2016 Winter TPL Discraft

[c5ho]

Can I bet everything opposite to Carter please.
kthnxbai
#suckit

Jack!

#page3

[MaxPower]

Correct Week 4 picks:

Girls just want to have Hung; Nico & Paddy (6-2)
W(h)AM; Amanda (4-2)
Remington Steele; Denton (2-0)
Mr. & Mrs. Packman; Kirk (4-2)
The Shimotti Kid (lost but covered); Destin and Kieran (4-4)
Note: While Destin did not play, Kieran got 4 D's on his own to tie Shimmy/Mel. Since ShimMel were favoured, the Destin/Kieran bets win. Had ShimMel won, the bet would have been voided due to Destin's absence.
If anyone wants to appeal this ruling, please click here: http://bit.ly/1RpO4i9

This is now three weeks in a row that the house has been a half-point away on Chintendo's final spread.
Nico: everyone except Nantais was very happy with your performance.

This week players went 71-57 (55%) against the house.
For the season players are 181-175 (51%) against the house.

Standings (Week 4; Season Total; % correct):

dentonmatthew 5-5; 24-13; 65%
edk001 6-4; 12-8; 60%
c5ho 6-4; 6-4; 60%
gregkramer 6-4; 11-8; 58%
master_storm 7-3; 16-13; 55%
Big Country 6-4; 20-17; 54%
JonB 5-5; 19-18; 51%
mmurl 6-3; 18-18; 50%
cut-chemist 6-3; 14-14; 50%
ca_ta 5-5; 13-15; 46%
nhung2 7-3; 16-21; 43%
nantana50 3-7; 9-19; 32%
christopherjywang 3-7; 3-7; 30%

[master_storm]

Full stats leaderboard can be found here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1238198717

Also, if you haven't done so, find the TPL facebook page and like it!

Male MVP
This week’s MVP is Jeff Steele. This is his 5th MVP honors this year and 8th lifetime

6 Goals
3 Assists
1 2nd Assists
4 Ds
2 Throwaways
2 Receiver Error

Female MVP
This week's female MVP is Vikki Shimoda. This is her 2nd MVP honors this year and her 2nd lifetime.

6 Goals
2 Assists
1 2nd Assists
1 Ds

Defensive players of the week
The male defensive player(s) of the week are Jeff Steele, David Shimoda, Lachlan Holmes, Jon Brunetti, Kieran Bol, Andrew Gosbee with 4 Ds
The female defensive player(s) of the week are Lydia Dwyer, Erin McMahon, Sarah Maureen MacQuarrie, Mei-linn Chuong, with 2 Ds

Leaderboards

Goals
Tyler Curtis 53
Julian Weinrib 44
Jeff Steele 42

Goals - Female
Vikki Shimoda 27
Nicolette Bertsch 21
Kiley Bolton 17

Assists
Jeff Steele 38
Chris Loat 38
David Shimoda 33
Andrew Milne 33

Assists - Female
Amanda Moore 22
Emma Seaborn 21
Sarah Tulin 19
Hadiya Roderique 19

2nd Assist
Chris Loat 22
Darrel Nantais 21
Amanda Moore 19

2nd Assist - Female
Amanda Moore 19
Emma Seaborn 11
Danielle Leung 11
Catherine Brooks 11

Most Ds
Jeff Steele 19
Matt Murl 18
Greg Sheldrake 17

Most Ds - Female
Janine Duffy 11
Destin McQuillan 11
Vikki Shimoda 8
Michelle Chandler 8
Mei-linn Chuong 8
Hadiya Roderique 8
Aislind Syrotuik 8

Throwaways
Andrew Milne 25
Matt Denton 24
Norman Lew 23

Top Salary
Jeff Steele 580000
Tyler Curtis 471500
Julian Weinrib 467500

Top Female Salary
Vikki Shimoda 322500
Amanda Moore 316500
Marianne Perko 283000

Milestones

These people have reached the following milestones

100 Goals - Mark Taylor

200 Assists - Kirsten Niles, Rob Grundy

50 Ds - Kieran Bol, Rajiv Seneviratne

100 Throwaways - Tyler Curtis

$1,000,000 - Kiley Bolton
$2,000,000 - David Shimoda

20 Wins - Kiley Bolton
50 Wins Matt Kirk, Julian Weinrib

[ca_ta]

Chintendo Power!

This weeks BBR is a Randomized rule.

BBR7 - Pot of Gold. This is all in the spirit of St. Paddy's Day. At the end of this week's trading, we will randomly draw 10 names out of a hat. whoever has those players will receive $2,000 in cap space. Happy St. Paddy's Day!


Fun Fact!
In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all their cash.


Thanks for reading this weeks Chintendo Power! Stay tuned next week for the next Issue!

[JonB]

So, the week of trading is over, who are the lucky ten? Or more importantly, who are the GMs of the lucky ten?

[MaxPower]

It's Week 5 of the TPL Betting Pool aka the Soupcan Memorial Degenerate Player Pool:

Reminder:
Spreads will be used to handicap the match-ups (and provide bulletin board material for captains/players).
Note: "Team A (-1.5) vs Team B" means that Team A is favoured to win by 1.5 points.
Another Note: Side bets will count in the results (unless players involved are absent).

Chintendo Cartertainment System vs Ghozbusters (-1.5)
When playing Ghostbusters on Nintendo, it was always so annoying when the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man would randomly show up, destroy a building and ruin your money balance. When playing TPL, it is always so annoying when you're wide open on an in cut only to have the thrower toss a questionable huck.
Side bet: Who gets more G's: Marianne and Slater (-1.5) vs Granziol and Robert Jackson?

GI Joel and the Real American Heroes vs Mr. & Mrs. Packman (-1.5)
GI Joel has a bunch of Handlers, while the Packmen rely on their cutters to get the disc moving. This week Packmen are playing against a team with a few big Green Bay Packer fans. Where else are you going to get such hard-hitting TPL analysis like this?
Side bet: Who has more Assists minus Throwaways: BC (-0.5) or Machina?

The Shimotti Kid (-2.5) vs Rowdy Ricky Piper
Shimotti decided to stand Pat Morita on the trading front, While Rick did the opposite, sending half of his team out of the Piper's Pit.
Side bet: Who gets more G's: Mark Taylor or Jarrod Stewart (-0.5)?

Remington Steele vs Alvin and the Chikmunks (-3.5)
Steele hasn't lost since Week 2, while Alvin hasn't lost since...last week. Not sure if Steele can adequately find a sub who can fill the void of his missing Dynasty Player aka the Most Fun TPL Player aka the resident TPL Interviewer, Marko. Is Slater available?
Side bet: Who gets more D's: Rajiv and JChan (-0.5) or Jon Brandt and Matt Frederick?

Girls just want to have Hung (-0.5) vs W(h)AM
After starting 3-0, Hung has since alternated winning and losing. Will he finally show his true colors? Meanwhile, W(h)AM has been at the edge of heaven for the past 3 weeks.
Side bet: Who gets more A's: Greg Sheldrake and Eli Fidler (-0.5) or RT Lechow and Larry Macdonald?

[JonB]

Ghoz - Marianne and Slater (mostly Marianne if they decide to throw to her, but Slater might get a couple)
GI joe - BC (Go PAck Go)
Shimmy - Mark Taylor
Alvin - Mocha Stallion and 4Chan
W(h)AM - Sheldrake and whomever

[Big Country]

Ghoz - Marianne and Slater
GI Joel (Packers Fans for the win) - BC
Shimotti Kid (Best Bet of Night) - Taylor
Steele - JuB and Frederick
W(h)am - Sheldrake and Eli

[master_storm]

Chintendo/Marianne Slater
GI Joel/BC
Shimotti/Jarrod Stewart
Steele/JUB&Frederick
W(h)am/Sheldrak&Eli

[mmurl]

Chintendo - Marianne/Slater
Packman - Machina
Shimmotti - Jarrod
Steele - Rajiv/J
WhAM - Sheldrake/Eli

[nantana50]

Ghoz, Marianne and Slater
Joel, Machina
Shim, Jarrod
Steele, Rajiv and Jchan
Hung, RT and Larry

[nhung2]

Gosbee/Marianne&Slater
Shimmy/Taylor
Steele/Jub&Fredrick
Hung/Sheldrake&Eli
(why does my team always get the weird half my team half the other team side bet)

[gregkramer]

Chintendo Cartertainment System - Granziol and Robert Jackson
GI Joel and the Real American Heroes - BC
The Shimotti Kid - Jarrod Stewart
Remington Steele - Rajiv and JChan
Girls just want to have Hung - Greg Sheldrake and Eli Fidler

[ca_ta]

Chintendo/ Not going side bet (because MARIANNE ISN'T HERE)
Joel/ Machina
Shimotti/ Mark Taylor
Steele/ Jub and Frederick
W(h)am/ Sheldrake and Fidler

[Edk001]

Ghoz / no side bet (given the above absence)
M&M / BC
Shim / Mark T
Chik / JUB/Matt
Girls / Sheldrake/Eli

The above entry typed on a Commodore 64 and saved to a 5.25" floppy disk.

[dentonmatthew]

Ghoz, Marianne
Joel, BC
Shimmy, Jarod
Steele, Brandt
Wham, hot King

[cut-chemist]

Chintendo / No pick
Joel / BC
RRP / No pick*
Steele / Rajiv+JChan
W(h)AM / Greg+Eli

*You may want to trust the two TPL stats gurus on this one.

[c5ho]

Chintendo
Marianne & Slater

GI Joel
Machina

Shimotti Kid
Mark Taylor

Chikmunks
Jon & Matt

W(h)AM
Greg & Eli

[c5ho]

Hey Murl, any stats on largest average point differentials for games this late into the season? Last night compared to past seasons? Seems like there were quite a few big wins/losses last night...

[mmurl]

Warren put together a point diff total a few weeks ago, but it would take some digging to put it against previous seasons - maybe next week. I'm working on some other season over season items for this week.

[master_storm]

Full stats leaderboard can be found here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1238198717

Also, if you haven't done so, find the TPL facebook page and like it!

Male MVP
This week’s MVP is Andy Milne. This is his 6th lifetime

2 Goals
9 Assists
2 2nd Assists
2 Ds
3 Throwaways

Female MVP
This week's female MVP is Hadiya Roderique. This is her 17th lifetime.

2 Goals
5 Assists
2 2nd Assists
3 Ds
3 Throwaways

Defensive players of the week
The male defensive player(s) of the week are Andrew Gosbee, Greg Kramer with 4 Ds
The female defensive player(s) of the week are Hadiya Roderique, Mei-linn Chuong with 3 Ds

Leaderboards

Goals
Tyler Curtis 61
Julian Weinrib 48
Jeff Steele 45

Goals - Female
Vikki Shimoda 31
Nicolette Bertsch 26
Kiley Bolton 23

Assists
Jeff Steele 45
Chris Loat 43
Andrew Milne 42

Assists - Female
Emma Seaborn 25
Amanda Moore 25
Hadiya Roderique 24

2nd Assist
Chris Loat 27
Darrel Nantais 23
Amanda Moore 22

2nd Assist - Female
Amanda Moore 22
Sarah Tulin 13
Emma Seaborn 13

Most Ds
Matt Murl 21
Jeff Steele 20
Greg Sheldrake 19

Most Ds - Female
Destin McQuillan 12
Mei-linn Chuong 11
Janine Duffy 11
Hadiya Roderique 11

Throwaways
Andrew Milne 28
BC Roedde 27
Norman Lew 24

Top Salary
Jeff Steele 631500
Tyler Curtis 518000
Julian Weinrib 502000

Top Female Salary
Vikki Shimoda 352000
Amanda Moore 343500
Hadiya Roderique 319000

Milestones

These people have reached the following milestones

200 Assists - Chris Wang, Alex Koo, Jon Brandt

50 Ds - Tyler Curtis

$2,000,000 - Anthony Slater

100 Throwaways - Matt Machina

20 Wins - John Hurlbut

Century Club (100G, 100A, 100 2A, 100D, 100TA) Greg Sheldrake

[mmurl]

Other stats from around the league:

Weeks 7 & 8 were the highest scoring weeks of the season with week 8 being the highest. Statistically it was really only an average week compared to previous seasons, will get to that at the end.

New career highs for the following people (and possibly more, hit me up at the field if you want me to check):

Week 7 – WhAM continued to make it happen with 3 more career highs and 4 others just off.

Lachlan 57.5K in his first game, and that was with showing up 15 minutes late! 1 stat from an MVP debut.
Gabe 49K (39.5) – 2 in 3 weeks
Vincent 46K (33) – b2b career bests
Enoch 45K (32)
Marianne – 43K – 2nd highest
Fell 25K – 2nd highest
Blue 35K – 3rd highest
Melody 26K – 4th highest

Week 8 – Packman stole the flow and dominated the list with 3 and a couple others just missing

Mei-Linn 45 (14) – huge game
Bustin 51.5K (47.5)
Brunetti 55.5K (53)
Stirling 41.5K (41)
J-F 24.5K (22.5)
Kevin Ha 37.5K (32.5)
Nico 48K (42.5) – only 1 game under 34K, so likely the most consistently high earning lady this season
Stacia 22.5K – tied high
Kat 28K – 2nd highest

Sarah Tulin briefly took a 0.2% lead in lifetime win % over 20 games after week 7 but relinquished it after this week’s loss. Matt Denton is back on top at 71% while pre-season leader Rick has slipped from 75% to 67%

Jeff Steele’s great run as GM has helped him get out of the win % basement, leaving behind some of his NoBS teammates.

Dynasty (non-traded) superstars are really Loating it up this season for their rookie GMs (this was a post week 7 stat that of course got hurt a little this week):
Matt Kirk, last night was first game over 50K, lifetime average is 47.2K
Andy, last night was first game over 40K, lifetime average is 38.7K
Norm, last night was 2nd game over 40K, lifetime average is 45.4K
BC – 2 games at a high of 36K, lifetime average is 34K

How this season is doing overall on average compared to previous seasons on a weekly stat basis (regular season only as end of season stats get crazy/incomplete):

Goals/Assists – Last, about 10G/week down from all but season 6
2nd Assists - 2nd overall and with the lower goals, it is the highest rate of 2nd Assists at 77% of goals
D – tied for 2nd
TAs – 3rd best but with the lower assists, it combines for the worst overall Assist/Throwaway rate, almost right on the 50/50 mark at 1.03
Drops – 1st, currently 2 drops/week better than season 6 - keep it going!

[MaxPower]

Correct Week 5 picks:

Ghozbusters; Anthony "Don't worry Marianne, I got this" Slater (6-1)
Mr. & Mrs. Packman; Machina (2 to -2)
The Shimotti Kid; Jarrod (4-1)
Alvin and the Chikmunks; Brandt and Frederick (4-3)
Girls just want to have Hung; RT and Larry (2-2 to beat the spread)

Some random notes:
Parity took a bit of a beating this week with some very lopsided game scores. That being said, players were still under .500 with their game picks.
For the first time, the house correctly picked all of the game winners this week.
Nantana50 was the only person to correctly pick RT/Larry.
Tough week for cut-chemist, who got a bagel with his picks.

This week players went 51-63 (45%) against the house.
For the season players are 232-238 (49%) against the house.

Standings (Week 5; Season Total; % correct):

edk001 6-3; 18-11; 62%
dentonmatthew 5-5; 29-18; 62%
c5ho 5-5; 11-9; 55%
master_storm 4-6; 20-19; 51%
Big Country 4-6; 24-23; 51%
mmurl 5-5; 23-23; 50%
JonB 4-6; 23-24; 49%
gregkramer 3-7; 14-15; 48%
nhung2 5-3; 21-24; 47%
ca_ta 3-6; 16-21; 43%
nantana50 7-3; 16-22; 42%
cut-chemist 0-8; 14-22; 39%
christopherjywang 0-0; 3-7; 30%

[Edk001]

I also picked Andy as this week's MVP (verbally mentioned it to him after our game).

[cut-chemist]

Tough week for cut-chemist, who got a bagel with his picks.

Tough indeed. I wonder whether Big Brother should garnish my week's earnings after this woeful performance.

[MaxPower]

It's Week 6 of the TPL Betting Pool aka the Soupcan Memorial Degenerate Player Pool:

Reminder:
Spreads will be used to handicap the match-ups (and provide bulletin board material for captains/players).
Note: "Team A (-1.5) vs Team B" means that Team A is favoured to win by 1.5 points.
Another Note: Side bets will count in the results (unless players involved are absent).

The Shimotti Kid vs Alvin and the Chikmunks (-2.5)
Last week both teams won by 10, so of course they had to say goodbye to some big pieces. Even still, Alvin was able to land a new Chipette in Jar, while Shimotti now needs to watch out for Dee going all Cobra Kai on them and sweeping their legs.
Side bet: Which pro statkeeper ends the game with a higher salary (not including the W): Linda or Crystal (-$1)?

GI Joel and the Real American Heroes vs Girls just want to have Hung (-0.5)
Hung has clinched a playoff spot and is looking good to have the 1-seed going into playoffs. GI Joel has lost 3 in a row and needs a win. If this was the cartoon, right now the Joes would be captured by Cobra and would have to rely on some dumbass (usually Shipwreck) to luck into saving them all. So what I'm basically saying is that Wangers will probably have a huge game.
Side bet: Who gets more G's and 2A's: Hayley Burgess (-0.5) or Cassandra Cheung?

Ghozbusters (-3.5) vs Rowdy Ricky Piper
RRP desperately needs to bodyslam Gosbee in the Piper's Pit to stay in the playoff hunt. Ghozbusters haven't mathematically clinched yet so have something to play for. Fun fact: Kieran got traded from RRP on Thursday and was traded back on Sunday. #TPL4LIFE
Side bet: Who gets more G+A+2A+D: Ed Kung (-0.5) or Mike Rudanycz?

Mr. & Mrs. Packman (-1.5) vs Chintendo Cartertainment System
Chintendo lost pretty badly last week in their game AND in trading. Who lets all that cap space go to waste? Pretty bold of the Packmen to talk about playoff strategy in their interview last week considering they're staring at a potential play-in game next week. It's like they ate a power pellet and are chasing the blinking ghosts...but can they eat them in time before they turn back?
Side bet: Who gets more G's: GStar & Don or Stacia Cheung & Mark Bustin (-0.5)

Remington Steele vs W(h)AM (-1.5)
W(h)AM is in the playoffs, while Steele is (checks math) 99.9% in. Big Brothers should be on high Loating alert. Rumour has it that Steele hasn't been in charge of trading for his team. It's all been SMF, who didn't think that anyone would take her seriously as a TPL GM so she installed Steele as a figurehead.
Side bet: What percentage of Remington Steele scores will Steele get either a G or A? over/under 50.5%

[c5ho]

Chikmunks, Crystal

Hung, Hayley

Ghoz, Ed

Chintendo, Stacia & Bustin

WhAM, over

[christopherjywang]

Chik, Crystal
Hung, Hayley
Goz, Rudy
Pakman, Stacia + Bustin
Wham, Over

[JonB]

Chik, Crystal
Hung, Hayley
Goz, Rudy
Pakman, Stacia + Bustin
Wham, Over

What he said.

[gregkramer]

Alvin and the Chikmunks - Crystal
Girls just want to have Hung - Cassandra Cheung
Rowdy Ricky Piper - Mike Rudanycz
Chintendo Cartertainment System - Stacia Cheung & Mark Bustin
Remington Steele - over

[master_storm]

shimotti/Crystal
Hung/Hayley
RSJ/Ed
Packman/Stacia & Bustin
w(h)am/under

[nantana50]

Chik/Crystal
Hung/Hayley
RRP/Ed
Packpeople/Stacia and Bustin
Steele/Under

[mmurl]

Avlin/Crystal
Hung/Hayley
Ghoz/Mike
Chintendo/DonG
Steele/Under

[nhung2]

Chik-Crystal
Hung-Hayley
Gosbee- Ed
Carter-Stacia/Bustin
WHAM- Over

[Big Country]

Chick - Crystal
Joel - Hayley
Ghoz - Ed
Packman - gstar & Don
Steele - over

[Edk001]

Chik / Crystal
Girls / Cass
Ghoz / me
M&M / Stacia & Bustin
Steele / Over

[cut-chemist]

Alvin / Crystal
GJWtHH / Hayley
RRP / Michael
Chintendo / Stacia&Bustin
W(h)AM / under

[dentonmatthew]

Chick, Crystal
Hung, Hayley
Piper, ED!!,
Pack, busty
Steele, under

[blank_1982]

Thank-you Murl and BC for having faith that G and I could out defend Bustin and Stacia... even several of our own teammates had no faith.

[rajiv]

BBS Stats Post
Full stats leaderboard can be found here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1238198717

Also, if you haven't done so, find the TPL facebook page and like it!

Male MVP
This week’s MVP is Andy Milne. This is his 2nd MVP honors this year and 7th lifetime

1 Goals
9 Assists
4 2nd Assists
2 Ds
2 Throwaways
0 Receiver Error

Female MVP
This week's female MVP is Ammand Sheppard. This is her 1st MVP honors this year and her 2nd lifetime.

4 Goals
1 Assists
1 2nd Assists
2 Ds
0 Throwaways
0 Receiver Error

Defensive players of the week
The male defensive player(s) of the week Joel Myers with 6 Ds
The female defensive player(s) of the week is Janine Duffy with 3 Ds

Leaderboards

Goals
Tyler Curtis 69
Julian Weinrib 53
Jeff Steele 48

Goals - Female
Vikki Shimoda 34
Nicolette Bertsch 28
Kiley Bolton 28

Assists
Andrew Milne 51
Jeff Steele 47
Chris Loat 47

Assists - Female
Amanda Moore 28
Emma Seaborn 26
Hadiya Roderique 24

2nd Assist
Chris Loat 30
Darrel Nantais 25
Amanda Moore 22

2nd Assist - Female
Amanda Moore 22
Emma Seaborn 15
Stacia Cheung 14

Most Ds
Matt Murl 24
Jeff Steele 22
Greg Sheldrake 19

Most Ds - Female
Janine Duffy 14
Mei-linn Chuong 12
Destin McQuillan 12

Throwaways
BC Roedde 30
Andrew Milne 30
Matt Denton 27

Top Salary
Jeff Steele 668000
Tyler Curtis 573000
Julian Weinrib 563000

Top Female Salary
Vikki Shimoda 363500
Nicolette Bertsch 356500
Amanda Moore 353000


