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| dethwing |
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:35 am Post subject: 1 |
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Well, Lepton wins unless I get the result AND score, and he gets neither.
Good luck! |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:43 am Post subject: 0 |
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well, he was right about Germany, tomorrow he will be wrong for the first time  |
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| Lepton* |
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:05 am Post subject: -1 |
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| Paul the octopus predicted Spain and Germany. |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 7:30 pm Post subject: -2 |
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No, I mean both!  |
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| MatthewV |
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:47 pm Post subject: -3 |
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No, he means that when Uruguay wins, the Netherlands will also win  |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:37 pm Post subject: -4 |
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| You mean if Germany wins on Saturday, Spain would be expected to win on Sunday? |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject: -5 |
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In the 18 previous world cups:
One, 1934, had no semifinal.
One, 1950, had a group final.
In the other 16, the 3rd place team correctly predicts the champion 12 times.
This includes the 1974/78 cups where the "semifinal" was a group stage. In both cases, the 3rd and champion played in the same group.
Moreover, the last 4 cups have all been predicted by the 3rd place team. |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: -6 |
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| Oh the irony... |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:10 pm Post subject: -7 |
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When I got home from work yesterday I tried to watch the World Cup highlight show on ESPN. Mrs. Q didn't want to see some South African soccer tournament on the big TV in our living room. She had rented a movie and wanted to watch it instead. It was Invictus.  |
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| PuzzleScot |
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject: -8 |
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| dethwing wrote: |
| Europe will win their first cup outside of Europe. |
Actually, "Brazil will cease to be the only team to have won the cup outside their own continent"! |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject: -9 |
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| Someone is going to get their first world cup. Also, Europe will win their first cup outside of Europe. |
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| PuzzleScot |
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:10 pm Post subject: -10 |
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Aparently the ladies' world cup follows the main event.
I don't understand why there hasn't been so much publicity about it?
I can't make out the logos on this promo pic. Can anyone help?
http://images.phapit.com/uploaded_pics/phap4451.jpg |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject: -11 |
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i'll see what I can do for you..
is girls without orange dresses ok too?  |
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| Zag |
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:54 pm Post subject: -12 |
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Much Grats to DP, all the other Dutch GL'ers, and everyone else from Holland, especially including the team itself, of course!
You do realize what this means, right?
You have to post some more pics of the girls in orange mini-dresses!! |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:23 pm Post subject: -13 |
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| D'oh. My score pick was right on till just now. Drat. |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:34 am Post subject: -14 |
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Indeed.
On a side note, I think I have never felt in the second part of the tournament. Oh well. |
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| Lepton* |
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:17 am Post subject: -15 |
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| jesternl wrote: |
| Oh, and yeah baby! |
Yeah indeed! Go Oranje! |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:44 pm Post subject: -16 |
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| Blast. Now I have no teams left to root for. |
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| MatthewV |
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject: -17 |
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| Uruguay wins!!!!! |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject: -18 |
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| Ouch. Ghana misses PK at the buzzer. Now needs PKs to make semis. |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:40 pm Post subject: -19 |
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I've been listening to games in the radio, which still has an undeniable appeal, at least to me.
Oh, and yeah baby! |
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| MatthewV |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: -20 |
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I appears that someone has the advantage of actually watching the games.
These last two games were certainly close and maybe boring at the same time. |
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| Lepton* |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: -21 |
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| Follow-up: Portugal lost because they were getting overrun in the mid-field and weren't able to build up attacking play. Spain won because David Villa and Sergio Ramos stretched the play onto the wings. I noticed that Xavi tends to hold up the ball and wait for the holding midfielders and fullbacks, even when he has the other three attacking players with him. Interesting. |
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| Lepton* |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: -22 |
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Definitely less classy. The orange dresses explicitly do not sport logos. They come free in cases of Bavaria beer, however.
