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rodders · Post by **rodders** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:30 am

too late notice now for this year gotta work every weekend from now til xmas

you can put me downfor the next the EB I may only be 1/4 scot but I hate to see scotland without a team :

Glorian Underhill · Post by **Glorian Underhill** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:33 pm

These are grim news.

I had put some time in this Freebooter team building. To my knowledge the T-shirts are in the printing stage so we have very likely a set of trikots for a team that wouldnt play.

I will try to contact everyone who doesnt look into the forums due their team captains.

Im happy for all those who will have found another Option to play like Vincekiller and very sorry for all those who cannot. It is a very mixed feeling as I will surely play for Belgium.

The scotish team. A running gag which doens't get funnier each year.

Hoomin is not to blame as he always was with full entusiasm at the same idea as myself to get a decent team running.

The UMPF key bands are cut short to 8 in total. 2 are reserved the last 6 will go for the willing people and other Freebooters if liked.

It is a said day as we will have 2 teams not playing.

So im asking in all seriousness that the organizers will put up a decent side-kick tournament. make it a 4 Game Tourney. Most likely you will have up to 12 Players. 7 From the Freebooter team, 1 Austrian, 2 or 3 scots. Give it a name, make the first place a medal and everything will be fine.

The Scots are trying to fill the ranks with anyone the least scotish so the chances are slim to not existing. Prepare men that Team Freebooter is dead if not a wonder ocours. Deliver your souls to nuffl as he is the one and the six. Either he will make it happen or no one.

Ahoi Captn Underhill

Longshot · Post by **Longshot** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:20 pm

sorry Glorian but you knew this team was only to make odd number.

I think you took a lot of time to build this and Organisators surely thanks you for that.

nothing personal of course, but i prefer a Eurobowl without a freebooter team and minimal freebooters as possible.

You ll have fun anyway

Topper · Post by **Topper** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:24 pm

Longshot and Norse I think you guys forget about the ppl who have payed 400 euros to attend this tourney just to get a finger poked in the eye and somehing even worse stuck in the place where the sun doesnÂ´t shine...

Glorian Underhill · Post by **Glorian Underhill** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:50 pm

We are all friends, so this discussion stops here.

necromancer · Post by **necromancer** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:14 am

a side-tourney would be great.

Else I just have to cheer for the GREAT DANES!

And get them so drunk so I have to fill in! hehe

...I even bought pirate stuff

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:11 am

Topper wrote:Longshot and Norse I think you guys forget about the ppl who have payed 400 euros to attend this tourney just to get a finger poked in the eye and somehing even worse stuck in the place where the sun doesnÂ´t shine...

no, I genuinely feel sorry for these guys, I for one REALLY wanted to see a team Scotland so I could laugh at them in their silly stripey skirts!! I would NEVER wear one of those

I always had reservations about a Freebooter team, but my criticism would be towards the organiser(s) for supporting it (sorry Luca ) and not at the guys who agreed to join it..

I am hopeful that these people will still turn up, still play BB and still get drunk with me afterwards, I just don't think they should be part of the team event...

anyway, just one guy's opinion and nothing more than that..

Longshot · Post by **Longshot** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:14 am

Topper, you know that the Freebooter team is here to solve a problem...
Not to create one !

I respect Glorian for all the time he has organised it!

Now, the money is not only the right answer, but this is a piece of advice why, Norse , some others, and I, would have prefer a second Italian Team ! Does it make sense to people now? Ho yeah.

Asking an other tourny to the organisators is a job they may be not though about and short in time.

The things were clear from the beginning: Eurobowl (freebooter are here just in case)

Now you turn it completely different?
I know this is time and money and people and so but ..Side tourny could be great... short in time? how many players? lot of job and not enough data i guess.

Putting new responsabilities to the organisors is not in my mind
Paying 400Euros to attend a nation tourny were people are selected... is not a way to be selected.

And i didnt forgot that by including Vince in the French team cos of the freebooter collapse.

Panico · Post by **Panico** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:18 am

Norse wrote:
Topper wrote:Longshot and Norse I think you guys forget about the ppl who have payed 400 euros to attend this tourney just to get a finger poked in the eye and somehing even worse stuck in the place where the sun doesnÂ´t shine...
no, I genuinely feel sorry for these guys, I for one REALLY wanted to see a team Scotland so I could laugh at them in their silly stripey skirts!! I would NEVER wear one of those

I always had reservations about a Freebooter team, but my criticism would be towards the organiser(s) for supporting it (sorry Luca ) and not at the guys who agreed to join it..

I am hopeful that these people will still turn up, still play BB and still get drunk with me afterwards, I just don't think they should be part of the team event...

anyway, just one guy's opinion and nothing more than that..

Np Ramz, as I told you we're here to grow up all togheter.
I will explain you better on private, what I can tell you is that we took the idea from last year Eurobowl Rookie Tryouts!!!

Our error (yes, I admit when I make one), was to organize the spare team before, too much in advance.
We should have wait 'til the day of the EB and make the freebooter team with all those who where there in that day . Those who come just to join the party and that can have the opportunity so to play... I was conditioned from the "romantic" idea that people of the freeboter team was kind of people that came anyway, no matter if for playing or not (that is what I will do next year...)

Hope I was clear, anyway we'll have plenty of time to talk about it in Riolo...

necromancer · Post by **necromancer** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:23 am

Asking an other tourny to the organisators is a job they may be not though about and short in time.

We will sort something out ourselves. Not hard to make a tourney.

Scotts vs Pirates hehe

Glorian Underhill · Post by **Glorian Underhill** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:19 am

Longshot wrote:
....cos of the freebooter collapse.

There is still the chance that they will make a scotish team.
Morgot is in it and I think they have hired Sean Connery too. Or at least the new Bond. He is blond but that doens't stop others from playing Blood Bowl.

Topper · Post by **Topper** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:30 pm

Glad to hear that Norse.
I also agree with you guys (Norse and Longshot) that from a purely organizotorial point of view, it would be better with a country 2.
However I still believe that is even more against the idea of EB.
Just as I agree that the freebooter team is here to solve a problem, not create one.
In my personal view of point I still believe a few ppl let down alot, both from their own team but also from the freebooters.

I think that choosing the "odd team" whether it is "country 2" or a freebooter team in the last minutes provides one danger - the fact that itÂ´s never made due to lack of attendees and instead one team has to pass each round.

Maybe a deadline to attend (a month before?) would solve the problem?
But could also be a tad too much, donno?

Finally just so nobody misunderstands my previous post - what it meant was that they had been led down - I just used a "figuratively speaking" method to make it show better.
I donÂ´t know if we do this more in DK than in other countries, but no offending was meant.

LetÂ´s just have a super EB - hopefully with both the Scotch and the freebooters.

Over and out - Topper

Longshot · Post by **Longshot** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:14 pm

no offence meant, no offence taken

About the Deadline, we all (organisators) know that deadline is sadly not a solution in the BB wolrd

We deal with it as we can.

Swiss should have done a team to clear the problem or Portuguese

but not both

(even number again...)

Podfrey · Post by **Podfrey** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:33 pm

GLORIAN!!! Please just hang on for a couple of hours. I genuinely think that the possible Scottish exit has been averted as two of the three people have been "persuaded" to go. And with Margot McMillan taking the place of the only drop out, we're all good to go. If so then the European All Stars are still needed. In the immortal words of Dad's Army - "Don't panic Mr Mannering"

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:03 pm

lucifer wrote:"Don't panic Mr Mannering"

think you will find its spelt Mainwaring