Prepare to Bask in the Glory of Love and Victory Fed Fans

[winstonplum]

Oh, Fed fans, your time is here. I remember like it was yesterday flitting down the stairs, no, almost floating down the stairs on my way to the supermarket to get some beer mere moments after Rafa beat Nole on that glorious June afternoon in 2014. I was so nervous that I kept pausing the DVR, almost with the belief that if I didn't play the match it wouldn't happen and Nadal wouldn't blow his chance at a break and the match. Oh the glory!

Or the time that I watched USO 2013 in three different clumps because of work and family obligations: watched the first set. Four hours later watched the disastrous second and transcendent third. And then four hours later, watched the fourth. The buzz lasted for days. Not from beer.

Now's your time. Fed will win! Fed will answer many questions. No, this is not a week era; yes, Federer is playing some of the best tennis of his life. No, Nole is not unbeatable.

The key is noise and BPs. If Federer is loud with his "come ons" early, then victory is assured. A quiet Fed could spell doom. But assuming he is loud, as loud as he's been in the first five rounds, and he converts a few key BPs, then victory is assured.

I salute you all at the crest of a glorious weekend of dreams and wonder.

 

[Numero Uno]

you are sick

 

[CYGS]

I'm afraid Fed could win, because Djokovic shines the second most brightly in @Bertie B 's chart.

 

[jwjh]

I'm afraid Fed could win, because Djokovic shines the second most brightly in @Bertie B 's chart.

Bertie vs Plum. Something's gotta give.

 

[CYGS]

Bertie vs Plum. Something's gotta give.

I think you missed the point - whoever Bertie chooses loses. Nishikori has already paid the price being chosen by Bertie (He shines the brightest in Bertie's astrological crap and loses in straights).

 

[Feather]

Oh, Fed fans, your time is here. I remember like it was yesterday flitting down the stairs, no, almost floating down the stairs on my way to the supermarket to get some beer mere moments after Rafa beat Nole on that glorious June afternoon in 2014. I was so nervous that I kept pausing the DVR, almost with the belief that if I didn't play the match it wouldn't happen and Nadal wouldn't blow his chance at a break and the match. Oh the glory!

Or the time that I watched USO 2013 in three different clumps because of work and family obligations: watched the first set. Four hours later watched the disastrous second and transcendent third. And then four hours later, watched the fourth. The buzz lasted for days. Not from beer.

Now's your time. Fed will win! Fed will answer many questions. No, this is not a week era; yes, Federer is playing some of the best tennis of his life. No, Nole is not unbeatable.

The key is noise and BPs. If Federer is loud with his "come ons" early, then victory is assured. A quiet Fed could spell doom. But assuming he is loud, as loud as he's been in the first five rounds, and he converts a few key BPs, then victory is assured.

I salute you all at the crest of a glorious weekend of dreams and wonder.

You still find the need to jinx Roger Federer?

 

[Deleted member 688153]

I think you missed the point - whoever Bertie chooses loses.

Does this always hold, though?
If so, maybe there's some "truth" to it in a way.

No, I reckon the "predictions" are just random guesses TBH, with a few "surprising" ones designed to be sensationalist/clickbait (like Fed beating Novak at the AO) occasionally thrown in to get attention.

 

[CYGS]

Does this always hold, though?
If so, maybe there's some "truth" to it in a way.

No, I reckon the "predictions" are just random guesses TBH, with a few "surprising" ones designed to be sensationalist/clickbait (like Fed beating Novak at the AO) occasionally thrown in to get attention.

Yes, at least for the past 12-month period.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

These "astrologists" benefit from the great truth of predictions - if you're wrong, nobody cares, but if you're right, it's amazing.
So you just plod along with outlandish predictions, being wrong most of the time, but occasionally hit the jackpot which makes the whole thing worth it.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Yes, at least for the past 12-month period.

If so, that's hilarious.
That result would probably be much worse than randomly guessing.

As I said above too, they usually make at least somewhat unlikely predictions (which may explain low/zero success rate) because there is no penalty for being wrong (nobody remembers or cares) but a huge payoff of attention and praise for the one out of ten times they end up being right.

