Non-Sport/Bar Sports - Decathlon

[Joe Tall]

Talking with Mr. Gatorade (aka Crazy Mike) we are coming up with ideas for a "non-sport" or "bar-sport" decathlon. If anyone has done anything like this in the past please chime in.

The event will would happen over one weekend. 5-events one day, 5 the next (typ Decathlon). What we need is further discussion of the list we have created:

Table Tennis
Darts
Pool
Foosball
Skee Ball
Horseshoes
Bowling
Shuffleboard
Pinball
Air Hockey

Are we missing anything? Should substitute something like table-shuffleboard? Is bowling too much of a sport?

Our plan is to have an actual competition, with an entry fee ($2000 range) and have the top 3 finishers make the money. Overall scoring is fairly simple: First is 1 point, second is 2 points, etc for every event. The lowest score wins. We will need a tie-breaking format, maybe Ro-Sham-Bo?

This thread was not created to brag about your skills. If you are interested when we get it together, pony up the dough, and come show us.

[gumpzilla]

Skeeball seems wildly out of place here. Maybe something like bocce instead (though that's pretty close to horseshoes)? Or quarters?

[El Diablo]

Joe,

Pop-a-shot?

I think bowling is too much of a sport for this list.

Table shuffleboard is a pretty good idea too.

[casey_brick]

18 holes of Golden Tee

[Aloysius]

Based on your list, I understand why beer pong is not there but it feels wrong to leave it out. Quarters is good too, in this vein.

I will destroy you all in foosball where is this taking place?

-Al

[tuq]

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18 holes of Golden Tee

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Yeah this is a no-brainer and definitely should bump bowling or skee-ball. Classic bar game that you can find just about everywhere.

[Joe Tall]

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18 holes of Golden Tee

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Adding arcade games opens a different angle. A "arcade game Decathlon" would be better focus for that.

[Joe Tall]

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Based on your list, I understand why beer pong is not there but it feels wrong to leave it out. Quarters is good too, in this vein.

I will destroy you all in foosball where is this taking place?

-Al

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Because it's not a drinking contest.

[Aloysius]

Gotcha, then:

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Pop-a-shot

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In place of bowling or skeeball, imo.

-Al

[tuq]

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18 holes of Golden Tee

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Adding arcade games opens a different angle. A "arcade game Decathlon" would be better focus for that.

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Sick 10,000th post IMO.