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Title: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 14, 2013, 06:48:13 am
Ok peeps. It's the final week. Hold onto your butts. The nature of this week could make or break your score as there is a total of 7 points up for grabs. Now, make sure you read the tipping guidelines CAREFULLY. Also, the ladder has so far changed almost every day since it's beginning so be ready to repost your votes if it happens again.

Aside from that is should be a fun week.


Tipping posts MUST be set out as follows (I took the liberty of putting in teams this weeks example for clarity. I flipped a coin for the winner.):


Quarter Finals

Match A: Pastafarians over Merry Northern Storm
Match B: Black Flight Squadron over Polaris Company
Match C: The Gentlemen over The Brood

Semi Finals

Match A: The Paddling over The Pastafarians
Match B: Black Flight Squadron over The Gentlemen

Finals

Final: The Paddling over Black Flight Squadron
3th: The Gentlemen over The Pastafarians


[Any and all comments should be here.]

IMPORTANT: No hedging your bets. You're predicting the tourney as a WHOLE. If you tipped Pasta over MNS then you must tip a Paddling vs Pasta match NOT a Paddling vs MNS. If you don't understand or have any questions feel free to post them below.


(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo113/D_K_Head/Week9BracketsFixfw_zps3d0d1748.png)

Get tipping! Hand have a happy Final.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Mattisamo on May 14, 2013, 07:23:13 am
How does it work with tipping your own matches here?
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 14, 2013, 07:36:34 am
Match A: MNS over PaFa
Match B: Polaris over BFS
Match C: Gents over Brood

Semi-Final A: The Paddling over MNS
Semi-Final B: Gents over Polaris

Final: The Paddling over Gents
3st: MNS over Polaris
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 14, 2013, 07:41:11 am
How does it work with tipping your own matches here?

Yes that was a problem I thought might come up. Any way I looked at it had the same problem though :/ Unfortunately after the first round you will run into roadblocks.

All the advice I can give is tip what you feel comfortable with. And I'm sorry if this means that you miss out on some points but at the moment I see no concrete solution that's fair for everyone.

Just to clarify there was never a rule against tipping your own matches. This has always been the Tipping Comp policy.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Morblitz on May 14, 2013, 08:00:02 am
Maybe you just can't tip against your own team? If you're confident in a win you won't be losing any points ;)
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 14, 2013, 08:11:52 am
I agree that we don't need extra rules around matches that you are in, and that just tipping assuming you are correct is the way to go, if you are not confident enough in your predicted outcomes to tip based on them, then why chose them in the first place ;)

Less over complicated rules the better!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Moriarty on May 14, 2013, 09:58:42 am
Match A: PaFa over MNS
Match B: Polaris over BFS
Match C: Gents over Brood
Semi-Final A: The Paddling over PaFa
Semi-Final B: Gents over Polaris

Final: The Paddling over Gents
3st: PaFa over Polaris

Two notes, Firstly betting on my own matches as veyka and sunderland need some reigning in. As for my tipping ... Brood i'm sorry - prove me wrong.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Sammy B. T. on May 14, 2013, 10:41:44 am
Go big or go home I guess. Just realized I am almost entirely underdog voting here.

Match A. PaFa over MNS.------ Zill is talented but not as good as pretended. The PaFas have really been proving themselves up to par with Zwaene back.
Match B BFS over Polaris. ----- I think the Polaris surprise may be beggining to wear thin and BFS will surely have gotten their act together by this weekend.
Match C Brood over Gents. -----I feel Jace and I really have a shot against this powerhouse of a team.Jace and I are quickly becoming not just game veterans but also competitive veterans and are getting much better with working together as opposed to both trying to be good on own.


Semi-final A Paddling over PaFa. ----- sorry PaFa's you know I love you but I just don't see Squash and Smollet going down.
Semi-final B Brood over the BFS. ----- History is on our side! in 100% of matches played between the BFS and the Brood at Duel at Dawn have gone way of the Brood.

