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June 29,
2006
at 21:31,
Matt Melrose
said:
OK, points...... There
has been muttering from
the terraces about the
second round
predictions.... It was
decided that after we did
a similar competition 2
years ago that players
wanted to keep some kind
of interest after the
group stages because,
although they predicted
all the way to the final
they actually got very
few match-ups to score
points with after the
first stage, so I tried
to find a competition
that would do as much of
the scoring for us and
this game was the best I
could find, but as you
know, the scores are
locked into the system
after the first match,
and, yes you've guessed
it, most of us have very
few, if not zero
match-ups in the
following rounds. Hence
the email and spreadsheet
fiasco. It was planned to
have a prediction round
after each qualifying
round and keep on
re-predicting, but this
has been scuppered as
several people are away
from their emails and are
difficult to contact and
keep up to date without
the whole thing being
hugely time consuming. It
was also felt that if the
winner is to take thier
money then they should
all have the same
opportunity to win as
everyone else. Sorry
about this but it was
felt to be the fairest
course of action.......
Now...... scoring the
round 2
predictions........... It
goes like this..... As in
the original game you get
1 point for chosing the
correct winner of a
match. and a further 2
points for getting the
EXACT scoreline. That's
it. fairly simple I
thought.... So if you had
said that Switzerland -
Ukraine would be 0-0 and
Ukraine win on penalties
then 3 points. If you had
said Ukraine would win
9-0 then 1 point, of
course if it was 9-0 then
you would have got 3
points and a big pat on
the back, however if the
score had been 9-1, then
you'd just get the one
point. tough luck for
coming close but the
rules is the rules, it
doesn't matter how close
you come you still only
get the 1 point. This
same theory applies to
penalty shoot outs, if
you had said 0-0 with
switzerland winning the
you get nothing because
it was about chosing who
wins the match, but if
you'd said 1-1 with
ukrain winning on pens
then again, just the one
point for chosing the
overall winner and no
extra points for
exactitude. so there you
go. close isn't good
enough.
June 26,
2006
at 11:19,
Matt Melrose
said:
go to.....
http://www.leafstorm.com/
wc06/wc06.html
to see the new round
scores, please fill in
the remaining result,
feel free to change
anything that hasn't been
played yet.
email the completed sheet
back to me. Unfortunately
this is going to be the
last round of predictions
as people are away on
holiday now.
June 24,
2006
at 12:22,
teddyrose
said:
Matt, is this your own
idea to have further
forecasts or is it part
of the official web site
competition? If it's
official, why can't we do
it through the web site?
How much do I get when
the Argies stuff the
Yellow Blobs of Brazil in
the final?
What's in a name?
Can England really play
with two colemen in the
side? Are the Argies full
of beans, or a load of
hot air when Heinze
plays? Can Holland
continue Robben the
opposition? Can Italy
play well with ten men
and a Totti? Should Ghana
be any Appiah getting
through to round 2 or
will Mensah prove too
clever for the Yellow
Blobs (hope so!) to take
them further? On the
negative side, Angola
with the water barer Akwa
and Mendonca (ex Charlton
with extra colour)
couldn't help Loco get to
Acapulco against Mexico.
Not even the blessing of
the Pope could help the
USA, which left Donovan
feeling mellow yellow.
Mention of yellow at the
moment just makes me want
to go climb a Poll!!
June 23,
2006
at 10:04,
Matt Melrose
said:
Right Round 2.....
Because the weekend looms
over round 2 I'm going to
send each of you an excel
document with the matches
to be filled out. because
there are 4 teams still
to be resolved we'll need
to do it in 2 or more
goes....
But because our email is
not working as it should,
can you also send me your
predictions for the
matches ot the weekend
etc....
Germany-Sweden...
Argentina-Mexico....
England-Ecuador....
Portugal-Netherlands....
Italy-Australia.... and
then I'll sort the rest
out in the week. We'll
run the Predictions
through to the final. and
then We'll also send
another excel sheet for
the quarter finals etc,
so it will actually be
possible to get points 3
times over. if you
think a result will be a
draw and won on penalties
then put a 'p' next to
the result i.e. '1p',
that will send the team
through. if you thonk it
will be 1-1p you'll get 3
points, but if is 2-2p
you'll get only 1 point.
so If you could all email
me your predictions, and
i'll send you each an
email with the excel
sheet on for you to send
back as well. then
hopefully we might get
this to work. Good Luck.
matt
matt@leafstorm.com
June 23,
2006
at 08:59,
AVH
said:
Matt, if you have worked
out some way to
re-predict for each round
we could run two
competitions. Non? I'm
obviously happy to saty
with the original
predictions, but I would
not like to loose seeded
players like yourself and
nanarose at this early
stage.
June 22,
2006
at 17:15,
Matt Melrose
said:
i've just looked at my
round 2 predictions and
i've got no matches to
score from! bugger!
