POO Bowl 5 - Loughbororugh U.K. 8-9th January 2011 FULL!!!

[KFoged]

I met a new guy who hasn't been to a tourney before. He wants to come to the PooBowl. So if he joins then you lot have to be nice to him!!!

Would anyone be able to lend him a human team?

I could lend him one

But it will be more easy for a UK person...

KFoged

[Pipey]

I'd lend mine but I'll be using it... Someone will have one

[Don__Vito]

I have one (Well, I have two), but I'd genuinely need a text reminder the Thursday evening or I'll forget it. Friday would be too late as I'll leave straight from work. If that's good with you Pete drop me a line and I'll pack him one.

[PeteW]

I have one (Well, I have two), but I'd genuinely need a text reminder the Thursday evening or I'll forget it. Friday would be too late as I'll leave straight from work. If that's good with you Pete drop me a line and I'll pack him one.

Thank you kind sir. He isn't a definite yet, but he seemed keen and it'd be good to get another newcomer onto the scene.

(Thanks also Kaare - but as you said - UK is easier!)

[Hudson]

I'll try and bring my humanish team as back up too (if i remember)

[stick_with_poo_on_the_end]

Right then,

Due to not having the extra trestle tables I normally have, I'm gonna say that the Poo Bowl 5 is now if full. If you still want to come, or you have paid and i have not added your name, please drop me a PM.

Dice rolling will be at 9.00am sharp on the saturday.

Please, please, please show respect for your opponant and play to the 2 hour game limit. I will give regular time announcements.

Scoring will be the same (nicked) as the ironmanj. ie 100 points for a win, 50 for a draw, none for a loss. No bonus points, and tiebreakers only count for the final placings

Can people please start PM'ing me with the following, to speed up the draw.

Real Name
Naf Name
Race Using
Team Name

Any questions?

bring on the poo!!!!

[Joemanji]

Haven't decided my race yet Ian, but will get it to you well before the tournament.

[Ironjaw]

and tiebreakers only count for the final placings

I'd like to see this standardised accross the UK...with it being named after Joe

[PeteW]

and tiebreakers only count for the final placings

I'd like to see this standardised accross the UK...with it being named after Joe

Cool. Was it Joe's idea? I think we may have been the first to try it at the WISB.

Stick - pm will arrive shortly.

[Oly1987]

hey there new BB'er been kindly directed here by PeteW. Played BB on fumbbl and consoles but yet to play the tabletop (BB box for christmas *fingers crossed* read the LRB 5 and 6 (tourny rules i think it was called) and buffed up as much as possible. Hopefully can quickly get myself organised and bring a team to the poo bowl. Just wondering if someone could give me some info about tourny playing and the ins and outs of what goes on.

Oly

[Oly1987]

looks like my presence has been made known before i got a post in lol. Nice to see such a friendly community

[Joemanji]

Just wondering if someone could give me some info about tourny playing and the ins and outs of what goes on.

It's pretty informal and everyone is pretty friendly.

Normal state of affairs is you turn up and tell the organiser you are there so he can put you into the computer. In this case because we are doing 4 games instead of the normal 3 on the Saturday, you will need to let Stick know your race and roster a couple of days beforehand too. That isn't the norm, usually you just show up.

The organiser will then draw the first round (in this case I think it will be pre-drawn for round 1). You probably won't know people by sight or even name, but ask anyone nearby and they'll point you in the right direction. Sit down, play your game, have fun.

The little things that computer guys often need help with: you sit behind an endzone rather than sideways along a widezone. A lot of people struggle with this change of perspective, so maybe try setting up a board once or twice to get a feel for it. Also most coaches use skill rings to denote, well ... skills. Someone can probably lend you some on the day, but no biggy. Finally it is very helpful if you work out a system for denoting which of your players has moved. The normal way is to have all your players facing forwards at the start of your turn and then rotate them as you activate them to show that they have moved. This saves confusion later in a turn when you might not remember who has already gone.

Cheers
Joe

[Oly1987]

thanks joe! Also looking at getting to your tourny too as york isnt too far from sunny old grimsby. Ive PM'd stick and hope for a reply soon as to whether i can go (read above that its full) so lets hope. Also gonna have to sort out a team sheet as im used to doing TR100 teams (Ogre might be on the cards)

[PeteW]

Huzzah! Welcome Oly.

Joe's advice is sound. He is a wise man to listen to (unless he's losing, in which case pretend that you can't hear him.)

Ogre is amust at TV115! I can lend you some skill rings. You should get poo dice and NAF dice on the day, and with your shiny new board everyone will want to play you!

I'd forgotten that it will be 4 games on the Saturday. Pretty hardcore stuff, so don't start on the beer until game 4 would be my advice!

Like Joe, I turn my guys sideways when I have used them, then pop them all back facing forwards at the end of my turn. I get confused with the whole forwards/backwards thing that a lot of people do. also, everyone is very generous so if you get rules wrong or count assists wrong they should be kind and correct you gently. Try to play quickly though as it is a strict 2 hr deadline!

Most of all, have fun! (I pm'd stick too and his response was vaguely positive, but he needs cash before Christmas, if I understood his Geordie correctly.)

[Oly1987]

are game winnings, casualties/deaths, SPP rolled over into the next game in this tourny?