GW5 was a disaster for many of us so that makes our free bet winner - ralle14 - even more impressive ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) To get 75 pints in a week like this is very respectable. Gross, Douglas Luis and Vincius are all very low ownership and players I wouldn't have in my tem personally but I had just over 40 points while ralle14 smashed it. Congrats man.
General free bet disclaimer: Free bets will always be paid on Monday and they have to be announced on Sunday to catch that deadline. So that means if GW ends on Sunday I will make sure you will get it the next day. If GW ends on Monday like this time, you have to wait whole week to get it. No way around it.
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1. Verstappen 2. Verstappen 3. Verstappen 4. 11 seconds
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11. Rafael Fiziev 10. Bryce Mitchell 9. Marina Rodriguez 8. Bryan Battle 7. Ricardo Ramos 6. Dan Argueta 5. Andre Fialho 4. Jacob Malkoun 3. Mohammed Usman 2. Mizuki Inoue 1. Tamires Vidal
NOT go the Full Distance 5
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I'm proud of 2 questions in this round - the Kane vs Guirassy one (Kane is playing today, Bayern's got an early kickoff game on Saturday so I don't expect him to play at all) and the tennis one - Europe has the better ranked players but team World has got more surface specialists.
good questions I tought about Kane missing game against Bochum, but couldn't force myself into Guirassy way, just to anonymus for me to pick him, although scored 8 goals so far Team Europe has better single rankings, but there are doubles as well, and also looking at US open, seems that Team World is better fit for surface, but in better form as well, will be interesting to see will that "better information" will be brought us down by surprise Laver cup is glorified exibition and we have seen many strange results in it over the years. Thing is Fritz will not play all the matches probably because players go there to have fun and not to win trophy. And then when it come to lower ranked players Team Europe should do better. Must admit I am not 100% sure how matches get picked. i know I was surprised a lot of times in the past.
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So I have zero points so far ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Surprised Little Mouse also tried Antwerp, but my draw prediction for City was always going to be a waste, but for a glorious few minutes... Worst was putting 4 points on BVB, I have been winning French tickets by going against PSG but forgot that Dortmund have been shit lately too... That means I am at least not last in Pot B, whoohooo celebration time. All 10 points on Leipzig should keep me close to the top hopefully. Correct scores in CL always go wrong for me but I have high hopes for Pot B. Rules for this season are set but did you consider going with more realistic betting experience. For example, if somebody won their bets he can use that for stake as well. In my example for week 2 I would get 10 new points plus 17 I had from GW1? Would make for some crazy swings in leaderboard but I think your way is definitely easier to implement and probably more engaging for those that have done poorly.
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One point down for me after the lineup was announced I knew that Haaland is going to start alongside Foden for sure but I forgot that Pep loves to play Alvarez behind Haaland so I thought he wouldnt start today turned out to be a mistake on picking that option. This could have been a good start for me but I blew it oh well 6 more questions with different answers so I still have a good chance ( or atleast I hope so ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) ) Alvarez is Pep's new De Bruyne if you look the way he plays Alvarez.... If I had any doubt of who wouldn't have started the game, I would have picked Foden not start instead of Alvarez, that was probably the only easy question of this round. I know more 75-95% of us would have gotten the question wrong, If we had been asked to name the back four that would start the game. That was my question and even though I expected both to start I was far from certain. Why not rest your arguably best player this season in a game against Red Star at home? Ok it is beginning of the season and both Alvaraz and Foden are young so maybe not necessary. That question also had another variant, to name full starting 11 for City and then it would be H2H. We decided on easier version in the end.
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Not picking Haaland as my captain has bitten me in the butt twice this season, I think that could be a big differential if done right and with lots of luck. On the other hand if you do it at the wrong time you will be left behind, all the way to the back. Which leaves me quite undecided, do I go with the majority and find other differentials or take some risks here and there and get paid off big?
You are already doing very good in the pool and if I am reading your username correctly then you are in 5th place. It's more luck than skill to be honest. It's hard enough to pick 8 midfielders+forwards that will score on a given gameweek, let alone select one of those for double points. The whole reason Haaland's a popular captain pick is that his xG is at least 1 on any given GW. Only other player who comes close to this is Salah. Yeah, but Salah days when he scores several goals in one game seem to be in the past. He plays more wide now and is more of a creative force for the team. When you captain a midfielder, you want goals since midfielders get more points for goals than forwards. And the biggest problem of not giving the band to Haaland is that you need to be right almost every time. Usually when someone outscores Haaland it is by few points but when Haaland gets his day it is a shitload of points and you lose in one week what you were gaining in 5.
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Before you can be used as an example you need to be the best of the worse, there is literally no attention for us in middle of the table in Division 1, we just co-exist amongst each, hence the reason why we’ve been of any reference purpose 🤔
Yeah, that is clickbait curse, nobody cares if you guys in the middle will win few bucks more or less ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Now when I am doing this I am starting to understand media much more.
Spreadsheet is open, and I am happy to announce that everyone that needed to submit did so in time.
