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muppyman
2/08/2006
00:46:21
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 Subject: Global Bounty Hunters # 95
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Here we go again guys, let er rip!
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trond
2/08/2006
12:23:57
[ report this post ] | Short draw :-)
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For anyone interested, I just made a short draw in one of my team games. You might find it entertaining: board #4402738
I though I was lost for a while there ...
Enjoy
Trond :-)
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peterf
2/08/2006
13:41:16
[ report this post ] | thanks stinky
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.... for leading the team so well for so long - sure most of us have little idea how much time and effort is required but you have steered the GBH ship through some difficult times and with great distinction. Having correponded recently with the new Captain, I know the team is in very good and capable hands. Onwards and upwards from here ..... if only my opponents would move instead of postponing - I might yet again feel part of the deal!!!!
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astinkyfart
2/08/2006
18:52:36
[ report this post ] | peter
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thanks. dok will do a great job. muppy did you say let er rip??
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muppyman
2/08/2006
20:06:19
[ report this post ] | stinky,
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yes I did, why? I think those were the words of a ghreat general in WW2 to begin an important battle, actually :)
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muppyman
2/08/2006
20:07:49
[ report this post ] | sorry,
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thats great, not ghreat :))
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breakerofwind
2/08/2006
20:26:15
[ report this post ] | Let 'r Rip?
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I usually do, invited to or not :)
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astinkyfart
2/08/2006
20:40:59
[ report this post ] | i have some stunning news!
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breakerowfwind is my father. however i will not be pulled to the dark side by him.
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deadofknight
2/08/2006
22:03:50
[ report this post ] | stinky
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you dont know the power of the dark side.
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leo_london
2/09/2006
05:29:25
[ report this post ] | I have
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sent pm's to stinky and dok, so will not repeat again. Just to say I echo the sentiments expressed so well by peterf ( above ).
Except about postponments..having just had a computer completely crash I was very grateful for my full 30 days allowance.
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deadofknight
2/09/2006
12:22:33
[ report this post ] | Ladies and Gents...+99
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once again we are almost at 100...great work...
GO GBH!
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muppyman
2/09/2006
12:25:10
[ report this post ] | Better make that 98,
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because I just lost one, sorry people :(
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deadofknight
2/09/2006
18:11:50
[ report this post ] | Our man
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breakerofwind...just cut down a gentleman rated 1719 when he was rated 1583...talk
about collecting bounty...don't mess with Larry!
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astinkyfart
2/09/2006
19:48:28
[ report this post ] | does it still
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count if you blow up your opponents with methane gas?
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breakerofwind
2/09/2006
20:15:44
[ report this post ] | Shhh, son
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Don't give away my secret weapon. Too bad he has such a sensitive nose, it messed up his thinking.
So when're you coming over to the dark side?
Thanks for the compliment, deadofknight. My record has been slipping lately and I have to pay more attention.
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srec
2/10/2006
01:04:41
[ report this post ] | srec
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i want to join a team
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muppyman
2/10/2006
02:07:15
[ report this post ] | srec,
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send a private message to deadofknight, our team captain. I am sure he would be happy to talk with you. Thank you for telling us. good luck :)
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peterf
2/10/2006
15:55:55
[ report this post ] | Hey Leo .......
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.....there are postponements and then there are " postponements " !!! - I have a team game opponent who has just postponed for the third time in five weeks .... hard disk deaths are at least a legitimate reason .... looking forward to the resumption of our game - take your time - DOK had just given me two more team games!!!!!
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deadofknight
2/10/2006
17:11:08
[ report this post ] | Two TO Wins
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from Ctrl-Reset!
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drtony
2/10/2006
19:54:04
[ report this post ] | postponments
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Hey peterf, I agree about the postponments! I've got one knucklehead who has postponed countless times; we're still playing a game from November!
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deadofknight
2/10/2006
21:49:01
[ report this post ] | One Hundred!
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Tonight we hit +100....Nice work Team...we hung around without making much progress for the
last litlw while and now a burst of wins!
stinky, whats the highest we've ever hit??? 135???
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peterf
2/10/2006
22:01:40
[ report this post ] | ...bad news for drtony
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...I had a team game which recently finished after almost 10 months .....a five day game in which he usually moved with a few hours to spare ...and in between many many postponements .....patience, I am told, is a virtue ...... you may need to prescribe yourself a course of treatment - stinky once told me to go with the flow and start an additional game - that worked for me .... in the team game, my ultimate satisfaction was that my opponent out!!!!! Good luck and successful hunting to you.
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peterf
2/10/2006
22:03:16
[ report this post ] | ..and to the Captain ...
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..thanks DOK for the extra game - now have four running (two of which are currently postponed - lol)
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peterf
2/10/2006
22:04:28
[ report this post ] | ...and to muppy ....
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..tell me it isnt true muppy ....your didnt, did you???????????????
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peterf
2/10/2006
22:14:21
[ report this post ] | /..and to all GBHers
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...congrats to all members of the team and especially ctrl-reset for achieving the ton again...now onwards and upwards.....
