The Sheep Cup - Reveal

[aaronjennings]

Welcome, one and all, to the first-even Sheep Cup!

16 players will be taking part in the Sheep Cup Tournament:

ari101
BuileBeag
E.N.
Edser
Homer J. Fong
Jluv
jp liz v1
Leg End Reject
lorcand1990
Mam of 4
Neowise
nothing
Sephiroth_Dude
ShaneU
Wichita Lineman
Zaph

And they will be joined by 4 additional players, who will be joining them in competing for the side prize:

Butty Brennan
HildaSilvioOgden
Irish Aris
Sawduck

More on that, and on the overall tournament format, in the next post

Join us for an 8pm kick-off, when the reveal will begin

And good luck to all

[aaronjennings]

Right, I’ve put it off for as long as possible, but now it’s time to try and explain the rules

The first 16 people who signed up for this game were entered in to the Sheep Cup, and after a random draw, the knockout table looks like this:




(For clarity, I used the same seeding as the 2022 Snooker Masters, and slotted people into each numbered position in the order they signed up. For example, Nothing signed up first and was assigned slot #1, Shane signed up second and was assigned slot #2, and so on)


Each match will be decided over three Sheep questions. The person with the highest points over those three questions will advance to the next round. The questions are divided as such:


ROUND 1A (The first half of Round 1)
Something you might have a collection of
A book that has been adapted into a TV show
A foreign currency

ROUND 1B
An Irish Eurovision winner
A country in Scandinavia
A structure that is over 1000 years old

QUARTER FINALS
An Irish college/university
A poem by William Wordsworth
A national flag with more than three colours

SEMI FINALS
A famous double-act
An island nation in the Pacific Ocean
A sports venue in Ireland

FINAL
A wife of King Henry VIII
A common office item
A sports movie


Whoever wins the final will be declared the inaugural SHEEP CUP CHAMPION!

All 16 Sheep Cup competitors, along with the four additional players who submitted answers, will also be competing against each other for the second-most valuable prize in the competition… the coveted GOLDEN HOOF, which will be awarded to the overall highest-scoring player (i.e. the person who would have won if this were played out as a normal game of Sheep)

Hopefully that will all make a bit more sense as the game unfolds

[nothing]

[Leg End Reject]

E.N. and Homer are going to be formidable enemies. 😂

[BuileBeag]

@Edser

[E.N.]

E.N. and Homer are going to be formidable enemies. 😂

....hopefully

[ari101]

Eek 😅 squeaky bum time!!!

[E.N.]

@aaronjennings, what happens if there's a tie?

[E.N.]

The anticipation...

[Jluv]

Looking forward to this! @Leg End Reject at least one of us will get to a quarter final..sounds kinda good when you say it like that when in reality it's only the second round 😁😁

[aaronjennings]

@aaronjennings, what happens if there's a tie?

Whoever has the most Sheep will advance in the case of any tie-breakers

[Zaph]

Eek 😅 squeaky bum time!!!

Is that your bum or mine that's squeaking?

[Kol]

I'm sticking a tenner on a buile v shane final which will go to penalties.

[Wichita Lineman]

I'm sticking a tenner on a buile v shane final which will go to penalties.

Nice to see I've been written off already. 

[lorcand1990]

My tactics...

[Jluv]

My tactics...

To Mam😱😱😱😱

[Mam of 4]

@lorcand1990 that's mean !!

Don't worry, I'll be out first round 🤣

[lorcand1990]

My tactics...

To Mam😱😱😱😱

In retrospect my tactic should have been to give better answers.. but we are where we are 

[Wichita Lineman]

I'm employing the Sicilian defense......



or maybe I'll revert to this Sicilian defense...........

[nothing]

@lorcand1990 that's mean !!

Don't worry, I'll be out first round 🤣

I'll sort this... 

