Someone showed me recently that there are buyers for these on ebay. Saving up the special ones, then gonna toss the whole lot on there and maybe some extras. Retirement, here i come. :embarrassed2:
I always get a laugh when I see Apa players with 50 badges hanging off there case like it means something ... But wanting patches you didn't even earn takes pathetic to a new level. Lol
So, do the APA players have to pay for a patch to commemorate their learning how to luck the 8 in on the break, or can they decline the honor?
Boy Scouts earn patches, too. But the difference is that Boy Scouts only give out one patch for Swimming, not one for every time you get wet.
OK, I'm out of touch with the APA completely, but if ever I join an APA league I promise to avoid any and all patches, they just look silly, unless maybe they actually commemorate some significant team or individual win instead of something people of ordinary skill do all the time.
an 8 ball mini slam is a break and run...an 8 on the break and a rackless all in the same match. a race to 4 in my case...i have earned 2 of those so far . it takes a little more than luck or ordinary skill in my opinion to earn one of those.
the same with 9 ball mini slams . to earn one of those you must make a break and run...9 on the break and shut your opponent out 20 -0 ....all in the same match. i earned my 1st one last fri night. again i say it takes quite a bit more than luck or "ordinary skill " to earn one of these also.
kinda agree that a rackless patch may be earned with ordinary skill...depending on your opponent. a rackless is where you win the lag and go undefeated in your match.
oh yea ...lets not forget about grand slam patches. a grand slam is where you earned an 8 ball and 9 ball mini slam in the same night. its only possible in double jeapordy divisions where you play both 8 and 9 ball the same night. i doubt if i will ever earn one of those because i don't have much luck and i don't have "ordinary skill.
there are other patches that i have not mentioned but i think you get the idea it takes more than ordinary skill or luck to earn most of them.
In our area, you don't have to have them the same night. They also don't require the shut-out, at least as far as im aware.
I'm trying to save up the mvp, top gun, nationals and other fancy ones, then i can sell all of my apa stuff and retire.![]()