13. Derrick Lewis
12. Ion Cuțelaba
11. Rodolfo Vieira
10. Chase Sherman
9. Andre Fialho
8. Jack Della Maddalena
7. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
6. Jennifer Maia
5. Vince Morales
4. Kevin Natividad
3. Vanessa Demopoulos
2. Fernie Garcia
1. Natália Silva

Match 13 winner Total Strikes: 39

^^
World's largest number of users on a platform according to this article of the most recent events which has garnering most of his attention from the number of tweets he has done within the past week.


source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/12/elon-musk-reveals-talks-with-sam-bankman-fried-my-bullshit-meter-was-redlining
Funny thing is that the former CEO of now bankrupt FTX offered to help in the acquisition deal of twitter with him.
Yet he did not have the capital on hand to do so.

Watched that semi-finals match until half then thought they lost but it ended in overtime somehow.
Heroic took map 2 after that comeback from the Brazilians so it wasn't meant to be.
I did think they could do anything and would take the match in the finals but Outsiders were way too good and on point to let that happen.

They got beaten 2-0 in the finals so it was no contest.
I had Heroic to take atleast a map but Dame & Fame were way too much on a roll to let anybody stop them.

Since they were playing in Brazil you can spot alot of Sportsbet.io shirts being worn by the fans.

From a closer look later on they look to be from Imperial but the shirts were worn throughout the tournament.
Good for Sportsbet to get exposure during a major of this size in a huge market that Brazil is for Esports.

With all the fallout from what had happened in the past week and recent news surfacing with all the fraud and buyouts of government officials whom still reside at their positions, I am quite surprised how it held up to all the selling pressure on the markets.
It got me really thinking on why things like this affected it's price in the first place.
These are exchanges of cryptocurrency and shouldn't be dependent on if they exist or not.

@ralle14 Nice to see you and welcome back. Unfortunately we both chose the wrong team to back in the Falcons.
On paper it looked like a good pick but of course like always there are factors that were at play and in this case it was the rain.
It was not a close game at all and the Panthers just ran all over Atlanta and Mariota which looked like a record sacking fest.

Today we have a treat with an early game in the NFL in about two hours from now in Germany for the very first time.
The Seattle Seahawk go up against Tom Brady and the Tampa bay Buccs in Munich:
https://www.nfl.com/news/2022-nfl-season-three-things-to-watch-for-in-seahawks-buccaneers-game-in-munich-

I will go with the Seahawks as it seems when I choose a team to win with all factors considered, the other one wins.

The final match of the Road to Rio tournament was a thriller with an major upset to Cloud 9 who were heavy favorites to go onto the finals.
They were upended in the final map by Mouz who were down 5-0 on map 3 but then won 8 rounds in a row and didn't look back.
Had all my 5+ multibets with Cloud 9 whom were 1.34x going in prematch.

Here we go!
The main event we have all been waiting for since the introduction of the one who beat and knocked out The Stylebender in other combat sports arena but now it is in the MMA octagon to see if he can do the same in UFC.

Here is a documentary named "The Final Chapter". Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJsHjb5Ff4&feature=youtu.be

Tom Brady has been found to have made a big mistake with investing in the now in trouble crypto exchange FTX with having spent the most on a Superbowl advertisement for crytocurreny.
https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/news/tom-brady-invest-money-cryptocurrency/hkpzqvjx95pza7doqin6nzqi
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/09/nfl-legend-tom-brady-caught-in-ftx-fallout-risks-losing-complete-strategic-investment
https://cryptoslate.com/tom-brady-gisele-bundchen-investment-in-ftx

That being said the very same site cryptoslate also had an article where Brady wanted part of his salary to be paid out in Solana.
That cryptocurrency is posed to dump by alot when their crypto stake was due to be released after the epoch ended late last night.
And FTX held alot of it so expect a sell-off by them to recover what they had lost in the events which happened last week into this one.

Now let's get on with the lone match on Thursday night football the Carolina Panthers vs Atlanta Falcons.
You can put in your predictions for your chance to win some prizes in the TNF giveaway challenge located here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5419860.0

1. ATL
2. CAR
3. ATL
4. Yes
5. Over
6. 2nd
7. Even
8. Odd
9. ATL
10. ATL

Final Score prediction: 28-21

^^
Yes but he had to end up hiring back the developers of the platform because an issue happened with the blue checkmarked accounts being able to change their names next to their profiles. A bunch of celebrities were doing this and mocking the new CEO of Twitter and he ended up banning them. It was in the news sometime over the weekend.
Just hollywood mellowdrama so not needing to post any link to it as it was just silly. But him not knowing how to get his own coders and employees to deal with the issue was funny.

