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Emberbreeze - Jan 25, 2005 - 08:16 AM
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The Albion Coast Cup 2005
Sponsored by Southern DisComfort

The Albion Coast Cup 2005 is now approved as a NAF registered tournament. Details are now confirmed and tickets are on sale. See the web page for more details, and buy your tickets NOW! Smile

Date: 20th to the 21st of August 2005
Location: University of Southampton Students Union, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Time: 9am to 8pm both days
Format: 6 match Swiss, including a grand final for deciding the champion.
Pricing: £20, £17 for NAF members

Feel free to e-mail me at Emberbreeze@hotmail.com or VenomousBreath at Simon.Merton@ntlworld.com if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you in sunny Southampton this August

Indigo - Jan 25, 2005 - 09:23 AM
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I'll be coming for this one.

hoomin_erra - Jan 26, 2005 - 06:23 AM
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Bugger it, i think this one is undoable!!!!!!!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

Darkson - Jan 26, 2005 - 11:00 PM
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I should be there (ferry from the IOW permitting).

Ronnie - Feb 06, 2005 - 02:25 PM
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Count me in too Emberbreeze i loved it last year best tourney ive ever been to Mr. Green

Lycos - Feb 06, 2005 - 06:50 PM
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Yep. definately there Ben.

Apedog - Feb 08, 2005 - 02:05 PM
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Would have been there, last year was great, but have to be somewhere a bit more important that day - i'm getting married Very Happy

Hope it's a good one.

juck101 - Feb 08, 2005 - 04:24 PM
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Would have been there too, last year was cool, but have to be somwhere a bit more important that day - ive got bridesmaid's to get drunk.

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was genuine good laugh and would love to be there - count me in for 06 Smile

Emberbreeze - Feb 08, 2005 - 04:38 PM
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shame you can't come (can't you put the wedding off a week? Wink

) but have fun and don't shedule any weddings for August 06 Very Happy

Emberbreeze - Mar 11, 2005 - 05:46 AM
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Tickets are now on sale

see the web page for more details

A list of booked places is on Talkbloodbowl.com

Emberbreeze - Apr 18, 2005 - 07:29 AM
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The official tournament report (as published in Fanatic Magazine!) for last years event is now online!

Download Here

Great Job by Venomous at writing up the event, really describes the weekend well and how tense the final was Surprised

If that doesn't convince you to come I don't know what will Wink

Indigo - Apr 19, 2005 - 06:02 AM
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woo hoo. My grandad's 80th birthday party is now rescheduled from the 20th to the 13th. Looks like Albion is back on the schedule Smile

Musta_Surma - Apr 20, 2005 - 12:00 AM
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I like that attitude, grandad, sorry you can not turn 80 this weekend, I know that the 20th have been your birthday for nearly 80 years, but this year you are in for a change, lets move.

Looking forward to see you again Indigo

Indigo - Apr 20, 2005 - 05:02 AM
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Can't wait Smile

MrNuffle - Apr 26, 2005 - 07:48 AM
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YEEEEESSSSSS !!!

I'm in.
Thanks to Kenneth(Musta Surma)

See you all at the Albion - By the Way Ember .... I play Dark Elves too

Twisted Evil

P.S I wonder why it says joined march 27. 2005?
I joined may 15. 2003.

Just not a big writer Embarassed

Darkson - Apr 26, 2005 - 11:46 AM
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That's when you joined the NAF forum, not the NAF.

Emberbreeze - Jun 01, 2005 - 06:48 AM
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Things are falling into place, there are going to be some great prizes and give aways this year so reserve your place now! Smile

Emberbreeze - Jul 13, 2005 - 02:33 AM
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Here is an early look at one of this years prizes (just to encourage you to to fill up the final places Wink

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As you can see it is a custom bloodbowl board with the Tournament name and logo on. Designed using the help of the Lord of the Boards and printed full size.

You can only get your hands on this at the Albion Coast Cup 2005, reserve your place now! Very Happy

Slinky78 - Jul 29, 2005 - 09:20 AM
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My NAF membership runs out on the 18th will their be a NAF person there so I can renew and get whatever dice or whotnot they're giving out these days?

Deathwing - Jul 29, 2005 - 09:28 AM
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Slinky78 wrote:

My NAF membership runs out on the 18th will their be a NAF person there so I can renew and get whatever dice or whotnot they're giving out these days?

Yep. Me at least.

Slinky78 - Jul 29, 2005 - 05:39 PM
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That ought to suffice Smile

Slinky78 - Jul 29, 2005 - 05:40 PM
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Great board by the way - look fwd to admiring it as someon else walks off with it.

