Well, back to earth. firefan2001 declares independence from bad perf with a fine performance in a week that had "mediocre" written all over it. Actually, his picks had mediocre written all over them, with all of them under 60. A wise move as the fireworks were all off the pitch this week. Our #2 finisher is Quango, who got every game right that didn't end in a tie. Also getting every game right were #3 Greywacke and #4 equakesfan who both advance in the top 10 and are withing striking distance of the top. But the big story of the week is none other than bilfish, who by betting the farm twice on Colorado to lose on wednesday and win on monday, not only lands in the weekly top five but cracks the first division for the first time in the modern era! (Thunderous applause from packed July 4th stadium.) As for Play of the Week, <insert Wargames reference>. Hey, ya just gotta know when to nap, what can I say. I believe this is the first time in history that a tie produced PotW in a week that had wins, and also the first time that a missed pick wins an award. (the code removes from award elligibility players who skip the entire week). I knew KC was gonna choke anyway. ;D (dang, blew a half a point of perf). No other promotions this week, and tab5g hangs on to his narrow margin at the top, with NorthSide Rovers continuing his gradual ascent, now all the way up to #2. The top 10 is so volatile, anyone can come out on top from week to week. For traditionalists, guamster sweeps the Fat Bastard and Drunken Sailor awards, while Jose L. Couso holds the Rate of Return lead and soccertom solidifies his lead in total points. Good luck as we enter the 2nd half of the season! *FAQ and your remaining bets are available on the WPL status page.* ____________________________________________________________ Play Of The Week: dred, for the bet of 1 on KCW over CLB Weekly Cup: 1 firefan2001 82.32999 2 Quango 54.896 3 Greywacke 52.144 4 equakesfan 46.528 5 bilfish 26.944 Code: [b]Division 1[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 1 1 tab5g 894.48 18.59 802 584 2 3 Northside Rovers861.56 1.87 756 507 3 2 NoSix 842.99 -32.27 775 557.5 4 8 equakesfan 786.34 46.53 700 528.5 5 4 Jose L. Couso 749.97 -84.51 676 376.5 6 7 BulaJacket 736.47 -16.81 849 624 7 6 Tactics 720.07 -79.32 144 0 8 5 MouseyTongue 698.38 -105.83 917 592.5 9 10 Greywacke 686.92 52.14 760 589.5 10 9 jlo 674.28 12.69 944 713.5 11 11 Robert Lanza 542.08 -29.57 516 311.5 12 12 KCWiz 522.62 -33.31 798 521 13 16 Quango 477.57 54.90 892 706 14 14 soccertom 440.25 -52.98 1114 806.5 15 17 Babar 404.56 -5.60 850 609.5 16 15 Qdog 397.19 -53.56 1025 721.5 17 18 dred 353.94 -26.23 519 330 18 19 Revolt 337.04 -32.45 627 436 19 13 dmonet83 325.83 -173.58 302 0 20 24 bilfish 253.35 26.94 834 637 [b]Division 2[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 21 20 IASocFan 240.99 -48.93 776 524 22 23 OGx3 201.12 -33.61 798 556.5 23 21 guamster 143.87 -122.39 1245 861 24 25 FlashMan 142.35 -80.65 1134 832.5 25 26 Crewbasher 141.60 -75.09 914 598.5 26 27 paulo 135.25 -57.31 199 57.5 27 22 kjo199 130.18 -109.01 864 529 28 31 sljohn 77.81 -4.74 608 477 29 30 BenC1357 72.76 -25.37 887 637 30 29 Scribe 63.65 -73.01 867 562 31 33 Nutty -27.55 3.13 734 496 32 28 themrs. -89.35 -257.59 432 0 33 35 big_al335 -132.32 4.54 690 455.5 34 34 DamonEsquire -139.14 -28.81 949 683 35 32 encinitas -206.08 -182.82 319 0 36 36 soccernutter -388.67 -42.78 755 517.5 37 38 Saeyddthe -432.63 18.15 1033 809 38 40 firefan2001 -511.98 82.33 493 383 39 39 jackrock -717.51 -141.66 842 491.5 40 37 dredgfan -727.02 -327.69 529 0 [b]Division 3[/b] [b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b] 41 41 andrewt14 -1,063.93 -362.62 577 0 42 42 burnfan00 -1,240.10 -512.86 765 0 43 43 scaryice -1,515.57 -566.47 828 0 44 44 Eskandarian11 -2,392.18 -505.13 756 0 45 45 nowhere -2,581.63 -550.92 810 0 46 46 spectre -2,676.62 -558.68 819 0 47 47 regulator -2,763.12 -535.51 792 0 48 48 Deimos -2,815.07 -566.47 828 0 49 49 suppitty -2,859.32 -566.47 828 0 50 50 Captain Splarg -2,874.32 -566.47 828 0 51 51 ChangeT -2,874.57 -566.47 828 0 [b]Rate of Return:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Percent[/i][/b] 1 Jose L. Couso 86.35% 2 BulaJacket 86.01% 3 Northside Rovers 84.89% 4 NoSix 84.48% 5 Tactics 84.33% 6 equakesfan 82.95% 7 Greywacke 82.71% 8 tab5g 82.70% 9 MouseyTongue 81.65% 10 jlo 81.39% 11 soccertom 81.15% 12 Revolt 80.52% 13 KCWiz 80.01% 14 Qdog 79.66% 15 bilfish 79.45% 16 Robert Lanza 78.75% 17 FlashMan 78.54% 18 IASocFan 78.35% 19 Babar 78.22% 20 dred 77.84% 21 Quango 77.16% 22 OGx3 76.34% 23 sljohn 75.84% 24 BenC1357 75.14% 25 DamonEsquire 74.68% 26 guamster 74.39% 27 Scribe 73.89% 28 paulo 73.24% 29 Saeyddthe 72.94% 30 Crewbasher 72.70% 31 firefan2001 72.61% 32 soccernutter 71.98% 33 encinitas 71.43% 34 dmonet83 71.43% 35 kjo199 71.12% 36 Nutty 68.32% 37 themrs. 