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Comment on Recruitment: Analyzing Our Expansion by Zigmister

Zigmister — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:59:29 +0000

Also, an important note is we are often contacted by way of the League email or a comment on the website or forums. Most of the time this doesn’t go anywhere but sometimes it does! I want to say a rough ratio of this success rate is 1/30. Not much, but we love them no matter how they join!

St. Ambrose is the latest team to push through that statistic after first contacting us a few months ago.

And every time we get an email from someone about joining the League, I post it on the League twitter so everyone’s in the loop. Everyone on twitter anyway.

Comment on The ROB 9000 by baidu

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Comment on About by Zigmister

Zigmister — Sun, 12 May 2013 05:16:00 +0000

Hey there! We welcome any college as long as they meet the requirements. Our smallest school at the moment is Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and there’s more small schools on the way, such as St Ambrose in Iowa.
Try emailing our league email [ncdadodgeball@gmail.com] and I could explain any specific questions you may have.

Comment on Season Recap: DePaul Dodgeball by Mittens

Mittens — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:49:52 +0000

Ziggy brings out the best in me lmao

Comment on About by Gjergj Ivezaj

Gjergj Ivezaj — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:56:10 +0000

I’d really like to know how to get my college affiliated with this association. I’m at a community college but I have an undying passion for dodgeball and would very much like to play.

Comment on Season Recap: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers by Josh Raymer

Josh Raymer — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:57:35 +0000

WKU’s record for the 2012-13 season was actually 6-9.

Wins: Miami, SVSU, VCU, DePaul, OSU, Towson
Losses: UK, UK, Kent, UK, JMU, Kent, UK, SVSU, Kent

Comment on Season Recap: Penn State Nittany Lions by Zigmister

Zigmister — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:46:19 +0000

Welcome to the League, Penn State!

Comment on A Year in Review: Towson University by Mario Mario

Mario Mario — Sat, 04 May 2013 05:50:45 +0000

Glad to see you guys had a great year. Hopefully next year we can play each other. It’ll be hard for us to go the east coast but if you all want to go to DePaul for one of our tournaments, that’ll be awesome!

Comment on Season Recap: DePaul Dodgeball by Mario Mario

Mario Mario — Sat, 04 May 2013 05:47:49 +0000

Thanks for putting this up Hiller; even with Mittens flipping off Ziggy during the photo, lol.

Comment on Season Recap: DePaul Dodgeball by Mittens

Mittens — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:55:58 +0000

In my defense for giving the finger, I was still slightly intoxicated when this picture was taken.

Comment on Why the NCDA is Really One Big Family by ssmith19

ssmith19 — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:27:39 +0000

Me from the sideline: “Dan! Why do you never smile?”
Dan: “I’ll smile when I have something to smile about.”

Few hours later during captains meeting someone makes Dan laugh

Me: “DAN I SAW YOU SMILE!”
Dan: “Damnit.”

Comment on Why the NCDA is Really One Big Family by Dan Shackelford

Dan Shackelford — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:24:04 +0000

Love love love!

Building off of this great article and Raymer’s comments in the latest podcast, there definitely was a lot more love at Nationals this year. This league is becoming closer all the time and more and more players are reaching across the court.

We compete hard and laugh hard.

Comment on Why the NCDA is Really One Big Family by Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:37:25 +0000

Awesome write up! And Ryan, I am better then everyone still! Hahaha ;D

Comment on Why the NCDA is Really One Big Family by Ryan Menn

Ryan Menn — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:01:42 +0000

This has been my favorite blog post on here ever!! Funny,edgy,greatly kinda cools things down. But a jab should of been taken at alumni. Old grandparents: Have knowledge about the game but talk like they know everything. Still thinks they are the better than everyone currently in the league.

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast Nationals 2013 by Jason Hallman

Jason Hallman — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:53:21 +0000

Before that gets mistaken. I’m part of the old group now, not the haters…

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast Nationals 2013 by Jason Hallman

Jason Hallman — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:48:47 +0000

Realize there is more then 1 ref every game and this is to balance if you feel that 1 of those refs May or may not be against you.
Those that have played against me know I do not like playing against stall ball, how ever in the turnament I held nothing against any team reguardless of their playstyle as it os a legit stragity. I also challange any player there to say I wasn’t fair. From my opinion what I saw was all the refs trying to do their best in this reguard.
The other thing people have to remeber is we are human and we do miss a few things, but at the same time, others miss things as well that we do catch. When 2 of the 3 refs see something and concure on its the same way the other said, that pretty much should end the debate of the call.x
I have no hate for any team in this when I’m not on the coirt against them, as should every other ref. On the flip side players should always exspect a few calls to not go in their favor from any refs, hired or volenteered. But before you start saying the alumni refs are bad or biased… remember you could have refs that have no idea what they are calling. Xp
Also as for stein, I don’t think everyone hates you. Maybe some old farts with grudges. (Which yes i am now part of that group to ) Xp
But not the league as a whole.

