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Feb

Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 4:15pm

Winter League Party!

Ok, we're doing things a little differently this time. But in a good way, not in a way that makes you all uncomfortable. That wouldn't be cool. This is a 2-part party. And, it's all hpapening on Saturday, March 10!

Part 1: Winter Fun
We're still figuring this all out, possibly sliding, possibly skating. Either way, it'll be an afternoon winter activity!

Part 2: Party
Same deal as always, great specials, great fun, semi-decent company... :) Drop down to Turkey's anytime after 9.

Stay tuned for more details.
RSVP to the Facebook Event here!

Winter League

Winter league is in full swing, and everything seems to be going quite smoothly! Remember, if you have a suggestion, question or issue, please email us at m ilezeroultimate@gmail.com. Another few small things to remind people of:

If you aren't playing, but want to get in on the action, remember, you can join our active sub list here. Subbing has changed a bit this year (first game free, every game after is $8, you can sub 8 games total!).
Remember, games end at a hard cap at 8:55 / 9:55 / 10:55. If the disc is in the air, you can catch it ... but that's it. Games over. Even if it's the dreaded tie. There is a whistle that signals the end, as administered by an MZU boardie.
We are introducing a new refund policy to compensate those injured in the first few games, so stay tuned for that.

New Subbing Policy - Winter

Jan

Posted: Sunday, January 15, 4:25pm

For Winter, we are piloting a NEW subbing policy. Here's the details:

- Subs can now play up to 8 games.

- The first game is free

- Each game after that will cost $8. You play, we invoice you via PayPal, you pay. No pay = no play next time (whether that's registering for future leagues or subbing again).

- An MZU Board Member will touch base with every team to record what subs they are using.

If you'd like to sub, enter your details at the link below:

This list is meant to help teams looking for subs and for subs find games. This won't guarantee you get a game, but it will certainly increase the odds.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHg2Wjd0aHNXSTYwcGVMQzRFdjRJS1E6MA#gid=0

Winter League Schedule!

Jan

Posted: Sunday, January 8, 4:58am

MZU Schedule Week 1

Time	Field	Team 1	Team 2

20:00	1	A	B
20:00	2	G	H
20:00	3	M	N

21:00	1	C	D
21:00	2	I	J
21:00	3	O	P

22:00	1	E	F
22:00	2	K	L
22:00	3	Q	R

MZU Schedule Week 2

Time	Field	Team 1	Team 2

20:00	1	E	K
20:00	2	F	Q
20:00	3	L	R

21:00	1	A	G
21:00	2	B	M
21:00	3	H	N

22:00	1	C	I
22:00	2	D	O
22:00	3	J	P

Winter League Notes!

Jan

Posted: Saturday, January 7, 10:57am

So, winter league starts THIS MONDAY, and here's a few FAQs about how it will go!

How will the schedule work?

18 teams will allow us to run with three divisions of 6 teams. The first divisions will be totally random, and each team will play 4 of the 5 teams within their division.

After week 4, we'll re-rank the teams into new divisions. The top 2 teams in each division will form one division, the middle two another and the bottom two a third. Then we'll play another set of 4 games.

After week 8, the bottom two teams from Division 1 will swap places with the top two teams from Division 2 and the bottom two teams from Division 2 will swap places with the top two teams from Division 3. Another set of four games will be played to end the regular season and the ladder will shift again as described above

‪‪Any spots left... I'd still like to play‬‬

As of this morning, there is still room for 11 males and five females. If you want to play, sign-up. You'll initially be put on the waitlist, but we'll clear you ASAP and as soon as you're paid up, we'll assign you to a team.

‪‪8, 9 or 10pm?‬ ‬

We recognize that a lot of people aren't enthused about playing at 10 pm. On average, each team will only play 1/3rd of their games at 10pm. Due to the demands of the schedule, we can't guarantee that every team will play exactly 1/3 of the 10pm games, but we will do our best to balance it out.

How were the teams formed?

