I couldn't allow the day to pass without reminding everyone that today marks the second anniversary of the birth of this here blog. It's hard for me to believe it's only been two years. Rummaging through the old posts, I am amazed at some of the great content I had forgotten about and amused by some of the stupid sh!t I have said over the last two years.
Speaking of stupid sh!t...DNN Power Rankings for July were announced yesterday. It appears the Easties have elected to bump Philly up three spots, past two teams they lost to earlier this year. Philly's win over Denver came with a cost in position to both Rose City and the Ratz. A bitterly ironic move given the fact that our WoJ-ster's had beaten Philly, AGAIN in a scrimmage at ECE a week before the rankings . Needless to say, controversy out West followed quickly.
As a rule, I like the concept of the Power Rankings and what the charm-ing "East Coast Focused" folks at DNN have been trying to bring to the sport. From their very beginnings they have attempted to elevate awareness and activity around the sport. They have also not given much press to the West. When I said in one my previous posts that we were "blessed" with DNN coverage at the Wild West Showdown...I was being a passive aggressive d!ck.
Though I am a financial contributor, an avid reader and a lover of the online derby bouts on DNN, I'm also a realist. They have taken on a big job, trying to cover a sport with 555 registered leagues Worldwide with no major budget and a handful of people. In the olden days, if we wanted West Coast news, we turned to Elwood's blog. Hell even the folks at DNN turned to Elwood's blog until they burned that bridge.
I realize that they're stirring the pot a bit, which drives site traffic for them and feeds their sustainability. Frankly, their rankings are only good for water cooler chat and flame wars. All that really matters is getting into Regionals and being one of the Top 3 when that tourney ends...which is a tougher task if you play in the Best Division or as WFTDA calls us, the West Division.
Hopefully this "Dis" from the mighty DNN will help motivate, focus and drive our ladies in Purple. They have some big bouts ahead of them. The Hometown Throwdown in August with BADg, Rat and Gotham followed by Regionals in October.
As that unfolds, hopefully our boy George will treat us to some more of his awesome updates like he did at ECE.
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>>”Frankly, their rankings are only good for water cooler chat and flame wars. All that really matters is getting into Regionals and being one of the Top 3 when that tourney ends...”
I could not agree more, JeLLyPiG. I am not upset by the power rankings in the least. I know that they essentially mean nothing. I’m waiting for the second quarter divisional rankings to come out from the WFTDA. Also, I now have a better understanding as to why the WFTDA stopped doing national rankings, and went to just doing divisional rankings - less arguing and less bitching. Long story short, I’m not losing any sleep over the power rankings.
I really do like DNN, though. Honestly. I’m not being sarcastic.
>>”As that unfolds, hopefully our boy George will treat us to some more of his awesome updates like he did at ECE.”
Well, I plan on doing an update for Friday night (8/13) and Sunday night (8/15), but I won’t be in town Saturday evening (8/14), so unfortunately I’m going to miss the best night of Hometown Throwdown. It’s my birthday weekend, and my other passion (off-trail adventure racing) calls. Every year for my birthday they hold an off-trail race near Pacific City, and there is camping for the participants the evening before the race, and the camp is named “George Camp” after me, and I’m the official camp host, and hundreds of people show up, and I’m expected to be there and be “on” and be a gracious camp host yada, yada, yada. Don’t get me wrong. I love off-trail racing, and I really appreciate the outpouring of birthday love from two hundred or more people, and I really enjoy the annual naked hula hoop contest the evening before, but I’m REALLY bummed about having to miss Saturday night of Hometown Throwdown. It’s tearing me apart! It was a tough decision for me to make, but I'm going to have to miss that evening of derby. Life is hard for a young white male.
Sorry for all of the deleted comments above, but for some weird reason my comment was posted three times???
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