Take everything with a grain of salt and come back swinging in the alumni game.
Good luck to all the teams and alumni left playing.

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast Nationals 2013 by Cortnie Thompson

Cortnie Thompson — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:19:39 +0000

I just want to say that I appreciate Michael McCarthy for giving us some love and credit. I have been to 4 of the last 6 national tournaments and I can say that SVSU has some pretty great relationships with other teams. WE have since the beginning. It saddens me that we are being discouraged from bringing our entire team/some fans to the tournament. This helps expand the league and create some interest. The fans make the league what it has become today.
It is also discouraging to me that we are being talked bad about because we disagreed with some calls made by a ref. Being around just as long as ms. Ellison, I can say that I know better than to volunteer to ref. It is a tough job, especially with men screaming in your face all day. However, you should still be able to make some good calls and not get all flustered. Also, the reason the team was so upset was because we felt our refs were too distracted by other games (OSU and KY) and I believe Kent State was playing at the same time. This is the biggest tourney of the year and we felt that we were not given the concentration we deserved.
All in all, I had a great weekend. I traveled 8 hours there and back as an alumni and it was an experience for the books. I really hope the SVSU team can raise some money to help North Texas and Louisiana get in another tourney before nationals.

Oh, and I will have you all know that it was the “bad blood” SVSU players that went to the captains of both GV and MSU and wished them luck in their next games and told them to bring the cup back to Michigan. We were sad we lost, yes, but we were happy to know that Michigan was being represented in the finals by such great teams as MSU and GVSU.

I have and always will love dodgeball. Let us keep it fun, and keep it real.

-Cortnie Thompson
Alumni, SVSU

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast Nationals 2013 by Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:00:56 +0000

I just want to make one thing very clear. I am a fan of SVSU Dodgeball along with a lot of other people in this league. The passion their team shows for the game and the comradery they show is amazing. Obviously things are going to be said from both parties that everyone isn’t going to agree with and tempers are going to flare. I love every last of one you on the SVSU team and keep up the good work. There is a reason you all have been around so long and as good as you are.

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast Nationals 2013 by Marissa Hazard SV Dodgeball

Marissa Hazard SV Dodgeball — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:31:21 +0000

To clarify something, SVSU only had 4 or 5 actual “Fans” come to Nationals in Kentucky. The rest were actual team members who contribute a lot to the team, and worked hard to pay for a charter bus to nationals so we didn’t have to put more wear and tear on our cars. Yes we do get heated during matches and argue with refs, especially when some terrible calls are made that shouldn’t have been called, but as for off the court I believe we have some great relationships with other teams. Obviously there is a “Most Hated NCDA Dodgeball Team” and SVSU is that team, but I think that people should really get to know us off the court because we are full of the most passionate and lovable people you will ever meet. And as you saw after our loss to MSU, we were very upset because that was the last game all of our seniors ever played at a National level, it was very difficult to see the heart break after all of our hard work throughout the season.

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast Nationals 2013 by Jason Stein

Jason Stein — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:28:29 +0000

Of talking crap*

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast Nationals 2013 by Jason Stein

Jason Stein — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:24:27 +0000

The 4 minutes about talking crap about SVSU is ridiculous. First off you volunteered to ref! You should know what you’re getting into and if you make a bad call admit it or stand by your call if you think it was right. I reffed all levels of basketball from intramural to high school. I didn’t make that much doing it and I got shouted at every second. Intramural and club were easily the worst.

Also you act like bringing a ton of fans to nationals would be a bad thing if that was even the case. Oh god exposure for dodgeball. Sounds horrific. I think it’s horrific that the kent state girl pretty much admits she wanted SVSU to lose and for the game to be over. That should be the leagues main concern. Refs like that.

You volunteered for one of the hardest jobs you can ask for. Next time assume you’ll get yelled at because it happens everywhere. It isn’t just SVSU.

I stopped listening to the podcast after that and will advise everyone I know never to listen to it again.