Emberbreeze - Aug 01, 2005 - 11:40 AM
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Well with only 3 weeks to go we can now announce this years mini give away!!!

Presenting The Albion Wolfman

With a fair wind, no postal strikes and everything going to plan all attendies at the Albion Coast Cup will receive one of these fabulous models, sculpted by Mike 'Fubar' Thorp.

Additionally there will be a limited number of extras which will be available on the day for a 'small' sum (TBD). We will start by limiting this to one extra per coach so you can have 2 total.

If there are any left after that we will decide what to do with them at a later date Smile

Musta_Surma - Aug 01, 2005 - 08:53 PM
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Now that is one little cute kitty Worship

looking forward to come again this year.

Emberbreeze - Aug 14, 2005 - 01:50 PM
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Here are the final House Rules for the Albion Coast Cup. There are a couple of changes from those on the Web Site. Please PM me if you have any comments.

Tournament Points

WIN: 3 points to the Winner
DRAW: 1 point to each Coach
LOSS: 0 points to the loser
Tie Breaks: Net TD???s, Net Casualties, TD???s + Casualties

House Rules

The tournament will use the LRB 4.0 with the following exceptions:
You have 1.1 million gc to spend on your team. Using Rookie Players only. No Star Players.
You can buy any coaching staff apart from Wizards. Halfling coaches my not buy extra ingredients.
Apothecaries can be hired for 50,000gc for the tournament.
Teams are reset after each game so no extra zombies or rotters can be carried over. However, kills by a Nurgle Beast allow an extra rotter to be placed in the reserve box immediately
Get the Ref! uses the original RR2004 version
All LRB4 teams are Allowed
Teams do not progress using SPP. Each coach will be able to award a player with a skill BEFORE each game (including the first). For the last game of each day this can be taken as a double roll, however Mutations are Banned. A player can only be given one skill (or trait) during the tournament. You may select your skill after the draw for each round, but that information must be passed to organiser before kick-off.

Ronnie - Aug 18, 2005 - 05:21 PM
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NO MUTATIONS!!!! (NO CHIPS!!!!!) Very Happy

But i wanted my Gutter Runner with Claw (WHATTTTT!!!!!!) Very Happy

of course im joking but intresting twist to the tournement

nice one u guys (I LIKE IT !!!!! Mr. Green

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Geggster - Aug 19, 2005 - 05:44 AM
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Original GTR from 2004 - do you mean both get the ref - even though that was only official for about a fortnight?

BTW - the board looks FANtastic - as does the Wolfman..... great job!

Emberbreeze - Aug 19, 2005 - 06:01 AM
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yeah, I think FF shouldn't have too much effect in tournament play, and gtr can be a game breaker for one side, so I thought it was good to even things up Smile

see you tomorrow

Emberbreeze - Aug 21, 2005 - 03:29 PM
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Thanks to everyone for coming and making it such a great tournament

I've entered the results baring the matches played against Rikky Figgins, Neil Caswell and Michael Deller as I can't find their NAF names, if anyone knows them can you let me know via PM

also PM me if you find any mistakes Very Happy

Torpor - Aug 21, 2005 - 04:17 PM
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Michael Deller joined at the tourney. Am sure that Woody will sort him in a day or two.

Emberbreeze - Aug 22, 2005 - 02:02 AM
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Cool, I'm currently 4th in the Dark Elf Rankings, with one of my wins still to come, should get me in the top 3 Smile

Geggster - Aug 22, 2005 - 04:19 AM
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Great tourney Ben and Simon - a job very well done.

Deathwing - Aug 22, 2005 - 05:24 AM
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Here's the missing IDs:

7584 MikeJ_Deller Mike Deller
6379 Calcium-Hitbone-Squad Neil Caswell
78 Da_Sheriff Ricky Figgins

Cheers mate, was a lot of fun! Smile

Emberbreeze - Aug 22, 2005 - 06:52 AM
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final results entered, someone want to hit the big red button to update the rankings?

Emberbreeze - Aug 22, 2005 - 06:54 AM
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Thanks all Smile

if anyone has any comments on the tournament so we can make it even better then feel free to post here or PM me or Simon

From a personal point of view I thought it didn't run quite as smooth as last year, mainly because both myself and Simon were playing and we weren't available to answer questions and sort things out while the rounds were being played. I did think the room was better with lots of space and sofas outside Smile

, even though it didn't have any windows. Also the slightly extended shedule from last year (finishing at 6) was much better. If we ever get more than 30 coaches we may have to plan something different for lunch, I think the chef in the Highfield must have had a shock when we turned up on Saturday Smile

Slinky78 - Aug 22, 2005 - 09:17 AM
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Thanks for a great weekend.
As I also mentioned in another post my ranking hasn't worked out correctly due to missing th +5.xx from the first round win - possibly linked to it being against Mike Deller who's ID is new as above. If someone who understands could have a look please.

