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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#561753
Here's your pre-registered field for Continentals tomorrow and their going-in rating:


Robin Honeycutt 1803
Sean O'Reilly 1614
Maggie Geppert 1574
Daniel Matteson 1547
Matthew McClain 1361

This is real easy. You make 2 picks: Winner and most improved rating. I'll do something similar for Nationals next week and Worlds next month. Whoever gets the most points wins.

I don't have any prize support. If any of the powers that be want to chip in a foil or something I won't turn it down, but this is just for the love of the game.

My Picks:
Winner: With MVB running the judge's table, and Robin Honeycutt apparently a late scratch (HINT: DONT PICK HIM) this field is small, but wide open! The Old Schooler Sean O'Reilly becomes the nominal favorite, and I've seen Sean play enough good 1e over enough years to know he brings the goods to the big events. With the big dogs out of the field, he's my pick to win.

Most Improved: This field is one of ratings parity, and from what I've seen in past small field events, the Winner and most improved are pretty strongly correlated. As such, even though he has the lowest ceiling, if Sean goes 3-0 he'll still pick up enough points to outclass the field, so I'm going with an Old Schooler double dip on the 1e side!

What do you think? Who walks out of MouseHouseLand with the title and the bragging rights? We'll find out in a little under 48 so get your picks in quick!
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By The Ninja Scot (Michael Van Breemen)
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1E World Quarter-Finalist 2023
2E World Champion 2023
Tribbles World Champion 2022
The Traveler
1E North American Continental Champion 2023
2E North American Continental Champion 2023
  Trek Masters 1E Champion 2024
1E American National Champion 2023
1E Canadian National Champion 2023
2E Canadian National Champion 2023
2E  National Runner-Up 2023
2E American National Second Runner-Up 2023
1E The Neutral Zone Regional Champion 2023
2E The Neutral Zone Regional Champion 2023
#561765
Fair warning - I'm only expecting to play if we have an odd number (to avoid a bye) or if I'm asked to play. Plus, it'll be interesting to see how I am getting only plane sleep....

Michael,
At the airport for another 2.5 hours
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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#561766
Yeah obviously if MVB plays he'd be a heavy favorite... do you risk the donut for the big winning upside?

Anyone who's played fantasy football knows the feeling of having to wrestle with the decision to start a high end stud player who picked up a Questionable tag mid week. Decisions, decisions! :wink:
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By Professor Scott (Mathew McCalpin)
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1E Cardassia Regional Champion 2023
#561802
Maggie for both!
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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#561839
Anyone else want in on this action? Kickoff is in a few short hours!
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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2E North American Continental Semi-Finalist 2023
ibbles  Trek Masters Tribbles Champion 2023
2E Deep Space 9 Regional Champion 2023
#561845
Professor Scott wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:41 pm Maggie for both!
Hey! Get over here. There's still time to make the trip.
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By Professor Scott (Mathew McCalpin)
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1E Cardassia Regional Champion 2023
#561854
jadziadax8 wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:36 am
Professor Scott wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:41 pm Maggie for both!
Hey! Get over here. There's still time to make the trip.

I am on call this weekend. Round trip is over 3 hours, so if I got there and got a service ticket, it would take too long to get back home. My luck is I stay home and get no tickets or I get there and get a ticket in 5 seconds.
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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#561879
Two points each to Seppel and McCalpin for correctly picking Maggie to win AND get the most rating points!

The small tournament correlation holds up again and these gents cashed in on it!

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