Basically, it's a cheap trick for attention and it's pretty sad - but hey, mention some nonsense about Saturn's phases enough and plenty of people will believe you.

 

[CYGS]

If so, that's hilarious.
That result would probably be much worse than randomly guessing.

As I said above too, they usually make at least somewhat unlikely predictions (which may explains low/zero success rate) because there is no penalty for being wrong (nobody remembers or cares) but a huge payoff of attention and praise for the one out of ten times they end up being right.

Basically, it's a cheap trick for attention and it's pretty sad - but hey, mention some nonsense about Saturn's phases enough and plenty of people will believe you.

I remember Fiji predicted Djokovic to lose every single round until the final at RG 2015 (he predicted Djokovic to win in the end), and then Djokovic lost in the final.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

I remember Fiji predicted Djokovic to lose every single round until the final at RG 2015 (he predicted Djokovic to win in the end), and then Djokovic lost in the final.

No wonder they got banned.

Why do they even bother?
Why not just make deliberately terrible predictions as a normal person instead of this "astrology" charade which only makes people make fun of you.
If they were a regular poster nobody would ever mention it when they were wrong - it would work even better than it does with this space mumbo-jumbo.
No - the glove doesn't fit.

The people on here often don't do the predictions themselves either - they just re-post the rubbish from someone's "blog" (lol).

So I think I know what's going on here - Fiji and Bertie are probably the blog owners shilling their own "wares" on here and hoping to get praise.
Might be the actual reason Fiji got banned too as that behaviour is almost certainly against the rules.

 

[CYGS]

No wonder they got banned.

Why do they even bother?
Why not just make deliberately terrible predictions as a normal person instead of this "astrology" charade which only makes people make fun of you.
If they were a regular poster nobody would ever mention it when they were wrong - it would work even better than it does with this space mumbo-jumbo.
No - the glove doesn't fit.

The people on here often don't do the predictions themselves either - they just re-post the rubbish from someone's "blog" (lol).

So I think I know what's going on here - Fiji and Bertie are probably the blog owners shilling their own "wares" on here and hoping to get praise.
Might be the actual reason Fiji got banned too as that behaviour is almost certainly against the rules.

Did he really get banned?

 

[jwjh]

I think you missed the point - whoever Bertie chooses loses. Nishikori has already paid the price being chosen by Bertie (He shines the brightest in Bertie's astrological crap and loses in straights).

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/the-plums-definitive-predictions.553319/

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Did he really get banned?

His ban appears to have expired now (so not permanent), although he hasn't posted in several months.
But yeah, he was sin-binned for a while last year (I think it was just after RG too).

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Oh, Fed fans, your time is here. I remember like it was yesterday flitting down the stairs, no, almost floating down the stairs on my way to the supermarket to get some beer mere moments after Rafa beat Nole on that glorious June afternoon in 2014. I was so nervous that I kept pausing the DVR, almost with the belief that if I didn't play the match it wouldn't happen and Nadal wouldn't blow his chance at a break and the match. Oh the glory!

Or the time that I watched USO 2013 in three different clumps because of work and family obligations: watched the first set. Four hours later watched the disastrous second and transcendent third. And then four hours later, watched the fourth. The buzz lasted for days. Not from beer.

Now's your time. Fed will win! Fed will answer many questions. No, this is not a week era; yes, Federer is playing some of the best tennis of his life. No, Nole is not unbeatable.

The key is noise and BPs. If Federer is loud with his "come ons" early, then victory is assured. A quiet Fed could spell doom. But assuming he is loud, as loud as he's been in the first five rounds, and he converts a few key BPs, then victory is assured.

I salute you all at the crest of a glorious weekend of dreams and wonder.

Nah, today is a weak era.

 

[CYGS]

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/the-plums-definitive-predictions.553319/

I see, but it appears that it's Bertie and Fiji having the (mysterious) power.

 

[vanioMan]

You should leave this planet, OP.

 

[Krish0608]

Ah the customary jinx. I was expecting this OP. Somehow none of this jinxing is gonna make Nadal get to 17.

 

[RF-18]

The jinxing by NADUL* fans is out of hands.