tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44112662458856285952024-03-13T00:01:26.505-05:00ultimatejournalokayplayer.dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-51851124069874310142019-06-21T07:32:00.001-05:002019-06-21T07:34:33.838-05:00Saddle Up the [Old] Palomino Not just because they're beautiful horses
and not just because Neil Young sings about them, but because the song itself is a sort of clanky clangy funstomp on trodden trails we know well. But that's what Neil does. He's out there divining things from other dimensions we all share but precisely fail to understand. He's doing things that make sense, after a fashion, and to a dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-57571460672935676282017-10-11T21:41:00.001-05:002017-10-11T21:53:31.973-05:00Los v Pike
a pint of wine and the song cry
a bit of this a bit of that
a nother
a mazing
web-slinging spider
man.
I believed in who I was
I knew no more than what I was.
I rocked I rolled
I chumped I fold.
There is this story to tell about a couple of teams
tied together in a region which is no longer what it was.
Forget that VA-n-NC are tied at the hip
Forget that MD is dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-90167696810100469042016-09-27T21:37:00.000-05:002016-09-27T21:37:29.182-05:002016 USAU Women's Data
(This entry is best read in PDF form b/c I care less and less about formatting things multiple times for multiple formats and if you view it there, you can see all columns of all tables.)
So! There I was preparing to spectate at USAUltimate’s 2016 Club National Championships in Rockford, IL. I went to look up stats for the division I’d be watching (Women’s) and I was wholly unabledusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-85538022635082738272016-09-06T14:17:00.000-05:002016-09-06T14:50:59.054-05:00Over the last three club seasons, the USAU has used the wrong regionals format in 46 out of 48 tournaments.
(First: A pdf of this is available at THIS LINK. I include the link here b/c I'm still not that good at formatting these posts and am posting this as a quick-hit while on Amtrak in response to this reddit conversation. If you can't see some of the numbers in the table below, dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-22093607072372556082015-10-01T09:50:00.000-05:002015-10-01T10:00:18.571-05:00Nationals 2015 Day 1 (morning couch edition)This is the first year since 2011 that I won't be at Nationals watching as much Scandal as is reasonable.
2010 was the last year I played at Nationals. In fact, starting in 2000, I have attended:
6 Nationals as a player (2003, 04, 05, 07, 09, 10)
3 Nationals as a fan (2012, 13, 14)
1 Nationals (2000) as a volunteer
10 of 15 Club Nationals.
My record as a fan of Scandal (2 titles, 1 semis dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-34686891808795451272015-05-07T10:19:00.000-05:002015-05-07T10:22:09.816-05:00More than a feeling,But the knowing... the knowing that it is time to burn out or fade away.
I think it would have been different if I had been paid a ton of money to play ultimate.
Then again, it is unclear if that would've been a good thing.
It certainly wouldn't have led me here.
Was I ever Tim Duncan? Not a chance. But I was that me. That positive avatar of my self. Then these words from afar by dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-38378280410346944052015-04-16T08:04:00.000-05:002015-04-16T10:31:39.144-05:00The More I Look...The more I see:
This is my favorite clip from MLU's 2014 season.
It starts with the PHL's Dave Brandolph splitting of the double.
It continues with the comical reaction from the Boston defender who seems to be asking for spurious travel calls to save him.
Then the nicely angled slicing pass between two unprepared Boston defenders released in slightly modified stride.
Just brilliant
dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-89615144982420832822015-02-04T11:44:00.002-05:002015-02-04T11:45:41.693-05:00Welcome to the RepositoryAnd, as you can see below, it isn't always formatted perfectly.
If this is your first time here, you can feel free to use either the useless index or the temporal index in the column on the right, or you can just wander through some of the posts.
If this is not your first time here, well... you're probably bored with this post already.
As for the future of this space, it will always be my dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-6026669977894626512014-10-19T10:54:00.000-05:002014-10-19T10:57:43.070-05:00Quick Nationals Sunday Morning Post (please excuse formatting.. running out of time)Well, at least my intent is to make it quick.
