Round 1 of the Yarkshire Gamer World Cup of Wargaming Pet Hates

 

Here we go, the Yarkshire Gamer World Cup of Wargaming Pet Hates starts today.

This is an information post which shows the overall draw and the detailed draw for Round 1 which was made on the latest episode of the Yarkshire Gamer Podcast. The overall draw is above, Round 1 below

I will add each vote to here when it is live and the result when it's finished

RULES

Each vote will appear on the Yarkshire Gamer FB page and the Yarkshire Gamers Reet Big Facebook Group. I will not share the votes elsewhere on FB, but feel free to share onwards if you think there is interest.

Each match up will have its own vote and one vote will be started each day, I can't guarantee a start time due to work but I will try and set them off between midday and 6pm Yorkshire Time. 

There will be an explanation of the organisers meaning included on each of the votes as some definitions have had to be considerably shortened to fit on the graphics below. 

Each vote will last 72 hours, the hate with the most votes will proceed to the next round. Any draws (yes it has happened) will be subject to a 1 hour penalty shoot out vote at a time TBD but prior to the start of the next round.

Please enjoy the World Cup, we've had some great fun over the years doing this. Let's have loads of comments and interaction but please be polite with each other. Some will no doubt fail to see the humour in this and that's fine, but it is fun and Yarkshire Gamer might not be for you 😄

This was always designed to be those little things that maybe are unique to you and was inspired by the Wargames Room 101 feature from the Yarkshire Gamer Podcast, a perfect example would be Giles Allison's entry "Unpainted Flag Edges" it's a small thing but for some reason it sends my blood pressure into space, the bad thing is that now I've mentioned it, you won't be able to not see it again.

Team Round Dice for the win, from your none biased organiser 👍

Thanks for joining in and I'll see you at the start line later today

Regards Ken 

Yarkshire Gamer 

#wargames #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming

VOTE LINKS

Round 1 Match Up 1

Rivet Counters are those who are obsessive about detail and point out the one Panzer IV F that's out of place on a 72 ft table with 200 tanks on, or the colour on your imaginations Fusilier Battalion cuffs.

Slow Players are those who take 2 hours to set up for a 3 hour game or just take forever to do anything, they aren't indecisive they are just slow 

This vote is over Rivet Counters won by 326 votes to 172 and will meet Unpainted Flag Edges in Round 2

Round 1 Match Up 2

Round 1 Match Up 2 is Up for voting, who is going to go through to the next round, do you hate rules with no index or do those really thick bases push your buttons, get voting now, we've got 3 days to decide.

This vote is over Rules with no index won 352 votes to 110 and will meet Round Dice in Round 2

Round 1 Match Up 3

Potentially a straight forward choice but you never know, this is a World Cup of Pet Hates after all, everyone hates cheats but a pile of different Counters behind a unit, that can drive you mad.

Cheats - those who break every rule possible to win, they use weighted dice (the dice in the toilet story on the Yarkshire Gamer Podcast is a classic) they use modified tape measures, argue about rules and then bend them the next move, it's not big and it's not clever.

Excessive Game Counters - often associated more with board games but it creeps into our hobby, X Wing is a classic none Historical example, hit, sheild, power, targeting etc etc markers piled up to the depth of the death star behind your ships. But its a thing in Historical Wargames too, multiple casualty Counters, next to an order and a charge marker, maybe a disorder marker it makes a beautifully sculpted set of terrain (with hills) look like a game of backgammon. Maybe just maybe it tips yoir scscales

This vote is over with Cheats winning by 439 votes to Excessive Game Counters with 44, Cheats will meet Competition Games in the next round.

Round 1 : Match Up 4

Match Up 4 is up and running, do Unpainted #Miniatures pull your strings more than Maxing Out Points Lists (which the kids tell me is how one wins with DaOrcaBusterChopperCopterCannon in 40k)

This vote is over with Unpainted Miniatures on the table winning against Maxing out Points Lists by 337 to 163

Round 1 : Match Up 5

We are over the hump in Round 1 and on the downhill run, it seems true hate is over ruling Pet Hates in the voting so far but I can only take the horse to the water 🤣

So which of these have you encountered and which drives you mad

Overly Competitive Wargamers - that person who just goes over the top whatever the situation, roll a double 6 and they are on the table shouting, "In your face, looser !) or they roll a double 1 and flip the table. Maybe a bit of serious sledging prior to the start of the game or the game face that never cracks a smile. 

Those who criticise but don't do - I struggled for a short version of this and Armchair Quarterback (a bit American) came to mind later. That person who comes on social media and tells you your stuff is wrong, you ask for a pic of theirs and it never comes, they criticise your game organisation but never organise a game themselves. 

I've met loads of Armchair QBs but very few OCWs so that's where my vote goes but OCWs was a huge winner in the Preliminary Round 

This vote is over, Overly Competitive Wargamers recieved 364 votes and Armchair Quarterbacks got 124

Round 1 : Match Up 6

Today's show down sees an annoyance up against a travesty of justice

Rules Lawyers - now there's nothing wrong with knowing the rules but when you use them solely to win and rather than use Historical Tactics or have, dare I say fun you make that extra mm move to get a plus one it starts to be annoying 

Basing Tanks - is of course an absolute disgrace (now quiet down tank basers you've been knocked out already 😄) Lovely tank models lumbering across the table carrying 3 acres of muck with them and its the same muck, on a road, in a field, across a fjord, is just wrong. Tanks should be free to roam unchained from the shackles of a base.

The voting is over and Rules Lawyers got 385 votes and Basing Tanks only 58

Round 1 : Match Up 7

Not long to go in Round 1 as we have Match Up 7 today, early start so I can post some results later as the first 4 votes will be over. Today's match sees,

Display Games Ignoring the Public - we've all seen it, the Display Game at a show (UK) where the people are just using the show as an excuse to have a game with their mates and they refuse to engage with the public, "What's the rule system ?" you ask, a grunt comes back, "the're nice figures who makes them ?" you manage to get in before they hurry off to the other end of the table. Nearly as bad as people sitting down and chatting with their mates (Podcast joke 😁)

Smelly Gamers - have you ever been to an event, enjoying the day and the gaming when suddenly a odour so pungent even the flies are going away from it reaches your nose. Its not big, its not clever but its great for breeding maggots.

Voting is complete and Smelly Gamers progress to the next round with 353 votes to the Display Games ignoring the public who got 135

Round 1 : Match Up 8

Round 1 : Match Up 8 is here and just like that Round 1 is over (in 3 days)

This could be the closest one yet and the two entries were pretty close in the Preliminary so could be our first nail biter.

Incomplete Figure Ranges - it might be a Kickstarter that you invest in that never does more than a basic range or it could be an older range that never got round to bringing out the bit you needed before they moth balled it. Picture is my Woodbine Design WW1 Turkish, been waiting 15 plus years for the Cavalry figures 🤷

Table Clutter - we all do it, a beautiful looking table starts to look like a hand grenade has gone off in the Stationary Section of WH Smiths ! Bits of paper, Play Sheets, copies of the rules, scenario etc, add to that dice boxes, tape measures, Counters, phones etc, the pic is from one of our club games, I plead guilty.

The final result saw Incomplete Figure Ranges obtain 310 votes whilst table Clutter recieved 182

That concludes the voting for Round 1, Round 2 begins Monday 23rd June