Ugh, what a mess. Bodies flying everywhere. But there's always somebody who keeps his head above water and this week its Quango, who accomplishes an amazing tightrope act despite wagering nearly 1100 in a train wreck! He actually picked LA to win in Houston, as LD and his ragtag band continue to confound pundits and administrators everyhwere. He also bet heavily on TOR at home against NY and CVS on the road at RSL. For this he jumps 4 spots, cracking the top 10 at number 9. Meanwhile IASocFan heads for the top with a strong 2nd palce showing. He kept bets small and got the Dallas road win right. He leapfrogs into 3rd place and is less than 200 pts out of first. But holding strong in 2nd overall is NoSix who finishes third on the strength of his bold Toronto play. tab5g stays competitive in 4th, thanks to nailing the LA road upset du jour. Rounding out the top five is dred who bet low on nearly every game but should have done the same on LA. Play of the Week goes to DamonEsquire for going nuts on LA. We're down to the last 2 weeks and four candidates still have an excellent chance to win. Meanwhile the final first division spot is held by a narrow 30 point margin. *FAQ and your remaining bets are available on the WPL status page.* ____________________________________________________________ Play Of The Week: DamonEsquire, for the bet of 180 on LAG over HOU Weekly Cup: 1 Quango 9.133821 2 IASocFan -19.21462 3 NoSix -88.41539 4 tab5g -117.1216 5 dred -129.6292 Code: [b]Division 1[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 1 1 AMERICANS SC 1,027.28 -137.38 770 384 2 2 NoSix 912.48 -88.42 692 413 3 4 IASocFan 835.88 -19.21 568 358.25 4 3 tab5g 833.26 -117.12 748 407.5 5 5 dred 631.83 -129.63 522 243.5 6 6 Qdog 502.94 -149.43 692 338 7 7 firefan2001 -10.47 -143.00 798 396 8 8 petezuke17 -373.36 -322.08 1033 439.5 9 13 Quango -412.59 9.13 1098 843.5 10 9 Shaydee -441.42 -212.09 1024 534.5 11 10 PCrsl -496.80 -232.34 660 206.5 12 12 FlashMan -594.66 -276.52 486 35.5 13 11 Crewbasher -753.92 -461.66 1014 296 [b]Division 2[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 14 14 dredgfan -785.82 -202.14 991 512 15 16 DamonEsquire -2,181.67 -360.58 1103 484 16 15 Greywacke -2,468.97 -765.51 1048 0 17 17 jlo -3,533.15 -922.79 1206 0 18 18 BenC1357 -3,605.57 -904.52 1188 0 19 19 Saeyddthe -4,390.99 -898.23 1182 0 20 20 alf -6,472.20 -927.86 1211 0 21 21 BulaJacket -8,089.69 -942.35 1225 0 22 22 CubanApex -8,789.97 -935.09 1218 0 23 23 matzek73 -9,529.14 -964.26 1246 0 24 24 themrs. -9,735.89 -964.26 1246 0 25 25 patfan1 -10,172.39 -964.26 1246 0 26 26 burnfan00 -10,868.89 -964.26 1246 0 [b]Division 3[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 27 27 Jc1231 -10,955.49 -949.63 1232 0 28 28 revolutionfan -11,081.39 -964.26 1246 0 29 29 rpi-fan -11,212.64 -964.26 1246 0 30 30 Novaflow10 -11,221.64 -964.26 1246 0 31 31 soccertom -11,301.64 -964.26 1246 0 [b]Rate of Return:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Percent[/i][/b] 1 AMERICANS SC 76.18% 2 NoSix 75.13% 3 IASocFan 74.90% 4 tab5g 74.49% 5 dred 73.59% 6 Qdog 72.88% 7 firefan2001 70.33% 8 petezuke17 67.36% 9 Shaydee 66.85% 10 Quango 66.82% 11 PCrsl 66.69% 12 FlashMan 65.65% 13 dredgfan 65.13% 14 Crewbasher 64.47% 15 DamonEsquire 57.67% 16 Greywacke 54.61% 17 jlo 47.28% 18 BenC1357 46.84% 19 Saeyddthe 42.12% 20 alf 29.65% 21 BulaJacket 19.60% 22 CubanApex 15.46% 23 matzek73 10.76% 24 themrs. 