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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#563138
Putting this up now because I won't be around much next week...

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

Seppel 2
McCalpin 2
Sykes 1

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

Kris Sonsteby 1868
Robin Honeycutt 1803
Jeremy Huth 1773
Michael Van Breemen 1752
Justin Ford 1736
James Heaney 1651
Sean O'Reilly 1643
Joe Kallstrom 1560
Daniel Matteson 1518
Tim Gerrard 1465
Brian S 1446
JD_Ashley 1349

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 only slightly larger than 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 Kris Sonsteby. He's been playing at a high level for over 2 decades now and I don't see him rolling into a World Championships in his (relatively speaking) back yard unprepared.

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. That said, I think MVB represents a nice combination of upside winning potential with a rating low enough in relative terms to return a solid value, so I'm going with MVB

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, and that ranking/rating ratio screams value, so I'm going for the MVB Double Dip for the 2021 1e World Championship win and biggest rating increase.

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 Frozen Chosen have something to say about that?
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By pfti (Jon Carter)
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2E Cardassia Regional Champion 2023
#563141
I think I have seen on the boards that the bowlings are going!
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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
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1E North American Continental Champion 2023
2E North American Continental Champion 2023
  Trek Masters 1E Champion 2024
1E Canadian National Champion 2023
1E American National Champion 2023
2E Canadian National Champion 2023
2E  National Runner-Up 2023
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1E The Neutral Zone Regional Champion 2023
2E The Neutral Zone Regional Champion 2023
#563143
Thanks for the vote of confidence. :thumbsup:

Michael
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By BCSWowbagger (James Heaney)
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#563149
To win:
Day 1 MVB
Day 2 Kris Sonsteby

Ratings gain:
Day 1 Joe Kallstrom
Day 2 MVB
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By LORE (Kris Sonsteby)
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1E Andoria Regional Champion 2023
2E Andoria Regional Champion 2023
W.C.T. Chairman's Trophy winner 2014-2015
#563151
I'll pour 200 ratings points on the field if it earns me a World Champion title.
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By BCSWowbagger (James Heaney)
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#563153
'twill only make my final triumph over you at the top table on day two so much the sweeter. :)
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By MidnightLich (Charlie Plaine)
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#563163
Day 1 Winner: James Heaney (Gotta be loyal to my staff, yo.)
Day 1 Most Improved: JD (Gotta be loyal to my homie, yo.)

Day 2 Winner: Kris
Day 2 Most Improved: MVB

-crp
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By Professor Scott (Mathew McCalpin)
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1E Cardassia Regional Champion 2023
#563167
Double down on:

MVB to win
Sean to improve

both days.
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By OKCoyote (Daniel Matteson)
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1E North American Continental Quarter-Finalist 2023
2E Cardassia Regional Champion 2023
#563172
Waiting for Ted Reebel to vote for himself.

Are we doing a 2E?
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 - Delta Quadrant
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#563174
Winner both days: Kris. Most improved both days: Daniel M.
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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#563183
OKCoyote wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:41 pm

Are we doing a 2E?
Yeah I'll try to get it up today.
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By KazonPADD (Paddy Tye)
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1E European Continental Runner-Up 2023
1E The Neutral Zone Regional Champion 2023
#563184
There are pills for that Brian! :wink:
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By Professor Scott (Mathew McCalpin)
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1E Cardassia Regional Champion 2023
#563187
KazonPADD wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:03 am There are pills for that Brian! :wink:
Says the guy who's taken so many his face turned purple? :shifty: :D :P
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By KazonPADD (Paddy Tye)
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1E European Continental Runner-Up 2023
1E The Neutral Zone Regional Champion 2023
#563191
I wear my multicoloured meds with pride on my nice shiny gauntlet… :D
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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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#563197
Paddy is foolish to doubt my ability to get it up.

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