ABBUC Nationals
Cup 2004
At the Atari
Day Netherlands, we organized the first ABBUC
Nationals Cup. The tournament is really easy:
We play common
multi-player games with teams from as many countries
as possible.
The qualification At the last WGL
meeting, we had a qualification round for the
German national team. We decided to play MultiJoy8
Cervi,
because that's a game where eight players can play
at the same time, so we expected less organizing
problems with the contest. At the meeting were
four players, and Bunsen and I were the winners.
Bunsen was so
happy, that he created a T-shirt and two
caps for the competition, so that everybody
would know that he represents the German Cervi national
team.
The training We travelled together
with the Czech team to the Atari Day, and met
the day before at TWW's flat in Breda.
There Ellen from Belgium also appeared, so all
teams were on site, and we played a training
match. After the normal problems with the joysticks,
we had a lot of fun, and the amateurs in the
round found out, that it is important to have
your own joystick with you at all times.
The teams At the party,
we tried to find another Belgian team member,
but there was nobody. So we asked Jar Jar to join
the Belgian team as a guest and she agreed.
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The Belgian team:
Ellen and Jar Jar.
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![[Photo: Dutch team]](images/abbuc02.jpg)
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The dutch team:
Marius and TWW (MNX).
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![[Photo: Czech team]](images/abbuc03.jpg)
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The Czech team:
Robert and Jan (JaySoft).
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![[Photo: German team]](images/abbuc04.jpg)
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The German team:
Mad Butscher (Foundation Two) and Bunsen (WGL).
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The rules We play Cervi
for
three rounds. The scores are accumulated and
the winning team is the team
with the most points. Easy, isn't it?
![[Photo: Cervi]](images/abbuc05.jpg)
The competition As a judge we
got TWH (Foundation Two). He had to calculate
the scores, and checked that every joystick works.
Then the battle begun.
![[Photo: TWH the judge]](images/abbuc06.jpg)
The first round
ended with a suprising second place for Jar Jar,
who did not train the day before. The German
team had a good start and led the table.
The second round
was a hard fight, but the German team increased
the distance to the Dutch team. In the last
round, TWW was able to decrease this distance, but
in the end it was a big victory for the German
team.
![[Photo: Cervi battle]](images/abbuc07.jpg)
![[Photo: TWW and Bunsen]](images/abbuc08.jpg)
![[Photo: Intense gaming]](images/abbuc09.jpg)
Final result
- Germany 303
points
- Netherlands
295 points
- Belgium 232
points
- Czech Republic
205 points
It was great
fun for all, and a lot of teams wanted to get revenge at the next meeting, so watch out
for the next ABBUC Nationals cup.
thorsten@myatari.net
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