[ArunSh]

Not taking over for Sam, but figured should go ahead and post the standings. If Sam does post the proper link later, please move this post into that thread!

Of course, the by far most interesting spectacle as of today is that BFFs, AutoDonk and bobbywaves, have the EXACT SAME point total with just two weeks left. With both of them also smack in the middle of the Confederates Team, it's naturally quite likely that they will wind up on the same squad (though granted, given how tightly packed that team is, things could change drastically in even one day).

That said, for the two of them to be exactly tied at this moment is too much of a coincidence to be a mere coincidence imo. Might definitely be a sign of something bigger - perhaps SBR wants them to wind up on the same team, knowing that the spectacle of that will allow them to sell many more tickets to the Finals (akin to the NBA trying to arrange every series to go to game seven). Or perhaps it's something even larger - maybe the two of them are actually identical twins separated at birth and thus destined to perform at the same level in the end? Possibilities galore....

Anyway, I would estimate the cutoffs to make the respective teams at this point will be (pure guess no real analysis done for these):


USA: 6100
Confederates: 5500
World: 4600
Canada: 2500

	World		USA		Confederates		Canada
1	Stifler	6215	blankoblanco	7585	GaryDN	5130	sinmiedo	7560
2	Enkhbat	5720	MrKLC	6745	oiler	5065	snapperman2	5405
3	Manosdepiedra	5195	oneunder	6200	hhsilver	5060	nitlogic	4330
4	Stefan	5150	ArunSh	6160	lobo369	5030	JoeyBagels	3955
5	dhristov211	4815	dlowilly	6145	JayTris07	5020	BeerDog99	3715
6	ronpaul2008	4495	chili_powder	5975	bobbywaves	5015	Krashman	3640
7	Grivas_Digeni	4475	JAKEPEAVY21	5785	AutoDonk	5015	aggieshawn	3635
8	Mannyfan	4475	craigpb	5735	shane	4900	MillerTime99	3585
9	slikec	4395	TheGiant	5475	Cross	4790	vbpro7	3265
10	Spacefrog	4350	Triple_D_Bet	5450	chico2663	4720	firekillex	3240
11	dare	4330	4uk4life	5355	TheHOFF	4710	cankid	2385
12	Lex_icon	4230	sportfan	5155	GUMMO77	4650	HomerSimpson2	2210
	spider	4060			smitch124	4605	bracerman	2180
	qukubau	4035			slanina	4520	jayvegas420	1915
	startm	3775			k6mike9	4360	Soxsfan9	1410
	taz01	3705			astro61200	4305	NoBrainor	1340
	zwoeins	3560			frankzig	4235
	kkekuc1	3265			franklee168	4200
	OldSchoolGambler	3230			boscokid	4045
	katstale	3165			Brainfreeze	4035
	Igor_1965	3150			dankelly	4005
	imack	3055			no1here	3960
	panamabrad	2900			carolinadaze	3840
	tradeout	2695			JediMindPicks	3810
					downsouth	3755
					funnyb25	3710
					inspirited	3670
					b1slickguy	3555
					blackbart	3440
					JimmyProffett	3325
					pokerpro44	3285
					qwertvt	3270
					mpaschal34	3235
					deadphish	3205
					promiseland	3200

[bobbywaves]

Thanks for the update, Sammy deserves a vacation day.

I assume you're only tracking players currently on board/striking distance & didn't count PhillyGuy's 600 pts yesterday? Despite missing many tourney's, I think Philly is now in contention for Confeds.

[Slanina]

4520 points and not on a team. Lame.

[ArunSh]

Thanks for the update, Sammy deserves a vacation day.

I assume you're only tracking players currently on board/striking distance & didn't count PhillyGuy's 600 pts yesterday? Despite missing many tourney's, I think Philly is now in contention for Confeds.

Well I only started tracking recently, that is on May 10, so I used the players totals' from that list.

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...-a.html?slf=36

If anyone was not on that list (which I don't think philly was) then I would not have them on my list, no. So assuming that list was correct, is philly really in contention now? That list had everyone with 1900 points or higher so he would have had to score massively in the last week in order to get to the 3200 required to be in range of confederates that I have. Perhaps he is though, again without knowing what his total was at the May 10 update and therefore not choosing to track him, it could have happened without me realizing.

