Ochilbowl Stirling 22/08/15

[lunchmoney]

That was me, Al

Good job

[Garrick]

Sadly it was:

1st Geordie (Pipey)
2nd Geordie (CircusBear)
3rd Scot (Garrick)
4th Kiwi Scot (DonShula)
5th Geordie (Don_Vito)
6th Anglo Scot (HumptyTrump)

The top 3 finished the tournament undefeated but Pipey was the only one to win all 3 (Circus Bear and Garrick drew 1-1 in the second round).

[Pipey]

Yes I believe Mike_Rushby was unbeaten too.

We'll done Circusbear and Garrick.

And to Goldeneye for Best Painted.

[Big Dog]

Glad to hear you guys all enjoyed it. I enjoyed running it. Here's the final standings and some photos. There's more on the Stirling Wargamers Facebook page and @StirlingGamers on Twitter.





Overall Winner and Best Offense - Brendan Spencelayh



Best Painted Team and Wooden Spoon - Alistair Unicomb



Alistair's Skaven Team



Most Violent Team - David Millar



Most Sporting - Sean Katagiri

[Garrick]

Most Sporting - Sean Katagiri

This boy has got talent but then I may be accussed of bias as he is my nephew

[purdindas]

Great event. Looking forward to a 2 day event next year!

[Mike_Rushby]

Thanks for a great event. I'd love to see it be a two day affair next year

As Pipey says I was undefeated, but 3 draws isn't saying much! One interesting thing revealed by this is that the scoring system used favours 1-1-1 significantly over 0-3-0. A win and a loss is basic 17/18 points, vs only 14 from 2 draws. Is this too much of a deliberate bias with bonus points being max 2 per game? I fully agree with encouraging people to play for the win, but I haven't been to enough tournaments to understand how far from balanced is a good working basis. Here this was the fundamental difference between 6th and 13th places out of a tournament of 16. Thoughts?

[Pipey]

Plenty of ways of different scoring systems though I prefer the 2-1-0 type where a 1/1/1 result = 0/3/0.

I think this was 15/7/0 with a tie just slightly less than half a win. Seems pretty reasonable.

Maybe you didn’t pick up too many cas/TD bonuses?

[Vanguard]

This was 15 for a win, 7 for a draw and 2 or 3 for a loss depending on TD difference.
So a 1/1/1 record would be 25pts (or 24 if the loss was a big loss) and a 0/3/0 record would be 21pts.

[Garrick]

Plenty of ways of different scoring systems though I prefer the 2-1-0 type where a 1/1/1 result = 0/3/0.

I think this was 15/7/0 with a tie just slightly less than half a win. Seems pretty reasonable.

Maybe you didn’t pick up too many cas/TD bonuses?

I didn't pick up any bonus points which is why I didn't come second, and don't start me on Dan's ability to throw 5s when he needed to

[Vanguard]

...which is why I didn't come third.

[purdindas]

I rather liked the scoring system.

Results will go on NAF tomorrow. Don't have time right now

[Garrick]

...which is why I didn't come third.

Well spotted Michael, should have read "second" and I have corrected my original post.

I thought the scoring system was good, I feel 2 draws should be marginally less than a win.

[CircusBear]

and don't start me on Dan's ability to throw 5s when he needed to

It's been part of my Geordie training, although they were supposed to be 6s, so I've not quite mastered the skill yet

And thanks to all for another great day of BB in Stirling, would be great to see it as a weekender (purely for selfish reasons - relocating to London it's gonna be a long trip for a 1 day event, but would definitely be on the cards as a 2 day event!)