Ultimate Rugby - Play by E-Mail From: william@duvi.eskom.co.za Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000 Ultimate Rugby is a E-Mail game that simulates the Game of Rugby Union. Each player (Manager) has complete control over a team consisting of 25 to 35 players. For each game (usually 1/week) each manager mails a set of orders to the game moderator who the uses the order files to generate result files that are returned to the manager. Each manager tries to win the League and Cup competitions. One comment recieved from Terry John - manager of RHY "The report is so "real" when I'm reading it, comparable with a real match." Our next season (Season 3) starts on the 4th of September. There are currently just more than 50 people playing. There are players from Australia, England, South Africa, Wales, USA, Ireland, Norway, France, New Zealand, Colombia, Canada, Namibia, Belgium. The game is free, and everyone is welcome to play. The season will start with 3 trial games before the regular season starts and it is possible to drop out at this stage if you do not enjoy the game. To get a copy of the Rules, send an e-mail to my address CairnsWM@mwp.eskom.co.za and put "RUGBY RULES" as the subject. We also have a weekly newsletter - called "Behind the Posts", which gets sent out to all the players. To subscribe to the Newsletter send a message with "RUGBY SUBSCRIBE" as the subject. In Behind the Posts we have regular competitions eg Try of the Week, guess real Rugby Scores etc. The prizes given out help teams improve in the game. If you would like to get a feel of the game, send a message with "RUGBY EXAMPLES" as the subject and a few example files will be returned. (Including an example match). here is an example of the game report {00:00} (50:25) Joost_vd_Westhuizen Kicks Off {00:00} (50:25) Ball did not travel 10m {00:06} [50:25] NWP plays Normal {00:06} [50:25] Scrum {00:35} [47:25] Ball to BarryWolmarans {00:36} [45:25] BarryWolmarans passes to DeWetRas {00:37} [43:31] DeWetRas kicks an Up and Under {00:37} (46:15) Tiaan_Strauss catches the ball {00:51} (46:15) Tiaan_Strauss passes to Danie_vd_Walt {00:54} (52:9) Danie_vd_Walt passes to Andre_Snyman {00:54} (54:1) Andre_Snyman Knocks Forward {00:57} [45:45] Scrum {01:30} [47:45] Ball to BarryWolmarans {01:31} [45:45] BarryWolmarans passes to JoggieJansen {01:32} [43:38] JoggieJansen passes to DeWetRas {01:35} [51:32] DeWetRas runs (Joost_vd_Westhuizen misses the tackle) {01:39} [51:32] DeWetRas passes to JanSchlebush {01:42} [60:27] JanSchlebush runs (Tiaan_Strauss misses the tackle) {01:45} [60:27] JanSchlebush passes to EdrichKrantz {01:45} [63:20] EdrichKrantz Knocks Forward {01:48} (36:29) NWP plays Cautious {01:48} (36:29) Scrum {02:17} (32:29) Ball to Joel_Stransky {02:18} (30:29) Joel_Stransky passes to Joost_vd_Westhuizen {02:19} (28:24) Joost_vd_Westhuizen kicks for Touch {02:30} [49:50] NWP plays Normal {02:30} [49:50] Lineout ( 1 4 3 5 6 8) {02:30} [49:41] KlippiesKritzinger jumps against Johan_Ackerman {02:30} [49:41] KlippiesKritzinger catches the ball etc Referenced By Up