I think that every greater adjustment on BAP would destroy BAP. The mystic, mega cool badass super group. As far as I know BAP was always a elitist group who invited the best players at there times with all the criterias Allan mentiond (uniqueness of style for example).
I also can understand Ken for refusing the membership. BAP is exclusive, excluding. It's realy "subjective" to get invited. You can bust it out like hell, if BAP doesn't like you, you will never get in.
But a lot of players looking for some kind of recognition. Nowadays it's easier to win some medals at euros or worlds. But maybe there's also a need for a general goal, an achievment, like getting BAPed. It's like a title you can earn at University, something you will carry on your whole shred life.
So why don't we use the badge system to define a level of shred where you get a title like "super shredajin" or whatever. If you get all the badges in bronze your junior "shredajin" silver: semi-shredajin (or, again, whatever). You can also get your own t-shirt and so on. So the system already exists, it maybe just needs the "right" promotion. And it's not in competion to BAP because BAP is subjective, badges are objective
No new BAP since 2014
Re: No new BAP since 2014
Julian
Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria
Re: No new BAP since 2014
If you create a group that confers a t-shirt to members when they get in, you're already ahead of BAP.jooles wrote: You can also get your own t-shirt and so on.
Re: No new BAP since 2014
Jr. BAP is about to run the game.C-Fan wrote:
If you create a group that confers a t-shirt to members when they get in, you're already ahead of BAP.
Live, Love, Footbag
Derek Littlefield
Derek Littlefield
Re: No new BAP since 2014
2002 was the year of the Golden Child. The bar has been ridiculous ever since that year. He alone raised the level of the sport. I think the line went "Are we witnessing the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?".C-Fan wrote:
Back in 2002, the same could have been said about mid 90s BAP. Most non-BAP pros in 2002 were at the level of 1997 BAP. I'm sure there were people in 2002 who thought that was unfair and also wanted the bar lowered. If that had happened, do we think we'd be at the level of your average BAP player today?
Then there was Champion's league... So I think the level of play was set to rise regardless of who was BAP.
If the bar were based on Vasek 2004 - how many would make it over that bar?