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Court Rivals 8/7/08

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It is that time Court Rival fans, time for a new Court Rivals thread!  I apologize to everyone that doesn't play court rivals and has no interest in this thread.  We are doing our best to cut down on the amount of these that are created and try to maintain all the info in as few threads as possible.  Thanks for your patience and understanding, oh and for being TomInHawaii.

Carrying on!  Here is the latest Google Player Attribute spreadsheet which was updated on 8/6/08 by the kind and wonderful Jerryd Oden.  If you have access and can update your team regularly it would be a great help, and reduce the work of one person.

In the latest BlazersEdge faux-league standings we have a Google League Standing Spreadsheet brought to us by the great Lamarcus Royden.  Thanks guys!

Tonight the Bedgers match up with the PooDevils in a college C matchup.

vERRYkERRPLEX takes on Just Blaze in a highly anticipated BlazersEdge league matchup.

Bedgers2 face off against Crownthisteam, CTT is a college A team.

Red Unit drives the lane on Rebel without a cause.  RWAC is a team with fillers and should be destroyed.

B-Edge Odenizers show no mercy for the Boondock Ballers.  The BB's should be a solid test for the Odenizers.

Blazing the Edge laughs heartily at the  Heath Falcons.  Blazing the Edge is looking to get on track, and the Falcons look like just the team to do it against.

BlazersEdgers will battle BoA.  This looks like a great game that could go either way.

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access to spreadsheet

if you grant me access… I can help with vERYkERRPLEX.
bkerrpdx@gmail.com

We all appreciate the work you put into it

by Kersey Lives on Aug 7, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Standings Updated through 8/7

I also added a Matrix so teams can quickly see who they still need to play to finish out the round robin seeding.

Don’t Play any BE team a 2nd time around – this will mess up our playoffs! (see below for details)

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Aug 7, 2008 9:30 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Playoff Format & Plans

1) We want to have the playoffs during THIS season, before the reset takes away progress and team chemistries. We’ll need to have this done by about day 41 in case any of our teams make the CR end of season playoffs.

2) We will use the CR challenge system to setup our playoff games. the team who did not issue the challenge during the regular season should be able to issue the regular challenge.

3) We will play the traditional 1v8, 4v5, 2v7, 3v6 1st round, followed by 1/8 vs 4/5 and 2/7 vs 3/6, and finally the championship game. To allow time for possible scheduling snafus, I propose the following schedule:
Quarterfinals – Day 33, Monday, August 25 (26th and 27th if needed)
Semifinals – Day 36, Thursday, August 28 (29th/30th if needed)
Championship: Day 39, Sunday, August 31st

4) Seeding based on W-L against othe BE teams. ties broken 1st by head to head, then by total training points

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Aug 7, 2008 9:39 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Coaches

this plan would require having no other outstanding challenges on the docket by day 33.

I think this is a good playoff plan!

by moko on Aug 7, 2008 10:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I like it....

Really nice thinking. It will take heavy cooperation from every single team though. I think we need representatives from each team to make sure the challenges will be issued and met. Also, we need to make sure every blazersedge team’s challenge list doesn’t have a bunch of unplayed challenges on it, or it will be difficult to make the games happen when we need them to. Great idea by spacing out each round over three days, hopefully that will be enough. Its going to take some cooperation, but I think its the best plan thus far….

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Aug 7, 2008 11:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

DAY 30

make sure all your challenges have been emptied out. kERRpLEX has 2 teams left to play in the round robin.

by Kersey Lives on Aug 7, 2008 11:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Our coach apparently doesn't read our CR forum

and has issued only one challenge this season. He is training, but not talking. I don’t know if he’s reading here at BE or not. We’ve posted suggested challenges (with links) but no action. Our hands are tied until he starts communicating.

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 8, 2008 8:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

He's also

pocked his head in on games… we could chat him up when/if we see him.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 8:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

May I

I make fun of your typo? I first thought of pock-marked but that’s not nice, but then it became “pocketed” and I thought that was pretty funny…

There have been embarrassing moments when I would have loved to pocket my head.

FWIW, I e-mailed Kazz about our “problem”

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 8, 2008 10:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I am here for the mcoking my lady

He didn’t stop by during last nights game… ah well.

Fun to watch the games while cooking.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 9, 2008 6:54 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Got a reply

Will send it to you via your CR email.

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 9, 2008 7:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

thanks

it made no sense unless Kaz saw he was logging into the game.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 9, 2008 10:32 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I LIKE idea things are reset!!!

Some of us are early starters and it gives us a little time to catch-up.

If we can’t do it this season, i say do it next season with the existing teams and just wait until 15 games or so when chemistries are formed.

Or… we can do both seasons, i suppose.

I was just looking forward to the mighty a coming tumbling :)

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 8:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

i like THE idea THATthings are reset

Also… some of us were also LATE starters. (although technically early starter works too but is confusing with the sentence structure.)

