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Dave Dowell
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| March 20, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Notice on changes to Spring Worlds Session #2 due to rain forecast Thanks Greg, I appreciate the heads-up ... According to Accuweather.com at 8:00 AM PDT Monday, the TOTAL rainfall projected for Tuesday through Thursday in St. George is 1.05" ... That's probably not going to have City Hall putting out an A.P.B. for Noah to get the boat ready ... We're going to have a good tournament, wish you were here ... |
| March 18, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Tidewater Tournament is come up SGW ... I just triggered the team list for the 54 teams currently confirmed ... Good luck! |
| March 18, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Notice on changes to Spring Worlds Session #2 due to rain forecast sdc ... Who does "your friend" play with? ... It would be nice to get a jump on the re-write ... Thanks (I think) ... |
| March 17, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Notice on changes to Spring Worlds Session #2 due to rain forecast JCColorado ... SSUSA does NOT cancel a tournament based on a forecast ... All "Play/No-play" decisions are made at the fields of play at game time ... You will hear, and be fully informed, as any decisions are made ... Example: In the 2022 Atlantic Coast Championships in Raleigh, a storm forecast created an event withdrawal panic the week of the tournament ... Twelve teams withdrew in the last three days for a tournament that lost exactly ZERO games to weather ... The only downside we noticed for the teams is that all of them forfeited their $555 entry fee ... Let's try to avoid that happening here ... The fields in St. George, and the professionals who maintain them, are excellent for any potential adverse weather impacts that might happen ... The onsite tournament director (me) will be happy to talk with you about it when you get here... The weather is gorgeous here in Mesquite this morning for the start of the 60+ Divisions ... Safe travels and good luck! |
| March 16, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Tidewater Tournament is come up Sftbln13 ... You're in the right place, just a bit early. The DRAFT schedules and brackets are a few days away from publication. We'll be writing them as soon as roster reviews (for proper ratings placement) conclude. They will show up first in a pink "priority" post at the top of the Message Board main page. Welcome aboard and good luck! |
| March 12, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Music City The information you desire has been available for a couple/few days ... 1. Click on Music City tournament page for the event in this website 2. Find second column on that page 3. Locate top line in that column 4. Click on item on top line called Tournament Schedule 5. Find your Division of play on Master Planning Grid at Page 3 6. Navigate to your Division schedule Good luck! |
| March 10, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Roster question Mikelmart ... No worries ... I'll be the T.D. @ Mesquite/St. George ... See me and I'll officially enter your team (if you haven't) and note your team page that it's OK ... I'll have my laptop on-site ... |
| March 9, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Music City Hmac24 ... Just a crazy guess here, but very likely as soon as they're done and pass final review ... I know the really sharp guy writing that one and I'm resasonably sure he has no incentive to delay their release ... |
| March 8, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Qualifiers The Eastern National's (Loudoun County), Western National's (Sacramento/Placer Counties) and the World Championships in Las Vegas are "qualified roster events", meaning players must play in another prior event to be eligible to play in those events ... Those tournaments are also "qualifiers" (slightly different definition) a team must win to earn a bid to the Original Tournament of Champions each February ... |
| March 3, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 5gg spring championships H² ... In the DE-6 configuration, ZERO teams are guaranteed to be 0-2, but as many as two could be ... The losers of Games #1-2 are both 0-1, and IF the loser of Game #3 or #4 is the #1 and/or #2 seed, then you could have two teams go 0-2 ... But no team is GUARANTEED to go 0-2 unless bye team(s) lose ... You mentioned Game #5 (L1 v. L4), so let's play with that one ... Game #5 has L1 (@ 0-1) v. either W2/L4 (@ 1-1) OR the #2 seed (@ 0-1) ... If W2 is also L4, then it's in Game #5 at 1-1 vs. L1 ... If L-1 wins Game #5 v. W2/L4, Then they advance to Game #8 at 1-1 and W2/L4 is eliminated at 1-2 ... And NO 0-2 comes out of that quadrant of the bracket ... The same analysis would apply for Game #6 ... Let's talk about this when I get there ... It may be too dangerous for you to try at home! ... JUST KIDDING! |
