Tourney: 24 Hour Single Player Tournament - Cambridge - 26-27.11.2011

At the end of November Cambridge and I will be organising a 24 Hour single player tournament at the indoor court in Cambridge.

The format will be as follows:

Games will start at 10am on Saturday 26th, and finish at 10am on Sunday 27th.

Players don't have to arrive for 10am, you can arrive at any point in the 24 hours, but obviously the sooner you are there the more games you can play in.

Games will finish on the hour, and every 15 minutes after that, the time for changeover is included in that. This is done to make the scheduling of games easier, players can set their alarm every 15 minutes / 30 minutes if they want to grab some sleep.

There will be a large pile of mallets for all players who are in, and two games will be thrown in from that at any time, the game on court, and the next one. This is designed as a balance between making sure people get a fair amount of games, and that the games are mixed up. Once players have played they can add their mallet to the big pile.

If a player has been in the pile for 4 games, and not played, they will get priority for the next throw-in.

If a player isn't on court within 2 minutes of the last game finishing, any other player in the pile can replace them, the first player with bike and mallet on court wins.

Games will be unlimited goals, and players will get 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and the goal difference from their games.

At 9am on Sunday, the 12 best players will be seeded into 2 semi finals, each 20 minutes long (including changovers). Then the 6 winners of those games will be shuffled in the final, 20 minute long (also seeded). The winners will be the 3 players who win that game. There will also be an award for the person with the most points.

There will be a heated area with mattresses, sofas, and coffee and tee for relaxing. There will also be cheap beer.

All players need to bring a black and a white t-shirt (or dark and light if you don't have those). When playing you will either be on the black team, or the white team.

There will be a £10 entry fee, which will go towards the cost of electricity, heating, and fixing up the warehouse.

Further details will be announced later.

1. John H
   

Awesome!!

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Fantastic idea, John...

agreed this will be awesome!

1.John H
2.Luca

1. John H
   
2. Luca
   
3. snottyotter
   
   

sounds awesome

this is going to be one long list...

1. John H
   
2. Luca
   
3. snottyotter
   
4. Josh (the worst one)
   

1. John H
   
2. Luca
   
3. snottyotter
   
4. Josh (the worst one)
   
5. EMM
   
   

Nice one Cambridge/John, always wanted to do Le Mans, but this is a close second!

1. John H
   
2. Max
   
3. Luca
   
4. snottyotter
   
5. Josh (the worst one)
   
6. EMM
   

They shoot horses don't they??

Awesome idea - I predict lower-seeded, teetotal, energetic/sleep-averse people will rank higher than lazy a-player pissheads.

1. John H
   
2. Max
   
3. Luca
   
4. snottyotter
   
5. Josh (the worst one)
   
6. EMM
   
7. Bogey
   

John this is going to be so good. Worth inviting foreign players over? Advertise via LoBP?

yeah, that would be good. I've never really used LoBP, but I'll have a look. Otherwise someone else is welcome to do it.

Could someone come up with a logo for the tournament?

Format sounds great. not sure I can make it, but enjoy.

http://leagueofbikepolo.com/24-hour-single-player-tournament

will there be a cap on players?

will there be a cap on players?

In theory no. If we see huge numbers of players, then maybe

Ha, I quite like that.

John have you calculated (more or less) number of games per player??
only 1 court and no cap sound busy

4 games an hour,24 hours, 96 games, if there were 60 people that's an average of 9 games each?

1. John H
   
2. Max
   
3. Luca
   
4. snottyotter
   
5. Josh (the worst one)
   
6. EMM
   
7. Bogey
   
8. Robbie
   
9. Alfie
   if number of entrants tops 60 i think i'm out
   

4 games an hour,24 hours, 96 games, if there were 60 people that's an average of 9 games each?
actually only 23 hours, so 92 games