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OFA Fun Facts - 5barwarrior - 06-Oct-2011
As we count down the days to the start of the next winter league you can enjoy some fun facts about the league.
Fun Fact #1 - This is the 18th OFA winter league.
Bonus Fact - The largest league was 44 players on 11 teams. Leauge fees were $10 and we sent 8 people to Vegas for the International Championships.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5000 Years Old Man - 06-Oct-2011
Given the current 14 teams of 3 players each that record could be starting to crack
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5barwarrior - 06-Oct-2011
yes, and there is one more potential team ready to join.
Making this all logistically a nightmare (tier structure, weekly match ups, rotations....)
RE: OFA Fun Facts - Persian Prince - 06-Oct-2011
(06-Oct-2011, 05:05 PM)5barwarrior Wrote: yes, and there is one more potential team ready to join.
Making this all logistically a nightmare (tier structure, weekly match ups, rotations....)
Well lets modify the sheets like we discussed ie., five bar wars and other games that could save time but improve our players.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5barwarrior - 07-Oct-2011
forgot about the 5-bar wars. Good call.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5barwarrior - 07-Oct-2011
Fun Fact #2 - The league used to be less popular than the DYPs. On Friday nights we could get over 30+ guys coming out for trash talk, king of the table and DYP fun.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5barwarrior - 07-Oct-2011
Bonus Fact: OFA (RFL- Regent Foosball League) held the first ever VIFA charter. We were charter #0001.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - SNAKEBITE - 11-Oct-2011
Bonus Fact - The largest league was 44 players on 11 teams. Leauge fees were $10 and we sent 8 people to Vegas for the International Championships.
How did you managed to send 8 players with a league fee budget of $440? Or am I missing something?
HOGAN
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5barwarrior - 11-Oct-2011
$10/week * 16 weeks
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5barwarrior - 11-Oct-2011
OFA was a traveling league where teams would play at a variety of bars around the city. We had 5 different locations.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - Paul - 11-Oct-2011
sounds complexicationed.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - Doubledipper - 11-Oct-2011
Fun fact:
The first Vifa league in Ottawa was in 1997 won by Merv Buske, Manny Arruda and John Babin. Manny won the mvp. The team won a trip to the U.S. nationals in Oshkosh Wisconsin to compete in the first Vifa championships. Tyler Paradis served as the reserve player when John could not attend the event.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5000 Years Old Man - 11-Oct-2011
That trio won the final play-offs. Me, Adriano and his cousin had won the regular season (oh quasi-glory days, where have you gone?)
Eric Dunn was running everything initially, then Manny took over the League for a while. I believe the rest of the sequence was Chris then Frank then Chris, but I could be missing one.
RE: OFA Fun Facts - Doubledipper - 12-Oct-2011
(11-Oct-2011, 11:17 PM)5000 Years Old Man Wrote: That trio won the final play-offs. Me, Adriano and his cousin had won the regular season (oh quasi-glory days, where have you gone?)
Eric Dunn was running everything initially, then Manny took over the League for a while. I believe the rest of the sequence was Chris then Frank then Chris, but I could be missing one.
I stand corrected indeed. Gid won the league regular season. Manny Merv John won league ending tournament. Tyler Paradis was league coordinator after Manny.
thanks Gid!
RE: OFA Fun Facts - 5000 Years Old Man - 16-Oct-2011
well it was the play-offs/league ending tournament that counted, so you won it
winning the league was a bit of a consolation prize: team shirts and maybe a "bye" -- we got 1997 and 1998 league winner shirts -- then the real "bye-bye's" were later on when we would regularly lose at the final tournaments
in the Fall of 1996 there was a league that run only a few weeks, maybe 8. We won that one too, it was smaller but no final tournament: the winners got the money prizes
(this is a little-known fun fact)For 1999 Frank's team won the "regular" league, we ended up 2nd -- so it was their turn to then lose at the final tournament
but I'm sure they treasured the shirts