[BD] Copa Cabana

[Dan Knapp]

Friends, Romans and Countrymen (not that Steve bloke, he's got the 
Canananadian lurkie),

I was not aware of the presence of incredidog, and therefore feel compelled 
to retract my claim that we could have been murdered in our beds. Only a 
fool would believe that they were at any risk. If I have offended 
incredidog, his family or fans of his work, I most sincerely apologise.

I'm aware of the research into drunkeness and it's socially benevolent 
sideaffects, but I was not aware that it had been so thoroughly accepted 
throughout the government sector. Since Steve's email I have of course done 
my homework (as I should have the first time), and I would like to offer 
apologies (again) for any offence caused. If anyone is interested, I point 
them to research articles such as those below for further reading:

- I. P. Knightly's treatise, "Drink Alcohol, Wet the Bed, Grow Cress, End 
World Hunger"
- I. C. Two O'Yas "Alcohol and it's wonderous effects on eyesight"
and of course who could forget (as I did), Piers D'offyourface's seminal 
work, "Alcohol: The Next Best Thing Since Sliced Kebabs?"

I'd like to rebuke Jennifer's claim that I should have warmed up and warmed 
down. Everyone knows that warming up and down is only something that 
professional athletes do in order to pose for the cameras. You think those 
buttock-clenching stretchs are really needed? Nor do I. Jeff Capes would be 
ashamed.

So to summise, I would like to offer my apologies to anyone who was offended 
by my outlandish claims, consider my tail (well, pathetically small penis) 
firmly between my legs.

Steve, I believe I owe you, Tom and Deno particularly heartfelt apologies. 
Consider my firstborn yours to share.

Dan

>From: "Steve G" <eurogig at gmail.com>
>To: "Jennifer Shaw" <niffer_cat at hotmail.co.uk>
>CC: knapp_dan at hotmail.com, britdisc at ranulf.net
>Subject: Re: [BD] Copa Cabana
>Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:04:24 +0100
>
>Dear Dan and BD,
>
>On behalf of the organisers (to use the term generously) I would like
>to address your concerns about the Copa Cabana (Where the Stars Come
>Out) Tournament.
>
>I'll first address your well thought points.  Thank you for numbering
>these Dan as it makes my counterpoints easier to follow.
>
>1. First of all it was admittedly quite a lot of Ultimate.  Most teams
>had 12 games over the long weekend.  I will defend this though in
>saying that the quality of Ultimate was very low.  I'd hesitate to
>even say that some of it was even "Ultimate".  I think pioneers of the
>sport like Joel Silver would have been upset to have such a word
>associated with some of the on pitch performances that weekend.  Given
>we charged a whopping £130 as well we did feel it necessary to give
>players the appropriate amount of pitch time that would be expected
>from such an outrageous fee.  Lets take this past weekend for example.
>£180 entry and some teams only got 3 games and one day of play and
>many others only 4 games!  Now Dan you might moan that this was not
>enough Ultimate (blah blah blah).  This was Nationals and as such the
>best Ultimate the UK had to offer.  To pay £60 per game is a bargain
>to play at that level.  That is why at the Copa, knowing in advance
>the quality of play, we had to pack the schedule to get to same
>perceived value for money.  To make matters more complex, teams that
>come to the Copa tend to have upwards of 25 to 30 members due to the
>limited number of teams we can accommodate against the massive number
>of people wanting to attend.  If your team had less than 20 people I'm
>sorry.  Perhaps if you didn't complain so much you'd have a few more
>friends.   I think also you need to understand that the Ultimate
>during the day is really just a stall tactic we setup to allow us time
>to construct the Stage and the Sumo pit, cook a 75Kg pig for the
>massive free dinner, clean up and restore and decorate the Copa Cabana
>Marquee and the list is endless.  We need that time to prepare each
>evening.  You are not required to actually play during that time but
>it's a great way to make the day go by quickly while you wait for the
>evening festival atmosphere to kick off.
>
>2. Perhaps this is a cultural difference between Nottingham and the
>rest of the World.  The Nottingham City Council does in fact encourage
>binge drinking as it keep the gun wielding gangs (typically 'jazzed'
>on crack) at bay.  Since the council's recent 'Get Drunk!' campaign
>gun violence and "tent death" have dropped significantly.  As for
>partying until 8:30am, when did these people begin partying?  If they
>started at 1am this seems reasonable.  Some people started partying at
>8:30am, partied for 13 1/2 hours and went to bed at 10pm!  Is this
>then acceptable?  Outside of putting a punch clock on the door of the
>Copa tent....hmmm....right anyways, we can't be everyone's mommy but
>do try our best to be the "Daddy".  Either way at 8:30am the
>organisers (again using the term loosely) were too busy serving
>breakfast, and restoring the highly visible Lookfly port-a-fields in
>preparation a too much Ultimate to be monitoring individual party
>performance.  As for your comment about Bovril we'll take that on
>board for next year. At the very least we'll try to get Bisto to
>attend.
>
>3. See comment above about the Nottingham City Council "Get Drunk!" 
>campaign.
>
>4. Regarding this we were as disappointed as you that the game
>featuring the closest matching team kit was the naked game at midnight
>under the lights.  Perhaps next year making the Copa an all nude event
>is the only option.
>
>5. Hey don't do that Dan...we love your moaning.  We love even more
>our good friend Jen from Mental Discs who's counter-moaned your
>moaning.  Although her reply does address the issues we the organisers
>(ok I'm really pushing it now) thought it best to reply directly,
>openly and approachably as TDs have reliably done to address all
>complaints throughout the 2006 season.  And yes...taking Ultimate
>seriously is what we're all about at Flyght Club, surely that goes
>without argument.
>
>6. Actually there were 4 dogs there at the weekend and given the fact
>the one of the attending dogs was actually incredi-dog we felt that
>allergic reactions were a small price to pay for the warm fuzzy
>feeling of protection brought to the event by the attendance of such a
>celebrity dog with super powers.
>
>So in closing I hope all those who did attend the Copa Cabana 2006
>tournament had a great time in spite of all of the obvious problems
>with the event.  As usual the planning for next years event is already
>underway so more public moaning is encouraged to help us bring the
>Copa ever closer to the elusive 'perfect tournament'.  If you have any
>complaints, praise or suggestions for 2007 there is a forum on the
>website for such things (although I suggest going public on BD with
>complaints).
>
>http://www.thecopa.co.uk
>email: votecopafortournamentoftheyear2006 at thecopa.co.uk
>
>Best Regards,
>The guys who do stuff to make the Copa happen
>ps...a proper tournament report is forthcoming