Mini-Matches

[socksey]

Results, 31 Oct 09, TourneyBot #3088, 15 players:

1.      Toado  13
2.      trueman  9
3.      bergkamp, zbilbo,  5 each
5.      resh_lakish, cassandra, Cloxo,  3 each
8.      Marcus, rif_raf, socksey, sunray, WildThing,
         MarcoPolo,  1 each   

Congrats to Toado for winning today, and to trueman for 2nd place!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for October 2009:

1.      rollingfool  35
2.      Toado  29
3.      trueman  18
4.      RickinSF  14
5.      rossa, austin,  10 each
6.      PL_BACKGAME, socksey, sunray, adz,  9 each
10.    zbilbo, rif_raf,  8 each
12.    adrian  6
13.    csg, jackdaddy, inim, cassandra, bergkamp,  5 each
18.    resh_lakish  4
19.    Cloxo, magic_one, fimo, ana,  3 each
23.    Marcus  2
24.    manxcat, dorbel, cocoliso, Picasso, WildThing, MarcoPolo,
         1 each

Well done, rollingfool!  You Da Man!  Whooooo Hooooooo!!!!!!    Well done, Toado for second place title this month!   

Daylight savings time will confuse everyone next weekend, but if you use the "meeting planner" feature here:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html

Uh huh!  I was the one who said it and I was the one who messed up royally!     Wouldn't you know!   

OK, well, next Saturday is a new month and everyone is on the same page, time wise, so maybe we will all make it there at 1000 Dallas time.  Find your time with the reference above.     Still can't quite believe I did that!   

socksey



Keep skunks and gossipers at a distance. from Read and Heed

[socksey]

Results, 7 Nov 09, TourneyBot #3089, 14 players:

1.    Picasso  13
2.    austin  9
3.    RickinSF, Pernot_Ricard,  5 each
5.    Tanika, rif_raf, sunray,  3 each
8.    socksey, Marcus, gizwiz, Leudwolf, rossa, stog,  1 each

Picasso rules for our first week of November!     Congrats to you and to austin for 2nd place!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Hope to see all of you on Fibs next Saturday at 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC! 

socksey



When beggars die, there are no comets seen;  The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes. - William Shakespeare

[socksey]

Results, 14 Nov 09, TourneyBot #3216, 12 players:

1.      adrian  13
2.      Picasso  9
3.      costin, socksey, sunray, rossa, Toado, rollingfool,  3 each
9.      diane, MacMom, austin, Kyalia,  1 each

Congrats to adrian for taking 1st place in today's tourney!     Nice second, Picasso, and nice lead for the monthly title!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for November:

1.      Picasso  22
2.      adrian 13
3.      austin  9
4.      sunray  6
5.      RickinSF, Pernot_Ricard,  5 each
7.      socksey, rossa, rollingfool,  4 each
10.    Tanika, rif_raf, coston, Toado,  3 each
14.    Marcus, qizwiz, Leudwulf, stog, diane, MacMom, Kyalia

NIce lead, Picasso!     We all have our work cut out for us this month!   

Hope to see all of you on Fibs for the competition next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC.   

socksey



When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do. - Lithograph from Despair.com

[socksey]

Results, 21 Nov 09, TourneyBot #3217, 15 players:

1. stog 13
2. Johnny_Boy 9
3. rossa rif_raf 5 each
5. resh_lakish dormy Leudwulf 3 each
9. trueman sunray Miccimalou austin adz rollingfool Toado socksey 1 each

Congrats to stog for today's win!     Congrats to Johnny_Boy for 2nd!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for November 2009:

1.      Picasso  22
2.      stog  14
3.      adrian  13
4.      austin  10
5.      rossa, Johnny_Boy,  9 each
7.      rif_raf  8
8.      sunray  7
9.      RickinSF, Pernot_Ricard, socksey, rollingfool,  5 each
13.    Toado, Leudwulf,  4 each
15.    Tanika, costin, dormy, resh_lakish,  3 each
19,    Marcus, qizwiz, diane, MacMom, Kyalia, Miccimalou, adz, trueman,  1 each


First title for Novermer has our work cut out for us.  Only a few are in the running. 

Second place title is another matter, however, so hope to see all of you on Fibs duking it out for 2nd place title.   

