Re: Season 29 Discussion

by donkeysaint Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:17 pm

Fantastic!!!!

by Bren Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:17 pm

by chewy Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:18 pm

Epic

by robelix Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:18 pm

well done Icemen! alright guys...you know what to do...lets flood Iceman's Guestbook with congrats messages! Very Happy

by chewy Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:18 pm

Wnwim

by robelix Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:19 pm

Icemen win on WNWIM! Legendary

by Bren Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:20 pm

Don't play 0 CSR players kids.

by robelix Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:21 pm

...i hope i don't play the Icemen next..... Suspect

by robelix Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:22 pm

Bren wrote:Don't play 0 CSR players kids.

oh dear...epic fail....will we see a ragequit from the Batman?

by donkeysaint Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:23 pm

What. Both played VNWIM??

Batman loses because he does not bring on his bench, not even conditional substitutions? What a tactical failure!

by Activist Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:25 pm

Would love to see the look on Batmans face when he checks who he plays next week in the cup... Wink

by donkeysaint Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:26 pm

The funny thing is it's not even an upset because Batman played such a lousy team and didn't commit his bench. I would say Batman was lucky to almost win, the score difference could have been higher.

I wonder how much Batman's contentment dropped? Very Happy

by donkeysaint Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:32 pm

@razorbladeYfronts,

Does this mean we will see you ride into the sunset now? Wink

by Bren Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:33 pm

Does he need to survive the week at #1? Was that the rule?

by chewy Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:35 pm

Double header this weekend

by robelix Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:36 pm

does anyone know batman came to NZ? was it to plunder our ranking points?

by Activist Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:40 pm

Batmancagone wrote:The story has been written 10.03.16

9 Finals World Club Cup Champions
6 Titles World Club Cup Champions + 3 Runners Up

Under 20 World Cup Champion in S22, with Mrzeta & Ostino
National World Cup Champion in S27, with Gigi976

1 BR Nationals Champions cup + 1 Runners Up
2 BR Internationals Championship + 1 Runners Up + 3 Third place

s 28 highest ranking point ever 99.0653 for a club in BR

the best is yet to come...

by robelix Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:41 pm

he he
back to the drawing board pirate man

by Bren Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:10 pm

Well, my spreadsheet gave Jolly Roger Crew a 100% chance of beating Icemen so it's obviously bullshit.

Nevertheless, I updated it. Definitely opens up the possibilities.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PliGND8aj1kE8CVDqPlKwlMct71kKi-MTuzLUJHJkNg/edit?usp=sharing

by ivelostmysparky Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:13 pm

Conditional subs would have saved pirat

Top performance by the Iceman on wmwim.

by razorbladeYfronts Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:46 am

Just opened up my front page, saw the +1s and thought the results were slow coming in this week, went to the cup page and had to go back a week to see the JRC.

WNWIM too, champagne for the Icemen! Done more for me than I've managed in 2 seasons haha! What a Face

But yeah donkey, sunset time! I'm 95% sure it's just to hold it at the end of BR day, not the week.

Time to start checking out a NZ youngling to train up. cheers

by razorbladeYfronts Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:55 am

Looking at it though, crazy play by batman. That team was supposed to look after a possible LTNT by the opponent too!

Will be honest though, when you're steamrolling teams week in week out you lose a lot of perspective about your own team's capabilities. First you give up scouting the league, just looking at energy, and then you even stop that.

by donkeysaint Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:57 am

donkeysaint wrote:Thanks, Bren!

I have a fifty percents chance of winning my cup game tonight, according to your spreadsheet. The stars are out and I seem to have a clear advantage.

If I win, that would mean my second win in a row against Meadowbank Tigers, while I a week ago had lost 6 out of 7 games against them. Before this season they were too strong for me, this season it seems the table has started to turn.

This is one aspect I love about this game. That slow sense of progression that tells you you are on the right track with team-building and tactics.

Fingers crossed!

In the end, I won my game 93-21. LTNT vs. normal. Bit of an anticlimax, really.. Rolling Eyes

by donkeysaint Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:51 am

donkeysaint wrote:
chewy wrote:Game to watch .....

https://www.blackoutrugby.com/game/tools.live.scoring.php#fixture=15680812
Oh..

That game might need its own news article.

Anyone keen to write it up? If no one else will I'll do it, but it might take a few days. I was made assistant journo by tryasta (who is still away on vacation) today, so I could post it.

by razorbladeYfronts Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:19 am

I hope that's an egg! Shocked

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