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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:45 pm Posts: 37162 Location: The Graveyard
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 Re: Derby Game Discussion Thread
Being so close is certainly annoying, but gaining (even if just slightly) on the couple ahead of us in the yearly race is good news. 4 months to go.
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:27 pm |
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Keyser Söze
Quality is a great business plan
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:21 pm Posts: 6719
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Congrats omni/corpse. that was really close.
it looks like gopher has also closed the gap on xiayun. if omni/corpse also catch up then it could be an epic battle.
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:47 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Having 200 points on Omni/Corpse and Scott by this point of the season is certainly a bonus and not something I would have expected (think this is the first time all three of us have gotten this far in a year without missing a game), but Gopher has also shown he has arrived for the long run, so it's going to be fun. I just hope to repeat my form from last year, where I did quite well during the final 3 months.
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:11 pm |
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The Scottie
King Albert!
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:04 pm Posts: 11838 Location: The Happiest City on Earth
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#10th place. Finally got the monkey off my back. Great game for other top KJers too.
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Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:47 am |
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:45 pm Posts: 37162 Location: The Graveyard
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Rank - Name ......... ( Prediction / Estimate ) .......... Score 1 - The American .......... ( 16.2 / 16 ) .......... Score: 98.75%%2 - Takers .......... ( 13.1 / 13.5 ) .......... Score: 97.04%%3 - Machete .......... ( 13.4 / 12.3 ) .......... Score: 91.06%%4 - The Last Exorcism .......... ( 8.2 / 9.5 ) .......... Score: 86.32%%5 - Going The Distance .......... ( 8.8 / 9 ) .......... Score: 97.78%%6 - The Expendables .......... ( 7.3 / 8.2 ) .......... Score: 89.02%%7 - Eat Pray Love .......... ( 6 / 7.5 ) .......... Score: 80%%8 - The Other Guys .......... ( 5.6 / 7 ) .......... Score: 80%%9 - Inception .......... ( 4.9 / 5.5 ) .......... Score: 89.09%%10 - Vampires Suck .......... ( 3.3 / 3.2 ) .......... Score: 96.88%%Estimated Overall Accuracy: 90.59%Calculate Your Score HereThese may have been early weekend estimates xiayun entered hours ago though.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.” “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.” "Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:31 pm |
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almost famous
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:09 pm Posts: 1461 Location: Odessa, Ukraine
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Why only 12.3 for Machete? The worst Saturday drop on Labor Day weekend was around 10% and even in this case it should be like 3.9 - 3.5 - 3.2 - 2.3
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:11 pm |
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Accursed Arachnid!™
Full Fledged Member
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:40 pm Posts: 56
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Corpse wrote: Rank - Name ......... ( Prediction / Estimate ) .......... Score 1 - The American .......... ( 16.2 / 16 ) .......... Score: 98.75%%2 - Takers .......... ( 13.1 / 13.5 ) .......... Score: 97.04%%3 - Machete .......... ( 13.4 / 12.3 ) .......... Score: 91.06%%4 - The Last Exorcism .......... ( 8.2 / 9.5 ) .......... Score: 86.32%%5 - Going The Distance .......... ( 8.8 / 9 ) .......... Score: 97.78%%6 - The Expendables .......... ( 7.3 / 8.2 ) .......... Score: 89.02%%7 - Eat Pray Love .......... ( 6 / 7.5 ) .......... Score: 80%%8 - The Other Guys .......... ( 5.6 / 7 ) .......... Score: 80%%9 - Inception .......... ( 4.9 / 5.5 ) .......... Score: 89.09%%10 - Vampires Suck .......... ( 3.3 / 3.2 ) .......... Score: 96.88%%Estimated Overall Accuracy: 90.59%Calculate Your Score HereThese may have been early weekend estimates xiayun entered hours ago though. According to my projections based on BOM's Friday numbers, you're at about 91.5%. I think that's easily good enough to win. I'm at around 87%, and from what I'm hearing from some of the better players at BOM, I'm pretty happy with that.
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:36 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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I haven't entered my projections yet.  Some of the current ones look off. I also think Omni/Corpse will for sure win the weekend.
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:06 pm |
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Accursed Arachnid!™
Full Fledged Member
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:40 pm Posts: 56
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^I'd love to see your projections.
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:22 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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It's official: Congrats Omni/Corpse! Great job soagg, Trekker, Gophers, AA, Shawn, and BJ! And Gophers retook the yearly lead. 
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:26 am |
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:45 pm Posts: 37162 Location: The Graveyard
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I love Labor Day weekend. We've won the weekend in 2007, 2008, and now 2010. This win also makes it 4 wins this year, and 10th overall. How many players have won 10 or more games?
