04-04-2003, 08:42 AM | #1 | ||
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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FOFC State Gobblin’ Tournament
Alright, here’s another chance to defend the honor and glory of your beloved home state (or to ruin someone else’s!). Canada, too.
The rules are as follows: (1) Each state has 10 points available in each turn (24-hour period); each “gobbled” state earns one additional point per turn. (2) FOFC members may only post once per turn (posting points, I mean – any added strategy and smack posts are free). You may only post for one state per turn. Anyone can post points for a state, and you can use any or all of the state’s points in your one post. (3) Once all of a state’s points have been posted for that turn, they are locked (i.e., no editing or changes can be made). In other words, the FIRST post(s) which use up the state's points are the ones that will count. (4) Points are used in one of three ways: (a) gobble attempt on an adjacent state – each point spent is worth a 20% chance of success; (b) gobble attempt on a non-adjacent state (also known as an “indirect gobble”) – each point spent is worth a 10% chance; (c) counter-gobble – each point subtracts 5% from any gobble attempts against the state. IMPORTANT: If no one posts for a state all of its points are used for counter-gobbling as its default turn. (5) I will determine the success of all gobbling attempts (by dice roll) and then post the results, which starts a new 24-hour turn. If two or more states gobble the same state, it will be gobbled by the state with the highest gobble %, or if it’s a tie, no one will get the gobble. (6) Once a state has been successfully gobbled, it is out of the tournament. It will provide one point to the state which gobbled it, and will be considered that state’s territory in determining adjacent states. (7) States which meet at a corner (such as the Four Corners of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado) are considered adjacent. Hawaii is not adjacent to anyone. Canada, while not a U.S. state, is considered one big one for the purposes of this game (and is adjacent to Alaska, among other states). (8) No post editing, please. This will have a negative impact on the game. (9) Be wary of leaving your state defenseless! (10) Isn’t “gobble” a funny sounding word? Gobble gobble gobble! Example of play: Player A posts: “Missouri: 4 gobble points on Illinois; 2 indirect gobble points on Hawaii; 4 counter-gobbles.” That means 80% (4 x 20%) chance of gobbling IL, 20% (2 x 10%) chance of gobbling Hawaii, and 20% (4 x 5%) counter-gobbling.
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04-04-2003, 08:42 AM | #2 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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The first turn ends exactly 24 hours from now.
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04-04-2003, 09:13 AM | #3 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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dola
My money's on West Virginia. They're a Cinderella with big sharp teeth.
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04-04-2003, 09:20 AM | #4 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Pennsylvania: Gobble 5 points West Virginia, Gobble 2 points New York, 3 Counter Gobbles.
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04-04-2003, 09:34 AM | #5 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Chomp!
West Virginia: 5 points for Pennsylvania/3 points for Ohio (the real threat here henry)/2 points for Counter Gobbles. |
04-04-2003, 09:38 AM | #6 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
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Louisiana: Gobble 5 points Texas save 5 points for others
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04-04-2003, 09:41 AM | #7 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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CT: 3 on MA, 5 on NY, 2 counter
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04-04-2003, 09:42 AM | #8 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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You are probably right Swaggs that Ohio is a bigger threat. I'll get them tomorrow.
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04-04-2003, 09:43 AM | #9 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Missouri: 5 gobble points on Kansas, 1 gobble point on Illinois, 4 counter gobble points
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04-04-2003, 09:45 AM | #10 |
Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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Virginia: Gobble 7 points West Virginia, Gobble 1 points Tennessee, 2 Counter Gobbles
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04-04-2003, 09:58 AM | #11 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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State update (points remaining):
CT (0) LA (5) MO (0) PA (0) VA (0) WV (0) All others have 10. Edited to clarify.
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04-04-2003, 10:01 AM | #12 | |
Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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Quote:
that was considerate. the rest of us hogs should take note. Virginia - sorry for being a pig!
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04-04-2003, 10:04 AM | #13 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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why are there no points on the other states except LA? Shouldn't there be lots of points against WV?
