Lenny Tournament and Season Review
The tournament to raise funds for our president, Lenny Erickson, will take place this Saturday, November 24th.
Sign Ups will be in Shenanigans from 3-3:45pm.
Play will also spill over into Scrooge Pub.
Play will begin as close to 4:30 as possible after the Raffle Draw and Calcutta.
The tournament will be divided into upper and lower brackets but everyone is welcome to participate.
It will be double elimination, it is 10,000won to enter, 5,000won to buy back in and any fouls or scratches will cost players a further 1,000won.
We are raising funds to support Lenny who is facing his first bout of surgery to reconstruct his knee on January 19th. Thank you all those who have generously bought raffle tickets and offered to donate prizes. A huge thank you to all captains for their support during the last few weeks. You really are brilliant. Having said that, it's about time you had the piss taken out of you with my season review...
Championship A:
It's a sad thing to say but I must start with a legal notice: Lawyers from Team Pogi got in touch with the IPL lawyers (who incidentally didn't exist until Team Pogi's lawyers wanted to speak to them) and demanded the league retract its comment that Team Pogi was narcissistic. We, the league committee, have agreed we will not use the word narcissistic in conjunction with Team Pogi ever again. In fact, we are now no longer allowed to use the word narcissistic within 50 yards of JR Pub. We now accept that 'Pogi' is a word that Filipinos use as a greeting. If you are still in any doubt I urge to look up the word 'Pogi' on google just so you know un-narcissistic it is. I think the lawyers will be happy now! Team Pogi itself has absolutely destroyed Championship A but they have also proved themselves 'touchable' thanks to an extraordinary BRats comeback in week 13. Strokers have been embroiled in controversy in the last week, they were observed verbally assaulting a C Championship side this past week. Demanding that Jackpot strip naked and and hold a pool cue in the corner of the room while Paul, Joe, Matt et al. gave them a damn good thrashing. Also seen dishing out punishment this past week are the Angry Birds. They were so annoyed at having to play another team that infringed on their feathered copyright they duly smashed them 15-0. BRats were far kinder to Pheasants and allowed them to take a 3-2 lead at one point. Also taking a kind approach are Catch Me If You Can, who allowed a B Championship side to not only catch them but give them a Goliath spanking too. CMIYC should take a leaf out of King Pub's book and learn that what you do with teams from Dolce Vita is give them a hiding. Josh, Woojae, Sam...you have been in the league for years, have you learned nothing? Then, there comes the sorry tale of the Wonks...I'm beginning to feel so sorry for their plight that I feel that if I were to take the Michael out of them it would be like kicking away a blind man's stick (that does not in any way mean I believe Wonky's are a team of blind men holding sticks, I have had too much trouble with lawyers these days).
Championship B:
Ah, the safety of not getting sued in Championship B! Unless, of course, I accidentally suggest again that one or more of these teams sandbags in their last game to avoid promotion to the serene ship that is Championship A. I want to make it quite clear that no team would ever dream of deliberately losing in the last round of matches, Willy...oops, sorry...I meant to say Will they?...I think I got away with it. Sweet Life should secure top spot with a newly crowned upper bracket singles champion amongst their ranks. Rat Chow should get another season in B with a bye this week. Vagabonds could possibly cause an upset with a result yet to go in, but a final game against the Recession-City Mice or the Boomtown Rats (they really are a Jekyll and Hyde team) might prove a step too far. The Pain could also squeak up but that's as likely as scratching your arse with your elbow. The other issue is the relegation from this division, which is as tight as a jar of peanut butter at a squirrel convention. Jumping Jacks have a result to go in but then play the good King Pub, not that Jackpot are bad, they just...oh hell, call the lawyers again! Anyway, the smart money is on Black Hole surviving...please forgive the abyss joke in my last review, it was just a joke...you guys are far too serious!!!!
Championship C:
Finally, nothing can go wrong here! The three way battle for promotion is between Money Shot Scandal and Frigates. Sorry, there should have been a comma between Money Shot and Scandal. I don't wish to suggest for a moment the league is involved in a money shot scandal! I thought I could say what I liked in Championship C without the PC police coming down hard on me, apologies for the unintended innuendo. Anyway, Money Shot should gain promotion as they play Catch Me If You Can and we all know what happens when they play teams from DV. Failing that, Frigates have a "nice easy game" against the "threatening" Strokers. Failing that, the door will be left open for Scandal who have a Championship A side as well, but it's only the Wonky's (sorry, just a joke!). Why do you pool players make me write things that offend people...it's all your fault...I'm off to sue Lenny Erickson, he's the one who suggested I do this job and I know he'll be rolling in cash soon.
In all seriousness, thanks for a wonderful season and all the very best for the playoffs. It's a wonderful league to be a part of.
- Details
- Written by Dominic Johnson
- Category: News
- Hits: 1784
End of Season Doubles Trophy Tournament
The End of Season Blind Draw Doubles Trophy Tournament will be held this coming Saturday, November 10th.
Signups will be at Fat Alberts from 3:00 - 3:45 pm. The tournament will start as close to 4:00 pm as possible.
The tournament is free, and anyone who has played at least 5 separate matches this season is eligible to play. It will be double elimination, and higher-ranked players will be randomly paired with lower-ranked players.
Torphies will be awarded to the top three teams in the tournament.
