#Thrudball retrospective 12/12

Some personal successes:

-the goodie bag and anniversary swag and anniversary Thrud models gave us a 150 line, 18 column Excel sheet and who picks up what for whom? Organised that to be arranged in 60m.

- instant coffee all weekend? No! Siouxsies Badger coffee van (Swindon area) provided. Can't recommend enough.

Fun was had. Would and WILL organise again with some minor adjustments!

#Thrudball retrospective 11/?

Apart from some things like people being unable to leave the premises at night and again a deplorable state of the Shared hygiene facilities, this was a succesful event. We raked up a total of £17.000, to be split between Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and MIND.

The feedback form able to tell us it's us that made the event so good. I beg to differ:the attendants make it a success!

#Thrudball retrospective 10/?

What Thrudball is also good at, is extorting money from people to donate to #charity. We've got the Orction, an auction run by the lovely Landrover (Dan), in which we sell off to the highest bidder all manner of rare or unique or just desirable #BloodBowl teams, pitches, dice, models, memorabilia and other collectibles donated by the community. There's also mini games, cake sales etc

#Thrudball retrospective 9/?

Anyway, the games played went off uneventfully. And that's great, because uneventful means fair. Lots of people were having a lot of fun, and Thrudball is GOOD at fun. Only one coach didn't enjoy their Saturday games and got really salty so we checked with their last opponent if they were okay, which was massively appreciated. All to keep everyone safe and happy.

#Thrudball retrospective 8/?

Unfortunately for all the late rosters, the deadline missed was the first tie breaker and ofc people get a bit pissy and I get that, because fair, it affects your standing. It's interesting however, how many people can't find the emails with deadlines we've sent anymore but next year we'll do a ticker on the site and lay out all the deadlines before sign-ups.

#Thrudball retrospective 7/?

Somewhere in April we asked of people to hand in their rosters via Google Shits or however you want to call it before July 6th. Ofc we only got 20 well in advance, and the majority in the few days before

I felt like a teacher: there tons of people who, just before the deadline, found out they didn't know how to work Google Shits, or who thought ON the 6th instead of before. RUSH HOUR!

#Thrudball retrospective 6/?

With all the people present having different preferences, different allergies or diets, ordering different sets of goodies, tickets, and generally all being eager to play 6 games of regular #BloodBowl, plus half of them 3 more of #BloodBowl7s or #Gorkamorka , #MtG or what have you on the Friday night, that's a lot.

Roster building and deadline turned out to be an obstacle to ~⅓ of coaches.

#Thrudball retrospective 5/?

These nerds and their hangers-on also need feeding (and the breakfast/lunch in 2024 were dogshit, as @StuWatts can attest). They want tournament dice. They want nice memorabilia, shiny models, and ways to give money to charity (we'll get to the charity orction). There's onsite camping, they need showers, restrooms to rest their sphincters, parking, seating, Fk me sideways.

#Thrudball retrospective 4/?

Have I burnt out on this? Hell no! But around December I already said that for a next iteration, 4 admins is too few. So we're expanding the operation. Why is this so?

Well...

130 nerds, some of which bring their entire families, either as players or as high as on, add an event that is geared toward charitable donations, is quite a logistical operation in itself. But...

#Thrudball retrospective 3/?

I can see how this event burns out organisers (a thing that has happened over the past 3 years). However, we had been warned, so we made sure to set ourselves boundaries and Landrover did a great job keeping us on track, while Twelfman showed how many meetings he does on a daily basis and made ours effective and efficient.

So, #Thrudball retrospective 2/?

Throughout the year, we had monthly meetings, followed by piles and piles of small tasks. When I say there were only four of us, I have to add that due to the stuff in my family, my contribution in the last 2 months before we kicked off had to be reduced. I'm incredibly glad the untiring Landrover, Twelfman and Spiky were able to pick up there.