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I'll take that bet. Absolutely zero chance I go to DCC ever again if the entry fees were raised more than another $50.00. There is a LOT of dead money in the event. And if you are talking about paying for seats... I've never paid for seating outside of the action rooms, and don't ever intend to...

But very much something they can address when it comes time for renewal. They can choose not to. And look for another local venue without these requirements. But apparently... Diamond has made it clear they do not wish to address this issue.

Right. Because that what we really "need" at DCC, is rules that have the potential to create issues/arguments/unexpected fouls. Total amateur hour.

Ummmm... I'd like links to threads where "everyone" loved red labels. Bruh.... You are letting your hatred of Diamonds cloud your memory here, I think. There are any number of threads where people mentioned how short red labels banked. As in.. Not a LITTLE short. But whole Diamonds short.

It died because Caesar's is terrible as a pool destination. DCC is held at a bad time of year, in a bad location, with bad food, and bad hotel room prices, AND you don't even get wifi for the price of that hotel room. People go anyway, because it is a spectacle, all the disadvantages aside. But...

So, if I buy the stream for this weekend, can I replay the previous matches on demand?

They do play good.. Just different than what most of the older hardcore crowd in America are used to. I came up in Seattle/Tacoma, playing on wet, slow bed cloth, springy rail (because of the constant high humidity of Puget Sound) Gold Crowns. This led to a very specific style of play to be...

Not that surprising. Diamond started sponsoring the DCC at the Executive West, and it was a shot in the arm for the American pool scene which was seeing less and less major events. The better players/pros knew the Red Label Diamonds played wonky, but there was SO much action in those days with...

Well.. I practiced Banks with Fedor at DCC when has 17 I think, before the rules changed.... So.. There ARE some teens that would love to come over and shoot people full of holes (Felix Vogel from Germany is a great example..). And some of those teens are VERY good, and might inspire other teens...

Well, I never agreed with Nick about the (Blue Label) tables.. They play perfect. But there is a LOT to be desired in pretty everything else about the way DCC is run. Diamond makes a lot of money, and spending a few thousand dollars to pay a competent coder to get their tournament software in a...

Ahhh, well. That whole "short bus", and "mediocre player" thing came from some back and forth with oldtimer Smorgass Bored, who is no longer with us. I latched on to his smack talking, and ran with it. At my best.. I was prolly ~640-650 Fargorate when really practicing.. I think that is a fair...

The last time I saw "really good" gambling at DCC was a few years ago, when Filler played Chang a race in the wee hours of the morning. It "used' to be, BigTruck had his pick of solid games to stream, and that year had multiple good matchups. The last two times I went, including 2023, the...

Yeah, well. I was looking at some of my events from the period in 2016 when I was playing my very best and won a regional event... And I triple-dipped (beat the young man in the first round, and then double-dipped in the finals) a fellow who now has a 730 Fargorate. I got 5 games off of Chohan...

Supply and demand doesn't apply if a specific buyer or set of buyers can engineer the system so that they have first opportunity to buy an asset before it is openly available on the market. Which is what the institutional investors are doing with the housing market.

And the chat is up in arms about not wanting to watch these guys play... And the streamers are refusing to switch back over to Oscar/Jesus.

Absolutely! The streamers switch from Oscar drilling Jesus Atencio 9-3..... To watching a bunch of hacks practicing on a barbox.

Are the DCC matches getting reported with full matches scores to Fargorate this year? Sigh.

Again... You are not paying attention to what is being reported on this issue. The institutional investors are NOT flooding the market with the houses they are buying. They are boosting the rents through the stratosphere on half their properties.. And are sitting on the other half, as the values...

I don't think you are gonna convince many people on this site, as some people by way of their political affiliations, simply are never going to admit that the rich (unless said rich people lean left politically), are manipulating the system and literally stealing money from the rest of the...

That's why I am switching over to the International Open... No One Pocket, so far as I can tell, but there is a 650 and below Amateur 9 ball event, better food, likely better hotel, MUCH better location (St. Augustine, Florida), and plenty of side tournaments. And better time of year that allows...