Europe - Eurobowl X Belgium, 8 and 9 november 2014 Oostende magictobe - Nov 10, 2013 - 11:10 AM Post subject: Eurobowl X Belgium, 8 and 9 november 2014 Oostende
Here I will post all announcements we make and here you can react on these announcements.
There is also a locked topic where you can see all the announcements at once.
I hope you like our mission statement and let's make this one, one to never forget.sann0638 - Nov 10, 2013 - 11:25 AM Post subject: RE: Eurobowl X Belgium
Link to official announcement - http://member.thenaf.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=6132&highlight=magictobe - Dec 01, 2013 - 04:02 AM Post subject: Location, Date, logo and ruleset will be announced on Brass Bowl. This tournament takes place in the weekend of 14 and 15 december.
I will try to communicate this information on the evening of the 15th of december here on this forum.magictobe - Dec 16, 2013 - 10:48 AM Post subject: EuroBowl – Eur’Open
8 – 9 November 2014
Oostende, Belgium
Hello fellow coaches,
As promised, some hot news on EuroBowl and Eur’Open 2014!
Tournament date and venue
EuroBowl and Eur’Open will take place on 8 and 9 November 2014 in the Royal Astrid hotel, Wellingtonstraat 15 in Oostende. The hotel is ideally situated in the centre of town, at a mere 10 minutes’ walk from the railway station and the ferry port. And, perhaps best of all, at a 2 minutes’ walk from the beach for those fond of a November morning stroll (or dip
Catering will be served at the hotel – which is renowned for the quality of its cuisine – but there are dozens of restaurants, pubs and taverns nearby. And yes, there is a fully-equipped wellness centre – complete with swimming pool – to relax after a hard day on the pitch.
Eur'open format change
A big change is that Eur’Open 2014 will be an event for 3-player teams. We have chosen this format as an extra motivation for players to attend the Eur’Open – past team events have shown that playing Blood Bowl as a team adds a whole new dimension of fun, interaction and friendly rivalry to the game.
We decided on a smaller team size than the 8-player format used for EuroBowl to make it as easy as possible to set up a full team. If playing in a league, you can even compete with multiple teams and find out who are the top dogs and how well you measure up against other leagues.
Even if you are unable to find a complete team, you will be able to register as an individual player and we will find a team for you. Each and every registered coach will be able to play as part of a 3-player team – that is not just a promise, but a guarantee!
Rules philosophy
When we started drawing up the rules pack for EuroBowl and Eur’Open 2014, we wanted to create a set of rules that would:
- be clear and understandable;
- be accepted by the community. We realise there will always be people who aren’t fully satisfied with the rules, but we have tried to please as many as possible;
- promote team diversity. Not by enforcing teams to bring a certain amount of tier 2 and tier 3 races, but by making all races competitive.
- use a scoring system for teams that puts more importance on ‘winning as a team’, without negating the individual victories altogether.
Tournament format
• 6 Rounds: 3 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday
• LIVE DRAW (in opening ceremony) for the first Round
• Swiss pairing (per team and per individual coach) for Rounds 2-6
Team creation
• Team value 110
• No inducements are allowed, except for Goblin Bribes (50K each, maximum 3) and a Master Chef for Halflings (100K).
We were toying with the idea of giving lower tier teams extra budget, but quickly decided that those teams need extra skills more than they need the extra money. Allowing all inducements was never on our agenda, as EuroBowl is not the right tournament to experiment.
Day 1 skills
• Tier 1: 3 normal skills
• Tier 2: 4 normal skills + 1 ‘double’ skill
• Tier 3: 3 normal skills + 2 ‘double’ skills
All skills must be assigned on Saturday morning, at the start of the tournament.
Day 2 skills
• Tier 1: 3 normal skills
• Tier 2: 3 normal skills
• Tier 3: 3 normal skills
All skills must be assigned on Sunday morning, before the start of Round 4.
