The Pushup Quidditch Cup (Live Game Thread)

[BarefootDawsy]

Welcome to the First Pushup Quidditch Cup! 
 

 
This is a team PvP and is open to all Rebels, regardless of age, guild or experience. The match will officially start on USA Monday, April 14th. Sign-up will be open until USA Sunday, April 13th.
 
Sign-up is now closed. Players and spectators can follow the action on the NF Quidditch Spreadsheet
 
To help out the Sorting Hat, we're doing a 1 minute AMRAP set (As Many Reps As Possible) of any pushup variation you like,  to get an idea of fitness levels. There's a chart at the end of this post showing point values for a variety of pushup types. There's no minimum requirement or expectation, this is merely to help keep the game fun for everyone.
 
For those interested, we'll be doing another AMRAP at the end of the challenge period to see how far we've come....kudos will go to most improved, MVP, etc
 
Here are the rules and descriptions of the various positions:

 
Rules

• This competition will last 6 weeks, and will be broken down into 6 separate games, with the first game being an exhibition match to get the feel for it, and learn how to play.
• There will be 4 teams: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin
• Each team will contain 6 players: 1 Keeper, 3 Chasers, and 1 Beaters
• Teams and positions will be assigned on day 1 of the challenge. Positions will be subsequently assigned each week.
• Matches will last 5 days, starting on USA Monday, and ending on USA Friday
• Weekly scores will be tallied and the top 2 teams will play for the Quidditch Cup and Silver medal, while the bottom 2 teams will play for Bronze Medal and Wooden Spoon

Positions/Scoring
 
Points are scored by completing pushups which equate to a point value, (see variations below). When a player completes a series of pushups, they will need to reply to this thread to count them.
 
All points will be tallied at the end of the week, once the game is complete, however 'unofficial' scoring is likely to take place in the meantime to help everyone know where they and their teams stand.

• Chaser: The Chaser does pushups to score points. The more pushups completed, the more points scored
• Keeper: The Keeper does pushups to negate points scored by the opposing team. Their score is subtracted from the points scored by the opposing team's Chasers. 
• Beater: Beaters use pushups to counter the effects of the other team's Keeper and Chasers. When points have been earned, the player nominates an opponent on the opposing team and any points scored will be removed from the target player's tally. Any beater who does not assign points to a target will have their points spread evenly across the opponent's players.

Game 2 Rule amendments:

1. No more caps
2. There will be no more Seekers. 
3. The Snitch: see below
4. Scoring has changed: see below

Scoring Amendments

1. All players are required to do a 60 second AMRAP, using any pushup variation(s) before playing
2. Each player's beginning AMRAP score will represent their 'scoring set'
3. To score points, player must complete a full set equal to their Scoring Set value
4. Each completed set is worth 10 points
5. Keepers still offset points, Chasers still score points, and Beaters still choose who to offset against

Point Calculation Example

• Player BarefootDawsy has a 20 point AMRAP
• During the game, BarefootDawsy completes 90 pushups
• 90 / 20 = 4.5. 4.5 X 10 = 45 points. Don't worry, the spreadsheet will calculate scores. Just post the pushup points value for your reps, and the rest will be handled automatically.
• Rounding to the nearest 5 points is permitted. 
• Players who failed to do an AMRAP test will be assigned a score (at the moment 20 seems fair)

The Snitch

 

From this week, we have abolished the Seeker position. To keep somewhat in line with HP Quiddtich, however, we're going to have a Snitch. Since many players here have expressed their ignorance and/or ambivalence of Harry Potter, I thought it fitting that the Snitch will be a Harry Potter trivial question asked by a member of one of the other teams (yay! right? right? crickets?). The first person to answer the question correctly will win an additional 100 points for their team. 

 

To get the ball rolling, I will be asking the first question. It will go out to players of the Slytherin vs Hufflepuff game. The winner of the Snitch Question will be responsible for asking the Snitch question of the Ravenclaw vs Gryffindor game. The winner of that question will ask the first question the following week, etc. Hope this makes sense.

 

Google, etc will be permitted for answering the questions. For those of you who don't know much about HP, don't worry, there are heaps of great HP trivia sites out there (again, Google is your friend).  

 

Each player can only try to answer the Snitch question once for each question asked, and only if the question is posed to the player's team. All other answers will be disregarded. 

 

Pushup Variation Values

• leaning against wall = 0.25 points
• countertop = 1 point for every 3 pushups (rounding allowed)
• on knees = 0.5 points
• standard pushup = 1 points
• feet elevated (decline) pushups = 1.5 points
• diamond pushups = 1.5 points
• clapping/side-to-side pushups = 2 points
• dive-bomber/hindu/pike pushups = 2.5 points
• one arm pushups = 3 points

Game Schedule (Game winners in BOLD)

 

Game 1 (Exhibition) Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw vs Slytherin (April 14-18)

Game 2 Gryffindor (124) vs Ravenclaw (0), Slytherin (163) vs Hufflepuff (58) (April 21-25)

Game 3 Gryffindor vs Slytherin, Ravenclaw vs Hufflepuff (April 28- May 2)

Game 4 Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw vs Slytherin (May 5-9)

Game 5 Gryffindor vs Ravenclaw, Slytherin vs Hufflepuff (May 12-16)

Game 6 (Cup Final) 1st place vs 2nd place, 3rd place vs 4th place (May 19-23)

 

Week 6 - Quidditch Cup Final

• First Place vs Second Place
• Third Place vs Fourth Place

[Mad Hatter]

How did I miss this??? Is there still room? I want in! I mean look at my signature, I'm ready to go!