Anybody watching Newcastle game? Does not look good for them so far, Milan is a much better team and I don't know how they didn't score already. Maybe that is a chance for Newcastle to surprise them in second half.
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@cryptofrka or @Trofo could one of you check if I submitted my BSFL answers for this round? I submitted them but the form reloaded and showed my answers again instead of "Thank you for submitting" message. Now if I try to submit again, it says that I can answer this form only once. Now I'm not sure anymore and I don't want to be penalized in this important round.
I can do it when I get home around 4PM our local time. If you are not able to be present then to get confirmation, send me your answers via pm or telegram just in case. I belive it should be fine but both me and cryptofrka can't unlock the form and check hidden fields from mobile.
Can I join to division 1 if I pay 2.5 mbtc this season?
You competed in the Division 3 this season. You have to qualify for the Division 2 first and then try to finish at the 1st or 2nd place. Only then you can join Division 1 if you pay the entry fee of 2.5 mBTC. Those are the rules for everyone. Every new player starts in Division 3 and they have to fight their way up to Division 1. What slackovic said above. All new participants have to fight their way to div1.
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~Snipped With the Champions league starting this week and Arsenal being in the competition, there will be lots of rotation in the team and Goalkeeper in the premier league for Arsenal in games will not be constant. Maybe I need to send Ramsdale out of my team as well, he is also not exactly the best with clean sheets too right now.
Who has Declan Rice? what do you think about him and his performance recently for Arsenal? Personally I feel he is becoming more comfortable, and also needs to learn to take his chances so he can at least have more goals to his name that will further help improve his confidence.
Arteta already said he would actively rotate members of his team but it's going to change if Raya ends up performing better than Ramsdale in the long haul. Ramsdale is too error prone so he'll most likely be one with less minute. For Declan Rice, he has quickly become an integral part of Arsenal's midfield. But it's worth noting that his performance is solid but isn't worth it if he won't be raking in points from assists and goals. It's usually 2-3 points per GW although he popped 10 points in the 3-1 win against Man Utd. I don't know if I would like to have any goalkeeper now with exception from Pope. Problem is I am not spending that much on goalkeeper in defence which you can easily cover with Trippier, Schar and Botman. All three are better options for me. Anyway, made my transfers early this time around to catch price rises. Mbuemo and Edouard are in, now waiting for injury news ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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It has been in the OP since made it, but I keep getting asked so I am repeating it until people understand =)
Yes it has and I can see it now. Not good optimization for readers ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Just kidding probably problems with my eyes after though day but maybe you could also repeat the links in the bottom of the post. I went to read the rules of betting part of the pool and then just scrolled down, never thought to look above for the links ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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@1miau You know you have pages like 10 minutes mail and 10 minutes SMS service? Not really called that but shouldn't be hard to find. If it is hit me up in PM and I will send you links for couple when I get back home.
I know about these services but unfortunately I've wasted quite a lot of time to try tons of these services and tons of numbers just to know in the end that either all limits are reached for a certain number ("this number is not allowed to enter as it has reached max limit of created accounts") or the confirmation SMS just never arrives. I've wasted so much time for this BS. I've had a polish site once (it's not active anymore), where I've created a few Accounts and sometimes Google doesn't request a number, so I've an Gmail Account available for this Contest and I'm set, even when it will be required to sign up from Gmail. I'll submit my picks later today. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) I just recently used that free SMS service for first time and then couple of more times since it worked really well. First number I choose worked every time and I had to wait maybe 2 minutes to get confirmation SMS. Did not even know they existed before but now I don't have any problems using them in the future whenever there is need for phone verification.
Wanted to make pool picks but can't find the time, hopefully later tonight ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Edit: @buwaytress please include link for spreadsheet and form inside the OP, so we don't have to search for it and you don't have to mention it in every post ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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@1miau You know you have pages like 10 minutes mail and 10 minutes SMS service? Not really called that but shouldn't be hard to find. If it is hit me up in PM and I will send you links for couple when I get back home.
Hope to find some time today to enter my predictions. All the pools this season start to feel like work, hopefully they will at least pay up in the end ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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Payments for week 66 have been sent. Tx. id: 70ff5e92605a647a437f5d42c2c1ca4ca5ee4f13dda72675bea61a396cb06d19 We used current rate of 1BTC = 26.508 USD
This week we are rewarding following 3 participants with about 20$ worth of free spins each: notkre5 casperBGD Sojourner
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Who has Declan Rice? what do you think about him and his performance recently for Arsenal? Personally I feel he is becoming more comfortable, and also needs to learn to take his chances so he can at least have more goals to his name that will further help improve his confidence.
First rule of fantasy, never take defensive midfielders, they simply don't have a way to points. There is always players suckered by their cheap price but that price is cheap for a reason. They don't get clean sheet points (ok they get one), they get same amount of points as other midfielders for goals and assists and they play so far from the goal. They will have one or two great games per season but that is it. And Rice doesn't even have penalties or free kicks like some other DMs.
