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Author: | ANON [ Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster Cup |
It's hard to believe that it has been almost a full year since this tournament was inaugurated in honor of Tim Richardson (also known to long-time denizens of the trivia forums as DINGO and TLEARY). Accordingly, as last year's winner, The Fellowship is pleased and honored to host the second installment of this new tradition. The tournament will pretty much follow last year's edition in form: It will run all five Tuesdays in April, and each participating team's final score will be calculated as the cumulative HOF score of their four best performances in that month (in other words, each team gets to drop a low score, which will also ameliorate the impact of any technical issues on a particular night). The highest score thus calculated wins. Teams must use assembled brainpower only. No computers and no references of any kind during gameplay, either paper or electronic (or telecommunication from outside the location). Using the Buzztime Playmaker app on electronic devices such as iPhones, iPads, or Droid phones is fine, as long as this is the only purpose for which the device is being used, and it is being used in and for the location of the team. Any exploitation of the network split to cheat is, of course, forbidden as well. Any team that pledges to abide by these rules is welcome to sign up. The tournament starts on April 1, so signup will run from now until midnight on March 31. Please sign up either on this thread or by contacting me by PM or email. I hope you will consider entering your team, and good skill to all. |
Author: | -BO- [ Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Stadium Cafe (I really need to get a life, am always the first to sign up for Tuesday tournaments) |
Author: | stevej84 [ Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:25 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Three Monkeys, Toronto Canada would be happy to participate |
Author: | ANON [ Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:18 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
-BO- wrote: (I really need to get a life, am always the first to sign up for Tuesday tournaments) By this standard, I think I have even less of a life than you, if that is any consolation. I always seem to be posting these things after 11:00 on a Sunday night. |
Author: | CTCOOK [ Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:47 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Because lately the Kzoo Krew seems to spend its Tuesday evenings seeking redemption for our lousy Showdown score by doing well in Brainbuster, Fletcher's asks to join in. |
Author: | Hammer [ Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:55 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Please include Brewsters! |
Author: | xtrain [ Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:00 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Mad River would like to join the fun. XTrain |
Author: | IDJIT5500 [ Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
west park station will play. |
Author: | ANON [ Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
This is just to keep a running up-to-date list: BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) Stadium Cafe, Addison TX Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI Brewstirs, Roselle IL Mad River, New York NY West Park Station, Cleveland OH Heroes, Wichita KS BWW-Crystal City VA Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA Lucky Break, Tempe AZ BWW-Tallahassee FL Adam's Mill, Manchester CT Teaser's, Chicago IL Houlihan's-Westbury NY Blue Goose, Sharonville OH Coaches Pub, Houston TX Hokie House, Blacksburg VA |
Author: | ANON [ Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:07 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Update: Krazikatt just confirmed that the winner will be getting a Buzztime prize pack. |
Author: | mudee [ Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:03 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Please sign up team Lucky Break Tempe AZ |
Author: | Kendo [ Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Please sign up Buffalo Wild Wings, Tallahassee, FL. Thank you. |
Author: | tchoiniere [ Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:36 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Please include Adam's Mill |
Author: | CLIPPR [ Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
TEASERS would like to enter. Thanks |
Author: | RickM [ Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Please enter the Blue Goose Sports Cafe of Sharonville, Ohio. --Rick Magnus (RickM) |
Author: | ANON [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Just a friendly reminder that if you have not yet entered your team in the DINGO tournament, the deadline to do so is midnight tonight. |
Author: | AARDVK [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Ever since this thread started, I’ve been wrestling with trying to figure out what Tim would want the remnants of his Brainbuster team to do. The tournament last year was conceived of as a one-time event, in the style of the PNKPIG Showdown tournament a few years ago, both held when those playing would know (at least indirectly) who the tournament honored. In anything done in perpetuity, eventually the name becomes meaningless, or at best something that someone has to explain—and I just can’t see Tim wanting to be the Irving Thalberg of the trivia world. But I finally realized that rather than superimpose my negative feelings about an annual event on the decision as to whether my team participated, I should consult with someone who knew better what Tim would want. The conclusion was that Tim likely would want the concern raised, but that he also would want us to play. Accordingly, Coaches Pub requests to be included. Brooke/AARDVK |
Author: | xtrain [ Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:33 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Given the financial health of NTN, I don't think the phrase "in perpetuity" can apply to anything connected with it. |
Author: | ANON [ Wed Apr 02, 2014 2:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Week 1 Standings |
After the first week of the tournament, here are the standings: 14,265 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 13,515 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 13,247 Mad River, New York NY 13,213 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 12,957 BWW-Crystal City VA 12,687 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 12,673 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 12,077 Teaser's, Chicago IL 11,954 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 11,924 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 11,841 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 11,494 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 11,399 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 11,277 BWW-Tallahassee FL 11,206 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 11,011 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 10,518 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 9,322 Heroes, Wichita KS 6,342 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON It may be worth reminding everyone here that Brainbuster is an extremely volatile game, and that last year there was a different leader in every week of the tournament. With the ability to drop one low score, the tournament should be wide open in coming weeks. |
Author: | -BO- [ Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Week 1 Standings |
