Am I seriously thinking of more challenge ideas?

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Am I seriously thinking of more challenge ideas?

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Tube geeks!

I have been thinking about another new challenge, and here it is... The football challenge!

The rules? Basically one picks a football team to 'be', example... Rhys: Leyton Orient Andi: Liverpool and so on.

All participants are sorted into two or three leagues (dependant on popularity) so if we got 16 people, as an example then it would be 8 per league and 2 leagues. How are the leagues sorted out at the start then? Well, everyone would need to meet on a specific day and do a 'qualifying day' which is simple: 3 hours, visit as many stops as possible, get back to the pub. The top 8 with the most stops visited in the 3 hours make the Premier League, and 9th to 16th would make up the Championship.

Once this has been done there will be 7 matches. So what is a 'match'? On 7 Saturdays within a season people meet at a starting station pre-determined by an external person at a specific time, so to take an example...

Match day 1:
Fulham v Leyton Orient - KO: Willesden Junction at 12pm
Blackburn v Liverpool - KO: Bank at 12pm
Dag and Red v Portsmouth - KO: West Acton at 12pm
Port Vale v Man United - KO: Surrey Quays at 12pm
All matches last 4 hours, and the aim of the game is to visit as many stations as possible within the time, and then meet up at a pub afterwards and collaborate to see out of the two who visited the most stations. The person who visited the most stations gets 3 points, and the person who lost gets 0. If both people visit the same stations then its a draw meaning both teams get 1 point. Goal difference will happen, and that is worked out by the difference between the stations the teams visited. The points table would look like this:

Premier League:
P. Name W D L GD
1. Leyton Orient 1 0 0 +8
2. Portsmouth 1 0 0 +6
3. Blackburn 1 0 0 +2
4. Man United 0 1 0 0
5. Port Vale 0 1 0 0
6. Liverpool 0 0 1 -2
7. Dag and Red 0 0 1 -6
8. Fulham 0 0 1 -8

There would be relegation and promotion at the end of a 'season', the top 3 from the Championship and the bottom 3 from the PL.

If two teams cannot make a match day then they have 2 weeks to complete the match, and must let the external person know and have the chance to do the match within that time. If they don't complete the match within 2 weeks both get -7 off of their goal difference and lose the match.

What d'ya think?
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I think you have too much time on your hands!
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In conversation the other day Iain and I formulated a 'snooker challenge', don't think it was a serious proposition though! xD
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Is there some sort of unofficial effort to convert every sport into a tube challenge?

We've had F1 and football recently. Anyone for cricket?
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Hmm, passing over the 'Overground Circle' scores 6?!
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The trouble with these news ideas is they tend to be needlessly complicated.
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No doubt you'll suggest 'visit all the stations' is a good challenge.
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I would like to see these done one day, just for the sake of it.

The cricket challenge:

A toss will be held. The batting team will have one person at Bank and one person at Waterloo. The bowler, for example, will be at Bank. The "on-strike" batsman will draw out the name of a station within zones one to three. Anything in zone three scores 6 runs. Anything outside the overground circle but not in zone three scores 4 runs. Anything else, the bowler must field, by visiting the station and returning using Guinness rules (with the exception of the Waterloo and City).

To run between the wickets, the batsman must get on a Waterloo and City line train. There he will tag his partner, who must get back to the original station. This is one run. Batsmen can run as many times as they like in one ball, but to be run out, the bowler must return to either Bank or Waterloo before the batsman gets there. To be out via hit wicket, the batsman would drop the hat. To be out via obstruction of the field would be to be questioned by a police officer asking why on earth you're sitting at Waterloo's Waterloo and City line platform endlessly. Overs would be the same. The bowler would have nine fielders and a wicket-keeper at the adjacent station - at Tower Hill/Liverpool Street/St. Paul's/Cannon Street/London Bridge/Moorgate at Bank, and Westminster/Southwark/Embankment/Lambeth North/Kennington at Waterloo. The other nine fielders can be placed anywhere. A station which is drawn is "caught" by the fielder and the batsman is out.

Example:
Batsmen: R Jackson at Bank, R Benjamin at Waterloo.
Bowler: A James, starting at Bank.
Over 0.1: Chancery Lane drawn. Jackson does not run. Dot Ball. 0-0 (0.1 overs).
Over 0.2: Neasden drawn. Six runs. 6-0 (0.2 overs).
Over 0.3: Holborn drawn. Jackson decides to run. He goes to Waterloo, tags Benjamin, but Benjamin cannot get back to Bank by the time James is there. Run Out (James). 6-1 (0.3 overs). New Batsman: D Cameron, on strike.
Over 0.4: Kilburn drawn, caught by E Miliband. c Miliband b James. 6-2 (0.4 overs). New batsman: N Clegg, on strike.
Over 0.5: Notting Hill Gate drawn. On the third run, James elects to go to Waterloo to try to run Clegg out, but Clegg has arrived before him. Three runs. 9-2 (0.5 overs).
Over 1.0: Tower Hill drawn. Jackson runs, Clegg makes it back in time. One run. 10-1 (1.0 overs).

Then the action goes to Waterloo with a new bowler if required. The overs can be set to suit the time requirements. Possibly 5 overs per side?

I like this, and I think it's my best idea yet.

Scoreboard:
HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS WON THE TOSS AND BATTED FIRST.

HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS:
R Jackson (capt) - hit wicket A James - 15 - 32 balls
R Benjamin - run out (A James) - 0 - 0 balls
D Cameron - c E Miliband b A James - 0 - 1 ball
N Clegg - not out - 21* - 27 balls
W Hague - not out - 0* - 0 balls
T May
J May
J Clarkson
R Hammond
E Humperdinck
F Alonso
Total: 3 wkts, 10 overs: 36

Bowling:
A James 5-2-12-2
M Hazel 5-4-24-0

PLEBS UNITED:

E Balls - hit wicket R Jackson - 0 - 17 balls
E Miliband (capt) - run out (R Jackson) - 0 - 0 balls
G Norton - run out (R Benjamin) - 28 - 33 balls
A James - run out (R Benjamin) - 0 - 8 balls
S Vettel - c R Benjamin b R Jackson - 0 - 1 ball
P di Resta - not out - 0* - 0 balls
B Edwards - not out - 6* - 1 ball
D Coulthard
S Perri
E Jordan
J Humphrey
Total: 5 wkts, 10 overs: 34

Bowling:
R Jackson - 5-3-9-2
R Benjamin - 5-0-25-0

Match Summary:

Hopeful Travellers: 36 - 3.
N Clegg 21*
A James 2 - 12

Plebs United: 34 - 5.
G Norton 28
R Jackson 2 - 9.

Hopeful Travellers win by 2 runs.

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That sounds like it has the potential for a fair bit of standing around for the fielders and non-striking batsman
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Why are you even discussing this?
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Because you specifically asked for this challenge to be created :D
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hopeful traveller wrote:I would like to see these done one day, just for the sake of it.

The cricket challenge:

A toss will be held. The batting team will have one person at Bank and one person at Waterloo. The bowler, for example, will be at Bank. The "on-strike" batsman will draw out the name of a station within zones one to three. Anything in zone three scores 6 runs. Anything outside the overground circle but not in zone three scores 4 runs. Anything else, the bowler must field, by visiting the station and returning using Guinness rules (with the exception of the Waterloo and City).

To run between the wickets, the batsman must get on a Waterloo and City line train. There he will tag his partner, who must get back to the original station. This is one run. Batsmen can run as many times as they like in one ball, but to be run out, the bowler must return to either Bank or Waterloo before the batsman gets there. To be out via hit wicket, the batsman would drop the hat. To be out via obstruction of the field would be to be questioned by a police officer asking why on earth you're sitting at Waterloo's Waterloo and City line platform endlessly. Overs would be the same. The bowler would have nine fielders and a wicket-keeper at the adjacent station - at Tower Hill/Liverpool Street/St. Paul's/Cannon Street/London Bridge/Moorgate at Bank, and Westminster/Southwark/Embankment/Lambeth North/Kennington at Waterloo. The other nine fielders can be placed anywhere. A station which is drawn is "caught" by the fielder and the batsman is out.


That is WAY too confusing. At least my idea I tried to make as simple as.
Example:
Batsmen: R Jackson at Bank, R Benjamin at Waterloo.
Bowler: A James, starting at Bank.
Over 0.1: Chancery Lane drawn. Jackson does not run. Dot Ball. 0-0 (0.1 overs).
Over 0.2: Neasden drawn. Six runs. 6-0 (0.2 overs).
Over 0.3: Holborn drawn. Jackson decides to run. He goes to Waterloo, tags Benjamin, but Benjamin cannot get back to Bank by the time James is there. Run Out (James). 6-1 (0.3 overs). New Batsman: D Cameron, on strike.
Over 0.4: Kilburn drawn, caught by E Miliband. c Miliband b James. 6-2 (0.4 overs). New batsman: N Clegg, on strike.
Over 0.5: Notting Hill Gate drawn. On the third run, James elects to go to Waterloo to try to run Clegg out, but Clegg has arrived before him. Three runs. 9-2 (0.5 overs).
Over 1.0: Tower Hill drawn. Jackson runs, Clegg makes it back in time. One run. 10-1 (1.0 overs).

Then the action goes to Waterloo with a new bowler if required. The overs can be set to suit the time requirements. Possibly 5 overs per side?

I like this, and I think it's my best idea yet.

Scoreboard:
HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS WON THE TOSS AND BATTED FIRST.

HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS:
R Jackson (capt) - hit wicket A James - 15 - 32 balls
R Benjamin - run out (A James) - 0 - 0 balls
D Cameron - c E Miliband b A James - 0 - 1 ball
N Clegg - not out - 21* - 27 balls
W Hague - not out - 0* - 0 balls
T May
J May
J Clarkson
R Hammond
E Humperdinck
F Alonso
Total: 3 wkts, 10 overs: 36

Bowling:
A James 5-2-12-2
M Hazel 5-4-24-0

PLEBS UNITED:

E Balls - hit wicket R Jackson - 0 - 17 balls
E Miliband (capt) - run out (R Jackson) - 0 - 0 balls
G Norton - run out (R Benjamin) - 28 - 33 balls
A James - run out (R Benjamin) - 0 - 8 balls
S Vettel - c R Benjamin b R Jackson - 0 - 1 ball
P di Resta - not out - 0* - 0 balls
B Edwards - not out - 6* - 1 ball
D Coulthard
S Perri
E Jordan
J Humphrey
Total: 5 wkts, 10 overs: 34

Bowling:
R Jackson - 5-3-9-2
R Benjamin - 5-0-25-0

Match Summary:

Hopeful Travellers: 36 - 3.
N Clegg 21*
A James 2 - 12

Plebs United: 34 - 5.
G Norton 28
R Jackson 2 - 9.

Hopeful Travellers win by 2 runs.

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