Intercity League, Fall 2005

[PaulW]

[shadow=red,left,300]We need YOU for the Intercity League!,[/shadow]

The League is starting up again and we are always looking for players.  I don’t have a start date or a list of games, but we are signed up.  LA (Lardarse) and I will be captaining the team after the fine job by Elttil.

The goal for this season for the team is to crack into the top 5.[/u]  

We ended up 8th last season.  We were 51-45 against the teams that finished 6 thru 10  , but 46-50 against teams finishing 10 thru 14 and 61-107 against teams finishing 1 thru 5.  So if we can be more consistent against the bottom teams, keep doing well against the mid-level teams, and work on catching the top teams a bit, we should be able to move up the rankings.

With our veteran core and our new players, we should be able to make some noise in this league.

I know we have had a lot of people interested, but if everyone can sign up officially here (or just tell LA or myself) and let us know if you can play one or two games per week that will help us figure out the ‘workload’ so to speak.  Odds are we will have 8 to 12 people playing so I can’t see anyone averaging 2 games per week on a consistent basis.

No need to post what games you like to play, I already know from the stats I keep and would rather like to make the other team’s captain work for 10 minutes to find out the information instead of reading it here.  Yes, I’m a competitive guy.

We should have a good solid team and LA and I are looking forward to the new season.  Let’s go out, have fun, play the best we can and show good sportsmanship to our opponents.  If we do that, everything else will take care of itself and we will have a great season.

See you all online!

[Elttil]

Wahoo! I'm excited to get the league going again. I'm willing to play 2 games/week when needed!

Big thanks to PaulW and Lardarse for taking on the management of the team.  

/Elttil applies a coat of stick'em to the thread

[porcupine]

Wahooo! Finally we're back to action. I'm willing to play two games a week if it's not every week.

-pine
ready for some fun, but maybe not to break into any ranks (but you'd know better, you've read the stats )

[Don_Quijote]

So if we can be more consistent against the bottom teams, keep doing well against the mid-level teams, and work on catching the top teams a bit, we should be able to move up the rankings.

[translation] If we play better than last time [/translation]

I am also in for two games a week if needed.

DQ

[Bromios]

Throw me on the list, but just for 1 a week. I don't trust myself enough to be responsible for two a week.
Bromios

[PaulW]

[translation] If we play better than last time [/translation]

Hey, Hey!  Stop messing with my positive spin!

We had new guys (like me) who took some lumps early, it was our first time in League 2, no Yinsh players, etc.

We filled in a few holes and have some more time under our belts.  We are ready to rock!

[Lardarse]

This computer is getting ridculous...

I had a nice post mined up for here, and then it crashed :-(

I'll post sth inspirational tomorrow...

LA

[Jocelyn25]

Morning,

*willing to play*

whatever number of games needed each week as long as they are AFTER 9am.  

Lets show them we rock!!!

Jocy

[Esterio]

I could play a game from time to time, but cannot guarantee any regular activity. At most one game a week, anyway.

Esterio

[reikja]

oh, if you are reaching for the stars, you should not count on me in the team for i was not very victorious last season..  

if you can cope with less than a top 5 ranking, put me on the list for at least one game per week (Café International or Lost Cities and Backgammon, nothing else...).

bet we can count on better playes this season - so go, Munchkins, goo!!  

reikja

[PaulW]

if you can cope with less than a top 5 ranking...

Sure I can.  I don't take the games THAT seriously.  

However, I'm a very ‘goal oriented’ person.  I think it is good to have a target for the team to strive for.  If we don't make it, well, that's life.  It's not like we have money or something running on this.  If we do, well we can all feel good that we worked together to meet a common goal.

Glad to have you on board reikja!

[Don_Quijote]

I don't take the games THAT seriously.

This is not serious here?

Don_Quijote calls back the seven dwarfs

[Lardarse]

OK... The German speakers here can do us a big favour by finding out the following:

The games will be available next season.

The teams that were promoted into division 2 from division 3.

The teams that were relegated from division 1 info division 2.

Translations of all of the important words that we are likely to need to know about.

The Emerald.City cookie recipe :-)

Feel free to e-mail me (shrapnel.city@gmail.com) or Paul (pbwedz@verizon.net) if you want to tell us anything that you don't want to post on the forums...

LA

[PaulW]

The teams that were promoted into division 2 from division 3.

The teams that were relegated from division 1 info division 2.

I think the key to these is to find the link to the Spring\Summer League site for divisions 1 and 3.

In theory, we won't know the teams until the signup period is over.  Someone who would have switched leagues may not play, in that case who knows what happens then.  However, assuming everyone plays, we can look at last season's standing and take it from there.

[Elttil]

All that German stuff is Greek to me, but I can provide a little info:

There'll be a discussion (in German naturally) on the STL-Treffen channel on Oct 10 at 20:00 (German time). It appears the final game list will be decided upon then and I assume there'll be details posted soon after.

There's a summary of the previous leagues here. NOH is NightOwlsHome and they have a main team which won league 1 decisively, and an amateur team that placed third in league 3. We obviously won't know who's in our league until everybody signs up or drops out. Besserwisserministerium -- know-it-all ministry -- finished last in league 1 with zero points so I imagine they quit during the season. This may mean that more than 3 teams move up, or one of the new teams may be placed with the wolves in league 1 so we're really guessing who are opponents will be at this point.

Feel free to e-mail me (shrapnel.city@gmail.com)...

I sent you an e-mail yesterday and it got bounced. Troubles with gmail, or should I send again?