Remember, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC every Saturday! 

socksey



Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction. - Lithograph from Despair.com

[socksey]

Results 28 Nov 09, TourneyBot # 3218, 10 players:

1.      rif_raf  13
2.      adrian  9
3.      jackdaddy, socksey, MacMom, sunray,  3 each
7.      pilogen, Toado, Leudwulf, cowgirl,  1 each

Congrats to rif_raf for first place today and to adrian for 2nd!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for November 2009:

1.      adrian  24
2.      Picasso  22
3.      rif_raf  21
4.      stog  14
5.      austin, sunray,  10 each
7.      rossa, Johnny_Boy,  9 each
9.      socksey  8
10.    RickinSF, Pernot_Ricard, Toado, rollingfool, Leudwulf,  5 each
15.    MacMom  4
16.    costin, Tanika, dormy, resh_lakish, jackdaddy,  3 each
21.    Marcus, qizwiz, diane, Kyalia, Miccimalou, adz, trueman, cowgirl, pilogen,  1 each

Congrats to adrian who wins the 1st place title this month!     And to Picasso who gets 2nd place title!    Rif_raf made an impressive 3rd place this month.  Congrats, riffy!   

Next Saturday start a fresh pallet for the December titles, so hope to see all of you there at the same time, 1000 Dallas time, or 1600 UTC!   

socksey



All seasons are beautiful to the person who carries happiness within. - Horace Friess

[socksey]

Results 5 Dec 09, TourneyBot #3219, 15 players:

1.    kid_pantyhose  13
2.    MacMom  9
3.    Toado, zbilbo,  5 each
5.    socksey, rollingfool, Miccimalou,  3 each
8.    jackdaddy, stog, sunray, rif_raf, tjraczko, resh_lakish, magic_one, 
       Picasso,  1 each

Congrats to kid_pantyhose for today's first prize! (lewscannon says it's the kid's first win since 1978!)  I've never seen such enthusiasm for winning from anyone before!     Let's not forget MacMom was a close 2nd, so congrats to MM also! 

Thanks to all the players!   

We're just starting a new month of competition for the December titles, so hope to see all of you on Fibs next Saturday, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC!

socksey



Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can borrow mine. - Lithograph from Despair.com

[socksey]

Results 12 Dec 09, TourneyBot #3220, 13 players:

1.    socksey  13
2.    Picasso  9
3.    RickinSF  5
4.    qizwiz, MacMom, oldreddog, sweets,  3 each
8.    sunray, malibupips, trueman, rossa, rollingfool, baroke,  1 each

Cumulative points for December 2009:

1.      socksey,  16
2.      kidpantyhose  13
3.      MacMom  12
4.      Picasso  10
5.      Toado, zbilbo, RickinSF,  5 each
8.      rollingfool  4
9.      qizwiz, oldreddog, Miccimalou, sweets,  3 each
13.    sunray  2
14.    jackdaddy, stog, rif_raf, tjraczko, resh_lakish, magic_one, malibubips,
         trueman, rossa, baroke,  1 each     

Well, well!  I seem to be leading the pack at the moment.     Kid, Mom, and Picasso are hot on my heels, however, and we have two more Saturdays in this month so anyone can win yet!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Hope to see all of you next Saturday playing for the December titles!  Be there at 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC and join the fun!   

socksey


Richard Nixon impeached himself.  He gave us Gerald Ford as his revenge. - U.S. politician Bella Abzug on Tricky Dickie.

[socksey]

Results 19 Nov 09, TourneyBot #3221, 16 players:

1.      oldreddog  13
2.      socksey 9
3.      trueman, BobJustBob,  5 each
5.      adz, adrian, jackdaddy, ana,  3 each
9.      rollingfool, sunray, malibupips, Toado, Picasso, PL_BACKGAME,
         NotMe, rif_raf,  1 each

Congrats to oldreddog for today's win!     Nice second, socksey!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for December 2009:

1.      socksey  25
2.      oldreddog  16
3.      kidpantyhose  13
4.      MacMom  12
5.      Picasso  11
6.      jackdaddy  10
7.      Toado, trueman,  6 each
9.      zbilbo, RickinSF, rollingfool, BobJustBob,  5 each
13.    qizwiz, Miccimalou, sweets, sunray, adz, adrian, ana,  3 each
20.    rif_raf, malibupips,  2 each
22.    stog, tjraczko, resh_lakish, magic_one, rossa, baroke, PL_BACKGAME,         
         NotMe,  1 each


Well done, me!   

