Thanks Mark
I in no way want you to think that I'm complaining about your awesome game....just the sucky throws that some players had (including my own)
The battle top game has proven to stand the test of time and you and McBride have always made it fun. It's one of the big reasons I was looking forward to nationals this year, since I had so much fun with my kids this past summer having many awesome battles....now all I have to do is convert my killer overhand shot throwing a trompo grande to the to those darn snagging bottle cap tops
I find it very satisfying watching powerful accurate throws smash into another tops. I had a great time before the contest throwing with Tonysauce. Tony has a killer throw!
One difficulty we may have with playing over the grass is how to determine if a top that flew out would have actually been spinning. At work, we play with our arena over blacktop and it's easy to see who throws a "Rock" vs. whose top is spinning. We also use the big scoop to add the attempt after point by scooping up our tops and using "The Bomb" to drop them down on the chump top that is left spinning in the arena. I believe this was a traditional method of "old school" play. We could always move the battle top contest to the parking lot of the holiday in at Nats....Finally us spin-top players could take over the place