June 22,
2006
at 14:25,
Matt Melrose
said:
i've just seen how close
it is at the top, and
even o'shea is in the
running!
June 21,
2006
at 15:15,
Julian Pearson
said:
I believe we do...Matt
has devised some sort of
excel sheet.
June 21,
2006
at 13:57,
AVH
said:
Do we change our
predictions for the next
round?
June 20,
2006
at 10:37,
Matt Melrose
said:
oh what the hell...
copy... paste...
http://www.anvari.org/col
s/FIFA_World_Cup_Country_
Cards/
(I am not resposible for
external content)
June 20,
2006
at 10:34,
Matt Melrose
said:
it's a shame we weren't
playing saudi arabia,
you've missed out.
June 20,
2006
at 10:08,
Matt Melrose
said:
there's a bit of a gap
appearing at the top of
the table, and where oh
where did AVH come from.
OK, so England take on
the mighty Sweden this
evening, and bearing in
mind that we haven't
beaten them since 1968
here are everyone's
predictions.....
Rebecca 1-1... Paul
1-1... AVH 1-1...
Skip England 2 Sweden
1.... Teddy 1-1...
Matt England 1 Sweden
2.... Julian England 2
Sweden 1.... Rupert
England 2 Sweden 1....
Sean 1-1.... Lee
England 3 Sweden 2....
Nanarose 1-1...... Come
on Sweden!
June 19,
2006
at 10:21,
Matt Melrose
said:
Good morning, I've given
up with sending you all
emails as they take 24
hours to get through.
well done to everyone who
had a successful weekend,
especially AVH. P.S. Poor
Fab Ian Barthez.
June 19,
2006
at 09:50,
Julian Pearson
said:
Well done Sean...finally
off the bottom of the
table.
June 19,
2006
at 09:48,
Julian Pearson
said:
Well done Sean...finally
off the bottom of the
table.
June 17,
2006
at 12:54,
teddyrose
said:
I've just read this load
of banter and come to the
conclusion that it only
takes a couple of over
paid blokes kicking a
leather ball (plastic
balloon) around for a
few minutes to turn
'grown' men into
schoolgirls.
Incidentally Matt won
that race many years ago!
Also, who taught Jules
to spell? Or is it the
smoke in his eyes? Come
on Argies - anyone care
to say they won't win?
The next round is where
all the points will be
won, not this warm up
period - so those at the
bottom (Feeders) still
have a chance. PS. Please
make cheques out to Mr.
E.S.............
June 16,
2006
at 22:19,
AVH
said:
Lee - just noticed who
you are supporting?? Bet
you don't even know where
the Ivory Coast is ...
June 16,
2006
at 21:10,
AVH
said:
This puts me just five
points behind the
surprise but worthy
leader AND 4 points ahead
of my IKTS nemesis
Nanarose (who describes
herself as under 45 which
I think means I could be
Paul and Matts dad?). So
where's O'Shea?
June 16,
2006
at 13:12,
Matt Melrose
said:
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR
ADMINISTRATOR
Sorry to cause confusion
with emails, it seems
they take 24 hours to go
through the process if I
send them as a group. So
expect to be confused
(even more). sorry.
June 16,
2006
at 12:44,
Skip Fidura
said:
As we watched Rooney
warming up did I not say
that Crouch would stay
on? I may not know much
about football but I seem
to have an uncanny
insight into the mind of
a randy Swede in Lego
glasses. And remember,
as Monday clearly showed,
you cannot trust rankings
of any kind.
June 16,
2006
at 11:17,
AVH
said:
Matt can you find a photo
of the Adams family?
Peter Crouch=lerch
Roberto carlos= uncle
fester
Ronaldo= pugsley
Milan baros= morticia
etc
June 16,
2006
at 11:13,
AVH
said:
BOTTOM FEEDER: Fish
A Demersal fish lives and
feeds near the sea bed as
opposed to a palegic fish
which lives near the
surface or swims in open
water.
BOTTOM FEEDER: Human
Ask Steve Richter!
June 16,
2006
at 10:34,
Julian Pearson
said:
Nice picture today
Matt...he may have scored
an important goal but I
still say that Crouch
shouldn't be on the
pitch.
June 16,
2006
at 10:21,
Julian Pearson
said:
Belguim!
June 16,
2006
at 10:20,
Matt Melrose
said:
Sean is a natural bottom
feeder. What's that in
fish terms?
June 16,
2006
at 09:50,
Julian Pearson
said:
Gents,
In case you are not aware
us blokes are being
beaten by Rebecca and an
American. Now I suspect
that Rebecca secretly
knows quite a lot about
the beautiful game but an
American! What the hell
is going on! Soccer
entertainment my arse!
And Sean will you please
get off the bottom of the
table...
