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Hippo
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #15 on: Mar 3rd, 2010, 3:56am » |
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me too  ... or may be lately
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azgreg
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« Reply #16 on: Mar 17th, 2010, 8:50am » |
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Hello all! Team captain AZGreg here!
After quite a long wait, it appears that the World League will breathe at last!
As part of the premilinaries, the league needs to decide how many games each team will play every other week.
If you're already a Team Europa member (froody, Hippo, Nevermind, PMertens, Tuks, woh), I'll send you a message with the info below, but if you're joining us afterwards, I need to your answers to the questions below as soon as possible.
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The League will field some number of boards every other week. To help decide how many boards we can cover, I need to know your estimated availability to play one game ever 2 weeks. For example, if you say 75%, that means you believe you could play 3 games in 2 months. Keep in mind that your actual availability can change as we go; you need only send me a message telling me to put you in or keep you out and I’ll do so.
95% - Put me in, coach! I’m ready to play!
75% - I’m reliable, but sometimes real life gets in my way.
50% - I’m there for you, but don’t push me.
25% - I have small children, or my time is not mine to spend. I’ll let you know.
5% - I fear commitment, so don’t count on me. I will bask in our team’s reflected glory, though.
Once we start playing, I’ll need some way to decide who is playing which board. I could simply use your Arimaa rating, but for some (like me) that might be an overstatement. What I’d like to know is, on a scale from Board 1 (top class player) to Board 5 (beginner to intermediate, wanting to improve), which board do you think you want?
*edited to show that games are every 2 weeks, not weekly*
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chessandgo
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #17 on: Mar 23rd, 2010, 8:48am » |
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Europa rocks obviously
Ok, so captain, I'm like 50-75%. You can push me, but life gets in the way, or the other way around.
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azgreg
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #18 on: Mar 23rd, 2010, 8:51am » |
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Team Europa, we got ourselves a ringer!
Thanks c&g! We cannot be stopped!
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #19 on: Mar 23rd, 2010, 12:23pm » |
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what does ringer mean? I find only "clone" in my dictionary, but I guess you're not talking of my physical appearance here
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #20 on: Mar 23rd, 2010, 12:53pm » |
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Sorry, what I mean by "ringer" is like when you're organizing a friendly game of darts or football or something, and one of the guys you "just happen to know" turns out (surprise!) to be the World Champion! 
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chessandgo
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #21 on: Mar 24th, 2010, 11:56am » |
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ok. I still don't understand where ringer comes from in this sense (someone who runs around a ring?). I read that the players in the Ring of Fire team call themselves Ringers, so in this sense you don't have a ringer, you have yet another European
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #22 on: Mar 24th, 2010, 12:51pm » |
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on Mar 24th, 2010, 11:56am, chessandgo wrote:| ok. I still don't understand where ringer comes from in this sense |
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I think the meaning of "unexpectedly good player" derives from the meaning "clone". That is to say, suppose you and I are scheduled to play a game against each other, but instead of showing up to play myself, I send in someone who looks just like me but plays better. Then you suspect that you are playing a ringer.
However, it has come to mean any player who is so strong that it is cheating. For example, there was a women's baseball team, the Silver Bullets, went around playing other amateur men's baseball teams, but the men really, really didn't want to lose to women, so they would bring in a professional pitcher. Even if the pitcher didn't look like anyone who was regularly on the team, he still shouldn't be there, so we would call him a ringer.
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #23 on: Mar 25th, 2010, 10:19am » |
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I'm pretty new to the game, but willing to fight for Europe if I'm of any use. I just managed to climb the bot ladder a week or so ago; finally beat Bomb 2005Fast after 69 losses so my rating may be a bit too low. I think I got a life, so 75 % sounds right for me.
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #24 on: Mar 25th, 2010, 11:09am » |
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Congratulations on your achievement, Heyckie!
As long as you're willing to fight for Europe, that's all that matters to us! It's a long war, and we'll need as many people as we can get!
Greg
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #25 on: Mar 26th, 2010, 2:27am » |
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50%-75% for me!
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #26 on: Mar 26th, 2010, 7:51am » |
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OK, since my last long note, the situation has become clearer, which you may have read in the other League threads.
The first round of games will be the week of April 19, the next May 3, and every alternate week after that. For each match, I need to submit our roster of players the week before. For now, it appears there will be three boards each game, but that could increase later.
What I need to know between now and April 12 is if you are available to play a game in that first round starting the 19th. Don't worry if it seems like we already have enough players, we can always use backups! Please PM me with that information, as we don't want to give away anything to the spies on the other teams!
Game on!
Greg
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #27 on: Mar 26th, 2010, 9:28am » |
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on Mar 26th, 2010, 7:51am, azgreg wrote:| For now, it appears there will be three boards each game, but that could increase later. |
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If interest picks up we might make it four or five tables per match, but once the league starts the number of tables must remain constant throughout. Otherwise the number of available league points at each match will constantly fluctuate. FYI
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #28 on: Mar 27th, 2010, 2:04am » |
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Oh ok, thanks for the explanation Karl.
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Re: Europa Clubhouse
« Reply #29 on: Mar 28th, 2010, 9:44am » |
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on Mar 3rd, 2010, 3:56am, Hippo wrote:| me too ... or may be lately |
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OK, so I am here, but may be for 10% ... I could play just at Europe night.
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