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[arallmuus]

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I am not sure if they are out yet even if Olimpia wins today they had less points scored and worse score difference.
Fenerbahce is a better team and it would work better if they win for me.

   Fenerbahçe messed up at the dieing minutes after taking the lead and allowed Milano to win by 1 point. Thesame thing happened to Jamaica and I would've be leading by 2 points now if both games didn't mess up at the dieing minutes but now I'm still draw with darxiaomi with 4 different answers left.

Yep Milano won and get that 10th position, too bad though it was a pretty close game especially after Fenerbahce managed to get decent lead on 4th quarter. Well atleast I got my point from Slovenia's game today and it was a late minute goal on the 3rd goal so yeah that kinda saved my ass otherwise I would have been down by 2 points today

@Saint-loup : 2 crucial points for us tomorrow that might determine the winner !

[Harkorede]

That's some big margin win and statement from UConn, a 39 points difference, I'm not sure Houston can match that point difference in the first match tonight, but perhaps the 2nd game would give them a better opportunity to close that margin or surpass it better still. I wouldn't like to go down by the first point advantage to slackovic, it's tougher to expect a win when you lose the first advantage in 3 question differences fixture 

[slackovic]

That's some big margin win and statement from UConn, a 39 points difference, I'm not sure Houston can match that point difference in the first match tonight, but perhaps the 2nd game would give them a better opportunity to close that margin or surpass it better still. I wouldn't like to go down by the first point advantage to slackovic, it's tougher to expect a win when you lose the first advantage in 3 question differences fixture 

If I win that basketball question, it will be based on pure luck. As I said before, I hate basketball and I don't follow it so I had no idea how to go with that question. I just answered the most obvious team.

And judging by my last round against notblox1, it's definitely hard to win after being one point down in a round with three different answers. We had that situation and he won it 3-1. I think it was my worst round in the whole competition with only one correct answer.

[cryptofrka]

A lot of questions this week getting decided in last seconds. I was also waiting for that Fenerbahce win to keep my perfect record, shame it didn't come.
I have 4/5 so far but can still lose the tie, which would be crazy.

March madness started good for the favorites, UConn with +39 followed by Houston's +40.
Purdue's lagging a bit, they won with +28. Let's see what the next round of games brings.

[Harkorede]

That's some big margin win and statement from UConn, a 39 points difference, I'm not sure Houston can match that point difference in the first match tonight, but perhaps the 2nd game would give them a better opportunity to close that margin or surpass it better still. I wouldn't like to go down by the first point advantage to slackovic, it's tougher to expect a win when you lose the first advantage in 3 question differences fixture 

If I win that basketball question, it will be based on pure luck. As I said before, I hate basketball and I don't follow it so I had no idea how to go with that question. I just answered the most obvious team.

And judging by my last round against notblox1, it's definitely hard to win after being one point down in a round with three different answers. We had that situation and he won it 3-1. I think it was my worst round in the whole competition with only one correct answer.

Luck is going to play a major part in the basket question, it's still a close one between the 3 teams, while UConn have a better fixture, at least on paper, compared to Purdue and Houston next opponents.


The Formula 1 question is also still a yet to be decided one, Hulkenberg failed to qualify and Lance Stroll finished 9th, but Piastri finished just ahead of Russell 7th position in the Qualifying race. If Russell can overtake Piastri in the race tomorrow, then I should get that one, I think.

March madness started good for the favorites, UConn with +39 followed by Houston's +40.
Purdue's lagging a bit, they won with +28. Let's see what the next round of games brings.

I watched the second half of the Houston game, they could have extended their gap to around 45+, They gave up an easy layup towards the of the game and dribble the final 30+ seconds out. I'd say except one of these team loses, it's going to be between UConn and Houston.

[Rikafip]

Damn I dont really understand how the grading in basketball works but oh well I guess I still have a chance with Partizan

Yeah it gets complicated when there's many teams with the same score like it is now so here is a c/p as I am too bored to sum it up myself.  

