Around The Horn 2016 - ATH2016 Discussion Thread

Its been over a year since our last Around The Horn and I thought id open this thread to see if there would be interest in it this year.



For those of you guys who know what ATH (Around The Horn) is, then great. For those of yous who don't....here is a short summary.



Simplified version of the rules:

I will post a topic and you have to post your response including why you made that choice within a given time limit (before the next match is scheduled to begin), take care while making your responses however as the other contestant can counter your arguement i.e pointing out possible flaws in what youve said.

*you can only counter an arguement two times so make sure your point is worth making. If someone's defense of their arguement isnt good it will count against them.

*You can use the same answer as your opponent if you wish i.e you agree with their choice however its hard to win a debate when your making the same points someone has already made

Any questions, just ask me



Thats generally how it's been done before, with two posters pitted against each other answering opened ended (i.e ones that could have a number of correct answers) such as:

Example 1: Who is the most under-utilized / underused person on the WWE Roster and what would you suggest should be done with them? Why is your choice better than your oponents?

Example 2: "Pitch to Vince" - Vince McMahon wants to debut a new stable on WWE TV in the next few months. Using only current WWE employees who would you suggest for this new stable and how would you pitch the group to Vince?

The latter part of that (example 1) however should only be referred to after your first answer as otherwise the person who answers first would be at a distinct disadvantage being unable to refer to their opponents argument in their opening post.

If you want to get further examples, heres some links :
ATH 2014 - DISCUSSION THREAD

Omackeral v Bostoncrab

DQ V Castor Troy



It will follow a King of The Ring style format as before and as highlighted below:

1 Boardsie no.1
Boardsie no.2

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QF1:W1 vs W2
2 Boardsie no.3
Boardsie no.4

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SF1:WQF1 vs WQF2
3 Boardsie no.5
Boardsie no.6

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GF1:W3 vs w4
4 Boardsie no.7
Boardsie no.8

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Final:
5 Boardsie no.9
Boardsie no.10

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QF3:W5 vs W6
6 Boardsie no.11
Boardsie no.12

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SF2:WQF3 vs WQF4
7 Boardsie no.13
Boardsie no.14

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QF4:W7 vs W8
8 Boardsie no.15
Boardsie no.16



What is Around The Horn you say? well here is the explanation i usually included when i used to run the standerd version of this game on here.

Around The Horn(ATH) is an american show on ESPN where a number of panelists/experts make arguments an a certain topic. The host awards points for each response depending on how well argued their point is, not neccesarily if he agrees with their point (although that helps) but how well they back up their argument. Obviously the winner is the person with the highest number of points at the end of the show. This format should work quite well here if anyone is interested, after all there are a number of people here who like to think of themselves as experts on all things wrestling related, here is a chance to prove it.

Previous champs are:

Myself, Vince135792003, Rosie1977, Fozzyx2, Charlie Mchugh & Bubs101 and Omackeral as well as one was shared between cactus col and Machismo fan.

so who want's in? We need 16 so, the first 15 posters to say they are in here get a spot, then we will be looking for a few for a backup list ideally (as some drop out for various reasons often in games like this).