Individual Competition:
Everyone who attends Oktoberfest Tampa 2012 is encouraged to play games. Individuals on both the Men’s and Women’s side will have the opportunity to participate in all of our Individual Competitions. Beginning Friday and continuing through Sunday morning, all of the Individual Competitions will serve as qualifiers for our brand new Oktoberfest Olympiad. The challenge for the players will be to accumulate the most points possible. Each game you play earns you points; the better you do the more points you win.
Players receive a participation point for playing any game, with additional points awarded for placing in the top three and bonus points for setting an Oktoberfest Tampa Games Record in the event. All points that are awarded for Individual Competition will be applied towards your Oktoberfest Olympiad qualifying score. Participation Points for the Team Competitions will also be applied to your overall qualifying score. To get the best chance to qualify to compete in the Oktoberfest Olympiad, players should prepare to play all the games!
Team Competition:
Team play is highly encouraged at Oktoberfest Tampa 2011 and we have the competitions to prove it. All competitors participating in this years games will be entered in to one of five teams based on the five Festzelt of Oktoberfest Tampa. Every game and event is an opportunity for players to earn points for their team in effort to have their team forever memorialized on the Oktoberfest Tampa Festzelt Trophy(Hauptpreis, ). Along with this honor, every member of the team will (<---We need an official title for this and the prize that they get).. For each event a player competes in, they earn a point for their team and get a participation point that counts towards their Olympiad qualifying score! Place in the top three of an event, breaking one of our benchmarks, or setting a record all earn players extra points for their team. By Sunday’s end, the total points will be tallied to determine which Festzelt team has triumphed over all. (Are festzelt winners determined by points earned up until the start of Olympiad or at the end of Olympiad competition?)
Olympiad:
The highlight of the Oktoberfest Tampa 2012 Games is the Oktoberfest Olympiad, a tournament of strength, wits and stamina. All weekend long festival goers will compete in the individual games to qualify for the Olympiad. The eight, top scoring competitors from the men and women’s individual event competitions will be invited to return Sunday and compete in the weekend’s final showdown. These top performers will challenge each other in the Olympiad’s six feature events: Keg Toss, Barrel Roll, Stein Race, Watergun Marksman Challenge, Stein Holding and, an event unique to the Olympiad, the Tour de Oktoberfest. In the end, one woman and one man will be crowned the Oktoberfest Olympiad champion in ceremonious fashion.
The Olympiad will take place on Sunday Oktober 14th, the final day of Oktoberfest Tampa 2012 beginning at 2pm. All weekend long competitors will have their chance to qualify for Sunday’s main event. The competition is open to all Oktoberfest Tampa guests and the games are free to play.
Individual Games
Stein Hoisting
This year at Oktoberfest Tampa 2012, the most popular game is back. How long can you hoist? Join us at Oktoberfest Tampa 2012 for your chance to become the 2012 Samuel Adams National Stein Hoisting Champion & win a trip for two to the 2013 Oktoberfest Celebration in Munich! The game is simple, how long can you hold a 1 Liter glass stein filled to the brim with liquid and held by a straight ninety degree (90 ) arm in front of entrant, parallel to the floor with elbows locked. Once entrant’s elbow bends or spills/drops the stein, entrant loses the Contest. Longest time wins the contest; can you beat the current national record of over nine minutes?
Barrel Roll
The Barrel Roll is back and this year competitors will be rolling in threes! Players will push a barrel through the course while racing against two others. Rules are simple: push the barrel through the course and the fastest time wins. Get in the top three all-time best times and earn bonus points towards your qualifying score.
Keg Toss
Take an empty beer keg, find your best throw and chuck the keg as far as you can. Competitors, both men and women, will be throwing for distance and have three tries to see if they can meet our marks or set the record. Bonus points will be awarded for throwing set distances and setting the record for the longest distance thrown for the festival. This is a freestyle form event so any style throw goes; just be sure to throw the keg and stay in-bounds.
Stein Race
The Stein Race is a test of speed versus patience. How fast can you run around the obstacle course, both hands full of beer, without spilling any precious beer? Each racer will run the course holding two 1-Liter Warsteiner Steins full of beer, one in each hand. Three compete at a time but be careful not to spill any beer because for each ounce lost adds one second to your time! Our goal is to find out who is the fastest beer racer at Oktoberfest Tampa. .
Team Games
Two-Player
Brat Toss
Grab a partner and toss the brat. Teams must complete a toss to-and-fro and catch the Brat in their bucket. Careful not to break it as you may end up tossing twice as much. The team that tosses the Brat the furthest distance in each round will be awarded a bonus point for their Festzelt team.
Carry the Wench
This event is a test of speed and skill where you partner up, also referred to as the Wife Carrying Race. Teams of two will race through the course competing against two other teams. The catch is only one is running while the other team member is being carried. Freestyle form is the name of the game (I hear there is a great Estonian Carry form) just make sure not to drop your partner: it hurts them and earns you penalty time. Overall fastest time for the weekend takes home top honors and extra points for their team!
Schwartze Loch aka Corn Hole
Multi-Player
Liter Stein Bucket Race
Liter Stein Bucket Race
This race is a take on the familiar bucket race game to see which team can fill their bucket the fastest by transferring liquid from one glass to another down the line. Teams will consist of six players. The game begins by first player filling their bucket with water and then passing it to the next teammate in line. Teams will continue passing water along until the last player in line will empty his/her bucket into the Fill Bucket at the finish. First team to fill it to the designated mark will be the winner! Fastest time for the weekend earns a bonus point for your Festzelt team.
Tauziehen (Tug-of-Krieg)
At Oktoberfest Tampa 2012 teams will be able to challenge each other in the classic tug-of-war. This test of strength features two teams of eight people who will compete (if more/less then must have equal numbers) and pull at opposite ends of a rope. There are two ways to win: pull your opposing team across the center line or get the opposing team to commit a foul. Match-ups are a best of three competition; beat your team 2-0 and earn all three points for your Festzelt team!
Chicken Dance
The Chicken Dance is a competition for everybody and there will be plenty of opportunity to shake your tail feathers. Throughout the day, make sure to join in the dance when you hear the song. Don’t worry about looking silly – that is the point! It is important to dance whenever you can to make sure your Festzelt team has the most dancers by the songs end to earn your team’s point.