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<title>skill levels</title>
<author>ricknice</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:12:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ apa is not evaluating players fairly. Why do someone move up a level when there are better players left that have better records. They need to check the whole division before you moving someone up. If you are a 3 and not nowhere near the best why would you be moved up. And no defensive shots or innings have nothing to do with it. Apa chose to put the blame on us but it's there fault. They refuse to move down certain players like they have favorites. Now if a player is moved down and wins mvp for two or three sessions there is no way they shouldn't go back up but people who shoot crappy get moved down win 12 to 8 and go right back up. I know what I'm talking about I follow other players wins and loses. I was a 3 I was losing bad on both teams they would not move me down so I buy a table so I can get better and I started winning I made 4th on the mvp list number 1 was undefeated so why they moved me up and lock me as a 4. So how can you win mvp. The person that can't be beat should go up. Why skip certain players who is better and have a better record? If I can't beat a person as a 3 how can you win as a 4. It true don't say anything about defense shots most players don't use defense. Maybe it should be a place to mark mistake shots if defensive shots matter. But I know and researched that certain people go up that shouldn't and those who should don't . If you keep winning mvp over and over having perfect session you should go up. We need honest people to be spies to see who should go up or down cause I feel some people get pick on and some get left alone to dominate there divsion every session. It's true![9]]]></description>
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<title>writing people up</title>
<author>ricknice</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Is it me or are people taking this writing people up too far. Its like some people act like kids telling the teacher on a classmate. Some things should be written up for example a person shooting as a too low or high skill level and a few others but my problem is people who use it as a power to try and get someone in trouble. One week we played against a new team that had some people new to the division and some just new. To start out we flipped and they won he says he will put up first. Ok then after i fill out the numbers of what team is whatever line he comes back and says he changed his mind he wants me to put up first but me being a good sportsman said thats fine and scribbled my paper work up fixing who goes first,second ect. We play the first match and then i walk over and say im putting my 2 up and she gives me this funny look but dont say anything so we looking at the paper and its them who was supposed to put up because he changed it remember but the scribbled paper confused me so she says she had said she was playing a 4 but i didnt hear her so I was like ok im playing my 4 and she was like ok and wrote it down and all was fine. Another team mate heard we was changing our player and went off saying no they cant do that. You say something you cant go back and change it. She kept complaining but by this time the two 4's was flipping for the break. Everyone else on her team was ok with because for one we was supposed to put up last anyway it wasnt like we was supposed to put up first and two they just told us they would put up first then came back and changed it after we had it on paper already which she didnt know because her big mouth was talking so my female playing only said to her its over now why you still talking about it they already shooting youll could have said no and we would made our 2 play your 4 and that was it. Then a few seconds later she like I'm writting her up. Now I don't know what she told the APA but they sent my team mate a letter about the incident. The APA should not allow just anyone to just have a issue with someone and they accept what anyone is saying without speaking to the other person involved plus what was the reason for her to write my player up. My team has goodsportsmanship and we know most of the players in our area. The APA should tell these people if its not about pool dont come telling the APA about every little problem you have at pool especially if your the one causing the trouble. Some people just don't know how to act and I make sure people like that don't join my team. And one more thing don't write someone up because you lost. Sometimes people have a good game or you had a bad game know the person before you think they aint what they should be.]]></description>
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