Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
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Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
What are the chances of teams from Sweden, Norway or Finland for Eurobowl 2012? Denmark must be easier to get to than some of the other destinations. Is there enough interest in BB in those countries?
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
There's lots of Finnish BB players in Fumbbl and quite a few on TFF as well at least but the Finnish tournament scene is dead. I guess the chances for Finland, at least for a competitive team, aren't too good. Perhaps some league could draw up enough numbers for a team. How many people per team anyway? Maybe a combined team with Sweden if Sweden's having difficulties too. After all we used to be part of one big happy Sweden not too long ago (just a bit over 200 years!).
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
8 players per team. Anyway, you have 2 years to build a team
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
Take charge Esko! Declare yourself captain and lead Finland to glory! There seem to be a few Finnish NAF members, but I can't see a tournament since 2005. Perhaps restarting the Finnish Open for 2011 would be a good way to drum up some interest? Tournaments are addictive, and a local tournament is your gateway drug.
The Swedish must be able to get something together. Malmo to Copenhagen (if that is the venue) is under 45 minutes, including the ferry. The nearest tournament of any kind to me in the UK (apart from my own) is 1hr15m by train.
The Swedish must be able to get something together. Malmo to Copenhagen (if that is the venue) is under 45 minutes, including the ferry. The nearest tournament of any kind to me in the UK (apart from my own) is 1hr15m by train.
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
Joemanji wrote:. Malmo to Copenhagen (if that is the venue) is under 45 minutes, including the ferry..
Ferry now a days people take the train less than 30 min from the central of copenhagen to malmø
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
Even better! Come on you Swedies!
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
Joe is the Mark Twain of Blood Bowl. Always quotable.Joemanji wrote:Tournaments are addictive, and a local tournament is your gateway drug.
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
I can think of a few Swedes who might travel, pretty sure there are a fair few players in Gothenburg and there's a decent sized league in Malmö, who could commute to the tourney (assuming Copenhagen as venue).
The major problem would be in motivating people to get their arses off their chairs in front of their computers. Most Swedes who I've encountered seem to be Fumbbl/Cyanide only. It's a gross generalisation...but sadly the reason I don't have a league to play in. A tourney was organised in the summer to which only twelve players came, and only three of them actually travelled from outside the city (including myself and Duckwing).
I'd step up, but I'd hope to be playing for Scotland again. I'm not Swedish, I just live here.
The major problem would be in motivating people to get their arses off their chairs in front of their computers. Most Swedes who I've encountered seem to be Fumbbl/Cyanide only. It's a gross generalisation...but sadly the reason I don't have a league to play in. A tourney was organised in the summer to which only twelve players came, and only three of them actually travelled from outside the city (including myself and Duckwing).
I'd step up, but I'd hope to be playing for Scotland again. I'm not Swedish, I just live here.
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
Ikterus is a very strong swedish coach from the MBBL.
Then again, most MBBL coaches have kids, so may not be all that interested in travelling.
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Then again, most MBBL coaches have kids, so may not be all that interested in travelling.
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
Or Ikea! Free coffee, free creche, lots of excellent tables
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
IKEA is swedish if you want to host it at Ikea most countrys in the world have an Ikea I belive!sann0638 wrote:Or Ikea! Free coffee, free creche, lots of excellent tables
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
This should help with solving the hard equation of having children and getting to a tournament.mepmuff wrote:Eurobowl 2012 in Legoland
Finland seems to suffer from the same problem as Sweden in getting people interested in tabletop tournaments. There's been a few tries in recent years but they've all fizzled due to lacklustre marketing and low amounts of interest. There was one during Finland's biggest roleplaying convention two years ago that had 16 participants in Helsinki. I think that was pretty ok given that there were lots of other stuff to choose from as well (such as other GW games tournaments). But I'm pretty sure that the convention drew people from elsewhere in Finland that wouldn't have bothered to travel otherwise. The tournament only lasted one day (actually half a day for most participants since only the 8 best placed players competed for a spot in the finals).
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
The question would then be whether 8 people would bother to go. Team Holland has been suffering from the same. If there's not enough you could probably hire some foreigners to help you out. But don't think too much of that, one of ours became NAF#1 at this years Eurobowl, but we still ended last of the real countries . Still, teams with people who play a lot on line will do great as these are usually the players who play a lot. So don't worry about not being competitive (said the guy from the country of wooden shoes and wooden spoons). If there's no Finns with real teams, a timely post on this forum may solve that problem. I'm sure there's people willing to lend out a team if it means more people at Eurobowl.
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Re: Scandinavians at Eurobowl 2012?
Anyways there are ALOT of dansih coaches to fill up any spots that the other scandinavians might lack. I was talking to Ikterus about eurobowl, as I am a swedish citizen. Guess we just need to do alot of lobbying on fumbbl and cyanide!
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