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[cryptofrka]

I'm already 1 goal ahead of you, and we have the same 2 answers on 2 questions, I think I just have to wait for the results of Feyenoord - PSV and also Watford - QPR matches. I wonder why there are so many people who believe Ludogorets will advance to the next round, it's all so absurd.

Well - Ludogorets is a 40 mil$ team whereas Ljubljana is a 10-million one. Yes - football does not work like that, but it turned out to be a 50-50 game where you wouldn't have gotten a point if Ludogorets scored a penalty late on in the game.

Small margins, I personally felt Ludogorets is a better team overall so I went for it. Also - they just had to go through for me to win and for Olimpija you had to guess how as well (regular or extra time) - so I still feel Ludogorets was a better choice here even after they lost the game.

[Harkorede]

@Cryptofrka and @Trofo, I believe this another good question angle, I mean asking who would go the furthest of the top four seeds, or even 5th to 8th seeds, it sure would bring more varying answers than more stereotypical ones, I guess.

It would if we did not have questions on Sunday and deadline on Tuesday evening. This way if you place questions like that it is highly probable that it will be partially resolved before the deadline.

Tennis is real though sport to navigate. Only way to have perfect situation would be with deadline of 12 hours and not 48 hours which we will not do.

Oh, I didn't think of that to be honest but for quite a lot of ATP tours, the top seeds don't get to play at all until after the deadline, especially for the Grand Slams if I'm not mistaken, they usually play after the deadline, and that was the case in this current Washington Open as well, the first of the top four seeds to play was Hurkacz and the games was scheduled for 20:45 GMT +1, which is at least 3+ hours forum time after the deadline had passed.

The schedules are often out as soon as you have questions, I'd guess. As you've pointed this type of question is also tough to navigate and have it's own probability of a potential withdrawal before deadline as we did have a couple of weeks ago, but still it's up to the your team final discretion, It's just me throwing in another suggestion as it was requested of us.

[casperBGD]

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Well - Ludogorets is a 40 mil$ team whereas Ljubljana is a 10-million one. Yes - football does not work like that, but it turned out to be a 50-50 game where you wouldn't have gotten a point if Ludogorets scored a penalty late on in the game.

same here, I am down a point in my duel, but would pick Ludogorets each time in a duel as this one
it just make sense to see them progress Olimpija, but surprises happen, and they lost most of their chances in first match, but could score goals in last 10 minutes, missed penalty, and also hit post on 1:1, just before Olimpija goal (and they also had a lead early in a match)

nevertheless, it is a probable good-bye to cup in another first round exit

[slackovic]

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Well - Ludogorets is a 40 mil$ team whereas Ljubljana is a 10-million one. Yes - football does not work like that, but it turned out to be a 50-50 game where you wouldn't have gotten a point if Ludogorets scored a penalty late on in the game.

same here, I am down a point in my duel, but would pick Ludogorets each time in a duel as this one
it just make sense to see them progress Olimpija, but surprises happen, and they lost most of their chances in first match, but could score goals in last 10 minutes, missed penalty, and also hit post on 1:1, just before Olimpija goal (and they also had a lead early in a match)

nevertheless, it is a probable good-bye to cup in another first round exit

For me it was a no brainer to choose Ludogorets. To me they are more familiar team (I think they kicked out Dinamo Zagreb out of the UCL in one of the previous seasons) than Olimpia. I know Olimpia, but I would have never thought that they can beat Ludogorets. And since there were two option to go with Olimpia, I went with Ludogorets. Thankfully Ludogorets missed that penalty shot in the end. If they scored, Olimpia would probably pass trough in the extra time and I would be down one point now.

[buwaytress]

And there we have it, gentlemen. One favourite (Italy) already smashed to smithereens by their far less fanciful opponents in the Women's WC. Happy to get that one right... anyone else fancy Japan to win this edition? Tournament favourite USA can't seem to score. Japan have been the most clinical (beating a really superstar Spain team way, way taller than them with a huge scoreline) -- I think they just need to overcome Norway (who just woke up) and I think they have a great chance.

