COMOPOLO: Midwest Bench Tournament

Thu, 16 Feb 2012, 11:16am	Midwest Bench Tournament »
pete PORTLAND Member Last visit: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 88	BoozeKruse wrote: We're pretty excited about this event; we really don't want to hear this kind of stuff. Of course it is a one-off tournament. No one is championing a state-based long term competitive season. We're just having fun and showing some pride for Missouri, so chill out with the negative interjections and in October we will gladly participate in a city-based tournament run in the same manner as you are planning in Portlandia, except maybe we'll have less fair trade shit at ours. I'm not being negative at all, you're projecting, dog. It's awesome that the tournament is happening and I don't think that it should've been city vs. city. Go do your thing at the tournament, I'm not against it at all. I just hope that city vs. city gains more traction because I think it would work better than state vs. state. I'm not somehow saying that all state vs. state tournaments are stupid or something and I hope you don't think I am. Uncle Jesse wrote: I'm interested in what you guys have planned for this city vs. city format, but I'm also curious about how strict the stance will be on teams consisting of people from the same city. I'm really excited about the state vs. state idea because it allows us to team up with people we don't normally play with. I play with my club multiple times a week...come tournament time, I'm excited to try some different team options, but the city vs. city format seems to restrict my desire for new, unique teammate options. Not every city club is eager to travel Moderate to long distances to polo tournaments. I think slightly mixed in-state teams could be an interesting tweak on the city based team idea. (example: city teams consist of seven men...two of those players could be from a different club within that state). I'm just thinking out loud. The fact that you play often with the people in your city is EXACTLY why they should be your team. You know how they play better, you can develop strategy together over time, you should have better teamwork with someone you play with a lot. Yeah, you don't get to play with new/unique people unless they move to your city, that's right. But would their novelty be a good thing? I'd say no because they wouldn't play as well with all of the members of your team.
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BoozeKruse wrote:
We're pretty excited about this event; we really don't want to hear this kind of stuff. Of course it is a one-off tournament. No one is championing a state-based long term competitive season. We're just having fun and showing some pride for Missouri, so chill out with the negative interjections and in October we will gladly participate in a city-based tournament run in the same manner as you are planning in Portlandia, except maybe we'll have less fair trade shit at ours.

I'm not being negative at all, you're projecting, dog. It's awesome that the tournament is happening and I don't think that it should've been city vs. city. Go do your thing at the tournament, I'm not against it at all. I just hope that city vs. city gains more traction because I think it would work better than state vs. state. I'm not somehow saying that all state vs. state tournaments are stupid or something and I hope you don't think I am.

Uncle Jesse wrote:
I'm interested in what you guys have planned for this city vs. city format, but I'm also curious about how strict the stance will be on teams consisting of people from the same city. I'm really excited about the state vs. state idea because it allows us to team up with people we don't normally play with. I play with my club multiple times a week...come tournament time, I'm excited to try some different team options, but the city vs. city format seems to restrict my desire for new, unique teammate options.

Not every city club is eager to travel Moderate to long distances to polo tournaments. I think slightly mixed in-state teams could be an interesting tweak on the city based team idea. (example: city teams consist of seven men...two of those players could be from a different club within that state).

I'm just thinking out loud.

The fact that you play often with the people in your city is EXACTLY why they should be your team. You know how they play better, you can develop strategy together over time, you should have better teamwork with someone you play with a lot.

Yeah, you don't get to play with new/unique people unless they move to your city, that's right. But would their novelty be a good thing? I'd say no because they wouldn't play as well with all of the members of your team.