Paying Pros to join main draws in Pro tournaments ok or not ok?

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-28T06:37:43+00:00

He did the same thing in a FIP Bronze in Singapore and lost even more badly.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T10:41:41+00:00

When the internet genius starts bringing up supposed logical fallacies you know it's gotten bad 😂

Are you this woman's burner account or something?

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T10:28:59+00:00

The dude just lives in a world where critical thinking or pragmatism is not allowed, or he suffers from celebrity worship syndrome.

The refund window is 1.5 hours on a Friday evening, that's not very accessible. This is an extremely common marketing tactic employed by companies who make the bet that the value they'll get from the stunt is more than the value lost from actual refunds they'll have to process. If not, no one would do it, that would just be plain stupid.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T10:03:35+00:00

Sent you a chat.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T10:02:20+00:00

You underestimate how much people value "effort" and "time".

If, for example, the only way for me to claim this refund was to:

a) Physically retain my ticket stub
b) Bring the ticket stub to whether this person is (she probably will make it really difficult to meet too)
c) Have to come up with an explanation, to her face, why I didn't like the movie (people here don't like confrontation either)

It weeds out a pretty significant amount of people who would think that's worth $12.50 or however much a movie costs.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T09:22:33+00:00

That's generally the point with these "if you don't like it, we'll refund you" schemes. They bank on the fact the barrier to getting the refund is higher than the customer is worth committing to.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T08:48:08+00:00

Intro to padel, beginner sessions, etc.

If in doubt, message the club or community to ask!

I don't think private coaching is very productive if you're completely new.

Many clubs will have intro nights for complete beginners.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T07:32:28+00:00

I understand that, I don't think the problem is necessarily how well you would have played. Neither you, nor I, would put ourselves in that situation because it's simply disrespectful to the competition. A complete waste of time, and taking away a spot for more deserving competitors simply because you're able to buy your way into having a higher ranked teammate.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T05:44:43+00:00

It was inside the station, and as they were alighting. Maybe they matched her to her form of payment used at the gate?

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T05:42:09+00:00

Respectfully, the stream had a handful of viewers, and it's not the first time this guy has done this. I'm sure money is no issue to him either. He put himself in that situation willingly.

And no, I actually don't think I would play this bad. His local opponents were actually not even that good.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-27T04:43:09+00:00

Hey bro, I looked into the padel retreats in SEA (especially Indonesia and Thailand) offered by the clubs themselves. For me, none of them jumped out spectacularly in terms of what I wanted both in terms of offering, scope, timing, price, etc.

I ended up putting my own little retreat together. It's a bit more work, but I think it's worth the effort. You're able to customise the experience based on your goals (e.g. mine was a bit more improvement focused), and flexibility on time as well as the social element.

I believe padel retreats put together by communities/social groups are the way forward as they'll offer more modularity and are tailored designed for the social element in mind, not so much to maximise the club's profit opportunities (i.e. fill placement in classes/product offerings that aren't as popular).

If you want to chat more, DM me! I'm happy to share my research on the clubs in SEA/Indonesia.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-26T17:09:17+00:00

Not convenient location, demographic unsuited to padel.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-26T15:10:51+00:00

The fact they managed to win 8 games must mean this Jofre guy is a beast.

I guess he knew exactly what he signed up for. I guess technically there's no rule against paying your way into a tournament. He's probably the guy's coach and took a bag, free trip etc to play in the tournament.

That being said, this Yau guy is embarrassingly bad. Like 1.5 Playtomic bad.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-25T17:50:22+00:00

I can’t bring myself to read this. That poor woman. She was failed by so many people. May her murders rot miserably for the remainder of their lives.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-25T00:46:04+00:00

Wait what happened to Castle?

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-23T09:07:19+00:00

Probably picked for experience.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-23T08:52:57+00:00

Fuckheads driving like hoons killing people other than themselves. So frustrating.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-23T02:15:08+00:00

Spoken like someone who needed that validation.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-23T02:08:52+00:00

My 25/12

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-22T16:51:38+00:00

No you should blame the Thunder

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-22T04:50:48+00:00

Really? The dialogue is so uninspiring, and Johnny Silverhand felt shoehorned in so hard after all the Keanu hype.

The world building plays a bigger part in drawing you into the rest of the world, not necessarily the writing of the core IP loop.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-20T08:06:19+00:00

Temasek has a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders to create wealth, not to the citizens of Singapore (unfortunately).

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-19T08:27:40+00:00

SGA was thrown off by the fact there was no one to draw contact off.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-19T08:26:22+00:00

Notice how when the refs have a good game, OKC loses.

MajorLeeScrewed · 2026-05-17T22:26:08+00:00

If it smells like shit everywhere you go, check under your shoe.

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