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World Indoors Fantasy League

  • 14-02-2012 4:04pm
    #1
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭


    With a month left till the Comp i left this one a little late however given there will be alot less events should get through it a bit quicker

    Rules
    1. After everyone has signed up i will do a random draw and each person will be given your pick number
    2.There will be 5 rounds in which each person will get to pick an athlete of there choice one at a time from first pick all the way down. Once an athlete has been picked no one else can pick the same athlete eg. (1st pick is Bolt so no one else can select Bolt).
    3. To make it fair every round the order in which a picker chooses their athlete is reversed i.e first pick in Rd.1 is last pick in Rd. 2
    4. Each athlete will be rated on their positioning and given points in accordance
    5. 4 best scores count
    6. If two people end up with same total points the 5th athlete will come into play as a Tie Breaker
    (For anyone who is a little confused here is Last Years Thread)

    This is open to anyone you dont have to be an expert on athletics and is designed to be a bit of a laugh and a bit of banter.

    Entry into this will be from now Till 11.59pm Sunday 19th


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Comments

  • #2
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    Me me me


  • #3
    BobMac104
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BobMac104


    I am in. my athletics knowledge is poor but it should be a bit of fun.


  • #4
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    Ahh sure stick me down for it too ecoli. Could be a hard old championships to predict this one.


  • #5
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    Dan man wrote: »
    Could be a hard old championships to predict this one.

    Was thinking that too. I couldnt tell you a single runner in either 60m event :o

    I'm in for this for sure.


  • #6
    longjump67
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭longjump67


    Count me in for the laugh


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  • #7
    Lock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭Lock


    Put me down Charlie Brown. All the surprise medals in London may come from this championship that some stars are overlooking


  • #8
    dev123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 420 ✭✭dev123


    Chalk me down. 50 quid a man/woman/child. Or maybe a pint :-)


  • #9
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    I'm in. After my European silver and world bronze, I have my sights set firmly on Olympic gold. Not expecting much from the world indoors. I've done lots of endurance in training but still yet to hit the speedwork. Will be more of a guidline of how much work that needs to be done before the summer :)


  • #10
    drquirky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭drquirky


    I'm in !


  • #11
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Wow 10 of us already great to see some fresh faces in this one (even though its gonna make picking winners a nightmare:D)

    Guess I wont be trying to improve on last year with a perfect score card:D


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  • #12
    Getonwithit
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭Getonwithit


    ecoli wrote: »
    Wow 10 of us already great to see some fresh faces in this one (even though its gonna make picking winners a nightmare:D)

    Guess I wont be trying to improve on last year with a perfect score card:D
    Count me in too please.


  • #13
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    And me, even if I do horribly :p


  • #14
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    Wow, 12 and counting, looks like we might need prelims this year :p


  • #15
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    Dan man wrote: »
    Wow, 12 and counting, looks like we might need prelims this year :p

    Wait until the olympic one, that should be a record breaker.


  • #16
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Brianderunner wrote: »
    Wait until the olympic one, that should be a record breaker.

    Yeah but there are more athletes/ events in that one so can cope with the numbers.

    If we get a few more what I may do is split the group into divisions and an athlete can be used once per division but ultimately this would kinda ruin it a bit as you will have people looking at the other division for idea's on who to pick.

    Ill give it a day or two if no one signs up then I will close deadline early and proceed the way we are


  • #17
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    ecoli wrote: »
    Yeah but there are more athletes/ events in that one so can cope with the numbers.

    If we get a few more what I may do is split the group into divisions and an athlete can be used once per division but ultimately this would kinda ruin it a bit as you will have people looking at the other division for idea's on who to pick.

    Ill give it a day or two if no one signs up then I will close deadline early and proceed the way we are

    Maybe one solution would be to allow everyone to choose one athlete of their choice for first pick, no restrictions. This means that more than one person could have the same athlete for first pick.
    After first pick though, no one can choose the athletes already picked and same rules as before (one athlete per person).


  • #18
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    Yeh I have huge worries that the entry list will be huge for London, as those who have been in hibernation for the last 4 years, reappear, bulkier than ever, no doubt through the most up-to-date undetectable turtle juice, while the likes of myself, ecoli, brianderunner will be pushed out of the medals (not that brianderunner was ever in the medals in the first place ;))


  • #19
    marathonmanpat
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭marathonmanpat


    Put me down for it ecoli.......


