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- Any pro with a rating under 970 can enter am divisions EXCEPT at Championships like Worlds.
- Any pro who wishes to return to Am status may request it by petitioning the Competition Director.
- Anyone classed as an Am on their membership card is eligible to play any Am event regardless how high their rating goes.
- Any Am may enter a pro divison, receive merch instead of cash if they finish "in the chips" and retain their Am status. They immediately become a pro if they accept cash.
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how often are petitions received? are they ever denied? like, say, playin pro master locally next yr 'til worlds time then shootin in the request to excuse my cash and take me back
... and Im guessin you don't get another one generally speaking so if you took the cash again somewhere you'd be back to square one- prob just have to admit you're addicted to it and just play pro...
since the petition thing is new I think people have the perception that a guys takin cash one week and playin am the next, when in reality its just recently granted but lifelong am staus (if you wanna keep it that way), an oath of eschewing the caysh and throwing noncommercially with your humble am brethern... or something
/came up trying to explain to an outsider-
-that Im playin 2series; 1am & 1pro- but takin merch so I can play a couple more big ones am...
-that lower rated players who've taken loot somewhere can't play against much higher rated ams in those real big tournies, but they're good to go as an AM at the pretty big ones like Atiers and below as long as a rating update doesn't bump them over the 970 mark ...
-why I can't just take the cash now and pay for gas then write a letter later to play worlds...
thanks for your time chuck
sorry for blathering on........