[spider]

Well I only started tracking recently, that is on May 10, so I used the players totals' from that list.

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...-a.html?slf=36

If anyone was not on that list (which I don't think philly was) then I would not have them on my list, no. So assuming that list was correct, is philly really in contention now? That list had everyone with 1900 points or higher so he would have had to score massively in the last week in order to get to the 3200 required to be in range of confederates that I have. Perhaps he is though, again without knowing what his total was at the May 10 update and therefore not choosing to track him, it could have happened without me realizing.

philly has 2 1st place and 1 9th place for 1260 pts since may 11, according to his badges.

[ArunSh]

philly has 2 1st place and 1 9th place for 1260 pts since may 11, according to his badges.

Well assuming that's what he has, if he had 1900 or fewer points as of May 10, that still would not put him on the above list. That said, not sure how quickly smaller badges disappear so maybe he has more? Either way, even if he would on this list now, almost certainly near the very bottom which is barely in contention (~1400 points out with 10 days to go).

[bobbywaves]

I was just going by this, which would put Philly in the 3,600-3,700 pt range:

I believe I'd be 6th on the Canadian team

If correct, it's certainly still in striking distance for a player of Philly's caliber.

[spider]

ronpaul2008 should be on USA lists.

[ArunSh]

ronpaul2008 should be on USA lists.

Asked sam9ball to clarify about that a couple days ago and he said this:

ronpaul2008	4465	20		Netherlands
dogkatcher	2925	24		Canada

ronpaul2008 is listed as being in the Netherlands
dogcatcher is listed as being in Canada but actually in California

[ArunSh]

Ronpaul2008 just confirmed in chat that he is US actually - he is merely in Netherlands for a trip currently which is what lead SBR to think that no doubt. So I assume he should actually be listed in US/Confeds - will change him myself starting tomorrow.

[4uk4life]

Ronpaul2008 just confirmed in chat that he is US actually - he is merely in Netherlands for a trip currently which is what lead SBR to think that no doubt. So I assume he should actually be listed in US/Confeds - will change him myself starting tomorrow.

If he's still there during the finals, he'll register and play for world.

[ArunSh]

If he's still there during the finals, he'll register and play for world.

Doubt that's the policy - I mean imagine he came back in the middle of the finals, would he switch teams at that juncture lol? Surely the policy has to be wherever your permanent residence is. Otherwise, several people from say New Jersey or Washington (state) could just trek up a few miles to Canada right before the Finals to qualify for that team when otherwise they wouldn't qualify. No idea how SBR ascertains what a person's actual residence is if they are doing it based on IP or whatever - would not be hard for that to be wrong.

Anyway, I have to say this is yet another reason that I think it would be best not to have the World Cup format - when it's not clear which team a certain person should be on, which could definitely have a fair impact (if ronpaul2008 is on World he very likely qualifies while for Confederates he likely will not), well that obviously is a rather big issue, and one that affects others as well. More reason to go with the Top 48 draft style format - at least in that, absolutely no worries whether someone is actually US or Canada or what "team" anyone in general counts for if they happen to be traveling during the qualifying stage. Either make Top 48 or don't!

[4uk4life]

Doubt that's the policy - I mean imagine he came back in the middle of the finals, would he switch teams at that juncture lol? Surely the policy has to be wherever your permanent residence is. Otherwise, several people from say New Jersey or Washington (state) could just trek up a few miles to Canada right before the Finals to qualify for that team when otherwise they wouldn't qualify. No idea how SBR ascertains what a person's actual residence is if they are doing it based on IP or whatever - would not be hard for that to be wrong.

Anyway, I have to say this is yet another reason that I think it would be best not to have the World Cup format - when it's not clear which team a certain person should be on, which could definitely have a fair impact (if ronpaul2008 is on World he very likely qualifies while for Confederates he likely will not), well that obviously is a rather big issue, and one that affects others as well. More reason to go with the Top 48 draft style format - at least in that, absolutely no worries whether someone is actually US or Canada or what "team" anyone in general counts for if they happen to be traveling during the qualifying stage. Either make Top 48 or don't!

I'm almost positive I saw that somewhere in years past. Sam and them would have to clarify I suppose. I am all for the draft style like I posted about the other day. Would be mega fun seeing who made what teams then