HAHA Nice Timmy!!!


Truth be told, you would have won that final I watched even though you dont have a five either!

Edited by user Wednesday, March 12, 2014 4:09:20 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I know, right?!? If I only had a 5 and a 3 I would be a beast!

And fukin stamina. Then Dustin wouldn't have an Amateur Doubles title jacket and we wouldn't be having any discussions here.

You, me, Knappy, and Heather lost to that Canadian Pro, Craig Williams in amateur dubs at Mary's Warrior Colorado State 3 years ago. He also won beginners then in the infamous "that's bullshitta", spoken by a true beginner Jorge's wife Laura. How did he get to play amateur again in Vegas, which he won?

I know buddy.

Dustin hasn't been part of the Colorado foos family for long enough to know when to take his ribbings gracefully. City should be giving him sandbagger ethics classes.

Shut up bitch, we're vying for participation ribbons!

No kidding.

Every year there are ringers in each rank. When I first started playing, it was Boogie(Boogie’s 5 row was about 1 notch below what it is now about 15 years ago in rookie). Then me. Then Sticky and Madej. Then Bear. Then City (lmao jk). Then Princess. Etc…right on through Brubaker and Ross. We were all beating experts and pros occasionally then too.

There is absolutely no difference between lower ranks now and back then when it comes to players who take this game seriously.

I would like to think the whole purpose of creating Rookie and Beginner ranks was to give lesser skilled players a chance to win more against their peers, thus growing the player base. It wasn’t to give expert caliber players who weren’t rated correctly a chance to drop down and take all their money. Dropping down 1 rank is going to happen, but playing 2 ranks below your skill set is the equivalent of Boogie/Roger/Ross/Brubaker/Daniel dropping down to play AM. Sure they might run into a hot team, or some slop, but for the most part, they are going to roll the brackets.

I’ve never been a big fan of the “Well so-and-so did it, so I will to”. Just because a few other players who had no business playing rookies were in there too, doesn’t mean that’s okay. I’m not singling anyone one player out…I’m an equal opportunity hater. This discussion is more about touring in general.

There are some players out there who abide by the “if the TD lets you…” mantra. Well sometimes I just think common sense or taking the road less travelled is the way to go. What about the times when Euro ranked pros come here and destroy the rookies? It’s just not in the spirit of the game. If they get off on beating up a bunch of weakos, then good for them I guess. Some could blame the system, but I think we’re all in control of our own actions.

That said, winning any event is an accomplishment, and gives you tons of experience on winning

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Breaking news, as leaked yesterday:

It is confirmed that Tim Brahier has a broken thumb and cannot play foos.

On a related note:

Nobody has noticed a difference in his game.

The weekly $5 has been missed.

BC's= easy money.

This thread= sucks rookie balls.

Dustin= don't listen to anyone that said you shouldn't have played either rookie event, shit, you already dumped rookie singles for what reason I don't know. Shit, when mary Moore moved me to expert I fucking doubled in expert, was playing for fourth or better to TRIPLE, and still only made $26 dollars.

It makes me laugh when someone is like "aww man, you should chose not to play, for the dignity of the....DIGNITY? Of this fuckin circus? Lmfao...what about the dozen Canadian pro's that were playing rookie? They are like "fuck that shit, I dropped 2 grand on this tourney..."

Then, during talks about who to watch out for in rookie singles, Dustin's name comes up...someone mentions he took Robbie down twice at a local, some of the Canadians are like "oh shit"- but then one of them says "don't have to worry about Dustin, eh- his locals gave him a guilt trip about playing rookie singles and now he is going to forfeit..." Then they all LAUGHED out loud and said "there a boat a bunch of self righteous COONTS, EH?....

then Dustin was unable to double, and all was well in Canada. The end.

That was my point, the Canadians clearly had some rookie players who were right there with Dustin (competing with experts) when you look at their overall results. I don't think they should have been there either.

I mean, don't you KNOW what your skill level is? It's not like you just walk into a tournament, and dominate other good players out of the blue. You know from all your wins, practice sessions, weekly results, what kind of player you are. Those Canadian guys probably competed with the Canadian experts and pros on a regular basis and dropped by Vegas to cash in against noobs.

There's a lot more Boogie mindsets than mine out there. Tony even posted he'd play down a few levels if they let him. I get it for sure, just don't agree. Now you're going go have true rooks questioning touring - why bother touring as a new player, when you're just going to run into experts?


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PS - huge props to Dustin for bowing out of RS btw. Honestly, this is more a discussion of principle here.

Edited by user Wednesday, March 12, 2014 6:50:54 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks for the congrats Jim, I bet those kids could go to the PGA tour and put a dent in the..... uh who am I kidding