What's this all about?

Why the site? What's it all about? What's it meant to do/be?

Well, the idea was planted when I first went to university, and met up with a couple of guys, Alex Goggs and Walter Bidet (names have been changed to protect the guilty innocent). They had set up a little chart, so they could mark their progress through university life. Now this chart didn't consider their academic prowess, nor did it consider their achievements on the sporting field. No, this chart was to do with the third pillar of university life, the socialising that one partakes in at university.

Whilst my recollections about details are a little hazy, the chart listed the various activities that the guys would be rewarded points for - if I recall correctly getting drunk earned them 15 points, whilst a snog would earn them 25. There were other activities listed, including doing the yard and various intimate acts with members of the opposite sex. The winner, at the end of the autumn term, was to be bought a pint by the loser.

As the first term progressed Walter, with the aid of a short term girlfriend, managed to open up a bit of a lead over Alex, and by mid November it looked like it was all over bar the shouting. But Alex was not one for giving up easily, and with the downing of several yards of ale he was able to keep in touch. But even with this effort his cause looked doomed, until one of the last evenings of the term and the hall of residence's Christmas Disco.

It was an evening of incredible events as Alex stormed back and overtook what had looked like Walter's unassailable position. As Alex wandered around the dance floor with misletoe in hand Walter made the fatal error of getting involved with one girl, leaving Alex to rack up points almost at will. The evening, the term, and the pint were his!

~oOo~

At the time, the charting was done using very simple techonology - a piece (well, actually several in the end) of graph paper, and two different coloured pencils. However, with the onset of technology it seems appropriate to have a website for people to record their own pub-olympics charts.

So, this site has been created. There is a site tour, but in a nutshell you set up a game in which you set up what activities you are going to score points for, and then when you carry out one of these activites you record it by adding an action. The website will plot out various charts for you, and then at then end of the period of the game you will be emailed certificates detailing who you've done. You can add evidence of what you've been up to, and there are also message boards so you can indulge in a bit of banter.

There is help available on all the pages, simply click the help button at the bottom left of the page.

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