1 point to me, Harko, watch out!

[slackovic]

And there we have it, gentlemen. One favourite (Italy) already smashed to smithereens by their far less fanciful opponents in the Women's WC. Happy to get that one right... anyone else fancy Japan to win this edition? Tournament favourite USA can't seem to score. Japan have been the most clinical (beating a really superstar Spain team way, way taller than them with a huge scoreline) -- I think they just need to overcome Norway (who just woke up) and I think they have a great chance.

1 point to me, Harko, watch out!

Damn women's football! I think I have never got right any of those 50-50 questions. If I go with Yes, the right answer is No. Now I'm down 1 point and I have to hope that Auger-Aliassime can lose today to even the score between me and Danydee.

[casperBGD]

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. anyone else fancy Japan to win this edition? Tournament favourite USA can't seem to score. Japan have been the most clinical (beating a really superstar Spain team way, way taller than them with a huge scoreline) -- I think they just need to overcome Norway (who just woke up) and I think they have a great chance.

1 point to me, Harko, watch out!

IMO, England will win it
didn't looked much, but they seem best,  especially looking at that 6:1 win over China, that once dominated women football

if have to pick an underdog, Jamaica is certainly one, hopefully they will stand against Brasil till the end, and pass through into next round, and then everything is possible
Brasil is on a verge to be eliminated, half hour to go, odds for Brasil to win @1.7 currently and rising, and they need it to advance over Jamaica
Jamaica still didn't conceived on WC

edit: Brasil is out

[darxiaomi]

I'm already 1 goal ahead of you, and we have the same 2 answers on 2 questions, I think I just have to wait for the results of Feyenoord - PSV and also Watford - QPR matches. I wonder why there are so many people who believe Ludogorets will advance to the next round, it's all so absurd.

Well - Ludogorets is a 40 mil$ team whereas Ljubljana is a 10-million one. Yes - football does not work like that, but it turned out to be a 50-50 game where you wouldn't have gotten a point if Ludogorets scored a penalty late on in the game.

Small margins, I personally felt Ludogorets is a better team overall so I went for it. Also - they just had to go through for me to win and for Olimpija you had to guess how as well (regular or extra time) - so I still feel Ludogorets was a better choice here even after they lost the game.

Yes and also Ludogorets its always a regular one on final qualification phases of Champions League or group stages of Europa League, for that i picked them to win asides of them being in away condition.

The owner of the team its not gonna be happy, i have some clues about he is a very important busines man of Bulgaria.

[notblox1]

OMG what a drama! Ljubljana scores 2-1 in 90+2 min! Ludogorets gets a penalty in 90+11 min!! Then they manage to miss the penalty! 😂

Penalties are always testing the nerves and Ludogorets players didnt have them, but lucky for me because I answered correctly this question and I am doing good so far in Cup round.
I didnt watch any games from CL qualifications but I saw a bunch of goals scored in this two days.

I was using the time off during cup to go play some real life 5 on 5 futball. Just as we were finishing big storm started and we absolutely had to spend couple of hours in local pub, no way to go home with weather like that  

I hope you are not going to add that 5 on 5 futball questions in future BSFL rounds  

Small margins, I personally felt Ludogorets is a better team overall so I went for it. Also - they just had to go through for me to win and for Olimpija you had to guess how as well (regular or extra time) - so I still feel Ludogorets was a better choice here even after they lost the game.

Dont use your mind when you pick winners in this stage
Did you guys bet on D.Zagreb to go in next round?

[Harkorede]

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. anyone else fancy Japan to win this edition? Tournament favourite USA can't seem to score. Japan have been the most clinical (beating a really superstar Spain team way, way taller than them with a huge scoreline) -- I think they just need to overcome Norway (who just woke up) and I think they have a great chance.

1 point to me, Harko, watch out!

