Hey we know how you feel Lukus, we are sad the dodgeball season is over too! But hey wipe those tears away, because before you know it spring will be here and there will be more dodgeball to come. So cheer up buddy! Penelope still won first place this season! Although we have to hand it to Stonewall in the tournament last night. I don't think anyone, especially us, saw that shocker coming. They really amped it up last night and beat some really great teams (cough cough Cubbyhole cough cough) to make it to the finals. A rousing and aggressive night all around. We still would have loved to see Vinny from UC Lounge finish out his last game against Penelope to win the match (can you say one man wrecking crew), but you can't win them all can you? xoxo
47 comments:
UC Lounge was robbed, they should have been able to finish the game.
congrats to team stonewall. what an unexpected win last night...you guys handled yourself with a lot of class.
YES, NICE JOB STONEWALL. YOU GUYS WERE V. RESPECTFUL OF THE GAME IN THE FINAL. WISH I CAN SAY THE SAME FOR SOME TEAMS....
Congrats to Bonobos for not self conbusting on the court in a fit of rage. We really thought it got close a couple of times.
I love how lil’ miss “I will not apologize for standing up to players who refuse to leave after getting hit with the ball and/or argue a controversial call by a ref” would not get off the court after she was clearly hit by the ball on her hand when holding the ball during the first match in the final.
She was hoping that the refs didn’t see it but they saw it. That was a real class act.
Can refs always sit down and casually eat cookies while players are arguing with them? That was priceless.
Congrats Stonewall. You played great!
did anyone notice that some teams didn't play some of thier players?
absolutely nothing in the rules about equality of play time...
Sure...BUT if you're going to bench ppl...At least notify them before the game....So they have the option to come or not...
GO stonewall the funniest team off all no screaming no attitude.. and the pretty princess cheer was hot..
What team didn't play people??
What people were benched? Seemed like everyone was playing to me.
Anon 3:46 - Hey, to tell ya the truth I thought all were yelling me out cause it appeared that I dropped the ball after they threw it at me. I never felt it hit me, but was told afterwards, that was the reason. Oh well, I still went out. Again, Stonewall was just too good!
So, next time why dont you just say it to my face or publish your name!
Ha, Dominic, great behavior of a board member. Cheating and fighting about it on this website... Would have thought a team like yours would have been more fair and less argumenative with a board member on it, but Bonobos proved that wrong all season... There's leadership for you folks!
Your right - I shouldn't be getting into these fights and as a big ole' board member, just be as passive as possible and not call your cheating ways out either!
Who Cares - I am done.
@ Dom: just grow up already, plz.
Eat me. All of you.
DOM 3:47 = HE EVEN ADMITS THAT HE CHEATS. THIS CONFIRMS THE GENESIS OF ALL THE DRAMA OF THE SEASON. I GUESS WE ARE STUCK WITH THIS SINCE THEY DONT WANT TO HAVE ELECTIONS.
Who Are You Mean Girls?
Sure Dom is a bit much on the court and has had some moments this season, but I would not classify him as a cheater...
He's still sunshine to me.
@ ANON 12/09 1:24
Me too!
Me too
I gotta agree with the last couple of people, I like Dom a lot. He's a lot of fun and is always smiling. Sorry if some of you haven't seen that, but maybe it's because you don't actually know him.
Or maybe it's cause he's not actually always smiling and spends 50% of his time at the gym screaming at every other person on the court over absolute bullshit and demands other people go off the court when he THINKS they've been hit but the moment someone accuses him of being hit by a ball he turns into a banshee.
I couldn't agree more. After getting to know Dom on my team this season, I really have hanging out with him and playing on the same team. Intense? Sure. But most of us seem to be. On every team! He is a good person and I am happy to call him my teammate!
*really have ENJOYED i mean to say :)
@ Anon 12/9 4:14
Why don't you take your balls out of your purse and stop being such a cry baby? Dom yelled at me! I'm soo upset! BOO HOO.
Dom is cool in my book. It's a short book, but he's cool in it.
I know why that cutie is sad and have seen the solution with my very own eyes. Just wait and the fix will be new post unto itself...if you haven't seen the signs all season already.
