TIM (DINGO) RICHARDSON MEMORIAL CUP

AARDVK · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:30 pm **Posts:** 554

I would like to put together a Brainbuster competition to honor Tim/DINGO's memory. It would be conducted in a month with five Tuesdays with the four highest scores per location counting (thus at least ameliorating the impact of any technical issues on a particular night). Wetware only; otherwise no limitations. West zone teams may participate if they promise not to take advantage of the earlier feed.

I'll come up with a trophy, and will also contact NTN/BT to see if they want to do what they're doing with Sci-Files in terms of offering swag for team members and publicizing the tournament at the participating locations via a screen.

Would appreciate feedback on whether your team would be interested in participating and which month would be best. I'm eliminating December because one of the Tuesdays would be Christmas Eve, but that still leaves April, July, and October. My preference would be to go ahead and do it in April, but if there's a reason to hold it later rather than earlier, I'm amenable to the other options.

Brooke/AARDVK

lewser · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:25 pm **Posts:** 1028

This is how tournies should be done, not excluding a certain portion of the playing public.

diablo2112 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:25 pm **Posts:** 155

I'll check in with my teammates in Albuquerque to confirm, but my guess is the (formerly) Coaches Crewe will participate (now playing out of Fox and Hound). Regarding months, I'd say April. As this is a Brainbusters competition, overlap with the McCarthy Cup wouldn't be big deal.

SCOOTR
aka JoeM

ANON · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:59 pm **Posts:** 2230

This is a great idea. I'm sure The Fellowship at Stringz and Wingz will want to be in, and April will be great. Thanks for putting this together, Brooke.

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:44 am

Count Adam's Mill in.

Rhino · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:40 pm **Posts:** 633

We'll give it a (poor) shot at Time Out. Thanks.

reb6 · **Joined:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:53 am **Posts:** 53

Sign up Diamond Lil's.

-BO- · **Joined:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:20 pm **Posts:** 2291

Naturally count Stadium Cafe in regardless of month.

AARDVK · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:30 pm **Posts:** 554

Thanks for all the responses. We're just working on the month now. Apparently the Houston rep is on maternity leave, and the rep for the rest of Texas has offered to help out, but I don't want to force things for April if that will cause problems for anyone.

Weirdly it turns out that an outfit named "Aardvark" does trophies locally in Houston, but sadly I don't see anything I think would be appropriate from them re: their Internet catalog. I do want to make the trophy something that Tim would be proud to see his name on.

Brooke/AARDVK

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:39 pm

Do you mind if I sign Meriden AOH up? They play every Tuesday but nobody is on this site. Gives us at the Mill some local competition.

IDJIT5500 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:02 pm **Posts:** 404

west park station will compete. april would be good for us.

ANON · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:59 pm **Posts:** 2230

I checked with the team tonight, and (as I expected) they are in and think April will be fine.

DUFF · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:48 pm **Posts:** 55

diablo2112 wrote:

I'll check in with my teammates in Albuquerque to confirm, but my guess is the (formerly) Coaches Crewe will participate (now playing out of Fox and Hound). Regarding months, I'd say April. As this is a Brainbusters competition, overlap with the McCarthy Cup wouldn't be big deal.

SCOOTR
aka JoeM

It has been confirmed with the team. Count Fox & Hound officially in.

Duff
(a.k.a. Fred S.)

AARDVK · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:30 pm **Posts:** 554

We are officially set for April--the tournament will begin on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, and end Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The deadline for signing up is Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at noon CDT.

Question was previously asked re: it's okay to sign up another team (specifically Meriden AOH). I don't have a problem with it as long as the one signing the team up is sure the other team is wetware only and doesn't misuse the East zone feed; in fact I'm thinking about doing that to Coaches Pub and then just letting them know I did to encourage the folks that show up there for the Showdown cash prize competition to stay around.

Teams can sign up through this thread, via BadBart, or by sending me a PM via Scaratings or Facebook; as this forum is available to the general public, I don't want to put my email out, but BadBart participants can get it through there. At some point I will need to get contact information from whoever is the point person for the team.

So, get your team together and gear up for April!

Brooke/AARDVK

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:05 pm

AARDVK wrote:

We are officially set for April--the tournament will begin on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, and end Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The deadline for signing up is Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at noon CDT.

Question was previously asked re: it's okay to sign up another team (specifically Meriden AOH). I don't have a problem with it as long as the one signing the team up is sure the other team is wetware only and doesn't misuse the East zone feed; in fact I'm thinking about doing that to Coaches Pub and then just letting them know I did to encourage the folks that show up there for the Showdown cash prize competition to stay around.

Teams can sign up through this thread, via BadBart, or by sending me a PM via Scaratings or Facebook; as this forum is available to the general public, I don't want to put my email out, but BadBart participants can get it through there. At some point I will need to get contact information from whoever is the point person for the team.

So, get your team together and gear up for April!

Brooke/AARDVK

Ill vouch for AOH in using no wetware.

richte09 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:24 pm **Posts:** 196

AARDVK wrote:

We are officially set for April--the tournament will begin on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, and end Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The deadline for signing up is Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at noon CDT.

