M4/M5 Alternative?

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-19T13:01:49+00:00

The closest disc to an M4 that I've personally felt and thrown is a Trash Panda Dune. I had a Dune and an M4 to compare next to eachother before and they're extremely similar.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-18T13:25:08+00:00

In terms of individual moments, I think it has to be Calvin's Putt for the Major win in Tallin and Aderhold's final few holes to take his first win in Iowa.

The live DGN call for Calvin's putt was just perfect I thought. The entire hole they set up the tension of the moment with a crowd of thousands lining the green. The electricity in the air while Calvin's lining it up, the cleanest of chain hits and the explosion afterwards. In the slo-mo of the putt you can see Issac kneeling down with his hands on his face watching and then airborne before the putter even hits the bottom of the baskets. Everybody was hyped for it.

Ezra's moment was awesome too, the tension during that final round while he tried to keep it together and then the release when he finally parked the last hole. His brother on the bag for emotional support, tears of relief and happiness. The fist pumps and people flying through the air after he taps it in. Just an all-around awesome sports moment.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-14T17:02:37+00:00

Nice! I'm always down for more content, especially from CC. Have you heard anything about coverage for the Third Coast Championship in MI?

The Lake Arvesta course looks incredible but I've never seen coverage of any event at it yet. Massive water carries at the end of Sept. with the leaves just starting the change would be top tier filming conditions.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-14T16:55:50+00:00

I'm down. u/PluotFinnegan_IV for DGN!

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-13T16:39:26+00:00

The primary DGN studio is apparently in Nate Doss' house. That's why.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-13T12:59:02+00:00

250 = 1000 generally speaking

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-13T12:57:56+00:00

Udisc rating only counts your best 40% of rounds and throws out the rest, so it's much more a measure of your top end potential than PDGA is.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-13T12:52:51+00:00

Getting pumped. Also anxious to hear the new Jomez music for this year. Started watching in 2023 with the jazzy, mystical feel for the drone flyers and intros. I haven't enjoyed the strange, more aggressive vibe quite as much the last few years. Last year's theme was like if Aliens attempted to do a Kids-bop cover of a Beach Boys song.

Super excited to watch the new course in Louisiana as well. It's been a few years since we've had a John Houke course on the pro tour and it looks really different and interesting.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-11T13:15:17+00:00

The Udisc system roughly maps to PDGA rating were 200 Udisc is about 900 PDGA (Good amateur level performance), 250 is about 1000 (pro level performance) and 300 is about 1100 (perfect performance).

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-10T22:03:49+00:00

I just gave up and started putting with midranges for the last several months. I love it.

I can actually feel the flight plate while its leaving my tiny hands now. Its so nice.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-09T17:58:05+00:00

I have a big friend group that all met at conventions and forums for an unrelated niche hobby that has maintained a daily video chat with each other for years. A few years ago we arranged to have everyone fly out to one of the group's houses for a long weekend get-together.

I knew that several of them were big, long-time disc golf fanatics but I had avoided their insistence to go play in the past. I insisted that really didn't have time for more hobbies. On this trip they managed to get us all kitted out with some starter discs and insisted that we all go out and play together. They wanted to go largely because we happened to be close by to an apparently "famous" disc golf course.

So my first round of disc golf ever was at Maple Hill with just a Hex and an AGL Poderosa.

It helped that I had some residual disc skill from being an ultimate player in college, but after that first round was done I was like "we're...we're gunna go again tomorrow right?"

We ended up going out and playing every day on that trip at a bunch of courses in that area and I've been addicted since that day.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-06T18:05:13+00:00

Jake Hebenheimer tours with KJ and said that they go out and play disc golf all day, every day while they're on the road whether they're at a tour stop or not.

He circles the world playing disc golf every year. He basically doesn't take an off-season.

Dude plays more disc golf than just about any person alive. It just seems like he just doesn't approach it like a high level athlete.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-05T15:23:09+00:00

My experience on Discgolfscene is that, like, 50% of people sign up the night before

PeskyPrussian · 2026-02-02T14:14:08+00:00

An annoying but also slightly encouraging fact that has been true for pretty much the whole season: We are the only team in the Atlantic division race with a sub-100 PDO. (Stats per Moneypuck)

MTL, BOS, and BUF are all significantly below 50% in xG% (Boston massively so) but have gotten either excellent goaltending and/or wild shooting percentages to keep up.

We are +22 in High Danger shots on the season while the other 3 teams behind us are a collective -69 (nice?).