ANON wrote: After the first week of the tournament, here are the standings: It may be worth reminding everyone here that Brainbuster is an extremely volatile game Volatile? What a crock of shit! You think trivia players are fucking volatile during BB? You would have seen volatile while getting a whole fucking point per question in SD! Pissant boxes won't hold a charge worth a shit either. Volatile? Ha! What were we talking about? |
Author: | ANON [ Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Week 1 Standings |
-BO- wrote: Volatile? What a crock of shit! You think trivia players are fucking volatile during BB? You would have seen volatile while getting a whole fucking point per question in SD! Pissant boxes won't hold a charge worth a shit either. Volatile? Ha! What were we talking about? Well played! |
Author: | ANON [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:10 pm ] |
Post subject: | Important Announcement and Week 2 Standings |
Before I give this week's results, I must make an important announcement regarding the tournament. A few weeks ago, someone from Mad River brought to our attention the fact that next week's game falls on Passover, and asked what we would do regarding this. In the weeks since, other people from other teams have contacted me privately about this, and we have had discussions within our team. Last night, the team voted to postpone next week's tournament games out of respect for the holiday and those members of teams around the continent who observe it. Thus, the tournament will resume on April 22. Now, to this week's standings. I am posting last week's and this week's raw scores by way of comparison: WEEK 1 WEEK 2 14,265 11,232 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 13,515 9,991 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 13,247 12,318 Mad River, New York NY 13,213 10,743 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 12,957 12,800 BWW-Crystal City VA 12,687 9,236 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 12,673 7,752 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 12,077 7,900 Teaser's, Chicago IL 11,954 7,348 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 11,924 7,399 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 11,841 11,174 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 11,494 9,922 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 11,399 8,427 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 11,277 10,212 BWW-Tallahassee FL 11,206 10,864 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 11,011 9,476 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 10,518 5,529 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 9,322 7,601 Heroes, Wichita KS 6,342 3,794 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON Thus, the cumulative totals stand as follows: 25,757 BWW-Crystal City VA 25,565 Mad River, New York NY 25,497 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 23,956 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 23,506 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 23,015 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 22,070 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 21,923 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 21,489 BWW-Tallahassee FL 21,416 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 20,487 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 20,425 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 19,977 Teaser's, Chicago IL 19,826 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 19,323 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 19,302 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 16,923 Heroes, Wichita KS 16,047 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 10,136 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON True to last year's form, the lead has changed this week, with BWW-Crystal City vaulting from fifth place to first. As everyone gets to drop a low score, there is still plenty of opportunity for further lead changes in the coming weeks. We look forward to the tournament resuming on April 22. |
Author: | ANON [ Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
Here are the scores from Week 3 of the tournament: 13,390 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 13,260 BWW-Crystal City VA 12,923 BWW-Tallahassee FL 12,633 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 11,822 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 11,774 Heroes, Wichita KS 11,712 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 10,555 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 10,494 Mad River, New York NY 10,375 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 10,286 Teaser's, Chicago IL 10,189 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 9,989 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 9,950 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 9,486 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 9,482 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 9,083 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 8,625 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 0 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON This makes the three week cumulative totals as follows: 39017 BWW-Crystal City VA 38130 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 36059 Mad River, New York NY 35460 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 35328 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 34727 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 34412 BWW-Tallahassee FL 33442 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 32478 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 30676 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 30414 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 30263 Teaser's, Chicago IL 30041 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 29776 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 29698 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 28784 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 28697 Heroes, Wichita KS 25130 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 10136 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON While this makes it look like BWW-Crystal City is running away with it, remember that everyone gets to drop a low score. This makes the competition considerably tighter with two weeks left. Good skill to all this week. |
Author: | ANON [ Thu May 01, 2014 2:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2nd Annual Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster C |