As always with doubles tournaments, we require an even number of players. So, if you are the last player to show up, and there is an odd number of players, you will be the odd-player out.
The tournament will be played at Fat Alberts and Catch Me.
We hope to see a large number of you come out to play.
- Details
- Written by Lenny Erickson
- Category: News
- Hits: 1943
End of Season Singles Money Tournament
The End of Season Singles Money Tournament will take place this coming Saturday, November 17th.
Signups will be from 3:00 - 3:45 pm at Shenanigans.
The tournament will start as close to 4:00 pm as possible.
The tournament will be divided into a lower and an upper bracket.
Lower bracket will play at Shenanigans and Dolce Vita
Upper bracket will play at Scrooge Pub and Wolfhound
The entry fee will be 10,000 won per player, and a player must have played in at least five separate matches this season to be eligible to play
It will be double elimination, and the first place winner for each bracket will receive a trophy at the end-of-season awards banquet.
The prize money will be as follows for each bracket:
1st Place - 240,000 won
2nd Place - 160,000 won
3rd Place - 120,000 won
4th Place - 80,000 won
Come on out and win that cash!
- Details
- Written by Lenny Erickson
- Category: News
- Hits: 1824
Season Review
It's about time for a season review after the frivolities of 'Rivals Week'...
Championship A:
This season has been dominated by the unbeaten, yet narcissistic, Team Pogi. You'd never get anyone else in the league naming an inanimate object (can a team even be an inanimate object?) after themselves...apart from the Erickson Cup, The Bob Denny Award, and The John Redmond Goliath Award but apart from that, you'd never see that happen...oh and The Darryl Dawson Rule, the JJ the Tailor Interruption and the Russell John Play-off Gaffe. Okay, I accept it happens sometimes, happy now! Team Porky are being chased down by Angry Birds, who are having a fine season and one of their number is actually slowly morphing into the Red Angry Bird from the game...we'll let you guess who that is! Catch Me If You Can are really poorly named for a team in 3rd, their team name also sounds like like the kind of bad chat-up line you'd hear on a certain hill in Itaewon. Then comes the biggest shocks in the league. The top three from last season are currently occupying 4th, 5th and...sorry, I can't quite see where Wonky's are at the moment...oh, there they are, erm...last. Rats have beaten the Birds twice but have been average otherwise. Strokers have never wanted to finish top but 5th was hardly their target either and Wonky's seem to be suffering a hangover from hell after their Play-off final battering. King Pub have proved the executive committee is always right by maintaining a dignified 6th.
Championship B:
The most remarkable statistic about this division is that Rat Chow (the name stays after last week fellas) are joint top despite having lost 6 matches in a row. They are joined there by Sweet Life!!! How did that happen? Little Sweet Life!!! The plucky underdog and perennial winner of the Sportsmanship Award...I guess it helps using a couple of 1800 players in this league, eh? Vagabonds and The Pain have won the most matches in the division but find themselves in 3rd and 4th respectively. The Troublemakers have found their level after last year's crying, begging and bribing while Jumping Jacks finally decided to elect a captain in the 7th week of the season. The UN was called in to observe the process and to make sure the election of Mark Jones was democratic and fair. The other astonishing thing about this league is that Fireballs decided to put down their pints long enough to start winning some matches...three in a row!!! This team has had the same philosophy for 3 seasons now...drink, drink, drink, lose, drink, drink, lose etc. Dan Suh has embodied the new team ethos by trying to collect as many trophies as he can this season. This leaves our old friends Black Hole staring into the abyss (Black Hole and abyss, geddit!!!, I don't know why I bother sometimes).
Championship C:
Now I know I said Rat Chow leading B was impressive after 6 straight losses...and I know I said Fireballs winning matches was a shock but nothing could have prepared the league for what has happened in C League....Something truly remarkable occurred here, something rarer than a congratulatory tweet from Donald Trump to Colin Kaepernick,...Phillies Pheasants were leading this division after 3 rounds of matches!!!!! Please bask in that glory boys and girl. It's since changed but they are not propping up the rest, that honour goes to the Cats. Howlers are leading the division and have been smooth minus a brush with the Rats. Scandal are second with a game in hand and seem to be using the tragedy of last season to propel them to glory. Frigates are 3rd, which is a minor shock ahead of last season's play-off winners, Funny Shot. King Pub Pisspot and C*%& Tips (their name had to be more offensive this time after crying off "Rivals Week' last Wednesday) complete the division. The other interesting thing to note about this division is the Championship A quality players carefully hiding in the swampy marsh of C Division...Chang Bae, Kiwi, Sheery, In Soo...have you no respect??? :)
I hope you enjoyed 'Rivals Week' last week, well apart from Wonky's. I would like to thank Rickie Ball for organising the schedule so this was possible. We'll hopefully do it every season from now on as long as Scandal are happy to play with themselves on that week ;)
Finally, it has come to our attention that our esteemed leader has been formally asked (can you formally ask something on FaceBook?) to step aside as he is no longer fit for office. Strange how the IPL mirrors global politics sometimes! He is considering this for the good of the league. He may well make way for a younger candidate, a candidate with longer hair and a candidate who can unite the league again by choosing a running mate who has no hair and a limp ;)
Enjoy the rest of the season and have fun!
- Details
- Written by Dominic Johnson
- Category: News
- Hits: 1888
