2010 BFF Polo Discussion and Spam

Okay. I guess thats saved on carbon emissions, at least. Seriously? "I'm not coming" is the best threat theyve got?

That's what you guys told them to do. Come play by our funny rules or don't come and play?

Bored...

That's what you guys told them to do. Come play by our funny rules or don't come and play?

em, that's what everyone abides by when going anywhere...*

*to a greater or lesser degree.

That's what you guys told them to do. Come play by our funny rules or don't come and play?

Isnt that the point of travelling? Come, check out how we are different to you? Expecting it to be just like staying at home is like the english going on holiday to fucking Malaga so they can eat chips&curry sauce in the sunshine.

EDIT: What I think we told them was "come anyway. itll be awesome".

@ Matt,

Agreed, but the deviation from the standard ruleset is usually relatively minimal.

Changing how goals are scored is a massive thing. Look what happened with the ESPIs, it was always going to be the case with the BFF and was exacerbated by the fact the ESPI rules were posted in advance of signup, the BFF rules weren't. I live in London and to be honest, right now, I don't think that I can even be bothered travelling the 5.9miles to this tournament.

I get that people want fun polo. But allowing shuffles isn't polo. Allowing people to drag a ball through a net isn't fun. There's no skill required and it changes the fundamentals of the game. London's better than that and to be honest, we should be setting an example to younger polo scenes. Demonstrating the standard that Polo can be played to, not dumbing down the game for shits and giggles. Seriously, why not just leave the ball and mallets out and play British Bulldogs on bikes. Last team standing wins. It's fun right?

At least having mixed teams which inherently remove some of the older standard lineups is fun without changing the actual game.

Nobody is being made to play.
Ahem?

If you don't like the rules, don't play...

#my2p

John H is my hero.

Legend!

And again?

I'd say that "don't come" is exactly what you told them.

good luck in the fist fight mark.

Wow - there goes my nostalgia for polotics! Sadly B and I can't make it over for this, but we're planning a big volcano* just to fuck with you guys x

*Not *that *sort of volcano, chukker.

Hi !

So it's good for me, i've took my train tickets,
i'll arive on friday 15th and go back on Monday 18th. I will play with Bogey and another player from Cambridge.
Now that i've got a team, i'm searching for a place to sleep. I can bring my sleeping bag, and camping mattress if someone has a floor space for me...

Let a hobo decide the rules. I think he has my position in the bffcomm now. He said no ecms. Brendan has the video (wanted to be transparent).

Ps, that's a joke (except the video and hobo part)

^entirly true.

i had a good chat with the pussy and his bodyguard (mrak and max) i can see what they are trying to do even though i pointed out there methods are unsound. everyone should just step away from the thread for a couple of days. i can't really sum up our conv, but mark and max see both sides, unfortunetly they come across as dicks on the internet, so do we all.
i'll say that 'shuffles' per our discussion really meant aleviating questions in goals, as in "was it a shuffle wasnt it?" but i still stand that i dont like it, (comma max) but everyone dosnt like something.
And john, no being told who i could play with wasnt my issue, being told that my own birthday piss up was now counted as a tournament and i was being dictated who i could play with because of that is what nobbed me off.

I'm going to grab a beer with Max and Brendan now. Not to talk about the BFF, but! I'm going to try to organize a fist fight. I will have a camera to take pictures if all goes to plan. Joe may be coming later, so that's who I'll be fighting. Just in case anyone thought I was a pussy.

So who won the fight?

Did you guys take your clothes off?

How to fix your european cheater mallet:

... is like some tacky english going on holiday to Malaga so they can eat chips&curry sauce in the sunshine ....

ftfy

for real? will this be excepted?
#seriousquestion

How to fix your european cheater mallet:

This will be accepted.

mark:

brendan:

london bike polo:

getting shit done.

i have bananas in my out box too. fact.

Holy fucking shit, 12 pages of this crap? what's wrong with you people?