| Feb. 22, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Aloha Bowl 2023 Relaxing deep breath time now! ... I wrote the Master schedule very early this morning, then had to de-do it when one team "..just HAD to have.." that fourth out-of-rating player that bumped them up one rating level ... So I re-wrote it again late morning and am building the detail division schedules ... Bear with us a little bit longer and I suspect there will be answers to most of your curiosity questions ... Thanks! |
| Feb. 21, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Aloha Bowl 2023 #9 ... Here's an update based on getting the last of the sign ups and the last of the bail-outs earlier today ... There are 26 teams entered: • Four-team 65+ and 70+ Seniors Division • Seven-team Men's 40-Masters Major Division • Six-team combined Men's 40-Masters AAA and 50+ Division • Seven-team combined Men's 55+ AAA and 60+ Division • Two-team Women's 40-Masters AAA Division |
| Feb. 21, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vote Outcome That's hilarious, Dennis! ... The only reason we added that language was because a few years ago someone actually demanded a refund because they didn't get five games once following a total rain-out of one day of an event ... Our intent was always to schedule five games, but we occasionally have to defer to Acts of God, like hurricanes and torrential downpours ... NOT GUARANTEED is a simple acknowledgement that once in a while, "stuff" happens we can't control ... And SOME people will never "get it" while coming to the faulty conclusion that we somehow "owe them" when that happens ... Dennis, we don't spend 1% as much time trying to figure out ways to take advantage of you as you do dreaming up why you're a victim in something as ridiculous as this ... Gawd, that's funny! |
| Feb. 20, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Brackets for TPA Yuba City Those are "Recreational" events, with no roster verification, not always SSUSA rules-of-play compliance (this one says it is) and results are ignored for rating purposes ... Suggest you contact the event Director ... He's one of the "good guys" and can likely help, but we seldom, if ever, see that info, before or after an event ... Good luck! |
| Feb. 18, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vote Outcome NY² ... I haven't seen any final numbers on the advisory prefence poll, but a couple of days ago I saw the tally was running about 51-49% and I don't remember which way that went ... It doesn't fall into the mandate category since it's irrelevant when within any "margin of error" in a scientiffic analysis ... I'm confident there will be something released officially soon ... Thanks! |
| Feb. 16, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Bats Discussion: For Dave Dowell LeeM ... The USA/ASA bats are NOT legal for SSUSA sanctioned play ... Their bat/ball combination for testing is inconsistent with the SSUSA combination and desired results for safety compliance ... Thanks for asking ... |
| Feb. 7, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 4 game guarantees in 2023? Apparently not ... Ha! |
| Feb. 7, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 4 game guarantees in 2023? Rob64's MEMORY REFRESHER COURSE • Northern Championships 2022 1. Seeding #1 • Team OG (13) - Area 51 (23) 2. Seeding #2 • Team OG (9) - Crawfords (23) 7-Team THREE GAME GUARANTEE BRACKET 3. Bracket #2 • Team OG (19) - ProV (14) 4. Bracket #5 • Team OG (14) - Area 51 (13) 5. Bracket #11 (Winner's bracket final) • Team OG (10) - Crawfords (15) 6. Bracket #13 (3rd Place game) • Team OG (12) - Dayton Legends (10) 7. Bracket #14 (Championship #1) • Team OG (0) - Crawfords (7) FORFEIT Rob, you played six games and forfeited one in the Five-Game-Guarantee event. This nonsense of you thinking you know more than I do about a schedule I wrote is hilarious! ... |
| Feb. 7, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 4 game guarantees in 2023? Rob64 ... I've written the Master Game Schedules for the Northern Championships every year since it moved to Lansing in 2009 and for the ISA Senior World's in Columbus (IN) every year since 2014 when Jerry Jackson decided he'd had enough of that "stuff" and asked for my help ... I can assure you I wrote a five-game-guarantee schedule in all 14 of those Northern's events and all nine of those ISA's ... I'm only 101% certain on that ... |
| Feb. 7, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 4 game guarantees in 2023? Rob64 ... Historically, the TOC qualifiers have been five-game-guarantee events and the rest (e.g., The Brickyard) typically four-game-guarantee ... Economic realities in a rampant inflationary economy resulted in a change this Season ... The Eastern and Western Nationals, the World Championships and the TOC all have “qualified rosters” and will still be five game guarantee ... Some of the larger other TOC's may revert back to the “5”, but that’s a discussion for a later date here in Sacramento ... |
