Races to 5 and no GradyRule make this brutally slow. I like 1p but not this much. Some may call it classic 1p but the up table wedge-a-thon is just painful to sweat.
i was kinda amazed at how few people were sitting table-side for the Gorst-Tony match. There 'might' have been ten people watching two of the best on the planet. good thing Buff's is 24hr joint otherwise this event would take three extra days.it's for the purists for sure, but i'm glad there is one such tournament. and there are mostly aggressive players left now. chohan vs filler is a fun one. idk if they have played since their money match in 2020
it's for the purists for sure, but i'm glad there is one such tournament. and there are mostly aggressive players left now. chohan vs filler is a fun one. idk if they have played since their money match in 2020
Having to watch the up-table wedge game is cruel and unusual punishment and, therefore, violates my constitutional rights. I get it when somebody who is ahead 6-1 starts sending everything up table, but when it is routinely done by a player who leads a rack 2-0, I have a hard time accepting it.Races to 5 and no GradyRule make this brutally slow. I like 1p but not this much. Some may call it classic 1p but the up table wedge-a-thon is just painful to sweat.
Well said. Totally agree here.Having to watch the up-table wedge game is cruel and unusual punishment and, therefore, violates my constitutional rights. I get it when somebody who is ahead 6-1 starts sending everything up table, but when it is routinely done by a player who leads a rack 2-0, I have a hard time accepting it.
I bought the stream for this event and have watched several matches. We are seeing the old school, more defense-oriented game of guys like Jones, Frost, Hennessee and Roberts. Nobody questions that they are incredibly skilled in doing their thing, but it is a lot more fun to watch the guys who take a few more chances, like Gorst, Chohan, Filler, Lunda, SVB, Woodward, Thorpe and Gomez.
For this fan, a race to five is already a marathon, but maybe the folks at Heyball have a point in imposing a time limit for a match.
Do we think these two match times are legit? I notice both ended at 7:12 am. Maybe that's when the TD input the scores the next morning after he woke up (guess on my part)? Or were they really 7 and 10 hrs?
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Do we think these two match times are legit? I notice both ended at 7:12 am. Maybe that's when the TD input the scores the next morning after he woke up (guess on my part)? Or were they really 7 and 10 hrs?
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I agree on using Grady Rules.Races to 5 and no GradyRule make this brutally slow. I like 1p but not this much. Some may call it classic 1p but the up table wedge-a-thon is just painful to sweat.
You damned young people, always trying to change things for the worse.I agree on using Grady Rules.
Darren Appleton was in a DCC one pocket match against Tom Spencer (1970s star from Michigan? edit: Chicago), and was ahead 2-0 in games and 5-2 in balls or something like that. He told the ring game organizer that he should be ready shortly. After a total of seven and a half hours, he had lost, and had missed the ring game. That was only 5 games total. BPC can go to 9 games.These are some of the most insane times I've ever seen for a tournament. Is it always like this? I don't remember matches at previous DCCs even taking this long.
These are some of the most insane times I've ever seen for a tournament.