The ranking will be established based on the victories obtained in the games played only among them.
If the tie persists among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied will be determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved.
If the tie still persists, the ranking will be determined by the goal difference in favor and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.
Suppose the tie fails to be resolved through the previous procedures. In that case, the tie will be broken by taking into account all the games played in the current phase of the competition, firstly by using the goal difference, secondly by the greatest number of points scored, and lastly, if necessary, by the goal average.
If the tie is partially resolved with more than two teams remaining tied, the entire procedure will be applied again, beginning with the first step.
If the tie is partially resolved so that only two teams remain tied, the entire procedure will be applied again, beginning with step one.

Luck is going to play a major part in the basket question

You need some luck in other questions too. This round I was lucky as first Slovenia scored that 3rd goal in 92 minute (when my opponent chose under 2.5). then Milano beat Fenerbahce by 1 point, making them ending up 10th and getting me to 4-2 lead. Its still not over though as out of the last 4 questions we answered differently in 3 so there is still a chance for Dittoup to beat me.

[slaman29]

Don't wanna speak too soon but I think I will manage to beat Ulven in this round. I mean he missed so I win 3 free points but I like to feel that I deserved to win anyway.

@Trofo @cryptofrka What happens if the actual scoreline is better than 3-0 in a walkover win, will that be counted? I guess not really, but just curious if this ever happened to anyone

It feels so silly that I am getting 4/5 so far, when even 0/10 would be enough. Hope my team not wasting their breath

[Harkorede]

Don't wanna speak too soon but I think I will manage to beat Ulven in this round. I mean he missed so I win 3 free points but I like to feel that I deserved to win anyway.

@Trofo @cryptofrka What happens if the actual scoreline is better than 3-0 in a walkover win, will that be counted? I guess not really, but just curious if this ever happened to anyone

It feels so silly that I am getting 4/5 so far, when even 0/10 would be enough. Hope my team not wasting their breath

It's is rule as 3:0 regardless of the scoreline, I'm one of the few people who even feel that 3:0 is a bit too generous and put the rest of the league at a disadvantage.

If they are going to count the original scoreline instead of 3:0 default walkover, then they would also have to render the result as a draw, if the player that's supposed to get the 3 walkover goes 0/10 in their answers for the week , right ?

[arallmuus]

Damn I dont really understand how the grading in basketball works but oh well I guess I still have a chance with Partizan

Yeah it gets complicated when there's many teams with the same score like it is now so here is a c/p as I am too bored to sum it up myself.  

The ranking will be established based on the victories obtained in the games played only among them.
If the tie persists among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied will be determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved.
If the tie still persists, the ranking will be determined by the goal difference in favor and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.
Suppose the tie fails to be resolved through the previous procedures. In that case, the tie will be broken by taking into account all the games played in the current phase of the competition, firstly by using the goal difference, secondly by the greatest number of points scored, and lastly, if necessary, by the goal average.
If the tie is partially resolved with more than two teams remaining tied, the entire procedure will be applied again, beginning with the first step.
If the tie is partially resolved so that only two teams remain tied, the entire procedure will be applied again, beginning with step one.

Well I kinda get the hang of it, so basically tie will be resolves based on H2H results among the team that is tied huh. Sounds abit complicated but yeah I guess this type of question only appear like once in a while so yeah

I have 4/5 so far but can still lose the tie, which would be crazy.

Lol 8 different answers between you and @dbshck. Imagine getting 4-1 for the first 5 set of questions then lose on the next 5 questions lol. Kinda unlikely though

March madness started good for the favorites, UConn with +39 followed by Houston's +40.
Purdue's lagging a bit, they won with +28. Let's see what the next round of games brings.

Okay I dont understand march madness as well and I picked Uconn based on my intuition so it seems Houston is abit ahead for now but atleast Im glad that I decided wit Uconn. Pretty close on picking Purdue because that name sounds abit 'sacred' to me lol

[slackovic]

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Okay I dont understand march madness as well and I picked Uconn based on my intuition so it seems Houston is abit ahead for now but atleast Im glad that I decided wit Uconn. Pretty close on picking Purdue because that name sounds abit 'sacred' to me lol

I don't understand the March madness too. But I decided to go with UConn and I hope that they can win it because I really need this point. Me and Harkorede have only three different answers so every point is really important. I just don't get why is that such a big deal in the USA. It's a college basketball if I'm not mistaken, right?

