ROCKET-BOWL II "Re-Entry", Leicester, 30-31/10/2010 SOLD OUT

[Pug]

The Rules pack will have a couple of images of the inside.

[nazgob]

put me down for interested too...i can tie it in with a trip to see the family...(by which i mean steal a bed)

[Pug]

Done my good sir!

[Pug]

I've paused the release of the Rules Pack for RB II due to this rabblings by me on the Brass Bowl thread............

I kinda feel the same here.....not always the same people winning the prizes but the usual crowd....trying to spread the winning between the ones who come for the Rankings and those that come for the fun and social seems always hard to balance (Admittedly I've only run one tourni so far, but tried to add a "Flavour" to my own tourni to spread the joy!).

Ok !st on points and 2nd on points is a given...but then after that I really want to give prizes to those that don't always play the best but are in essence the ones that give the Tournament scene that special enjoyment...the ones that are characters, the ones that are there for a laugh but play thier damndest etc.....It really is a difficult situation to balance between the "hard-Core" winners and the "Gigglers" for lack of a better description.
Fair enough we can't do without one or the other.
The "Rankers" keep the competition sharpe. We all aim, at one time or another, to beat so and so, or even try (If we can be arsed or sober enough) to give the "power-gamers" a run for their money.
Then there are the ones that turn up for the crack-of-it, the ones that are there to try a silly team, a theme team, or a completely donkers skill set or are just plain crap and are the centre of the hilarities thoughout the weekend.
Awarding these groups and the people that attend that cover all the spectrum of the Tourni scene is hard to do...BUT...there maybe a way....

Think in three catorgories..it may just work.

"Rankers" and "power-Gamers" call them what you want..Award them (X2 people) for the best playing...IE Points based on you system...that's why the points are there and etc.

"Painters and Creators"...x2 people....Best painted. Those that aren't colour blind or suffering from a weekends worth of DT's! .............AND..Best Concept. The people that have brought a team on a theme...It may look like it's been dipped in Hammerite, but the idea is solid/funny/appropriate/completely different from everyone elses, although gone through a vicious paintball fight!.

"Character Awards"........The life and drinking buddy of the Tourni. Those that Have come not to play you but to ENJOY playing against you, or a team that was there to try something completely mad or off the wall.
x1 STUNTY CUP...jeez are we guys never going to win a run of the mill tourni, but DAMMIT WE'LL TRY!! and that one person that encompasses all traits...TOURNI-MAN/THING..that one guy or girl that you played or heard about during the tourni that had everyone smiling or laughing or cringing in sympathy for a horrendous beating but still, smiled at you in a manic way as they threw a 1/3 die block against you Big Guy, in the glimmer of hope of pulling back at least one conselation TD! You've met them....Rankers and Fun players alike....




Jeez....I'm rewriting the Rocket Bowl!!!!

Stay tuned..........

[fire olli]

where can i find last years rules??? or this years rules.

interested by in this. It may have to be a stunty team. Gobbo's or Ogre's

[Wormy]

Put me down as interested please.

[nazgob]

Ok, well, now I know where the place is (looked at a map), I know I can find a bed.

Would love to know about skillsets though, so I can start plotting with my new goblin team thats in the post.

[mamapepe]

Defo interested

[Pug]

Rule set to go up tonight 10pm ish...

all others above who said "interested" have been added.

[stick_with_poo_on_the_end]

I used to work in Leicester!

[Pug]

is that an interested??

[PeteW]

Ooooo. Leicester is close. Plus it is over the last weekend of half term. Plus, I just told my mates I couldn't go to Essen in Oct cos it is too pricey and so my wife feels sorry for me. Plus, this is cheap....

Colour me interested!

P.S. Plus, the sending off thing for weapons admits so much cheese.... mmm... cheddar...

Where are the rules, Pug?

[PeteW]

/me pokes Pug.

Skills, man, skills! What are the skills?!

[nazgob]

we want rules

we want rules

[stick_with_poo_on_the_end]

I used to Work in Leicester!