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Questions for first Newcastle game are up. Deadline is same as for group round questions, both must be answered 2 hours before the game against Milan. Only 26 people signed up so far, what are you waiting for https://forms.gle/oyVTGLQAGeMLdSJi6
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Division 1•POS• | ••Username•••• | •PLD• | •W• | •D• | •L• | •SF• | •SA• | •SD• | •PTS• | 1 | buwaytress | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 44 | 16 | 29 | 2 | cls63 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 27 | 3 | jeremypwr | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 25 | 4 | casperBGD | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 18 | 5 | Harkorede | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 6 | slackovic | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 16 | 7 | vd309 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 15 | 8 | mitchr4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 9 | Slissy | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 14 | 10 | jayce | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 49 | -5 | 14 | 11 | LTU_btc | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 50 | -6 | 11 | 12 | Igebotz | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 11 | 13 | darxiaomi | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 11 | 14 | arallmuus | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 55 | -14 | 10 |
Division 2•POS• | ••Username•••• | •PLD• | •W• | •D• | •L• | •SF• | •SA• | •SD• | •PTS• | 1 | leea-1334 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 31 | 19 | 32 | 2 | mv1986 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 36 | 13 | 25 | 3 | slaman29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 4 | Cryptofrka | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 45 | 9 | 21 | 5 | notblox1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 6 | Trofo | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 19 | 7 | ralle14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 18 | 8 | dbshck | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 14 | 9 | ulven | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 14 | 10 | Renato297 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 47 | -8 | 12 | 11 | strongkored | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 11 | 12 | famososMuertos | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 55 | -11 | 8 | 13 | LFC_Bitcoin | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 6 | 14 | Woodie | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 51 | -16 | 4 |
Division 3A•POS• | ••Username•••• | •PLD• | •W• | •D• | •L• | •SF• | •SA• | •SD• | •PTS• | 1 | Saint-loup | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 2 | bullrun2020bro | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 35 | 10 | 21 | 3 | Kanapka | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 21 | 4 | entebah | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 5 | BitcoinHunt3r | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 6 | Dittoup | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 7 | MAAManda | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 36 | -3 | 14 | 8 | Rikafip | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Coin_trader | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 40 | -5 | 8 | 10 | Pulsar77 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 43 | -14 | 7 | 11 | DireWolfM14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 6 | 12 | Danydee | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 5 |
Division 3B•POS• | ••Username•••• | •PLD• | •W• | •D• | •L• | •SF• | •SA• | •SD• | •PTS• | 1 | chi20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 25 | 2 | hakan2217 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 3 | Ozymandias_DZ | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 20 | 4 | vivekdkhyani | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 17 | 5 | goodpunt | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 46 | -6 | 16 | 6 | Jinetics1111 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 48 | -4 | 15 | 7 | ILuckyGuyI | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 8 | Omikifuse | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 46 | -4 | 14 | 9 | navidart | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 11 | 10 | Kokee44 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 43 | -5 | 11 | 11 | imarios | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 37 | -5 | 11 | 12 | Bonta | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 45 | -6 | 5 |
W - Games Won, L - Games Lost, D - Games Drawn POS - League Position, SD - Score Difference, SF - Score For SA - Score Against, PLD - Games Played, PTS - Points Earned
Round 12 - Results_______________________________ | _______________________________ | _______________________________ | Division 1
- Igebotz 5-3 mitchr4
- buwaytress 5-3 cls63
- darxiaomi 3-4 LTU_btc
- jayce 2-4 casperBGD
- slackovic 4-4 vd309
- Slissy 2-5 jeremypwr
- Harkorede 5-3 arallmuus
| Division 2
- slaman29 2-3 LFC_Bitcoin
- Woodie 3-5 notblox1
- famososMuertos 2-4 ralle14
- ulven 2-3 leea-1334
- Cryptofrka 5-3 Trofo
- mv1986 2-2 strongkored
- dbshck 3-2 Renato297
| Division 3A
- Kanapka 3-2 bullrun2020bro
| Division 3B
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This gameweek is a pandemic, it affected literally everyone, so it’s just one of those weeks that are unavoidable, most midfield options were blank and only few alternative captain choice made much of an impact, this is how it often goes immediately after most of the international breaks.
Did you guys seen chances Haaland missed this GW? Some he shot badly and some were incredible saves but the point is on another day Haaland scores 5 goals and most of us have a lot of points. Son and Salah captainers really dodged the bullet this GW. New GW, new opportunities to get disappointed ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Taking Alvarez almost in the beginning is by far my best move this season. No more patience for Chelsea players in my team, except Gusto, he is cheap enough to be bench fodder and used here and there.
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Wow Inter. I knew I said before it all neither team was the team I knew them to be last season but to capitulate on such a scale, when both had been getting good streaks, I agree, incomprehensible and unacceptable. I don't care how crazy derbies are, the side that gives too big a gap must live in shame.
RIP Napoli...
Crazy results, I don't have any idea how to get anything correct in this league. Inter demolishes Milan, Napoli loosing 2:0 before starting to play and looking quite bad in the process. Watched parts of that game yesterday and only Osimhen looked like he cares enough to give everything on the field. Had some bad luck and close calls but on another day he could have scored a couple of goals.
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