We wanted to make Necromantic a ‘Tier 1.5 team’, allowing them 4 normal skills at the start of the tournament, but ultimately decided against it, even though we really feel the team needs that extra skill to be competitive. We were afraid that this would create demand for more teams to be partially moved into a different tier.
Skill assignment
• Stacking is not allowed, no player can ever receive more than one skill.
• All skills must be clearly noted on all copies of your team roster before the tournament starts. It must be clear to everyone which skills are ‘day 1 skills’ and which are ‘day 2 skills’.
• All positions and all skills must be written in English to avoid language confusion.
You will be asked to hand in a copy of your team roster to the tournament organisation before the tournament starts.
EuroBowl team scoring system
• Each individual victory gives the team 1 point
• Each individual draw gives the team 0.5 point
• Team victory earns the team 1 point
• Team draw earns both teams 0.5 point
• Team loss earns the team 0 points
We listened to the community that wanted a change. There was a lot of debate going on the different forums to get more bonus points for a team victory. When we put forward the rules pack draft to Pippy, he told us that this was too big of change so we needed a 2/3 majority with the team captains to get this change approved. There was a strong voice for a change but the 9 – 6 vote in favour of the new system was not a 2/3 majority. That is why the old scoring system for teams is still in place.
Eur’Open team scoring system
• Each individual victory gives the team 1 point
• Each individual draw gives the team 0.5 point
There will be an added bonus for team victory but this will be announced later this week.
Tiebreakers for teams
Teams will be ranked by the points they have earned. Should two or more teams have an equal number of points, the following tiebreakers will be used:
• Tiebreaker 1: Number of team victories
• Tiebreaker 2: Number of team draws
• Tiebreaker 3: Opponent score (the sum of all points from all teams your team played against)
• Tiebreaker 4: Net TDs + Net Casualties
In Belgium we have been moving away from TDs and Casualties as primary tiebreakers. Example: if you get ‘a free win’ because you are lucky enough to inflict lots of casualties early in the game, the easy victory should be enough of a reward in itself. Receiving great tiebreakers shouldn’t be an added bonus when this happens.
Scoring system for individuals
The following scoring system will be used to determine individual rankings for EuroBowl and Eur’Open:
• Win: 5 points
• Draw: 2 points
• Minor loss (1TD): 1 point
• Major loss (2+TD) : 0 points
For some years, we have been tinkering with the individual scoring system in Belgian tournaments. We have currently reached a consensus on the ‘5 points system’. Large Belgian tournaments like Brassbowl, HQ Bowl and the Belgian Championships have adopted it.
However, we make a difference between ‘major wins’ (5 points for a 2+TD win) and ‘minor wins’ (4 points for a 1TD win). We hope that this makes games more interesting. This has been controversial, however.
Tiebreakers for individuals
Individuals will be ranked by the points they have earned. Should two or more individuals have an equal number of points, the following tiebreakers will be used:
• Tiebreaker 1: Number of victories
• Tiebreaker 2: Number of draws
• Tiebreaker 3: Opponent score (the sum of all points from all your opponents)
• Tiebreaker 4: Net TDs + Net Casualties
As you can see, lots of good reasons to attend EuroBowl and Eur’Open 2014! The Belgian Blood Bowl community is really looking forward to welcoming you, so be there – and be there in force!
The exact schedule and further practical information will be communicated later.magictobe - May 20, 2014 - 10:20 AM Post subject:
Time to announce one of the goodies!!!! EVERY participant of the eurobowl and eur'open will receive a pitch custom build for this event. It will be foldable like the original pitch out of your blood bowl box. And when I say everybody I mean EVERYBODY!!!!!! So start registering. We are at the moment on 33 coaches for the Eur'open so still much room for extra's!
About stunties. There will be a stunty king award for the Eur'open event. You will count for stunties when playing goblins, halflings, ogres, underworld without skaven and lizardmen without sauri.
