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[Woodie]

"Simply" better than Alcaraz is the perfect word to use.... Djokovic does play theatrics to be honest, I remember vividly a final or was it semi final that Djokovic played against Alcaraz and he was "I guess" pretending to be have trouble breathing and whatnot, and with how naive Alcaraz can be let is guard down in that game, and Djokovic came from a sets and I think 2 break downs to win the game, I remember seeing Alcaraz cry that day tbh and I really felt like Djokovic preyed on Alcaraz emotions or naivety or perhaps extremely kind, respectful and diplomatic sportsmanship.


I struggle to watch the match, the streaming service was extremely fluctuating from end so I just had to follow it from Flashscore.... The Odds were literally giveaway for Djokovic well over 3+ Odds, I'd have taken it on any day and to win a set was @ ~1.68.

They don't call Djokovic "the joker" for nothing

This lad can be a joy to watch with his tricks and humour all in one, and afaik people do get their money's worth when they go to watch his matches which is a win win

Btw from how you have described the Alcaraz- Djovokic encounter, I can only think Alca cares too much for him to be easily manipulated as the Joker did...otherwise Djovokic was on a different level today when it came to tiebreaks, but had this being a 3 setter I think the outcome could have been different

Congratulations to the gold medalist Djokovic "the joker"🥇

[cryptofrka]

I felt that Alcaraz lost the match in the 1st set. You simply have to take your chances when you have them, and he got 0/8 break point conversion in the 1st set.
He outplayed Đoković but Novak found the way to claim that set, and after that masterfully used the nervousness that was felt in some of the points.

Fantastic mental and tactical performance from Đoković, I'm really happy that he won gold. It is well deserved.

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What the hell is happening with the Supercup games we selected? 7 goals so far in the PSV - Feyenoord game.

[SATWAT]

I felt that Alcaraz lost the match in the 1st set. You simply have to take your chances when you have them, and he got 0/8 break point conversion in the 1st set.
He outplayed Đoković but Novak found the way to claim that set, and after that masterfully used the nervousness that was felt in some of the points.

Fantastic mental and tactical performance from Đoković, I'm really happy that he won gold. It is well deserved.

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What the hell is happening with the Supercup games we selected? 7 goals so far in the PSV - Feyenoord game.

Now we have 8th goal from the PSV through de Jong who scored his second of the game.

Last minute of the game 8 goals and 9 cards what a start of the new season in Dutch League.

[darxiaomi]

What a crazy game, i was not following it at all because i know i lose the poin on that question, but damn what a rain of goals.

I win my game in this round with a super game also 6-5 against Harkorede, super game.

[Trofo]

What a crazy game, i was not following it at all because i know i lose the poin on that question, but damn what a rain of goals.

I win my game in this round with a super game also 6-5 against Harkorede, super game.

It was an interesting first round in BSFL for sure. There was quite a few questions that gathered a lot of interest around them. I know I would never have watched 800m freestyle for women if there wasn't BSFL.

[Kokee44]

I get a point from a draw. But with the taste of victory because it was against a smart player like Slakovic
 I hope that I continue to achieve special points, which will be somewhat clear after the return of the major football leagues. Bc I am not good in the other sports

[cryptofrka]

There was quite a few questions that gathered a lot of interest around them. I know I would never have watched 800m freestyle for women if there wasn't BSFL.

Yeah, always great to see this
Now you all know Ledecky's equal with Latynina as the only women with 9 Olympic gold medals.

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Everything has been graded in the spreadsheet, it was a shitload of work with 3 H2H questions and LMS so please recheck your scores and points and let us know if something doesn't seem right.
The results are unofficial until tomorrow anyway, we will do another round of checks too.

Thanks to all the new guys for successful and timely submissions, keep it up!

The questions for Round 2 are here!

The deadline is the usual one, Tuesday August 6th, 17:00 GMT (forum time). Slissy will let you know if I f%$ked up the time zones again


It's time to announce the freebet winners and the LMS losers.


Freebet winners:
Division 1 - Chi20 (40$ freebet)
Division 2 - hakan2217 (30$ freebet)
Division 3A - Hhampuz (10$ freebet)
Division 3B - Karaa (10$ freebet)


LMS losers:
vd309
LFC_Bitcoin
Da_Silva22
dbshck
famososMuertos

In LMS we play for the initial prize of 10mBTC + all the rebuys, rebuy is currently 0.25mBTC, if you want to rebuy you need to do it before Tuesday's deadline.
You simply send 0.25mBTC to the escrow wallet and send us a DM with the TXID.