See you next year...
(Highfield Chef may book that weekend off I suspect)

Deathwing - Aug 22, 2005 - 06:58 PM
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Emberbreeze wrote:

Thanks all Smile

if anyone has any comments on the tournament so we can make it even better then feel free to post here....

Final game was grim in terms of length. As indeed was round 5 on table one. I know both Paul and Dave well (and absolutely no disrespect intended), and I appreciate it was a highly competitive and intense pair of games, yet should such special allowance be afforded merely because it was table one in round 5? That was a loooong game..of course it affected the final, and you can't really call time and dump somebody out of the final by calling time at an inopportune moment...
Still..a situation where everybody else was waiting for the top table to finish round 5 and everybody else knew that the final was going to be a repeat anyway wasn't ideal (even if Dave and Paul weren't aware at the time).
The pair of them are more than capable of playing a game in 2 hours, yet there was not only 'special dispensation' offered in terms of time in round 5 (where everybody else finished beforehand) but the same seemed to hold true for the final were we all started at the same time but everybody seemed to finish before the final even went to OT! And then of course despite the entire room being cleared of tables/chairs etc.. afterwards there was still an apparent need for silence to allow the finalists to concentrate... FFS they know each very other well.. Fanatic Magazine article, ECBBL games, Wodell games, other tourney games.. I appreciate the tense environment and the personal struggle but at some point the organisers have to apply the size 9's up the respective backsides.. just because it's 'Indigo' and 'Geggster' involved in a terse personal battle for 5 halfs in a row doesn't mean others don't have to get home at some point...

Sounds all bad.. just minor criticisms of a thoroughly enjoyable and well organised weekend, really did appreciate the efforts (and hospitality) of the organisers, had a great time!

Geggster - Aug 23, 2005 - 01:38 AM
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Sorry for any inconvenience caused, chaps.

It was an epic struggle and one to remember, but obviously understand that others were hanging about for quite a while whilst we duked it out and that must have been infuriating.

You are right - we shouldn't take longer than two hours for a regulation time game - and not too much longer for extra-time too.

Apology offered to all those put out.

Emberbreeze - Aug 23, 2005 - 02:16 AM
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Thanks for that DW, I know it seems like a long wait for the top table, but everyone but the last hangers on got away by 7.15 IIRC which was only 15 min later than last year (which did involve overtime as well).

I know we had a policy for games over-running, but I don't think we enforced it all weekend, partly because we had the 'extra' 2 hours in the schedule from last year to take up any slack, and partly (like I said above) I think we were rushed organisation wise, since we were playing, then having to try and organise food, enter results, plan most sporting/best painted, organise prizes, take pictures etc between matches. I was probably greatful for any extra time between rounds I could get Wink

I do realise that because of the slower play and the overtime in the final people where hanging around for maybe as much as an hour after their game finished, which isn't ideal. But other than enforce the 4min time limit, I'm not sure what you could do, no one would want to win the final becasue time was called before an equalising TD could be scored. Maybe the 4min time limit would add to the 'pressure' of the final, but I've never played using it, so couldn't comment.

Anyway I hope the wait at the end (for those who stayed) was worth it and it didn't have too negative a point on what was a great tournament (even if I do say so myself)

and I'm happy because I'm now back at #2 Dark Elf coach Smile

Deathwing - Aug 23, 2005 - 02:22 AM
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Reading my post back it comes across harsher than I intended it to. There were mutterings about handing out the rest of the prizes though, leaving you two at it and buggering off home. We weren't really going to turn the lights out on the way out, honest guv! Laughing

But congrats Paul, after losing the final last year two in a row would have been cruel. Indi must have played his socks off to for his Zons to stay with your Dwarves for that length of time.

Geggster - Aug 23, 2005 - 02:36 AM
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I don't think "played his socks off" does Indi (or his socks) justice.

He played absolutely terrific was "on top" (for want of a better phrase), against all that block and tackle, for about 35 successive turns!

Emberbreeze - Aug 24, 2005 - 12:29 PM
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Results

I think this can be unsticked now too

Lycos - Aug 26, 2005 - 10:22 AM
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My one suggestion for next year is checking the rosters are legal. Wink

At least one was illegal with 13 Norse lineman Rolling Eyes

Emberbreeze - Aug 26, 2005 - 11:56 AM
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why would anyone want 13 linemen?

sorry about that, something I would have done if I wasn't playing...