Banked Track Tournament today
Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it. We've got 35 refs working this tournament, and I'm co-head reffing with Hurtin' Ernie. As recently as yesterday, someone walked off the job (pissy because the vague "powers that be" decreed that there would be no skating refs at the tourney, which goes against the rules, but whatever). Refs from 12 leagues came or are coming in, and most of them I've never worked with before. We're all working on a brand new ruleset that's never been used and tested, and as recently as yesterday the captains were meeting and changing some things. Not that I didn't agree with their decisions, but still. The tournament starts today, yo.
It'll be good. It'll be most of a cluster the first few games, no doubt. I'm particularly concerned with the Penalty Box position being responsible for monitoring positions. Like WFTDA, we're sitting the position, not the skater. So we need to make sure that if a jammer gets a penalty that they skate down one jammer next jam. UNlike the WFTDA, we're not pulling for majors mid-jam. So we better hope they keep their helmet panties on like they're supposed to.
meh. Rife with ways to go wrong with an unpracticed crew who barely even knows each other's names. And trust me, not everyone read the rules. The same ref that stormed off because there's no skating also said "I read the rules. It's the same as WFTDA 2.1.1." And we had to be like dude. It's totally different. Said ref then pointed to the footnote that says "Rules directly quoted from the WFTDA STANDARDIZED FLAT TRACK ROLLER DERBY RULES Version 2.1.1, used with permission of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association and are indicated by (W) following the rule." And said he read them. Methinks he just saw that footnote and tossed the rules aside, probably with some exclamation of "fuck this 27 page ruleset." We're modifying his position for the tournament. He'll still be a penalty ref, but just a slightly different one. I need someone as Jam Ref who cares.
If anyone's around, you should roll. I'm excited to see what Team Awesome and TXRD can do on our track, and proud of OCRG for stepping up to the Banked challenge. And I love San Diego anytime we can get them.
ladd2day is the case sensitive code for $10 off any ticket for tomorrow's game...
At the very least, I promise to have new fun makeup.
It'll be good. It'll be most of a cluster the first few games, no doubt. I'm particularly concerned with the Penalty Box position being responsible for monitoring positions. Like WFTDA, we're sitting the position, not the skater. So we need to make sure that if a jammer gets a penalty that they skate down one jammer next jam. UNlike the WFTDA, we're not pulling for majors mid-jam. So we better hope they keep their helmet panties on like they're supposed to.
meh. Rife with ways to go wrong with an unpracticed crew who barely even knows each other's names. And trust me, not everyone read the rules. The same ref that stormed off because there's no skating also said "I read the rules. It's the same as WFTDA 2.1.1." And we had to be like dude. It's totally different. Said ref then pointed to the footnote that says "Rules directly quoted from the WFTDA STANDARDIZED FLAT TRACK ROLLER DERBY RULES Version 2.1.1, used with permission of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association and are indicated by (W) following the rule." And said he read them. Methinks he just saw that footnote and tossed the rules aside, probably with some exclamation of "fuck this 27 page ruleset." We're modifying his position for the tournament. He'll still be a penalty ref, but just a slightly different one. I need someone as Jam Ref who cares.
If anyone's around, you should roll. I'm excited to see what Team Awesome and TXRD can do on our track, and proud of OCRG for stepping up to the Banked challenge. And I love San Diego anytime we can get them.
ladd2day is the case sensitive code for $10 off any ticket for tomorrow's game...
At the very least, I promise to have new fun makeup.