What do you do with your overweight discs?

[elmexdela]

Actually, i would put them in a FB auction. I'd bet there are plenty of people who would want 175g penned Halos that are overweight.

i recently threw with a local pro who has a marked 175g disc that said its over 180g and goes 30ft farther than their other discs

and they threw it on a uphill long hole and overdrove it which was the best shot ive ever seen on that hole

tldr- agreed

 

[ballgolfconvert]

I hate that I'm even responding to this, but oh well.

Why is Innova (or any other company) allowed to sell me over weight discs? Shouldn't the blame be put on them not the player? If cleats in sports are only allowed to be a certain length, but Nike sells me a pair of [insert sport here] cleats with them longer than legally allowed, is that my fault? Nike never should have sold them to me in the first place.



Wait, you're a ballgolfconvert, and haven't read Golf is Not a Game of Perfect?

Work on your mental game my.......someone who [****]posts on the same forum as me:|

I agree the onus should be on innova, but ultimately the resposibility rests on the player.

I've read it, but must have missed the part that teaches you to make your mind ok with knowingly cheating. I know for sure it didn't tell me to throw away my integrity because no one would notice.

 

[Hampstead]

Who scales their discs looking for illegal ones? That's dumb.

 

[hiflyer]

Draw Kabuki faces on them, then leave them in random places far away from any courses.

 

[etdefender19]

I tell them to mix in a salad once in a while

 

[wolfhaley]

Don't you have any friends in the disc golf community you can give them too?

I mean, I guess he could give them to BGC. I can't imagine this guy has any actual, real life friends.

 

[wims]

Trim them

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[Nick Pacific]

I mean, I guess he could give them to BGC. I can't imagine this guy has any actual, real life friends.

I'm just flabbergasted that he'd even consider throwing them in the trash TBH. It's like dude, you are going to totally make someone's day by just handing them two brand new Calvin Destroyers. Just go to the park on a busy day, pick out a chucker who is out there with no bag, pass them off. Or some dad with his kids. Or anyone!!! Just don't throw them into the landfill for Pete's sake.

I started this game by someone giving me discs out of kindness, you gotta pass that forward.

 

[glassila]

I'm just flabbergasted that he'd even consider throwing them in the trash TBH. It's like dude, you are going to totally make someone's day by just handing them two brand new Calvin Destroyers. Just go to the park on a busy day, pick out a chucker who is out there with no bag, pass them off. Or some dad with his kids. Or anyone!!! Just don't throw them into the landfill for Pete's sake.

Sadly, there are people in this world who get satisfaction out of other people's anger/misery/discomfort/etc., OMD is one of them.

He is not going to throw discs away. He's just trolling as usual. The internet gives OMD an unlimited opportunity to be an asshat without the risk of being punched in the face. Sad.

 

[ohtobediscing]

A couple years ago I weighed all my discs after washing them. The older, well-used discs all weighed a few grams less than their originally-penned weight. I wasn't surprised, as most had various nicks and scrapes from an abusive owner.

So, my opinion is: wear them down.

 

[Martin Dewgarita]

A couple years ago I weighed all my discs after washing them. The older, well-used discs all weighed a few grams less than their originally-penned weight. I wasn't surprised, as most had various nicks and scrapes from an abusive owner.

So, my opinion is: wear them down.

This seems like the most logical answer to me. Get to know your discs well, break them in, wear them down, they naturally lose weight and you get familiar with the disc and get it ready and legal for tournament play.

 

[rocthecourse]

Leave it out in the sun for the day then re-weigh it, repeat until it weighs less than 175 grams.

Or take it to the course and throw it during casual rounds then weigh it at the end of the round, repeat until it weighs less than 175 grams.

Or put it on ebay as a rare collectible overweight Destroyer for more money than you paid for it, sell it, then buy another one.

 

[oldmandiscer]

We have been around and around this debate. You have to throw the discs. You have to know how the disc you are throwing flies. No one at the top levels of the sport actually believes that if an event came down to one hole with one guy throwing a 175g driver and another guy throwing a 178g driver that it gives the guy throwing 178g driver a huge advantage. They still have to throw the discs. +/- three grams just isn't that big of a deal. If it was, they would be weighing discs. They are not.

If you told McBeth that Conrad's putter was three grams overweight, he'd tell you to go away. Even if it was true, the three grams didn't make that shot go in. You still have to throw the discs.

So it's not a big deal except behind a keyboard.

Why have a weight limit then? Where are you drawing the line? If 3 grams is OK how about 5? 10? 15?

I bet a 185 gram Destroyer will fight the headwind better then a 175.

 

[notapro]

I'm with you. Throw them in the trash.

 

[Three Putt]

Why have a weight limit then? Where are you drawing the line? If 3 grams is OK how about 5? 10? 15?

I bet a 185 gram Destroyer will fight the headwind better then a 175.

If a manufacturer decided to say "Screw it, we are going to run our Destroyer clone disc at 185g and write 175g on them" then it would force the PDGA or DGPT or somebody's hand to do something about it. Until then, we are in the early "just a little sunscreen to help grip" phase of a rule that probably gets technically broken some of the time, but not by much and not in a way that it's allowing some middle-of-the-pack average Open player suddenly vault to top 10 NT finishes. So it's not a big enough deal for big tournaments to be doing bag shakedowns and having players turn each other in for weight checks. It's also certainly not a big enough deal for me to get a scale and find out what it says about the 180g Rocs in my bag.

 

[Hampstead]

They sure weren't setting WFDF records out in the desert with overweight discs.

 

[pjhayes7]

I agree the onus should be on innova, but ultimately the resposibility rests on the player.

I've read it, but must have missed the part that teaches you to make your mind ok with knowingly cheating. I know for sure it didn't tell me to throw away my integrity because no one would notice.

I mean i appreciate this stance in principal, but it practice it is a bit much. The weight rule is intended to prevent injury i believe. But even so, if it truly bothers you, just sell/give them away.

This whole thread is ridiculous because if the OP really had integrity, they would not broadcast to the world how much integrity they have or even bother asking the question.

 

[BillFleming]

That's wasteful. Don't you have any friends in the disc golf community you can give them too? Neighborhood kids? At the very least just pass them off to randos next time you hit the course.

This ^^^

OMD....if you are serious, won't throw them, and plan to throw them away....give them to a new player, someone starting off. You can even tell them it's an illegal disc due to weight, but it's something they can use to learn the game.

 

[chevis]

"just a little sunscreen to help grip"

uh, that's the opposite of what sunscreen does... maybe pinetar would help that phrase

 

[Dingus]

If you told McBeth that Conrad's putter was three grams overweight, he'd tell you to go away. Even if it was true, the three grams didn't make that shot go in. You still have to throw the discs.

Unfortunately I disagree with you on this. I agree that the 3 grams would have no affect, but I believe players would call other players on it to gain an advantage. It is like hockey, where a more curved stick won't really matter, but if you get wind that the other team has one you hold on to it to get an advantage at a key spot. The curve isn't the issue, but the penalty makes it worth calling it.

McBeth MAY not stoop to that low, but I know for a fact rules lawyers like Feldberg and Barry would.