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Author: | ANON [ Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:52 pm ] |
Post subject: | Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster Cup |
With April rolling around, it is time once again to compete in the Brainbuster Tournament created in honor of Tim Richardson (also known to long-time denizens of the trivia forums as DINGO and TLEARY). Last year's champion, Danny K's in Orange, California, has authorized me to begin registration process for this year's tournament. The tournament will be structured similarly to all the previous editions: It will run for five games (starting on April 3 and running until May 1 this year). Each participating team's final score will be calculated as the cumulative HOF score of their four best performances in those games (in other words, each team gets to drop a low score, which will also ameliorate the impact of any technical or other issues on a particular night). The highest score thus calculated wins, and that team will get the trophy for a year and be required to run the tournament next April. RULES: 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 team that pledges to abide by these rules is welcome to sign up. As the tournament starts on April 3, signup will run from now until midnight on April 2. Please sign up either on this thread, or on BadBart, or by contacting me by PM or email. This has been a pretty competitive tournament in years past--no team has ever led wire-to-wire, and it has always been decided on the last week of the tournament. I hope you will consider entering your team, and good skill to all. Danny K's is in, and The Fellowship is in. |
Author: | -BO- [ Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:22 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Stadium Cafe is in. |
Author: | Merkin [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:25 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
teasers |
Author: | xtrain [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:10 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Mad River will be there |
Author: | ANON [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Here is a list of teams that have signed up, to be updated periodically: Danny K's, Orange CA The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH Stadium, Addison TX Teaser's, Chicago IL Mad River, New York NY Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM Big Guys, Winnipeg MB Time Out West, Hanover Park IL Houlihan's-Westbury NY BWW-Tallahassee FL Scooter's, Las Vegas NV Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON Wallaby's, Lenexa KS K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI Tailgate, Minneapolis MN Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC West Park Station, Cleveland OH The Old Barn, Portland OR BWW-Blacksburg VA Bilmar Station, Tampa FL BWW-Oklahoma City OK Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA |
Author: | RedArrow [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
The K-zoo Krew will play. |
Author: | ANON [ Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:03 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
This is just a gentle reminder that the tournament starts a week from today. If you have not talked with your team about entering, tonight would be a good time to do so. Thanks! |
Author: | Gogetem [ Wed Mar 28, 2018 2:08 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
It seems as if y'all need a doormat. Please add Pineapple Saloon and Grill, Tustin, CA. |
Author: | GONE D [ Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Gogetem wrote: It seems as if y'all need a doormat... After the first two questions of Brainbuster March 27th, I had 228 points. "Boy Oh Boy!" I cried. "Am I ever ready for this tournament!" |
Author: | Gogetem [ Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:49 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
That's usually my situation as well. This week, I got lucky and got those. Afterwards, everything returned to normal. |
Author: | ANON [ Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:48 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Just a reminder that the Tim "DINGO" RIchardson Memorial Brainbuster tournament starts tonight. The final field is posted below. If your team is not on the list and you think it should be, please let me know ASAP: Big Guys, Winnipeg MB Bilmar Station, Tampa FL BWW-Blacksburg VA BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA BWW-Oklahoma City OK BWW-Tallahassee FL Danny K's, Orange CA The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC Houlihan's-Westbury NY K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI Mad River, New York NY Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON The Old Barn, Portland OR Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM Scooter's, Las Vegas NV Stadium, Addison TX Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD Tailgate, Minneapolis MN Teaser's, Chicago IL Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ Time Out West, Hanover Park IL Wallaby's, Lenexa KS West Park Station, Cleveland OH Good skill to all tonight! |
Author: | GONE D [ Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:20 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
ANON wrote: If your team is not on the list and you think it should be, please let me know ASAP: Alas! GOGETEM and I are both regretful that our teams actually are on the list, when both of us think we shouldn't be. Quite the opposite of ANON's final call to the hounds. Is it possible that the Pineapple and the Tailgate aren't truly among the Hunters, but rather the Quarry? |
Author: | Shakes [ Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:44 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Author: | Gogetem [ Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
We have fun competing, regardless of whether we advance or not. Of course we'd like to win, but common sense tells us that we won't last long. Either way, we love Tuesdays. |