With only one week to go, this is shaping up to be a much different tournament than last year's. First, this week's scores were: WEEK 4 12969 BWW-Crystal City VA 12328 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 11716 Mad River, New York NY 11698 Teaser's, Chicago IL 11590 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 11411 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 11260 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 11084 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 10994 Heroes, Wichita KS 10923 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 10407 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 10287 BWW-Tallahassee FL 9989 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 9623 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 8805 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 8346 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 4949 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON 0 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 0 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA This makes the cumulative scores over four weeks as follows: 51986 BWW-Crystal City VA 49720 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 47775 Mad River, New York NY 46739 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 45987 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 44806 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 44699 BWW-Tallahassee FL 43849 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 43806 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 41961 Teaser's, Chicago IL 41125 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 40699 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 40037 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 39691 Heroes, Wichita KS 37589 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 35119 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 30676 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 29698 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 15085 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON If this makes it look that BWW-Crystal City has run away with it, it is because it very nearly has. Unlike last year, when a different team led every week, BWW-CC grabbed hold of the lead in Week 2 and has only solidified it since. Even when one drops the low score, it still holds a commanding lead: 39186 BWW-Crystal City VA 38488 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 37281 Mad River, New York NY 36748 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 35570 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 35460 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 34813 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 34487 BWW-Tallahassee FL 34363 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 34061 Teaser's, Chicago IL 32500 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 32285 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 32272 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 32090 Heroes, Wichita KS 30676 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 30241 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 29698 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 29590 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 15085 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON Does this mean the gang at BWW-CC should pop the cork on the champagne? Technically, no, but they should definitely put it on ice and have some glasses ready. Even if they get a zero this week, all but two teams are mathematically eliminated from passing their current cumulative score. Furthermore, it would take a herculean effort from those two teams (BWW-Kent and Mad River), combined with a sub-par performance by the former Grand Slammers, for either of the others to have even a chance at victory. While this is theoretically possible (and The Fellowship will be trying its darnedest this week to channel its inner Hercules), the folks at BWW-CC are squarely in the driver's seat. Congrats to them for a nearly flawless tournament so far. Good skill to all as we finish the tournament this week. |
Author: | ANON [ Wed May 07, 2014 11:27 am ] |
Post subject: | Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial BrainBuster Cup Final Result |
The final game of the tournament turned out to be a real barn-burner with unexpectedly high suspense. First, here are last night's results: 13749 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 13497 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 13386 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 13211 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 13154 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 13143 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 13010 Mad River, New York NY 12970 BWW-Crystal City VA 12809 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 12248 Teaser's, Chicago IL 12141 BWW-Tallahassee FL 12014 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 11743 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 11351 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 11307 Heroes, Wichita KS 11238 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 10548 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 4343 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON 0 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA For those following the tournament (well, honestly, mostly just those in D.C. and Kent), it was clear going in to the last game that BWW-Kent would have to somehow pull a rabbit out of the hat to overcome the very large lead that the extremely consistent BWW-CC team had built up over the previous several weeks (and before the game started, we dutifully put a hat on our own RABBIT and physically pulled her out from under it in recognition of the long odds). When this week's scores were added to the rest, the CUMULATIVE scores for the tournament reflect BWW-CC's consistent excellence: CUMULATIVE 64956 BWW-Crystal City VA 63469 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 60785 Mad River, New York NY 59950 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 59484 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 57949 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 57235 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 56840 BWW-Tallahassee FL 55549 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 54279 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 54209 Teaser's, Chicago IL 52846 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 51937 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 50998 Heroes, Wichita KS 48137 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 46470 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 42690 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 29698 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 19428 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON However, the rules allowed every team to drop a low score. In order for BWW-Kent to surpass BWW-CC, it not only had to score higher than 13,498 (something it had only managed to do once all tournament), but also to finish about 700 points or more ahead of BWW-CC, too. When the dust settled, after five weeks and tens of thousands of points being scored by each team, The Fellowship managed to squeak ahead of BWW-CC by a wafer-thin margin of only 81 points: Drop 1 52237 BWW-Kent OH (The Fellowship) 52156 BWW-Crystal City VA 50291 Mad River, New York NY 49959 Fletcher's, Kalamazoo MI 48713 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 48310 Brewstirs, Roselle IL 47749 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 47203 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 46628 BWW-Tallahassee FL 46309 Teaser's, Chicago IL 45654 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 45094 Maeve's Residuals, Studio City CA 43510 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 43397 Heroes, Wichita KS 42690 Blue Goose, Sharonville OH 40941 Coaches Pub, Houston TX 40789 Lucky Break, Tempe AZ 29698 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 19428 Three Monkeys, Scarborough ON The Fellowship wishes to congratulate BWW-CC/Grand Slam for their tremendous performance during the tournament, and understands if they are collectively peeved at us for sniping the trophy from them in this way. We know that most of us would be crushed at this result if the shoe were on the other foot. Congrats, too, to Mad River, Fletcher's, and Henry Hudson's for rounding out the top five in an extremely competitive tournament. Lastly, thanks to all of the teams who chose to participate in what turned out to be an exciting tournament. We hope you will join next year for the third annual edition. |
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