Question was previously asked re: it's okay to sign up another team (specifically Meriden AOH). I don't have a problem with it as long as the one signing the team up is sure the other team is wetware only and doesn't misuse the East zone feed; in fact I'm thinking about doing that to Coaches Pub and then just letting them know I did to encourage the folks that show up there for the Showdown cash prize competition to stay around.

Teams can sign up through this thread, via BadBart, or by sending me a PM via Scaratings or Facebook; as this forum is available to the general public, I don't want to put my email out, but BadBart participants can get it through there. At some point I will need to get contact information from whoever is the point person for the team.

So, get your team together and gear up for April!
I will vouch for AOH 110%, They are a class act, Brian and his team are aces!!

We have a great in state rivalry going with them here in CT, lots of fun on Tuesday nights

Brooke/AARDVK

ericb · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:13 am

Scooter's (Las Vegas) is in.

ESB

RickM · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:17 pm **Posts:** 193

Query--Do "guest" boxes count in the results?

(Or, put differently--do we go by the posted network rankings at the end of the game, or by the HOF postings the next day?)

--Rick Magnus
RickM, Blue Goose (Sharonville, OH)

xtrain · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:09 pm **Posts:** 470

Mad River would enjoy playing this. BTW, we thought a question was off tonight (March 12). Mantegna the artist definitely worked for the Duke of Mantua, but the "correct" answer was Rubens. We thought maybe both were correct--a common Buzztime error.
XTrain

AARDVK · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:30 pm **Posts:** 554

Here's our current list, including many Brainbuster/Showdown champs (thanks everyone who has signed up so far:

Adam’s Mill— Manchester , CT
BWW Crystal City — Arlington , VA
Coaches Pub— Houston , TX
Dagwoods— Tampa , FL
Diamond Lil’s— Roselle , IL
Fox and Hound— Albuquerque , NM
Kansas City team (location to be announced prior to Game #1)
KC’s Time Out Bar and Grill— Evansville , IN Mad River—New York, NY
Mad River—New York, NY
Meriden AOH— Meriden , CT
Scooter’s— Las Vegas , NV
Stadium Café--- Dallas , TX
Stringz & Wings— Streetsboro , OH
Teaser’s--- Chicago , IL
The Concert Pub— Houston , TX
West Park Station— Cleveland , OH

If you want your team to be on this list of champions, please let me know--we're down to about a week now, but there's still time.

Brooke/AARDVL

RickM · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:17 pm **Posts:** 193

Please add the Blue Goose in Sharonville, Ohio to the roster.

(I tried to sign up on the other thread you created for that purpose, but I guess no-one noticed.)

--Rick Magnus
RickM

AARDVK wrote:

Here's our current list, including many Brainbuster/Showdown champs (thanks everyone who has signed up so far:

Adam’s Mill— Manchester , CT
BWW Crystal City — Arlington , VA
Coaches Pub— Houston , TX
Dagwoods— Tampa , FL
Diamond Lil’s— Roselle , IL
Fox and Hound— Albuquerque , NM
Kansas City team (location to be announced prior to Game #1)
KC’s Time Out Bar and Grill— Evansville , IN Mad River—New York, NY
Mad River—New York, NY
Meriden AOH— Meriden , CT
Scooter’s— Las Vegas , NV
Stadium Café--- Dallas , TX
Stringz & Wings— Streetsboro , OH
Teaser’s--- Chicago , IL
The Concert Pub— Houston , TX
West Park Station— Cleveland , OH

If you want your team to be on this list of champions, please let me know--we're down to about a week now, but there's still time.

Brooke/AARDVL

god · **Joined:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:42 pm **Posts:** 7

The Tailgate in Minneapolis would like to play.

AARDVK · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:30 pm **Posts:** 554

Here is the current team roster:

Adam’s Mill— Manchester, CT
Blue Goose—Sharonville, OH
BWW Crystal City — Arlington, VA
BWW Overland Park, KS
Coaches Pub— Houston, TX
Dagwoods— Tampa, FL
Diamond Lil’s— Roselle, IL
Four Corners—Chapel Hill, NC
Fox and Hound— Albuquerque , NM
Henry Hudson’s, Oklahoma City, OK
KC’s Time Out Bar and Grill— Evansville, IN
Mad River—New York, NY
Meriden AOH— Meriden, CT
Scooter’s— Las Vegas, NV
Stadium Café--- Dallas, TX
Stringz & Wings— Streetsboro, OH
Tailgate Sports Cafe—Minneapolis, MN
Teaser’s---Chicago, IL
The Concert Pub— Houston, TX
West Park Station— Cleveland, OH

Because some last-minute invites are being sent out to members of active Brainbuster teams for whom we have email addresses, the signup deadline will be extended until noon CDT on Wednesday, March 27 to allow those teams (and anyone else who could use a little extra time) a Tuesday night so they can confer and decide.

Brooke/AARDVK

IDJIT5500 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:02 pm **Posts:** 404

i am really looking forward to this one. thanks for doing this brooke

Guava · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:24 am

Thanks for the heads-up email from ANON. I'll ask the rest of the 8th Street Grill team tonight, but I think it's a safe bet that we'll participate. Now I just need to get people to stick around after Showdown ends...

In fact, go ahead and sign us up - if I find out tonight that everyone's out of town next month or somehow against it (as an act of protest over Tubby Smith's firing perhaps), I'll let you know.

Thanks.

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