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Topic: Bounty Hunt Added to Tuesday Nights!
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| Author: Will |
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 Posted: Jun 20 2011 5:46PM |
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We are adding a new concept/feature to our Tuesday Night Foosball! We stole the concept from the good folks off of the nwfoosball.com Northwest Foosball. After attending the last few major tournaments that they have run, we are becoming a part of that foosball community, and this is a spinoff of the idea that they use in their weekly format, we made a bunch of changes but the concept is still from them. Let me know if you like it!
Bounty Pot
If someone finishes in the money 10 weeks in a row (1st, 2nd or 3rd) then on the 11th week the bounty starts. The $25 Gateway Bucks come out of the prize pot that week to start the bounty. So starting on the 11th week anyone who wants to can pay $2 for a shot at the bounty. All the money bounty hunters pay added in with the $25 to the "Bounty pot". The way it is won is as follows:
The lowest ranked player that signs up for the bounty game shoots first, and takes one three bar shot at the outlaws net. If he/she scores, the bounty is won. If the outlaw makes a save, the second lowest ranked player shoots. This continues until either someone scores, or everyone has missed. If you sign up, but someone scores before you get to shoot, too bad. Think of it as betting on everyone before you not to score, and then you get the shot for it all. Players pay their bounty fee BEFORE the first shot.
If the Outlaw blocks EVERYONE, they win all the $2 fees that were put up against them, but the $25 carries over to the next week so that everyone is paying for a shot at $50 plus the new $2 bounty entries.
If the outlaw doesn't show up, then no bounty fees are collected that week, and the pot continues to the following week. The deal is, a potential outlaw only needs 10 consecutive top 3 finishes. If they come 10 times in 15 or 20 weeks or however long it takes that is fine, as long as they don’t finish 4th or worse.
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Starting this Tuesday, Simon is up for the bounty hunt.
We'll do it before the tournament starts, pay your bounty hunt entry when you sign up for the tournament!
$50 Gateway bucks for this weeks bounty hunt!
I'm cheering for Simon to block everyone!
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How about all the bounty hunters draw a number to see who shoots first. You might get more money in the pot that way
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My thoughts were that the players at the top of the points list are already the players at the top of the $$ list also (with some exceptions).
Also the players at the top of the points list are the most likely players to score, thus ruining peoples chances.
I'm open to that idea though, as I think you might be right about it generating more $entries.
Any other thoughts on this?
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I'm thinking the lowest ranking player that buys me a beer wins the bounty.
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Start at the top and work your way down.
Will buys you a beer, then Christian buys you a beer, then Ben buys you a beer... The lower ranked guys wouldn't even have to buy you a beer because you would be so hammered they could score easily!
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I think it's to easy to win the bounty this way. I like the way NW foos does it.
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Yeah but then lower tiered players NEVER get a shot at the bounty under our 2 Tier format...
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In the NW Format, if you eliminate the player that has the bounty, you win the bounty (if you pay the $ before the draw so you don't even know your partner).
Who would even pay the money, going into a tournament like this week for instance... or almost any week. How many people have ever beaten you Simon, never mind risking more money to play against you when most people don't even have a chance, or are not even playing in the same tournament as you?
We need to do something different, and I want it to be easy to win the bounty, that is the fun of it. You would still have a bounty on your head even if someone wins it also, it would just reset...
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19 players have beaten you that play in our league more than once every 6 months... Counting players like Tom, Albert, etc
Players that live in Edmonton and have played at least 3 games against you and have a 50% record:
Christoff Djacovic!
Thats all. Need a partner this week Christoff?
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Just kidding, i'm playing with Paul..
Also, I contributed to all 3 of Christoff's wins vs Simon. Twice I was Christoffs partner when we won, once I was Simon's partner and we lost. Simon has beaten Christof 3 times as well, but I wasn't involved in any of those games.
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Ok give it a try. The chance of me blocking everyone is pretty slim (0%) so there is really no upside for the outlaw no matter who he is. How about the outlaw gets to shoot back?
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Great idea.
Just to clarify, what you are suggesting is...
If the bounty hunter scores, the outlaw gets to shoot back. So to win the bounty you have to score, then make a block.
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That's what I was thinking
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Alright we'll try it out tomorrow. I want to make sure that the first 5-6 players have a chance at it.
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I like the idea more that if we score on the outlaw we win. Pretty slim chances of scoring especially for the lower experienced players, but to have to then block a shot from a top player next to impossible for some. Maybe base it on points. Say cutoff is 900 points or so, and anyone that scores on the outlaw under that count would automatically win the bounty, players higher than this would then have to block a shot to retain the win. Maybe this would even the chances for everyone including the outlaw?
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We could do a handicap for certain tiers.
Under 850 points means you get two shots at the outlaw and he doesn't get to shoot back. (you have to score once)
Under 950 points means you get two shots and the outlaw gets to shoot back once.
Anything over 950 means you get one shot and he gets one shot back.
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What if the outlaw is old and weak and doesn't have the energy to try to block a bunch of shots.
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Then I guess he's not going to make himself any bounties!
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Good discussion. Keep ideas or comments coming...
Ray, the chances are slim... But you are risking two bucks to win about 50...
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This sounds like fun! I also think I might just throw a couple games, get back down to 800 and practice my 3 bar non stop..
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You should probably be practicing your 3 bar non-stop regardless.
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You know I do! and I have also lost so many games lately that I dont think I will have to change antything for that plan to come true.
Except for tonight, Im gonna play good tonight!
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hah, you should come over when Dan comes over. I'll show you how to beat Christian.
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Im always down to play. More details and I'm there
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How can you beat the unbeatable?
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He didn't say "lessons on how to beat will"
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You're right! He didn't say "lessons on how to finish 4th"  BRING IT!!!
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I hope your foos game is a little better than your trash talk Sweet Christian.
 I can't hear you! 
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You don't wanna light this fire boy!!! And thats Mr. Sweet Christian to you... or Mr. HTB. I don't even know why I'm showing up tonight when Mr. Sammy Wilkins could win this by himself with one hand tied behind his back...I'm just there for moral support and a few beverages. And to laugh at another non 1st place finish by the all flash no substance Mr. Stranks
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Christian, You mean like the last 2400 Limited BYP? Ouch!!
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The rest of that night was a lot of fun though 
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Nice win Sam and Christian!
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