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Boards.ie Codenames World Cup Feb 2018

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  • #122
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    sKeith wrote: »
    is this a game 3 rematch.

    3 Team Brain v Team Free
    9 Team Free v Team Brain

    It is indeed - both teams suffered a loss in earlier rounds, so entered the losers bracket at different stages. Basically, both teams are the best of the teams that lost a game, i think.


  • #123
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,030 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Pter wrote: »
    It is indeed - both teams suffered a loss in earlier rounds, so entered the losers bracket at different stages. Basically, both teams are the best of the teams that lost a game, i think.

    Are we going to do another world cup in future. This is fun.

    Couole of suggestions id make. The winners in this round are "seeded" v the winning loosers.

    Games are played over 3 legs with each team taking a turn at blue/red and coin toss for 3rd game if needed.


  • #124
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    Guffy wrote: »
    Are we going to do another world cup in future. This is fun.

    Couole of suggestions id make. The winners in this round are "seeded" v the winning loosers.

    Games are played over 3 legs with each team taking a turn at blue/red and coin toss for 3rd game if needed.

    The colours don't matter, its the 9 v 8 words/going 1st v 2nd, that should be alternated.


  • #125
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Guffy wrote: »
    Are we going to do another world cup in future. This is fun.

    Couole of suggestions id make. The winners in this round are "seeded" v the winning loosers.

    Games are played over 3 legs with each team taking a turn at blue/red and coin toss for 3rd game if needed.
    sKeith wrote: »
    The colours don't matter, its the 9 v 8 words/going 1st v 2nd, that should be alternated.

    Good ideas and points. Would love to do a few tournaments. Would be great if someone would look at organising the next one though. Not too much to it, and i can share the website that generated the structure. Just good to get another tournament mod on board.


  • #126
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,030 ✭✭✭Guffy


    sKeith wrote: »
    The colours don't matter, its the 9 v 8 words/going 1st v 2nd, that should be alternated.

    Thats obviously what i meant :P . Every game i played has had blue on 9 and red on 8. Didnt realise colour assignments were random


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  • #127
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,030 ✭✭✭Guffy


    kitten_k wrote: »
    Conor
    Banjo
    Guffy

    Ye around?

    Ya I'm free anyway


  • #128
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Pter wrote: »
    Good ideas and points. Would love to do a few tournaments. Would be great if someone would look at organising the next one though. Not too much to it, and i can share the website that generated the structure. Just good to get another tournament mod on board.

    I can organise the next one if people like. Won't be playing probably unless there's uneven numbers


  • #129
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    Maybe try a round robin style tournament next time? Could add in Home and away games, for the 1st/2nd thing.


  • #130
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    sKeith wrote: »
    Maybe try a round robin style tournament next time? Could add in Home and away games, for the 1st/2nd thing.

    How many teams do you think we would need to make that work well?


  • #131
    Banjo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    kitten_k wrote: »
    Conor
    Banjo
    Guffy

    Ye around?

    I'm around for a while now, will be commuting shortly though.

    Guffy, you want me to captain this one so you can banter? :D
    I give you my word as a scotsman that I won't pick any fights this time.


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  • #132
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    If we had 8 teams, could do 2 groups of 4, with a semi final-final knockout?


  • #133
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Banjo wrote: »
    I'm around for a while now, will be commuting shortly though.

    Guffy, you want me to captain this one so you can banter? :D
    I give you my word as a scotsman that I won't pick any fights this time.

    Ah now where is the fun in that :D


  • #134
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,030 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Banjo wrote: »
    I'm around for a while now, will be commuting shortly though.

    Guffy, you want me to captain this one so you can banter? :D
    I give you my word as a scotsman that I won't pick any fights this time.

    Whichever way you want to play is A okay with me


  • #135
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Kolido wrote: »
    If we had 8 teams, could do 2 groups of 4, with a semi final-final knockout?

    6 would probably work as well to be fair.

    However, to be pedantic - that would be a Codenames league, not a Codenames World Cup :D


  • #136
    kitten_k
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    Banjo wrote: »
    I'm around for a while now, will be commuting shortly though.

