2018 Fantasy Winter Olympics (new format)

@markr,

I looked at today's scores and your sheet doesn't seemed to be crediting her
for Latvia's gold medal. Same is true for lmur.

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Thank you Japanese male figure skaters! classy gold medalist eh

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Day 8 Standings (54% complete)    Optimal Team

 1  markr           211  323.50   NOC  Score Cost

 2  ehBeth          195  322.00   CAN    45  77

 3  Skin Rip        194  323.50   NED    47  60

 3  tgordon92       194  323.50   SWE    29  47

 5  wheel158        193  323.00   AUT    25  43

 6  George          192  323.50   JPN    23  38

 7  wheel158*       189  323.50   CZE    13  18

 8  Oralloy         187  321.00   ITA    16  18

 9  Ticomaya        184  323.50   BLR     8   7

10  fbaezer         179  323.00   SVK    11   6

11  lmur            174  323.00   GBR     8   4

12  Ian             174  323.50   LIE     1   3

13  jetabor's wife  172  323.50   KAZ     1   1

14  jetabor         171  323.50   SLO     3   0.5

15  McGentrix       166  322.00   Total 230 322.5

16  Ecartmill       165  323.50

Lots of movement in the standings this time, and several countries have earned more than they cost.

George: I see no indication that Latvia has won any medals at what I believe is the official site.

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@markr,

I added a couple of stats tabs to the sheet. I also changed ROI to be score-cost instead of score/cost, and color-coded the results.

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@markr,

markr wrote:

George: I see no indication that Latvia has won any medals at what I believe is the official site.

That's where I went wrong. Somehow I fat-fingered Latvia a medal.
Sic transit gloria mundi.

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@George,

For raising false hopes, you'll be hearing from my lawyers; Messrs Soo, Grabbit and Runne.

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Day 9 Standings (60% complete)    Optimal Team

 1  wheel158        221  323.00   NOC  Score Cost

 2  tgordon92       221  323.50   NOR    80  120

 3  markr           220  323.50   NED    47   60

 4  wheel158*       216  323.50   AUT    30   43

 5  Oralloy         208  321.00   JPN    28   38

 6  ehBeth          204  322.00   OAR    17   22

 7  George          204  323.50   ITA    16   18

 8  lmur            202  323.00   BLR     8    7

 9  Skin Rip        201  323.50   SVK    11    6

10  fbaezer         199  323.00   GBR     8    4

11  Ticomaya        198  323.50   LIE     1    3

12  Ian             191  323.50   KAZ     1    1

13  jetabor         188  323.50   UKR     5    1

13  jetabor's wife  188  323.50   SLO     3    0.5

15  McGentrix       185  322.00   Total 255  323.5

16  Ecartmill       182  323.50

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@lmur,

lmur wrote:

For raising false hopes, you'll be hearing from my lawyers; Messrs Soo, Grabbit
and Runne.

Have them call my lawyers: Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

Thank you Japanese male figure skaters! classy gold medalist eh

If Javier had nailed that last quad, my prediction for the men would have been perfect.

Not too bad of a prediction though.

Those were my low confidence predictions. I hope I’m not like one of those skaters who are perfect on their most difficult jump, but then land on their face when they get to their easy jumps.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

Obviously a great skater but I had to watch a couple of Elvis Stojko palate-cleansers afterward. He's still the one for me

I also like Virtue and Moyer's short program this year. Dance teams this year have to choose from a selection of Latin American styles for their short program. There are a bunch of Salsas, Sambas, Mambos, Rhumbas, and several other similar-sounding terms.

Most of the skaters chose some sort of Latin American music.

Virtue and Moyer took the Rolling Stones' Sympathy For The Devil, the Eagles' Hotel California, and a song by Santana, and added a Latin beat to them.

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A Russian bronze medal winner (curling) just failed a drugs test at the Olympics.

He claims that his drink was spiked by another Russian athlete who was upset over not being allowed to compete due to the doping scandal.

He and his partner should probably be stripped of the medal (IMO) even if it wasn't his fault, because the doping still gave them an unfair advantage.

But if the investigation shows that he was indeed sabotaged as he claims, he should not be punished beyond that, and the person who spiked his drink should be punished (IMO).

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Love that bobsleigh result - a gold two-fer!

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Day 10 Standings (63% complete)   Optimal Team

 1  tgordon92       240  323.50   NOC  Score Cost

 2  wheel158        239  323.00   NOR    90  120

 3  wheel158*       235  323.50   NED    47   60

 4  markr           228  323.50   AUT    30   43

 5  Oralloy         226  321.00   JPN    28   38

 6  fbaezer         220  323.00   OAR    17   22

 7  ehBeth          218  322.00   ITA    16   18

 8  lmur            213  323.00   BLR     8    7

 9  George          212  323.50   SVK    11    6

10  Skin Rip        204  323.50   GBR     8    4

11  Ticomaya        203  323.50   LIE     1    3

12  Ian             202  323.50   KAZ     1    1

13  McGentrix       196  322.00   UKR     5    1

14  jetabor         196  323.50   SLO     3    0.5

14  jetabor's wife  196  323.50   Total 265  323.5

16  Ecartmill       190  323.50

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@ehBeth,

And you got a point from LAT - 11 point event for you.

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@markr,

Latvia finally came through Smile

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@ehBeth,

(thanks Merry Andrew)

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now it's time for #DriveForFive !

I'll be watching other events, but I'll be grinding my teeth for women's hockey

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hey it's terrific

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#BREAKING: Cassie Sharpe wins gold for Canada in freestyle skiing halfpipe at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

but what the heck is freestyle halfpipe?

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

but what the heck is freestyle halfpipe?

Just taking a quick guess without looking it up (about to go watch ice dancing), but I'm guessing it's like snowboarding except on skis.

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@oralloy,

I've just been watching video of the winning run on twitter

they're skiing and doing tricks - inside half of a giant pipe

crazy stuff

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https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/965781248143585280

in theory that goes right to her clip

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