Jason Stein – the most hated man in dodgeball. Bring on the comments bc I know what this post is getting me into and I can take it haha

Comment on Towson Throwdown by URL

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Comment on A Year in Review: James Madison by Zigmister

Zigmister — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:37:30 +0000

Both spreadsheets were correct at the time of the Nationals seedings and everything, April 14. I think Sean just read it wrong, since the sheets haven’t been edited since the 16th and this was posted on the 23rd.

Comment on NCDA Newsletter 2013-04-16 by uk99

uk99 — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:04:50 +0000

just wondering by any chance is there any possibility that the misc teams games will be put up??

Comment on A Year in Review: James Madison by ssmith19

ssmith19 — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:40:54 +0000

Sorry guys, I was looking at the google doc, it said JMU won, guess I need to edit that

Comment on A Year in Review: James Madison by topherhess

topherhess — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:53:53 +0000

Agreed with Shadeed. We lost to SVSU in OT 2-1 at BEAST II

Comment on A Year in Review: James Madison by Shadeed Drakeford

Shadeed Drakeford — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:21:18 +0000

Wait a minute now… JMU didn’t beat SVSU 2-1 in Overtime. They lost to them in Overtime 2-1. I was there watching the overtime game myself before we went to go eat lunch.

Comment on AJP #29 by Mario Mario

Mario Mario — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:12:14 +0000

I think you could have gotten the 18 kills Sam….. But only if you included catches.

Comment on AJP #29 by Wes

Wes — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:21:26 +0000

I hate you Sam lol

Comment on One of the Greats by Ben Dover

Ben Dover — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:27:43 +0000

Well said…

Comment on NCDA Newsletter 2013-04-16 by Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:36:08 +0000

“Everybody love everybody!!” Can this be a league slogan?

Comment on NCDA Newsletter 2013-04-16 by Tudodgeball

Tudodgeball — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:37:59 +0000

Will commentary be added to the vids, Troy Dixon I believe had the commentary to the ladies match?

Comment on Friday-Saturday Results by Dylan Fettig

Dylan Fettig — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:43:09 +0000

What about GVSU – Miami?

Comment on A Fresh View on Nationals by UK99

UK99 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:27:52 +0000

this weekend end was amazing. even for us that played on the misc team calling ourselves the “misfits” we had a blast. i mean we had JMU, SV, UK, north texas, and a few others that would jump in and out during the day. but it was fun and we got to play with other players from all over. i can’t wait till next year.

I want to see north Texas have a team next year the 2 guys we played with were amazing and the one could catch just like drew from UK. they have the start of a great team just from those 2.. also fear the JMU girls they can catch and throw.

Comment on A Fresh View on Nationals by Alex Swedowski

Alex Swedowski — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:52:58 +0000

I could not agree with you more, sir! It was truly a pleasure getting to talk to you! Can’t wait to see you next year! -Alex Swedowski, UWP #3

Comment on Nationals 2013 by Steve

Steve — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:48:00 +0000

Is this in Eastern Time or Central Time? Or another time zone? Thanks

http://ncdadodgeball.com/?p=2252#more-2252

Comment on AJP #28 by Felix Perrone

Felix Perrone — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:36:52 +0000

You boys are doing a great job with these podcasts! It is leaps and bounds above the silly antics of the Perrone, Heichelbech, & Newton era haha

Comment on POOL B PREVIEW by TogaDaddy

TogaDaddy — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:53:23 +0000

Go UK this is your year!!!!!

Comment on 2013 Nationals Selection Show by Zigmister

Zigmister — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:48:07 +0000

Guys, I’m sorry the spreadsheet is so blurry… didn’t realize. 480p sucks! Let’s hop Google allows HD hangouts soon.
Here’s the spreadsheet though: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao40WaixGge4dDFrMVpEZUFSWTh2UXNMS25zaHBETEE#gid=8

Comment on 2013 Nationals Selection Show by Zac Brown

Zac Brown — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:25:22 +0000

Alumni do get a game!

Comment on 2013 Nationals Selection Show by Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:40:09 +0000

Those nationals shirts are filthy, and ALUMNI should be playing! =)

Comment on AJP #27 by Josh Sayre

Josh Sayre — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:39:35 +0000

Hey I’m from the Kent team, I agree with you that the standings are pretty wacky I would like to see a change. However the system that you seem to be wanting in place with strength of schedule, I feel could slow the growth of the league. If quality of opponent were to matter, then I feel the bigger teams would also have less incentive to go to small tournaments and be ambassadors for the league to new schools. For example, if there are two tournaments back to back weekends for god knows why, and one has power house teams, and the other is mostly new schools. equal distance from you, I feel most bigger teams would travel to the big tournament on the standing system alone. It could segregate the league, I personally don’t feel it has grown enough for a big change like that. I think it is a great system, but not for the NCDA yet. just my 2 cents.

