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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#563196
Putting this up now because I won't be around much next week...

Here's the Standings in the Championship Season Pickem so far:

Danny 1
Sykes 1

Here's your field for the 2021 World Championship as of today:

Michael Van Breemen 1994
Jared Hoffman 1830
Eric Robinett 1812
Justin Ford 1774
Casey Wickum 1764
Maggie Geppert 1730
Jeremy Benedict 1719
Daniel Matteson 1664
Matt S 1660
Tim Claypoole 1633
Amber Van Breemen 1614
Jason Beyer 1520
Sean O'Reilly 1520
Robin Honeycutt 1515
Tim Gerrard 1481

Same as before, pick a winner and a most improved rating, but this time you need to do it for both Day 1 AND Day 2 - so 4 picks total.

Day 1 is going to be wide open - with a field where half of the players will make the cutoff, a .500 day should get you through to day 2. That's a hard field to pick a winner in, but I'll go ahead and give the nod to MVB. He's the clear favorite in this field and has a track record of bringing the goods to the big dance.

As for most improved, I think it's too hard to go chalk when there's a wide array of ratings combined with a sky high K-value. It only takes one win against one of the top dogs by a lower rated player to take the day on ratings gain. As such, I'm reaching down into the pool and going with Tim Claypoole. Tim is an old Team Ohio player who definitely knows his way around high level play. Assuming he shakes off the rust, I can see him pulling more than a few upsets on the top half of the field, and would be very surprised if he didn't make the cut.

As for Day 2, this is a tough call. Whoever wins is most likely to gain the most ratings points, but with the Swiss format (instead of a bracket) being the choice, all of the finalists will get the same number of games so the ratings bonanza upset potential is definitely there. That said, I still think MVB is the guy to beat, so I'm going with him for the win. For most improved, I think Hometown Hero Casey Wickum makes enough of a splash to gain some ratings points even if he ends up falling to MVB in the course of day 2.

You have until Day 1 kicks off to make your picks.

What do you all think? Will it in fact be the MVB show? Or will the Hometown Heroes, The Florida Connection, or Team Ohio have something to say about that?
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By MidnightLich (Charlie Plaine)
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#563221
Day 1: MVB to win, Robin Honeycutt for most improved.
Day 2: Jeremy Benedict to win, AVB for most improved.

-crp
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#563274
Day 1: Same as Charlie. Honigschneider most improved. MVB for the win.
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 - Delta Quadrant
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Day 2: Jated Hoffman for the win. Daniel M. most improved.
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By Danny (Daniel Giddings)
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#563341
Day 1
  • FTW: Michael Van Breemen
  • Most improved: Sean O'Reilly
Day 2
  • FTW: Eric Robinett
  • Most improved: Jason Beyer
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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2E Deep Space 9 Regional Champion 2023
#563474
I gotta go with

Day 1
Casey Wickum - winner
Robin Honeycutt - most improved

Day 2
Eric Robinett - winner
Amber Van Breemen - most improved
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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#563881
MVB won day 1, but proving my theory correct, it was actually Dan Matteson who posted the highest ratings gain with a +130! Despite "only" finishing 5th, he logged 4 wins against only one loss, which is a great way to improve your rating!

So Charlie, Seppel, Danny, and myself all get a point for picking MVB. Nobody took Daniel for day 1 most improved.

So heading into day 2, here are the standings:

Danny 2
Sykes 2
Charlie 1
Seppel 1

Let's see what Day 2 brings!
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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#563933
Jared Hoffman sweeps both categories with a Worlds win AND a +106 Ratings Gain!

Seppel made the correct call on the Hoffman win, and nobody picked Hoffman to gain the most ratings points.

That leaves Seppel, Danny, and Myself in a 3-way tie for first with Charlie one point back.

Thanks for playing, everyone! :cheersL:
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