Something that is not funny is this news about him flipping on the Democratic party and telling his twitter followers to vote for the other party:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-recommends-voting-republicans-us-midterm-elections-tweet-2022-11-07/

The midterm elections just ended a few days ago and they are still counting ballots.
This can swing the vote quite a bit since the margin is so close to call.
It can define what the political landscape looks like going into the next election for the next U.S president.
And you know the huge role twitter had in the last one. So this will be interesting with Elon Musk at the helm with a no censorship type person at the head of the largest platform in the world.

@Welsh & @Inwestour
I will agree with you both on all your very valid points on this challenge to Israel for this upcoming title defense.
As you both have probably already viewed the press conference last night you would probably have seen Pereira's mindset and know he is a very careful person in what he says and what he does.
But one thing is for certain, this fight will not go past the 4th round.
Both fighters want to end it as early as possible and if you had watched Alex's past fights since entering into the UFC you will notice he goes all out to knock out his opponent and not just running around and feinting around the ring like Adesanya does in his fighting style.
That will be my next bet for the fight not going the distance because the under 4.5 rounds are the exact same odds.

1.  Deji
2.  Over 2.5 Rounds
3.  Round 7

14. Alex Pereira
13. Weili Zhang
12. Dustin Poirier
11. Chris Gutierrez
10. Claudio Puelles
9. Renato Moicano
8. Dominick Reyes
7. Molly McCann
6. Andre Petroski
5. Silvana Gomez Juarez
4. Michael Trizano
3. Matt Frevola
2. Julio Arce
1. Nicolae Negumereanu

Match 14 winner Total Strikes: 101

You are right slaman29 they are going on right now so the major states are busy with this going on especially New York.
So a big fight event into that city during the elections will be hard to compare with but I think UFC 281 will trump it!

Put in my rather big bet last night so here it is:

Over $180 is a good amount but I was going to go with Will it go the distance bet at 2.09x and with the boost would of go it to over 2.30x I went with my selection from the previous thread I have backed the contender to the title since the fight was announced well over 7 months ago.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5312070.msg61008297#msg61008297

Glimpsed at all the matches yesterday and they were thrilling ones to watch. Placed bets on over 2.5 maps and the later ones did go the distance.
I personally liked Team Liquid but they got beat by Team Spirit so are out of the champions stages as you had mentioned.
Didn't like Mouz going through as they made me lose when I bet on them. But those games were one offs and the ones yesterday only matter to put them through the bracket.
But for me it is Navi to continue on to the finals as they one of the best players of the tournament s1mple.
Boltz mentioned they will be facing off with Furia so the crowd will be on the home country favorites to win this group stage.

1.  Hamilton
2.  Hamilton
3.  Hamilton

I completely agree with you there @darxiaomi, it is a good track which is not overly complex and overtaking will play a factor.
Vettel and Bottas do need a vacation for some r'n'r for both drivers are aging and I guess the joints are requiring the time off with some fun in the sun at those locals.

@boltz I do remember and actually causing me to change my selections in the pool for both fastest time and pole with him to win it.
I initially had Verstappen as the obvious choice in all categories but not being pressured in the slighted and just to have fun out there knowing he has captured the season already.
Maybe even let Hamilton bask in some of that sunlight to glory on the podium.

Game 1:  25'  3-1  Liverpool
Game 2:  25'  2-1  Arsenal
Game 3:  25'  2-0  São Paulo FC

@buwaytress That is a mighty impressive promotion they just came out with and it runs through November 7th to the 28th.

I'll be placing a rather large bet on the outcome of the next UFC main event this coming weekend in N.Y between Adesanya vs Pereira.
Be posting it up on the Sportsbet.io UFC thread here if anyone wishes to tail it in the run up to UFC 281:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5330519.msg61240469#msg61240469

That is a massive win so a rather late congratulations to you on this victory for your bet in the realm of Esports @CLS63 !

@boltz @ralle14 This Road to Rio tournament has been the strangest one I have witnessed in a long time.
I think all the teams that I picked to win have all fell off the way side for my bets.
Mind you I had mostly the b01 matches selected from the beginning and only did place a bet on Mouz to win yesterday in their match with Outsiders.