PanzerHarris Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Come one, come all to the official Malifaux GT Sweepstake! This is an idea, with the kind permission of the organiser Mr Marshall, shamelessly stolen from the Warhammer Fantasy events I used to attend, where it always brought much banter and an ability for those not there to participate vicariously from afar. All of the players attending the GT have been split up into 5 pools, based on their current rankings (the Masters one, since that's the only one I care about!). In order to enter, you pick a 'team' of 5 players, 1 from each pool. Each player will earn a score equal to their final placing at the event. The team with the lowest score wins a prize! For example, Marshall Michaels picks a team of the following; Greg Piskosz (pool A) Scott Porter (pool B ) Lee Battrick (pool C) Mark Byrne (pool D) Cathy Winton (pool E) At the end of the event, the team earns the following (hypothetical! Do not hold me to these...) positions; Greg Piskosz, 10th Scott Porter, 65th Lee Battrick, 12th Mark Byrne, 32nd Cathy Winton, 64th The total of these positions is 183, so this team's score is 183 and this will be matched against other teams to find the winner of the sweepstake. Lowest score wins, 2nd lowest score comes second and so on. Highest score takes the wooden spoon and a consolation prize! Each entry costs £2. All money collected goes into the prize pot, which will be split up at the end of the event as follows; 50% to Wargamers Against All Cancer 25% to the winner of the sweepstake 15% to the 2nd place entrant 5% to the 3rd place entrant 5% to the last place entrant If possible prizes will be given out on the day but if not, payment will be by Paypal as soon as possible. To send your entry money, Paypal is outcastsquig(at)gmail(dot)com or you can pay up at the event. I'm quite a hard man to miss! Anyone can enter, and they can enter as many teams as they like. I'll be taking entries up until the event starts on Saturday morning. You can enter by email, PM on the boards, by posting your team here, or even handing me a scrap of paper on Friday night. I don't care. The only caveat is that you must have paid and given me your team before the first round begins on Saturday morning. If I haven't got both by then, then you won't be entered. Hopefully not an issue, but just have to be absolutely clear. Right then. The moment you've all been waiting for. The pools, complete with bad horseracing names...Pool A - Thoroughbreds Joel ‘Chasing Bacon’ Henry ‘Creepy’ Ant Hoult Mark ‘Chumpbasher’ Elwood Ben ‘Late Surge’ Crowe Greg ‘The Chosen One’ Piskosz Rob ‘Hat So Big He’s Overcompensating For Something’ Smith James ‘Fading Fast’ Doxey Paul ‘The Furner’ CampbellPool B - Dark Horses Matt Ledgerwood John 'Captain Pinky' Wharton Luke Cocksedge Maria Wieland Ben 'Panzer' Harris Graham 'BluTac' Bursnell Connor ‘The People’s Hat’ Barker Joe Wood Josh Leak Martin Wodehouse Scott Porter Josh FletcherPool C - Has Beens, Never Weres and Also Rans Dave Hill Dom Westerland Paul Butler Adam 'Hutch' Hutchinson James Reeves 'All About' Lee Battrick Jake Barlow Joe Taylor Chris Hay Pete Wright Aidan Kirk Jimmy Balderstone Brooks Martin Mike Hutchinson Ben Halford Tim Brown Dave Brown Jan Proudley Ben SimeJohn Stubbings Pool D - Nags and Neddies Austin Capewell Pete Rees Nate Zettle Garry Burgess Martin Jones Aaron Bailey Mark Byrne Craig Galbraith Shane McDowell James Goddard Mike Taylor Graham Allington Jakob Sennett Peter Sidaway Steve Revis Bob McCallum Stuart Cain Liam Hall Andy WintonPool E - Next Week's Tesco Value Burgers Mike Soar Bennett Morley Nathan Chenery Adam Wheeler James Winton Cathy Winton Adam Boyes Phil Muscroft Matt Spooner I'm not entering - I'm running the thing and I'm not Jimmy Balderstone - but if I were I'd probably enter the following teams; The Panzer All Stars (and hereby given the kiss of death for their chances!) Pool A: Joel Henry Pool B: Graham Bursnell Pool C: Adam Hutchinson Pool D: Aaron Bailey Pool E: Adam Wheeler The Wooden Spooners Pool A: Mark Elwood (not enough chumps) Pool B: Ben Harris (what in God's name am I doing up there) Pool C: Ben Halford (he paints, but this whole gaming thing is a lost art) Pool D: Chris King (gets a nosebleed when on a single-digit table number) Pool E: James Winton (BluTac round 1 is not a promising start) Anyway. Let the banter and fundraising commence! Any questions, post them up here and I'll answer as soon as I can. Above all else, please remember this is tongue firmly in cheek and nobody should take their pool, nickname or placements in teams personally! EDIT: RESULTS ARE ON PAGE 3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProximoCoal Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Cool idea and it looks like lots of fun. Paul Campbell should be 'The Scottish Godfather' 'The Furner' or 'The Wildling' Why hasn't Blutac got his nickname! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaberible Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Haha 65th! How did you know where I would finish? Great idea, I'm in, will probably pay Friday night if that's OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkeyKungFu Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 How am i not in the bottom group lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake of Godzilla Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Okay will cash you for this later but I will take - Pool A - Ben ‘Late Surge’ Crowe (he's got the taste for victory now) Pool B - Scott Porter (ready to come out swinging) Pool C - Adam Hutchinson (no list is complete without a squig) Pool D - Bob McCallum (luck of the Irish) Pool E - James Winton (he's up and coming) What happens if you have a drop out on your list? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerHarris Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Nicknames updated. At some point I'll have to get someone to translate Paul's - my Scottish is a little rusty! No probs paying on Friday. Will bring a bucket and a baseball bat. If there's a dropout then the person picking gets to find a replacement. If they don't do that... I'll think of something, probably based on averages for the pool or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerHarris Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 How am i not in the bottom group lol I had to draw a line somewhere. You were just on the correct side of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapdancer Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Great idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Historically, my malifaux nickname is Britney... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerHarris Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Shave your head and marry a backing dancer, and I'll update your nickname. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psientologist Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Well I think I'm going to have 2 pools. First is my SMP (and friends) pool. Pool A - Benjamin Crowe Pool B - Martin Wodehouse Pool C - Mike Hutchinson (sorry Jan) Pool D - Austin Capewell (sorry Aaron) Pool E - Nathan Chenery Next is my "real" choices Pool A - James ‘Fading Fast’ Doxey - Sorry Jamin, but Doxey is still the Arcanist master and UK no.1 (for a bit) Pool B - Matt Ledgerwood - I like Martin, but Matt just had recent success and now he must have a taste for it. Pool C - Ben Sime - sorry people, I came to game. Pool D - Aaron Bailey - not had the best results lately but I know is capable and think extra rounds will help Pool E - Adam Boyes - My dark horse maybe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasyfreak Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Go on then, I'm ready for my two; My A- Team Pool A - Rob 'I'm hoping he takes Arcanists or I want to null this entry' Smith Pool B - Graham 'All painted, No blutac' Bursnell Pool C - Adam 'Hutch' Hutchinson Pool D - Mark 'I hope he games as well as he paints' Byrne Pool E - Nathan 'What am I doing in pool E?' Chenery My (still filth) B - Team Pool A - Joel 'I'm no foal, even with Gremlins' Henry Pool B - Matt 'The Resser' Ledgerwood Pool C - Ben 'If I don't have confidence in myself, no-one will' Halford Pool D - Andy 'of the Wintons' Winton Pool E - Nathan 'Why the hell am I still in pool E?' Chenery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake of Godzilla Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Though choosing yourself is a little cheeky that is a good shout for Pool C, great results lately. Even if you do role over for your club mates ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasyfreak Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Though choosing yourself is a little cheeky that is a good shout for Pool C, great results lately. Even if you do role over for your club mates ;-) I've been beating all my club mates a lot more lately, apart from Graham, he's my bogey opponent There was a few people I could of gone for in Pool C, but everyone I looked at I realised I had a fair chance of beating them from past experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake of Godzilla Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Lol! Thats