Author: | ANON [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Before posting this week's standings, an apology. Due to an error on my part I failed to include BWW-Crystal City in the final field posted above. I have corrected the mistake and apologize to them for it. Congrats to BWW-Oklahoma City for the win on Tuesday and for taking the early lead in the tournament: 14,420 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 14,139 Teaser's, Chicago IL 13,608 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 13,496 Mad River, New York NY 13,454 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 13,398 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 13,290 Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ 13,288 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 13,252 Danny K's, Orange CA 12,981 Tailgate, Minneapolis MN 12,690 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 12,461 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 11,970 The Old Barn, Portland OR 11,787 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 11,763 BWW-Tallahassee FL 11,713 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 11,459 Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA 11,402 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 11,160 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 11,060 BWW-Blacksburg VA 10,102 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 9,349 Stadium, Addison TX 9,306 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 9,276 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 9,156 Houlihan's-Westbury NY Teaser's, too, should be commended for keeping it close with the leader. The next several are bunched tightly together, and of course everyone gets to drop a low score, so there is all kind of movement possible over the next few weeks. Good skill to all this week! |
Author: | Gogetem [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:56 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
I'm impressed! Pineapple isn't in last place. We'll see what next week brings. |
Author: | ANON [ Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Maybe I'll start every update with an apology--there aren't enough people apologizing for things nowadays, anyway. This time, I'm sorry it took a couple of days to post the update. I will try to have it on Wednesday next week, but can't guarantee it. Without further ado, then, here are this week's results: 13,065 Danny K's, Orange CA 12,879 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 12,792 Mad River, New York NY 12,789 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 12,101 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 11,940 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 11,817 Teaser's, Chicago IL 11,771 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 11,445 BWW-Tallahassee FL 11,373 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 11,293 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 11,046 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 10,905 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 10,804 Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ 10,435 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 10,239 The Old Barn, Portland OR 10,027 Stadium, Addison TX 9,879 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 9,847 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 9,762 Tailgate, Minneapolis MN 9,736 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 9,689 BWW-Blacksburg VA 9,626 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 9,445 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 8,890 Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA Seems like it was objectively a tough game. This is reinforced by the fact that only about one-quarter of teams actually improved their scores from last week. The cumulative totals after two weeks are as follows: 26487 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 26317 Danny K's, Orange CA 26288 Mad River, New York NY 26187 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 25956 Teaser's, Chicago IL 25466 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 24359 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 24094 Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ 23834 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 23503 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 23208 BWW-Tallahassee FL 23125 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 23024 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 22743 Tailgate, Minneapolis MN 22209 The Old Barn, Portland OR 22042 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 21634 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 21339 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 21039 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 20927 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 20749 BWW-Blacksburg VA 20569 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 20349 Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA 19376 Stadium, Addison TX 18751 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS While The Fellowshippers have moved to the top of the standings here, they certainly have no reason to be comfortable. First of all, there are three teams within a mere 300 points of them--the equivalent of a few seconds' difference on a single question. Second, these arguably are not the standings that really matter. After dropping low scores, the standings look much more like they did last week: 14420 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 14139 Teaser's, Chicago IL 13608 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 13496 Mad River, New York NY 13454 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 13398 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 13290 Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ 13288 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 13252 Danny K's, Orange CA 12981 Tailgate, Minneapolis MN 12690 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 12461 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 12101 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 11970 The Old Barn, Portland OR 11940 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 11787 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 11771 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 11763 BWW-Tallahassee FL 11713 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 11459 Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA 11293 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 11160 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 11060 BWW-Blacksburg VA 10027 Stadium, Addison TX 9445 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS: So with three weeks to go, it's still a pretty wide-open field. Good skill to all this week! |
Author: | Gogetem [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Pineapple Hill's system is down. If it can't be restored by Tuesday, we will be playing at BWW, Irvine, CA. |
Author: | ANON [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:25 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Gogetem wrote: Pineapple Hill's system is down. If it can't be restored by Tuesday, we will be playing at BWW, Irvine, CA. Thanks—duly noted. |
Author: | Gogetem [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
I have been notified that Pineapple Hill's trivia has been restored. |
Author: | ANON [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:08 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
