As announced in the BE-Cup thread, the Double Eliminator kicked off in GW5. To briefly recap, the DE-Cup is similar in concept to Blech's Eliminator Cup, except that (a) you compete in round 1 only against the teams in your own league/division and (b) it is more forgiving than the BE-Cup in that you pick up a "strike" the first time you finish at the bottom and are then only eliminated when/if you get a second strike. The schedule for the Champions Round still needs to be set (target is GW20, but it could start earlier). It is possible that there may be some overlap between the final weeks of league competition and the champions round. But, as long as we have the final 3 from each division, champions round can start. The tie-breakers are the same as the BE-Cup (chips played, captaincy points, autosub points, points remaining on bench (after autosub)), and I, as commissioner, will resolve any disputes or make up any new rules as needed. The DE-CUP winner will face the BE-Cup winner in the Super Eliminator Cup, which--assuming there are enough gameweeks remaining--will be a two-GW competition with points from both weeks combined. Good luck.
And, we're off..... 3 teams now have their first strike.... SMALL – Aviators (39 points – gw5) **FIRST STRIKE Summary: *[No Strikes (7) = blechs_dawgs (--), ColdDogSoup FC (--), DizzyAndDaffy (--), Journeymen (--), Pingree Park Rangers (--1), Real Newark (--), Sasha Juniors (--)] *[1 Strike (1) = Aviators (gw5)] *[Eliminated (0) = None] VERY SMALL – FC Epikoinis (26 points – gw5) **FIRST STRIKE Summary: *[No Strikes (7) = Borussia DaMarcus (--), FC St. Pauli (--), Glorydaze (--), Living in Dreamland (--), Morning Glory (--), REVEALED: Starboy XI (--), Tangers FC (--)] *[1 Strike (1) = FC Epikoinis (gw5)] *[Eliminated (0) = None] SAND – Zico Freako FC (32 points – gw6) **FIRST STRIKE Summary: *[No Strikes (7) = BiggerBoat (--), Kopite Jrs (--), Lokomotiv Lewisham (--), Parraraiders (--), Soccer Steve (--), Stormin Gunners (--), The Javelinas (--)] *[1 Strike (1) = Zico Freako FC (gw5)] *[Eliminated (0) = None]
GW6 is DE-Cup week 2 (and we have our first elimination)...... SMALL – blechs_dawgs (27 points – gw6) **FIRST STRIKE Summary: *[No Strikes (6) = ColdDogSoup FC (--), DizzyAndDaffy (--), Journeymen (--), Pingree Park Rangers (--), Real Newark (--), Sasha Juniors (--)] *[1 Strike (2) = Aviators (gw5), blechs_dawgs (gw6)] *[Eliminated (0) = None] VERY SMALL – Living in Dreamland (28 points – gw6) **FIRST STRIKE Summary: *[No Strikes (6) = Borussia DaMarcus (--), FC St. Pauli (--), Glorydaze (--), Morning Glory (--), REVEALED: Starboy XI (--), Tangers FC (--)] *[1 Strike (2) = FC Epikoinis (gw5), Living in Dreamland (gw6)] *[Eliminated (0) = None] SAND – Zico Freako FC (28 points – gw6) **SECOND STRIKE - ELIMINATED Summary: *[No Strikes (7) = BiggerBoat (--), Kopite Jrs (--), Lokomotiv Lewisham (--), Parraraiders (--), Soccer Steve (--), Stormin Gunners (--), The Javelinas (--)] *[1 Strike (0) = None] *[Eliminated (1) = Zico Freako FC (gw5,gw6)] BiggerBoat (33) gets past Zico Freako (28) in Sand. In what I believe are a couple of firsts, Zico Freako gets two DE-Cup strikes in the first two weeks for the fastest exit, yet while eliminated from the DE-Cup, Zico Freako is still alive in the BE-Cup.