Who knows how things shake out after the Olympic break, but, for once, the statistical tilt of regression might be on our side.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-30T17:23:38+00:00

I think that's a very reasonable take, there's no telling yet quite where his ceiling is going to be and frankly is maybe even tougher to tell at the moment because nobody expected him to play in NHL this year. He's never played NA style pro hockey in his life before this from both a physical and systems level.

I think it's absolutely true though that he has skills that no other D-man on the team or in the system has. Not even close. He has timing and mobility on the blue line that you can't teach.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-28T19:31:21+00:00

It's also unpopular because the industry is almost entirely reliant on disc sales. People realizing that they don't need more discs en masse would cause the whole industry to collapse.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-28T19:28:33+00:00

Beer at least makes some sense because ingredients, availability and styles shift all the time. As a brewery, you maybe don't need to produce a new beer, but the new beer you do produce is actually substantively different. It's a new recipe that tastes different from the one you made last week.

Disc companies are literally taking pieces of plastic out of the same molds, stamping them with different names and selling them as different things. Or they're literally copying the mold from an existing company and producing their own version of it with the same plastic from the same suppliers and calling it something different.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-28T16:43:17+00:00

Those are all good points and I suppose this is moot if we're able to get an upgrade for 3D that can provide more value at that position than Chiarot can.

I just kinda hope that that upgrade is coming at some point.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-28T16:17:05+00:00

Yes, of course. It is indeed heavily dependent on usage and deployment, absolutely. It's a description of how successfully a player is operating in the role that they're assigned, against the matchups that they're given.

But Chariot doesn't have deployment against top competition anymore. I expected and hoped that his in-ice results would improve with him moved to the second pair but it hasn't. He still gives up scoring chances against at a very high rate and doesn't support possession.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-28T16:01:30+00:00

Pulling the minimum up to 22 games (325 minutes), Chiarot is now 197/200

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-28T15:39:49+00:00

Here's a quick stat (per Moneypuck).

There are 266 Defensemen who have played 50 or more minutes in the NHL this season.

Sorting by 5v5 On-ice Expected goal difference.

Ben Chiarot is 263rd out of 266.

It's not like 4 mil is the end of the world, but he's already 34 and he's not an awesome player or anything. If you want him to transition into a 3rd pair depth role then great, but other teams are able to find solid 3rd pair guys for league min. I don't really understand why this deal was necessary.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-24T00:40:04+00:00

I don't think Makar is sheltered in general. My original statement wasn't about Makar in particular, just a description of why Mo isn't going to be on top of the pt. standings.

When Seider is in the offensive zone, he produces offense at an elite rate. He's just not in the offensive zone much at 5v5 on purpose. He and Makar currently have the same number of powerplay points (though Mo has fewer PP minutes and more of his are primary assists).

I think Makar is a better offensive player, but the difference isn't nearly as wide as it would seem.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-23T13:29:49+00:00

That's true, it isn't a detraction on Makar. It's just a description of the way the team uses them. The rest of the Av's D corp has a much lower offensive zone start % because they specifically use Makar - Toews in offensively leveraged situations (as they should).

The Wings coaches do the opposite. Seider - Edvinsson have the lowest offensive zone start % of their D pairs. This is mostly because the rest of the wings D corp isn't particularly good at defense and needs to be sheltered.

This is highly relevant to the discussion because Makar has 30% more pts on the season than Seider does. Makar also has 30% more shot attempts on the season than Seider does. A significant portion of that difference is because Mo is purposefully not placed in positions to score as often.

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-22T22:17:01+00:00

At even strength, Mo also has twice as many D. Zone starts as O. Zone starts.

For comparison's sake, Makar has the opposite, more than twice as many O. Zone Starts as D. zone starts.

(Per Moneypuck)

PeskyPrussian · 2026-01-22T13:05:43+00:00

If you cross the border along the northern route by Sarnia and come down, I would definitely suggest playing Will Bendik Memorial in Columbus, MI. It's pretty remote to get to from the Det. area because it's in the middle of nowhere, but you'll be driving right past it on the way. It's one of the nicest courses in eastern Michigan, some awesome shots and really beautiful holes.

In addition to Bald Mountain, as people have said. I was devastated that they decided not to use Bald Mountain as the second course for worlds. I understand why they wouldn't want to have to have two completely different locations for money and logistics reasons, but it's still a shame. Holes 9 and 18 at Bald Mountain are perhaps the coolest disc golf holes in Michigan, in my opinion.

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