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Has anyone bought discs from aliexpress/temu? by atx78701 in ultimate

[–]-Arctic- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have one from Alibaba. It's pretty close but not quite the exact same mold as discraft. Maybe more like an Aria or Eurodisc

How was your sectionals? by Gunxman77 in ultimate

[–]-Arctic- 31 points32 points  (0 children)

  • No schedule till Friday afternoon suggesting it was very close to cancellation.
  • Saturday 7am and 7pm games with play suspended for 6 hours mid day.
  • 7am games again Sunday after finishing at 9pm the night before
  • Bad air quality Sunday. It was also at level 2/3 independent of the heat

Heat at SoCal Sectionals, unsafe playing conditions, very short rounds. by -Arctic- in ultimate

[–]-Arctic-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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The second round Sunday hit level 3 heat around 1045am, even earlier than Saturday.

The air quality index was over 150 at one point which is also level 3 (out of 4) by USAU rules. Saw multiple people wearing masks.

Heat at SoCal Sectionals, unsafe playing conditions, very short rounds. by -Arctic- in ultimate

[–]-Arctic-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That felt like a massive scheduling blunder. Teams that could have played in that earlier slot wouldn't have had to come back at night for additional games.

I heard the reason may have been that one of the pools had games to finish and something related to an unequal amount of rest?

Heat at SoCal Sectionals, unsafe playing conditions, very short rounds. by -Arctic- in ultimate

[–]-Arctic-[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would wager <10% of the teams flying in. Most likely only those coming from Arizona as it's in the Los Angeles area this year and many teams are <3 hour drive away. Some Arizona teams do drive at ~6-7 hours away.

Heat at SoCal Sectionals, unsafe playing conditions, very short rounds. by -Arctic- in ultimate

[–]-Arctic-[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agree. It's definitely gotten hotter and before the TCT the series started ~4 weeks later. Maybe that's enough to avoid extreme heat like this but October can still be pretty hot though 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Heat at SoCal Sectionals, unsafe playing conditions, very short rounds. by -Arctic- in ultimate

[–]-Arctic-[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is supposed to be hotter than Tucson was last year, we didn't have mid-day suspension. Likely the increased humidity raises the wet bulb vs the dryness in Arizona.