We have had some questions about bringing your kids to the venue. Children till age 3 will be for free. Children between the age of 3 and 12 will have 50% discount on the hotel fee. We have studio's for families. They are normally for 3 adults but you can easily go up to 5 in these studio's. These will go to families in the first place.sann0638 - May 20, 2014 - 01:20 PM Post subject:
Why are there two threads, remind me?magictobe - May 21, 2014 - 05:58 AM Post subject:
There is an open thread where you can comment on. There is a closed thread where only the announcements are posted. The second one is for those who wants to read the official announcements made on do not want to read all reactions.
In this forum, there is not much difference between the two. On the TFF forum is more difference.sann0638 - May 21, 2014 - 06:10 AM Post subject:
Coolio.magictobe - Jul 01, 2014 - 01:21 PM Post subject:
Hi fellow coaches,
First of all, a big thank you for participating in such large numbers - EuroBowl and Eur’Open 2014 will be BIG. So big, in fact, that we feared for a moment we would have to cap the number of participants at 220 – which explains Driesfield’s post of last Monday.
This would be a shame though, as I’m sure you will agree. Therefore, we immediately arranged an emergency meeting with the hotel to rectify this situation. And being Belgians, we came up with a compromise.
To come straight to the point, the hotel has been so kind as to liberate some more space for us. This means it is still possible to register for EuroBowl and Eur’Open 2014 until 15 September 2014 .
As from now on, you can choose between the following options when registering:
The Full Option, as proposed originally. This costs 230 euros as before, and all arrangements for better halves & kids are still available.
The Medium Option, which costs 99 euros. This includes participation to the tournament, use of the venue, sandwich lunch on Saturday & Sunday and all exclusive tournament goodies (pitch and miniature). Sleeping accommodation and other meals are NOT included.
The Light Option, which costs 59 euros. This includes participation to the tournament, use of the venue and all exclusive tournament goodies (pitch and miniature). Sleeping accommodation and meals are NOT included.
The venue is located in the city centre, so coaches choosing the Medium or Light options shouldn’t have any trouble finding food and/or a bed nearby.
In practice, this means that 60 more tickets are available for the full option. We will regularly update the number of remaining tickets for this full option. For the moment there is no maximum on the number of possible coaches.
Astute readers wil have noticed we sneaked in a mention of the exclusive EuroBowl/Eur'Open 2014 miniature. That's right, all participants - including, of course, those taking the Full Option - will receive a unique Bloodweiser Babe!
Reminder: how to register?
Just reply to the relevant topic on TalkFantasyFootball or send an e-mail to dries.goutsmit@telenet.be. You can either register as:
EuroBowl captain, providing us with the names of the 8 coaches that will make up your country’s team and the races they will play;
Eur’Open captain, providing us with the names of the 3 coaches that will make up your team and the races they will play; or
Individual coach for the Eur’Open.
What are you waiting for? Let’s make EuroBowl/Eur’Open 2014 even bigger!magictobe - Sep 16, 2014 - 11:11 AM Post subject:
Hello fellow coaches,
We are happy to announce that the payment details for EuroBowl/Eur’Open 2014 are finally
available. Sorry it took a bit longer than expected – our country’s love of red tape never ceases to
amaze :-p
Put concretely, payment is possible as from today and will remain open until October 15th. You can
pay:
• either by transfer to
Name : VZW “Eurobowl 2014â€
IBAN :BE 42 0004 2465 2054
BIC : BPOT BE B1
or
• by PayPal transfer to dries.goutsmit@telenet.be . Please use the ‘I’m sending money to family or friends’ option.
Unfortunately, we cannot except cheques due to the excessive handling fees involved.
When making your payment, please mention:
• EuroBowl or Eur’Open 2014
• The names, NAF nicknames and NAF numbers of all persons you are paying for
• The chosen tournament option: Full, Medium or Light
As a reminder, you pay 230 euros for the Full option; 99 euros for the Medium option; and 59 for the
Light option.
Let’s make this the biggest Blood Bowl event of the year!
- http://member.thenaf.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=6132&highlight=
