That's unfortunate. Lack of European or Filipino players.
But that is a bit of a cliche, right?
There are literally only three people with a chance of winning this, Hohman, Schmidt, or SVB. Then there are three other pros, Archer, Deuel, and Eberle. That's it, plus a couple of semi retired old pros and short stops/regional guys.
I couldn't imagine being a pro and going to this event and sitting here for a week for what should be a 2 day tournament given that player list.
This is no Championship. The guy ought to just to cancel the event if he can't get a paid set of committed pros by a certain drop date.
The streaming charge is just an insulting (and clueless) money grab given the absurdity of the round robins, etc. I know I'll go over there Thursday night and some Dragon clown will try to harass me to buy an overpriced ticket to watch one round and have some crappy chair on the sideline. I probably won't go back for Friday & Saturday if that is the case.
... They uses same stuff what virus and spam sites do. Shame.
I'm not sure what you mean; can you explain more?
I mentioned this in a thread last year, but I would love to see the World Championship revived in the old format from 40's and prior. These events struggle to get much in the way of sponsorship money, so a MIH style round-robin tournament is probably the best way to do it.
Let's say an 8 player round-robin, that is comprised of the American 14.1 Champ, European 14.1 Champ, Defending Champ, Runner Up, Wild Card and whatever other regional 14.1 Champions that makes sense. The Make It Happen 14.1 tournaments were a lot of fun, you got to see your favourite player play multiple times and every match was with two top players.
I used to really enjoy the dragon 14.1 events in the late 00's and early 10's, but they've fallen well short of where they were when the top players were actually competing in them. I think the last decent one was the year Appleton ran 200 and out.
I mentioned this in a thread last year, but I would love to see the World Championship revived in the old format from 40's and prior. These events struggle to get much in the way of sponsorship money, so a MIH style round-robin tournament is probably the best way to do it.
Let's say an 8 player round-robin, that is comprised of the American 14.1 Champ, European 14.1 Champ, Defending Champ, Runner Up, Wild Card and whatever other regional 14.1 Champions that makes sense. The Make It Happen 14.1 tournaments were a lot of fun, you got to see your favourite player play multiple times and every match was with two top players.
... I used to really enjoy the dragon 14.1 events in the late 00's and early 10's, but they've fallen well short of where they were when the top players were actually competing in them. I think the last decent one was the year Appleton ran 200 and out.
... As a side note, I think someone should consider buying the rights to the US Open 14.1 name and try to start up something with that. ...
Mark Griffin owns those rights, and he has been holding that event for several years now without much success (in terms of entrants). The reigning champ is SVB.
Yes, it is a shame what has become of this event in a few short years. That Appleton 200 year was 2013. Here are the number of entrants from 2010 to this year: 48, 64, 48, 48, 48, 56, 48, 32, 30, 29 (or 30). And the number of players this year that really belong in something touted as a "world" event is fewer than ever.
BUT -- that doesn't mean there will be no good, interesting, well played matches this year, matches that should be of interest to 14.1 fans. Hohmann, Schmidt, Van Boening, Deuel, Archer, Eberle. Kennedy -- quite a bit of pool talent there. And I don't know how Storm plays these days. And a few other guys could be spoilers.
Last year they spent 7 days with 30 players. At least they reduced it to 6 days this year, with evenings off.
Not a bad idea but there's just too much that needs to happen for that kind of event to actually happen.
personally, I would love to see something like a prize fight setup between two players, the champion and the challenger, in a race to 500 or even 1,000 to determine who the 14.1 champion of the world is. And then that person can be challenged every 6 months or so. Maybe put up $1000 for the match and try to get some sponsors to put more money for the players and promoters.
As a side note, I think someone should consider buying the rights to the US Open 14.1 name and try to start up something with that. I have a weird feeling that this will be the last year of Charlie Williams' world event and then we will have the American 14.1 as the only major 14.1 championship in the US.