oh no krupa i did not mean captains going was bad. :embarrassed2:
i meant the nationals itself was the one negative thing i can say about napa.
you know the problems with low turnout, low pay out , confusion over whether valleys or diamonds etc.
coming from a captain who went to nashville and the southern classic.:thumbup:
i did not go to atlanta due to a conflict with my apa ltc.
About to head to APA Nationals. 9 ball team made it through and I'm on the Master's team. Should be a great time!
There are very few people that could manage a really high winning record consistently without sandbagging. Taking a look at how the wins happened is very important as well. Winning by an opponent's early 8 or scratch on the 8, games that take 8 turns a piece, etc. Justadub was saying that he ran 100% for that season. It certainly isn't impossible, but if you asked him his overall win %, I guarantee you it won't be anywhere close to 100%. Spimp has a pretty nice win %, I think somewhere in the high 70's? Also, if you think somebody can play as a 7, but can't play well on a beat up Valley, they're a very weak 7 or maybe an overrated 6. I personally like the handicaps and it makes you play well/hard or you risk giving away games that can easily come back to haunt you. 9b handicap is the better of the two, though it's more like a straight pool game. Of course, I suck at 9b, so maybe I'm just biased. :embarrassed2:
Several people on my team have gone up in SL so now we have 2 6s, 1 7, and 1 8 on our 9 ball roster, and we have 2 6s and a 7 on our 8 ball roster. Not to mention others have been floating between 4s and 5s depending on the week. You can't really have a team with that many high SL players so I won't be playing next session. Today I got asked to be on a Tuesday night Valley team and I said yes even though I've never played the format before. The level of competition should be much better so I'm looking forward to that.
57.48% in 8-ball, 57.59 in 9-ball
Last night was a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Played another SL5, went ahead 2-0, lost the next four games. I should have won that match, I feel that I am a stronger player than my opponent (slightly) but I just didn't execute properly. The Equalizer cannot account for the human element.
Or am I just sandbagging? After all, I won all 11 matches last session, so I must need to be bumped up, right hang-the-9?
Didn't win mvp which I am OK with.
Do have a question for anyone in a 8 ball apa league. We ended up tied points wise for 1st how do you know who actually takes first?
The Tap team that I formed in Mike Mazen's name is kickin ass! We won everything last session. I think this team is capable of making it to nationals.