without backers or sponsors will struggle to sustain a...

is the race still to 11? and is it true double elimination

thats a great idea, i've seen other tournaments use a similar format

i didnt play , but i think the format is good it just could use a little tweak to give the lower players betters odds to upset a better player, possibly shortening the b and c players to "a"=8 , "b"=6 and "c" =5 , i think this would make it closer as long as everyone is rated correctly everyone...

i agree with dave , not with all the practive in the world is going to help a huge majority of players become "a" players , most players have already hit their peak and practice will only make them more consistent, as far as the races making them longer isnt going to make it more competive...

are you going to post results here or in az home page?

sandbagging happens in all leagues not just the apa, i've seen some great points made like the one regarding consistency and how to be sucessful at any handicapped event your going to have people that are not rated accurately, people who complain usually are just people who cant win on the big stage

been 7 times , seen both sides , the biggest sandbaggers play in the minis, seen them in team play but overall considering how many teams it s fairly legit , there will always be those teams that abuse the system , got eliminated by a team that got dq'd 2 years ago , got some of their money...

its unfortunate that those tours arent always accurate,

if they put me in as a "c" ill be there,why not i see a few others not rated correctly