Day after

Part of the race committee and couple of competitors gathered up today to Slattery's to compare photos and feelings. Most participants did not have exactly good night sleep and headache was quite common. These small problems just confirmed that memory's and flashbacks from yesterday were true. Everybody and every flashback had same message - it truly was great fun!

There was one mutual desire for all and this made bill look kind weird - 16 Cokes... I think no one of us never had so much Coke during lunch.

Race finished!

The race finished in style with Team Tallaght reaching Mother Kelly's on Talbot Street close to Busaras Luas stop. Team Tallaght finished their drinks with a few minutes remaining on the clock and brought Team Sandyford to the pub.

The final result of the race is not official until the organizing committee have gone through all photo evidence. We'll need a few days for that. But, I think we certainly can say that the race was a huge success and everyone had a lot of fun. And ordering a pint of Heineken with two ice cubes and one straw with a german accent in a dodgy pub in Kylemore was quite an experience!

Thanks to everyone that participated, and everyone we met along the way!

Photo/video disclaimer

Any photo/video that is taken during the race and that are handed over to the organizing committee for the purpose of scoring points could be published on this blogsite and/or the Facebook event page.

The organizing committee does not accept any responsibility for the content of these pictures.

In case of emergency

Some help in finding pubs along the Luas lines can be found on these links, especially useful for the team on the Sandyford (green) line since there are stops on that line that do not have pubs.

List of pubs along the red line.

http://www.dublinpubscene.com/hotstuff/luas_redline.html

List of pubs along the green line.

http://www.dublinpubscene.com/hotstuff/luas_greenline.html

Bonus points are here!

Teams will get bonus point lists at the start of the race. There might be some changes...

Bonus Points
every point needs to be proven with a photo or video

Take a photo of the team outside every pub – excluding the one taking the photo of course, point / pub
Pick up a bartender – get phone number, underwear or other sign of interest, point / item
Get a pub to play the song “en kväll I tunnelbanan – Noice”
Get a pub to play the song “Is this the way to Amarillo – Tony Christie”
Any extra alcoholic drink outside of the 8 mandatory drinks gives bonus points
Get an umbrella drink in a Tallaght pub
Get a drunken tattoo during the race – extra bonus points if it’s the IBM logo, 15 points / tattoo
Get a local drunk to tag along to the next stop, 2 points
Get a local drunk to invite you back to his/her place for a drink, 3 points
Drive the Luas, 10 points
Sexual activity with someone you don’t know – cannot be a team member, but someone from the other team is okay as long as you both abide by rule #20, 5 points
Dancing on the bar
Singing karaoke in a pub, 2 points
Take a photo of someone who looks like a celebrity, point / wannabe celeb
“Accidentally” grab something from a pub, a pintglas for example, only one point will be given for this so don’t grab everything in sight. Max 1 point
Cook your own food in a restaurant/pub, 4 points
Pour your own tap beer in a pub, 2 points
Get a drink named after the race, 2 points
Get someone famous to join the team for at least one pint, 2 points / celeb
Ride for free on the Luas for at least 2 stations (we do not pay fines)
Get a ride in a tiny boat – a life raft for example, 2 points
Ride a unicycle, Quadricycle, tandem bicycle, three seat bicycle or Velocipede
Take a pony ride – extra bonus points if it’s a knacker pony (one eye for example, or a pony wearing a tracksuit)
Swim between two stops
Take a photo of a team member in a wheelchair
Sing-a-long in the pub
Bonus points for Vanessa’s team if Vanessa is the first of the gang to die – to receive the bonus points the team must also have a sing-a-long with the song “First of the gang to die”, 10 points
Shaving a team members head – it cannot be anyone who already has hair that is shorter than 3cm, 3 points / head
Get spit on by a Lama, 4 points
Bowling a strike while wearing shoes with melted cheese in them
Getting a lift from Garda between 2 stops, 7 points
Bonus points to convince a bar man to make a cocktail (apple-tini) in any pub that only has men’s toilets.
Find local toothless man who speaks pirate and drinks Guinness
Find a pirate
Get married
Get divorced
Find a family in a pub, at least 3 generations involved
Offer half a pint to grandma/pa of the family
Ride-a-long in a fire truck
Get local to buy a round for team
Have a pint at a beer garden
Get a local to tell something about areas history
Watching Riverdance – live
Dancing Riverdance
Have a swim in the Liffey
Streaking (running naked on a street), point / runner
Convince someone that you’ve traveled back from the future to stop Armageddon, 6 points
Climb at least 2 meters up a tree, 2 points
Collect money by performing on the street, point / performer
Giving lap dance to someone who is not in the team, 2 points
Walk with stilts, 2 points / walker
Jumping with pogo stick, 2 points / jumper
Get lost, 5 points
Order a drink with German accent
Donate pint for a beggar
Donate money to charity
Get drinks on the house, 5 points
Have a beer pint with ice cubes and straw
Doing the helicopter, 4 / performer (video proof recommended)
Flash boobs, 4 / performer
Riding Luas without pants (underwear allowed)
Have a submarine
Getting a fine, point / 10 €

These are Teams!!!!

