Albabowl 13/14 June 2009

Pipey · Post by **Pipey** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:50 pm

Hoomin, can you send the final placings to Lycos for the UK champion comp.

Would be good if someone could stick in on the UKC thread too...

Cheers
Pip

Joemanji · Post by **Joemanji** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:24 pm

Pippy wrote:Results in.

Geez, 4-0-2 and I lose points?

Don__Vito · Post by **Don__Vito** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:35 pm

Haha, apparantly my two wins were non-NAF!! I finished 0/1/3! Please mock me, I deserve this!

Oh, and Joe, your wizard was legal, reread the LRB5+ rulebook and it appears my FUMBBL brain messed up!

Joemanji · Post by **Joemanji** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:41 pm

That's a relief!

How can there have been non-NAF coaches? What century is it?

hoomin_erra · Post by **hoomin_erra** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:07 pm

Final results are up, and NAF scores entered

http://1-reroll-1.net/Tournaments/Albab ... nd%206.htm

gsot_5 · Post by **gsot_5** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:22 pm

World #2 and UK #1 Halfling coach! ph34r me and my none rooting trees!

Lycos · Post by **Lycos** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:32 am

Joemanji wrote:How can there have been non-NAF coaches? What century is it?

The issue is that in the NAF system, one player can only take one race per tournament. I have come to understand there were was some random Goblin thing going on and these results cannot be entered (unless of course both coaches were using Goblins as the standard race).

So if you are missing games, chances are they involved Goblins!! Hoomin should be able to clarify that though.

Ironjaw · Post by **Ironjaw** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:14 am

gsot_5 wrote:World #2 and UK #1 Halfling coach! ph34r me and my none rooting trees!

I'm 11th in the uk with Goblins...

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:14 am

why is a tournament with stupid rules to be counted for the UK championship

kind of unbalances things somewhat no?

PubBowler · Post by **PubBowler** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:13 am

Grumbledook wrote:why is a tournament with stupid rules to be counted for the UK championship

kind of unbalances things somewhat no?

I have similar feelings (although I'm a long way from being in the running for that prize).

I think that Rob only intends to increase the crazy thus I think it would be best if AlbaBowl is not a UK championship event next yr (assuming the UK championship is repeated).

Of course, this might not be the best thing for the tournament as I'm sure there were top coaches who made their decision to attend based, at least partly, on this factor.

Post by **Old Man Draco** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:20 am

Grumbledook wrote:why is a tournament with stupid rules to be counted for the UK championship

kind of unbalances things somewhat no?

Is that true? Everybody participating uses the same ruleset. Everybody knows the rules from the start. Everybody could have picked halflings if they fancied their chances.

If you want it to be 100% "clean", then all the UK championship tournaments should have the same ruleset.

Just my two cents.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:49 am

not everyone can get to the same tournaments though (hence the reason to pick enough tournaments that are spread out over the UK)

they can have different rulesets, ie team cost skill progression etc

but when you start throwing in randomly using goblins or putting mutations on wood elves it is taking things to far imo

Ironjaw · Post by **Ironjaw** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:58 am

The mutations rule was scrapped. I don't think the goblin thing is that bad- thrudbowl has random thrud so you could argue that changes a game as well.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:07 pm

I know the mutations were scrapped ;]

what exactly were the goblin games rules anyway I appear to have missed them.

Could be an argument for scrapping thrud as well. I wouldn't see it as a bad thing

PubBowler · Post by **PubBowler** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:57 pm

Grumbledook wrote: what exactly were the goblin games rules anyway I appear to have missed them.

Random match up was converted from the coaches choice of teams to goblins on both sides (painted in old firm colours).