 

PS can I please be Gryffindor, it will be way confusing if I'm Gryffindor for my challenge and Slytherin for the quidditch cup.

[BarefootDawsy]

You're in

 

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2514812

[AlexCold]

So wouldn't it be possible to negate the other players just to the Seeker? I think the cap needs to be a bit higher for the other positions. 

[BarefootDawsy]

So wouldn't it be possible to negate the other players just to the Seeker? I think the cap needs to be a bit higher for the other positions. 

 

Ah, but such is the joy and sorrow of Quidditch! The Snitch is golden for a reason

[Elastigirl]

So excited for this! Though my arms may not be as excited, they are already whining about the 60 sec AMRAP. Time for my arms to badass up

[ORazor]

Ah, but such is the joy and sorrow of Quidditch! The Snitch is golden for a reason

Wow. Serious business! I like it!

Posted using only my thumbs.

[Elastigirl]

Really Hindu pushups are worth 2.5?  I can crank out more of those than I can regular pushups. Hindu pushups just may be my secret super power.

[Mad Hatter]

You're in

 

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2514812

 

Yay!

[Raev]

So wouldn't it be possible to negate the other players just to the Seeker? I think the cap needs to be a bit higher for the other positions. 

In theory.  However, if in a week I do 300 pushups as a chaser and the person looking to negate me as a keeper only does 120, that leaves a balance of 180 points.  That would still give me the 100 points, with the cap.  The individual performing the work on each side has a lot of importance still and there is a bit of strategy that can go into who goes where.

 

Personally I'd like to see the strongest pushup person as a chaser on whatever team I end up on, so that they can completely shut down the keeper trying to stop them and still score some team points, while the seeker goes to town slow and steady. Of course, a mutually cancelling keeper/chaser combo with a seeker busting out 500 in the week is also a possible combo....

 

Yeah, there is definately some strategy that can be used here...

[Elastigirl]

Questions:

 

I am doing the GMB F1 workout this challenge. I will be doing holllow body push ups; I think they are about the same difficulty as standard push ups, so I was plannning on counting them as 1. Does this sound correct?

[Relic]

In theory.  However, if in a week I do 300 pushups as a chaser and the person looking to negate me as a keeper only does 120, that leaves a balance of 180 points.  That would still give me the 100 points, with the cap.  The individual performing the work on each side has a lot of importance still and there is a bit of strategy that can go into who goes where.

 

Personally I'd like to see the strongest pushup person as a chaser on whatever team I end up on, so that they can completely shut down the keeper trying to stop them and still score some team points, while the seeker goes to town slow and steady. Of course, a mutually cancelling keeper/chaser combo with a seeker busting out 500 in the week is also a possible combo....

 

Yeah, there is definately some strategy that can be used here...

or, if you have your strongest player as keeper, then both your beaters can go after the seeker...

or, if you put your strongest player as seeker...

ya, there's some strategy

[Relic]

so regular quidditch (aka: brooms/flying) there is the possibility of neither team catching the snitch. Is there any way that can happen here or will a snitch always score points in this game?

[the25r]

Count me in, I want to play!

[Salty]

Ooohhhh is it to late can i sign up please? Sounds very fun but are clapping really easier then Hindu?

[ChristArtist]

fwiw - AMRAP- counter incline - 28

9 points

[Endor]

You capped it at 100

 

OK I'm in! 

[T2sarahconnor]

I'm in. I am on the lower end of regular push ups and can't do fancy ones yet but I am competitive. I can't stand to lose!

[Batwoman]

AMRAP - Standard - 10

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[mitch_dee]

AMRAP - 11 standard, or 32 inclined trx full motion push ups

[Mad Hatter]

15 standard, but probably only 0.75 quality towards the end 

[wildross]

Count me in

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[Chris-Tien Jinn]

AMRAMP - 30 knees ... so 15 points. 

[wildross]

AMRAP 1 minute, 40 standard.  Could tell I did a lot of chest work this morning.

[BarefootDawsy]

Greetings Quidditch Cup Players!

 

Signup is now officially closed and the teams and positions have been assigned. Players have been placed randomly, though higher AMRAP scoring players have been given preference for the non-capped positions.

 

Housekeeping:

• Due to larger than expected numbers, and to keep it interesting, Keepers now have no points cap
• We have enough people for 4 teams! So we will be playing round-robin style.
• Some teams have an extra Chaser. These teams will use their highest 2 Chasers' scores for the final game calculations
• This week is Exhibition Week, and is a chance to get used to the rules, etc. Points for this week will not be counted towards the cup final
• Weekly game roster, etc will be posted at the top of this thread.
• Post any questions here!
• The games start tomorrow - GOOD LUCK!