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ctrl-reset
2/12/2006
01:24:29
[ report this post ] | What's the 'ton'?
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Peterf, what do you mean by the 'ton'?
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leo_london
2/12/2006
04:33:03
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Ton = 100...Probably a cricket term originally ?...now used widely in all sports etc.
Just wait till peterf starts talking about ducks, googlies, fine legs, maiden overs, flippers and silly mid-on etc..that will really confuse most of us here.
;-)
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flyerguy1012
2/12/2006
06:19:20
[ report this post ] | leo
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I was following you there, but you lost me with silly midons.....
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peterf
2/12/2006
13:20:56
[ report this post ] | flyerguy ....
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...I imagine you are familiar with the term " doozra " - what about " bowling a maiden over " ?? ....Leo is good at that I suspect!!!!!
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peterf
2/12/2006
13:33:42
[ report this post ] | Educational forums
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Hey Leo - perhaps we could run two concurrent educational forums for all Septic Tanks - you could tutor on cricket and I could run a fair dinkum course in Strine - of course there would be a fee for participants in the latter - Emma Chisit - I hear u ask - stone the crows - tellyusorllyter!!
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leo_london
2/12/2006
16:58:20
[ report this post ] | Rugby
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might be interesting too.
" The tighthead was all over the hooker in a loose maul ".
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muppyman
2/12/2006
18:18:35
[ report this post ] | or snooker?
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" I just had to sink my pink and smiled when it went in off the cushion"
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muppyman
2/12/2006
18:23:54
[ report this post ] | speaking of cricket,
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What does this mean? Two of his fans got excited when they saw him crack one through the covers so they tried to get down to the members end and face a couple of balls. I dont understand any of it.
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astinkyfart
2/14/2006
14:40:50
[ report this post ] | we are at 100
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what was our goal again? 180? i cant remember now. anyway we are back on track with our winning ways. although i lost one today :(
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huntressbyknight
2/15/2006
09:31:39
[ report this post ] | 105
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going good.. 2 more team timeouts in my favour.. think thats the only way Im winning! seems there are some impudent warriors out there that actually want to beat me:))
back to hunting>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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peterf
2/16/2006
15:57:36
[ report this post ] | ..another great comeback ....
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..congratulations to Ron Lumm for a fantastic comeback - minus 17 or so to minus only 4 in a short space of time is a terrific effort - GBH player of the month looming for you I hope!!
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deadofknight
2/16/2006
21:02:45
[ report this post ] | 112 tonight...
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We are ona Bigtime run here folks...keep the Bounty coming!!
DoK
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deadofknight
2/16/2006
21:09:16
[ report this post ] | Huntress
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has informed me she feels that she will be happier moving to a new team where she will hold a
position that meets her needs best.
Good Luck HBK
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astinkyfart
2/17/2006
15:27:13
[ report this post ] | sorry
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to hear that. i cant imagine playing for another team. would never happen. good luck to her either way.
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leo_london
2/17/2006
17:03:33
[ report this post ] | Yes, sorry
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to hear we have not been " meeting her needs "...muppyman where are you ?
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archadl
2/17/2006
22:36:21
[ report this post ] | indeed
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i cant even remember how it was to play for another team and i dont think i'd manage even if i tried. Bounty hunting is in my blood now.
Well done everybody on the wins. Lets get that score up and over 130.
Hopefully if all goes well i'll be able to add a few points as well soon.
Enjoy the weekend.
ArchaDl
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leo_london
2/18/2006
03:33:34
[ report this post ] | Team score
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up to 114 !
Team rating 1400, we are into the top 20.
I know most dont follow the last couple of stats, but I like to take a look occasionally.
;-)
Go GBH !!
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muppyman
2/19/2006
11:04:01
[ report this post ] | leo
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dont blame me, I have been away for 6 days working. good luck to huntress, hope she finds what she is looking for.
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astinkyfart
2/19/2006
20:49:22
[ report this post ] | hey
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has anyone used the bookmark addition yet? great new feature! quick access to where you want to go on gk.
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terrabull
2/20/2006
06:06:35
[ report this post ] | Wow...
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I see GBH has had about +- 3680 more games than any of the other teams who are ahead of us.
We have come a looooong way...
Go GBH!!
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drron
2/20/2006
13:04:11
[ report this post ] | League play for Teams
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Has league play for teams ever been set up on the site? If not, then it would be a lot of fun to implement such a concept. There would be leagues (for teams) with divisions, and teams could sign up to play in a division. When full, a table of matches with all teams play all as both black and white with each team having a certain no. of players per match with board position (both chosen by captain). Maybe prizes could be awarded to 1st, 2nd,.. place Teams at end. They have a similar concept on Chessworld.net. In addition, Teams (with admin approval) can set up matches with teams from other sites.
Just an idle thought.