IMO, England will win it
didn't looked much, but they seem best,  especially looking at that 6:1 win over China, that once dominated women football

if have to pick an underdog, Jamaica is certainly one, hopefully they will stand against Brasil till the end, and pass through into next round, and then everything is possible
Brasil is on a verge to be eliminated, half hour to go, odds for Brasil to win @1.7 currently and rising, and they need it to advance over Jamaica
Jamaica still didn't conceived on WC

edit: Brasil is out

There is a lot of surprises still coming up in the female World Cup, and I believe expanding it to 32 teams now makes a lot of sense because some of the teams that qualified wouldn't have had a chance if we were still was 8 or 4 teams short., I can't believe Jamaica advancing in a group with France and Brazil, and more so they did it by just scoring 1 goal, and conceding none from all 3 matches, crazy and surreal! and We probably should expect the same of the Men's world expanding to 48 teams, the world seems to be catching up real fast with these football powerhouses.


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As for Tennis question all it took to get the final result "0-2", was just a matter of the top 4 seeds playing their first, now we have the number 3 and 4 seeds eliminated already

[Trofo]

I was using the time off during cup to go play some real life 5 on 5 futball. Just as we were finishing big storm started and we absolutely had to spend couple of hours in local pub, no way to go home with weather like that  

I hope you are not going to add that 5 on 5 futball questions in future BSFL rounds  

You are getting them for sure, just waiting for later stages of some big competition like CL or maybe next EURO or WC. To be fair I never watch futsal except a game or two during EURO or WC and it is notoriously hard to call when equal teams meat while odds are totally useless when somebody is a favorite.


Really needed this one week break for my team, feels like training is doing wonders and I expect to reach new heights in following rounds 

[slackovic]

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Did you guys bet on D.Zagreb to go in next round?

I forgot to place my bet on time. I didn't know that they will be playing at an earlier time than what is normal (at least for us in Croatia) so when I was looking to place my bet, the game had already started. Too baš that I missed because it was an easy bet. The odds probably wasn't something specialty, but I don't think that Astana could ever score 5 goals against Dinamo in one game.

[casperBGD]

I hope you are not going to add that 5 on 5 futball questions in future BSFL rounds  

You are getting them for sure, just waiting for later stages of some big competition like CL or maybe next EURO or WC.

if I knew you are open to it, I would put Kings league as proposal

not sure if you heard for that one, it is a seven/seven football, established by Pique, and pretty popular in Spain

nevertheless, Summer split final was last weekend, and next season beginns in January 2024, so pretty much useless to write about it at this point

[slaman29]

Nobody chose all 4 favorites in tennis? Now we mostly need one more guy to fall

I thought I'll have an edge with this question, but MAAManda picked the same outcome as well. Those players aren't the ones that are consistent, so 2 or less was for me a 100% certain outcome.
CL football killed me yesterday - it will be hard to get to penalties now. These short rounds don't give much wiggle room when you're a goal down.

Me too, obviously though most of us felt the same way, I even wasn't familiar with any of the player names except one, but then I don't really follow tennis. Auger completed 2 out so majority of us get points but also majority of us have opponents doing the same

not sure if you heard for that one, it is a seven/seven football, established by Pique, and pretty popular in Spain

nevertheless, Summer split final was last weekend, and next season beginns in January 2024, so pretty much useless to write about it at this point

I know about this league and it was even popular covered on tv for a time, but I won't have any edge if it comes out, don't even follow it!

[cryptofrka]

Did you guys bet on D.Zagreb to go in next round?

Nope, the odds weren't attractive at all. I did bet on Dinamo to win the first game, should have went with them to win yesterday as well.
Astana is a terrible team but I decided against it, because we tend to play horrible when the qualification is secured - which was the case before yesterday's game.