Hope to see all of you next Saturday playing to knock me off my pedestal!     Be there at 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC and join the fun!   

socksey



"A shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Harold Wlson on Edward Heath.

[socksey]

Results 26 Dec 09, TourneyBot #3222, 19 players:

1.      vegasvic  15
2.      austin  11
3.      jackdaddy, sunray, trueman, rollingfool,  5 each
7.      warhound, stog, zbilbo,  3 each
10.    costin, MacMom, WildThing, blotsalot, socksey, DeaDice, supermane,
          karmakat, adrian, adz,  1 each

Is this your first Mini-Matches win, vegasvic?     If so, a specially big congrats to you!     And, hung over, too!     Austin, nice 2nd!   

We had more respectable participation today.      Thanks to all the players!   

Cumlative points for December 2009:

1.      socksey  26
2.      oldreddog  16
3.      jackdaddy, vegasvic,  15 each
5.      kidpantyhose, MacMom,  13 each
7.      Picasso, trueman, austin,  11 each
10.    rollingfool  10
11.    zbilbo, sunray,  8 each
13.    Toado  6
14.    RickinSF, BobJustBob,  5 each
16.    stog, adz, adrian,  4 each
19.    qizwiz, Miccimalou, sweets, ana, warhound,  3 each
24.    rif_raf, malibupips,  2 each
26.    tjraczko, resh_lakish, magic_one, rossa, baroke, PL_BACKGAME,
         NotMe, costin, WildThing, blotsalot, DeaDice, supermane, karmakat, 
         1 each

Congrats to me for first place title this month,    and to oldreddog for the second place title!   

We'll be starting a new month of competition next Saturday, so please be on Fibs at 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC and join the fun!

socksey



Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can borrow mine. - Lithograph from Despair.com

[socksey]

Results 2 Jan 10, TourneyBot #3223, 16 players:

1.      austin  13
2.      Miccimalou  9
3.      zbilbo, vegasvic,  5 each
5.      socksey, sunray, subprime, autumn,  3 each
9.      Picasso, MacMom, rollingfool, jpb, rif_raf, resh_lakish,
         jackdaddy, trueman,  1 each

Congrats to austin who leads the pack today!     Nice 2nd, Micci!     Very close final!   

It's a new year and a new month!  Hope all of you show up next Saturday for the fun Mini's at 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC!

socksey



If you expect to score points by whining, join a European soccer team. - Lithograph from Despair.com

[socksey]

Results 9 Jan 10, TourneyBot #3224, 17 players:

1.      tjraczko  15
2.      spanka_claus  11
3.      stog, adrian, austin,  5 each
6.      oldreddog, sunray, olachen,  3 each
9.      socksey, malibupips, inatizz, rossa, rif_raf, quzwiz, MacMom,
         floydband, jackdaddy,  1 each

Congrats to tjraczko for today's win by my fellow Okie!   Special congrats to spanka_claus for 2nd place in her very first tourney!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for January 2010:

1.      austin  18
2.      tjraczko  15
3.      spanka_claus  11
4.      Miccimalou  9
5.      sunray  6
6.      zbilbo, vegasvic, stog, adrian,  5 each
10.    socksey  4
11.    subprime, autumn, oldreddog, olachen,  3 each
15.    MacMom, rif_raf, jackdaddy,  2 each
18.    Picasso, rollingfool, jpb, resh_lakish, trueman, malibupips,
         inatizz, rossa, qizwiz, floydband, 1 each

Austin leading the pack again!  Well done, austin!     Lots of room to knock you down tho, so look out!   

Hope to see all of you on Fibs at 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC on Saturday!

socksey


"Nixon's motto was, 'If two wrongs don't make a right, try three." - U.S. writer Norman Cousins.

[socksey]

Results 16 Jan 10, TourneyBot #3225, 17 players:

1.      Toado  15
2.      socksey  11
3.      Tanika, vegasvic,  5 each
5.      blotsalot, sciguy, costin, rollingfool, sunray,  3 each
11.    resh_lakish, Johnny_Boy, kid_pantyhose, MacMom, rif_raf,
         rossa, jackdaddy, tjraczko,  1 each

Congrats to Toado for 1st and to socksey for 2nd place today!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for January 2010:

1.      austin  18
2.      tjraczko  16
3.      socksey, Toado,  15 each
5.      spanka_claus  11
6.      vegasvic  10
7.      Miccimalou,  sunray,  9 each
9.      zbilbo, stog, adrian, Tanika,  5 each
13.    subprime, autumn, oldreddog, olachen, MacMom, rollingfool, rif_raf,
         jackdaddy, blotsalot, sciguy, costin,  3 each
24.    resh_lakish, rossa,  2 each
26.    Picasso, jpb, trueman, malibupips, inatizz, qizwiz, floydband,
         Johnny_Boy, kid_pantyhose,  1 each

Austin is leading this month with lots of others nipping at his heels!

