You should come! The list of (potential) attendees so far is most impressive (listed by their Facebook names):Jordan Leckonby wrote:I've never been to a COuntdown event before but this is the sort of thing i'd like to go to, with the all-nighter idea etc
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
He may not be liked on here, but you have to give some credit to Mark
It will be my first of hopefully many, the idea of playing all night suits me as my body clock is late and playing through the night saves on accommodation costsJordan Leckonby wrote:I've never been to a COuntdown event before but this is the sort of thing i'd like to go to, with the all-nighter idea etc
Yes.Jordan Leckonby wrote:is this event still happening?
Yes, definitely happening, although most of the announcements about it have been on Facebook rather than here.Ryan Taylor wrote:Yes.Jordan Leckonby wrote:is this event still happening?
Format will be three Lincoln-style three-to-a-table rounds, presumably 9-rounders, starting at about midnight, so everyone plays at least six games and hosts three. This is followed by either a final between the top two players, or a top-4 knockout stage, or a top-8 knockout stage (see the debate on the Facebook page, not sure it's been decided yet). You get a meal which is either fish and chips or veggie burger and chips, and at breakfast time you get a butty with egg, bacon or sausage in it. What's not to like?Amie Bateen wrote: This great little olde city pub on Fleet Street, London, will open through the night to host the ultimate endurance Countdown event! (http://www.punchtavern.com)
To be a part of the genuine real-life 8+ club (complete with groupies), roll-up from 10pm-11pm for drinks - and supper if you're feeling peckish (the usual English comfort food: pies, burgers, sausage and mash etc) - and just keep it going through the night.
For those around earlier, will meet at a different bar first to get the thing started.
Games will start around midnight in the main bar, using Lincoln/Edinburgh format, with the final around 5 am alongside energy boosting butties and bloody marys, before maybe wandering off to Trafalgar Square to snooze under big screen olympics.
Great bar and dart board/table tennis on site if countdown just isn't enough.
Should be a fun evening with the chance to catch up with lots of fellow apterites, and despite the promise of some competitive games at the top, the event is open to all, no matter what level.
No way, that's pretty gutting. We fancied going but it was at pretty much the worst possible time (we've just moved house and CF has just started at a new hospital, so we had no idea what we were going to be doing that weekend (and as it turns out he was scheduled to work so couldn't have made it anyway)). I was banking on a 'there's always next year' :p Good to see it turned out to be as awesome as one would expect, though.Ben Wilson wrote:Amie says she doesn't want to run another coblivilon
Indeed, it's a shame Cobliv is only a one-off thing, as it was hugely popular. Once again, huge thanks to Amie for all the effort she put in arranging the whole thing and doing all those personalised goodie bags. Even all the scoresheets had a different quotation on them, but I think that went largely unnoticed. Are there plans for a third Co:Lon this year after the successes of the previous two?Michael Wallace wrote:No way, that's pretty gutting. We fancied going but it was at pretty much the worst possible time (we've just moved house and CF has just started at a new hospital, so we had no idea what we were going to be doing that weekend (and as it turns out he was scheduled to work so couldn't have made it anyway)). I was banking on a 'there's always next year' :p Good to see it turned out to be as awesome as one would expect, though.Ben Wilson wrote:Amie says she doesn't want to run another coblivilon
One of the possible venues for COHUD does do 24 hour stuff, so maybe an overnight COHUD could be a possibility. I'll put it forward to Jeff.Michael Cullen wrote:That is indeed a shame, hope someone else can run something similar next year, it was fun!
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No plans for this year, no. This was always going to be a difficult year for me to organise something, and now there's been a London event this year I'm not sure there's much need for another one within a few months (particularly with the generally quite cluttered Co-schedule these days).Graeme Cole wrote:Are there plans for a third Co:Lon this year after the successes of the previous two?
Bell face?Graeme Cole wrote:that picture of a bell
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
He may not be liked on here, but you have to give some credit to Mark
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