Summer 2011 Pentathanerd: d20 Bocce Ball

Day 2 of the Summer Pentathanerd wrapped up yesterday with the game d20 Bocce Ball which is played exactly how you think it would be…

Again, Mark Seemann from The Werd summarized the results:
“A crowd of Nerds showed up to watch Tuesday’s event: D20 Bocce Ball, inspired by the winner of the user-submitted contest ideas in January, Rohit Patnaik (originally d20 Shot Put).

This event required contestants to roll or toss two jumbo-sized D20s – twenty-sided dice, for those unfamiliar with role-playing parlance – as close as possible to a D&D miniature. The team with the closest die, or dice, score the points showing on top of the die, or sum of two dice, if neither of the opponent’s two dice are closer.

Teams went head-to-head in two rounds of tosses, proceeding up a double-elimination chart. Although teams are knocked out in elimination format, the total points earned are what determine final point earnings.

Led by the lone Stuart A, The Whom? were able to handle the competition with grace, and no small amount of luck. She! struggled, and in the end were set as one of the first out of the event, along with Effortless and Nausea.

Teh Awsumbs made a run for the title, but were taken down by The Whom? and the InterNerds. Revenge of the InterNerds went into the finals with The Whom? without a loss; a natural-20 lead a massive 50 point pair of rounds for The Whom?, giving Revenge their first loss. In the instant rematch, Revenge scored 14 and 10, taking both rounds to win the overall title.

Although the winner of the event was Revenge of the InterNerds, the point distribution is dependent on total points earned in the competition. Thus, with 121 total points, The Whom? walks away with 1200 points to the Revenge’s 776.

The overall standings after this event are:

2200 – The Whom? (event place: 2; event points: 1200)
2160 – InterNerds (3; 910)
2157 – Teh Awsumbs (4; 657)
1826 – Revenge (1; 776)
1394 – Nausea (T5; 694)
1200 – She! (T5; 300)
860 – Effortless (7; 360)”