June 15,
2006
at 15:55,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
uh-oh - it looks like we
are going to have to
finish second to avoid
the Germans......maybe
david james will get a
game against the
swedes...and leave owen
alone....its not his
fault he's a
collaborating nazi
bastard
June 15,
2006
at 15:16,
Julian Pearson
said:
Sean as you well know
Matt is not allowed to
leave the building...if
he want to obess about
SQL errors then leave him
be. Oh shit they have
scored again.....
June 15,
2006
at 15:15,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
sitting watching ecuador
against
costarica....didn't costa
rica score two goal;s
against germany?..if so,
how shit must germany
be....as ecuador are
making them look a bit
ordinary!..so do we want
to face Germany or
ecuador in the next rould
...or am i being a bit
previous?
June 15,
2006
at 15:12,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
you should get out more!
June 15,
2006
at 15:08,
Matt Melrose
said:
sean, do you get an error
message on your
profile...
Error: You have an error
in your SQL syntax; check
the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL
server version for the
right syntax to use near
's arse%'' at line 1
i've never had a syntax
error near my arse
before.
June 15,
2006
at 15:02,
Matt Melrose
said:
ooh look you're now no
longer top of the
"Up an Elephant's
arse" league.
and no, you can't change
them.
but there's always round
two.
June 15,
2006
at 15:00,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
can we change our
predictions ?
if so how?
i need to get ecuador to
the top of my group
pretty quickly
June 15,
2006
at 14:55,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
i may be propping up your
league my fwiend, but in
my homeland league i am
way out in front...albeit
numbers are limited
June 15,
2006
at 14:38,
Julian Pearson
said:
And this sean is why you
are currently proping up
the bottom of the table
with Lee (i might not
know anything about
football but if you want
to know about films then
I'm your man) Phillips.
June 15,
2006
at 14:19,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
i reckon those crafty
caribbean could just
squeek it actually....i'm
thinking of changing to
an away win
June 15,
2006
at 14:01,
Matt Melrose
said:
New England
predictions...
I went for an optimistic
2-1, Paul for the
pessimists 1-0, rebecca
2-0, Julian 2-0.
anyone else?
June 15,
2006
at 13:50,
Julian Pearson
said:
I think that should have
read rich....b'dm dm
tsche
June 15,
2006
at 13:41,
Julian Pearson
said:
According to the CIA
World Fact Book they are
reach in petroleum! You
see the old adage is
true...you really do
learn something new
everyday. A very belated
well done on three points
last night...according to
Matt that is a 300%
improvement on your usual
form. By Matt knows less
about Maths than he knows
about football.
June 15,
2006
at 13:20,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
i've finally found
somewhere with no
competition....can any
one suggest a suitable
flag?
...and how do T & T
make 18 billion
dollars?....is there that
much money in bananas?
June 15,
2006
at 13:07,
Matt Melrose
said:
b'dm dm tsche
June 15,
2006
at 13:07,
Matt Melrose
said:
as a saturnian, it stil
doesn't excuse you from
bad bad jokes.
Incidentally how would
you go about spelling
that drum fill that you'd
put at the end of such a
joke?
June 15,
2006
at 11:46,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
actually - i thought the
competition on SATURN
might make it even easier
(despite the lack of
atmosphere)....however i
seem to already have some
fellow saturnian
breathing down my neck on
7 points
June 15,
2006
at 10:33,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
got the boys name down
already...surely he must
qualify....his dad's
nearly eaten horse there
June 15,
2006
at 10:09,
AVH
said:
My predictions are all
very close to being
perfect - just like all
the bets we put on horses
and dogs in Dublin.
Talking of horses - if
you'd stayed another few
hours in Lichtenstein you
would have probably being
picked to play for them!
June 15,
2006
at 10:01,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
....avh - you got turned
over for 6 points last
night with 2 xlast minute
goals...so really you are
in 4 th place...try and
get the organisers (sic)
to sort this out...surely
its the result after 90
minutes that counts....or
didn't we go thru all
this 4 years ago?
June 15,
2006
at 09:23,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
....and bolloccks to you
Van Hoffelen...I'm
winning the Lichtenstein
League by a mile
June 15,
2006
at 09:21,
Seamus O' Timing Device
said:
did anyone notice my 3
points last night?
bring it on
June 14,
2006
at 21:26,
AVH
said:
George Bush is woken at 6
am by the chief of staff
for his early morning
briefing.
"I'm sorry to have
to report this Mr
president but last night
8 Brazilian soldiers were
killed in Iraq"
Bush bursts into tears,
wails and rolls on the
floor in grief.
"That's terrible,
terrible, how will we
explain this to congress
- and remind me, exactly
how many is a
Brazilian?"
June 14,
2006
at 18:53,
Julian Pearson
said:
Matt you are possibly the
flukeist person I know.
In fact you are flukier
than Peter Crouch and
funnily enough your
dancing is about the
same....actually I take
that back Tunisia have
just equalised. Up
yourssssss. Come on ref
blow the
whistle......yes.
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