[cryptofrka]

@Trofo @cryptofrka What happens if the actual scoreline is better than 3-0 in a walkover win, will that be counted? I guess not really, but just curious if this ever happened to anyone

Nope, as Harkorede said, 3-0 is quite generous already. We might even tone it down in the future, football has it as 3-0 so we used that one but in real football it never really happens, while in BSFL it does.
The thing is that if you get 5 correct ones, you feel 'hey' I would have won this 5-0, this is unfair', while in reality you'd probably win 5-3, or even draw/lose.

I feel that 3-goal differences are quite rare in BSFL so yeah, 3-0 is the best you get. Maybe not even that in the future

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Alright Partizan is officially out of the race already because of the recent loss. Dang now I either need Olimpia Milano to lose their next fixture as well or hope that Valencia will win their next fixture to settle for draw on this question

I am not sure if they are out yet even if Olimpia wins today they had less points scored and worse score difference.
Fenerbahce is a better team and it would work better if they win for me.

   Fenerbahçe messed up at the dieing minutes after taking the lead and allowed Milano to win by 1 point. Thesame thing happened to Jamaica and I would've be leading by 2 points now if both games didn't mess up at the dieing minutes but now I'm still draw with darxiaomi with 4 different answers left.

Shit happens man, and is always very bitter when you lose it at last minute. About the Euroleague question i really want to go with Partizan but i ended up choosing the team with the easiest calendar, but was a very poor selection.

The good thing about our match is we have ton of diferent answers, the bad thing? In msot of them i dont know what to put for example, in the march madness one hahaha.

[Renato297]

I'm having some bad luck this round, Israel with red card had a penalty to tie and a penalty missed and then they lost 1-4.
 Fenerbahce seemed like they were going to win in the last 2 minutes when they were 73-70 to Milano and then in the end they lost, in F1 Alonso seemed like he could start the race at 5-6 and he had a problem in the classification and will start 10th, in NCCA Uconn won by a great difference of 39 points and then Houston came and won with a difference of 40 points.
 Let's see what happens in tomorrow's game, and let's see what happens today England - Brazil

[mv1986]

mv1986, it looks like we have different answers on only 2 questions. It is absolutely going to be a challenging round. I hope that the surprise I expect in CONCACAF comes true. 

The USA has 83% ball possession and conceded a goal against Jamaica in the first minute of the game. I am not really sure what to think about this, but the fact of the matter that currently you got the point for this question. Now will Jamaica be able to bring the lead home with just 17% ball possession? Obviously, I hope they don't, but I see the worst case coming for me. Passing accuracy for Jamaica is 52%, if USA can't turn this one around, then what is it that they can turn around?

It was a quite unlucky night for me. It isn't a thing that happens in football very often that a player scores a header to his own goal in the last second. Jamaica dropped in performance in extra time because of taking a mental damage already and the USA managed to win comfortably. I don't have any chance left to win this round but I will fight for a draw at least. 

That was definitely a lucky result for me, no doubt about that. If you you look at the whole game, the result wasn't undeserved, but once the game goes into extra time, that sort of goal is certainly a big bummer for you. It was deflected and then perfectly hit the ball of a Jamaican player and then ended up in the back of the net. It's lucky for me that there was a goal at all, and even luckier considering how that goal was scored.

This time I was the lucky one, but let's see how the game France - Germany will go. You got a decent chance there although I prefer to pick ranges in such questions rather than one fixed number. But 2 goals doesn't sound unrealistic.

[Woodie]

Question 6 doesn't look good for me already as I try to pickup the scraps and force a draw or win , really thought England would bring the house down on Brazil but what am seeing... typical England performance when you expect them to win..they do the opposite and the Brazilians stand a better chance of winning this game if am to be honest especially  that I like today's team...otherwise do your waste team England as I see a boredraw here thanks to the non competitive encounter with nothing to play for but braging rights!!!