As ever, I am someone who has a deep respect for tradition, so I'll start this update with an apology. I really had wanted to get this up sometime yesterday, but it didn't happen. I fully accept that this means I will have my commissioner's pay docked by half because of this. Because you have already waited so long, I'll just get right to it. Here are Tuesday's results: 14,817 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 14,242 Danny K's, Orange CA 14,147 Teaser's, Chicago IL 14,024 Mad River, New York NY 13,984 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 13,779 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 13,306 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 13,242 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 13,191 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 13,182 Stadium, Addison TX 13,056 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 12,969 Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ 12,751 Tailgate, Minneapolis MN 12,740 BWW-Blacksburg VA 12,709 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 12,554 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 12,159 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 12,070 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 12,033 The Old Barn, Portland OR 11,995 BWW-Tallahassee FL 11,968 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 11,833 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 11,554 Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA 10,851 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 10,837 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS It was the best showing so far for a lot of teams, and much better than last week's game (the average score for DINGO teams last week was 10.9k, and this week it was 12.8k). This means that there was some real opportunity for movement in the rankings. Here are this week's cumulative scores after three weeks: 41,304 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 40,559 Danny K's, Orange CA 40,312 Mad River, New York NY 40,103 Teaser's, Chicago IL 39,966 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 37,140 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 37,063 Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ 36,694 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 36,317 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 36,266 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 36,192 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 36,026 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 35,679 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 35,494 Tailgate, Minneapolis MN 35,203 BWW-Tallahassee FL 34,690 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 34,242 The Old Barn, Portland OR 33,498 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 33,489 BWW-Blacksburg VA 33,278 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 33,007 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 32,997 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 32,558 Stadium, Addison TX 31,903 Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA 29,588 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS The Fellowship--which held a wafer-thin edge in these cumulative standings last week--seems to have opened up a more substantial lead now, but most of that lead is illusory. In the end, the only numbers that matter are the ones after dropping low scores--which for the vast majority of teams was last week. This again provides an opportunity for some movement: 28425 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 28286 Teaser's, Chicago IL 27520 Mad River, New York NY 27494 Danny K's, Orange CA 27177 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 26530 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 26259 Tilted Kilt--Scottsdale AZ 25924 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 25767 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 25732 Tailgate, Minneapolis MN 25466 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 25292 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 25287 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 25244 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 24843 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 24003 The Old Barn, Portland OR 24002 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 23872 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 23841 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 23800 BWW-Blacksburg VA 23758 BWW-Tallahassee FL 23209 Stadium, Addison TX 23128 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 23013 Pineapple Grill and Saloon, Tustin CA 20282 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS As you can see, The Fellowship's lead reverts back to a wafer-thin edge in these standings, with Teaser's only 139 points behind. Mad River is still within a single question of the top, with a bunch of other teams jockeying for position close behind. With two weeks left, there is still plenty of opportunity for more movement before this ends. Good skill to all teams this week! |
Author: | Merkin [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:06 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
As much as I would like to see them with 2,202 fewer points, I think there is an error with Danny K's best two of three score. Their total score is correct, but week 1 (13,252) and week 3 (14,242) sum to 27,494, currently 3rd. |
Author: | ANON [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:14 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
Oops--good catch, MERKIN! Everyone gets a bonus apology from me this week. It looks like what I did was accidentally duplicate Four Corners' score in Danny K's "drop one" cell (they are next to each other alphabetically on the spreadsheet). It has been fixed above, and Danny K's is now only 26 points behind Mad River in fourth place. I double checked the rest of the scores for good measure, too. Thanks again, MERKIN! |
Author: | king vulture [ Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
ANON wrote: As you can see, The Fellowship's lead reverts back to a wafer-thin edge in these standings, with Teaser's only 139 points behind. Mad River is still within a single question of the top, with a bunch of other teams jockeying for position close behind. With two weeks left, there is still plenty of opportunity for more movement before this ends. Good skill to all teams this week! Did spell check get you? Certainly you meant "waffer-theen", no? |
Author: | ANON [ Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sixth Annual Tim "DINGO" Richardson Memorial Brainbuster |
king vulture wrote: ANON wrote: As you can see, The Fellowship's lead reverts back to a wafer-thin edge in these standings, with Teaser's only 139 points behind. Mad River is still within a single question of the top, with a bunch of other teams jockeying for position close behind. With two weeks left, there is still plenty of opportunity for more movement before this ends. Good skill to all teams this week! Did spell check get you? Certainly you meant "waffer-theen", no? Indeed--I was hoping that at least some people reading this would be hearing it that way in their heads. |
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