Code:

Harkorede
LTU_btc
Saint-loup
Slissy
Trofo
arallmuus
buwaytress
chi20
cls63
darxiaomi
jayce
leea-1334
mv1986
notblox1
slaman29
vd309
Jinetics1111
Kokee44
MAAManda
Renato297
Rikafip
cryptofrka
hakan2217
imarios
jeremypwr
mitchr4
ralle14
shogun47
slackovic
strongkored
ulven
vivekdkhyani
BitcoinHunt3r
Da_Silva
Dittoup
Hhampuz
Igebotz
Joca97
LFC_Bitcoin
Smartvirus
Woodie
bullrun2020bro (bullrun2024bro)
dbshck
el che
entebah
execijutiere
un_rank
B1g4udge
CharafChenina
Dump3er
ILuckyGuyI
Kara.aa1
Koal-84
Omikifuse
Patikno
SATWAT
Spack17
VashaUdacha777
famososMuertos
hosseinimr93
russeras
yassinmanai

[slackovic]

I get a point from a draw. But with the taste of victory because it was against a smart player like Slakovic
 I hope that I continue to achieve special points, which will be somewhat clear after the return of the major football leagues. Bc I am not good in the other sports

I didn't poat here, but I was following our match trough the spreadsheet. We were constantly tied so I guess it's only fair that it end with a draw. But with winning 6 points and getting only a draw it leaves a bad taste. But anyway, congrats on a good game!

[Woodie]

Looking at how the results have come in for game week 1, it's safe to say Division 2 had the best performance by far... followed by Division 1 and the rest follow...

Just unfortunate to see first week we already have walkovers coming from the lower leagues which doesn't make a competitive league...hope WO come my way for easy points

What a let off!

Nice comeback @BitcoinHunt3r , I thought I had you not until the football came in to ruin my winning chances, and not forgetting the Joker "Djokovic" who destroyed Alcaraz in straight sets..well played

[notblox1]

What an amazing comeback for Porto after they started from Sporting with losing 3-0 they managed to turn result around and win 3-4 in extra time  
I had great weekend with many correct answers, Djokovic won the Olympic gold medal, and I won 7:3 in first BSFL round.
Season is just getting started so my team needs to continue winning points.

After the today's match, are there still those who think Djokovic was actually injured?  

I know that probably increased odds on him to win a lot, and you dont see that often with him so I was very happy

Everything has been graded in the spreadsheet, it was a shitload of work with 3 H2H questions and LMS so please recheck your scores and points and let us know if something doesn't seem right.
The results are unofficial until tomorrow anyway, we will do another round of checks too.

I dont know how to check anything for LMS and how to count points for that

[cryptofrka]

Just unfortunate to see first week we already have walkovers coming from the lower leagues which doesn't make a competitive league...hope WO come my way for easy points

2 missing out of 62 players, with a lot of them being new, is actually a good start. That's 97% of successful submissions.
famososMuertos was a bit late, so basically just 1 person not submitting.

I dont know how to check anything for LMS and how to count points for that

There is an extra sheet in the spreadsheet that says 'LMS'

For regular questions - you win a point for every correct pick
For H2H questions - you win a point for having the best result across all Divisions.

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The question no. 10 was a bit unclear. It said:

10.   Name the top 5 countries in most Gold medals won during the 2024 Olympic games. Please use the following format: China, USA, Australia, Great Britain, France. This is a H2H question.

We want them to be in the correct order, so the question has been changed a bit to the following:

10. Name the top 5 countries in most Gold medals won during the 2024 Olympic games. They have to be in order, from most to least gold medals won. Please use the following format: China, USA, Australia, Great Britain, France. This is a H2H question.

Only 2 people submitted already, Hhampuz as always and Koal-84.
Tagging you guys here, you have a free VAR for this question if you need to change your picks.

[Trofo]

Hey guys here are the results of the first round. Unfortunately, our Excel isn't refreshing tables as it should so that part will probably be up tomorrow. Not like you have a lot to compute here

Round 1 - Results

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Division 1 leea-1334 5-4 arallmuus darxiaomi 6-5 Harkorede jayce 6-4 Slissy Trofo 5-5 buwaytress Saint-loup 3-7 notblox1 LTU_btc 5-4 cls63 chi20 7-3 vd309 mv1986 4-5 slaman29	Division 2 Jinetics1111 4-6 strongkored Kokee44 6-6 slackovic imarios 7-4 ralle14 Rikafip 4-7 vivekdkhyani hakan2217 7-4 Renato297 cryptofrka 6-5 MAAManda ulven 5-3 jeremypwr mitchr4 5-5 shogun47	Division 3A Hhampuz 7-5 execijutiere Dittoup 3-0 dbshck el che 3-5 un_rank Joca97 4-6 Igebotz LFC_Bitcoin 2-5 bullrun2020bro entebah 4-4 Smartvirus BitcoinHunt3r 6-6 Woodie Free in this round: Da_Silva	Division 3B Omikifuse 6-6 yassinmanai Kara.aa1 6-6 VashaUdacha777 B1g4udge 3-3 Koal-84 ILuckyGuyI 5-5 CharafChenina famososMuertos 0-3 SATWAT russeras 5-4 hosseinimr93 Patikno 5-4 Dump3er Free in this round: Spack17

[famososMuertos]

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+1
Question 9 does not state whether it is men or women, due to the schedule the men's final (volleyball) is Saturday August 10 at 7am, and the women's final on Sunday at 7am, I chose men, if so I do not use VAR, the same for handball and water polo, in the first the final is on Sunday 7am.(men)

[cryptofrka]

+1
Question 9 does not state whether it is men or women, due to the schedule the men's final (volleyball) is Saturday August 10 at 7am, and the women's final on Sunday at 7am, I chose men, if so I do not use VAR, the same for handball and water polo, in the first the final is on Sunday 7am.(men)

Whenever it is not specified, it's men. 95%+ of all the BSFL questions are about male sport, and will remain so.