Team Sandyford

Erik
Oskar
Pekka
Pauli
Fiona
Kristian
Johan
Vanessa

Team Tallaght

Mette
Betty
Henrik V
Henrik S
Juhani
Jussi
Peter
Dr Smuts

2 days to go!

2 days to go before the race. Teams will be announced tomorrow night at latest. If anyone wants to bring someone there is probably still room for more so just give us a shout.

Make sure that you get plenty of rest, drink lots of water and eat properly. It's like a marathon, but better!

Bonus points

There has been some questions about how to gain points during the race. We won't let you know that yet. We know that you are criminal bastards that try to cheat all the time, so to keep race fair, we won't announce these yet. We can however tell you that there will be several ways to get points for your team. Wait for it, wait for it...

LUAS ticket

One day LUAS ticket is highly recommended! One day ticket with unlimited number of trips until the last tram that day costs 5 €. Ticket can be purchased from ticket vending machines at stops.

The Rules

1. The competition must have at least 2 teams, of maximum 8 team members in each team.

2. The organizing committee of the race decides on who is in which team.

3. A couple who is in any sort of romantic relationship are not allowed to be in the same team.

4. At the end of the race, the team with the most number of points wins.

5. The losing team have to buy the winning team one round of drinks at the end of the race.

6. Half of the teams starts at Tallaght, half of the teams start at Sandyford. If there are an uneven number of teams, more teams will start in Tallaght.

7. Only the Luas is allowed for transportation between stops, unless there are bonus-points listed for other forms of transportation.

8. At least 8 stops has to be made before reaching the end station

9. All 8 stops has to be made within 8 hours.

10. Start station counts as 1 stop

11. At least 1 stop has to be made in every zone

12. A stop on a white line is counted as either zone

13. Every team needs one captain, and one assistant captain. To be announced to the referee no later than 1 hour before the race starts

14. The assistant captain is counted as a normal member, unless the captain of the team is incapacitated in which case the assistant captain takes over as captain

15. If a team member - for any reason except rule #16 - cannot finish their drink, they are out of the race. They are not counted for any points after this, but are allowed to stay with the team as observers. A replacement can however be called in – see rule #17.

16. If a team member is found guilty of excessive spilling – including breaking his/her glass – a new replacement drink has to be ordered immediately. In this case the member is still in the race.

17. If a member is lost along the way, a replacement can be called in as a substitute. Any substitutes has to be reported to the other team(s). The team will however be deducted points for losing a member.

18. A captains decision can only be overruled if there is danger of grave bodily harm to the team members.

19. When a team finishes the 8^th stop, the captain of the team decides on a meeting place for all the teams and informs the captain(s) of the other team(s).

20. Team members cannot communicate to members of another team in any way except through the captains

21. At every stop, the team needs to find one dodgy pub. In the pub every team member needs to drink one pint of beer or one shot or one drink. ALL drinks has to contain alcohol.

22. If there are two or more pubs to choose from in a stop, the dodgiest pub has to be chosen.

23. A team is not allowed to abort a stop once made, unless there is bloodshed or imminent danger. This has to be reported to the other teams and is not counted as one stop.

24. If, two teams would choose the same stop, they are not allowed to choose the same pub. However, if there is not another pub in sight, the teams are allowed in the same pub. But they must still follow rule #20

25. You are allowed to drink as much non-alcoholic beverage as you wish at any point as long as the one drink per stop rule is followed

26. The team must eat at one stop. This does not have to include alcohol, however since the team made a stop, they also need to find one dodgy pub to follow rule #21. This stop cannot be the last stop of the race. Every team member needs to eat at the same time and at the same place.

27. The Erik rule - Team is allowed to leave Erik behind, but Erik is not allowed to leave team behind. If Erik should leave team behind, team will lose points. If the team leaves Erik behind and Erik runs after the team, no points will be deducted for this as long as the team is trying to run away from Erik. IF Erik should mumble something about food, the team is allowed to start running like hell.

28. All bonuspoints must be documented by digital photograph.

Welcome!

This is the official blog for the 2008 Dublin Luas Race, hosted by Jussi, Henrik and Vanessa. Race start on Saturday October 25 at 2PM.