To start with, the ultimate has been rather strong in the games I have seen. This may be selection bias (Follow Scandal around and you'll see some good ultimating) in part, but the games have been compelling for the most. Comebacks, teams playing unafraid and the like.
That said, the spectator experience is difficult. Nothing about thisdusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-32380583359374937382014-09-29T09:49:00.001-05:002014-09-29T20:40:27.258-05:00Mid Atlantic Regionals 2014 SundaySo... now these teams should all collude, right?
I mean that, in the long run, it is now better if Scandal and Green Means Go to both finish as high as possible at Nationals, right? If Both finish in the pro flight, then the region gets two automatic bids for next year, if my reading of the TCT guidelines is correct. So then... should they pool resources to do as well as possible? &dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-70050003039945742152014-09-28T06:01:00.001-05:002014-09-28T06:02:15.377-05:00Mid-Atlantic Regionals 2014 Day 1"Where are the horses?"
No horses. I told you, frisbee."
Your shirt. It says 'Horse' on it.
Right but for frisbee.
Right.
So, coed, the reason I didn't watch you on the first day is because you're not in bracket play. You're in pool play. I can't watch enough of the games to make any sense of your teams. In women's, by watching Scandal, Green Means Go and Hot dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-61023294430206434132014-09-26T13:03:00.000-05:002014-09-27T05:37:35.873-05:00Mid-Atlantic Regionals 2014 (pre)Regionals is the most exciting tournament in club ultimate.
Nationals is the best tournament, but the drama is reduced. Even with the advent of the Triple Crown Tour and the associated flights of play (Which all sound suspiciously like the vacuous plaudits of "Preferred Customer Status" w/in frequent flyer programs and the like), elimination play is still for teams which already made it dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-49374854279964930862014-07-22T10:10:00.000-05:002014-07-22T11:44:08.234-05:00Championship Saturday BrunchSo, at some point between my writing this post for Major League Ultimate and it getting properly posted, I failed at some part of the connecting process or somesuch. I think it was the outbox of my gmail. Point is, through all fault of my own, it was not published and was never really finished being polished. Nonetheless, here it is unedited in mostly plain text form including dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-80870056124118291892014-03-28T12:12:00.000-05:002014-09-27T05:37:09.397-05:00What Isn't Ultimate?Currently, there is a debate about what the goals and values of ultimate are. This seems odd, as ultimate itself is inanimate. (Though this semantic quibble can be shelved for the moment and attributed to useful verbal shorthand.) Regardless, the definition of terms within a discussion is vital for clear, useful, and efficient communication.
Thus, if various groups and individuals are dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-2922264353667608562013-11-27T12:57:00.001-05:002013-11-27T13:15:00.737-05:00MOSH 13 totally unformatted or linked"Every time I get a chance to advance it's backwards
No thanks to my very own actions
Get a couple good drinks in the kid
I can flip on a friend, take a drug, fuck a chick that I shouldn't
Oh god, I am one of those mad men"
- El-P, Sea Legs, Run the Jewels
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I was the Least Effecient Player (per/) Point (LePPr? LePPt? &dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-22661351709406795512013-10-10T17:24:00.003-05:002013-10-10T17:24:38.619-05:00The Beginning Begets the End... I didn't make it to regionals this year.
I never made it to regionals in college either. We were in a 2-bid section w/ 8 to 12 teams (or more?) every year. Never managed to crack through the Princeton Clockwork Orange & Columbia Uptown Local STRANGLEHOLD on those two bids. Rutgrrrrs might have snuck in there from time to time, but when I first played ultimate, Princeton was near-royalty dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-21666771031446373662013-01-02T11:42:00.000-05:002013-01-02T11:42:10.154-05:00"Why [Ultimate **]ck[ed] in [2012]"-DJ Shadow.
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Well, where do I play, where do I aim to play?
What are my dreams for myself in this sport as I begin my journey?
What about my opponents?
These questions, answered, are the basis of an ultimate player's mindstate.
Well, how do I want "ultimate" to be used within society?
How do I want "ultimate" to affect humanity and in what contexts?
