Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[Nogrod]

I think I'm going to make it a team event after all. After looking at the contestants and considering the amount of writing (and reading for you... ) it's the easier way still promising nice opportunities to come up with fun suprises and stuff like that. There's ample room for all kinds of teamplay and mayhem but it could be held together better than the anarchic three way fight.

Now I'm just asking for your opinions on the following line-ups eg. whether it should be a two-man teams or three-man -teams game.


My suggestions for the teams would be as follows.

Pair-game:

Eodwine 43
Thornden 25
*easy, the leaders*

Balvir 40+
Lithor 49
*elderly soldiers*

Aethelstan 23
Osmund 21
*soldiers, were already together in the wood-mission*

Garstan 35
Stigend 30
*the craftsman-duo*

Harreld 35
Erbrand 28
*both are craftsmen as well*

Dan 24
Crabannan 38
*the newcomers who are not craftsmen*

Three-man teams:

Eodwine
Thornden
Balvir
*leaders*

Lithor
Aethelstan
Osmund
*soldiers*

Garstan
Stigend
Harreld
*resident craftsmen*

Erbrand
Dan
Crabannan
*newcomers*


If you wish, we can make the winning team members fight it out in the end to find out the single champion... but I'm not sure how good an idea it would be.

Also, if you strongly protest against a team-game or the line-ups I've suggested * I'll promise to reconsider this.


* the line-ups could be made via lottery as well...


PS. A pair-game would be nice but it has some logistical problems as it leads to six games and thence for three winners... but using lmp's suggestion of a "play-in" might solve that; but who should be the two pairs that could just relax the first round, the leaders and the elderly soldiers? That might be plausible.

[Folwren]

So, the teams would be fighting against each other? For instances, Thornden and Eodwine would fight against Balvir and Lithor? That might be interesting. In a sense, it would at first be like two individual bouts going on. And then, once one contestant on one team was knocked down, it would be two against one, and that person would quickly be overcome. Is this right? It sounds interesting. People could have all sorts of opportunity to come up with strategies or something.

I think if you'd rather do that and can't think of any other quick way that you could write it, then I wouldn't mind. I'm just speaking for myself.

By the way, thanks for your help on the issue I PMed you about.

-- Foley

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Folwren

And then, once one contestant on one team was knocked down, it would be two against one, and that person would quickly be overcome. Is this right?

Possibly... there might be room for some heroism as well... we'd need to see what the dices say.

But you got the idea right.

Originally Posted by Foley

can't think of any other quick way that you could write it

There are no quick ways for me... only less gigantic ones.

[Nogrod]

Wilcred has taken over the leading of the Q-staff game from Lithor and announced the general rules.

You have something like 24 hours to post before the first matches. Unless I'm more busy tomorrow I hope I am at the moment. But I should be able to post the first matches tomorrow around this time.

Meanwhile I'm (sleeping & going to work) awaiting for your suggestions for the mechanics of the game.

[Folwren]

Groin, don't bother editing. I'll post something, but Thornden doesn't have to say anything more to Erbrand. He's got plently to think about which I can write on.

It was a great post.

-- Foley

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Folwren

Groin, don't bother editing. I'll post something, but Thornden doesn't have to say anything more to Erbrand. He's got plently to think about which I can write on.

It was a great post.

-- Foley

Harreld could not quite stay out of it. Let's assume that he heard Erbrand's final jibe - er - I mean words. Feel free, Foley, to write some appropriate words for Harreld if you want to have him for Thornden to talk to.