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Love Game

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I think W/O should be void personally, there's no tennis been played, it's just unlucky happenstance that's decided things. As mentioned it also creates some logistical problems

this does make the most sense, since everybody gets the same 0 for all w/o matches (those in which point 1 is never played), then everybody remains the same. that way everybody gets "punished" equally, which means it's nobody's fault ... that is, it's none of OUR faults equally! :razz: :D:
 

Love Game

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Originally Posted by aphex
i have another idea for future leagues...

i think now there's too much weight placed on the earlier rounds just because
there are too many games...

i think there should be a progressive weighting scale as the tournament advances...

what does everyone think?
We discussed this during the first one, I believe, and it was decided that it's not any harder (and is actually easier) to pick the later matches than the early matches. But I'm willing to go along with 10/6 for the final and 8/4 for the semis or something like that.

i could go for this, especially with the larger draws, but not if it's gonna make more work for seffina ....... did you already mention whether it does, seff? :?:
 

Love Game

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Seconded though will this apply for retirements like half-way during a match regardless of who is leading?

i would think not ... just continue as when berdych retired.

:arrow: :arrow: :arrow:
BUT what about the situation that happened at rogers cup 2008 when roddick came out onto court, warmed up, then retired and was replaced with that "lucky loser" from ?hong kong? :?:
 

seffina

G.O.A.T.
Are we now going to have that cross-culture problem where we try to work out how our respective education systems work and what terminology means what? (fingers crossed a first in Digital Media)
Try me.
i could go for this, especially with the larger draws, but not if it's gonna make more work for seffina ....... did you already mention whether it does, seff? :?:
Won't be more work at all. Same amount.

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Love Game

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My point is any Tom, Dick and Harry can tell the Semi final's are almost certainly going to be contested between Nadal, Federer, Murray and Djokovic... with the possibility of Verdasco or Del Potro causing a not all that suprising upset. Its the matches between the player's ranked outside the top 10 that people struggle with.

that is a good point . . .
probably easier just to stay as is and not add the complication of weighting.
 

shadows

Legend

I did in the brackets =p

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so tomorrows matches are

Nadal vs Verdasco
Djokovic vs Ljubicic
Murray vs Del Potro
Federer vs Roddick

I'm going to have to think on what upset to try calling xD

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My point is any Tom, Dick and Harry can tell the Semi final's are almost certainly going to be contested between Nadal, Federer, Murray and Djokovic... with the possibility of Verdasco or Del Potro causing a not all that suprising upset. Its the matches between the player's ranked outside the top 10 that people struggle with.

As a Tom, I can confirm this statement
 

CocaCola

Professional
Friday

Nadal vs Verdasco - Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - Djokovic in 2
Murray vs Del Potro - Murray in 3
Federer vs Roddick - Federer in 2
 

JayChu

Hall of Fame
NADAL over VERDASCO in 2
DJOKOVIC over LJUBICIC in 2
MURRAY over DEL POTRO in 2
FEDERER over RODDICK in 3 (as much as I hate to say this >.<)
 

FlamEnemY

Hall of Fame
Nadal vs Verdasco - Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - Djokovic in 3
Murray vs Del Potro - JMDP in 3
Federer vs Roddick - Federer in 2
 

aphex

Banned
here goes nothing...

Nadal vs Verdasco - verdasco in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - ljubo in 2
Murray vs Del Potro - delpo in 2
Federer vs Roddick - Federer in 2
 

RoddickAce

Hall of Fame
^^ Those are exactly the same as my choices
Nadal vs Verdasco - Nadal:2-0
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - Djokovic:2-0
Murray vs Del Potro - Del Potro: 2-1
Federer vs Roddick - Federer: 2-0
 
I know and I'm fine with the current system as well. As I said, I'm not against it either. Doesn't make a difference to me. However, I do agree what you say is fairer. In the draw challenge and such, you get more points for the later rounds because you're making predictions before the tourny starts. So if you make it all the way and still have those players, it's worth the extra points. Here, we make them hours before the match after we've seen them play and adapt to the surface.



Just a sec. I actually have to start teaching a class soon (as a TA) and have to turn in my syllabus before 4:30.

Summed it up pretty well.
 
Nadal in 2
Djokovic in 2
Murray in 3
Federer in 2

LMFAO!

