| Tric Trac Tourno 5 Report |
It had been a while since we held the previous T.T.T. but that's not to say we had been idle. While Funcom had been having its "Stuck at 99%" problem we had written this Website for T.T.T.s. We had previously posted up the tournament details and rules on the Funcom Bulletin Board. This made for a rather long posting and players had had trouble finding the information they needed. We set the time slightly earlier at 9.00p.m. GMT this time, hoping to catch the Europeans. I've come to the conclusion that it would be far easier if the whole world worked on the same time. I'll have a word with God upstairs - She's a good mate of mine and I'm sure she'll come round to my way of thinking after a while. The players were: Odilon A special guest Lord-Mad A previous Finalist of a T.T.T. british-bulldog 1st time in a T.T.T. and new to Funcom Scotslad Ist time T.T.T. player Hawke 'ello, 'ello, 'ello Bachis Ist time T.T.T. player IZECREAM Another 1st T.T.T. time player Satin A previous Winner of a T.T.T. Bedfestar Also a 1st time T.T.T. player I worried slightly that with so many 1st time players we might get flooded with questions, but the Website seems to have done its job and there were only one or two. Lord-Mad got off to a fine start by winning his very first match by a backgammon. 3 points. Lord has proved himself a very capable T.T.T. player, has played in every T.T.T. and has been a previous finalist. Could this be his day ? Satin, arrived a little late and asked if she could still play. The first round of matches had no yet finished and besides she had reserved her place by e-mail, has helped out on and played in every other T.T.T. Of course she could - we would be in-complete without her ! Tradition was maintained and she had to wait for her first match. I lined her up a margarita (with lots of salt as requested) but I've a feeling I forgot to pass it down the line for a while. Odilon was our first winner of a gammon. The scene was being set. New to Funcom, Odilon is a very experience 1 point player whos prowess I've witnesses first hand. As long as he could handle playing on a different server, I thought he would do well. We had a good few gammons: Bedfestar gammoned Satin, IZECREAM gammoned british-bulldog, Bachis gammoned Bedfestar, HAWKE gammoned Bachis, and Odilon picked up a second gammon against Scotslad. The top of the table was looking close. At the other end of the table Scotslad wasn't having to make winner reports to dttt, but was still coming back for more punishment and said he was enjoying himself. british-bulldog was doing slightly better in between his games with Jellyfish! Satin was knocking back the margaritas and Bedfestar was demanding beers. On the spectator front we had Cassie25, Jenie and erv look in. I'd tried to cajole Jenie into playing earlier, but she claimed she had got tied up (!) Cassie, having got her drink, placed a large tub of ice-cream on the table and handed out spoons to all. When the last match was finished, dttt, who was our very capable Score Host, announced the scores. We had a tie for first place. Odilon and Lord-Mad on 8 ½ points. Bedfestar came very close on 8 points. In accordance with the Tourno rules we then moved to a play-off - same format.  You know how it is - you play and play and play, nearly win but something happens and you don't quite win the crown. Such is the history of Lord-Mad in these T.T.T.s He's played in every one, been a finalist in one and always been up there amongst the leaders. And here he was again. This time up against Odilon - one of the best single point players I know. It was a fitting final. I'm too distraught for Lord-Mad to give a full blow by blow report of the throws, takes and manoeuvres that happened in that game, because experience of what must thousands of single point match won the match for Odilon. The Gent that he is, Odilon said there was an element of luck in there, but, hay, that's all part of backgammon ! Odilon, the Winner of T.T.T. 5 will receive a CONGRATULATIONS on the Funcom Bulletin Board Thanx to all those who came along. Res secundae, MikeMadMonk |
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