[famososMuertos]

+1
Question 9 does not state whether it is men or women, due to the schedule the men's final (volleyball) is Saturday August 10 at 7am, and the women's final on Sunday at 7am, I chose men, if so I do not use VAR, the same for handball and water polo, in the first the final is on Sunday 7am.(men)

Whenever it is not specified, it's men. 95%+ of all the BSFL questions are about male sport, and will remain so.

Well, I ask because I didn't know that, and we always talk about men's sports, but these are the Olympic Games and the pattern of women and men is normal. I didn't know about that 100% rule, I say 95%, but it's okay.

Thanks

[cryptofrka]

Well, I ask because I didn't know that, and we always talk about men's sports, but these are the Olympic Games and the pattern of women and men is normal. I didn't know about that 100% rule, I say 95%, but it's okay.

Thanks

Yeah, always ask - whatever it is. I'm glad you did because we didn't officially state it anywhere - we'll put it inside the rules as well.
When it's women, we always state it's women - otherwise assume it's men.

I actually wanted to make a trap in this round for you, the question I wanted to ask was: Will Spain win the Olympic gold in football?
I'm sure most of you would forget about their women's team, and if men didn't win but women did it would be accepted.

It is just the 2nd round with a lot of new players so we didn't do it this time, but you know it is our plan to sometimes have tricks like these.

[mv1986]

Well, I ask because I didn't know that, and we always talk about men's sports, but these are the Olympic Games and the pattern of women and men is normal. I didn't know about that 100% rule, I say 95%, but it's okay.

Thanks

Yeah, always ask - whatever it is. I'm glad you did because we didn't officially state it anywhere - we'll put it inside the rules as well.
When it's women, we always state it's women - otherwise assume it's men.

I actually wanted to make a trap in this round for you, the question I wanted to ask was: Will Spain win the Olympic gold in football?
I'm sure most of you would forget about their women's team, and if men didn't win but women did it would be accepted.

It is just the 2nd round with a lot of new players so we didn't do it this time, but you know it is our plan to sometimes have tricks like these.

I like the idea, but I would literally put it down as a rule for next season or whenever you guys plan to introduce it.
1) If it is not explicitly stated it's women, assume it's men. 2) There can be trick questions.

Something like that. Eventually it would be up to you and Trofo to make sure that you stay on the right side of the fine line between trick and justified confusion.

It's a nice to have in my opinion, but would probably cause a lot of discussions if someone doesn't catch it in the middle of the thread here.

[Trofo]

Something like that. Eventually it would be up to you and Trofo to make sure that you stay on the right side of the fine line between trick and justified confusion.

It's a nice to have in my opinion, but would probably cause a lot of discussions if someone doesn't catch it in the middle of the thread here.

The problem is nobody is reading the OP on a regular basis. We update it every week with results and maybe every few weeks with some minor rules like these that you just mentioned. If you are playing BSFL from day 1, I am quite sure you are never looking at the first post where all those rules are stated. Maybe some of you glimpse promotion/relegation tables and rewards but that is about it.

I respond to inquiries in this thread and in my chat with quotes from the OP almost on weekly basis. I see it same as T&C in bookies, nobody reads them until the decision goes against their favorable outcome  Still important to have it to back us up just in those situations.

[mv1986]

Something like that. Eventually it would be up to you and Trofo to make sure that you stay on the right side of the fine line between trick and justified confusion.

It's a nice to have in my opinion, but would probably cause a lot of discussions if someone doesn't catch it in the middle of the thread here.

The problem is nobody is reading the OP on a regular basis. We update it every week with results and maybe every few weeks with some minor rules like these that you just mentioned. If you are playing BSFL from day 1, I am quite sure you are never looking at the first post where all those rules are stated. Maybe some of you glimpse promotion/relegation tables and rewards but that is about it.

I respond to inquiries in this thread and in my chat with quotes from the OP almost on weekly basis. I see it same as T&C in bookies, nobody reads them until the decision goes against their favorable outcome  Still important to have it to back us up just in those situations.

I get it but that's not the point. At least you two guys were safe from unnecessary discussions because whoever joins the competition can't complain later down the road as it is clearly written in the rules. If they don't read it, not your problem. That's why I mentioned it. But if you then gotta say "look on page 483, there we said it", well, I could understand when someone is salty then.

And by the way, I did read the rules for this season again! Your effort is appreciated over here!

[jeremypwr]

Free Bets have been credited

Freebet winners:
Division 1 - Chi20 (40$ freebet)
Division 2 - hakan2217 (30$ freebet)
Division 3A - Hhampuz (10$ freebet)
Division 3B - Karaa (10$ freebet)