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The A2K Fantasy Olympics Beijing 2008

 
 
fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 10:56 am
Hi Patada Veloz!

You're missing one C group entry.
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jpinMilwaukee
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 12:56 pm
realjohnboy wrote:
I swear there was some dude named Peter who posted here, or somewhere, using the team name Biznitches. Someone even responded asking what a Biznitch was. But I can't find that exchange! Did I imagine that?


That's my brother. He is in our Football league.

And I signed up already Very Happy
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Diane
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 02:17 pm
Ticomaya, you really need to come out here for a fine example of educated women sounding like drunken sailors. <grin>
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Foxfyre
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 02:51 pm
Okay I'm here and I think I'm in. Somebody explain exactly what I need to do to play?
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 03:00 pm
Re: The A2K Fantasy Olympics Beijing 2008
Foxfyre, this quote has move of it ...

Part D is the trickiest, but Jespah posted a Wikipedia link listing all the countries entered in the Olympics. You have to "scratch off" the countries in Categories A, B, and C, and then you're left with those to make you choices for D.



fbaezer wrote:
The Olympic Games in Beijing will start in a few weeks.
Perhaps a Fantasy Prediction Game will make them more fun.
We certainly had a lot on Athens 2004 and Torino 2006.

6 Simple Rules of the Game:

1. Every participant will choose a "team" of 15 national olympic teams (divided by gender in the case of the USA, China and Russia teams). The aggregate result of these national olympic teams will determine the winner, on the basis of 5 points for every gold medal, 3 points for every silver medal, and 1 point for every bronze medal.

2. The 15 national olympic teams must be chosen from 4 different pools, in which the nations have been divided according to their performance in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.

3. Each participant must choose 2 olympic teams from Group A, 3 olympic teams from Group B, 5 olympic teams from Group C and 5 olympic teams from Group D (with encompasses all nations not in any of the former groups).

4. Since the USA, China and Russia Olympic Teams get the most medals, they will be divided in USA Male, USA Female, China Male, China Female, Russia Male, Russia Female. Any medal won by a mixed duo or team (equestrian team medals, for example), will count for both male and female teams.

5. The medal count will be based on the OIC count. That is, collective medals count as one.

6. All participants must enter their predictions before 10:00 a.m August 8, US CST (which is about when the opening ceremony is over).

Prizes:

Winner: Virtual GOLD Medal, and congratulations from every one.
Runner Up: Virtual SILVER Medal.
Third Place: Virtual BRONZE Medal.

Groups:

Group A:

Australia
China Men
China Women
Germany
Russia Men
Russia Women
USA Men
USA Women



Group B:

Cuba
France
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Romania
South Korea
Spain
Ukraine
United Kingdom


Group C:

Argentina
Austria
Belarus
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ethiopia
Greece
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Thailand
Turkey


Group D:

All other participant national olympic teams.



I'll do my best to post daily standings of the A2K Fantasy Olympics Predition Game.

Good luck to everyone.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 03:02 pm
And here's the Wikipedia link -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics#Participating_NOCs
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Foxfyre
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 03:05 pm
Yes, thanks Osso. I was going to delete my post after I figured it out. Smile

Okay here's my picks:

US Men
US Women

Japan
Ukraine
France

Argentina
Canada
Greece
Kenya
Austria

Georgia
Israel
Switzerland
Iceland
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)

Somebody has to be last yes? Smile
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realjohnboy
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 03:21 pm
Foxfyre wrote:


Somebody has to be last yes? Smile


Perhaps or perhaps not. I went on a last minute round of trolling for players. I still have a couple of invites floating around.
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Foxfyre
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 03:45 pm
realjohnboy wrote:
Foxfyre wrote:


Somebody has to be last yes? Smile


Perhaps or perhaps not. I went on a last minute round of trolling for players. I still have a couple of invites floating around.


Oh no. I hope I'm not the last to join this group. I just figure with my picks I could very well wind up last in the competition. Smile
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jespah
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 04:33 pm
Re: ahhhh.... the fantasy A2K games...
patadaveloz wrote:
hi,

as a member that only posts during the A2K fantasy games, I had to come here -but with a slightly different name, since I forgot my previous pwd and I'm too stupid to retrieve it. ...


We can help you at the Help Desk. You can get there by just reporting this post and writing what you wrote above. Let us know what your old account was named; that helps.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 05:11 pm
It might have been patada veloz, two words.. (putting my two cents in as usual).
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 05:15 pm
Took a look at Jespah's informative link.

Tico, there are no competitors from French Guiana.

There's Guyana alright, but that used to be English Guiana.
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Ticomaya
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 07:31 pm
fbaezer wrote:
Tico, there are no competitors from French Guiana.

There's Guyana alright, but that used to be English Guiana.


Is that a problem?

Okay ... let me go in a different direction and pick ... Serbia, instead.
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 1 Aug, 2008 08:26 pm
Ticomaya wrote:


Okay ... let me go in a different direction and pick ... Serbia, instead.


So be it!
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 2 Aug, 2008 12:42 pm
Ticomaya wrote:
I don't know, rjb ... I'm having a hard time getting the picture of Diane and Osso "letting 'er rip" out of my mind.


'round here that phrase refers to a scent-and-sound-o-rama

bit of TMI Shocked
patadaveloz
 
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Reply Sat 2 Aug, 2008 12:51 pm
corrected "fantasy warriors" roster:

Group A:

Australia
China Women

Group B:

Japan
South Korea
United Kingdom

Group C:

Brazil
Canada
Norway
Thailand
Kazakhstan

Group D:

portugal
mexico
taiwan or chinese taipei
new zealand
switzerland

note that I dropped the "politically correct" palestine and took instead the kiwis in group D. and added kazakhstan on group C.

Quote:
It might have been patada veloz, two words.. (putting my two cents in as usual).


your 2 cents are worth it...
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capitalgull
 
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Reply Sun 3 Aug, 2008 01:58 pm
Hello
Hi all, have been looking for a Fantasy Olympics game everywhere and stumbled across this on a Google search, so it will be my first post! I run a big fantasy sports group through Yahoo and in another group used to play comps like this for plenty of the major games; Olympics, Winter Olympics, World Champ'ship Athletics, etc...

Team Name: British Dreamers

Group A:
China Men
China Women

Group B:
Japan
South Korea
My very own United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Group C:
Belarus
Brazil
Greece
Canada
South Africa

Group D:
Chinese Taipei
Croatia
Serbia
India
Uzbekistan

Good luck all
Andy
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realjohnboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Aug, 2008 02:08 pm
Welcome, Andy, to this game and also to A2K. Wander around and check out other threads.
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George
 
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Reply Sun 3 Aug, 2008 03:17 pm
TGIF
(Team George International Federation)

A
USA Men
Russia Women

B
Japan
Hungary
Italy

C
Poland
Bulgaria
Sweden
Canada
Norway

D
Finland
Ireland
New Zealand
Switzerland
Belgium
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Foxfyre
 
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Reply Sun 3 Aug, 2008 11:31 pm
Oh, can I still name my team something? My football team is the Night Owls and they can probably do balance beam and stuff.
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