Can we return to an accusation that was made earlier in the comments thread?
What team wasn't playing all of their team members?
i heard that some teams choose to hold back a couple of their weaker players off the field. not for all 3 games but for some. this is against the rules. but it's also against the rules to play players that have not been there for 50% of the games and that happened as well. i'm pretty sure stonewall didn't do either of those. so the results would have been the same.
it's hard for the refs to watch out for that, but these problems should be addressed for future seasons.
@ Anon 12:46: This is true but I knw one team held players out in favor of one of their better players who missed 50-60% of the games.
It's a shame that eveyone hate on Bonobos but they were fair with one another and let everyone play.
@Anons 12:46 and 1:46 Where exactly does it say in the rule book that you can't sit out weaker players?
http://bigappledodgeball.com/dodgeball/rules/
I'm aware of the the rule of playing %50 of regular season games.
@ Anon10:13 , I understand what you're saying but it also says u have to attend at least half of the games and some didnt do that since "Oh no one's checking, whatever. I just sign up each season so I can get the code to keep coming back." But those who do know about this were the ones who were asked to sit out in favor of these guys. And that's not right!!!
To Anon 10:13am
11. THE GAME / CYCLING IN
a. When a member of your team catches a ball thrown by your opponent, a member of your team who is OUT can come into the game. Players will rotate into the game in the same order they were called out. Team can never exceed more than 6 players on the court.
So basically you cannot cycle in people ahead of anyone else waiting to play.
Dom is a bitch, plain and simple. He is one of the biggest cheaters, throws high ball every throw at peoples heads (some on purpose)and is the most arguementative player in the league. He tries to refs the games in which he is playing.
I'd rather be hated then not noticed at all!!
YOUUU GOOOOOO DOMMMM!!!!!!!!
@Anon 12:25
I'm well aware of the rule of rotation as it classicly pertains to not "batting out of order" by comparison to baseball.
That's not exactly what we're talking about. If you have a member of your team 'sit out' of a game, they are not in that games line up and in that case the rule of cycling in doesn't apply to them. References to the order you were "called out" means players that were already in the game.
Try again.
To ANON 12:25 : Oh gurl, stop trying to be shady. It's DODGEBALL. Youre so hung up on winning. Give it a rest. Have fun; make it about the team. Not try to prove how big your dick is when we all know its teeny.
XES
@ Anon 2:07
I guess that is one way to interpret it, but I believe not the correct one. The very first rule states:
1. THE TEAM
a. Six (6) players will compete on each side; others players will stand on the side of the court to rotate in when needed.
I'd interpret that as other players should cycle in when they are caught back in, not the same ones who were just knocked out.
Plus, I believe the way you are interpreting it is completely against the spirit of the game. We are here to have fun with our friends, not win at all costs.
The only reason I brought this up in the first place was to make sure all people play, not just the “good” ones.
Who is responsible for checking up on the dodgeballers' attendance? Commish? Vice-Commish? Dir. of Operations? Rules Dir.? Captain?
The honor code doesn't seem to be working. :-(
@Anon 4:36
This is a bit of a ridiculous conversation. Leave it up to the captains to schedule play time as they see fit within their team's strategy. If any individual feels he/she is being neglected and not allowed to play then they should file a grievance with the board.
@ Anon 12:36 PM
Why is this a ridiculous conversation? Do you think that having people who have paid the same amount as everyone else and show up to play dodgeball should sit out because other people don't deem them good players? That is the reason they chose to join the league.
Team penelopes way:
"Whos gonna sit out?"
"ok we need 5 more people on the court!!"
Best.Team.Ever.
@Anon 4:36
Yes, I believe that is why it's ridiculous. And because I'm an evil villain that steals candy from babies as well.
Actually, I think it's ridiculous because I'm not talking about blackballing people from playing altogether. I think it is however, ok to play some players rather than others depending on the situation. Not in all instances.
What I believe is a lot closer to the middle a compromise of everyone getting equal play time, but acknowledging that it is a sport after all and sometimes it's ok to say, "ya know what, player X is much better than me and this is the deciding game for the match so I'll start sitting out".
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