And congrats to everyone xiayun mentioned above, and to Proud Ryu and Keyser who did well, too.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.” “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.” "Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:37 am |
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36948
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Wow I thought I was way off with the openers and will not end up being anywhere near. Congrats to Corpse and Omni  You beat me up  and the difference is HUGE  Nice to so many from KJ on top this weekend. Good job everyone 
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:37 am |
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TrekFan1
Angels & Demons
Joined: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:23 am Posts: 287 Location: Virginia
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Fourth place, w00t! I'll take it, especially after the last several weeks. :-D Congratulations to Corpse & Omni on their win! Also congrats to Shawn, BJ, Proud Ryu, keyser, Rolling Thunder, soagg, and everyone else from WoKJ who did well. Great work, guys! 
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:04 am |
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Omni
The Antichrist
Joined: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:04 am Posts: 1742 Location: Calisota
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God bless LD weekend! 
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:35 am |
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Rolling Thunder
Forum General
Joined: Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:11 pm Posts: 9148 Location: Kentucky Bluegrass
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Congrats Omni/Corpse! It's safe to say you own Labor Day weekend! Congrats to all the KJers who did well this difficult weekend. Now we have a full year to figure out what Omni/Corpse's LD magic is!
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:04 am |
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Keyser Söze
Quality is a great business plan
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:21 pm Posts: 6719
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Congrats omni/corpse. 3 out of last 4 in LD weekend is just out of the world.
congrats to Gopher taking over the lead from xiayun. its going to be epic fight between gopher,xiayun and omni/corpse.
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:16 am |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:36 pm Posts: 5322 Location: The Interstice
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Congrats Omni & Corpse on regaining the Labor Day title. I will try to defend my post-LD title this weekend. I hope this is correct - list of 5+ game winners to date:
#1 Player | Wins |
Scott Vasquez | 13 |
Brandon Gray | 12 |
xiayun | 12 |
Corpse/Omni | 10 |
Ragnarok | 10 |
Bill Delehanty | 7 |
MGCasey | 7 |
Crag Hack | 6 |
DIB2 | 6 |
Alex Young_2 | 5 |
asalem182 | 5 |
DANIEL CIRIELLO | 5 |
hgreen | 5 |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:29 am |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Scott has 13, I believe.
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:56 am |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:36 pm Posts: 5322 Location: The Interstice
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xiayun wrote: Scott has 13, I believe. Thanks - fixed. BOM does not list the 2009 TG game that he won in their index.
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:28 pm |
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Gopher
You are waiting for a train
Joined: Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:25 pm Posts: 995
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It's funny how close Xia, Omni/Corpse and I have been this year. It'll be a real fight to the finish for #1. 
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:09 pm |
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Accursed Arachnid!™
Full Fledged Member
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:40 pm Posts: 56
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Gopher wrote: It's funny how close Xia, Omni/Corpse and I have been this year. It'll be a real fight to the finish for #1.  I knew I saw something in you right when you joined BOM. It's cool to see you doing so well. You guys here at KJ take care of him now, *choke* he's my special boy... 
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:54 pm |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:36 pm Posts: 5322 Location: The Interstice
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Accursed Arachnid!™ wrote: Gopher wrote: It's funny how close Xia, Omni/Corpse and I have been this year. It'll be a real fight to the finish for #1.  I knew I saw something in you right when you joined BOM. It's cool to see you doing so well. You guys here at KJ take care of him now, *choke* he's my special boy...  Top 100 streak since early May - very impressive.
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:03 pm |
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Accursed Arachnid!™
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Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:40 pm Posts: 56
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18 weeks.  the longest streak I ever had was 8. For the last few months of the year, I'm just going to prep myself for a nice 2011 run. I've never played an entire year, so I'd like to see where I finish. 
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:08 pm |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:36 pm Posts: 5322 Location: The Interstice
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Accursed Arachnid!™ wrote: 18 weeks.  the longest streak I ever had was 8. For the last few months of the year, I'm just going to prep myself for a nice 2011 run. I've never played an entire year, so I'd like to see where I finish.  Yeah you should - it'd be fun to have another top 10 contender in the mix.
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:41 pm |
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Rolling Thunder
Forum General
Joined: Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:11 pm Posts: 9148 Location: Kentucky Bluegrass
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Accursed Arachnid!™ wrote: 18 weeks.  the longest streak I ever had was 8. For the last few months of the year, I'm just going to prep myself for a nice 2011 run. I've never played an entire year, so I'd like to see where I finish.  I may give it a shot in 2011. In reality, I may only get 48-50 weeks in. I admire the dedication people have to play every single week, but sometimes life just gets in the way for me.
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