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 8:54 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

One Problem

The Sim doesn’t always use a challenge to form a match-up, and it doesn’t always use them in the order they were made. For example, BEdgers2 has had an open challenge with BlazersEdgers since 7/26, and we still haven’t been scheduled to play them.

by Steve The Hedge on Aug 8, 2008 8:54 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Challenges are the first to be played
Opponents are assigned in the following order:
1. Challenges
2. Divisional Opponents
3. Conference Opponents
4. Random Opponents

They don’t, however, get played in order because your opponent has to complete their outstanding challenges first. In other words, the challenge that shows as #1 for your team may actually be #5 for the other team. And THAT team’s challenge is dependent on yet another team. Apparently some teams line up lots of challenges because only “most recent 10” are listed. We’re playing kERRPLEX tonight, but they are really #3 on our list – the other 2 teams are college teams so probably have many more challenges.

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 8, 2008 9:27 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

2nd reply

You probably already knew the above and your post was only a caution as to what to expect in the playoffs. Apologies for wearing blinders.

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 8, 2008 9:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

which is why

1) we’ve added some buffer days
2) the KEY is making sure ALL 8 teams have NO outstanding challenges queued up prior to the playoffs.

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Aug 8, 2008 11:19 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Promotions

BEdgers and Bedgers2 are both now in the College C division.

I would expect to see BlazersEdgers cracking College D any day now.

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Aug 7, 2008 10:05 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Hey Red Unit

and Blazing the Edge: accept our challenge!

Tonight is a big game for BEdgers. We’re playing a fellow College C team with more training points than us. This is a chance to make a statement as we try to fight our way into the court rivals playoffs.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Aug 7, 2008 10:11 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Just Blaze

Just Blaze only won by 89 points last night. I’m not going to lie, it was a little disappointing.

by Replacement Level Poster on Aug 7, 2008 10:16 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

And Claire

only got 42 pts. What IS her mgr. going to say when he comes back to town?!

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 7, 2008 10:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

It was like the nuggets

One player with 42 pts, another with 32. Good game by the whole team too, with a few double doubles.

by Replacement Level Poster on Aug 7, 2008 10:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

HaHA!

Wow. Fun to come back to a successful player. I just hope I can keep the roll going!

Kevin Pritchard is a 4.0 Draft Day Student

by rmcdougall on Aug 10, 2008 8:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

89?

I beat the spread!

by moko on Aug 7, 2008 10:35 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Odenizes are stumbling...

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 8, 2008 3:34 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

I

Omitted the R as motivation for my team.

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 8, 2008 3:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I'd pay for your month of premium

I hate paypal…

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 8, 2008 3:37 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Email me

phunkroller@yahoo.com

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 8, 2008 3:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

ugh i just realized lots of people might now mail me for premium accounts...

somehow confirm who you are.. ill buy a month of premium for you.

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 8, 2008 3:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Just Blaze vs verykerplexuhwhat'sthatname?

We’re going to win! why? Because the announcers can say, spell, and read our name. they all tend to appreciate that.

Nice to have another tough battle to step up for.

I’ve given up on expecting great things from RB, but the team is winning, and that’s what’s most important.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 8:50 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

hangover

I still have a hangover from the shut up juice kegger I partook in 2 days ago hosted by BEdgers.

Technically…... JB should have the edge on the ‘unpronouncables’ due to TC, but I think it should be a good match up. Hopefully we can keep it closer than 57 points.

by Kersey Lives on Aug 8, 2008 9:45 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

JB

comes with VERY consistent play. Should be a good game.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 12:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

41 points

Well, it is closer than 57.

by Replacement Level Poster on Aug 8, 2008 7:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

yup... good job at doing that :)

Luckily you have a chance tonight to redeem yourself.

By the way, you are totally allowed to mock my cockiness if you win. Turn about is TOTALLY fair play!

Of course… you’re looking at the future champions of the blazer edge league… so you shouldn’t take it too hard when you can’t return the mocking.

Ribbing aside, we’re all amazed that we won by so much, and I hope it’s closer for you next game… of course, I’m still hoping we win.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 9:49 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Speak for yourself (I guess you did)

when you say you hope it’s closer next time. I’m all for cheering on the other BE teams – EXCEPT when they play us and when they play us I hope we bury them.

Yikes, did I say that?

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 8, 2008 10:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I like your killer instinct!!!

Although… we’re not playing… my screen must have just been glitchy. it showed we beat them AND we had them again today. Obviously false as we’re playing scrubs that are going to be smashed. I expect our biggest win yet.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 9, 2008 6:52 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Ah so

I can’t access coutrivals right now…

The Past is a Grotesque Animal
Somehow you've red-rovered the gestapo circling my heart
And nothing can defeat you
No death, no ugly world

WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.

by Dheepan on Aug 8, 2008 1:05 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

ditto

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Aug 8, 2008 1:20 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Alternate link to Court Rivals website

Court Rivals is currently experiencing some DNS issues right now with their ISP. In the mean time, you can connect to the site using the IP address of http://66.187.104.213/

by Jerryd Oden on Aug 8, 2008 1:47 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

sweet

thanks!!!

hmmm… i just went there and I can’t train… it’s frozen… crud.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 1:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

ah... i think i see

it’s friendly to explorer, not fire fox.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 2:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

correction...

it was a script blocker… new site and i forgot.

all good :)

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 2:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Thanks!