The next opponent is AEK - a team of similar quality. I think the cnances here will be 50-50, and you'll have this matchup in the BSFL for sure

[Renato297]

I have secured the qualification to the next round of the cup after winning in the tennis question, I have had a good run between the cup and BSFL the last 4 games

[slackovic]

Nope, the odds weren't attractive at all. I did bet on Dinamo to win the first game, should have went with them to win yesterday as well.
Astana is a terrible team but I decided against it, because we tend to play horrible when the qualification is secured - which was the case before yesterday's game.

The next opponent is AEK - a team of similar quality. I think the cnances here will be 50-50, and you'll have this matchup in the BSFL for sure

I'm looking forward to that question. Finally something that I'm somewhat familiar with and not women's football

So now we can rest until tomorrow's game of Feyenoord and PSV. I'm down one point so I hope that it goes my way.

[casperBGD]

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I'm looking forward to that question. Finally something that I'm somewhat familiar with and not women's football

familiarity with a question usually bring in bad result for me
not sure about Dinamo and AEK at the moment, I would say without checking that chances/odds should be on Dinamo side to come through

looking at tennis, it is a question will any favorites go through to SF, Fritz playing Murray, and Eubanks in round after that

rest day for my squad too, down one point, looking forward to Feyenoord, but don't have good feeling about this cup round

[slackovic]

familiarity with a question usually bring in bad result for me
not sure about Dinamo and AEK at the moment, I would say without checking that chances/odds should be on Dinamo side to come through

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That's true. But I like familiar questions better than those that I have no idea how to research and answer. For example women's football. There are not many websites with statistics about it so it's hard to do the research.

As for Dinamo - AEK, I wouldn't say that odds are on Dinamo's side. AEK has grown significantly in the last few years. They managed to win against the best Greek teams like PAOK who they beat in the cup 2-0 even though one of AEK's players got sent off in 6th minute. It will definitely be an interesting game to watch.

[mv1986]

What is the probability of losing a round 0-1?

I don't think we ever had it - not sure though. So, extremely low I'd say.

Something's obviously bothering you but you speak in codes and walk around it - so I have trouble understanding what it is.
Just please explain it to us and tell us why you feel it's unfair and we'll evaluate it.

Check out this round then between me and cryptofrka. None of my 10 answers, provided in time, was correct.

I am not speaking on codes. Trofo already made clear that what he wants to happen, will happen. And what he doesn't want to happen, won't happen.

I only ask that the rules be applied to everyone equally. I could now provide you several examples where you strictly decided otherwise, but in my case made it a 3-0. Why even point out which answers don't count when in the end you make it a 3-0 anyway?

Assuming I had pulled another 0-pointer as I did against cryptofrka, you would have made it a draw 0-0. Either way, my round against LFC_Bitcoin is the only round that was valued 3-0 despite the fact that his submission was not invalidated in full.

I could bring up a lot of examples now where you consistently applied the rules. Now I wonder where you drew the line? Why wait until the round was finished and then turn the high score into a 3-0? If someone fails to submit, a 3-0 makes sense. But you did accept the submission and explicitly stated which questions will not be counted. You gave it some time to see whether I'd have a messy round, then made your decision. Limit the upside, unlimited the downside.

Trofo, I really don't care whether you apply rules consistently or not. Do whatever you think needs to be done. But it is important to raise the issue at least once. Bending the rules based on subjective judgment is against my understanding of a fair competition. But you know, when there is some incentive, people come up with their own logic. My logic is one rule for everyone. Your logic is what you say will happen, will happen. 

You also decided to give me a penalty point for my mistaken submission with this one DOTA question and that is totally ok. Not gonna complain about it because those are the rules and they have been applied that way. I could have explained my personal reasons, but my personal reasons don't matter in the face of the set of rules that we have implicitly explicitly established. Your judgment to make the round a 3-0 against LFC_Bitcoin wasn't rule-based. It was your subjective opinion driven by personal incentive.


Not long ago I was asked via PM what I think about Cro2 and whether you are doing a good job. I said yes, doing a very good job and trying to be as fair and precise as possible. No reasons to complain and certainly recommend them as project managers. Well, I will leave it at this.