[Mam of 4]

To Mam😱😱😱😱

In retrospect my tactic should have been to give better answers.. but we are where we are 

So you gave bad answers and that's why you were  paired with me ... ??

[Edser]

@Edser

@BuileBeag 

[aaronjennings]

ROUND 1A, Q1 of 3

Several answers were submitted for this one, but which of our competitors will be collecting all the points in the first question of the tournament?

[aaronjennings]

Question 1: Something you might have a collection of

Stamps - 11
ari101
BuileBeag
Butty Brennan
E.N.
Edser
HildaSilvioOgden
Homer J. Fong
jp liz v1
Leg End Reject
lorcand1990
Zaph

Books - 3
Irish Aris
ShaneU
Wichita Lineman

DVDs / Films - 3
Jluv
Mam of 4
Neowise

ACES - 1:

Spoons - nothing
Games - Sephiroth_Dude
Coins - Sawduck



One answer gets the stamp of approval over all others

Two of our Round 1 matches remain tied after the first question, while Liz and Leg End both open up significant leads over their opponents. But it’s still all to play for

[lorcand1990]

In retrospect my tactic should have been to give better answers.. but we are where we are 

So you gave bad answers and that's why you were  paired with me ... ??

[Mam of 4]

@nothing , spoons , never thought of that!

[aaronjennings]

ROUND 1A, Q2 of 3

A lot to choose from here, with 7 different answers submitted. Did people gravitate towards Westeros, or Gilead?

[Jluv]

Oh oh! And seriously which of you collect stamps😠

[lorcand1990]

@nothing should get bonus points for a great simpsons reference

[aaronjennings]

Question 2: A book that has been adapted into a TV show

Game of Thrones - 11
ari101
Butty Brennan
E.N.
Edser
Irish Aris
jp liz v1
nothing
Sawduck
ShaneU
Wichita Lineman
Zaph

Normal People - 3
BuileBeag
Homer J. Fong
lorcand1990

The Handmaid's Tale - 2
HildaSilvioOgden
Leg End Reject

ACES - 1:

Bridgerton - Jluv
Pretty Little Liars - Neowise
American Gods - Sephiroth_Dude
All Creatures Great and Small - Mam of 4



The House of the Dragon triumphs over the House of the Waterfords

Liz and Leg End maintain their leads, while Edser and EN also take one step closer to the next round. With one question left, can anyone overturn the deficit in time?

[Mam of 4]

So you gave bad answers and that's why you were  paired with me ... ??

[E.N.]

Oh @Homer J. Fong 😳

[Leg End Reject]

Mam and Lorcan

[aaronjennings]

ROUND 1A, Q3 of 3

Just three answers were submitted to this question, and as expected the two biggies were the Dollar and the Pound. Who will pay the price for picking the wrong one?

[aaronjennings]

Question 3: A foreign currency

Dollar / US Dollar - 12
ari101
E.N.
HildaSilvioOgden
Irish Aris
Jluv
Leg End Reject
Neowise
nothing
Sephiroth_Dude
ShaneU
Wichita Lineman
Zaph

Pound / GBP - 7
BuileBeag
Edser
Homer J. Fong
jp liz v1
lorcand1990
Mam of 4
Sawduck

ACES - 1:

Yen - Butty Brennan



Our near neighbours come out second-best, as dollars prove to be a sound investment

No turnarounds so at the end of Round 1A, as Liz books a place in the Quarter Final against Edser, while EN and Leg End will face-off in a clash of the titans

[nothing]

Beaten by liz, the shame!

[ari101]

Eek 😅 squeaky bum time!!!

Is that your bum or mine that's squeaking?

I have no idea, and I'm not sure if it is better to have a squeaky or a quite bum in this scenario either 🤣

[lorcand1990]

Ooooo a Leg E.N. Reject quarter final 

[Jluv]

Congrats @Leg End Reject ..to be fair I didn't even give you a game😠😠 now go kick ass!!!

[Mam of 4]

Go Leggy !