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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Solstice PreviewNOT
It looks like I'll be heading into Solstice this weekend somewhat blindly... I don't really know any of my teammates besides Joaq and Shy, their overall playing style, their individual playing styles, etc. On the plus side Joaq told me that the Slugs typically played a 3-4 pass longball O this year, which kind of gets my panties wet. I guess we did that with the Brains this year unofficially (pull catch, feed shy, feed maniac/markham, feed The Beast or sometimes lil' ol' me).
I also don't know anything about pools because the goddamn UPA website is down longer than they predicted (looks like my last post was right on point, huh?).
I don't even know what our team name is. Jaeger Bombs? Yeager Bombs? Revolver B?
I don't even know what colors to bring! pleasebeorangepleasebeorange
I don't know who we're staying with, I don't know what the Lou Burruss special rules are this year, and I don't know what role I'm supposed to fill.
But I DO know just a couple things:
1. It'll be a sweet sweet claremont reunion.
2. I'm out of shape like whoa.
3. I will still ball out of control if this club team is willing to put up some bomb bombs, and I think they will.
I also don't know anything about pools because the goddamn UPA website is down longer than they predicted (looks like my last post was right on point, huh?).
I don't even know what our team name is. Jaeger Bombs? Yeager Bombs? Revolver B?
I don't even know what colors to bring! pleasebeorangepleasebeorange
I don't know who we're staying with, I don't know what the Lou Burruss special rules are this year, and I don't know what role I'm supposed to fill.
But I DO know just a couple things:
1. It'll be a sweet sweet claremont reunion.
2. I'm out of shape like whoa.
3. I will still ball out of control if this club team is willing to put up some bomb bombs, and I think they will.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
The New Ultimate Time
By the time I got involved with serious ultimate, Ultimate Time was mostly a thing of the past. Games start (pretty much) on time these days, and tournaments don't have to adjust round times as they go. The "new" Ultimate Time relates more to increasingly professionalized aspects of ultimate. Here I am talking about Sockeye, the UPA, and Ultivillage.
Sockeye has begun to present itself as a professional style team. They have advertising on their uniforms, they put their numbers on the front of their jerseys as well as their back to increase recognition, they self cover their own team news, and even sell team merchandise online. They've also begun to make promises that they haven't come through on (I promising I am not bashing them or any others, just pointing out an observation I've made). I consider myself to be one of the biggest ultimate fans out there, so it was with great anticipation that I awaited the news about who made the team and who was cut: "Personnel decisions will be made immediately after play ends on Sunday. The full 2008 roster should be announced by Tuesday, June 3rd" (From the Sockeye website).
The UPA undertook its most ambitious project since I've been aware of them with their Revolution. Of course, the conclusions of their survey were not released any time close to the deadline announced by the UPA. This is the most troubling of my three examples, because they are only organization that is expected to serve an audience well, as an organizing body.
Ultivillage has made numerous promises of "coverage of ___ will begin ___," and frequently doesn't follow through with those promises. The great thing about Ultivillage, though, is that you will eventually get what you pay for, no matter the timing. And it was great to see the same-day coverage Rob provided at college nationals.
I just want to re-iterate that despite these timing shortcomings, I am a huge supporter of all three of these groups, and wish them the best (along with a little punctuality!).
Sockeye has begun to present itself as a professional style team. They have advertising on their uniforms, they put their numbers on the front of their jerseys as well as their back to increase recognition, they self cover their own team news, and even sell team merchandise online. They've also begun to make promises that they haven't come through on (I promising I am not bashing them or any others, just pointing out an observation I've made). I consider myself to be one of the biggest ultimate fans out there, so it was with great anticipation that I awaited the news about who made the team and who was cut: "Personnel decisions will be made immediately after play ends on Sunday. The full 2008 roster should be announced by Tuesday, June 3rd" (From the Sockeye website).
The UPA undertook its most ambitious project since I've been aware of them with their Revolution. Of course, the conclusions of their survey were not released any time close to the deadline announced by the UPA. This is the most troubling of my three examples, because they are only organization that is expected to serve an audience well, as an organizing body.
Ultivillage has made numerous promises of "coverage of ___ will begin ___," and frequently doesn't follow through with those promises. The great thing about Ultivillage, though, is that you will eventually get what you pay for, no matter the timing. And it was great to see the same-day coverage Rob provided at college nationals.
I just want to re-iterate that despite these timing shortcomings, I am a huge supporter of all three of these groups, and wish them the best (along with a little punctuality!).
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Howard Cosell on Ultimate
Funny little video of Howard Cosell praising the merits of ultimate, found on the Revolver website.
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