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ieboards Blackout Cup II Thread

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    #62
    Eireannach
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭Eireannach


    Orizio wrote: »
    The stats suggest otherwise. ;)

    Anyway, unlucky.


    Very true, stats wise I was dominated.


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    #63
    Eireannach
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭Eireannach


    How the cup trophies looking? :)


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    #64
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,687 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    My Parrish 17-7 down to Daves Dangermen after 25 odd mins [somthing to distract me while Im still at work!]!

    It seems a miracle that its that close tbh - as he is all over me [has 4 times my meters gained [for example]]

    Its ok, using it to give young guys and subs a game, so a game is a game :)


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    #65
    dave13
    Registered Users Posts: 811 ✭✭✭dave13


    Yeah, my reserves appear to have put on quite an attacking show. a pity my full team couldnt do that against Forza Juve on sat.


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    #66
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    Results are up.


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    #67
    suppafly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    Looks like my team stomped 'The Simpletons' 0-50 scoring 8 tries!


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    #68
    eoferrall
    Registered Users Posts: 2,542 ✭✭✭eoferrall


    reviewing my match there and came across this little gem!
    Oh, we have a streaker. Big, hairy and ugly. That one must have escaped from the zoo. OH!! Big hit by that security lady. He's not going to get up from that. There's great applause coming from the crowd as the guy is dragged off by his hair!

    close win it seems, good game dead hard fcukers! came down to the kickers! (and you destroying my centres that I ended up with my reserve hooker in 1st centre!:o) oops!


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    #69
    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Eireannach wrote: »
    How the cup trophies looking? :)

    Would you like to make them? :p


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    #70
    johnnysmack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭johnnysmack


    whats the format once the group stages finish? is it top 2 teams in each pool go through with the top team having the home fixture against a second placed team from another group like the world cup?


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    #71
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    johnnysmack wrote: »
    whats the format once the group stages finish? is it top 2 teams in each pool go through with the top team having the home fixture against a second placed team from another group like the world cup?
    Top team from each pool goes straight to a cup semi final. Second placed team from each pool goes to a semi for a 'silver' cup, and likewise with the third placed teams.


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    #72
    johnnysmack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭johnnysmack


    daveharnett wrote: »
    Top team from each pool goes straight to a cup semi final. Second placed team from each pool goes to a semi for a 'silver' cup, and likewise with the third placed teams.

    how do you decide who gets the home fixture?


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    #73
    anonymous_joe
    Registered Users Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭anonymous_joe


    I've won a game.

    Two in a row now.

    A Lovely Bunch Altogether might just be back. :p


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    #74
    jprender
    Registered Users Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭jprender


    daveharnett wrote: »
    Top team from each pool goes straight to a cup semi final. Second placed team from each pool goes to a semi for a 'silver' cup, and likewise with the third placed teams.

    That's not how it worked last year.


    Aren't all teams going to have something to play for after the group stages ? :confused:


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    #75
    Eireannach
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭Eireannach


    Orizio wrote: »
    Would you like to make them? :p

    Do you know what format and size they should be? I can give it a shot.

    Do we need just 3 trophies, one for each winner of the different levels of the cup?


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    #76
    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Eireannach wrote: »
    Do you know what format and size they should be? I can give it a shot.

    Do we need just 3 trophies, one for each winner of the different levels of the cup?

    Yes.

    I can temporarily make you an admin.


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    #77
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    Orizio wrote: »
    Would you like to make them? :p
    My best effort25748799.png. Not great, but might do until somebody with actual photoshop skills turns up?


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    #78
    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Well we need three different ones anyway. We could use that for the bottom rank.


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    #79
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    johnnysmack wrote: »
    whats the format once the group stages finish? is it top 2 teams in each pool go through with the top team having the home fixture against a second placed team from another group like the world cup?
    daveharnett wrote: »
    Top team from each pool goes straight to a cup semi final. Second placed team from each pool goes to a semi for a 'silver' cup, and likewise with the third placed teams.
    jprender wrote: »
    That's not how it worked last year.

    Aren't all teams going to have something to play for after the group stages ? :confused:
    Good spot jprender, I'm dead wrong. (no change there then ;))
    Look here, I won't try and summarise, I'll only screw it up again:D


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    #80
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    Just realised that the missing team is going to complicate the 'try harder trophy' knockout a little. As it stands, the 'walkover' team I created to keep the league tables happy is at the bottom of pool 4. In the normal run of things this would mean that the 5th placed team in pool 3 will get a walkover in the quarter final, and a +20 point differential toward home advantage in the semi.

    I think that giving the walkover to the best qualifier (ie the 5th place team with the highest points) would be fairer, but it would complicate things a bit more.

    Orizio, do you want to make a ruling on this?


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    #81
    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    daveharnett wrote: »
    Just realised that the missing team is going to complicate the 'try harder trophy' knockout a little. As it stands, the 'walkover' team I created to keep the league tables happy is at the bottom of pool 4. In the normal run of things this would mean that the 5th placed team in pool 3 will get a walkover in the quarter final, and a +20 point differential toward home advantage in the semi.

    I think that giving the walkover to the best qualifier (ie the 5th place team with the highest points) would be fairer,     but it would complicate things a bit more.

    Orizio, do you want to make a ruling on this?

    Sounds good.


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    #82
    Eireannach
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭Eireannach


    daveharnett wrote: »
    My best effort25748799.png. Not great, but might do until somebody with actual photoshop skills turns up?


    I have a friend of mine taking a shot on them. Once she is done, I'll post them up.


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    #83
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,687 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    bah - lost 47-0, so much for WNWIM among boards members :(


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    #84
    johnnysmack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭johnnysmack


    im gutted. after an epic and heroic encounter with munster mark ii, it ended 12 points a piece, i finished only 3rd in the pool as yermen won their game. damn it!


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    #85
    dreamer_ire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭dreamer_ire


    johnnysmack wrote: »
    im gutted. after an epic and heroic encounter with munster mark ii, it ended 12 points a piece, i finished only 3rd in the pool as yermen won their game. damn it!

    Was a cracking game Johnny... initially I thought I would win narrowly but was holding my breath for the last 5 mins!


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    #86
    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Eireannach wrote: »
    I have a friend of mine taking a shot on them. Once she is done, I'll post them up.

    Great stuff! Send me a PM and I'll make you an admin so you can upload them.


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    #87
    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »
    bah - lost 47-0, so much for WNWIM among boards members :(

    Did you specifically agree to a WNWIM agreement with this person prior to the match?


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    #88
    suppafly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    I lost my game 15-31 against XaviXI. I had to play most of my second string guys almost as the first teams energy was only on fit/sprightly and I also needed to get my LTNT back up again


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    #89
    johnnysmack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭johnnysmack


    dreamer_ire wrote: »
    Was a cracking game Johnny... initially I thought I would win narrowly but was holding my breath for the last 5 mins!

    i think we'll need a rematch sometime in future to get a winner! 0-0 at half time and then went 12-0 down! i was lucky to get draw at end. definitely one of the more entertaining games ive had on here.


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    #90
    anonymous_joe
    Registered Users Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭anonymous_joe


    Forgot to change my team for this and lost badly. Oops. :p


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    #91
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    Results and fixtures for the playoffs are up now. As per usual, shout if you see problems.


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