To what degree for each person who comesdusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-57006001102499345602012-11-29T11:56:00.000-05:002012-11-29T11:56:22.698-05:001, 2, 3: Experts Overthink and AgreeOkay, a short list:
1. Blogger.com: please stop changing your goddamn format. I know you won't read this and I'm one person out of a thousand, but I spent a few months back when I started this shitty blog making my format work. Looked and investigated the html I needed for what I wanted, typed it all up, made it auto-format for all of the posts, and had the patience and experience w/in the dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-62701877753176162382012-05-14T11:12:00.000-05:002012-05-14T11:12:54.748-05:00Rampage at Spinners, Sat. May 5Welp, I finally made it to an AUDL game
And I tweeted the heck out of the first half. But the Spinners were beating the crap out of the Rampage, so I opted to yell more and type less during the second half. The game finished 24-18 in Philly's favor, which had the added advantage of making my 7pt pre-game line a rather accurate prediction considering I'd never seen an AUDL game.
Heredusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-54951874160726579952012-05-02T15:00:00.000-05:002012-05-02T15:00:36.542-05:00RIP Junior SeauThe end is dark.
I am not the man who knows, I am the man who hopes he doesn't know.
Junior Seau is dead from a (reportedly self-inflicted) gunshot wound to the chest. Echoes of Dave Duerson.
I'm not a Seau aficionado, but I paid attention to him as a player, and appreciated that he seemed to (at least try to) walk upright in the world.
This is not about that.
This is dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-87331485800768126712012-01-10T17:30:00.005-05:002012-01-10T17:37:43.190-05:00Wizards: 011012There is a chance Michael Lee not a particularly observant spectator.A mere four sentences in to his recap of the Wizards loss to the Timberwolves, he reports that "Coach Flip Saunders helplessly searched for a player who would at least show mock interest in competing". Garbage. And I will name names.The list starts with Chris Singleton. Unmentioned in the article, Singleton, with the help of dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-84488754770190031502011-11-21T10:20:00.003-05:002011-11-21T10:47:58.339-05:00WalkthrowI know, the name is not as cleveras The Wiggins Zen Throwing Routinebut then again, I never was clever.Point is, nearly everything is in there is great. Specifically have used over seasons myself: Warmup littles, Strobe Catches, Rainbows, Single Leg Throws, Throw Hard, Quiet Catches, Target Throwing, Late Eye Pickups, Full-Power Windups, Catch&Release Long, Off-Leg Pivots, Dishies. Under dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-76445405186868140832011-10-29T08:09:00.003-05:002011-10-29T08:31:51.996-05:00Quarters is WhenAnything Can HappenAnd at least one usually does.Revolver vs Southpaw.Southpaw late in the day is the worst team to play against. Southpaw early in the day? On an elimination round that could well come down to diversity of O and D times "Top Level Talent"... I'll take Revolver. But I think It'll be 15-(11-10) rather than 8 or so.Doublewide v GOAT.I definitley have DW in this one. Love ya dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-22737891634607209542011-10-28T11:00:00.003-05:002011-10-28T15:08:04.914-05:00so it took me until after lunchto think about frisbee todayOpen Pool ARevolver might get challenged in one of these games. To the tune of 15-11 or so. The other two are 15-8 or less. Bravo or Goat? Tossup as always when the 8-9 seeds meet. As for the 'Dors? I have no faith.Well, two tighter (15-11/12) games for Revolver. One 15-8. 15-9 against Machine in 1st round today.GOAT takes it, only to lose 15-13 to Ring in power pooldusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411266245885628595.post-78887314183227653672011-10-27T06:10:00.005-05:002011-11-22T09:02:41.062-05:00Ha, I'm RetiredSo I'm not in SarasotaBut this time, unlike 06&08, I'm actually not at all grumpy about it. Being retired is fun. It means things like going to farmers' markets, meandering, checking out the new neighborhood, drinking a flight of Zwanzes at ChurckKey and the like are actually things I get to do before it gets bitter cold outside. Not that bitter cold stops a crazy-ass Northern European mutt dusty.rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058725127054554344noreply@blogger.com0