World Footbag Championships 2012: Warsaw, Poland

[yyz]

i am hania!!!

[justin41]

i have flights and lodging.

yay.

I guess not many people from outside of Europe are coming?

some people seem to plan to go for the triple (efc-bembel-wfc) or double at least. most of them are not registered yet, as far as i see.

[slavgan]

If someone is still looking for roomate in student house please PM me.
im arriving august 2 and need a place to stay.)

[C-Fan]

I emailed Krzysztof at skuty@footbag.org, and it bounced. For now, I resent the email to wsf@zoska.pl...is there a better address to send it to? This is to reserve a room in the student housing. Any help much appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT: wsf@zoska.pl also bounced. It sounds like the mailbox is full.

[Wiktor]

We fixed Krzysztof's email.

In any case you can email me directly wiktordebski@footbag.org

I'm working to fix wsf email too.

Players, please register on footbag.org and book your accommodation.

[C-Fan]

Thanks Wiktor. I know you guys are probably super busy with a ton of other things, so thanks for taking the time to fix that.

Excited to see Poland and compete in just under two months!

[jaust]

I've booked my flight, arriving saturday, 28th. leaving on monday 13th.

also i'll be on euros and bembelcup

really looking forward to see some old friends and also getting to know some new faces!

[Faco]

Will we be so lucky to enjoy a live stream from the event?

[Wiktor]

Will we be so lucky to enjoy a live stream from the event?

We are working on it. Depends on the cost, but it seems really expensive in Poland. Is therere any free strem service that you know?
Thanks

[Faco]

http://www.twitch.tv/

http://bambuser.com/

http://www.justin.tv/

[CIC flurry]

i am hania!!!

Ted is Hania?

[C-Fan]

I had a similar reaction when I saw that as top post.

Actual Worlds question: in past years, competitors have sent their routine music mp3s to the staff ahead of time. Are you guys doing that again this year? If so, how should we name our files, and to whom should we send them?

[yyz]

i hope not as i still have my same $5 rush cd and plan one using it!!!!

[Kuba]

Ken, we're going to collect music from the players before tournament. You'll get information about that soon.

[armin-m]

Will we be so lucky to enjoy a live stream from the event?

We are working on it. Depends on the cost, but it seems really expensive in Poland. Is therere any free strem service that you know?

Thanks

USTREAM might be also a good option. You can use it as easily as with any smartphone with a camera and the ustream app (and decent bandwidth). www.ustream.tv

[C-Fan]

Any word on where to send music, or in what formats we can bring music?

In good news, schedule is up:

