Team Ireland

so i just got a message from Radio apparently he is the captain for team Scotland and they are a bit short of a full team and wanted to know if we want to join up and be team Celtic. I told him that i have to talk to my team first and see how they fell about it. so please guys get back to me so i can let them know.

Kitty
 
so i just got a message from Radio apparently he is the captain for team Scotland and they are a bit short of a full team and wanted to know if we want to join up and be team Celtic. I told him that i have to talk to my team first and see how they fell about it. so please guys get back to me so i can let them know.

Kitty

Although I can understand how someone would make such a suggestion, I do have reservations about it. I fought with Team Ireland the first WoF. I fought with Team Ireland the last WoF. I would feel somewhat remorse and disappointed if there were no Team Ireland to fight with this WoF.

Hugs,
Aliana
 
Radio is a socmate of mine in Shaolin and a pretty cool guy too. Part of me thinks that there should be an Irish only team - but on the other hand, two smaller teams combined have a much better chance of doing well.

Let's also be honest about this ... there are a LOT of commonalities between the Irish and the Scottish. The native language is almost identical (when written - I can't understand the Scottish accent :D), the Celtic influence is stong and we both want to see England lose!!

So with that in mind, I think it could be a good combination. I'm personally up for it if we have agreement.
 
i understand photons view but i personally dont want to join teams, if we do it this year then what happens next year ? will it be the end of team ireland ?
 
Er....Not sure how you got that impression. Kygon is now, and has been in the past, the Captain of team Scotland - not Radio. Radio is a highly valued member, but I have a feeling you miss-interpreted what he said to you.

I'm gonna guess the suggestion was made "in-theory" as it certainly never got discussed with the rest of us. Don't get me wrong, I love the Irish, my brother even lives there now. And although I don't want to take the words out of his mouth, I think it was more of a proposal than anything he wanted to set in stone. Scotland has always been a small team, yet we have defeated teams such as Sweden and USA in our past, so I don't really think we mind our reputation of being "small yet powerful."

Again, that being said, if Kygon and urself, KittyLee, agree to such an alliance, then I am all for it...just I'm not so sure that members of each of our teams would want to abandon the name of there own country to make one that doesn't really exist....I imagine some of you might have seen how strongly I've opposed such teams as "Tibet" for doing the same sort of thing.
 
Er....Not sure how you got that impression. Kygon is now, and has been in the past, the Captain of team Scotland - not Radio. Radio is a highly valued member, but I have a feeling you miss-interpreted what he said to you.

I'm gonna guess the suggestion was made "in-theory" as it certainly never got discussed with the rest of us. Don't get me wrong, I love the Irish, my brother even lives there now. And although I don't want to take the words out of his mouth, I think it was more of a proposal than anything he wanted to set in stone. Scotland has always been a small team, yet we have defeated teams such as Sweden and USA in our past, so I don't really think we mind our reputation of being "small yet powerful."

Again, that being said, if Kygon and urself, KittyLee, agree to such an alliance, then I am all for it...just I'm not so sure that members of each of our teams would want to abandon the name of there own country to make one that doesn't really exist....I imagine some of you might have seen how strongly I've opposed such teams as "Tibet" for doing the same sort of thing.

Fair enough. It was a mis-understanding. The "small yet powerful" thing counts for us too ... We've beaten team England every time we were in battle with them for example. :)

On the point of countries 'not really existing', Tibet is a country that does exist and everyone knows that they need support and publicity in their plight for human rights (something that the Irish and Scottish both went through as you'll probably agree). I applaud those who chose to represent Tibet and I personally wouldn't have anything against a Celtic team either. But everyone has their own opinions on these matters. :)

Now, back on topic ... we have an Irish team so let's try and meet some time soon - just to discuss what the hell we're up to. :D
 
Deleted my post after Photon took offense at it. (Though I read it over and over again and cannot understand why you felt anything in it at all was directed at you, as none of it was.)