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04-04-2003, 10:10 AM | #14 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Troy, NY
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NY: Gobble 3 Points Pennsylvania, Save 7 Points
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04-04-2003, 10:13 AM | #15 | |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Quote:
That's points remaining.
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04-04-2003, 10:13 AM | #16 | |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Quote:
ok.
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04-04-2003, 10:43 AM | #17 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Cary, NC, USA
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Georgia: 5 gobble points on South Carolina, 5 gobble points on Alabama
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04-04-2003, 11:09 AM | #18 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Grafton, WI
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Wisconsin: 5 gobble points on Illinois, 5 counter-gobbles
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04-04-2003, 11:42 AM | #19 |
College Starter
Join Date: Jun 2002
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This is all a bunch of gobble-d-gook to me.
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04-04-2003, 01:04 PM | #20 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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State update (points remaining):
CT (0) GA (0) LA (5) MO (0) NY (7) PA (0) VA (0) WI (0) WV (0) All others have 10.
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04-04-2003, 01:38 PM | #21 |
Captain Obvious
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Oklahoma
3 points gobble Arkasas 3 points gobble texas 3 points gobble kansas 1 counter gobble
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04-04-2003, 01:58 PM | #22 |
High School JV
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: NH/Boston University
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New Hampshire
7 points gobble Vermont 3 counter goobble
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04-04-2003, 02:01 PM | #23 |
High School Varsity
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC
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North Carolina: Gobble 6 points Virginia, 4 counter
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04-04-2003, 06:24 PM | #24 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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Iowa
5 points gobble Minnesota 2 points gobble Nebraska 3 points counter |
04-05-2003, 11:31 AM | #25 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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Arizona
3 points gobble Utah 4 points gobble California 3 points counter-gobble
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04-05-2003, 01:00 PM | #26 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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For clarification with the deadline, what time zone is the board set at?...its noon here(I posted at 11:30 my time), behind the deadline, but on my post im already past(its a 6 hour difference I now know between phoenix time and board time....god im going to have to wake up early for this game....)....can i get a break just for this round with the time changes...?
*thinks to self about god damn east coast bias* oh well...at least the bias is untrue, as the west coast statistically has more #1 teams(its true...its true)!!!
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04-05-2003, 08:26 PM | #27 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Mountain View, California
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California
6 points gobble Arizona (hey, he started it!) |
04-05-2003, 08:27 PM | #28 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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but you knew about it when you posted!!!...besides...yours is 8 hours after mine making you 14 hours late....come on
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04-06-2003, 04:14 PM | #29 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Sorry if you missed the deadline. Time zones didn’t change the fact that the turn ended 24 hours from my posting!
Turn 1 Gobble Attempts: Connecticut gobbled MA (10%) and NY (65%). Georgia gobbled AL (50%), but failed to gobble SC (50%). Iowa gobbled MN (50%) and failed to gobble NE (0%). Louisiana failed to gobble TX (50%). Missouri gobbled KS (50%) and failed to gobble IL (0%). North Carolina gobbled VA (100%). New Hampshire failed to gobble Vermont (90%). New York failed to gobble PA (45%). Oklahoma failed to gobble TX (10%), KS (10%), and AR (10%). Pennsylvania failed to gobble WV (90%) and NY (5%). Virginia gobbled WV (100%) and failed to gobble TN (0%). West Virginia gobbled PA (85%) and failed to gobble OH (10%). Wisconsin failed to gobble IL (50%). State Update Connecticut (+ MA, NY) = 12 points Georgia (+ AL) = 11 points Iowa (+ MN) = 11 points Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points North Carolina (+ VA) = 11 points Virginia* (WV) = 10 points West Virginia* (PA) = 10 points All others = 10 points *state’s original territory gobbled Eliminated States Alabama Kansas Massachusetts Minnesota New York Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~ Turn #2 ends exactly 24 hours from now.