Go GBH,
Ron
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astinkyfart
2/21/2006
13:11:22
[ report this post ] | ron
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i think with the current system of teams this is impossible as most play for fun and wouldnt accept some of the match ups. however i have always thought a four or five man team representing each team could do this. in league play you would be forced to play whoever challengs you and it would be a better judgement of the strength of teams.
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grandphish
2/22/2006
11:44:50
[ report this post ] | League Play for Teams
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I think it would be possible to orgainize an informal league of teams and use the GameKnot facility to set up and play matches, report results and communicate standings, etc. I would suggest perhaps a team of 4 players with 2 alternates. In each match the combined rating of the four active players in that match must be 7500 or less (choose your own number here - it could be 7000, it could be 8000, depends on what the league wants to set.) So the highest rated player on Team A plays the highest rated player on Team B a two game match, etc. 8 points available in each match, win = 1, draw = 0.5, loss = 0. Most points in the set of 8 games wins the match and gets one match point. If score ends 4-4, each gets 0.5. I suspect the players would want all games to run concurrently so as to avoid a tournament taking years to complete. At the end of all games, team with the most match points is the winner. If there are 8 or more teams, it would be possible to divide into divisions with the winner of each division meeting in a championship round.
All sounds very interesting so far, right. The catch is the organization and administration of the league. It will take someone with a lot of connections within the GameKnot network to find committted players and captains willing to take this on. (No insanity jokes here, please.) League commissioner would also be time consuming, but I would be willing to volunteer for that job. I just don't have the connections to start up such a thing. Volunteers, anyone.
I think it is a very interesting idea, Ron, and one that I have often thought about and wished for here at GameKnot. Hopefully, we can get some traction for this idea.
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astinkyfart
2/22/2006
13:42:53
[ report this post ] | grandphish
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the only thing i disagree with on your idea is the total rateing (if i understand you correctly that is) i say no rateing limits. thats the problem with the current team system. the current system is more of a casual , social type league. in the current system the overall rateing of a team may be 2000 as compared to a 1500 team. now when these teams play under the current system the 1500 team only sends its 2000 or above players thus causing the appearence on the record books the teams are evenly matched which isnt the case. so this is my opinion. 4-6 man teams like grandphish stated but with no limits. a team rated 2000 is probably better than a team rated 1500 and let he record show it. so if team (a) which includes 2200, 2150, 1983, and 1875 challenges team (b) which includes 2175, 1740, 1575, and 1330 all games would be matched accordingly to the closest pairing. of course the 1330 would not have much of a chance against the 1875 but thats the beauty of a REAL league. you play what you have. eventually the weaker teams would be put in a different bracket. also i think eventually teams would have players around the same rateing to better compete. for instance if the bounty hunters had a team in league play it might be grandphish, drron, julianlore, leo london and perhaps flyerguy and littlemissnaughty as backups. bottom line if a team is better we shouldnt pick and choose who plays them. let the best teams win. no dodging on challenges. i hope my explanation isnt too complicated. :)
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leo_london
2/22/2006
14:36:47
[ report this post ] | I wonder
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what other teams think ?
The present team table set-up is strange, its similar to a " ladder system " in some ways. There are teams with 3,4,5 members...others with up to 125.. like " The Fighting warriors ". When I started team play I used to avidly check the table positions every few days, then it dawned on me that it was all fairly meaningless as a guide to the performance of the team. I enjoy playing as part of a team, and always find pleasure in hearing that a team mate has won, but our " position " no longer bothers me...though I cant resist checking occasionally.
If there were a way to introduce a league, with like-minded teams, I would be interested. But, I already spend far too much time on here ( according to my wife )...I wonder how many others would wish to commit to extra games ?
I am taking it for granted that these would be " extra games " and that we would continue with the usual team games in the present set-up.
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astinkyfart
2/22/2006
15:15:37
[ report this post ] | leo
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good point. i suppose league team play would have to be a seperate issue or... team league games would be considered part of your overall team games. lots of issues on this. but to be a serious team league all teams would require a certain set number of players unlike the current system. if i had the time to keep up with it i would love to oversee a team league but i dont :( anyway after it got too large you would need an automated system to keep up with it anyway.
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grandphish
2/22/2006
15:54:36
[ report this post ] | Team tournament
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I think I must be missing the structure of the proposed team play. I am proposing a single tournament - not a ladder with challenges, etc. The tournament would be structured as a round robin among the participating teams. The teams would not have to be made up of subsets of current teams. You could create your team from anyone at GameKnot. While I agree that it would be nice to have no rating limit on a team, it would quickly become a battle to assemble the highest rated 6 players you could come up with. The purpose of the rating cap would be to create some parity among the teams so that it is competitive. Otherwise, it will become a battle to see who can get the 6 highest rated players to sign up for a team and it will not be competitive.
Bottom line-this would be like a minitournament, but each "player" would be a team and there would be a rating restriction similar to a 1600-2000 rating restriction in a minitournament.
I hope all this makes sense. I think it is an interesting concept. There are team tournaments run like this. The most notable one that I am aware of is the US Amateur Team Championships. Let's keep kicking it around and see what comes out the other side.
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