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[un_rank]

Early answers sent in. The World Cup snuck upon me, I thought we had more than a week left before it starts. I have to check for the contests I planned to enter.

Tough draw in the last round keeps me in touching distance from the pack higher up, one good result and I could change my position by a lot. I am up against an unfamiliar opponent to me, but good-luck hakan for the next rounds after this 

- Jay -

[cygan]

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Tough draw in the last round keeps me in touching distance from the pack higher up, one good result and I could change my position by a lot.
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our 5-5 draw was really something in the last round, and for some reason i just can't seem to climb up the standings...
with only 3 losses, i'm in 16th place, while other players with the same number of losses are in third
and now it's time to face chi20... will it be another draw for me?

[slaman29]

I have to withdraw my team from LMS. We have been bottom ever since I was rebuying, and even on our best times we never made the gap smaller, so this is our goodbye.

A loss and a farewell and back to the drawing board

[Daniel91]

This round was very successful for my team.
I beat the favorite of our group, Heyshbosh, and gave them their first defeat in this competition and we still have a chance for promotion to the higher division.
Also, my team won a bonus for the first time, a $10 freebet.
Now finally comes the most interesting part of the season, the World Cup in football and we expect and hope for new victories. 

[buwaytress]

Here's the weekly roundup. Anyone's free to do them, by the way

====Round 9 Roundup

Round 9 reminds one of that uncle/aunt you didn't invite to your wedding but showed up anyway: smelly, embarrassing and with suspicious stains. Jus to clarify, those stains are the Cro2-sponsored corruption, rearing its ugly head in international friendlies, with the cheaters capitalising. Slissy's team went on strike after failing to score in Round 8 while knuckey now sleeps with the fishes after failing to submit a third time. Points adjustment in Div4!

Headline winners? In a round where scoring only 2 goals almost guaranteed a loss, Div2's LTU_btc and Div3's HomieAllDay pinched Da_Silva and yassinmanai respectively with 2-1 wins. Div3's pick of the week was Kokee44 7–2 chi20. Someone remembered not to bet on friendlies! Dreams are made and dashed in BSFL, where Div4's Daniel91 finally ended Heyshbosh's aura of invincibility. knuckey's disappearing act has shaken up the table too with EarnOnVictor slipping to 4th despite winning a showdown with Note3!

Manager Quotes
Trofo/cryptofrka: "There are those who accuse us of illegalities and unsportsmanlike behaviour. But remember, Jesus was accused of sedition. Like Jesus, we are on the side of divine authority."
Slissy's ironic answering machine: "You have reached the voicemail of Slissy. Sorry! We are conducting strategic silence."

Table Watch
Div1: ulven is a genuine promotion threat now.
Div2: goodpunt and Igebotz waltzing to the tune of "we might, we might not".
Div3: LFC_Bitcoin keeps chugging away.
Div4: knuckey’s removal is a cautionary tale: skip your Balkan bribes and get the long kiss goodnight.

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This round was very successful for my team.
I beat the favorite of our group, Heyshbosh, and gave them their first defeat in this competition and we still have a chance for promotion to the higher division.
Also, my team won a bonus for the first time, a $10 freebet.

Getting the hang of it, yeah? Keep on chugging, fella!

[cryptofrka]

cryptofrka, I have a suggestion.
Can you please highlight those that have been eliminated from LMS but can still rebuy in a different color, so that they can easily be distinguished from those that are completely out of LMS?

Yes, will do. This is actually so intuitive that I should have added it since the beginning.

with only 3 losses, i'm in 16th place, while other players with the same number of losses are in third

Yeah, the curse of a H2H competition
Sometimes works in your favor as well - but when it goes against you it can be tough to swallow.

[slackovic]

/snip

Instead, I'm up against an old acquaintance who took advantage of my three consecutive losses to catch up with me on points.

Anyway, at least I know we'll have a good "discussion" during the match, since this week has been pretty zero comments.

I hope we can both keep our streaks going - me with the wins, and you with the losses

Yeah, I'm also glad when I play against a player who is active here on the forum. I just hope we won't have mostly the same answers, because then we won't have anything to discuss.

[leea-1334]

Yeah, I'm also glad when I play against a player who is active here on the forum. I just hope we won't have mostly the same answers, because then we won't have anything to discuss.

When it goes really good and you are still in LMS, then you want both the same to get max points especially if they are not anymore in LMS, and then you survive on 1 final point,,, but when you are both out of LMS then you want it to go extremely bad for both and you win only by 1 point so they are out of LMS 

Worse is to have 10 different answers and you draw 5-5 

[slackovic]

When it goes really good and you are still in LMS, then you want both the same to get max points especially if they are not anymore in LMS, and then you survive on 1 final point,,, but when you are both out of LMS then you want it to go extremely bad for both and you win only by 1 point so they are out of LMS 

Worse is to have 10 different answers and you draw 5-5 

I got kicked out of the LMS after the second or the third round. I even made one buyback, but I typically get 4 or 5 points per round so I have no chance on winning it. That's why I decided not to do another buyback and now my focus is only on the "normal" rounds. I really want to earn the promotion to the division 2. Not because opponents in division 3 are bad, but I have a feeling that players from division 2 are more active in this thread so it's much more interesting.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Damn man i ended up losing badly and worst of all was when i know it thanks to the notification ping in saturday night when i read that Vegas beat Carolina Hurricanes in the ice hockey it was GG for me, after it i also lose the h2h question about Formula1 and the Monaco GP but it was already over.