some smack talk. Actually that was aimed at young PSIENTOLOGIST, after letting Mr Crowe smash him at Octoberfaux Graham's easy. Just put McM on the table and watch him start to shake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaberible Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 I have 3 teams for you and I'll pay cash on Friday if that's OK Resurgent Ressers · Ant ‘Top Resser’ Hoult · Matt ‘might be top Resser after this weekend’ Ledgerwood · Ben ‘best Resser painter’ Halford · James ‘only Resser in this group’ Goddard · Bennett ‘I had to look hard to find a Resser down here, maybe you lot should play more Ressers then you would be higher up the rankings’ Morley Go Getters · Greg ‘I’m only the chosen one for the Masters, honest’ Piscosz · Luke ‘I’ll definitely need the points when Mike nullifies that controversial score from the team GT’ Cocksage · Dave ‘if I do really well I could just make the masters’ Hill · Mark ‘unknown quantity’ Byrne · Nathan ‘I can’t play M2E, but I was quite handy at 1.5’ Chenery Surprise Packages · Ben ‘must be getting a nosebleed’ Crowe · Ben ‘hypothetically place me at 65th will ya?’ Harris · Lee ‘if you ask nicely I’ll tell you how to beat me’ Batterick · Liam ‘I’m sure I remember him complaining how bad he is at Malifaux on Twitter’ Hall · Andrew ‘sorry I had to pick someone ‘cos Spooner isn’t playing’ Richardson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerHarris Posted October 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Slight update - Andy Richardson and his +1 have withdrawn, and John Wharton and Maria Wieland have replaced them. If anyone wants to update their Pool B selections, please let me know. Cheers Matt, Ben, Ben and Scott for the pools - all noted down on the big spreadsheet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaberible Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 OK, so just to confirm Maria and John have been added to Pool B and Andy Richardson has dropped from Pool E (not sure who else has dropped out) In which case I need to change my Pool E selection from the last list so I'll go for....Phil Muscroft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Okay. A ) Greg Piskosz B ) Martin Wodehouse C ) Jake Barlow D ) Pete Rees E ) Adam Boyes E was a bit of a wild guess as I dont know any of them well enough to make an even slightly educated guess. Will pay on the friday Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffeh Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Cheers Mr Kirk for your support! Here's mine Panzer - will donate on Friday if you are in the same boozer as me n Aiden! "The hangover" A) Greg "Team Ginger" Piskosz Connor "drunk enough to dance" Truby (or is it Barker?) C) Chris "I'll be tucked up with my horlicks whilst your all getting hangovers" Hay D)"the Lesser" Peter Sideaway E) James (non female one of the?) Winton(s) I've got 2 non drinkers on this list to compensate for Greg's hangover! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProximoCoal Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Both me and Jen are entering a selection. Jen's List (i.e. people she vaguely knows): Greg Piscosz, Connor Barker, Pete Rees, Chris Hay, James Winton Connor's List: Joel Henry (got second in his first Gremlin event), Martin Wodehouse (should be further up the rankings), Nate Zettle (filthy, filthy Collette (also made Jen's decision easier )), Chris Hay (my dark horse for the day, think he can upset some of the champs), Nathan Chenery (I don't really know anyone in Group E) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffeh Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 At least Jen voted for me if u didn't... You've so changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 At least anyone's voted for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clousseau Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Here's my selection; A) Ant Hoult Joe Wood C) Jimmy Balderstone D) Mike Taylor E) Mike Soar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiftreaver Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Here is mine and James will pay you on friday night or saturday morning James picks A) James Doxey Graham 'BluTac' Bursnell (does that mean he is planning to throw his first game?) C) Lee Battrick D) Andy Winton E) James Winton (or is he playing some cunning Mind game with BluTac?) Andy picks A) Ben Crowe Matt Ledgerwood C) Dom Westerland D) Craig Galbraith (hedging his bets) E) Nathan Chenery 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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