Marseille report & pics(now uploaded)

[Buns of steel]

After last nights tornado guys did great job to get everything runing again. CPL is about an hour behind schedule but should catch up.
7-man seems to be running well, although have seen a lot of 1-4-1's that were harsh to say the least.

In CPL Joy lose to JT Allstars, Nexus cream Powertrip,Ducks beat Pheonix in very close game and Shock were beating Consileum Dei 4-2 as I write.

Pics up now @ www.merv.tv click on Marseille folder in public folders.

More as I get it.

 

[Buns of steel]

Pics now up @merv.tv click on Marseille06 banner.

 

[AL_]

where are the shock pics?
0.

 

[Zebra3]

I did not think the event was that good. The location was very beautiful but the actual town itself (without wanting to upset any locals) was not a nice place to be out in, don’t know if it was true or not but I heard a story about a female player getting her equipment stolen while she walked down to the field. The lay out was way below par, if I was one of the vendors who got stuck out the back, Dye, Planet, Sport attitude, WDP, Empire I would be after getting some cash back or not paying my bill or something as there location saw no traffic at all. The reffs were pretty poor with quite a few instances of bias going on, and the over zealous 1 for 1 calls left a lot to be desired especially in the CPL, in 5 man if you get a 1 for 1 that’s pretty much it game over for that point.
I hope Germany is better as apart from some nice views of the clouds coming over the cliffs and the sea I was less than impressed with the first Millennium event.
Overall I give it a D+

 

[Edwards]

The reffs were pretty poor with quite a few instances of bias going on, and the over zealous 1 for 1 calls left a lot to be desired especially in the CPL, in 5 man if you get a 1 for 1 that’s pretty much it game over for that point.
+

I will say after playing the odd point on the cpl field ,that reffing was some of the best i had seen for a very long time , big time respect for them , they used the rule the way it should be used . however the 7 man was full of retared judges they were all too quick to 1-4-1 almost watch the player get shot , shoot his gun or not and then 1-4-1 .the rule works if you have reffs with common sense .

 

[Ralph]

however the 7 man was full of retared judges they were all too quick to 1-4-1 almost watch the player get shot , shoot his gun or not and then 1-4-1 .the rule works if you have reffs with common sense .

Even i'm getting bored with this now

 

[go-one]

Agree with the layout. If they had done a 'high street' set up along the main path that would be better. But on all else I dissagree, to a point. Yes the new 1 4 1 rule is harsh but it is fair (when applied equaly) At the end of the day if you are playing with a hit, known or not, you are playing on !!! The fact you may not be aware is irrelivent, but you have to look at it as a technical infringment not a hex on you family !!!! If this reduces playing on, perticulaly on run throughs where it has been rife and normally effected the outcome of the game it is only a good thing.

My bone with the marshalling was pre game. They had the pact (?) timers for the 1st time, and on the dye field were over harsh and used incorrectly, (cockers were reading in high 20s cos it was picking up the firring & cocking sounds !), then incorrectly applyed the rules if you went over. Considering the players do not have access to these timers to get all bent out of shape cos its reading 15.1 seamed a big odd on day 1. Maybe a "tune that down for next game" would have been better and then tighten up on day 2 when most teams would have had a chance to find out what there markers were actualy at ! But to then refuse the player entry to the field when hed grabed another marker even tho 30 seconds had not been called (and the game was ahead of schedule as well) was just wrong (by the rules !) That may sound hypocritical after my comments on 1 4 1 but hey, its an opinion.

On the crime thing, you play in a large city, it will attract attention (but is't that the point ?) we could always go back to playing on cow pastures, miles from anyone ? Its bad for the girl / team in question (and I heard of this incident also), but you got to take the rough with the smooth. Going mainstream means you get to preform to packed crowds etc etc. But you've also got to appreciate some of that crowd are gone try and rob you !

Over all I enjoyed the event, even tho we played crap !

 

[Edwards]

ralph ,

what are you trying to say , its been a long weekend .........

 

[Ralph]

Yes the new 1 4 1 rule is harsh but it is fair (when applied equaly) At the end of the day if you are playing with a hit, known or not, you are playing on !!! The fact you may not be aware is irrelivent.
On the crime thing, you play in a large city, it will attract attention (but is't that the point ?) we could always go back to playing on cow pastures, miles from anyone ? Its bad for the girl / team in question (and I heard of this incident also), but you got to take the rough with the smooth. Going mainstream means you get to preform to packed crowds etc etc. But you've also got to appreciate some of that crowd are gone try and rob you !

Sounds like a great event Everyone can potentially rob you.
Players by playing on. Refs by default of the players and the Crowd then nicks your gear and you have to appreciate it Can't wait for the next leg.
I'm off to a cow field

 

[fred1]

I enjoyed Marseille. Venue was nice the city is beautiful. Its true the layout had a tendancy to segregate the different divisions but it was nice. Playing CPL was loads of fun and I must say I would not want to go back to a 7man format.... gotta fight not to get relegated....

Marseille is definitely a dangerous city and I'm not surprised that there were a couple incidents. To be honest I'm surprised their were not more.

As for CPL marshalling well I can't say it was that good. I saw some games with guys blatantly playing on and just being taken off the field with no penalties (one of these games two of the players were running around with hits on their backs) and other games where the player would make a move, run into a bunker, the guy just makes it in but gets clipped and before he can do anything he gets a one4one.

This happenned during our game against Vision and we got 9 one4ones.... was a little over the top. Example: I move into a tbag from a stand up brick, go in diving, don't feel a hit on my pack, get into position, don't even have time to fire my gun and I get a one4one. Uh aren't the refs there to check on you in this situation? Another one of my players gets into a pretty hairy situation and is being crossed up on both sides so he can't move. He hears something go pop asks for a ref to check him because if he moves to check himself he'll get shot for sure. The ref tells him he's clean. As the ref says that (my player still immobile) his colleague comes along and gives my player a one4one. Another of my players makes a move into a tbag. He goes in sliding straightens up behind the bunker, a ref comes in to check him, sees paint on his jersey and one4ones him. WTF!!! The guy makes a move, uses the bunker as a cover, lets the ref check him before doing anything and gets a one4one. It wasn't even a hit by the way. I don't know I thought the reffing was pretty inconsistent... I also saw alot of refs let the crowd influence their decisions. He makes a call, walks away, the crowd starts screaming one4one and the guy turns around like "oh yeah!" and goes and pulls a one4one. Now I'm not saying that all one4ones were unjustified but at some point it went a little crazy.

To add insult to injury the opposite happens to me. I clip a guy's back and pack, the player suddenly goes in tight like he has felt something, I shout asking the ref to check the pack, player plays on for a while, when the ref realises the guy is hit he takes him out no penalty. I get shot on the barrel during one game as I am reloading. After all the one4one we had been getting I should have known better but a little desperate at this point I tried to hide the hit. I get called out by the crowd, checked by the ref and get a well deserved one4one. As I'm leaving the field a ref on the other side goes to check on the player that just shot me out. He is hit on the knee and it just called out.... Inconsistent is all I'm saying.

I guess X-ball is a format refs have to get used to so hopefully it will get better through out the season. I thought the new BPs machine was great. You would walk on the field, check your gun and there were no surprises.

Anyway I had a brilliant time. We played Shockwave, Paintoon and Vision and the sportsmanship and atmosphere between teams were great. Now back to training before we get blasted in Germany....