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Actually, if we still have some left over next Wednesday I'll let anyone who wants one have one more team. And then one more. We'll get rid of them eventually.

Oh, and I just discovered that my BBC Micro emulator has video capture!

This means I can capture a video screen shot of me running the program to allocate team names so you all know there's no funny business going on.

How cool is that?
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In all honesty if I could only use the word "cool" once in my whole life time then it probably wouldnt be for that ;), but i do see what you're saying though!
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Video capture was only the stuff of dreams when I first had a BBC Micro back in 1983 so watch it :-)
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when, and how, do we pay?
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I'm going to send an email to all entrants explaining this.

That means no one will miss it by not logging on to the forum.

I won't be able to do it until we know how many people have hot many teams, which is why I'd like to get it all in before any teams get knocked out.
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OK people, two days to go before I'd like all places to be taken up and we currently have 25 of the 32 taken.

I want all the places to be filled before Friday's first game so I can get money in before any team is eliminated from the competition.

So, it is now a free for all - seven places left - I claim two of them.

FIVE PLACES LEFT!!!

Claim them now!
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I'll take one more.
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I wasn't going to have another team, but I think it'd be a lot better to have all the slots filled, so I'll take one extra one.

Which means there are now... three left?
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i'll have one more and Steeevooo will have one more as well :D
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Two left.
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don't you mean 1 left? Hope you read my post properly! :P
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Ah, I didn't see Ollie's post before I counted you.

ONE LEFT!

Anyone who's only got one team so far want the last one?
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So have I got two already?

Am I too late to grab this last one as well? If not, then:

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OK folks, we're all done.

All 32 places have been allocated. I see no reason why the draw can't be made this evening when I get home.

Here is the final list of entrants and the number of teams:

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    Is everyone happy with me having the most teams? I'll gladly give one away if someone wants it ...
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Yep I am happy with that :D (depending on how the draw pans out :? )
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