FREESTYLE EVENTS
Mon­day, July 30
11:00 Cir­cle Judges Meet­ing
12:00 Play­ers’ Meet­ing & Warm Up
12:30 Open & Women’s Cir­cle Con­test Qualifications
17:00 Rou­tines Judges Meet­ing & Judg­ing Workshop
Tues­day, July 31
11:00 Sin­gles Rou­tines Qual­i­fi­ca­tions (all cat­e­gories)
15:30 Open Shred30 1st Round
16:30 Women’s & Inter­me­di­ate Shred 30 Finals
Wednes­day, August 1
13:00 Sick3 Finals
14:30 Women’s Cir­cle Con­test Finals
16:00 Open Cir­cle Con­test Semifinals
Thurs­day, August 2
15:30 Open & Inter­me­di­ate Request Con­test
17:00 Inter­me­di­ate Sin­gles Rou­tines Finals
NET EVENTS
Sun­day, July 29
10:45 Open Sin­gles Play­ers’ Meet­ing
11:00 Open Sin­gles Pools
15:15 Mixed and Inter­me­di­ate Play­ers’ Meet­ings
15:30 Mixed Dou­bles Pools
15:30 Inter­me­di­ate Sin­gles Pools
Mon­day, July 30
10:30 Open Sin­gles Brack­ets
12:15 Women’s Sin­gles Meet­ing
12:30 Women’s Sin­gles Pools
12:30 Open Sin­gles Brack­ets
13:30 Inter­me­di­ate Sin­gles Brack­ets
15:00 Open Dou­bles Play­ers’ Meet­ing
15:15 Open Dou­bles Pools
15:15 Inter­me­di­ate Play­ers’ Meet­ing
15:30 Inter­me­di­ate Dou­bles Pools
Tues­day, July 31
11:00 Open Sin­gles Round of 16
12:00 Women’s Sin­gles Round of 8 / Inter­me­di­ate Sin­gles Semi­fi­nals
13:00 Women’s Sin­gles Semi­fi­nals / Inter­me­di­ate Dou­bles Semi­fi­nals
14:00 Open Dou­bles Round of 32
14:45 Women’s Dou­bles Play­ers’ Meet­ing
15:00 Women’s Dou­bles Pools
17:00 Open Dou­bles Round of 16
Wednes­day, August 1
10:00 Mixed Dou­bles Round of 16 and Round of 8
12.00 Inter­me­di­ate Sin­gles Bronze Match & Finals
15.00 Inter­me­di­ate Dou­bles Bronze Match & Finals
16.00 Open Sin­gles Quar­ter­fi­nals
19.00 Mixed Dou­bles Semifinals
Thurs­day, August 2
11.45 Women’s Sin­gles Bronze Match
12.30 Open Dou­bles Quar­ter­fi­nals
15.00 Women’s Dou­bles Bronze Match
18.30 Mixed Dou­bles Bronze Match
19.15 Open Sin­gles Semifinals
FINAL S (Net and Freestyle)
Fri­day, August 3
12:30 Two-Square Finals
13:00 Women’s Sin­gles Net Finals
14:00 Open Sin­gles Net Bronze Match
15:00 Open Dou­bles Net Semi­fi­nals 1
16:30 Open Dou­bles Net Semi­fi­nals 2
17:45 Com­mer­cial Show — Last Man Stand­ing
18:00 Mixed Dou­bles Rou­tines Finals
18:15 Open Shred 30 Finals
18:30 Open Cir­cle Con­test Finals
19:00 Open Sin­gles Net Finals
20:00 Award Cer­e­mony
20:30 Bus to the After­party
21:00 Video Con­test @ 1500 Club
Sat­ur­day, August 4
12:00 Women’s Dou­bles Net Finals
13:30 Open Dou­bles Net Bronze Match
15:00 Mixed Dou­bles Net Finals
16:30 Open Dou­bles Rou­tines Finals
17:00 Women’s Sin­gles Rou­tines Finals
17:30 Open Sin­gles Rou­tines Finals
18:00 Com­mer­cial Show — High­est Spike
18:15 Open Dou­bles Net Finals
19:45 Award Cer­e­mony
20:30 Bus to the After­party
21:00 After­party @ H2O Beach Bar
OTHER EVENTS
Sun­day, July 29th
20:00 Open­ing Ceremony
Mon­day, July 30
9:00 Tour­na­ment Late Check-In
20:00 IFPA Board of Direc­tors Meet­ing
20:30 IFC Meeting
Wednes­day, August 1
20:00 EFC Meet­ing
21:00 Hall of Fame Cer­e­mony (Play­ers’ Zone)
Thurs­day, August 2
10:00 Open Golf
12:00 Two-Square Com­pe­ti­tion
19:00 Small Award Cer­e­mony (all fin­ished competitions)

[C-Fan]

I didn't see it on the schedule; does anybody know when open routine semifinals happen?

[Outsider]

Ken,

I got this e-mail yesterday -- (Not sure why I got it by you didn't, and its not the first one like it that I'd received recently...) :

Hi freestylers!

I would like to remind all of you that since you are competing in a routine event at this year's IFPA World Footbag Championships you are required to send you routine music in advance to the tournament organizers. To do it, simply send an e-mail to footbagworlds2012@gmail.com - Please title the e-mail as follows:

[ First and Last name of competitor ] [ event name ] [ round ]

For example:
John Whirlwindowski Open Freestyle Qualifications
or
Mary Aroundtheworld Women Freestyle Finals

If you have only one song, you can skip the last part (round).

Make sure to do it as soon as possible, so that we can prepare accordingly and have a safety option in case something goes wrong with your music. Please note that you should also carry another copy of your music with you for the tournament check-in where we will be able to confirm everything is working properly. Just copy you music file to a pendrive, a flash memory or a CD.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Szymon Kałwak
Freestyle Director
kalwakszymon@gmail.com

[C-Fan]

Thanks for posting that Jon. I eventually found that email in my spam filter in gmail, which is weird.

Question about Poland: do the credit cards in your country use the magnetic strip, or are they the ones with the chip in them?

[Wiktor]

Most Credit Cards use magnetic strips. Chip is a new service, but may work.