Hope to see all of you on Fibs next Saturday at 1000 Dallas time/1600 UTC. 

socksey



There comes a point in your life when you realize:
Who matters,
Who never did,
Who won't anymore....
And who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
There's a reason why they didn't make it to your future. - unknown

[socksey]

Results 23 Jan 10, TourneyBot #3344, 12 players:

1.      palladin  13
2.      jackdaddy  9
3.      austin  5
4.      sunray, Tanika,  3 each
6.      ana, stog, rossa, Rickochet, WildThing, Toado,  1 each

Wtg, palladin!     Congrats on first and congrats on second to jackdaddy!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for January 2010:

1.      austin  23
2.      tjraczko, Toado,  16 each
4.      socksey  15
5.      palladin  13
6.      sunray, jackdaddy,  12 each
8.      spanka_claus  11
9.      vegasvic  10
10.    Miccimalou  9
11.    Tanika  8
12.    stog  6
13.    zbilbo, adrian,  5 each
15.    subprime, autumn, oldreddog, olachen, MacMom,
         rollingfool, rif_raf, rossa, blotsalot, sciguy, costin,
         gaspar,   3 each
27.    resh_lakish  2
28.    Picasso, jpb, trueman, malibupips, inatizz, qizwiz,
         floydband, Johnny_Boy, kid_pantyhose, ana, Rickochet,
         WildThing,  1 each

Austin is still leading the pack but not with a too comfortable lead and with tjraczko nipping at austin's heels.   

Anyone could from 2nd place down to 9th place can still win this month's 1st place title, so hope to see all of you on Fibs next Saturday at 1000 Dallas time/1600 UTC.   

socksey



It's very slow.   My favorite position is called 'the Plumber'.  You stay in all day but nobody comes. - John Mortimer, writer, discovers the delights of Tantric sex at 78

[socksey]

Results 6 feb 10, TourneyBot #3226, 17 players:

1.      MarcoPolo  15
2.      oldreddog  11
3.      resh_lakish, silent_greek,  5 each
5.      Toado, zbilbo, RickinSF, sunray, jackdaddy,  3 each
10.    inatizz, autumn, austin, trueman, ciccione, rossa, socksey, vegasvic,
         1 each

Congrats to MarcoPolo for winning today's tourney, and to oldreddog for 2nd!   

Thanks to all the players!   

It's a new month of competition, so hope to see all of you back again with a few more next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC.   

socksey



"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed:  Ayn Rand - (1905-1982)

[socksey]

Results 13 Feb 10, TourneyBot #3227, 17 players:

1.      rollingfool  15
2.      jdg  11
3.      inim, Marcus,  5 each
5.      socksey, manxcat, Toado, kid_pantyhose, vegasvic,  3 each
10.    cassandra, ana, austin, oldreddog, sunray, rossa, watchman,
         jackdaddy,  1 each

Congrats to rollingfool for a nice win today and to jdg for 2nd place!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for February 2010:

1.      MarcoPolo, rollingfool,  15 each
3.      oldreddog  12
4.      jdg  11
5.      Toado  6
6.      resh_lakish, Silent_greek, inim, Marcus,  5 each
10.    socksey, vegasvic, sunray, jackdaddy,  4 each
14.    manxcat, kid_pantyhose, zbilbo, RickinSF,  3 each
18.    rossa  2
19.    inatizz, autumn, trueman, ciccione, cassandra, ana, austin,
         watchman,  1 each

We have a short month so only two more weeks to win this month's first and second place titles!