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04-06-2003, 04:38 PM | #30 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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4 points gobble Illionis
4 points gobble Wisconsin 3 points counter |
04-06-2003, 10:31 PM | #31 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Grafton, WI
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Wisconsin
5 points gobble Illinois 5 points counter |
04-06-2003, 10:52 PM | #32 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Should WV be added to the eliminated states list?
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04-07-2003, 09:00 AM | #33 | |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Nope. Although it's original territory was gobbled by Virginia, West Virginia still exists because it gobbled Pennsylvania.
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04-07-2003, 11:17 AM | #34 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Sorry for the confusion. Guess I'll have to dust off the old State Gobblin' Rulebook.
West Virginia: gobble Ohio with 5 points, gobble Virginia with 3 points, defend with 2 points. |
04-07-2003, 11:38 AM | #35 |
Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Virginia: 8 points counter.
I will leave another Virginia with 2 whole points for "attack" somewhere.
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04-07-2003, 11:48 AM | #36 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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I don't really want to participate, but I did want to type the following:
counter-gobbles Ohhhhh yeeeeeaaaahhhh.... that felt good.
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04-07-2003, 11:57 AM | #37 |
High School JV
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: NH/Boston University
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NH
4 gobble Maine 4 gobble Vermont 2 counter
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04-07-2003, 12:25 PM | #38 | |
Rider Of Rohan
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Quote:
Perhaps I should ding Ohio a point or two for gratuitous counter-gobbling...
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04-07-2003, 02:19 PM | #39 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
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dola
Two hours to go. Lots of states still lurking out there...
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04-07-2003, 02:23 PM | #40 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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CT 5 gobble NH, 5 gobble VT
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04-07-2003, 03:13 PM | #41 |
High School Varsity
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC
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NC
7 gobble SC 4 counter
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04-07-2003, 03:19 PM | #42 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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CT 2 counter gobble points. (In addition to the 10 spent above).
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04-07-2003, 04:01 PM | #43 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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IL
3 points counter wisconsin 3 points counter iowa 4 points gobble missouri edit: Not sure if you have to split counters or not. If not, well, use all 6 for counters. Last edited by Coffee Warlord : 04-07-2003 at 04:02 PM. |
04-07-2003, 04:38 PM | #44 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Turn 2 Gobble Attempts:
Connecticut gobbled NH (90%), but failed to gobble VT (50%). Illinois failed to gobble MO (25%). Iowa gobbled WI (55%) but failed to gobble IL (50%). New Hampshire failed to gobble Maine (30%) and Vermont (30%). North Carolina gobbled SC (90%). West Virginia gobbled OH (50%) and failed to gobble VA (10%). Wisconsin gobbled IL (70%). State Update Connecticut (+ MA, NH, NY) = 13 points Georgia (+ AL) = 11 points Iowa (+ MN, WI) = 12 points Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points North Carolina (+ VA, SC) = 12 points Virginia* (WV) = 10 points West Virginia* (PA, OH) = 11 points Wisconsin* (IL) = 10 points All others = 10 points *state’s original territory gobbled Eliminated States Alabama Illinois Kansas Massachusetts Minnesota New Hampshire New York Pennsylvania Turn 3 is due by exactly 24 hours from now
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04-07-2003, 04:41 PM | #45 |
Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
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No more VA poster?
VA 2 gobbles of NC
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04-07-2003, 04:41 PM | #46 |
Captain Obvious
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Oklahoma 7 gobble texas
3 counter gobble
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04-07-2003, 04:45 PM | #47 |
Lethargic Hooligan
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Colossal Squid: Gobbles 4 HI, Counter-Gobbles 5, Gobbles 1 Jules Vern
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04-07-2003, 05:03 PM | #48 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Well, guess I have to move on to the state of my birth, now.
California 5 point gobble to Oregon. |
04-07-2003, 05:17 PM | #49 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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West Virginia: 5 points to gobble Kentucky, 3 points to defend, 2 points to gobble Maryland.
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04-07-2003, 07:18 PM | #50 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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Iowa
5 points gobble Nebraska 4 points gobble Michigan 3 points counter |
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