So, because I don't see how adding more players to an already fairly large league, that means that I am against the improvement of our league? Have you ever heard of a straw man argument? This would be a perfect example.I am all for improvement. I just don't agree that adding more players will make our league better. I would actually argue that it is more likely to make it worse.

[Mark Barnes 2013-05-16, 13:01:21]:
No, I'm just suggesting ways to improve the league. Why do I get the feeling that anytime someone suggests any kind of improvement, the auto response is to throw hands in the air, spin aroundand fall over.






[Jeff Potter 2013-05-16, 11:59:01]:


So you want more players so you can win more money? There are tons of amateur tournaments that you can enter in Korea.








[Mark Barnes 2013-05-16, 10:22:43]:



Wow Really?
why don't we just divide the League into two teams and every wednesday we can meet up and not keep score, and while were at it, who needs ratings anyway.







[Jeff Potter 2013-05-16, 09:09:33]:


Why should we want more players?

So, back to my proposal. I suggest electing a committee of "senior players" or what ever 6-10 to look at the what were doing, and explore options for restructuring the league, or modifying it to make improvements to the way we collect dues, conduct games etc...
so that we can afford to:

A. have kick ass rowdy banquets
B. donate to charities
C. haveawesomemeaningful prizes
D. grow as players...
E. laugh at kyle and Lennard etc...






[Jeff Potter 2013-05-16, 13:58:27]:



So, because I don't see how adding more players to an already fairly large league, that means that I am against the improvement of our league? Have you ever heard of a straw man argument? This would be a perfect example.
I am all for improvement. I just don't agree that adding more players will make our league better. I would actually argue that it is more likely to make it worse.





[Mark Barnes 2013-05-16, 13:01:21]:


No, I'm just suggesting ways to improve the league. Why do I get the feeling that anytime someone suggests any kind of improvement, the auto response is to throw hands in the air, spin aroundand fall over.






[Jeff Potter 2013-05-16, 11:59:01]:


So you want more players so you can win more money? There are tons of amateur tournaments that you can enter in Korea.








[Mark Barnes 2013-05-16, 10:22:43]:



Wow Really?
why don't we just divide the League into two teams and every wednesday we can meet up and not keep score, and while were at it, who needs ratings anyway.







[Jeff Potter 2013-05-16, 09:09:33]:


Why should we want more players?

Mark, name some bars that have tables but no teams.
(Nashville doesn't want any teams by the way.)
Bars must not be juicy bars and must have playable tables.
And I'll not wait for your list before I follow up with these questions:
Would you want to play at those bars? Would you want to set up a team at any of those bars?

Pollys, Metro, Woodstock three off the top of my head.

and Nashville did want one, they just didn't want a bunch of yahoos. course now it's a rather moot point






[Mark Barnes 2013-05-16, 15:24:32]:


Pollys, Metro, Woodstock three off the top of my head.

Re: Woodstock - my mistake, but as I counted Woodstock in my list of 18 bars currently represented, adding them has little impact.
You didn't answer my follow-up questions, so let me rephrase them into a single enquiry: To which of the remaining two bars on your list will you be migrating your team next season?
Seriously, some of the bars already in the league are so disgusting—or have tables that are so laughable—that a number of regular league players find themselves mysteriously busy on the nights their teams are scheduled to play there. How many shit holes do we want in the league?