Announcing the NAF World Cup 19, 20, and 21 of October, 2007

[Longshot]

Thanks Jim for all those great News !
now i am supporting WORLD CUP

question:
when do we have to give the names of the team players? are we restricted to 8 or can we have substitutes as in Eurobowl?

[Dave]

good news .. LS .. I think more will be known when the exact format of both tournaments is more clear

[Ryan]

Oh one question how do I get on team England or GB?

[Darkson]

Team England is by being voted in by the other members (they have the spot until they decide otherwise, seeing as they were the ones to originally be willing to travel overseas to take on the other Euro teams).

There is no Team GB.

[Joemanji]

Oh one question how do I get on team England or GB?

You don't Ryan. It is a closed clique. Even though supposedly the World Cup has nothing to do with the EuroBowl.

[Glorian Underhill]

Nothing to do is a little over exagerated I think. As the English Squad are the guys who went overseas, as most other teams consist of just these guys. So even if you make it so the there are no firm teams beforehand the tourney almost the same guys will show up, and will surely win any qualifier.

More concerning is the question how some Freebooters will fit in.

[SPIN1]

How about every, additional, full 8 players from any particular country forming a B, C or D etc team? Could be NAF ranked or random allocation to each group. If the tourni is following a football world cup formula, it would be fitting.....

[BigD]

Well if Team Australia is happy to take a Kiwi who lived in Sydney for a year then count me in Any other Kiwis/Aussies keen? Okay, my playing ain't the best but got a year to improve

BigD

[hoomin_erra]

Hmm, Team Scotland could be there to salute the game!!!

[Joemanji]

... exagerated ... even if you make it so the there are no firm teams beforehand the tourney almost the same guys will show up, and will surely win any qualifier.

Indeed. In a game of 90% luck, that is a ridiculous statement to make.

[Ryan]

Na my chances of Qualifing would be some where close to impossible since in a total of 36 tournament games I have managed to score a total of 4 TD's in open play with a mixture of Humans, Amazons and Halflings

Then again if I get it though my skull that the meaning of the game is to score and not kill the other team I may improve on that

[Evil Git]

Hmm, Team Scotland could be there to salute the game!!!

do not fear wee fella, it's all in hand. just make sure you book the time off.

[Kheldar]

... exagerated ... even if you make it so the there are no firm teams beforehand the tourney almost the same guys will show up, and will surely win any qualifier.

Indeed. In a game of 90% luck, that is a ridiculous statement to make.

Its only 90% luck, i you play it that way. Its a dice game, so luck is a decent factor, but you can steer it a lot how high the factor is.

[Podfrey]

Hi OMM

Couple of points that I'd like to make:

1) DO NOT (and I can't stress this enough) DO NOT allow GW any say in ticket allocation. If that happens then I guarantee that the UK contingent will be disproportionately high. GW are the worst kind of partisan organisation I know.

2) I appreciate there is a kudos in holding the World Cup at GW's Headquarters, but to be frank it's a lot of hassle to reach for the rest of Europe. Amsterdam (or another central european captial with an excellent international airport), or London would have been better. The event will, ultimately, be judged a success or failure based on the coaches who attend and their experiences, not on whether the place was pretty or not. By all means the venue adds to the experience, but it does not define it. It's not like Warhammer where they need the special sculpted boards.

3) Consider the option of additional, on site, playing space for coaches (e.g. external marquee, portakabin, etc) to increase the number of players allowed). There will be a LOT of players who want to come, especially if this replaces the Eurobowl next year. This Eurobowl had 96 coaches and that was with a limit of only 8 per country. The GW hall has fire restriction limits.

4) Keep ticket prices reasonable. Not everyone can afford international flight plus travel from London/Manchester areas (where most cheap flights go to) to Nottingham.

5) Travel arrangements. Nottingham is, again, a bloomin' awful place to get to if you're travelling from abroad. The UK public transport system is slow and expensive, which is why most of us own cars. Provide foreign travellers with details of how to book trains (the trainline), cheap cars, national express coaches, etc.

6) The time allowed for games should be 2.25 hours minimum. A game can be played in 2, but it's a push. This is a once in 4 years event, so please don't spoil it by making people rush through games.

7) Use the community to provide the scoring system, not GW. Either Yavatol's "Score" system or the Eurobowl program (that has players enter results, not organisers). EVERY time GW do it their way they take 30 mins to enter between rounds and have numerous problems - regardless of whether it's BB, Warhammer or 40K. Next round for Score/Eurobowl is max 10 seconds after the previous round finishes.

DO NOT (and I can't stress this enough) DO NOT allow GW any say in ticket allocation. (just thought I'd make this clear )

[Panico]

Everything could be easier if we don't run 2 different discussions, one here and one on NAF forum... it's difficult to read all the proposals.

So, in the end: to who all proposals, idea, concerns etc... should be addressed to?