Results 27 Sep 08, TourneyBot #2609, 18 players:

1.      jdg  15 
2.      Gusssss  11
3.      verystripyzebra  7
4.      rollingfool  5
5.      DisrailiGears, rossa, Glamdring, Picasso, jackdaddy,  3 each
10.    RickinSF, diane, Aldus, sunray, zbilbo, Toado, socksey,
         Anhinga, cowgirl,  1 each

WTG, jdg!     Nice 2nd, Gusssss!  

Thanks to all the players!     Great to have a fuller house again!  

Cumulative points for September 2008:

1.      sunray  20
2.      Gusssss, jdg,  16 each
4.      Backwoods  15
5.      Anhinga  14
6.      don  13
7.      diane  12
8.      onion  9
9.      socksey  8
10     verystipeyzebra, rif_raf,  7
12.    rossa, rollingfool,  5 each
14.    zbilbo, Glamdring,  4 each
16.    magic_one, MacMom, lialu, trueman, yourfuturwife, disraieliGears,
         Picasso,  3 each
23.    Paul_William, cowgirl,  2 each
25.    resh_lakish, dropper, blotsalot, Aldus, Toado,  1 each

Congrats to sunray who wins the title for September 2008!     Since 2nd place is a tie, there will need to be a playoff for 2nd place title.  You two, Gusssss and jdg, can arrange a time for a 2 ptr. and each let me know the results.  I will then rearrange the results here.

New month begins next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1500 UTC!  Hope to see all of you on Fibs then!  

socksey



"Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness." – Oscar Wilde

Results, 11 Oct 08, TourneyBot #2558, 19 players:

1.      resh_lakish  15
2.      onion  11
3.      Miccimalou, surfer,  5 each
5.      RickinSF, jackdaddy, MacMom, Anhinga, antiant, art_vandeley,  
         3 each
11.    socksey, sunray, zbilbo, rossa, Joyce, Aldus, GammonGuy,
          trueman, cowgirl,  1 each

Wow!  WTG, resh!     Very nice 2nd, onion!  

Thanks to all the players!  

Cumulative points for October 2008:

1.      Anhinga  18
2.      resh_lakish  15
3.      onion  12
4.      Trilli  11
5.      rossa  6
6.      fiftythree, sixty_something, johnwayne, Miccimalou, surfer, 
         5 each
11.    zbilbo, antiant,  4 each
13.    Gusssss, RickinSF, jackdaddy, MacMom, art_vandeley,  3 each
18.    socksey, sunray, Joyce, trueman,  2 each
22.    saukriver, DisrailiGears, Marcus, Toado, Aldus, GammonGuy,
         cowgirl,  1 each

Nice lead, Anhinga, aka, kittypurrrrrrrrrrrr!     I know, you'll say it's all because of Patti's book!     If resh can just remember to log on at 8 am on Saturdays (California time), he might give you a run for your money, kitty!  

Hope to see all of you on Fibs next Saturday at 1000 Dallas time or 1500 UTC!  

socksey



"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." - Mark Twain

Results 25 Oct 08, TourneyBot #2627, 15 players:

1.      sunray  13
2.      Zorba  9
3.      sixty_something  5
4.      Toado, inim, jhau, Marcus, rollingfool,  3 each
9.      stog, janitorb, MacMom, Anhinga, socksey, Joyce, Picasso,  1 each

Congrats to sunray for today's win!     And a nice second goes to Zorba!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for October:

!.       Anhinga  20
2.      sunray  16
3.      resh_lakish  15
4.      lambda_phage  13
5.      Joyce, onion,  12 each
7.      Trilli  11
8.      sixty_something  10
9.      Zorba  9
10.    surfer  8
11.    rossa, socksey, rollingfool,  6 each
14.    fiftythree, johnwayne, MacMom, Miccimalou, Bacardi,  5 each
19.    zbilbo, antiant, Marcus, Toado, RickinSF,  4 each
24.    Gusssss, jackdaddy, art_vandeley, inim, jhau,  3 each
29.    trueman, cowgirl,  2 each
31.    saukriver, DisrailiGears, Aldus, GammonGuy, kid_pantyhose, stog,
         janitorb, Picasso,  1 each

The kitty did it!     Congrats, Anhinga for taking the lead and following through for October champion!     Well done!     Congrats to sunray for second place this month!   

It will be a new month next Saturday, so hope to see all of you there to begin the new competition for November at same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1500 UTC!   

socksey



"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?" - Mahatma Gandhi

Results 8 Nov 08, TourneyBot #2629, 19 players:

1.      jackdaddy  15
2.      dorbel  11
3.      diane, Tank,  5 each
5.      Picasso, rockfish, sunray, surfer, sixty_something, socksey,
         3 each
11.    MacMom, Toado, Joyce, antiant, visionarys, Anhinga, katro,
         TheBigDuck, rockfish,  1 each

Congrats to jackdaddy for today's win and to dorbel for 2nd place!  

