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| What do you think of the idea? |
| Brilliant! Where do I sign up? |
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22% |
[ 12 ] |
| Well, at least it would mean my elves will be a bit safer |
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11% |
[ 6 ] |
| Woodpecker, you jerk, stop encouraging carnage |
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33% |
[ 18 ] |
| 22/7 = ? |
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32% |
[ 17 ] |
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| Total Votes : 53 |
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Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 08, 2005
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Jul 12, 2006 - 02:24 |
 
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Okay, perhaps I should try and create a less-carnage oriented tournament, but they bore me. So here's another blood-encrusted concept for you all:
The Fouling Union.
I'm sort of drawing the concept from The Rat Race, and I'm just wondering if it's a good idea and if anyone is interested. I'm not so sure myself.
I enjoy a good foulfest, as do a lot of other people. A lot of people also despise foulers, which is their right. With this in mind, I've run a few tournaments (Cheatfest and LMS, but especially Cheatfest) geared towards fouling. That way, we foulers get our foulfests, and nobody else gets pissed at us.  I'm considering running Cheatfest again, and I probably will because it was a lot of fun, but I've hit something of a brick wall in my mind. Most of the great fouling teams are in Ranked, which means Cheatfest ends up being a bunch of unskilled, unimpressive stunties stepping on each other. It’s cool, but it’s not the great monument to the foul that I’d like to create. Of course, since tournaments aren't allowed in Ranked, I can't run Cheatfest there. So, from this comes The Fouling Union. It would work a lot like the Rat Race or one of the Mangling Unions. Any team that wanted to take part would join the group, and we'd run monthly or bi-monthly competitions. Teams would get points for CAS caused on fouls in their games, in the style of the examples given above. I've got ideas for the scoring system that I'll post later if there's enough interest.
Also, so that people realize they're playing a Fouling Union team and don't get caught by surprise, teams in the Union would have to put the Fouling Union emblem in their bio. Obviously, we'd need to make or find a suitable one. By instituting this system, foulers will get more foulfests, and people who play them will know what they’re up against. Plus, good fouling deserves a trophy, doesn’t it? I think that about covers it. Oh, obviously, I'd ask the admins for permission, but seeing as there are other groups in almost the same style, I doubt it would be refused. So, what do you all think? |
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Synn
Joined: Dec 13, 2004
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Jul 12, 2006 - 02:37 |
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This would make it really hard to get games....
__Synn
**Some things are such a given.... they don't need to be stated publically |
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Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 08, 2005
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Jul 13, 2006 - 03:30 |
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Well, no, not really. Why? |
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Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 08, 2005
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Jul 14, 2006 - 08:49 |
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Okay, I guess it's back to Cheatfest then. Nobody's interested? |
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razta
Joined: Aug 12, 2003
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Jul 14, 2006 - 11:34 |
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BooAhl
Joined: Sep 02, 2004
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Jul 14, 2006 - 13:49 |
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Plorg
Joined: May 08, 2005
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Jul 14, 2006 - 16:22 |
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Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 08, 2005
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Jul 15, 2006 - 01:22 |
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Well I'll be damned. I completely missed that when I checked. Thanks, I'll have to sign up. You should publicize it a bit more. 
Hmmm. Actually, looking at the group, it seems pretty much defunct. There are 3 active coaches, and it really isn't a competition.  Keep voting folks, so I can gauge interest, because that wasn't really what I was thinking, although I will be joining it anyway. |
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Plorg
Joined: May 08, 2005
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Jul 15, 2006 - 02:24 |
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I don't think this would significantly reduce games for my teams.
When experienced coaches see more than 2 DPs, they have an idea what the game will be like already.
Inexperienced coaches may get caught once by their ignorance of DP power, but I'm not looking to educate 
and not many inexperienced coaches have TR 200+ teams to match mine.
The way I see this could significantly increase games for my teams
is to negotiate with other fearless groups like E.L.F. to have them recognize your group
as worthy of bonus points or a scaling factor in their point system as they do with E.M.U. member teams.
Their point system needs to give their members incentive to play yours. |
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banana_fish900
Joined: Oct 13, 2003
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Jul 15, 2006 - 04:59 |
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| Plorg wrote: | | but I'm not looking to educate |
Yikes, in fumbbl Academy? That team is like the Blood Bowl Roster equivalent to a Troll post on the forums. Who moderates fumbbl Academy? |
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JoseBagg
Joined: Sep 10, 2004
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Jul 15, 2006 - 06:55 |
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What if you love fouling, but hate getting fouled |
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Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 08, 2005
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Jul 16, 2006 - 03:02 |
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Plorg, that's kind of what I was thinking. People notice when you have a fouling teamsanyway, so by making yourself official, you make games against you more worthwhile. The other unions would make for good rivals, if we get popular enough, and if we target them, they'll probably target us...
Razta has offered me control of the Fumbbl-Foulers group, so I'm going to work with that for starters. I'll need some staff for scoring. More to come later once I've reorganized the group to get rid of the dead coaches. |
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Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 08, 2005
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Jul 18, 2006 - 06:04 |
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Okay, I've taken over the group. I'm sending out a PM, then kicking all the old teams and leaving Razta as staff. Anyone else want to volunteer for staff? Plorg?
I'm writing up a scoring system for season one. D'you all think it should be based off of SPPs of players killed, or style of foul and effectiveness, or both?
Edit: Group Page |
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Plorg
Joined: May 08, 2005
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Jul 18, 2006 - 13:27 |
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Sure.
I see a problem with scoring based on cas caused by fouls.
There isn't any way to verify that except by watching the replay.
IMO, the scoring should be completely determinable by match reports alone.
RatRace does this by not caring about how RIPs are caused as long as it lists the "Player (Death)".
We can see the number of fouls thrown per player, the team casualties caused,
and the list of players with post-match injuries. My first thought for scoring is something
based on the total fouls your team made related to the permanent injuries inflicted. |
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Tophat
Joined: Jun 01, 2006
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Jul 18, 2006 - 13:41 |
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| Plorg wrote: | I don't think this would significantly reduce games for my teams.
When experienced coaches see more than 2 DPs, they have an idea what the game will be like already.
Inexperienced coaches may get caught once by their ignorance of DP power, but I'm not looking to educate
and not many inexperienced coaches have TR 200+ teams to match mine.
The way I see this could significantly increase games for my teams
is to negotiate with other fearless groups like E.L.F. to have them recognize your group
as worthy of bonus points or a scaling factor in their point system as they do with E.M.U. member teams.
Their point system needs to give their members incentive to play yours. |
Bah in my opinion E.L.Fs assosiation with EMU and the assosiated bonus is the worst thing in the E.L.F , it should be about playing and beating different races , not playing foulfests and surviving .
Is this a little off-topic |
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