MadTias
Joined: Jun 19, 2004
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Apr 26, 2009 - 21:48 |
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Well (for example), you'd not expect Aussies to win their fair share since for coaches on site, as a generalisation, they keep themselves to them-SWL-elves. Not everyone could give a crap about [R] or majors or whatever (not banging my drum, just saying!), and that's a significant group that fits that bill.
So, Shadow might have a point, Americans might struggle in their timezone to get the needed erm 'builder' games to compete, or not care, or whatever as a generalisation. I've never been on at US home-from-work time to see what gamefinder looks like.
Or they might be rubbish.
A couple of years ago I did try and come up with some sort of team World Cup type of affair, but got no interest, despite there being a 14 page thread involving several nations that died right at the last minute when the original founder dropped off. Maybe BB coaches aren't all that patriotic?
If it wasn't ze Germans at #1, would a very English Pete care?  |
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SillySod
Joined: Oct 10, 2006
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Apr 26, 2009 - 21:48 |
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Sorry, missed the word "participating" there. I had assumed that shadow had some reason to claim that there werent many.... perhaps they are just thick  |
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CircularLogic
Joined: Aug 22, 2003
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Apr 26, 2009 - 23:04 |
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The US-gamefinder looks alot more bashy from my memory. I was over there for a year and you could see the tides of orcs/dorfs/undead coming, when the euro-coaches logged off. Then again.. this was about 3 years ago.
Then again - I had my 2 top 8 appearences, when I was playing based in the united states. That cable modem sure gave me some dice mojo! So if we count myself as from the US for those 13 month I was over there, everyone would be happy. Ze Germans, because we are still on top, the US-boys because they have a title and the brits, because they are not THAT far away from the germans. |
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shadow46x2
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
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Apr 26, 2009 - 23:24 |
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this has little to no relevance, seeing as how i was talking about participation in the majors, not site membership....
good try though 
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Melmoth
Joined: May 05, 2004
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Apr 26, 2009 - 23:30 |
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| MadTias wrote: |
FUMBBL majors’ champions (nations)
Germany 6
UK 4
Finland 2
Sweden 2
Australia 1
Austria 1
Belgium 1
Denmark 1
France 1
Italy 1
Portugal 1
Spain 1
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PeteW
Joined: Aug 05, 2005
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May 02, 2009 - 16:25 |
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| Melmoth wrote: | | MadTias wrote: |
FUMBBL majors’ champions (nations)
Germany 6
UK 4
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Hush. Ownage |
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Melmoth
Joined: May 05, 2004
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May 02, 2009 - 16:37 |
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| PeteW wrote: | | Melmoth wrote: | | MadTias wrote: |
FUMBBL majors’ champions (nations)
Germany 6
UK 4
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Hush. Ownage |
Dicerapes are not a factor;-) |
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SillySod
Joined: Oct 10, 2006
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May 02, 2009 - 17:41 |
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Of course they are. Pete wouldnt have those majors without a fair few dicerapes. |
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PeteW
Joined: Aug 05, 2005
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May 02, 2009 - 23:55 |
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| SillySod wrote: | | Of course they are. Pete wouldnt have those majors without a fair few dicerapes. |
Quite right!
Interestingly, all my finals have been against Germans. So 2-1 to England at the moment!!! |
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Texan
Joined: Dec 14, 2005
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May 02, 2009 - 23:57 |
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Hey, I am on the list for final 8 appearances. Bastig! |
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Melmoth
Joined: May 05, 2004
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May 02, 2009 - 23:58 |
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| PeteW wrote: | | SillySod wrote: | | Of course they are. Pete wouldnt have those majors without a fair few dicerapes. |
Quite right!
Interestingly, all my finals have been against Germans. So 2-1 to England at the moment!!! |
not true...Dominik is no german |
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fly
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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May 03, 2009 - 00:21 |
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and if he was, he was expatriated long ago... he hasn't noticed yet tho. |
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MadTias
Joined: Jun 19, 2004
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Jul 06, 2009 - 11:18 |
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GLT V
Coach Malmir’s Orc team Fleetfoot’s Revenge are the GLT 2009 champions! Congratulations!
Malmir’s Orcs beat coach Leijonet’s Chaos team Words in the 2-1 final. Both final teams are old and respected, Revenge having played over 150 games and Words over 250. Having such illustrious teams in the final emphasizes the epic feel of the majors.
This was Malmir’s second and Leijonet’s third appearance in a major’s top-8, but the first final for both. Coach Sickroy also made her second appearance, while the remaining five top-8 coaches made their first. Fleetfoot’s Revenge and Sickroy’s DE team Burn the Witch have appeared in top-8 before, and as always it’s good to see old teams returning again to fight for glory. I was almost certain that Words had also appeared before, but it turns out that it was their fellows in Leijonet’s Unholy Trinity. Coach PeteW retains his lead in all-time trophies and his shared lead (with BooAhl) in top-8 appearances.
Races
Orcs move to the top spot with their fifth major’s trophy, equalling WE in number of trophies. They also increase their lead over DE in final appearances (ten to eight). The most exciting piece of news from the 23rd FUMBBL major is however that Spreading Jan Far and Wide finally made the first majors top-8 appearance for Norse! Congratulations Norse, and respect to coach SillySod, who keeps on competing with the sub-par races (in the last UI it was Vampires).
Other than the Norse and the DE, it was a bashy tournament, with two Orc, two Undead, one Dwarf and one Chaos team in the top-8. Undead are a surprise, they don’t usually get many teams into the top-8, let alone two in the same tourney. With that performance, Undead passed Humans in the all-time top-8 racial standings, while Orcs cemented their all-time top spot at 38 appearances.
With Norse out of the way, there are now six races left with no top-8 appearance: Goblin, Halfling, Necro, Nurgle, Ogre and Vampire. Will the flat entry method with cash exceptions for stunties make them able to go that far? Methinks not, but I still applaud the effort from major tourney admin PurpleChest to make the majors more diverse.
As usual, all the statistics are available in the post on the first page of the thread. See you in the LC! |
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pingus
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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Jul 06, 2009 - 11:37 |
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Excelent work. Nice to read, thanks. |
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