You are mentally way ahead of where I was at your point. I used to think too much about who was going to show up for a Leg match, and if I could beat them. I'd get a little pissy if some hot-shot would show up in Scarborough or Hampden trying to poach points. It took me a few matches to learn it doesn't matter who is there; try to make every shot an X and the points will take care of themselves.
There will be a time in the near future when a guy in the hunt for points will say "Thank God Sawyer went Distinguished: now we don't have to worry about him taking points anymore".
"Lindbloom" is Jeff Lindbloom, formally of NH. Look in the CMP National Trophy Results and you'll find him (he's usually in the first column). "Brent" is like Bigfoot; people have heard of him, but not many have actually laid eyes on him. He used to run around with Derek, shoot matches (made P100, and went Distinguished quickly), and generally do manly things. That's all before he handed his balls over to some woman.
Who's Derek?