Now i need to recover after 2 loses before i start to see the back part of the wagon.

[Bitcoin_Budha]

Another defeat. This hurts badly because I was expecting a good result with some good improvement, but still being at the bottom without having success is terrible no change of luck with performance is also terrible hopefully improvement will be happen but need to do this as soon as possible.

The team does not have enough funds like Tottenham to bring in a good coach and go through just half the season, and things are not looking easy in the coming rounds, just two members in this season without any wins in Division 3, Yassin Manai and Division 4, but I have 1 in my front due to the skip of Knuckey, but the last loss is really hurting badly. Let's go for the next round with new energy and hope for a win.

[notblox1]

Thank you Hamilton for getting me so much needed win in this round, it was Grand Prix Monaco that gave me boost on the leaderboard!
I am good with my 4th place in Division 2 because difference from top position is only 3 points, and my plan is to launch big attack on throne.
First step is to take down Da_Silva in next round who is holding second place in Division 2.

[Koal-84]

As expected, I lost again this week when by a narrow margin. Now I’ve submitted my picks, and as usual, there are a lot of soccer matches on the list. I’m hoping the World Cup will finally bring me a little more luck and that I can finally score a win after such a long time.

I’m really unlucky at the moment, things just aren’t going my way, and luck, which is obviously part of the equation, isn’t on my side.

[famososMuertos]

/snip

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I just sent my answers, and honestly, it's one of those rounds where we might have different answers but both end up in the red. Anyway, I think we'll have around 40% different answers. Other than that, question 10 was the only one I wasn't sure about. I think you have the edge on that one.

I quoted you, but I removed your username from the quote so I wouldn't bother you. I see you haven't submitted your answers yet... highly strung!?

Anyway, I'll quote you: sla- -cko -- vic. All in the name of fair play.

@slackovic

[Jinetics1111]

Another round another set of answers submitted well I did submit on Sunday night minimal research not much to really search for anyway just pure gut and luck this round once again but at least it's not friendlies teams are actually put in some real work now, man that NHL and NBA question is gonna be some heartache I can feel it already, but anyways let's get this round started with a bang.

[goodpunt]

I will soon submit my predictions.
It's just....I can't stop waltzing at the moment - the flip-flopping tune works like magic
There is really no time to rest in Division 2, the top 5 are currently way too close if you ask me.
One thing is for sure, it will be a busy week for everyone

[paco92x]

paco92x 3-3 MAAManda; as expected, my opponent was at his best and we fought until the last bell. Luck didn't strike either of us this week, but at least we managed to win some points. Now we continue our fight for survival in the league. A new round and a new opportunity to win some points—or lose once again and prolong the pain.

[slaman29]

@buwaytress what is this thing you're doing now, why is the media always focusing on mafia when we know they bought the league?  First they bribed @Slissy to lose big and now they made sure he didn't show up for his match. This is not the right way to remove a legend from First Division

sla- -cko -- vic lol what a sportsmanship from @famososMuertos  

[slackovic]

I just sent my answers, and honestly, it's one of those rounds where we might have different answers but both end up in the red. Anyway, I think we'll have around 40% different answers. Other than that, question 10 was the only one I wasn't sure about. I think you have the edge on that one.

I quoted you, but I removed your username from the quote so I wouldn't bother you. I see you haven't submitted your answers yet... highly strung!?

Anyway, I'll quote you: sla- -cko -- vic. All in the name of fair play.

@slackovic

Haha. Don't worry, I decided to wait for the last day to submit my answers. Not because something would change my answer, but because I didn't have time to do my research yesterday. I'm not sure what do you mean by "we might have different answers but both end up in the red". To me the only important thing is to beat you by one point, even if it's 1-0 for me

I was wondering how I got the tag, but now that I quoted your message, I see what you did

[buwaytress]

It's just....I can't stop waltzing at the moment - the flip-flopping tune works like magic
There is really no time to rest in Division 2, the top 5 are currently way too close if you ask me.

Try to waltz out of the room, give me some space, will you? Take your partner out too, no need to look back

@buwaytress what is this thing you're doing now, why is the media always focusing on mafia when we know they bought the league?

Beats me, I'm just writing the obvious. Maybe once you actually beat them you could be worth featuring? Or... take a turn at writing next round and be your own mouthpiece? wink nudge