SpearMax
07-07-2010, 06:35 PM
I spoke with Louis today who called me from Brazil. He is in the BBO tourney with Team Dykoke. Louis mentioned that some potential contestants might have heard there is no "Best Boat" competition in this new Big Bang! Open format.
The answer is - there definitely will be a Best Boat trophy and here is a photo of it. It will be awarded based on the 2010 aggregate points competition only.
Perhaps the confusion might be because we decided to not have a Best Boat for the three year series competition due to the composition of team members changing so much over that long time period.
A description of all the 2010 Big Bang! Open trophies is right here at this link:
http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=107672
Another question that came up today from Brian was "can you have more than three shooter on a boat in order to compete for Best Boat?"
The answer is - Yes, you can have as many shooters as is legally the capacity of that particular boat.
The section of the official rules concerning how best boat winner is computed follows:
BEST BOAT
The 2010 Big Bang! Open will include a “Best Boat” award. In the interest of making this fair, a three person boat should be on equal footing with a six person boat. Consequently, the winner will be determined by the boat with the highest diver average aggregate score, based on the top three individual scores on each boat.
See the following examples to further explain the best boat rules:
1. Boat One has only two shooters on their vessel. Boat One is not eligible to participate in the best boat competition, because there must be at least three registered contestants on the boat to compete for best boat.
2. Boat Two has three shooters. Their aggregate total is 240. All shooters will be counted on Boat Two, because the top three shooters are counted, and 240 is their score.
3. Boat Three has six shooters. The top three shooters on that boat had the following scores: 90, 85, and 80. Their aggregated score is 255. The other three shooters are not counted, as only the top three are used to compute aggregate score.
Please fill in the NAME of the boat you will be on, which is located on the registration form. We cannot be responsible for a correct boat score if you do not name the boat you are on.
http://www.spearboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131091&stc=1&d=1278546099
http://www.spearboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131092&stc=1&d=1278546105
http://www.spearboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131093&stc=1&d=1278546105
The answer is - there definitely will be a Best Boat trophy and here is a photo of it. It will be awarded based on the 2010 aggregate points competition only.
Perhaps the confusion might be because we decided to not have a Best Boat for the three year series competition due to the composition of team members changing so much over that long time period.
A description of all the 2010 Big Bang! Open trophies is right here at this link:
http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=107672
Another question that came up today from Brian was "can you have more than three shooter on a boat in order to compete for Best Boat?"
The answer is - Yes, you can have as many shooters as is legally the capacity of that particular boat.
The section of the official rules concerning how best boat winner is computed follows:
BEST BOAT
The 2010 Big Bang! Open will include a “Best Boat” award. In the interest of making this fair, a three person boat should be on equal footing with a six person boat. Consequently, the winner will be determined by the boat with the highest diver average aggregate score, based on the top three individual scores on each boat.
See the following examples to further explain the best boat rules:
1. Boat One has only two shooters on their vessel. Boat One is not eligible to participate in the best boat competition, because there must be at least three registered contestants on the boat to compete for best boat.
2. Boat Two has three shooters. Their aggregate total is 240. All shooters will be counted on Boat Two, because the top three shooters are counted, and 240 is their score.
3. Boat Three has six shooters. The top three shooters on that boat had the following scores: 90, 85, and 80. Their aggregated score is 255. The other three shooters are not counted, as only the top three are used to compute aggregate score.
Please fill in the NAME of the boat you will be on, which is located on the registration form. We cannot be responsible for a correct boat score if you do not name the boat you are on.
http://www.spearboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131091&stc=1&d=1278546099
http://www.spearboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131092&stc=1&d=1278546105
http://www.spearboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131093&stc=1&d=1278546105