Comment on AJP #27 by Felix Perrone

Felix Perrone — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:14:21 +0000

It’s time to change the 9volt in your smoke detector… It’s a safety issue at this point.

Comment on AJP #27 by cg

cg — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:06:27 +0000

“Bomis you hear what you gotta do.”

Noted.

Comment on Opinion: Who I Would Take Into Overtime by jim

jim — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:31:34 +0000

I would take
Bryce Corrion
Kevin Bailey
Spencer Jardine
Wes Hopkins
Jeremy Stempky
Felix Perrone

Comment on 2013 All Star Draft Video by Zac Brown

Zac Brown — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:41:13 +0000

Draft Number All Star School
1 Mark Trippiedi GVSU
2 Dylan Fettig GVSU
3 Cam Fulmer Kent
4 Miles Shepard SVSU
5 Spencer Jardine SVSU
6 Bryce Corrion CMU
7 Ryan Pattison Moody
8 Josh Sayre Kent
9 Andrew Hasset JMU
10 Kevin Bailey GVSU
11 Mike Van Ermen MSU
12 Drew Greenawalt UK
13 Anthony Netzel DePaul
14 Troy Dixon DePaul
15 Brett Hadwin CMU
16 Alex Acton MSU
17 Joe Tobin Towson
18 Austin Dubree WKU
19 Alex Sorrels WKU
20 Eric Davenport UK
21 Wes Peters CMU
22 Alex Swedowski UWP
23 JD Gilliam WKU
24 Brent Gromer JMU
25 Max Siler SVSU
26 Luke Aubrey Moody
27 Mitch Malleo Kent
28 Brandon Engleman UK
29 Brian Van Meter DePaul
30 Jake Triplett BGSU
31 Brett Ireland JMU
32 Chris Hess JMU
33 Jon Shaw Towson
34 Mario Romanelli DePaul
35 Josh Laney OSU
36 Kevin Miller MSU
37 Martreece Pennington NSULA
38 James Klingemann Penn St
39 Sam Clark Miami
40 Vince Bagget GVSU
41 Grayson Hood SVSU
42 Jake Ochoa Moody
43 William Deutsch Penn St
44 Zach Bauer MSU
45 “Ryan Hinman
” Kent
46 Alex Higbee UWP
47 Eric Citizen NSULA
48 Sean Smith Towson
49 Dan Grainger OSU
50 John Malone Penn St
51 Evan Bemus WKU
52 Tyrell Smith BGSU
53 Tyler Harp UK
54 Amelio Lopez Moody
55 Jeff Starr OSU
56 Trevor O’Loughlin Towson
57 Tyler Frank CMU
58 Evan Freer BGSU
59 Rory Stitzlein Miami
60 Caleb Strange NSULA
61 Nick Fausnight OSU
62 Kenneth Russ Penn St
63 Erik Zander UWP
64 Jeff Jarrett Miami
65 Justin Hastings UWP
66 Miles Brown NSULA
67 John Hartzell BGSU
68 Steve Meyer Miami

Comment on AJP Special: Alumni Podcast March 2013 by Molly

Molly — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:43:49 +0000

Whoa whoa whoa…what do you mean by “spiritual predecessor”? DePaul Dodgeball, established in 2001ish, preceded Aberdeen. Aberdeen came around in 2002-2003ish. The two clubs formed on their own, and then, after a group of us graduated from DePaul, the two clubs become familiar with each other.

IN OTHER NEWS: Aberdeen is back: https://www.facebook.com/ASDNchicago

Comment on 2013 All Stars by Zeke Smith

Zeke Smith — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:04:23 +0000

Yeah ok but you guys weren’t chosen by your team so why would you play?

Comment on 2013 All Stars by Zigmister

Zigmister — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:07:53 +0000

Yes, it will upload it to YouTube automatically i believe. http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html

Comment on 2013 All Stars by Felix Perrone

Felix Perrone — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:03:48 +0000

WKU and Kent can just pick one more All Star to replace Dan and I on the master list. Or MSU and DePaul can get rid of one of their All Stars on the master list and replace them with Sam and Zig. I’m more in favor of the first suggestion.