Whew! That down time almost cost me 5-minutes of training time! I almost hyperventilated.

by Steve The Hedge on Aug 8, 2008 1:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

yeah... it DID cost me five minutes

grrr

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 2:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

AHHHH

I floundered away my chance to catch up to Steve!

by Jerryd Oden on Aug 8, 2008 2:32 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

You've still got me beat

on endurance. So you should pass me soon. I’m trying to be as efficient as possible with my training credits, but I’ve had to build my endurance the last few days to beat back the increased training times. At least now I can spend more than a few minutes away from my computer. Dang. Now I’ll have to work…next week. It’s Friday!

by Steve The Hedge on Aug 8, 2008 3:45 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Where did you find that info anyway?

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 8, 2008 2:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Court Rivals announcement forum

It seems I’m one of the few who doesn’t have DNS issues with their website. I thought it would be nice to relay the information. :)

by Jerryd Oden on Aug 8, 2008 2:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Past 'EM!

BEdgers2 just passed BEdgers in total training points.

by Steve The Hedge on Aug 8, 2008 3:48 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

uh oh..

Odenizers are playing Blazers for a second time today…

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 9, 2008 4:15 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

NM

I see they are not part of our standings.

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 9, 2008 4:18 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Not that I want to be traded..

But wouldn’t it be cool if you could trade players?

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 9, 2008 4:20 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

I get the impression

That once you get to the elite levels players team hop. I don’t know if teams recruit directly, but that’s one reason they are instituting team chemistries (as opposed to two-player chems) – to reward the teams that stay together.

Who would do the trading?

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 9, 2008 6:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Please UNREC the 8/1 CR thread

There are two in the top five now and we don’t want to annoy the other posters.

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 9, 2008 7:03 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

It will be gone

once the Junk Drawer gets posted and Rec’d

by Steve The Hedge on Aug 9, 2008 8:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Strange

I waited till it had fallen off the top, how do the come back up?

by Replacement Level Poster on Aug 9, 2008 9:33 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Someone probably

thought it was the new one and rec’d it again.

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 9, 2008 9:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

last night's results

Bedgers match up with the PooDevils in a college C matchup:
BEdegers lose 102-105. Too many offensive rebounds given up in this game. Vanilla Gorilla gets 5 blocks.

vERRYkERRPLEX takes on Just Blaze in a BlazersEdge league matchup.
Joachim Padraic paces Just Blaze with 12-17 shooting for 29 points. Final 130-89.
Slappy Pryzbilla gets 16 rebounds for vERRYkwhatever.

Bedgers2 face off against Crownthisteam, CTT is a college A team.
BEdgers2 lose a close one 95-103. Billy Ray Johnson gets a double-double in the loss.

Red Unit drives the lane on Rebel without a cause. RWAC is a team with fillers and should be destroyed.
Red Unit breaks away in the third to make this a blowout 130-75, albeit against 5 non-corporeal players. Jay Acer is the high scorer with 26.

B-Edge Odenizers show no mercy for the Boondock Ballers. The BB’s should be a solid test for the Odenizers.
Poor shooting does in the Odenizers. Final 89-98.

Blazing the Edge laughs heartily at the Heath Falcons. Blazing the Edge is looking to get on track, and the Falcons look like just the team to do it against.
95-75 for a win against 9 non-corporeals.

BlazersEdgers will battle BoA. This looks like a great game that could go either way.
Blazers Edgers lose 84-126 against a very strong team. Joey Bigdeel gets a double-double.

by moko on Aug 9, 2008 9:58 AM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Game preview for Aug 9th

Blazing the Edge plays PTT Villagers, a strong team on a 7 game win streak.

vERRYkERRPLEX plays Obstination, a team close to them in strength and on a 6 game win streak.

Just Blaze play Hometown Ballas, a weak team inexplicably on an 8 game win streak. Leo the Great earlier today guaranteed a win for Just Blaze. We’ll see if this quote provides some whiteboard motivation for Hometown Ballas with it’s 6 non-corporeal players.

B Edge Odenizers again play the Blazers, a non-BE team that they won against earlier in the season. The Blazers were until recently a college D team.

In a BE division game, Red Unit plays BEdgers2. Red Unit’s 3 game win streak will be severely tested against the college C level BEdgers2.

Blazers Edgers play Pearland Dragons in matchup against a decent playground team on a 5 game win streak.

EDgers play Live Oak Eagles, a Pro C team that has already beaten two BE teams this season.

by moko on Aug 9, 2008 12:36 PM PDT reply reply   0 recs

Good luck everyone

I heard a rumor that Roy Bot will retire if Just Blaze loses to the pathetic Hometown Ballas.

by Replacement Level Poster on Aug 9, 2008 1:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Bayless guarantees a win

because he’d hate to see RoyBot go.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomp