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PEEHS - Sports Stars - The Reveal

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  • #62
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    lassykk wrote: »
    Zaph picked Collins too

    I thought Collins was a bit obscure and if you weren't sure he could second guess yourself that he was Caruth (which my wife did when I asked her to pick her selections!)

    I was hoping there might be some youngsters who wouldn't know him but I suspect your profiling was about right.


  • #63
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Golf

    17-Golf.jpg[/QUOTE]

    Woods
    Duffner
    McIlroy
    Kaymer
    Norman
    Langer
    Harrington
    Faldo

    Tiger Woods led the charge here with 7 votes which was the only one I'd say went to the most famous candidate

    Jason Dufner and Bernhard Langer the only aces in this round for Scorpian Sting and BuileBeag

    The only hope for ShaneU based on the above is that Zaph got his answer wrong in this round


  • #64
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    lassykk wrote: »
    Golf


    The only hope for ShaneU based on the above is that Zaph got his answer wrong in this round[/quote]

    Oooh tense!

    Also an ace.. WOOHOO


  • #65
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I was hoping there might be some youngsters who wouldn't know him but I suspect your profiling was about right.

    My thought process was to pick people I knew which meant 90s sport stars onwards with the exception of Schumacher in the football, etc who had a back story that caught my attention at some stage.

    I didn't know what every person looked like but would know who they are and what they are famous for on a name basis


  • #66
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Question 10: Golf

    Woods - 7
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Green&Red
    Izy
    Kolido
    Necro
    Reberetta
    Spook_ie

    Norman - 5
    Barney92
    geotrig
    Hello 2D Person Below
    Ted_YNWA
    Trigger

    McIlroy - 4
    aaronjennings
    davetherave
    Electric Nitwit
    Sheridan81

    Kaymer - 4
    $hifty
    Local_Chap
    Rikand
    Zaph

    Faldo - 4
    MicksJaguar
    ShaneU
    Strawberry Milkshake
    Ziedth

    Harrington - 2
    Homer J. Fong
    Mustang Shelly

    ACES - 1:

    Dufner - Scorpian Sting
    Langer - BuileBeag


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  • #67
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Zaph selected Kaymer, which as this is a correct answer means he cannot be caught. Congratulations to Zaph who showed remarkable consistency throughout with a total score of 28 (averaging less than 3 in one of these is certainly not easy!)

    Geotrig ends up with the wooden spoon!

    It was hard to bring too much excitement into the reveal as the gap never closed significantly and the lead never changed from Round 1.


  • #68
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Scores after question 10:

    Player Score
    Zaph 28
    ShaneU 35
    Hello 2D Person Below 39
    Scorpian Sting 40.5
    Sheridan81 41
    Strawberry Milkshake 41.5
    davetherave 42
    Mustang Shelly 43
    Green&Red 43
    Rikand 43
    BuileBeag 43
    MicksJaguar 45
    Homer J. Fong 46
    aaronjennings 46
    Ted_YNWA 47.5
    Local_Chap 47.5
    Electric Nitwit 48
    Trigger 48
    Spook_ie 48
    Also Starring LeVar Burton 48.5
    Ziedth 48.5
    $hifty 51
    Izy 52.5
    Necro 54
    Barney92 54
    Reberetta 54.5
    Kolido 55
    geotrig 66


  • #69
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Thanks to everyone for participating. I enjoyed running it and will do another sports themed one soon.

    Apologies that I'm not much for GIFs which seems to be a standard inclusion in these reveals ;)


  • #70
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Lol where's Zaph?


  • #71
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Lol where's Zaph?

    I left him/her out for the tension ;)

    He picked Kaymer - Like they'd ever get one wrong!


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  • #72
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm never going to win one of these blasted things!!

    Thanks lassyk, good craic.

    Well done Zaph!!


  • #73
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Thanks Lassy, great reveal. Well done Zaph and geotrig.


  • #74
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,338 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Congrats Zaph on the victory, now it's time for you to do your lap of honor.

    Thanks lassykk for the great game and reveal.


  • #75
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    congrats zaph,
    hard luck geotrig



    Thanks for running lassykk.


  • #76
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    Good stuff lassykk. Congratulations to Zaph. If only I'd chosen Carl Lewis...bloody Gail Devers! I will never forget her for as long as I live.


  • #77
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,990 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Nicely done lassykk.

    Happy enough even though I'm at the bottom, no incorrects was my aim :D


  • #78
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Congrats Zaph! Great reveal lassykk.

    As someone who knows very little about sports, I'm surprised I did as well as I did - defentitely thought I would be in contention for the Wooden Spoon, and definitely thought I'd have more than one incorrect answer. If I had even known the names of any Dart players I could've potentially landed on a right answer (it worked for 1 or 2 of the other rounds anyway), but alas it wasn't to be. Look forward to another Sports one - the comps where you know very little to begin with are great fun to take part in.


  • #79
    Trigger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,538 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Good show lassy, had a decent start but fell away quite quickly. Really need to adjust my tactics :pac:

    Congrats Zaph, some great picks


  • #80
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users Posts: 42,079 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Congrats Zaph. Great peehsing throughout.

    Thanks for running lassy. I'll forgive you for spelling my username wrong. ;)

    Disappointed with myself for thinking Mary Pierce was Petra Kvitova as I'd watch a good bit of tennis.


  • #81
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Scorpion Sting wrote: »
    Congrats Zaph. Great peehsing throughout.

    Thanks for running lassy. I'll forgive you for spelling my username wrong. ;)

    Disappointed with myself for thinking Mary Pierce was Petra Kvitova as I'd watch a good bit of tennis.

    Ah my apologies. I copied nearly every name in from the PM but sure I thought I knew how to spell scorpion :o


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  • #82
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Thanks lassy. Great hosting :)

    Well done Zaph


  • #83
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    I've started compiling a list for another version sometime in the future but I sense it might eliminate those with limited sports interest as I've picked a lot of the most famous from each category already.

    I've a WWE round now and I'm open to suggestions for other sports too


  • #84
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    I'm going to mix the "harder" sports into 4 & 4 to give people a chance if they don't know one sport they might know someone in the other


  • #85
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,713 ✭✭✭geotrig


    damn crap scoring by me, missed the reveals as was tied up :(
    some of those answers !!!I had contemplated changing to schmcher for the football but just wasn't sure, taught his hair was too light and was tempted to change to langer also.
    Gobsmacked that wasn't fu, flo jo or crashtor o\


  • #86
    Trigger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,538 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    lassykk wrote: »
    I've started compiling a list for another version sometime in the future but I sense it might eliminate those with limited sports interest as I've picked a lot of the most famous from each category already.

    I've a WWE round now and I'm open to suggestions for other sports too

    WWE is not a sport!






    :D


  • #87
    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Trigger wrote: »
    WWE is not a sport!






    :D

    Oh I couldn't agree with you more!

    But I toyed with the idea in this version and for the want of a category it's going into version 2.

    It requires high levels of athleticism so it's close enough for this ;)


  • #88
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    Only read through the reveal now. Mid-table mediocrity as usual

    Congrats on the W Zaph, and thanks for the game, Lassy:)


  • #89
    davetherave
    Registered Users Posts: 3,359 ✭✭✭davetherave


    Blew it at the end again. With an average of less than 3 points per answer I don't think anyone else was in the running for this one though. Congrats Zaph and thanks lassy.


  • #90
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,655 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Missed the reveal - damn you people, why did so many of you keep picking the same as me?! :mad:

    Well played Zaph, commanding performance!

    Great reveal lassy, a brilliant hosting debut :)


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  • #91
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,655 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    If you wanted a slightly different take for the next one, you could add awkward photos of well known sports stars, like the video round in Question of Sport, things like...

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    Or baby photos :p


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