Milestones

These people have reached the following milestones

100 Goals -
250 Goals -

200 Assists -
500 Assists -

50 Ds -
100 Ds -

100 Throwaways -
250 Throwaways

$1,000,000 - Marko Iskric
$2,000,000 -

20 Wins - Rob Janikowski
50 Wins - Anthony Slater

Century Club (100G, 100A, 100 2A, 100D, 100TA) - Joel Myers

[rajiv]

Damn Gosbee, you've got both the Male and Female MVP's this week. Also Julian had the second highest male total. :p

[Edk001]

Back to Back MVP for Andy. Well done! I can confirm that both Andy and Amanda S. had a great game for us yesterday (and they both helped me win my side bet )

[rajiv]

I think I helped you out a bit too... You beat me for three goals within a couple shifts last night.

[mmurl]

Slow week for the stats business. The demise of Joel and RSJ has led to the early onslaught of meaningless games with still another week to go until playoffs.

New career highs for the following people:

Amanda Sheppard 43K (previous high 42.5)
Ed!!! 21.5K (19.5) – another clutch gambling pool performance
Larry 39.5K (29.5) – the vets came to play this week!
Nick 29K – 2nd highest (30)

On to last week’s request for Parity info (of course we went from a blowout week to a highly contested one with all games within 5pts)

Average winning margins:
S8 – 5.29
S7 – 4.25
S6 – 4.84
S5 – 5.44
S4 – 6.35 (this was the shootout year with the keeper tax…)
S3 – 5.85

So parity isn’t as good as the last couple of seasons but still on par with average.

Last week’s 37 point differential was the highest this season but not significant historically, all but season 7 have had a bigger differential week.

S7 - 29
S6 – 39
S5 – 45
S4 – 53, 44, 41, 39
S3 – 47, 43, 39

Parting week 9 thoughts:
199 Goals – continues to add to the deficit of lowest scoring season
198 Assists vs 196 TAs… matches the season pace to stay just above the 50/50 mark. Assists are +39 for the season with some sloppy games coming up.
46 Drops… reasonably low and still on pace to be the best season drop rate

[c5ho]

Parting week 9 thoughts:
199 Goals – continues to add to the deficit of lowest scoring season
198 Assists vs 196 TAs… matches the season pace to stay just above the 50/50 mark. Assists are +39 for the season with some sloppy games coming up.
46 Drops… reasonably low and still on pace to be the best season drop rate

Does Fin's dropped pull count as only one drop?

[Jed]

Does Fin's dropped pull count as only one drop?

I thought I'd get 2 Ds for that - one for the pull, and another because he was my guy. At least he touched the disc, which couldn't be said for most of my throws that game.

[HotSauce]

Parting week 9 thoughts:
199 Goals – continues to add to the deficit of lowest scoring season
198 Assists vs 196 TAs… matches the season pace to stay just above the 50/50 mark. Assists are +39 for the season with some sloppy games coming up.
46 Drops… reasonably low and still on pace to be the best season drop rate

Does Fin's dropped pull count as only one drop?

A Drop and a Throwaway.

[MaxPower]

Sorry for the delay in updating the pool results. Got called into some GM-duties to help save the Shimotti Kid...which looked a little like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1DmdgOdHgw

Correct Week 6 picks:

Alvin and the Chikmunks; Crystal
Girls just want to have Hung; Cassandra
Ghozbusters; Ed
Chintendo; GStar and Don
Remington Steele; under

Some random notes:
Parity had a nice recovery with 3 games within 3 points, while the other two were at the low end of "Blowout Status" at 5 points.
The house was 4-for-5 on picking winners (stupid tie game).
The Chikmunks/Crystal/Hung lines cost the house dearly as players went 34-2 (BC picked his team, Norm picked against his team).
Ed gets put in the pool and has a career game. You're welcome.

This week players went 67-53 (56%) against the house.
For the season players are 299-291 (50.7%) against the house.

