Got recruited to play in UPA masters. I didn't really wanna do it. One of the league operators tried texting me again saying they just need 1 more player and the payouts are great. "Think of it as a long tournament not a league". Ok fine. How does it work? Race to 4 on a barbox alternate breaks. If you win you get 10 points. Whoever gets the most points at the end of the season gets the cash. Ok I'm in.
I show up, I play, ( the other LO is competing as well ). I ask one of the LOs: "does it matter if I win 4-3 or 4-0? He goes no, it's just 10 points per match. Ok cool. I beat the LO. He holds a piece of paper on the table and goes print your name here. I print. He goes here too. Print or sign? He goes "it doesn't matter, whatever you want". So I print.
After a month and a half of this I text the LO to see if there's a way for me to look up the standings somewhere. She texts me a link and a password of some sort. I look up my score. It says I'm in second place but my score ends with like a 47. Makes no sense. ( The website btw is super confusing. I have a college degree. Took me forever just to find the scores ).
Well I ask the LO they say there are bonus points one gets if they are on time, etc. I'm like I've always been on time and actually had to wait half an hour for one of the players. Turns out I didn't date that paper he held. I had no idea I was supposed to date it and had I known it could affect my standing I would have studied that paper for half an hour. I'm a perfectionist. Well the guy in first place is a semi-pro ( Fargo over 700 ). I was up on him 3-2. He then made the sickest shot I've ever seen in my life ( blew my mind ) to tie it up. Then he broke and ran out. So he beat me 4-3 but now with the stupid date points there would be no way for me to catch him. Not saying I'm all that and better than other players, just talking about what's fair. It's a short race, they are all runout players.
I told both LOs in person and they sort of smiled and laughed it off. I played again last week and I just didn't wanna be there. My last game I broke and runout and scratched on the 8 and said to myself why am I here. I told the LO I don't think I was treated fairly I'm done with UPA. He said you have to pay for the rest of the unplayed matches. Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a bad loser but if I smell BS I'm out. It's gotta be fair.
I texted the other LO the next day that I'm out and she said we feel bad she said we can't give you the 3 points back but we'll pay you out of our pocket extra cash if you come 3 points short. Well, I make plenty of money from my businesses. League money is not real money. If I'm doing a tournament I'm doing it to challenge myself and place high. Bragging rights, etc. I don't need their charity.
Just called UPA headquarters and they basically praised my LO and said how nice of her to offer me cash out of her pocket and that it was my responsibility to somehow learn about the bonus points system from some website I've never heard of.
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right but never again. How in the world do you not tell your player that one can get 20 points per match not 10?! Only 8 players in the Masters division including the LO. We see each other all the time. Chat all the time. I specifically asked. Both LOs. Twice. In person. Via texts. To me it felt either intentional or they have no idea what they are doing. Either way I'm out. Both of LOs seemed cool in person but after this incident unfortunately we couldn't find a solution that worked for both of us. No hard feelings. The corporate UPA lady sounded like a parking attendant. Just a heads up to serious players considering UPA masters.
I show up, I play, ( the other LO is competing as well ). I ask one of the LOs: "does it matter if I win 4-3 or 4-0? He goes no, it's just 10 points per match. Ok cool. I beat the LO. He holds a piece of paper on the table and goes print your name here. I print. He goes here too. Print or sign? He goes "it doesn't matter, whatever you want". So I print.
After a month and a half of this I text the LO to see if there's a way for me to look up the standings somewhere. She texts me a link and a password of some sort. I look up my score. It says I'm in second place but my score ends with like a 47. Makes no sense. ( The website btw is super confusing. I have a college degree. Took me forever just to find the scores ).
Well I ask the LO they say there are bonus points one gets if they are on time, etc. I'm like I've always been on time and actually had to wait half an hour for one of the players. Turns out I didn't date that paper he held. I had no idea I was supposed to date it and had I known it could affect my standing I would have studied that paper for half an hour. I'm a perfectionist. Well the guy in first place is a semi-pro ( Fargo over 700 ). I was up on him 3-2. He then made the sickest shot I've ever seen in my life ( blew my mind ) to tie it up. Then he broke and ran out. So he beat me 4-3 but now with the stupid date points there would be no way for me to catch him. Not saying I'm all that and better than other players, just talking about what's fair. It's a short race, they are all runout players.
I told both LOs in person and they sort of smiled and laughed it off. I played again last week and I just didn't wanna be there. My last game I broke and runout and scratched on the 8 and said to myself why am I here. I told the LO I don't think I was treated fairly I'm done with UPA. He said you have to pay for the rest of the unplayed matches. Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a bad loser but if I smell BS I'm out. It's gotta be fair.
I texted the other LO the next day that I'm out and she said we feel bad she said we can't give you the 3 points back but we'll pay you out of our pocket extra cash if you come 3 points short. Well, I make plenty of money from my businesses. League money is not real money. If I'm doing a tournament I'm doing it to challenge myself and place high. Bragging rights, etc. I don't need their charity.
Just called UPA headquarters and they basically praised my LO and said how nice of her to offer me cash out of her pocket and that it was my responsibility to somehow learn about the bonus points system from some website I've never heard of.
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right but never again. How in the world do you not tell your player that one can get 20 points per match not 10?! Only 8 players in the Masters division including the LO. We see each other all the time. Chat all the time. I specifically asked. Both LOs. Twice. In person. Via texts. To me it felt either intentional or they have no idea what they are doing. Either way I'm out. Both of LOs seemed cool in person but after this incident unfortunately we couldn't find a solution that worked for both of us. No hard feelings. The corporate UPA lady sounded like a parking attendant. Just a heads up to serious players considering UPA masters.
