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Poker Forum => APAT Awards 2007 => Awards Archive => APAT Awards => Awards Discussion => Topic started by: WarBwastardo on January 05, 2008, 20:10:57 PM
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These awards being dished out are a decent enough idea, but perhaps next year the whole thing can be co-ordinated a little better and in partnership with alcohol and maybe even a little bit of mirth too?
Instead of posting the awards on the forum, might it be possible to have some sort of Christmas APAT bash? Like a blonde bash maybe, and dish out some awards prior to a drunken £50 freeze-out in one of the APAT venues?
I think it"s a shame the player of the year for season one won"t have the opportunity to go to the Bahamas this year so maybe getting the things out of the way in early December will allow the season 2 winner to attend next year?
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Also, can someone really warrant a Hall of Fame place after just one season? Is APAT an established enough association for anyone to warrant a Hall of Fame position?
In most other sports you have to have played for a period of time and been retired for a few seasons and have wonky knees or something in order to view the player with a degree of perspective before considering them for the Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame spot in this instance can only really go to the player of the year cant it? What if we find out after a couple more months that the chosen Hall of Famer has fluked his place and is actually a mincer?
Only joking of course, but really a Hall of Fame spot ought to be something special and one season's results and contributions I don't think can justify the position. Just an opinion and I hope those in the reckoning won't take offence.
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These awards being dished out are a decent enough idea, but perhaps next year the whole thing can be co-ordinated a little better and in partnership with alcohol and maybe even a little bit of mirth too?
Instead of posting the awards on the forum, might it be possible to have some sort of Christmas APAT bash? Like a blonde bash maybe, and dish out some awards prior to a drunken £50 freeze-out in one of the APAT venues?
I think it"s a shame the player of the year for season one won"t have the opportunity to go to the Bahamas this year so maybe getting the things out of the way in early December will allow the season 2 winner to attend next year?
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Also, can someone really warrant a Hall of Fame place after just one season? Is APAT an established enough association for anyone to warrant a Hall of Fame position?
In most other sports you have to have played for a period of time and been retired for a few seasons and have wonky knees or something in order to view the player with a degree of perspective before considering them for the Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame spot in this instance can only really go to the player of the year cant it? What if we find out after a couple more months that the chosen Hall of Famer has fluked his place and is actually a mincer?
Only joking of course, but really a Hall of Fame spot ought to be something special and one season's results and contributions I don't think can justify the position. Just an opinion and I hope those in the reckoning won't take offence.
It was felt to be too soon for an awards get together in season one. We felt that sort of thing would be more appropriate when the Association is up and functioning, allowing us to tie the AGM with an Awards do or similar. For info, the timing of the awards had nothing to do with the PoY missing out on a trek to the Caribbean.
I understand your point on the HoF and largely agree. However, if you have a big enough character to put in there, it shouldn"t matter whether they have earned that level of respect in one year, or over several. If the member is right, the time should be also. We feel we have a member that ticks all the boxes, with the exception of the mincer box.
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These awards being dished out are a decent enough idea, but perhaps next year the whole thing can be co-ordinated a little better and in partnership with alcohol and maybe even a little bit of mirth too?
Instead of posting the awards on the forum, might it be possible to have some sort of Christmas APAT bash? Like a blonde bash maybe, and dish out some awards prior to a drunken £50 freeze-out in one of the APAT venues?
I had the same idea. I think it"s something Des is planning for next time - it was a bit too early this time.
I thought about a £50 F/O, or maybe a team heads-up event. Something that is focused on fun, beer, and celebrating APAT - with the poker a side issue (for once).
It would be good to have an APAT get together that wasn"t "ruined" by a two-day poker tournament. You get knocked out early from a National, and you might make a quick exit. Go deep, and you don"t get a chance to speak to anyone who"s not on your table. An awards evening would be a good social event.
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Fun, BEER and celebrating .I like the sound of that.
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Fun, BEER and celebrating .I like the sound of that.
Easy to see Micky has an autosearch on the word BEER.
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These awards being dished out are a decent enough idea, but perhaps next year the whole thing can be co-ordinated a little better and in partnership with alcohol and maybe even a little bit of mirth too?