68.08% 38 big_al335 63.14% 39 jackrock 62.77% 40 andrewt14 57.81% 41 dredgfan 55.58% 42 burnfan00 36.66% 43 scaryice 30.32% 44 Eskandarian11 17.13% 45 nowhere 7.79% 46 spectre 7.44% 47 regulator 6.78% 48 Deimos 2.41% 49 suppitty 1.46% 50 Captain Splarg 1.13% 51 ChangeT 1.13% [b]Points:[/b] [b][i]Rank Name Won Bet[/i][/b] 1 soccertom 8073.25 9948 2 BulaJacket 7657.5 8903 3 Saeyddthe 7581 10394 4 NoSix 7435.5 8802 5 Qdog 7405.25 9296 6 equakesfan 7267.5 8761 7 BenC1357 6941.5 9238 8 Revolt 6923.5 8598 9 IASocFan 6639.75 8475 10 DamonEsquire 6436.25 8618 11 OGx3 6382 8360 12 tab5g 6329.5 7654 13 guamster 6313.25 8487 14 FlashMan 6102 7769 15 Tactics 6098.5 7232 16 soccernutter 6090.5 8461 17 jlo 6017.5 7393 18 Jose L. Couso 5918.5 6854 19 firefan2001 5909 8138 20 Greywacke 5806.25 7020 21 bilfish 5796 7295 22 sljohn 5665.5 7470 23 dred 5623.5 7224 24 paulo 5505.5 7517 25 Robert Lanza 5489 6970 26 Babar 5463.75 6985 27 Crewbasher 5370 7387 28 MouseyTongue 5311.25 6505 29 Quango 5245.25 6798 30 encinitas 5113 7158 31 Scribe 4972.5 6730 32 KCWiz 4864 6079 33 Northside Rovers 4604.25 5424 34 kjo199 4464 6277 35 jackrock 4268.25 6800 36 themrs. 4079.5 5992 37 andrewt14 3840 6643 38 Nutty 3818.5 5589 39 dmonet83 3590 5026 40 big_al335 3208.75 5082 41 dredgfan 3080 5542 42 burnfan00 1721 4694 43 scaryice 1411.5 4656 44 Eskandarian11 851.75 4971 45 nowhere 364.5 4677 46 spectre 353.75 4752 47 regulator 326.25 4813 48 Deimos 112 4656 49 suppitty 67.75 4656 50 Captain Splarg 52.75 4656 51 ChangeT 52.5 4656 ____________________________________________________________ Next weeks action: <amount home away> 97 DCU KCW 98 CLB SJE 99 MET LAG 100 CHI NER 101 CVS RSL
76 DC KC 24 SJ CLB 107 MET LA (they owe me from last week) 72 NE CHI 55 CDC RSL (who sez I don't like the Goats at home?)
30 DCU KCW 89 CC SJE 163 NYM LAG 31 CF NER 88 CDCUSA RSL The patulous helleborine blooms. Hearthwrenching undergrad spells doom. You must forgive and forget mistakes. Contemplation only leads snakes. DNA rapes cake and grindstone intrudes. Toothless occasion slivers and perfumes two. What am I? Your robot dinner. Command just said "We have a winner." Sprocket jocks jams sinner. Demodulator dangles. Like eye socket of bangel. This sugar water has gotten alittle harder. The home crowd restrains but not in vein. If it was up to shame, I would own this game.
Btw the halfway point is a good time to remind people to keep an eye on their remaining picks. It's quite possible to leave yourself with limited options at the end of the season if you don't.
Another week in the black... Let's see what I can do to screw that up: 117 DCU KCW 48 SJE CLB 129 MET LAG 70 CHI NER 101 CVS RSL
125 Met LA 95 DC KC (a disappointing week for the Wiz, can't feel too confident) 47 CF NE 27 CC SJ 5 Cvs RSL (lots of confidence )
Damn this game! I've lapped my pace from last year, but this year I'm the West Brom of the 1st division. 55 DCU KCW 44 SJE CLB 66 MET LAG 33 NE CHI 11 CVS RSL
This whole gold cup thing certainly adds to the challenge here. 120 DCU KCW 90 SJE CLB 100 MET LAG 110 CHI NER 40 CVS RSL
139 DCU KCW 104 SJE CLB 97 MET LAG 140 CHI NER 121 CVC RSL the line about DNA rapeing cakes and grindstone intrudes gave me nightmares.
60 DCU KCW 61 SJE CLB 62 MET LAG 25 CHI NER 24 CVS RSL 2nd place! Woohoo! This week just makes me wish I had some lower bets, though. Q
This is post 6666 for me. Hmmm And why am I sucking so bad this year? UGH! 112 Dcu Kcw 54 Clb Sje 109 Met Lag 63 Chi Ner 34 Cvs Rsl
Last week I was the "World Champion of Division 2." This week, I am the Fat Bastard and Drunken Sailor award winner. I'm on a roll. Here we go, here we go, here we go... 68 DCU KCW 112 SJE CLB 186 MET LAG 132 CHI NER 1 CVS RSL
Wooooooooooo Whoooooooooooo! My first Cup win, let's go for two. 60 dc kc 61 sj clb 62 la met 63 chi ne 64 rsl cvs
<rural vacation>I guess there's connectivity out here after all. Big week for Chivas? dcu 102 kcw sje 130 clb nym 171 lag chi 57 ner chv 148 rsl dred, nice "going on vacation" to claim PotW! <back to civilization next week> ~OGx3