Are you that desperate to win? You copied my exact same predictions yesterday, so it would guarantee we'd both score the same points and effectively mean i'd have no opportunity in over taking you and you've done it again today.
 
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slicekick95

Semi-Pro
Nadal vs Verdasco - Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - Djokovic in 2
Murray vs Del Potro - Murray Murray in 3
Federer vs Roddick - Federer in 2
 

JoshDragon

Hall of Fame
Nadal vs Verdasco - Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - Djokovic in 2
Murray vs Del Potro - Murray in 3
Federer vs Roddick - Federer in 2

Still can't believe that Simon lost to Ljubicic.:(
 

oscar_2424

Legend
Nadal vs Verdasco - Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - Djokovic in 2
Murray vs Del Potro - Del Potro in 3
Federer vs Roddick - Roddick in 3
 

theduh

Semi-Pro
Nadal vs Verdasco - Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic - Djokovic in 2
Murray vs Del Potro - Del Potro in 3
Federer vs Roddick - Federer in 2
 

MizunoMX20

Rookie
Nadal vs Verdasco Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic Djokovic in 2
Murray vs Del Potro Del Potro in 3
Federer vs Roddick Federer in 2
 

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
Nadal vs Verdasco ~~ Nadal in 2
Djokovic vs Ljubicic ~~ Djokovic in 2
Murray vs Del Potro ~~ Del Potro in 3
Federer vs Roddick ~~ Federer in 2

note: i might change my fed vote before the top of the hour :) ///// ... nvm i'll stick w/what i got.
 
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shadows

Legend
Rawr 20 page report printed and ready to hand in, I'm feeling good, now all I need is to get incredibly lucky and have those upset predictions to all be exactly right and I'm sorted ^^
 

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
when am i gonna learn to follow my instincts? on the thread for the federer/roddick match, i voted for roger in 3, and that's what i was pondering changing my vote to a few posts back ... *sigh* ... buyers' remorse :cry: ... hey, it could be worse, right? such as if roddick wins this third set?! :cry: ... ah well, off to see how djokovic is doing ... :cry:
 

RoddickAce

Hall of Fame
when am i gonna learn to follow my instincts? on the thread for the federer/roddick match, i voted for roger in 3, and that's what i was pondering changing my vote to a few posts back ... *sigh* ... buyers' remorse :cry: ... hey, it could be worse, right? such as if roddick wins this third set?! :cry: ... ah well, off to see how djokovic is doing ... :cry:

I shoulda followed my instincts and said delpo in 2 instead of 3, but i thought it would be too risky, seeing as how Murray did hold a 3-0 h2h against delpo.
 

seffina

G.O.A.T.
Since I'm not at home, I did the calculations in my head quickly just now, so I hope they're right. I'll post the checked stuff later.

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Name
1 Safinator_1 145 12 157
2 Tennis_Maestro 137 12 149
3 VivalaVida 133 12 145
4 gj011 124 20 144
5 JayChu 126 15 141
6 seffina 123 17 140
6 shadows 131 9 140
8 JoshDragon 126 12 138
9 MizunoMX20 123 14 137
10 oscar_2424 124 12 136
10 RoddickAce 122 14 136
12 Chelsea_Kiwi 122 12 134
13 icedevil0289 123 9 132
14 FlamEnemy 118 11 129
15 slicekick95 117 12 129
16 jamesblakefan#1 102 14 116
17 Love_Game 100 14 114
18 CocaCola 99 12 111
19 egn 110 0 110
20 theduh 85 14 99
21 aphex 90 7 97
22 TheNatural 61 0 61
23 Cesc_Fabregas 44 0 44

First number is your previous score, second is your score from today, and the final score.

gj011 had a perfect 20. Followed by me who got screwed because Roger decided to df at a crucial point. :p That Roger! Congrats on second highest score, gj011! If the two lower seeds win tomorrow, I think you would win?
 

seffina

G.O.A.T.
Oops nevermind, I thought you had Del Potro as the finalist, but you have Davy. Still 13 points, you can definitely make that up!
 

shadows

Legend
Damn it, for a moment I thought I was going to be dancing in the aisles in the middle of the rafa/nando second set xD

ah well, was worth the try
 
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