Do to a lack of interested drafters, coupled with scheduling issues for those who were interested, the planned draft was sadly scrapped. Instead a selection of board members got together to make the teams, using a modified draft.

Between self-ranking and sharp judgement, we put in a lot of hours to make these teams fair.

As per past MZU team building exercises, players were split into groups. As there would be ten players per team, there were ten draft groups - six male groups and four female groups. Each group would correspond to a specific draft round (ie. females in Group 3 would be assigned to the third round of females.) The initial groups were formed by looking at the combined skill ranking as entered by each of the players. Then the league committee moved a few players around if it was felt that they were ranked too low or too high to achieve as good of a balance as possible.Once the groups were built, the players were then assigned to the teams using a modified "Snake Order Draft." Essentially this means that the team that gets the first player in one round, gets the last pick in the following round. Each board member in attendance took turns assigning players to each of the teams. This way, no one board member was responsible for building any one team, but it avoided the pitfall of randomly assigning players within each group. If a selected player had a partner, the partner was also assigned to that team.

It was our hope that this process lead to teams that weren't one-dimensional (ie. all receivers).

Kicking off 2012...

Dec

Posted: Friday, December 30, 8:32am

Hey MZUers, three news items to share!

1. Pick up on Monday!

Can't wait for winter league? Your problems are solved. Come to the last U-pick before winter league starts to get your Ultimate mode on before the real thing starts!

Same deal, 3 games 5 on 5 at the early time slot (8:00 pm) for $10 and one full field game, 7 on 7 on the late time slot for $15. Sign-up at the google doc below for one or both, we aren't making you wait this time!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkV34UNTrb7VdFdYaHNJSVg4U0JaWDJkaDQwTVdlRkE

Also, no moving people around and all that jive!

Hope to see you all there.

2. Winter League PARTY!

Saturday, January 7 at Nellies, starting at 8pm. We'll have drink specials, and we're announcing the teams. Come out for some fun, because I doubt you did enough partying over the holiday break...

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/299618153412834/?context=create

3. Winter League Registration

Ends Monday, so head on over the MileZeroUltimate.com to register!

MZU Winter League - Register Now!

Dec

Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 5:13pm

Register now by logging in to site, or, if you're new, by creating a new account!

When: Mondays at 8, 9 and 10pm / January 9 to April 16
Where: Techniplex on Quidi Vidi
Teams: 18 teams / 180 people.
Price: $90

Format:
- We're trying out the ladder system for Winter league this year. So there will be 3 divisions of 6 teams! You'll play 4 of the 5 otherteams in your division for each round.
- 12 regular season games, 3 playoff games
- The DRAFT IS BACK! We're looking for 9 captains to draft 2 teams each. We have a few more tricks up our sleeve for this, so staytuned, but it'll be first come, first serve and this year, Captains/Drafters can not sign up with a partner.
- Sign up solo or with partner
- New subbing rules to be introduced.
- $10 UNL fee if you didn't play Summer or Fall league this year

Few Questions:
Q. Man, 11 is late.
A. No it's not, and it's only a 3rd of your games. The night is when we come alive, so come alive with us.

Q. Blah, blah, blah... WHEN CAN I REGISTER?
A. Not yet, this weekend though. Stay tuned. Either way, it won't be boxing day... phew.

Q. I don't have a PayPal account.
A. PayPal lets you make one-time payments from a debit or visa now. No excuses!

REGISTER NOW!

Board of Directors - Say

Nov

Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 11:00am

At the Annual General Meeting on November 22nd, 2011, the outgoing board made way for the new board as we prepare for 2012.

The new board will consist of:

President :: Stefan Barnes
VP-League :: Adam Drover
VP-Finance :: Paul Doucet
VP-Communications :: Sophie Harrington
VP-Social :: Craig Stoyles
Members-at-Large (6) :: Roger Crowley, Dan Follett, Tiago Hori, Rob Langridge, Karen Lawlor and, Mike White.
Past-President :: Craig Ennis

This board will take the leadership role in running MZU throughout 2012.

