6/20/2017
Topic:
League Statistics Coordinator Needed
the situasian
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what all is required and how much time per week? |
6/26/2017
Topic:
El Jimador Tequila $5,000 FOOSBALL Promotion!
the situasian
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I received an entry ... not sure if it helps or if there will be any other way of tracking this, but if you got an entry maybe put your name/info on this list Unofficial Jimador Participant List in the event they comeback and say its only teams of drawn folks we can get teams made faster. |
6/26/2017
Topic:
El Jimador Tequila $5,000 FOOSBALL Promotion!
the situasian
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@Chambie that is what you get for retiring then coming out of retirement to double dip me. chambie wrote:
I did not receive shit....I think this is a conspiracy. |
6/26/2017
Topic:
El Jimador Tequila $5,000 FOOSBALL Promotion!
the situasian
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Also, if I'm some college kid and I was drawn, however I don't know anyone else who was drawn and they aren't going to tell me who was drawn, I'm basically fucked? Doesn't seem feasible to restrict teams to only winners of the draw especially if they aren't going to provide the list of drawn people and a way to contact one another. |
6/27/2017
Topic:
El Jimador Tequila $5,000 FOOSBALL Promotion!
the situasian
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Thanks for the clarification Billy!
BillyBoy wrote:
the situasian wrote:
Also, if I'm some college kid and I was drawn, however I don't know anyone else who was drawn and they aren't going to tell me who was drawn, I'm basically fucked? Doesn't seem feasible to restrict teams to only winners of the draw especially if they aren't going to provide the list of drawn people and a way to contact one another.
Ricky, not sure where you got that info, but it's never been stated that you a have to play with another drawing winner. On the contrary, they didn't anticipate 2 winners wanting to pair up. That is what we are trying to resolve.
edited by BillyBoy on 6/26/2017 |
12/1/2017
Topic:
We need to talk...
the situasian
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Reading through this thread I have an unexpected feeling of sadness and so realize that I really do have an attachment to the health of this community. Because let's not forget that WE ARE a community and as John put it, we shouldn't cannibalize one another especially because are actually - believe it or not - working toward the same goal. I've been a part of this scene for about 6 or 7 years now mainly as a quiet observer. Over this time I've become good friends with Billy, Brad, Jesse and most recently Bryan and it really bothers me that these great minds, players, friends, are at such odds right now because there is so much potential here that we've seen be effective. Because I consider you all great friends, I hope you will take my words as an unbiased 3rd party observation of the situation.
I consider myself to be maybe the best example of how the Phoenix foosball system actually works. I was a brand new <2.0 rating player that learned the game through League play, refined my skills there until I was ready for tourney play at Main st mainly and then eventually the Moon and Dukes. I have no chance of being where I am today w/out that league experience. And so for that Billy should get a fucking badge of honor for creating, monitoring, organizing, pointing, and developing the League. Moving forward nothing should be done to negatively impact the league in my opinion. That doesn't mean that there isn't room for innovation, but honestly there is only so much one person can do and in my opinion Billy is just maxed out /tired, he's been doing it so damn long who can really blame him that he's maybe a little jaded or not as passionate as he once was? And I think this is where this recurring theme of "if you think you can do it better, go out and do it, or go out and make it" comes from; I get that where it comes from - fatigue - Brad, Jesse, Billy, you've all expressed this fatigue to me at one point or another and dudes trust me I get why you'd be tired. But, as a promoter that is the wrong mentality to have while occupying that particular position. You guys are the CEO's of this scene. That's like Apple getting feedback from their users that animal emoji face recognition would be badass and then saying, "great, go build it yourself". The user, or in our case the players, are infantile in comparison to the knowledge that the 4 of you have about foosball and promoting and all of technical intricacies that come with it. Kudos to Bryan for coming in and trying to give it his best shot and then some, he's got (or maybe had) fresh legs and is ready to take a stab at "doing it himself". So to criticize him on not doing it correctly or a pace that is unfamiliar seems unfair. At some point we have to adopt a quicker and more agile, iterative approach to improving our scene. Yes, that means gaining product (promoting) knowledge at the expense of failing a few times but that is a necessary growing pain we have to prepare for in order to really take some steps forward.
All of this is to say few things:
- AZ Foos isn't as broken as some may think it is
- Our infrastructure of leagues and 4 tournaments a week still develop high quality competitive players.
- We Foos has a lot to offer in terms of new energy and innovation
- We have damn near a century of combined foosball experience in promoting but lack communication and management structure to get our of own way
- We each think we know the right way to promote and do right by the players, but we actually are just shooting the dark hoping we are right.
- The conduit for players voices to reach promoters in a productive way is sorely missing. There should be a regular surveying of our player base on what THEY want and what THEY think will help us grow that we can then compare to what we think as well
How do we use these things to move forward? Shit has been talked, bridges set on fire, but all out of frustration of spinning our wheels in the same direction. Can we please realize the strengths that you; Bryan, Billy, Jesse, Brad have and leverage those instead of feasting on each other's weaknesses? I get how it's happened I've heard from each of you individually, and its unfortunate, but we can still move forward as a more professional foosball community for the betterment of everyone. It doesn't have to be this way or that way or the highway. Let's give it some time, get to together and talk about it.
-Ricky
edited by the situasian on 12/1/2017
edited by the situasian on 12/1/2017 |
5/11/2018
Topic:
Please Take Note
the situasian
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This is a great post! Love it! Excited to see what's coming next. Let me know when you all want to get some bowling in. I'm game! |
5/22/2019
Topic:
Pot Luck at Grand Opening
the situasian
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Hi Everyone!
Let's make this a foos community grand opening and contribute food to the party! Please view this list and see items that are needed. You may also add new items that you would like to bring.
Foos Club Grand Opening Potluck Sign up
See you there!
-Ricky |
7/4/2020
Topic:
Boulders - New COVID Requirements
the situasian
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Great job Brad, awesome to see these precautions and rules in place! Happy that I haven't heard of any Covid+ foosers yet.
If your foosin, pay attention to these and stay safe out there. Miss ya'll!
-Ricky
edited by the situasian on 7/4/2020 |
9/4/2021
Topic:
Follow AZ players at Tornado Championships 2021
the situasian
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Nice Job, Ash and Zach placing 7th in Rookies Dubs |
3/11/2024
Topic:
AZ Boulders ELO Ratings #3
the situasian
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We're about to have a whole lot more masters with these points! |