RT for the Links Troost. Still ironing out the details for the hinterlands caught between us and the Carolinaverse, so want to leave the possibility open for some more southern events or an out-of-region border battle.
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My friends and I still do this in our group texts. Old twitter was the best.
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Itâs taken a number of daysâŚ.but my Roosticles have made a point.
Shouldnât we be âeastern civilisationâ as we are to the east of the grand old U S of A?!
I guess you could be facetious about it, but hey, letâs break it down. To get to Europe from the US, youâre flying East
In 6th grade I had just moved to VA from living for a few years in Hawaii. I took a WWII test and there was a geographical question on it. Got it wrong because my worldview was still HI at the time and everything was to the west. Damn teacher.
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Maybe itâs because Europe was the start of western civilization
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Word of advice to all Roosts (from someone that doesnât matter at all): keep it simple. Donât get too cute with events, or donât try to book a ton of events. Too many events waters down the ones you do have, and as excited as we all are right now in December, we wonât get to play in one event per month for 10 months when we have all the other things a number of us play in as well.
Signed,
Someone that runs and plays in tournaments and leagues
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I dunno. He might. Heâs a member at Lakewood. Might ask him next time I see him.
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It would be fun to have him and Bob out to one of our events
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Wranglinâ cats aint much, but itâs honest work
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If we really wanted to break it down, you fly as much north as east. You go up into the Artic Circle and kind of fly over the top
So, what Iâm trying to say is this whole thing is dumb 
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As someone who successfully ran a meetup a month last year, I can say this isnât true.
Mix up the formats and courses to keep things fresh and make a season-long system that allows players to skip/miss some and you can absolutely do just that
And, on top of that, it gives more people who live much further away or with very busy lives more tries to attend one or two of them. Itâs not a requirement to join the season-long event series. Itâs just a thing on top that locals can join. A meetup is still just a meetup at its core
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Respectfully, I donât agree with this take. Shouldnât this be at the discretion of said Roosts? If the collective group of the Roost is ready to play, isnât it their prerogative to play as many or as little events as they desire?
I know the Roost I belong to, has a large group who already plays in multiple events and we as a whole have decided we want to play more. It isnât watering it down if itâs mutually agreed upon. Just my $0.02âŚ
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I agree with this. To piggy back, changing the format and venues strengths the group and the experience. Again, speaking from experience, our group looks forward to the various formats and locations that are on the docket.
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strengthens
I knew there was going to be opposition to the stance because, well, Refuge. Iâm also not saying have 2 events all summer. Space them out appropriately based on the size of your Roost and shift formats.
Itâs obviously up to each individual roost. I hold no weight around here. But hey, go ahead and have something every 2 weeks and see how it goes. Let me know what happens!
Itâs every 4-5 weeks. Thatâs what a month is.
And I can tell you what happened.
@tanner_sandel isnât even in my Roost and he echoed the exact sentiment from the PNW Crew.
Because of COVID in 2020, we only had 2. In 2021, we did 8 meetups. They asked for more. So, now itâs 10.
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Iâm not knocking you for having an opinion. Obviously you have experiences that have helped you formulate your stance. Iâm just saying, whether or not it seems âwatered downâ if the majority of that Roost wants to play weekly even, thatâs their business. For the Roost that have only one event a month, I donât think thatâs all that bad, especially when most play a couple times a week as it is.
I do agree that a change in format is nice. Match play, stroke play, four ball, Wolf, skins games etc. keep it fun but thatâs the whole purpose of the group is to come together and do just that.
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