Outgoing Members

With five brand new members joining the board and another returning after a one-year hiatus, we also say good-bye to several board members. Two resigned later in the year, while another three decided not to run for re-election for the upcoming season. In particular, I would like to acknowledge two longstanding members for their past service. Without them, MZU would not be what it is today!

Nora Trask, first served on the Board of Directors of the NLUA (the pre-cursor to UNL) back in 2005 when it ran MZU as their major line of business. Since that time she served many roles on the board including multiple years on the Executive filling the roles of Vice-President, Treasurer and League Commissioner.

Mike Walter, joined the NLUA board mid-season 2006, and moved over to the MZU board when it broke free of the NLUA clutches in 2007. In addition to serving as Vice-President and League Commissioner, Mike has been responsible for many of the technology advances made by the league over the years... except for the web site, he takes no credit or blame for anything on the web site.

If you see either of these two, be sure to give 'em a pat on the back. They deserve it!

Fall League Award Winners

Nov

Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 10:40am

The Champs!

Congrats are in order to the Jamaican BobSled Team for taking home the Fall League Championship on November 13th. Team members include; Lisa Woodrow, Peter Thompson, Megan Richards, Juan Acevedo, Karl Hartmann, Aimee Sheppard, Steven Watt, Emily Newell, Peter Madden and, Aaron Hall.

Spirit Champs!

Proving that you don't have to sacrifice spirit in the name of competitive play, not only did the Jamaican BobSled Team win the league championships, they're also the Fall 2011 Spirit Champs after finishing a full point clear of the nearest competition.

On an individual note, we had five males and five females finish tied for the Spirit Player of the Season Award. Rather than have a "Nice-Off" amongst the finalists to determine who gets the associated prizes, names were drawn from a hat. For the Males, Jason Stevens of "Team X" was the winner, while Carla Myrick of the "Scoober Steve's" were declared the winner.

Fall League 2011 :: Final Week

Nov

Posted: Friday, November 11, 11:06am

Fall League Finals

The final week of Fall League 2011 is upon us. You've seen the schedule by now, (right? Right -> )but if you're wondering what positions you're playing for, here they are

Huck Division - 1st Place

Jamaican BobSled Team vs. Spin - This one sees the Co-Captains of the dominant summer league team, Fellowship of Awesome, square off against one another to see who will take down their second championship of the year.

3rd Place

Deep Threat vs. Raiders

5th Place

Team Pee - We're #1 vs. U-Huck

7th Place

Breathless Dogs vs. Scoober Steve

Swing Division - 1st Place (9th overall)

Q vs. TeamWhistle

3rd Place (11th overall)

Don't Mess with the Zoltan vs. Huck My Life

5th Place (13th overall)

Nickamania!!! vs X

7th Place (15th overall)

S vs The Teddy Huckspins

Dump Division - 1st Place (17th overall)

Purple Monkey Discwashers vs Friz Wizards

3rd Place (19th overall)

W vs. Mighty Hucks

5th Place (21st overall)

ForceField vs. O is for Orange

7th Place (23rd overall)

Misflicks vs "A"

To see how it all transpired, check out the Google doc: Good Luck to all teams!

Fall League Party

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Fall League Party last night at The Cove of O'Reillys. I'm not sure what was more plentiful, the $4 pints or the endless food trays. There was a lot of food!

Games for October 30th Cancelled

Oct

Posted: Sunday, October 30, 7:30pm

Sorry for the extremely late notice but all games for October 30th have been cancelled due to weather.

Traditionally, we have tried to play Fall League regardless of weather since there is little chance of damaging the ground. Until tonight, in five years of playing on turf, we have never had to cancel a game. But the combination of high wind, driving rain and near freezing temperatures made the conditions unplayable. Several people were throwing at the field in Mount Pearl and the discs were all landing behind them, often times out on the hill between the field and the parking lot. Cones stood no chance of holding their ground.

Tonight's games will be played next Sunday now in the same time slots. And the final night will now be November 13th.

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