  • #20
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Right here is the random draw please read the rules before selecting and remember 1 at a time and not until the person before you has made there selection (prompts will be sent if taking too long)

    5 rounds and the first in round one will be last in round 2 and vice versa

    marathonmanpat |
    RainbowKirby |
    Getonwithit |
    BobMac104 |
    RoyMcC |
    ecoli |
    dev123 |
    BriandeRunner |
    Dan Man |
    04072511 |
    Lock |
    drquirky |
    Longjump67 |


  • #21
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    Time is against us, less than 2 weeks for 5 rounds with 13 people...gonna have to pick up the pace. No doubt some athletes chosen won't go to Istanbul meaning subs will likely be needed also.


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  • #22
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Dan man wrote: »
    Time is against us, less than 2 weeks for 5 rounds with 13 people...gonna have to pick up the pace. No doubt some athletes chosen won't go to Istanbul meaning subs will likely be needed also.

    Agree I am going to move to RK now and Marathonmanpat will revert to last pick and if not contacted (PM me) by time gets to the last 1st pick then will be ommited from the league.

    Similarly I am gonna start sending PMs at end of the day if someone has not picked and if no response within 24hrs they will be ommited simply due to time constraints


  • #23
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    I'll start with Jessica Ennis.


  • #24
    Getonwithit
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭Getonwithit


    So thats me next??

    Yelena Isinbayeva for me please


  • #25
    BobMac104
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BobMac104


    Going to go with mad len sure.


  • #26
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    Good man BobMac. In the same sort of spirit I've changed my first pick and I'm going head-to-head with Getonwithit with Holly Bleasdale.


  • #27
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    ecoli wrote: »
    Right here is the random draw please read the rules before selecting and remember 1 at a time and not until the person before you has made there selection (prompts will be sent if taking too long)

    5 rounds and the first in round one will be last in round 2 and vice versa

    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |-|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |-|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |-|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |-|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |-|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |-|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |-|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |-|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|


  • #28
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |-|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |-|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |-|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |-|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |-|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |-|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |-|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|

    Surprisingly only one track athlete so far. What is this forum coming to haha


  • #29
    dev123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 420 ✭✭dev123


    Is there a list of competitors for the worlds? Had a quick look there and couldn't find one. If mo is in I'll go with him.


  • #30
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    dev123 wrote: »
    Is there a list of competitors for the worlds? Had a quick look there and couldn't find one. If mo is in I'll go with him.
    On the assumption that most of competitors will have had an indoor season I'm using the iaaf top lists


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  • #31
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    dev123 wrote: »
    Is there a list of competitors for the worlds? Had a quick look there and couldn't find one. If mo is in I'll go with him.

    Yep, Mo is on the G.B. team. So is that your pick?


  • #32
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |Mo Farah|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |-|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |-|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |-|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |-|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |-|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |-|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|


  • #33
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    Sally Pearson for me

    I know someone who i have sickened with that :p


  • #34
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    I'll go for Anna Chicherova, odds on for the high jump victory.

    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |Mo Farah|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |Sally Pearson|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |Anna Chicherova|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |Renaud Lavillenie.|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |Liu Xiang|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |-|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |-|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|


  • #35
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    Very hard to know who to pick really. Not easy to know who will show up. I’ll go with Renaud Lavillenie.


  • #36
    Lock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭Lock


    It might be the tightest event of the championship but I'll go with Liu Xiang for the 60m Hurdles. Don't know how to add this to the table myself sorry


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  • #37
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    (this post is NOT directed towards dr.quirky or anyone in particular)....

    We need to really speed things up, only 10 days, less in fact, to get through 5 rounds and we haven't even finished first picks yet, and ideally we will be needing a window for subs too.


  • #38
    drquirky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭drquirky


    Silas Kiplagat is my first pick....


  • #39
    longjump67
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭longjump67


    Triple jumper Olha Saladuha

    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |Mo Farah|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |Sally Pearson|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |Anna Chicherova|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |Renaud Lavillenie.|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |Liu Xiang|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |-|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |Olha Saladuha|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|[/QUOTE]


  • #40
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    Table updated, so what's the story with marathonmanpat?

    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |Mo Farah|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |Sally Pearson|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |Anna Chicherova|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |Renaud Lavillenie.|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |Liu Xiang|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |Silas Kiplagat|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |Olha Saladuha|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|


  • #41
    Getonwithit
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭Getonwithit


    Dan man wrote: »
    Table updated, so what's the story with marathonmanpat?

    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |Mo Farah|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |Sally Pearson|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |Anna Chicherova|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |Renaud Lavillenie.|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |Liu Xiang|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |Silas Kiplagat|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |Olha Saladuha|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|

    How long are you allowing from here to finish for deliberations? Need to get through a round a day almost to get it filled..


