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 Hello,
It has
been an exciting year for Rodeo Software and RopingArena.com. There are
now over 9,200 players registered at RopingArena.com and in April, we
introduced TDRSim for Tie-down Roping (Calf
Roping) competition. The interest has been high and it's good to see so
many people out there who like that event. We want to thank all of you
for your great support of all of our products. Our mission is to continue
to create the realism in the simulators and the realism of the
competition at RopingArena.com so that they continue to be an enjoyable
family pastime.
In this
issue you'll learn about this year's exciting year-end finals and the
great prizes that await the winners. We'll also let you get to know the
person behind the 'ELOSO' screen name at RopingArena.com.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Joey Skinner, President, Rodeo Software
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 RopingArena.com
Year-End World Finals - $2500 in Prizes
Sponsored by "Sparky Superior Roping
Machines"
We are
happy to announce that "Sparky Superior Roping Machines" is the
proud sponsor of this year's finals. The prize line is more prestigious
than ever. Don't miss this event.
The finals will begin Dec. 15 and end Dec. 31 at 5:00 pm MST. Besides buckles, money clips, knives,
spurs, and caps, Sparky will award one Lil'
Cathy and 2 Lil' Marvs.
The Lil' Cathy is a heading and heeling dummy
on wheels that is not only good practice but also lots of fun. The Lil' Marv is a heading
system roping dummy with the ability to interchange the heads for
different types of horns. Checkout the Sparky website for pictures and
descriptions.
Mega points will be awarded to top finishers in the finals which will
surely change things up in the top 15 standings.
Go to RopingArena.com right
away to enter these events. Start practicing in the new Sparky
Championships arena where the team roping finals will take place. The
score is a little longer than usual so be careful.
Click the link below to view all the details about the Finals events.
Sparky 2005 World Finals
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 Who is 'ELOSO'
and why is he so good?
Meet Bret Trenary, former NFR Header from Salida,
Colorado
We recently asked 'ELOSO', the current
standings leader at RopingArena.com, if we could do an interview. He
consented and we were happily surprised to find out more about his
background. Here's a copy of our interview with Bret. We appreciate his
willingness to share with us.
How many years have you been roping? (Real roping) I have been
roping about 35 years. I started when I was about 10.
Are you a header or a heeler? I do both. I headed full time for about
15 years. Won numerous year end titles. I headed at the 1987 NFR. After
that I kind of got bored with heading and started heeling. I like it a
lot better, because it is always a challenge.
How many years have you been roping online with TRSim?
I have only been online for about a year. I had the game for about 2
years.
What is your USTRC number? #9
What correlation do you see between roping online and roping in a real
jackpot or rodeo? A lot of the same principles apply. You can change
the type of handle by where you head the steer from. You can also ride
different types of heeling position.
Does TRSim help you at all in the real arena
by keeping your eye or mind tuned? Yes, I think it does. You can play
on the simulator, and then go rope real steers, and I think you are
actually seeing the same look on both runs. I think real-life roping is
mostly hand-eye coordination, what better way to work on this than on a
simulation you can do over and over, again. There are people around here
who have played and actually figured out how to score steers from this
game. It is a really awesome concept.
There seem to be several online ropers from Salida,
CO. Do you guys egg each other on with the online ropings?
Yeah, we could have our own dollar jackpots if we wanted to. We are all
pretty competitive. You can bet when someone is 3.1, everyone else is
going to get the message, real quick. We all have yahoo messenger, so the
messages happen fast.
How are you so fast with your online runs? I try to apply the heading
techniques I learned as a kid. I try to score real good, try to reach
when I can, and most importantly try to shut the arena off with the
handle. That is an old time thing in the handle that most people don't
know about these days. It always amazes me how most people think it is
the heeler who is the key to a team, when all along it has always been
the header.
Do you have any hints you would like to share with other online ropers
on how to be fast and consistent? When I 1st started playing, I read an
article that Josh
Canant did. He said
that he liked to reach because it made the steers handle better. Us oldtimers like to reach
and body time the steers, instead of timing the feet. In order to do this
the steer must pop, or square off, whatever you want to call it. Reaching
lets this happen more often, just like in real life. I never really like
one to roll around the corner, because it just takes longer to catch up
and time up with the steer's feet. For me, I feel like, on the game,
there is about a 3 tenths of a second difference in the 2 times. It took
me awhile to get this to happen, in all the different arenas. You can
change where your head horse sits in the box, and accomplish this, but
for me it is different in every arena.
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