9.51% 25 patfan1 6.86% 26 burnfan00 2.63% 27 Jc1231 2.19% 28 revolutionfan 1.34% 29 rpi-fan 0.54% 30 Novaflow10 0.49% 31 soccertom 0.00% [b]Points:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Won Bet[/i][/b] 1 AMERICANS SC 13539.7517773 2 IASocFan 13336.2517806 3 NoSix 13146.7517498 4 tab5g 13126.2517622 5 dred 12880.7517503 6 Qdog 12851.7517635 7 firefan2001 12420.7517661 8 petezuke17 11466 17021 9 PCrsl 11381.2517067 10 Shaydee 11300.7516904 11 Quango 11280 16881 12 dredgfan 11108.5 17055 13 FlashMan 11024.7516794 14 Crewbasher 10781.2516724 15 DamonEsquire 10210.5 17706 16 Greywacke 9172.25 16797 17 jlo 7802.75 16503 18 BenC1357 7730.25 16503 19 Saeyddthe 6955.5 16513 20 alf 4904.5 16541 21 BulaJacket 3232.25 16490 22 CubanApex 2552.25 16509 23 matzek73 1772.5 16471 24 themrs. 1565.75 16471 25 patfan1 1129.25 16471 26 burnfan00 432.75 16471 27 Jc1231 361.25 16485 28 revolutionfan 220.25 16471 29 rpi-fan 89 16471 30 Novaflow10 80 16471 31 soccertom 0 16471 ____________________________________________________________ Next weeks action: <amount home away> 182 DAL CVS 183 DCU CHI 184 NER CLB 185 NYR KCW 186 LAG TOR 187 CVS COL 188 RSL HOU
There is something happening here what that is, it's not perfectly clear... Anyways : 74 DAL CVS 122 DCU CHI 120 NER CLB 75 NYR KCW 119 LAG TOR 121 CVS COL 76 HOU RSL
I won't pick up much ground on AMERICANS SC with these picks, but maybe I can fend off the others. 28 DAL CVS 107 DCU CHI 128 NER CLB 78 NYR KCW 177 LAG TOR 159 CVS COL 58 HOU RSL
I just wanted to add that if the COL, CLB, CHI, and LAG games all go as you've predicted, LA will be able to clinch the playoffs merely by winning at home against the Fire in the season finale. Even if they lose in New York. I find this remarkable.
Yeah, you're right. I still get the MLSnet schedule backwards since they switched it. On the other hand, this makes it highly likely that LA will go into the finale needing only a draw, as Chicago's DC game is in DC and LA's NY game is at home.
39 DAL CVS 40 CHI DCU 41 CLB NER 42 KCW NYR 43 LAG TOR 44 CVS COL 45 RSL HOU That was a fine miss. I figure. I could've hit big and maybe leapfrog into first division. I ended up there last year with samething. No played it there. Its still nice to see the hardware show up. Back -break- to back weeks with IKA and POtW. Now if I can get the masonry drill bit and bore some cord holes. That $2,000 teley -break- will fit nicely over firemantle. I even could construct entertainment centers. -break- I would make it dual cylinderic with three doors opening up toward outside (one on each side of firepalce). I could bounce some sound of the doors for an even more gracifulness approach. I could copy right and emblem and call it CHIEF! or TOWERS! Yeah thats it. An ideal a minute!
I could just imagine sitting in a psych class with you. 20 CVS DAL 187 DCU CHI 184 NER CLB 175 KCW NYR 160 LAG TOR 170 CVS COL 136 HOU RSL
137 CVS DAL 156 DCU CHI 155 NER CLB 138 NYR KCW 154 LAG TOR 153 CVS COL 152 HOU RSL So I really don't want the annual Dallas downfall to continue, but for WPL sake, I think they crumble like peanuts on a strip club floor. DC will take care of Chicago, as they are still playing for the SS. I don't trust the Revs, but I've only so many bets lets. Might as well take them at home. Flyer on the NYRB but I expect a 0-0 line. Gotta hope the Donovan's keep thier comet like ascent to the playoffs. Chivas will win out and Houston need to get some type of form. Hopefully, I am right.
61 CVS DAL 163 CHI DCU 193 NER CLB 167 NYR KCW 173 LAG TOR 177 CVS COL 164 HOU RSL dang, those missed games last week r going to come back to haunt me.
Quick announcement of this week's Inverse Karma Award. The winner, for the 1-2-3-4-Fifth! time this season, is DamonEsquire, who jumps over yet another idle participant to claim his prize (I seriously think I'm going to call that a Damon Special from now on....) with a score of 360.58. Kudos. Runner-up: IASocFan 19.21 I have a feeling there's gonna be some more IK tossed around after this weekend's games. Yikes.