Instead of posting the awards on the forum, might it be possible to have some sort of Christmas APAT bash? Like a blonde bash maybe, and dish out some awards prior to a drunken £50 freeze-out in one of the APAT venues?
I had the same idea. I think it"s something Des is planning for next time - it was a bit too early this time.
I thought about a £50 F/O, or maybe a team heads-up event. Something that is focused on fun, beer, and celebrating APAT - with the poker a side issue (for once).
It would be good to have an APAT get together that wasn"t "ruined" by a two-day poker tournament. You get knocked out early from a National, and you might make a quick exit. Go deep, and you don"t get a chance to speak to anyone who"s not on your table. An awards evening would be a good social event.
??? What"s he talking about Dewi?
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Fun, BEER and celebrating .I like the sound of that.
Dunno...sounds like it could be expensive ;D
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These awards being dished out are a decent enough idea, but perhaps next year the whole thing can be co-ordinated a little better and in partnership with alcohol and maybe even a little bit of mirth too?
Instead of posting the awards on the forum, might it be possible to have some sort of Christmas APAT bash? Like a blonde bash maybe, and dish out some awards prior to a drunken £50 freeze-out in one of the APAT venues?
I had the same idea. I think it"s something Des is planning for next time - it was a bit too early this time.
I thought about a £50 F/O, or maybe a team heads-up event. Something that is focused on fun, beer, and celebrating APAT - with the poker a side issue (for once).
It would be good to have an APAT get together that wasn"t "ruined" by a two-day poker tournament. You get knocked out early from a National, and you might make a quick exit. Go deep, and you don"t get a chance to speak to anyone who"s not on your table. An awards evening would be a good social event.
??? What"s he talking about Dewi?
LOL - I was talking about the majority.
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These awards being dished out are a decent enough idea, but perhaps next year the whole thing can be co-ordinated a little better and in partnership with alcohol and maybe even a little bit of mirth too?
Instead of posting the awards on the forum, might it be possible to have some sort of Christmas APAT bash? Like a blonde bash maybe, and dish out some awards prior to a drunken £50 freeze-out in one of the APAT venues?
I had the same idea. I think it"s something Des is planning for next time - it was a bit too early this time.
I thought about a £50 F/O, or maybe a team heads-up event. Something that is focused on fun, beer, and celebrating APAT - with the poker a side issue (for once).
It would be good to have an APAT get together that wasn"t "ruined" by a two-day poker tournament. You get knocked out early from a National, and you might make a quick exit. Go deep, and you don"t get a chance to speak to anyone who"s not on your table. An awards evening would be a good social event.
??? What"s he talking about Dewi?
Do you mean Dewi "Advance Party" James?
(http://lh3.google.co.uk/www.apat.com/R12VHe3MGPI/AAAAAAAAI44/yxRIC0ckuzw/s288/IMG_5676.jpg)
I wouldn"t mind, but we only asked him to sort out the side pot.
(http://lh5.google.co.uk/www.apat.com/R12VM-3MGVI/AAAAAAAAI5o/FZ8K_pTQqRc/s288/IMG_5682.jpg)
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Do you mean Dewi "Advance Party" James?
(http://lh3.google.co.uk/www.apat.com/R12VHe3MGPI/AAAAAAAAI44/yxRIC0ckuzw/s288/IMG_5676.jpg)
Why wasn"t this nominated for Image Of The Year??
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Do you mean Dewi "Advance Party" James?
(http://lh3.google.co.uk/www.apat.com/R12VHe3MGPI/AAAAAAAAI44/yxRIC0ckuzw/s288/IMG_5676.jpg)
Why wasn"t this nominated for Image Of The Year??
Nothing unusual about it....
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Yes there is. The glass is empty.
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Yes there is. The glass is empty.
LMAO, very clever Dan.
Geo
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I was really tired ::)
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and I suggest it"s held in Manchester, seemed to work for me ;)
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We feel we have a member that ticks all the boxes, with the exception of the mincer box.
So it"s not Daniel then ? ;D
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I was really tired ::)
and I think hungry.... my fingers can"t take getting bitten much more LOL ;D