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It's a New Year; Let's do Something New

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Friday, 18 December 2015, at 5:55 p.m.

In Response To: It's a New Year; Let's do Something New (Phil Simborg)

"Relative to No. 2, let’s find out why so many people who have been to a live tournament have stopped coming."

I will give my reasons for hardly playing in ABT events anymore.

i) Flight and hotel make it an expensive hobby. Also relevant here is that everyone else has gotten better and I am out of serious practice and worse so less likely to win prize money.

ii) I have become more health conscious and backgammon is a sedentary activity.

iii) I noticed that tournaments often end much later on Sunday than the schedule would indicate. Staying an extra night is not really an option so it means I cannot enter every side event I otherwise might.

iv) There are some tournaments that are not at least clock preference.

Messages In This Thread

• It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
  Phil Simborg -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 5:55 a.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Trunky -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 12:36 p.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Bob Koca -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 5:43 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      Mike Clapsadle -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 9:02 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      Phil Simborg -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 11:04 p.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
        Igor -- Saturday, 19 December 2015, at 12:48 a.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Bob Koca -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 5:55 p.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Art Grater -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 6:45 p.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Sean Garber -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 9:34 p.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Igor -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 10:24 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      RobertFontaine -- Saturday, 19 December 2015, at 6:39 a.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Ken Larsen -- Saturday, 19 December 2015, at 1:42 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      rew -- Saturday, 19 December 2015, at 2:41 p.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
        Bob Koca -- Saturday, 19 December 2015, at 6:25 p.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
        roadkillbooks -- Sunday, 3 January 2016, at 7:51 a.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      David Rockwell -- Saturday, 19 December 2015, at 4:19 p.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    ed olaughlin -- Saturday, 19 December 2015, at 8:00 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      David Rockwell -- Sunday, 20 December 2015, at 12:31 a.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Albert Steg -- Sunday, 20 December 2015, at 3:29 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      Julia Hayward -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 8:59 p.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New--wonderful
        Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 24 December 2015, at 6:24 a.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      Grant Hoffman -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 9:26 p.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 December 2015, at 8:42 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      Phil simborg -- Sunday, 27 December 2015, at 12:58 a.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 27 December 2015, at 2:33 a.m.
        • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
          Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 27 December 2015, at 6:40 a.m.
          • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
            Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 27 December 2015, at 3:51 p.m.
            • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
              Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 28 December 2015, at 2:11 a.m.
              • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
                Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 29 December 2015, at 12:43 a.m.
                • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
                  Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 29 December 2015, at 4:11 a.m.
                  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
                    Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 29 December 2015, at 5:17 a.m.
                  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
                    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 30 December 2015, at 11:04 p.m.
                    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
                      Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 3:26 a.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
    Ken Larsen -- Sunday, 3 January 2016, at 6:58 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
      Stick -- Sunday, 3 January 2016, at 7:04 p.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
        Ken Larsen -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 2:09 p.m.
        • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
          Stick -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 3:26 p.m.
          • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
            Colin Owen -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 11:52 p.m.
            • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
              Stick -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 11:56 p.m.
              • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
                Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 6 January 2016, at 2:19 a.m.
        • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
          Bob Koca -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 6:23 p.m.
          • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
            Ken Larsen -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 6:49 p.m.
            • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
              Stick -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 7:46 p.m.
        • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
          neilkaz -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 6:29 p.m.
          • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
            Ken Larsen -- Tuesday, 5 January 2016, at 5:28 a.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
      neilkaz -- Sunday, 3 January 2016, at 9:14 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New - ABT points distribution
      Phil Simborg -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 6:58 a.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Coolrey -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 5:47 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      vidvis -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 7:25 p.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
        David Rennie -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 10:27 p.m.
  • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
    Casper Van der Tak -- Monday, 4 January 2016, at 10:52 p.m.
    • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
      tem_sat -- Tuesday, 5 January 2016, at 1:07 a.m.
      • It's a New Year; Let's do Something New
        Casper Van der Tak -- Tuesday, 5 January 2016, at 8:33 a.m.