Standings (Week 5; Season Total; % correct):

edk001 7-3; 25-14; 64%
dentonmatthew 5-5; 34-23; 60%
c5ho 6-4; 17-13; 57%
mmurl 8-2; 31-25; 55%
Big Country 6-4; 30-27; 53%
gregkramer 6-4; 20-19; 51%
master_storm 4-6; 24-25; 49%
JonB 4-6; 27-30; 47%
nhung2 6-4; 26-28; 48%
nantana50 6-4; 22-26; 46%
ca_ta 0-0; 16-21; 43%
cut-chemist 5-5; 19-27; 41%
christopherjywang 4-6; 7-13; 35%

[MaxPower]

It's Week 7 of the TPL Betting Pool aka the Soupcan Memorial Degenerate Player Pool:

Reminder:
Spreads will be used to handicap the match-ups (and provide bulletin board material for captains/players).
Note: "Team A (-1.5) vs Team B" means that Team A is favoured to win by 1.5 points.
Another Note: Side bets will count in the results (unless players involved are absent).

Chintendo Cartertainment System (-4.5) vs GI Joel and the Real American Heroes
Did you know that GI Joel can still technically make the playoffs? Well, now you know. Any knowing is half the battle. And the other half of the battle for Joel is winning by about 20 points. When statsman Matt Murl told Joel of the odds of his team making the playoffs, this was his reply: https://media1.giphy.com/media/yznEXxtq7wQlG/200.gif (TPL theme crossover!). Oh, and after tying last week Carter sneakily improved his team pretty well which is making him feel like http://media0.giphy.com/media/IqWXCElSG683S/giphy.gif
Side bet: Who gets more A + 2A: Carter + Anita or Paddy + Joanna (-0.5)?

Mr. & Mrs. Packman (-2.5) vs Rowdy Ricky Piper
The Pack People continue to get ready for the playoffs that they still haven't clinched. Pretty sure it involves doing this to frisbees: https://media.giphy.com/media/A8NkSPltT13H2/giphy.gif
Meanwhile, all Rowdy Ricky Piper has to do to make the playoffs is to win by 9. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. My TPL spies have managed to uncover footage of Rick's pre-game speech for tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1TcnQxV4BE&nohtml5
Side bet: Who gets more D's: Brunetti (-0.5) or Rajiv?

Alvin and the Chikmunks (-3.5) vs Remington Steele
Lots of people who can put it deep playing tonight...expect a lot of this from players: https://media4.giphy.com/media/oD0YFMXHpwxDq/200.gif as well as this from those people who get looked off from their open in-cuts: http://25.media.tumblr.com/11060fcff6a2 ... o1_400.gif
Side bet: Who gets more G's: Jar + Chik (-1.5) or Melody + Marko?

Ghozbusters (-2.5) vs W(h)AM
The Ghozbusters the past couple of weeks: http://p.fod4.com/p/media/c801bb960a/zK ... ters-3.gif
Meanwhile, W(h)AM has been celebrating their early playoff clinch a little too much: http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-23-2015/OKEfLq.gif and has lost their previous two games.
No...you're running out of ideas for things to write.
Side bet: Which captain gets more G + A + 2A + D - TA: Gosbee or Warren (-1.5)?

The Shimotti Kid (-0.5) vs Girls just want to have Hung
Can GJWTHH clinch first seed tonight? Will Nick's father get off his case? https://45.media.tumblr.com/d225013f7be ... o1_400.gif
Or will they get crane kick to the face (which was somehow legal in the All Valley Karate Championship even though a punch to the face was illegal) https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-stati ... 7694-2.gif
Side bet: Who gets more 2A: Zajac + Brooks or Nick + Janine (-0.5)?

[JonB]

Joel - Paddy and somebody
Rowdy - Rajiv
Alvin - Jar and somebody
Wham - Gosbee
Hung - Janine and somebody

Betting against my own team for the first time. Need to get over 50% for a change.