Multi-Pass! - Some ideas for 'Team Pop-Pop'

Players divide into two teams of roughly equal skill levels. The two teams can mark themselves with different brackets round their names Each player on each team has three 'lives' If there is an odd number of players, the team with the smaller number of players can allocate the three extra lives equally among them as they see fit [i.e. no more than one extra per person, unless they are teams of two!] The number of lives left should be stated after the name [3,2,1, or 0 = out ] The top half [rounded down] of the players in the list play each other Games are played with just 2 rounds on expert [ensures quick turn-around since people will be waiting] The loser loses a 'life' The winner then plays the next person down the list in the opposing team not currently in a game, and continues to do so until either beaten wraps back round to players already played note that order is always strictly descending - if you miss people out because they are playing, and then wrap back - too bad. A player who loses his/her last life is then out, and takes no further active part The number of active games must stay at between half the players in the larger team and the total left in the smaller team [well, you couldn't have more than that anyway!] A team wins when all the players in the opposing team are out

Variations and “Keeping Everyone Under Control”™

Possible Variants to be mixed and matched as players wish before start: Each game could be one, two or three rounds Each player on a team could pick a unique pop, and stick with that one Handicap in favour of a player on their last life playing someone who isn't Always handicap against the current winner If you were on a 'win' streak [i.e. already won a game], you don't lose a life when beaten [similar to the "must serve to score" rules in many games]. Demo players want to play? I have no problem with demos - you should still play expert though, time-limits shouldn't expire with just two rounds, but if they do, re-challenge You cannot connect to someone? see main guidelines page just skip someone you cannot connect to - if just two people who cannot connect are left, each should substitute one of their team-mates to play instead What about wait times? Even in all vs all mode, wait times can easily be 10 mins between games [especially if you're unlucky to have an odd number of players] I've done my best to sort it out so that nobody should be waiting more than that here either [unless they've been knocked out, but same goes for knockout tree there too!] However, [and especially as people get knocked out] I'd suggest the following: Download the free IRC client Colloquy or any other you may already have/want, and log on to "irc.ambrosiasw.com". Join "#pop-pop". Best thing since pop-pop doesn't have a chat-room, and just keep the game windowed so you can see what's going on. We can all brag about out exploits and cheer on our teem-mates:-) Follow the usual good sportsmanship and etiquette described here

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