Anyway - my feelings about it have been said before:

https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/1711329-post81.html

Apologies for the off-topic in your thread, and apologies for somehow managing to offend you. (My only guess is that you have close friends in the Tibet team.)
 
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At this stage I couldn't be arsed to join a combined scottish / Irish team if you're involved. It was obviously a really bad idea. Now get lost back to your own team thread and leave us alone.
 
We've beaten team England every time we were in battle with them for example. :)

So have the Welsh, that other Celtic nation!!

Up the Celts!!!
 
Now, back on topic ... we have an Irish team so let's try and meet some time soon - just to discuss what the hell we're up to. :D

Agreed. I'll alert Kitty about a meeting. I don't know if she's seen this yet. To get the ball rolling, I should have Sunday off from work. Does anyone have any preferences for a certain day?

Hugs,
Aliana
 
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.

As far as having a meeting I'm sure we can have it in my moms apt. For a time u guys figure out a day and time what ever is best for u guys and i will be there. Time is not a problem for me most people tell me I keep really weird hours.
 
I think as a team of Celtic nations Wales/Scotland/Ireland we could push for a top finishing place. However, as we have taken part as individual nations up to now it would not be the same WoF for many of us without taking part as before. We should at least propose to heavily support whichever of us is the last remaining team. :)

Eire Abu!
;)
 
a meeting time and place been decided on?
 
How about Wednesday? Around 19:00 GMT (also MA time I think).
 
I'm up for helping out again when I can , lets make it third time lucky ;)

Vote for Kitty

Rowdoc Rowdoc Donner

ps If the captain thinks the main team would use ventrilo (voice chat) during the contest, I can make a server available.
 
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Hello Team Ireland

Rules and Info Update:

Elected Captains and their Main Team lists (of up to 12) need to be PM'd to me no later than March 5th. I would prefer them sooner.

Moblists will be posted in their own Sticky Threads here, at least 1 week before each hunt, hopefully the day after the previous Hunt weekend.

Each Hunt starts and finishes at a location given at least 1 week before the day of the Hunt. Some will have facilities, some will not. Most will not be near a TP. Details and Co-Ords will be posted along with the Moblists.

Main Team and Hunt Team:

The members of a Main Team who hunt in any given match are referred to as the Hunt Team. Any Main Team members not in that match's Hunt Team can act as Support.

Availability allowing, all Hunt Teams will have an embedded Judge. You will be told your designated Judge at the Meet n' Greet.

Meet n' Greet and MIA (Missing in Action)

Meet n' Greet: The Hunt Teams taking part in each match must meet with the Judge before and after each match. Try to show up early. If members of a Main Team are late for the start, they can join the hunt ONLY by turning up at the Start/Finish point and personally informing the Judges. This can happen at any time during the match. They can only use whatever time is left in that match to score (i.e. they forfeit any time they have missed)
The meet n' greet is when the judge confirms and records the names of the Hunt Team for each country taking part in that match, and joins the team as an embedded Judge.
When this is not possible, Captains will add one of the other Team's Judges to their Friends List and confirm Globals "The Old way". I will do my best to cycle through the teams so no one ends up doing it the old way more than others.
The Old Way is to pm a "got it?" or similar to the judge after each global, who replies with "got it" or similar. This helps make sure no globals are missed. If Captains forget to pm, their scores will still be recorded, but mistakes can be made... (and sometimes globals have shown up in some chat and not in others).

MIA: Any Hunt Team avatar not present within 10 minutes of the end of the match in question will cost a penalty of 10 Points to that Team's score, for being Missing In Action.[/B] This rule serves to keep the Tournament running tight and smooth. If server problems affect people from more than one team (i.e. mass ctd) then this will be waived in favour of the Mass CTD rule.

Mass CTD: If members from more than one team and/or judges are drastically affected by server, or other difficulties the Mass CTD may be declared by Judges still present/on their relog. The time of the incident will be logged, rounded down to the nearest 10 minutes, scores at the time of CTD recorded also, and the remainder of the match will be played when all have recovered, or at a later date if another match is waiting to start and there are insufficient Judges.