Matthew: Japan/Paraguay was (imho predictably) fairly boring. The problem with the Spain/Portugal and Brazil/Netherlands matches is that all four of those teams will probably set out a defensive, possession-based approach. Think of the Switzerland-Spain game. All four teams have incredible front lines, but base their gameplan on a solid back four, two holding midfielders, and a hope for individual flair from the front four. So we'll end up with 4 attacking 6. The winning teams will be those that can get more bodies forward: Maicon for Brazil down the wing, Xabi Alonso (injured?) or Busquets starting from the deep midfield for Spain, Tiago and Meireles doing the same for Portugal, and the Netherlands' van der Weil opening up space on the right for Robben.
My match of the tournament is Germany/Argentina on Saturday. |
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| PuzzleScot |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:57 am Post subject: -23 |
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In the interest of fairness, since Budweiser is after all the official sponsor...
Although I do feel the dutch are classier, and more subtle than the Americans (who aren't?!)
(Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Hillary Clinton at a Sorority party!) |
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| PuzzleScot |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:42 am Post subject: -24 |
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| Orangey-boom? |
No! Bavaria beer
"In another branding issue thousands of Dutch supporters were forced to watch Ivory Coast take on their home country in their underwear, as the official Netherlands shorts sported the logo of Bavaria (a Dutch beer) and had to be removed because of branding infringement." (source)
also, wiki
Here's another view, but I still see no logo. Those officials must have been staring at their clothing VERY closely indeed!
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| MatthewV |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:07 am Post subject: -25 |
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| I think the next three games will be some of the best matches. I personally think Japan vs Paraguay, Spain vs Portugal, and Netherlands vs Brazil are all approximately equal matchings. |
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| Lepton* |
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject: -26 |
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I realized that I made a mistake, and it would be bad manners to edit my post. I meant to write that the girls had been "detained", rather than "arrested".
Just as a reminder, here's another picture of the orange dresses:
[edit: from another angle, as requested. I don't see any beer logos.] |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject: -27 |
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| there came the Boom |
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| Aga* |
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: -28 |
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Orangey-boom?
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| jesternl |
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: -29 |
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| I can't find a beer maker logo anywhere, can you post some more pics of different angles? |
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| Lepton* |
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:27 pm Post subject: -30 |
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Women wearing the orange dresses depicted in jesternl's earlier post have been arrested. The orange dresses are supposedly part of an "ambush marketing" attempt by a beer company. For further reflection, here's another image of the dresses.
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| Zag |
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:36 am Post subject: -31 |
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| dethwing wrote: |
Booo, another early exit. To Ghana. AGAIN.
Well good luck in the next round: Beat Uruguay! |
It was sad to see the US knocked out, but clearly the better team won that game. Good luck, Ghana! |
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| MatthewV |
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:41 am Post subject: -32 |
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| Go Uruguay! (and Ghana would be my second favorite team, it is a shame they will lose to mighty Uruguay). An excellent day in the world of football! |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:20 pm Post subject: -33 |
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Booo, another early exit. To Ghana. AGAIN.
Well good luck in the next round: Beat Uruguay! |
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| PuzzleScot |
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:19 am Post subject: -34 |
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Not really commented on this yet, so...
Anyone noticed that all but one Americas teams qualified (Honduras), and all but one African team (Ghana) failed to qualify - Unless Cote d'Ivoire and Brazil both win by a collective margin of at least 9 goals!
The volatility of the group stages was clearly demonstrated by NZ - a single goal in their last match, and they would have been top of the group! Since they didn't get it, they are off home. Being a Scotsman, I know just how cruel the game is. I mean, losing to Macedonia?!
I like the joke about the WW2 analogy - but couldn't that be said every world cup???
Oh, and who is going to put England out this time? Germany or Argentina?
Brazil v Argentina in the final, methinks... |
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| L'lanmal |
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:52 am Post subject: -35 |
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| That's what I had in mind. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:44 am Post subject: -36 |
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| I think it is 6: A vs. B tie 2-2, A vs. C tie 1-1, all others tie 0-0 |
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| L'lanmal |
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:05 am Post subject: -37 |
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Obpuzzle:
What is the least number of total goals to be scored by a group such that
a) Every game ended in a tie
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b) Both 1st and 2nd place can be determined without the drawing of lots. |
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| MatthewV |
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:48 am Post subject: -38 |
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I guess that makes sense.
We need a group that only scores draws someday. |
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