Gsod line up confirmed

[xtreme rebel]

Should never be more than 2 spots available at the qualifiers IMO. Was better when they used to pick players from reginal ranking tables.

No it wasn't, they were mostly rubbish.

It meant better quality players. 7 spots on a one off best of 9 leg event could give you anybody and dilute the quality.

Max 4 players for the qualifiers IMO.

[xtreme rebel]

Should never be more than 2 spots available at the qualifiers IMO. Was better when they used to pick players from reginal ranking tables.

No it wasn't, they were mostly rubbish.

Top player not already qualified from OoM, Pro Tour, European Tour + 4 from qualifier. That's what I would do.

[Ecky Thump]

Should never be more than 2 spots available at the qualifiers IMO. Was better when they used to pick players from reginal ranking tables.

No it wasn't, they were mostly rubbish.

Except for Darin Young.

[el_ringo]

Should have :

1 qualifier from a pdpa members only tournament
1 qualifier from the conventional anyone who enters
1 for both the WDT & Masters Winner But ONLY if they both have agreed to go to QS next year (if this leaves any spots open ask the ladies champion but with the proviso that if they decline the ladies would not be asked again)
Top OOM ,Pro Tour , Euro not qualified
1 wildcard voted by PDC.tv members

Should easy get enough quality in then

[oche balboa]

Haha blackmail

[Ginge]

Seems fair enough to me, can't get something for nothing.

[The Jolly Man]

Should never be more than 2 spots available at the qualifiers IMO. Was better when they used to pick players from reginal ranking tables.

No it wasn't, they were mostly rubbish.

Except for Darin Young.

Pat Orreal in 2007 reached the last 16 only losing 10-9 to Klassen, Mawson also reached the L16 but cant work out how he qualified.

2008 saw Darin Young reach the L16
2009 saw Darin Young reach the L16 only losing 10-9 to Thornton.

And that was the end of the international invitations.

[oche balboa]

You cant put a gun to a blokes head and say go q school if you accept etc, people have their own lifes and the PDC cannot dicate that, The Cross code element makes this unique

But its not like they havent switched after playing in the GSOD as a BDO Player

Anderson, Webster, Woods, Whitlock, Winstanley, Chisnall, Hankey And Thornton and Bunting switched after qualifying for the event as a BDO Player. The event has worked to attact the big BDO names to the PDC

[Ginge]

Seems fair to me if you want a place in a different organisations event.

Although the fact that Q School is AFTER the Slam makes that idea unworkable. I see nothing wrong with it working the other way round, i.e. offering a place in the 2015 Slam should you play Q School in Jan 2015. Cant have your cake and eat it. Or as Oche might say, "Can't cake eat".

[ChrisW]

Cant have your cake and eat it.

Yes you can. Some had had their fill of tasty GSOD cake.

[Ginge]

I meant in terms of offering spots to "minor" BDO tournaments

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[ChrisW]

The PDC have been supporting Waite's career as chief shelf 'putter upper' for years now.

[oche balboa]

Ginge trying to be funny then

[oche balboa]

So the GSOD will be another pdc event

[el_ringo]

So the GSOD will be another pdc event

It is and always has been just like UK Open and World Cup which have both also welcomed non PDPA members with open arms for a number of years.

What current or planned 'divide' Majors are welcoming PDPA members these days ?

[Ginge]

Ha, he wont be so fast to reply to that one

[Bruce Terrett]

Mawson also reached the L16 but cant work out how he qualified.

US Order of Merit, or something similar?

[The Jolly Man]

So the GSOD will be another pdc event

Which it will become at some point in the future, the BDO surely cant keep hanging on forever.

[Ginge]

"The PDC do not owe BDO players a living"

[Ginge]

Ha, he wont be so fast to reply to that one

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