    Guffy, you want me to captain this one so you can banter? :D
    I give you my word as a scotsman that I won't pick any fights this time.

    I'm around til 5 and then afk for most of the evening.


  • #137
    conor222
    Registered Users Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭conor222


    I'm about but will be heading off at 5.30 so could get it started but doubt ill be ble to do much this evening.
    Also, kitten wanna captain or will I? Again, I'm easy either way :)


  • #138
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Final should be bo3 yeah?


  • #139
    kitten_k
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    conor222 wrote: »
    I'm about but will be heading off at 5.30 so could get it started but doubt ill be ble to do much this evening.
    Also, kitten wanna captain or will I? Again, I'm easy either way :)

    I can't access the board as phone has no battery and the site is blocked in work. You mind doing this one and I will do the next one (when we win!).


  • #140
    osh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    Pter wrote: »
    6 would probably work as well to be fair.

    However, to be pedantic - that would be a Codenames league, not a Codenames World Cup :D

    Well to be pedantic, is the world cup not a group stage league format and then a knockout? :pac:


  • #141
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    osh wrote: »
    Well to be pedantic, is the world cup not a group stage league format and then a knockout? :pac:

    Yeah but its gotten way too commercialised and boring, especially in the league phase. Better back in the day when it was straight knockout, imo!


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  • #142
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    Pter wrote: »
    6 would probably work as well to be fair.

    However, to be pedantic - that would be a Codenames league, not a Codenames World Cup :D


    Kolido's is closer to WC format than the present one, with his group stage filtering into the elimination stage.

    Yes, I was thinking more of a league, where every team gets to play every other team at least once, 6 nations does it once.


  • #143
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    sKeith wrote: »
    Kolido's is closer to WC format than the present one, with his group stage filtering into the elimination stage.

    Yes, I was thinking more of a league, where every team gets to play every other team at least once, 6 nations does it once.

    That was the type of tournament I was thinking of tbh.

    More a league than a knockout to give everyone fair crack of the whip.

    Once the structure is set up the players themselves kind of run it by reporting results in a separate thread. League table gets updated after each round of games.
    Can finish it off with semi-finals and finals which are best of 3/5 then after the league format concludes. But depending on team numbers I'd be looking at each team playing each other twice.


  • #144
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Culminating in the Codenames Super Bowl.


  • #145
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    So points structures:

    3 points for a win

    1 point for a 1 clue remaining loss? Sort of like a Bonus Point I guess.

    -1 point for losing by hitting assassin.

    Not set in stone btw, just trying to work it out in my head. Once I have the structure I can set things in motion following the World Cup Conclusion.


  • #146
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    3 for a win.

    1 for losing with 2 words left.


  • #147
    conor222
    Registered Users Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭conor222


    Game 9 here: Team Free vs Team Brain
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=106379161#post106379161


  • #148
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    I've been thinking of a way for the boards to be generated without possibility of trawling for a preferential board.

    Currently, in a casual game, the board generator offers the other team choice, like the cutter of the cake offering the other person first pick, as he has cut it to what's fair in his mind, so either slice is perfect.

    If who goes first choice is removed, then we need remove the choice of boards from the captains too.
    if the players both send the two captains a word( keep it secret players. then order the words with the team who has been scheduled to go first.
    example.
    Team1 & Team2 (Team2 is scheduled to go first this game)

    players for team1 and team2 send both captains a word. t1 = sock ; t2 = skyscraper.

    both captains receive these words and know t2 is going first so the board they will be using is skyscrapersock and team2 goes first.


  • #149
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Well...

    An impartial organiser (I've already nominated myself)
    Could send the captains the board which would remove the possibility of favoured boards....


  • #150
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Necrominus wrote: »
    Well...

    An impartial organiser (I've already nominated myself)
    Could send the captains the board which would remove the possibility of favoured boards....

    Nah wont work. Cant trust you.


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  • #151
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Pter wrote: »
    Nah wont work. Cant trust you.

    :(:(:(:(


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