[Rikafip]

I don't understand the March madness too. But I decided to go with UConn and I hope that they can win it because I really need this point. Me and Harkorede have only three different answers so every point is really important. I just don't get why is that such a big deal in the USA. It's a college basketball if I'm not mistaken, right?

Yep, its college basketball and its really simple: 68 best teams play in a single elimination tournament until we get the champion. Can't be more straightfoward than that.

Bad day for me today. England lost (I should have known better not to trust their national team) while France losing vs Germany at the halftime.

[notblox1]

Yep Milano won and get that 10th position, too bad though it was a pretty close game especially after Fenerbahce managed to get decent lead on 4th quarter. Well atleast I got my point from Slovenia's game today and it was a late minute goal on the 3rd goal so yeah that kinda saved my ass otherwise I would have been down by 2 points today

Olimpia won 10th place in the end, but I sadly didnt read BSFL question correctly because I would pick answer EA7 Milano or Anadolu Efes 

Many surprise results today, Brazil won against England and Germany is winning 2:0 against France.
I am hoping Ecuador will get a good result against Italy, even a draw would work for me and this could be very important for me in this round.

[buwaytress]

Brazil won, but I needed England to score. Still a good result for me, as bloody France are toothless with only 20 minutes to play, so looks like I'll lose that one, to bring the round to 3-2 with only NCAA and F1 to go and judging by leea's answer of "3nd Ferrari driver", I should win that one right? Heh heh

I feel that 3-goal differences are quite rare in BSFL so yeah, 3-0 is the best you get. Maybe not even that in the future

Too lazy to look at past history but I think 1-goal difference rounds feel like the most common result. 3-2 also feels like the most common result or median for me, but I wonder what the stats look like across the leagues. Have a feeling it's been quite big in Div3s, but am only relying on imagined memory.

It's too big a freebie, agree. Should be 1-0, to reflect how relatively often it happens (once to me already in 4 seasons, something to remind CLS63 forever about).

[Trofo]

Brazil won, but I needed England to score.

Same here, I was sure England was not winning this one but I also thought they will be able to score a goal against Brazil. Their defense is a new one and it was really surprising to see them keep a clean sheet.

Croatia winning on penalties, nothing new here Not important for BSFL but it was the game I watched.

[darxiaomi]

Alright Partizan is officially out of the race already because of the recent loss. Dang now I either need Olimpia Milano to lose their next fixture as well or hope that Valencia will win their next fixture to settle for draw on this question

I am not sure if they are out yet even if Olimpia wins today they had less points scored and worse score difference.
Fenerbahce is a better team and it would work better if they win for me.

   Fenerbahçe messed up at the dieing minutes after taking the lead and allowed Milano to win by 1 point. Thesame thing happened to Jamaica and I would've be leading by 2 points now if both games didn't mess up at the dieing minutes but now I'm still draw with darxiaomi with 4 different answers left.

Shit happens man, and is always very bitter when you lose it at last minute. About the Euroleague question i really want to go with Partizan but i ended up choosing the team with the easiest calendar, but was a very poor selection.

The good thing about our match is we have ton of diferent answers, the bad thing? In msot of them i dont know what to put for example, in the march madness one hahaha.

Well man we are still in a tie. Two questions go and with no good choose made by us. I have to say i like more your answers than mines after the qualy for F1 and in the other one as i said above i dont know anything about that basketball question. I only know something from NBa but not for minor leagues or university ones.

Brazil won, but I needed England to score.

Same here, I was sure England was not winning this one but I also thought they will be able to score a goal against Brazil. Their defense is a new one and it was really surprising to see them keep a clean sheet.

Croatia winning on penalties, nothing new here Not important for BSFL but it was the game I watched.

I went to a England victory for two things.

Brazil was in they worst performance ever and changing coach without any succes and put in the place guys who are from the local league top teams.

And the second and most relevant was, i was expecting to see the same as always in England side, they winning creating a ton of hype and went they reach Eurocup not ending winning the cup.