The A2K Fantasy Olympics Beijing 2008

OFFICIAL FINAL STANDINGS

1. tgordon92 (Chicago 2016) - 932 points
2. realjohnboy (WIFF's) - 899
3. hingehead - 887
4. alex - 870
5. jespah (Ring-o-leave-os) - 866
6. Patada Veloz (Fantasy Warriors) - 865
7. Capitalgull (British Dreamers) - 848
8. markr -835
9. fom2020 (Pancho's Olympic Team) - 833
10. fbaezer - 832
11. Barneyhull - 826
12. EhBeth - 815
13. fidell (Castro's Champion Kiwis) - 808
14. wandeljw - 794
15. Pantalones - 779
16. Calamity Jane - 776
17. MyOwnUsername - 774
18. cicerone imposter - 765
19. jpinmilwaukee - 747
20. Foxfyre (Night Owls) - 732
21. MrKingsley - 726
22. McGentrix - 706
23. ossobuco (Dolphinkicking Dogpaddlers) - 693
24. George (TGIF) -652
25. Ticomaya (Ticolympians) - 635
26. Diane (PDQ Geckos) - 602
27. ElStudHoncho (Fighting Gerbils) - 561
28. Imur (THIOS) - 556

Shoot! I was shooting for spot 14, but wandel took "my" place. LOL

Sorry, C.I. I realize that 14 is a magic number. It places me in the top half of the fantasy players, but I still don't have my medal. I must train for the next Olympics.

Points per NOC:

Group A:

China Women 188 (27-11-20)
USA Women 168 (16-24-16)
USA Men 167 (21-14-20)
China Men 158 (24-10-8)
Australia 132 (14-15-17)
Germany 125 (16-10-15)
Russia Men 104 (12-8-20)
Russia Women 102 (11-13-8)

Group B:
Great Britain 149 (19-13-15)
South Korea 103 (13-10-8)
France 100 (7-16-17)
Italy 80 (8-10-10)
Japan 73 (9-6-10)
Ukaine 65 (7-5-15)
Spain 58 (5-10-3)
Cuba 54 (2-11-11)
Netherlands 54 (7-5-4)
Hungary 32 (3-5-2)
Romania 26 (4-1-3)

Group C:
Canada 48 (3-9-6)
Belarus 45 (4-5-10)
Kenya 44 (5-5-4)
Brazil 35 (3-4-8)
Poland 34 (3-6-1)
Norway 32 (3-5-2)
Kazakhstan 29 (2-4-7)
Ethiopia 25 (4-1-2)
Czech Republic 24 (3-3-0)
Slovakia 22 (3-2-1)
Turkey 20 (1-4-3)
Denmark 19 (2-2-3)
Thailand 16 (2-2-0)
Argentina 14 (2-0-4)
Sweden 13 (0-4-1)
Greece 8 (0-2-2)
Iran 6 (1-0-1)
Austria 5 (0-1-2)
South Africa 3 (0-1-0)

Group D. (Picked countries with fantasy points)
Jamaica 41 (6-3-2)
New Zealand 23 (3-1-5)
Georgia 18 (3-0-3)
North Korea 16 (2-1-3)
Azerbaijan 15 (1-2-4)
Switzerland 14 (2-0-4)
Uzbekistan 14 (1-2-3)
Slovenia 13 (1-2-2)
Indonesia 11 (1-1-3)
Mexico 11 (2-0-1)
Finland 10 (1-1-2)
Croatia 9 (0-2-3)
Belgium 8 (1-1-0)
Dominican Republic 8 (1-1-0)
Estonia 8 (1-1-0)
Portugal 8 (1-1-0)
India 7 (1-0-2)
Ireland 5 (0-1-2)
Algeria 4 (0-1-1)
Bahamas 4 (0-1-1)
Morocco 4 (0-1-1)
Serbia 4 (0-1-1)
Chinese Taipei 4 (0-0-4)
Chile 3 (0-1-0)
Iceland 3 (0-1-0)
Singapore 3 (0-1-0)
Sudan 3 (0-1-0)
Vietnam 3 (0-1-0)
Egypt 1 (0-0-1)
Israel 1 (0-0-1)
Venezuela 1 (0-0-1)

Unpicked countries who made fantasy points:

Mongolia 16
Zimbabwe 14
Latvia 9
Lithuania 9
Trinidad & Tobago 6
Nigeria 6
Armenia 6
Bahrein 5
Cameroon 5
Panama 5
Tunisia 5
Colombia 4
Kyrgystan 4
Tajikistan 4
Ecuador 3
Malaysia 3
Afghanistan 1
Moldova 1
Mauritius 1
Togo 1

My dark horse Group D teams did not come through. You don't know how close I was to picking Mongolia.

fbaezer:
Serbia should have 5 points instead of 4.
Bulgaria (not listed) has 11 points.


With your numbers for the US and Chinese teams, I get:

tgordon92 933 (Serbia)
realjohnboy 899
hingehead 887
alex240101 870
jespah 866
patadaveloz 865
markr 853 (transposition of last two digits?)
capitalgull 849 (Serbia)
fom2020 833
fbaezer 832
Barneyhull 826
EhBeth 815
fidell 808
wandeljw 794
CalamityJane 776
MyOwnUsername 775 (Serbia)
cicerone imposter 765
Pantalones 759 (?)
jpinmilwaukee 747
Foxfyre 732
MrKingsley 726
McGentrix 706
ossobuco 689 (?)
George 652
Ticomaya 633 (?)
ElStudHoncho 617 (big difference)
Diane 602
Imur 556

I may have missed some changes to teams that were made along the way. That could account for some of the differences.

Testing and hoping this works.

Double congratulations, RJB!

Congratulations to TGordon for coming here and pulling off a late surge to grab the gold. And to Hingehead for touching the wall just ahead of a few other folks right behind him.
Thanks to all of yall for playing. It was a lot of fun.
And, of course, a big tip of the hat to Fbaezer for organizing and running this. Good job!

On another topic, jpinmilw has started an NFL Fantasy Football game here on A2K in conjunction with Yahoo. We have 13 teams but need a 14th player to make it work the way we want. And we need that 14th person by Thursday. Please check out the Fantasy Football thread for an explanation of the game.
And rest assured that a knowledge of football is not required.

FANTASY OLYMPIC VICTORY CEREMONY


Third place, Bronze medal.




From Australia
(Cairns, actually)




Hingehead

Second place, Silver medal.




From the United States of America
(a rappin' redneck from Charlottesville, if you ask me)




realjohnboy (WIFF's)

First Place, Gold medal and
Fantasy Olympic Champion




From the United States of America





tgordon92 (Chicago 2016)

Applause to all the Medalists, excellent playing! Always, thanks to Fb.

Great to see you have access, RJB!

Congrats to the champeen!

Thanks to fbaezer for doing all the wrangling. It was an awful lot of fun.

Yay, RJB is back! Home from Texas and congratulations again to all the medalists, and thanks again to Fb for his expertise, time, and trouble in running the event.

Hi all...............

Just got back from trip to Texas and saw final standings. I want to thank all of you for a great time, especially Tico, Diane's Geckos, and Imur for all of the close action and back and forth chit chat............also a big thanks to FB for headin' things up.............Ya'll take care and behave yourselves!!

El Stud Honcho

Congratulations to the winners and the contestants. It was fun!

ElStud, I suspect you've got more to say on these boards.

Stick around. It's a good place.

Wonderfully done, well played all.