September 30th, 2008

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How About a Virtual Hockey Pool?

We had a couple of no-shows at the planned post-BarCamp hockey pool, so we weren’t quite quorate. I thought I’d take one more kick at this particular can and suggest a virtual pool, run in real-time over Skype.

I was thinking next Monday, October 6 between 5:30pm and 7:30pm. I know four games will have been played by then, but I don’t think that particularly matters.

I figure Skype is probably the most ubiquitous, simplest tool in which to run the draft. If you’ve got another suggestion–I guess Twitter would be a possibility–fire away.

If you’re interested in joining said, uh, Automagical Virtual Hockey Pool, leave a comment.

If we get enough, I’ll run it. If not, I’ll watch the 2008-09 season with a stake in only one, meagre, non-playoff team. And if there’s a torrent of interest, the maximum number of participants is 15. All other rules are as on the BarCamp wiki.

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Comments: 11 Responses so far

Dane Brown
September 30th, 2008
10:17 am

I’m in.

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James
September 30th, 2008
10:19 am

I’m interested and can be available on the Internets at the time you suggest.

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Beth
September 30th, 2008
10:21 am

I’m in too. But I don’t think I’ll be able to make it by 5:30 on Monday - I’m running a seminar at UBC until 5 p.m. that day, and it will take me longer than 5:30 to get home. Any chance we could do it at 6 p.m.?

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darren
September 30th, 2008
10:22 am

Beth: We can probably move it. Or, if not, you can give me a list of your top 20 hotties and I can draft the first couple of rounds for you.

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Beth
September 30th, 2008
12:29 pm

Cool. I’ll go through my list to figure out my top 20! My posting on hockey hotties is getting me *tonnes* of traffic, so I’m sure my readers wouldn’t mind hearing about which ones are my top 20!

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John Biehler
September 30th, 2008
2:17 pm

I’m in…a hockey pool noob. I get home around 5ish (traffic depending) so I may be a little late to the party but will be there.

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Keith
September 30th, 2008
9:26 pm

I’m in. I shouldn’t have a problem being there, and I’m good with the Skype option.

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Ben Nevile
September 30th, 2008
11:24 pm

Hey, there’s always

http://apps.facebook.com/hockey_pool

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DaveO
October 1st, 2008
7:54 am

Ok I’m in for Monday via Skype.

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Ami
October 1st, 2008
9:26 am

I’m in. I’ll be very far east at that time, but should be jetlagged enough to be ok. Check in with me tonight.

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