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  • #42
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|-|-|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|-|-|-|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|-|-|-|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|-|-|-|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|-|-|-|-|
    dev123 |Mo Farah|-|-|-|-|
    BriandeRunner |Sally Pearson|-|-|-|-|
    Dan Man |Anna Chicherova|-|-|-|-|
    04072511 |Renaud Lavillenie.|-|-|-|-|
    Lock |Liu Xiang|-|-|-|-|
    drquirky |Silas Kiplagat|-|-|-|-|
    Longjump67 |Olha Saladuha|-|-|-|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|

    As there has been no word from him since the rounds started he is out we simply dont have the time to be waiting so back to LJ


  • #43
    longjump67
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭longjump67


    ecoli wrote: »
    RainbowKirby |Jessica Ennis|david storl|lerone clarke|-|-|
    Getonwithit |Yelena Isinbayeva|meserat defar|augustine choge|marc lewandoski|-|
    BobMac104 |Ciaran O'Lionaird|tianna madison|genzebe dibaba|nigel levine|-|
    RoyMcC |Holly Bleasdale|adam kszczot|bethwel birgen|gillian camarena williams|-|
    ecoli |Ashton Eaton|pamela jelimo|jesse williams|trell kimmons|-|
    dev123 |Mo Farah|christian taylor|ivan ukhov|sylvia kibet|-|
    BriandeRunner |Sally Pearson|sanya richards ross|nadzheya ostapchuk|olga rybakova|-|
    Dan Man |Anna Chicherova|valerie vili|will claye|yargelis savigne|-|
    04072511 |Renaud Lavillenie.|britanny reese|bernard lagat|-|-|
    Lock |Liu Xiang|kirani james|mutaz essa barshim|mohammad aman|-|
    drquirky |Silas Kiplagat|veronica campbell brown|tatyana chernova|matt centrowitz|-|
    Longjump67 |Olha Saladuha|Reese Hoffa|Klishna|kristi clastin|-|
    marathonmanpat|-|-|-|-|-|

    Not sure if he's on USA team but will go for Reese Hoffa in the Shot


  • #44
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    longjump67 wrote: »
    Not sure if he's on USA team but will go for Reese Hoffa in the Shot

    He is indeed and I will be very nice and help people out by putting up links to a few countries teams

    Jamaican Team
    Russian Team
    US Team
    Kenyan Team
    UK Team

    Now you have no excuses :D


  • #45
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    Tick tock, can we have some picks please? Running out of time on this.


  • #46
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Dan man wrote: »
    Tick tock, can we have some picks please? Running out of time on this.

    I am gonna propose something as a solution to our time problem and see if it will work

    If everyone PM me list of 7 athletes in order of pick I will then go through them and allocate the athletes in order of your picks so if someone has same name as you on list it comes down to what order you have the athlete in with relation to your turn in picks. This way we can all get all the rounds done and dusted in next few days. I say 7 just in case people pick one of your selections just I know this was done off very short notice.

    If anyone has objections to this idea just say (I can be a dodgy character and people might think I will snake some of there athletes :D)


  • #47
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    ecoli wrote: »
    I am gonna propose something as a solution to our time problem and see if it will work

    If everyone PM me list of 7 athletes in order of pick I will then go through them and allocate the athletes in order of your picks so if someone has same name as you on list it comes down to what order you have the athlete in with relation to your turn in picks. This way we can all get all the rounds done and dusted in next few days. I say 7 just in case people pick one of your selections just I know this was done off very short notice.

    If anyone has objections to this idea just say (I can be a dodgy character and people might think I will snake some of there athletes :D)

    That's a good idea. To make the process clear, once you receive all the PMs from each member, you can put up everyone's 7 choices on screen. That means there will be no issues over whether the process was fair or not and we can see how each athlete was allocated to each player.


  • #48
    longjump67
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭longjump67


    Looks like we have stalled on the picks here.


  • #49
    BobMac104
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BobMac104


    No I think everyone is sending their picks to e.coli now in one go and he'll sort it out from there.


  • #50
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    So ecoli, can you confirm that we are all to send you our 7 picks?


  • #51
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Dan man wrote: »
    So ecoli, can you confirm that we are all to send you our 7 picks?

    Yes send them away.

    So far I have three lists in this order

    BobMac104
    Getonwithit
    rainbow Kirby

    Also does someone want to take my list just to prove my order of preference wont change when getting the lists to make it fair?


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