XIV TacoBurritoAThon
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| Host Information | |
|---|---|
| Host | Carnoustie |
| Mayor | CaptainObi |
| Deputy Mayor | Johngi |
| Competition Information | |
| Winner | Team Taco |
| Overall Record | 3-2 |
| Historical Information | |
| Date | June 5, 2019 |
| Chronology | |
| ← XIII • TacoBurritoAThon • XV → | |
XIV TacoBurritoAThon was the fourteenth iteration of TacoBurritoAThon. It was held on June 15th, 2019.
Bidding
Bidding closed for XIV TacoBurritoAThon on April 23, 2019. Elecna Bay, Boston, Larkspur, Carnoustie, and Pixl were accepted as candidate cities. In the end, Carnoustie was chosen to host XIV TacoBurritoAThon.
Players
Events are the same as always, American Football, Spleef, Sumo, Swimming, and Marathon. There is no application to play; it has been abolished since it was rarely used. To play, please be present 10 minutes before TacoBurritoAThon starts for a roll call.
Team Taco
Team Bacon
Sponsorships
VI TacoBurritoAThon needs sponsors. Your sponsorships pay for both the compensation of the host and (most importantly) the prize money for the players. Note that sponsorships are a supplement to our event grant of $500, which are used solely for the prize pool. Levels are the same as before:
- Iron - Costs $10, mentioned as an official sponsor
- Gold - Costs $40, perks of Iron AND get an advertisement read out over the PA system.
- Diamond - Costs $75, perks of Gold AND get naming rights to one of the five events.
Sponsors can apply using the linked form.\. Sponsorship is not guaranteed until monetary payment is accepted by the Office of the Commissioner.
Iron Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
- Tourism Monte Isola
- Plus
- Fred Rail
- Transport for Boston
Diamond Sponsors
Schedule
XII TacoBurritoAThon will be held on Saturday, June 15 at 1700 UTC. This is also:
- 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (Western US)
- 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (Eastern US)
- 6:00 PM British Summer Time (UK)
- 7:00 PM Central European Summer Time (Most of Europe)
- 1:00 AM SUN China Standard Time (China/Singapore)
- 3:00 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time (Sydney/Melbourne)
It should last one hour. Events will be held in the following order:
- Opening Ceremony
- Swimming presented by Xenive Holdings
- Sumotori presented by IOI Industries
- Spleef presented by Republic Airlines
- Marathon presented by AstroSlurp
- American Football presented by The Roy Disney Company
- Closing Ceremony
Synopsis
XIV TacoBurritoAThon started at around 17:00 UTC on Saturday, June 15th with the Opening Ceremony, which was held at the Carnoustie Stadium. It featured speeches by Commissioner Skelezomperman and Deputy Mayor johngi.
Next was Swimming presented by Xenive Holdings, which was held at the swimming pool at the Lanark Recreation Complex Carnoustie. The swimming was won by Red_Ray for Team Bacon, and as a result Team Bacon took an opening 1-0 lead. In second place was sesese9 from Team Taco, in third place Johngi of Team Taco, and in fourth place FredTheTimeLord of Team Bacon.
After that was Sumotori presented by IOI Industries, which was held at the sumo arena at the LRCC. The sumotori matches involved the two members of each team playing each other followed by the winner of each team playing in the final. All three matches were played as a best-of-seven series under MRTSA rules. The Team Bacon match was won by FredTheTimeLord 4-1, while the Team Taco match was won by Johngi 2-1 on KO. The final match was won by Johngi 1-0 on KO, which resulted in Team Taco evening up the score at 1-1.
Following the sumo matches was Spleef presented by Republic Airlines, which took place at a spleef arena in the LRCC. As usual the spleef was a best-of-three series between the two teams, with MLS rules being followed otherwise. The first round was taken by Team Taco after FredTheTimeLord accidentally fell in a hole he dug himself. The second round was replayed after a misunderstanding, with Team Taco also winning that one to take spleef 2-0 and take a commanding lead in events 2-1.
Then, the Marathon presented by AstroSlurp was run, which took a route throughout the streets of Carnoustie. The start line was on Parkside Place adjacent to the MRT Golf Association Regional Headquarters. The marathon did feature a couple blunders, most notably including Johngi accidentally going off course and Red_Ray being penalized for taking a shortcut through a sidewalk. FredTheTimeLord won the Marathon for Team Bacon, with Red_Ray coming in second, Johngi in third, and sesese9 in fourth. The finish line was located next to the Carnoustie Stadium.
The final and game-deciding event would turn out to be American Football presented by The Roy Disney Company. Team Taco vastly surpassed Team Bacon, with Team Taco making four of their five attempts while Team Bacon only made one attempt. Thus, Team Taco won the American Football 4-1, and won the TacoBurritoAThon as a whole 3-2.
Finally, the Closing Ceremony took place at Carnoustie Stadium. Commissioner Skelezomperman made a speech once again and Deputy Mayor Johngi delivered remarks written by Mayor CaptainObi. Afterwards, Team Taco had a celebratory speech before splitting up their record prize of $721.