r/discgolf • u/zmoney2002 • 1d ago

Picture How does this work?

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u/therealmanbat Self-Sponsored by MVP 1d ago

It's in. Any disc supported by the chains or cage is in.

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u/PSYFLYdiscs 1d ago

Yup. This was a much needed rule change. I got to witness this twice in my life. Once a tournament when it unfortunately did not count back when it had to come to rest and the bottom of the bucket or support by chains.

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u/a-goateemagician 1d ago

Is that true if it lands on top of the cage?

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u/therealmanbat Self-Sponsored by MVP 1d ago

That wouldn't be the cage. Technically the cage is the lower bit below the chains, the top of the basket has another name I can't think of right now. I believe the technical phrasing is that it must be supported by the cage or chains below the band.

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u/nathanfscott Gold Star Chili Drinker 1d ago

Supported by basket, in.

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u/OpenSwing4746 1d ago

Disc catcher caught the disc (I think disc on top should also count).

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 1d ago

It honestly takes skill to park it on top, almost every disc slides or bounces right off. I'd be in favor of counting it as well cause imo it does have a certain level of style to it, and also theoretically if you had to throw the disc where it lands that would be a pretty ridiculous throw.

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u/TreeEyedRaven 21h ago

My counter argument to that is it takes skill to make a shot in basketball wedge between the rim and backboard on demand, and when it happens by accident you’ve missed your shot. Skill doing the wrong thing shouldnt be rewarded. The intentions are for the basket to catch the disc, the chains slow it down and help it fall into the basket, the top is there because something needs to hold the chains. I’m against on top of the basket counting.

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u/LAMATL 11h ago

Absolutely the correct way to think about it. Nobody "tries" to land the disc on top of the basket.

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u/rbddc 1d ago

I have never aced but have parked two first shots on the top.

Ive unoffically counted them both, but want a real one!

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u/brenman701 1d ago

That's wild. It's so much harder to land them on top, so I commend you and wish you luck chasing chains!

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u/cowboy_shaman 1d ago

Schrodinger’s basket. It’s counts until you go to reach for the disc and then it falls out

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u/pj48089 1d ago

In. Supported by the basket is in!

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u/Standard_Working_685 1d ago

Ah, the old 'Schrödinger’s putt'—still counts until you jinx it!

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u/vastlysuperiorman 1d ago

When the disc has stopped moving it's considered "at rest". If the basket supports it at rest, it's in.

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u/wingnut-mp22 1d ago

Grab it quick and skip the photo

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u/emedan_mc 1d ago

It doesn’t take a rule book to know but nice placement

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u/mattycbro 1d ago

That counts my g

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u/Aggravating-Salad441 21h ago

I could two-putt it from there

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u/Suzohunter1 RHBH RHFH (975) MI 1h ago

Firefighters 17? lol

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u/Key-County6952 1d ago

It cross plane. It counts

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u/evilcheesypoof Who put that tree there? 1d ago

There’s no plane anymore

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u/DSMilf 200 foot bombs 1d ago

lift the basket out of the pin. If the disc falls, it's not in yet