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Peter Bures

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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2013, 08:16:44 PM »
Can I ask why we don't use a temporary teepad on top of the hill and throw towards the basket on the peninsula (like when things were under construction).

That way we can still utilize the pin placement on the hill, which is always tough to get close to safely.

Still curious on this. Jamie or Jack?

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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #31 on: April 01, 2013, 04:27:14 PM »
no temp pads if at all possible, and then #12 moves to the middle/short which although a personal enjoyable shot not a differential shot.

12 on the "peninsula-I don't consider it that since it is on the same land that the pad/pins are" is throwing underneath trees that are overgrown, and that is the only challenge.  We want to work on the trees before the event, so it will probably be a more boring shot once we raise the trees accordingly.

Again, spew what you may, only Tracy seem to get the answer accordingly.  I posted this information not for debate, but rather to let folks know the placements, and what needs to be worked on.

Now then as for this.....
...... I dont really see an issue with the rocks tearing up discs.
I will direct all the comments I got about it then to you (Utz), that was probably the #1 complaint about the course....

1) Just because people complain doesn't mean they are right. In fact, ofttimes the opposite is true.

Really?  You don't think that putting an entire area plus 3 lines of rocks carving up discs gives a person a right to complain?  Many of these folks that come to town make their livelihood at the sport, and to them their plastic is their work equipment.  So would you go to work at a location that never really had to worry about it to now have something there that could gouge and destroy something that you may have been using for 10 years because someone thought a peace sign would cool on the green?  Why not move it closer to the station, and out of play?  I think that I just found a new person to send the messages to about the complaints we get on things that cut up my disc that don't need to be on the course comments!
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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #32 on: April 04, 2013, 11:04:48 PM »
or we could add more rocks as an homage to hole 18 at maple hill where all the top pros don't complain about sharp rocks. trees, rocks and chains are what makes this game fun. i'll play cliff, since the rocks are made of styrofoam there if you smoke enuf.
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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2013, 09:03:47 AM »
Really?  You don't think that putting an entire area plus 3 lines of rocks carving up discs gives a person a right to complain?  Many of these folks that come to town make their livelihood at the sport, and to them their plastic is their work equipment.  So would you go to work at a location that never really had to worry about it to now have something there that could gouge and destroy something that you may have been using for 10 years because someone thought a peace sign would cool on the green?  Why not move it closer to the station, and out of play?  I think that I just found a new person to send the messages to about the complaints we get on things that cut up my disc that don't need to be on the course comments!
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Are you familiar with hole 3 at Rosedale?  :P

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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #34 on: April 05, 2013, 09:59:37 AM »
or we could add more rocks as an homage to hole 18 at maple hill where all the top pros don't complain about sharp rocks. trees, rocks and chains are what makes this game fun. i'll play cliff, since the rocks are made of styrofoam there if you smoke enuf.


Word. Moral of the story is that players don't complain if they are playing well. If they aren't, they are looking for a scapegoat.

Peace sign is sweet and anyone complaining about it can just deal with it. If they can't handle a little nick on their plastic maybe they are playing the wrong game.

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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #35 on: April 05, 2013, 10:02:26 AM »
or we could add more rocks as an homage to hole 18 at maple hill where all the top pros don't complain about sharp rocks. trees, rocks and chains are what makes this game fun. i'll play cliff, since the rocks are made of styrofoam there if you smoke enuf.

Or the rocks at Maple Hill on 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, or 17 too.

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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #36 on: April 05, 2013, 04:10:37 PM »
Uhmm. It isn't the fact that there are rocks on the fairway... It is more that the rocks have been manually placed around the basket in which you are asking the players to throw at.

For the record I am neither for or against the rocks, but I heard multiple people complain about the rocks for the reason I just explained. At the same time I also saw a lot of people photographing it as well. eh.
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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #37 on: April 05, 2013, 04:31:10 PM »
Has anyone actually seen a disc get marred (into PDGA illegality) by the peace sign rocks?

Let's take out the "knuckles" on the basket too, they chipped my Roc :(
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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #38 on: April 05, 2013, 09:17:10 PM »
disck parker gashed his mini on a foot fault at the wide open allegedly, it was just a warning
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Re: Water Works Wide Open 2013
« Reply #39 on: April 05, 2013, 11:07:35 PM »
The Nailer throws his discs at rocks intentionally. 
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