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 Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 12:05 PM
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Maybe I am not fully clued in as to how the tournament rankings go, but as I see it if every tournament one plays affects one's standings in future tournaments, some of the fun will be lost. A coach with a high ranking will be discouraged from playing a non-competitive (or less-competitive) list for fun, as doing so might affect his standing at another tournament.
I am all for the notion that tournaments should be taken seriously, played competitively, and that the payers' scores should be recorded for ranking purposes. But for this game to remain fun and not become an actual pro sport I think seeding for every tournament should be random. "Invite-only" tournaments will discourage the guys who still enjoy playing Halflings and losing most of their games. Or worse, it won't discouage them; it will actively exclude them. Every tournament will be made up of the same 6 or 8 teams, played by the same coaches every time. |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 03:16 PM
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I think there's a few things that may need some clearing up.
Each NAF member is allowed as many rankings as there's races in BB. You get a new ranking for every new race you play.
Actually there's even coaches who try to be the coach with the lowest ranking.
And also; invitational tournaments are excluded from the ranking with the exception of the Euro Bowl.
Does this clear up some of your questions? |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 04:29 PM
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I think he was more replying to Pako's* POV that the WC should be given to the "best" coaches.
* (I think it was Pako - might have been another one of his team not going, or someone else entirely in this thread). |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 11:43 PM
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| hmm rereading the last page you may well be right ... I sometimes lose the context a bit with several threads going along at the same time |
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Post subject: UK Bank Charges???
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 06:40 AM
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FAO UK Attendees:
would be interested in hearing how you've all paid & how you've got on with your Banks...?
My delightful bank Abbey, which is now Santander (& should therefore be European)...
just tried to charge me £25 for the privilege of sending the money via IBAN... (this is in addition to the actual Currency Conversion charge!)
so, it looks like i'll be using PayPal! 
unless i get better advice from you lot, than i did from the Bank!
the other Bank option i have is Nat West...
but i hardly use rthis account. |
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Post subject: Re: UK Bank Charges???
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 11:38 AM
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Tiamo69 wrote: FAO UK Attendees:
would be interested in hearing how you've all paid & how you've got on with your Banks...?
My delightful bank Abbey, which is now Santander (& should therefore be European)...
just tried to charge me £25 for the privilege of sending the money via IBAN... (this is in addition to the actual Currency Conversion charge!)
so, it looks like i'll be using PayPal!
unless i get better advice from you lot, than i did from the Bank!
Same bank. same issue. Am now waiting for paypal to clear funds. |
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Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 03:42 PM
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| paid using IBAN with LLoyds, cost me £20 in charges which i had already calculated into the "team cost" (Entry fee + Charges + Tee shirt funds) and no waiting..... |
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Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 12:53 AM
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| paid using IBAN too with HSBC cost me £9 in charges |
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Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 05:29 AM
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glowworm / rodders.
cheers for replies.
£25 on an individual entry is money that iam definitely not willing to give to the Banks, especially considering recent events caused by them Nationally & Globally!
HSBC seem most reasonable then but £9 is still very steep for 1 person to cover.
Any UK Teams not paid yet that i could transfer money to?
if not it will have to be PP...
lunchmoney - anyone in your team in HSBC? |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 03:37 PM
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Tiamo69 wrote: lunchmoney - anyone in your team in HSBC? I Not sure. But I have things in hand now. |
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Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 01:24 PM
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One free spot in team 2 individual.
Please PM for details.
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Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 06:57 AM
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Team Thunderbowl is out.
One of our members lost his job and can't go. This created a domino affect that solidified the resolve of another member that was also thinking of pulling out. This caused another member to get a refund on his plane ticket, leaving 3 guys holding the bag for an apartment that was charged for 6 heads. As of right now we can still cancel the apartment but lose the deposit.
With my NAF ticket and this deposit I'm out $400 not to go. Needless to say I'm completely heart broken and disappointed at this last minute development as I was looking forward to this for over 8 months - to take a team to Amsterdam. I was eager to finally meet Darkson, Lycos, Geggster, Grum, Deathwing, Lucy and countless others that I've chatted with over the years online but have never met face to face but what can you do about chaos?
I sincerely apologize on behalf of our league to the organizers of WCII for this development of having to back out but what can I do? I also extend my apologies to El Prat or any other team that was excluded from attending due to limits being meet due to our inclusion in the list of teams. I further hope that with 5 weeks notice than another European team that was on the waiting list still has time to organize their team to replace ours - and I hope you win the whole thing.
Best regards to all those involved, and I hope all you guys have a blast 5 weeks from now. Completely jealous. The Blood Bowl or the Dungeonbowl for me next time - that way I only have to worry about myself getting on that plane. 
Thank you Andre and Dave for all your hard work and hope these guys get you pickled before the weekend is out!
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Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 10:36 AM
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Terrible news. Sad to hear it
I'll ask the other reserves to see what can be done with the free spot.
Too bad.....
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Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 12:44 PM
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| Just... d'oh! |
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Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 01:46 PM
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| ahh that sucks. next time make sure everyone buys non refundable tickets 6 months out. |
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