Thanks to all the players!  

Cumulative points November 2008:

1.      jackdaddy  16
2.      hedashedas  13
3.      dorbel  11
4.      zgur  9
5.      socksey, sunray,  6 each
7.      johnwayne, diane, Tank,  5 each
10.    sixty_something  4
11.    trueman, Picasso, rockfish, surfer,  3 each
15.    Toado  2
16.    RickinSF, WildThing, MacMom, Joyce, antiant, visionarys, Anhinga,
         katro, TheBigDuck, rockfish,  1 each

There you have it!  Jackdaddy leads the pack for November, so far.  

Hope to see all of you on Fibs battling it out to see who wins the title for November 2008 next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time, or 1600 UTC!  

socksey



The following is a quote from President Dwight Eisenhower, addressing the
American Society of Newspaper Editors on 16 April 1953.  President
Eisenhower spoke against the "military industrial complex". He said:

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired,
signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not
fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

"This world in arms is not spending money alone.

"It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists,
the hopes of its children.

"The cost of one modem heavy bomber is this: a modem brick school in more
than 30 cities.

"It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.

"It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals.

"It is some 50 miles of concrete highway.

"We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat.
"We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more
than 8000 people. ..

"This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of
threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

Results 22 Nov 08, TourneyBot #2651, 22 players:

1.      dorbel  15
2.      stiefnu  11
3.      blotsalot  7
4.      socksey, Marcus, Glamdring, zbilbo,  5 each
8.      spielberg  3
9.      rollingfool, Miccimalou, rif_raf, bauerus, sixty_something,
         yonay, sunray, manxcat, Piccaso, diane, trueman, Slasher,
         jackell,  1 each

Congrats to dorbel for winning first place in todays' competition!     A fight well fought by stiefnu earned him second place!  

Thanks to all the players!  

Cumulative points for November 2008:

1.      dorbel  26
2.      jackdaddy  17
3.      hedashedas, stog,  13 each
5.      socksey, sunray,  12 each
7.      Toado, stiefnu,  11 each
9.      Marcus  10
10.    zgur  9
11.    Glamadring  8
12.    blotsalot  7
13.    johnwayne, diane,  6 each
15.    sixty_something, Tank, zbilbo,  5 each
18.    trueman, Wild_Thing, Picasso, rockfish, surfer,  4 each
23.    Gusssss, spielberg,  3 each
25.    RickinSF, MacMom, Joyce, antiant, visionarys, Anhinga, katro,
         TheBigDuck, rockfish, SinnerSaint, rossa, barbaros, rollingfool,
         Miccimalou, rif_raf, bauerus, yonay, manxcat, Slasher, jackell,
         1 each

Todays win gave dorbel a nice lead that will be hard to beat, but not impossible, so hope to see all of you on Fibs next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC duking it out for the November champ!

socksey




"A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most." - George Bernard Shaw

   Right you are!  I must have been sleeping.   

socksey



"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." - Mary Bly

Results 29 Nov 08, TourneyBot #2652, 17 players:

1.      pck  15
2.      stog 5 (playoff winner)
3.      surfer  5 (playoff loser)
4.      manxcat, sunray, 5 each (disqualified for 2nd place by forfeit)
6.      trueman, blotsalot, rollingfool,  3 each
9.      Picasso, socksey, spielberg, jackdaddy, zbilbo, dorbel,
         cassandra, silent_greek, sofa,  1 each

Congrats to pck for winning 1st place by default today! 

Too bad manxcat and sunray misbehaved and were forfeited out of the competition.  Warning:  If this happens again, you will not be allowed to play in my tourneys.  

Cumualtive points for November:

1.      dorbel  27
2.      jackdaddy, stog,  18 (These players will have play-off for second place
         title for November and I will repost results here at a later date.)
4.      sunray  17
5.      pck  15
6.      hedashedas, socksey,  13 each
8.      Toado, stiefnu,  11 each
10.    Marcus, blotsalot,  10 each
12.    zgur, surfer,  9 each
14.    Glamdring  8
15.    trueman  7
16.    johnwayne, diane, zbilbo, manxcat,  6 each
20.    sixty_something, Picasso, Tank, rockfish  5 each
24.    WildThing, spielberg, rollingfool,  4 each
27.    Gusssss  3
28.    RickinSF, MacMom, Joyce, antiant, visionarys, Anhinga,
         katro, TheBigDuck, SinnerSaint, rossa, barbaros, Miccimalou,
         rif_raf, bauerus, yonay, Slasher, jackell, cassandra,
         silent_greek, sofa,  1 each

Dorbel is the man!  Congrats for winning the title for November 2008!     We'll see who wins the 2nd place title later.  

Thanks to all the players!  

Hope to see all of you next Saturday on Fibs, same time, 1000 Dallas time, or 1600 UTC for a new month!

socksey



"It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished planet." - Charles Kuralt