Cagematch XXX

[mullaney]

CAGEMATCH XXX

6 teams enter. 1 team leaves.

Ever wanted to be in the Cagematch instead of on the sidelines? Now is your chance! On Sunday May 4th there will be a special Cagematch tournament open to UCBT students only. The winner will get a crack at the real Cagematch in June.

Choose your team. Make your mark.

ELIGIBILITY:

1. Teams must have a minimum of 7 players and no more than 9.
2. All players on the team must have completed or be currently enrolled in a level 3 class at the UCB theatre.
3. At least 6 players on the team must be enrolled in a current class as of Friday, April 18.
4. Each player can be on one and only one team.
5. Current Harold team members are ineligible.

SUBMIT YOUR TEAM:

To enter, send a complete list of the performers on your team with email addresses to classes@ucbt.net by Wednesday, April 23rd. ASK PERMISSION FROM YOUR PROPOSED TEAMMATES BEFORE YOU ENTER YOUR TEAM. If you enter someone as part of your team without their permission, your team may be disqualified.

On Thursday, April 24th at the Cagematch, we will randomly choose 6 teams from those that have entered to compete on Sunday, May 4th (shows at 6:00pm, 7:30pm and 9:00pm) at Rose Nagelberg Theatre at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (Lexington and 25th).

The winner, based on audience votes, will perform at the regular UCB Cagematch in June (date to be announced).

 

[Z-Tab]

That's cool. Y'all are smart.

 

[VarietyUndrgrnd]

Originally posted by mullaney
[6 teams ... compete on Sunday, May 4th (shows at 6:00pm, 7:30pm and 9:00pm) at Rose Nagelberg Theatre at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (Lexington and 25th).

The winner, based on audience votes, will perform at the regular UCB Cagematch in June (date to be announced).

So, six teams, three shows. How will the winner be determined, exactly? If two terrible teams face off in the same show, but one is much, much more terrible, the other one could get more votes from its audience than a much better team which faces stiffer competition will get from ITS audience. Is there some other, fairer way you're going to determine the winner?

 

[mullaney]

We are working on the details, but I think it will be based on the total number votes that a particular team gets.

 

[Shwirtz]

Speaking of fairness, not that I'd ever think to have my team do this, but what about groups stacking the audience?

 

[mullaney]

Stacking the audience is part of the point of Cagematch. Read rule number 12:

http://www.cage-match.com/rules.php

"12. Stacking the audience is not only allowed, but encouraged."

 

[mullaney]

I've already had a couple of inquiries about stretching the rules to fit existing teams. Sorry, but the rules as they stand are already stretched from the original intention of this being for current level 3 and 3b students only. I realize that you might need to create a new team for this tournament, but that's kinda the idea.

 

[Demblowski]

I'm kind of interested in this competition, but frankly I'm not a part of a team that fits all the stated requirements. Reservations from the rules aside, I'd like to see the competition open up some...really have these make-shift groups fight for the right to battle in the cagematch. I think only having 6 teams, pulled from a hat, could keep a lot of potentially good teams out of the running.

That's just my 2 cents. Why not run it similar to Battle Royale? The Office had to win a series of matches to get a shot at cagematch...and when they finally got there I think they proved themselves as a good group, not just a group that could stack the audience (though they proved themselves as that too

Just a suggestion.

Word,
-Matt

 

[Gabe]

I am down....

Who wants to play?

 

[mullaney]

Welp, I have one night to run this competition. Basically three slots. To do it tournament style, I'd need more time slots, or I'd have to narrow it down to fewer teams.

Let me say again that the idea here was to get teams filled with current students in this show. That's where the rules are coming from. We'll see what happens. I'm not going to loosen up the rules unless I don't get any entries that fit the rules.

I'm going to sleep on this and think about if there are some improvements that can be made to the tourney structure...

 

[mullaney]

Ah one more rule. Teams must do a Harold.

 

[dishman]

This sounds great! I'm in too, Gabe.

 

[dkois]

Originally posted by mullaney

3. At least 6 players on the team must be enrolled in a current class as of Friday, May 18.

Do you mean Friday, April 18?

xoxo
Dan

 

[mullaney]

yes, April 18. my bad.

 

[delabarre]

Gabe - I will go to the end of the Earth for you... and Button-hook. Hit me.
-Mark

 

[bomber 70]

Gabe and Mark

You can depend on me for those short outs and possession
posts ..
hit me
ben

 

[UCB Classes]

Ok, here's the deal everyone.

We have 12 teams entered. We have made the decision to expand this into a full single-elimination tournament with 8 teams. The first round will be at Baruch as planned and then we will do the semifinals and finals at the UCB Theatre on Mondays at 11pm.

I wish we could invite all 12 teams. But we will select the 8 that will be in the tournament tonight, during or after cagematch.

More info later this evening.

 

[TC]

Good decision, Mullaney... the originally-planned manner of determining the winner was, frankly, bad -- it would have amounted to essentially drawing a name out of a hat. A tournament will actually ensure that the winner is, if not the best group involved, at least among them.

Now I'm interested in seeing the shows!

 

[UCB Classes]

Here are the teams for the Cagematch XXX

Mysterio

Louis Pearlman
Tiffany Morningstar
Dave Warth
Michele McCann
Analisa Robertson
Jarret Barrenstein
Mike Gauss

Bread House

Barry Rothbart
David J. Hersh
Rob Gorden
Micah Best
Russ Lachanse
Dana Slamper
Ari Krepostman

Unnamed Team #4

Leah Averre
David Bartlett
Stephen Gardella
Lauren Hunter
Jason Keeley
Jack Phillips
Michael Nathanson

El Groupo

Eric Appel
Eric Bernat
Millie Cho
Dalia Ermann
Dan Kois
Violet Krumbein
Ben Rodgers
Lynda Thomas

Profesor Perdido

Stephen Ruddy
Ze Frank
Annie Alquist
Nate Gerloff
Patrick Murtaugh
Ari Schulman
Samuel Jacobson

The Whole Buffalo

Billy Eichner
Bob Lingner
David Orr
Kirstin Peterson
Mark Rotblat
Ryan Stanley
Jenn Terpak
Beverly Wee
Jamie Littlejohn

One Big Disappointment…

Rocco Cafarelli
Heather Ballantyne
Deshja Driggs Hall
David O’Brien
Betsy Todd
Becky Veduccio
Oliver Wyman

Pickletown

kate spencer
flynn barrison
wendi butterworth
bret pittman
nate shelkey
john snyder
billy HC
bret runstad

 

[UCB Classes]

I'll have the schedule by end of business day today.