In reply to Offwidth:
Epic cathartic post warning!
Heeehehehe... It's not like I wasn't up for listening! I already had the highest score I've ever had and 2 more potential flashes (which I did flash), but then to try not 1 but 2 climbs over 20, and to get them, flashing one of them - that's bonkers! I'd rather have got that score just one time than win any of the leagues but at the same time I assumed everyone else would be 20-40 up and while I might narrow a gap I wouldn't close it so it didn't matter. But then I scored more than someone who is a better climber than me. I'd chew off my right arm to repeat that performance but it feels bloody unlikely!
At the risk of exposing my slightly loony side my head said - 'You watched loads of people, you didn't even go get your card unless it felt like a good day, you brushed the holds so knew what they looked like (didn't hold them though!), you took a pure lesson on how to climb 2 of them, you scored more than you should = you cheated'.
It's a fun league with decent prizes but TBH I only wanted the prizes because they would (and have) improve my climbing, getting spanked has also made me try harder so is equally good. Bouldering leagues have given me another dimension. I want to get better at climbing enough to run/circuit train/climb/TRX 10 hours a week - and I knock off time for chatting! I hate running but run 10 miles each week on hills. I hate working my weaknesses but don't let myself play on the vertical till I've swallowed my overhangs pill, endless silent feet, features for feet, feet only - and bloody sally up/down leg raises, all to climb better, to flow, balance, sink low and not slide off a sloper; maybe one day even move my feet on the steep without having to think about it so much.
Bouldering leagues tell me if I'm getting better but also remind me how far there is to go and I'm not 16. Slowing everything down, watching more made me climb better, made me route read (attempt to!) harder and advice made me try what I wouldn't have tried. It's been good for me to hear the consensus isn't that all of that is pushing the envelope beyond 'sporting' even if within the rules.
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