Those who sign for a Main Team can only change to another Main Team if they have not yet hunted in the Tournament as a Main Team member.

Captains wishing to change their Main Team must present evidence explaining why. Those who have hunted in the Tournament as part of the Main Team can only be dropped or changed with mutual consent of the Captain and the Avatar being dropped, or by a majority vote within the 12 members of the Main Team.



Support:
This year, to give more hope to the smaller teams, there will be CAPS (limits) on Support scoring. If Support Team leaders contact the Judge of their match they will be able to find out if they have reached their cap.

For the Qualifiers, the maximum Support score is 100 Points.

For Stages 3 and 4, the maximum Support score is 150 Points

For Stage 5, maximum Support score is 200 Points

For the Final, Support scores are unlimited. (By this time, teams are expected to have gathered larger support than they had at the start)


The Support Mobs will be slightly tougher in general, to reflect the amazing work done last year, with the occasional "Uber" mob to encourage teamwork.

The Support Teams can still be of any size and number, as long as their team names contain the word "Support" and the country name they are supporting. Support teams do not have to be present at the start or finish of the match and can join in when they like.

Kill-Stealing is viewed as hostile and against the spirit of the Tournament. Repeated accusations will lead to investigation and possible action against the perpetrators.

If any team fail to show for a match they are in, their score will be recorded as 0. Their opponents will still hunt as each stage needs a score for the records.


I, as organiser reserve the right to pass judgement in undecided matters related to the Tournament. If my actions are seen as unjust I will allow a vote from the team, or teams involved to affect my decisions.

I also reserve the right to add a few rules before the start if it turns out I forgot them:)

Other details:

You are all invited to the WoF 2009 LAUNCH PARTY on the Secret Island (see thread in stickies).

The best of luck to all of you... you're about to enter hell!

Hurrikane
 
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I'd like to participate in this, if possible.

I'm still complete newbie - most of my time so far has been reselling (err trading :rolleyes: ) to try and get some peds together.

Mistress Scarlett Fury.
 
I'd like to participate in this, if possible.

I'm still complete newbie - most of my time so far has been reselling (err trading :rolleyes: ) to try and get some peds together.

Mistress Scarlett Fury.

Cool. Are you up for the support team?
 
Cool. Are you up for the support team?

Yes, that would be great. ty :)


From what I've read of the rules - the main team will be comprised of 12 members, of which those not on the "hunt team" for a given round can also be on the support team, so If you don't manage to get 12 main team members by the time the competition begins, I could be on the main team, and also do support for the most part, to keep options open.
 
I'd like to participate in this, if possible.

I'm still complete newbie - most of my time so far has been reselling (err trading :rolleyes: ) to try and get some peds together.

Mistress Scarlett Fury.


Excellent! Welcome to the team. :)

Hugs,
Aliana
 
Hello Team Ireland!

It is time to ready yourself to take the sheer unwavering brunt of the WoF. You will enter the first of 2 matches against the rest of the World. Scores will be taken and used as the basis for seeding Group Stage 3.

Stages (with matches per team) are:

1. Qualifier A: Blue Dawn (1 match against world)
2. Qualifier B: Island Intensity (1 match against world)
3. Group Stage A: The Wild Bunch (3 one-on-one matches)
4. Group Stage B: From Out of Nowhere (3 one-on -one matches)
5: Semi-Finals: OMG (1 one on one match)
6: Final: Thunderdome 3-Way
:)


TimeSlot Choices For

Qualifier A: Blue Dawn

All slots are 3 hours.

Entry Level: Any National Team.

The Hunting Slots:

Slot A: 12:00 Saturday 7th March

Slot B: 16:00 Saturday 7th March

Slot C: 20:00 Saturday 7th March

Slot D: 00:00 Sunday 8th March

Slot E: 06:00 Sunday 8th March


I don't really want more than 8 teams in any one slot (for the sake of the judges sanity) so I will ask the last to apply to change slots if overcrowding occurs.