Hope to see all of you of you next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC.   

socksey



People do not win people fights.  Lawyers do. - Norman R. Augustine, American author and company director

[socksey]

Results 20 Feb 10, TourneyBot #3228, 16 players:

1.      socksey  13
2.      Toado  9
3.      vegasvic, cowgirl,  4 each
5.      sunray, ana, Rickochet, rollingfool,  3 each
9.      palladin, jdg, rossa, MarcoPolo, resh_lakish,
         okdreddog, adrian, rif_raf,  1 each

Congrats to me for 1st place today and to Toado for 2nd and for a really great final!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for February 2010:

1.      rollingfool  18
2.      socksey  17
3.      MarcoPolo  16
4.      Toado  15
5.      oldreddog  13
6.      jdg  12
7.      vegasvic  9
8.      sunray  7
9.      resh_lakish  6
10.    silent_greek, inim, Marcus, cowgirl,  5 each
14.    jackdaddy, ana,  4 each
16.    manxcat, kid_pantyhose, zbilbo, RickinSF, rossa, Rickochet,  3 each
21.    inatizz, autumn, trueman, ciccione, cassandra, austin,
        watchman, adrian, rif_raf,  1 each

This is the closest I've seen near the top for a very long time, so anyone could take the titles this month!   

Be sure to be here next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC to defend your place!   

socksey



When someone shows you who they are, believe them. - ideb from Fibs



   

[socksey]

Since we didn't have Mini-Matches last week, the standing remain for accumulated points in February.   

Congrats to rollingfool for the February 2010 1st place title!     And, to me, for second place!   

socksey



A mind, once expanded by a new idea, never returns to it's original dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

[socksey]

Results 5 Mar 10, TourneyBot #3151, 17 players:

1.      sciguy  15
2.      sunray  11
3.      oldreddog  7
4.      sweets  5
5.      karmakat, jackdaddy, rossa, Tanika,  3 each
9.      vegasvic, socksey, rollingfool, inim, RickinSF,
         puneet, adrian, WildThing, silent_greek,  1 each

Congrats to sciguy for today's win!    Well done, and nice 2nd to you sunray!   

Thanks to all the players! 

Hope to see you on Fibs next Saturday, same time, 1000 Dallas time or 1600 UTC. 

socksey



"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon

[socksey]

1.      socksey  15
2.      jdg  11
3.      jackdaddy, sunray,  5 each
5.      mano, kid_pantyhose, oldreddog, rif_raf,  3 each
9.      MacMom, Toado, manxcat, ginnytonic, Tanika,
         cassandra, qizwiz, RickInSF, palladin,  1 each

Yep, I did it with the help of jdg, who left the tourney and had to forfeit in the final. 

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for March 2010:

1.      sunray, socksey,  16 each
3.      sciguy  15
4.      jdg  11
5.      oldreddog  10
6.      jackdaddy  8
7.      sweets  5
8.      Tanika  4
9.      karmakat, rossa, mano, kid_pantyhose, rif_raf, 3 each
14.    RickInSF  2
15.    vegasvic, rollingfool, inim, puneet, adrian, Wild_Thing,
         silent_greek, MacMom, Toado, manxcat, ginnytonic,
         cassandra, qizwiz, palladin,  1 each

March is off to a nice start for me except that my desktop is still down!     Thanks be to me for buying that laptop when I had the money!     AND to jackdaddy, who hosted for me today!   

Hope to see all of you next Saturday an hour later because of daylight savings time, so 1500 UTC or 1000 Dallas time!

socksey



"The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were." - David Brinkley 

[socksey]

Results 20 Mar 10, TourneyBot #3153, 10 players:

1.    jdg  13
2.    trueman  9
3.    sunray, inim, manxcat,  3 each
6.    yonay, jackdaddy, socksey, Toado,
       vegasvic,  1 each

Congrats to jdg for first place today and to trueman for 2nd!   

Thanks to all the players!   

Cumulative points for March 2010:

1.      jdg  24
2.      sunray  19
3.      socksey  17
4.      sciguy  15
5.      oldreddog  10
6.      trueman, jackdaddy,  9 each
8.      sweets  5
9.      inim, manxcat, Tanika, 4 each
12.    karmakat, rossa, mano, kid_pantyhose, rif_raf,  3 each
17.    RickInSF  2
18.    vegasvic, rollingfool, puneet, adrian, WildThing, 
         silent_greek,  MacMom, ginnytonic, cassandra,
         qizwiz, palladin, yonay,  1 each

Jdg's win today made him the leader this month, so far, but, several of us still can take him out!   

Hope to see all of you next week, same time, 1000 Dallas time, or 1500 UTC!   

socksey



"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." - Ambrose Bierce