Applications for chosen TimeSlots should be sent by PM to me as soon as possible. Please keep re-thinks to a minimum as my PM box fills up at this time every year:)

***Rule Update***

The Bonus Mob now counts for an independent score to be added at the end of the match, and does NOT count towards the Support Team's scoring Cap.

***Scoring for 2009 Update***

Note* Killed when used in the scoring terms means Globalled On.

Each Moblist will have 4 Mobs for the Main Team, 2 for Support and a Bonus that either (but not both) can score on once per match.

Main Team score availability is 5-6-7-8-9-10 (+possible Bonus/Boost)

Support Team score availability is 2-3-4 (+possible Bonus/Boost)

Bonus Mob: 25

HoF: Scores that kill as Double.

ATH: Double Entire Final Score.

Main Team Variety Boost:

1 Species killed= 0

2 Species killed= 10

3 Species killed= 25

4 Species killed= 50



Main Team/Support Team "Sweep" Boost (new!)

All Scoring Categories (Species and Maturity Groups, Main AND Support) killed= 25

Loot Boost: Highest TT Value of scored (globalled) loot per Match= 15


Susan 113 Bonus:

Any Global or HoF of 113 PED scores double points for that kill.



Beware, if you are more than 10 minutes late for the Slot you choose, the match will Start without you and you will either have to hunt in a shortened TimeSlot or try to reschedule, so organisation is the key here.

Here is, therefore, a very useful item; (copied from another thread)


Timetable and Calendar Info for WoF 2009

Launch Party at the Secret Island: 19:00 Saturday February 28th

Last Date for Team Registration (Starting a Team) and Captain Selection: March 2nd.

The Hunts:

Stage One: Qualifier A

All Teams

March 7th/March 8th


Stage Two: Qualifier B

All Teams

March 21st/March 22nd


Stage Three: Group Stage A

24 Qualified Teams

Round One: April 4th/April 5th

Round Two: April 11th/April 12th: April 25th/April 26th (split over Easter)

Round Three: May 2nd/3rd


Stage Four: Group Stage B

12 Leading Teams

Round One: May 16th/17th

Round Two: May 30th/31st

Round Three: June 13th/14th


Stage Five: Semi-Final

6 Semi-Finalist Teams

June 27th


Stage Six: Three-Way Final (CND)

3 Finalist Teams

July 11th

Please consider that Future Timeslots are to be the Same as those posted above for the future weekends (with some dissappearing as the teams get less in number), you can now plan ahead. Feel free to PM me with Timeslot confirmations/preferences ahead of time.

I thank you in advance for your flexibility in these arrangements that makes our job as judges so much easier:)

Start/Finish Point Co-Ords to be announced After the Launch Party on the Secret Island on Sat Feb 28th, 19:00 onwards.

The Launch Party will also see the first (and in-game) reading of the much-anticipated WoF 2009 Stage 1 Qualifier A: Blue Dawn Moblist!!!!... the abyss beckons lol

Please don't hesitate to re-read the rules before making any enquiries:)

Hurrikane
 
Looks like its time to pick a time everyone please post the time u like the best and i will try to go with the majority. Also most of you have not bothered to send me a pm with ur skills. if we want to win this year we need better communication skills. Please get the time and skills into me ASAP.

Kitty
 
skills 220k
HP 206

I choose Slot C as my first choice
and slot A as my second
:)
 
Hey Kitty... My vote goes for slots C & D, but I can do any if necessary.
BTW, when's the next team meeting?
 
Chaz reporting for duty, I'll help out where needed.
 
D + E for me, This Saturday is not good for me. PM already sent
 
I'm cool for slots A, B or C. And yes, I will try to be available for the main team if you think it's appropriate.

:)
 
I should be able to do C or D ..& maybe E.
I was thinking support as I'm a relative noob : 125 health ( 4.9k rifle ,4.2k Longblades).
 
Bogger is there anyway that u can do slot c?
 
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