Final Brood over Paddling. ----- Jace and I have been the paddling's target practice for months now. There is not a thing that they can do that can surprise us.
3st. PaFas over BFS. ----- PaFas have shown they can fight on this map effectively.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: JaceBoojah on May 14, 2013, 01:20:33 pm
Match A: PaFa over MNS                        I am VERY excited to see this one!
Match B:  BFS over Polaris                     BFS are my idols for bringing the squid to cogs
Match C: Brood over Gents                    REMATCH!!!
Semi-Final A: The Paddling over PaFa     
Semi-Final B: Brood over BFS                 
 
Final: The Brood over the Paddling       The Brood and the Paddling practice together all the time so we have decided to go all harpoon squids!
3st: MNS                                                what?
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 14, 2013, 01:31:51 pm
Jace, just letting you know that your 3st prediction has to be from PaFa vs BFS the way you picked it or that match won't count toward your score.

No hedging.  :P
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: JaceBoojah on May 14, 2013, 02:31:34 pm
so if MNS gets 3rst I wouldn't get a point?
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Shinkurex on May 14, 2013, 02:34:42 pm
How can MNS win 3rd, if you vote us out the first match :P
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: RearAdmiralZill on May 14, 2013, 02:38:48 pm
They do say we are OP a lot.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Mattisamo on May 14, 2013, 02:45:07 pm
Quarter A: MNS > PaFa
Quarter B: Polaris > BFS
Quarter C: Gents > Brood

Semi A: Paddling > MNS
Semi B: Gents > Polaris

3st Polaris > MNS

Final: Gents > Paddling.

We are going to win this thing! No "Grand Champions" this time!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: zitruskiller on May 14, 2013, 03:20:23 pm
if
Quote
Quarter B: Polaris > BFS
than
Quote
Semi B: Gents > BFS
is false
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 14, 2013, 04:00:55 pm
if
Quote
Quarter B: Polaris > BFS
than
Quote
Semi B: Gents > BFS
is false

Why not express it as code?

If Polaris > BFS Then
     Gents <= BFS
End if
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Mattisamo on May 14, 2013, 05:03:14 pm
if
Quote
Quarter B: Polaris > BFS
than
Quote
Semi B: Gents > BFS
is false

Oshit, my bad >_< I'll go and change it at once...
Sorry...

Edit: I would if it was freaking possible!

Anyways, it's supposed to say Gents > Polaris in that game...
And also in the 3st match it's supposed to say Polaris > MNS
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 14, 2013, 05:15:12 pm
Fixed it for you, Mattisamo.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Mattisamo on May 14, 2013, 05:34:23 pm
Fixed it for you, Mattisamo.

Love you.

Also, MUSE should make it possible to edit posts for more than like 15-20 min(or what it is now)
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 14, 2013, 05:36:34 pm
Fixed it for you, Mattisamo.

Love you.

Also, MUSE should make it possible to edit posts for more than like 15-20 min(or what it is now)

At the moment it's half an hour.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 14, 2013, 10:40:45 pm
so if MNS gets 3rst I wouldn't get a point?

Correct. You're tipping the tourney as a whole not each match individually. There were 2 problems with 3st. You only had the winning team, and not their opponent. You already tipped MNS to lose. If you want MNS in the 3st match they have to make it there in your tipping.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: zitruskiller on May 15, 2013, 08:26:46 am
Match A: MNS > PaFa
Match B: Polaris > BFS
Match C: Gents > Brood

Semi-Final A: The Paddling > MNS
Semi-Final B: Polaris > Gents
Final: Polaris > Paddling

3st: MNS > Gents

PS: self-confidence never hurts
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: FightBoyVash on May 15, 2013, 01:38:25 pm
Match A: PaFa > MNS               "Pasta Pasta!"         
Match B: Polaris > BFS                   
Match C: Brood > Gents                   
Semi-Final A: The Paddling > PaFa     
Semi-Final B: Brood > Polaris               
 
Final: The Brood = Paddling       (They won't have Applesause, Victory, or at least a tie is ours ;) )
3st: (I don't understand how to get to this spot, so I'm not going to guess)                                             
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Shinkurex on May 15, 2013, 01:51:48 pm
Semi-finals... winners play for 1st and 2nd... losers play for 3st
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on May 15, 2013, 05:30:30 pm
let's try this again:

Match A: MNS over PaFa
Match B: BFS over Polaris
Match C: Gents over Brood

Semi-Final A: The Paddling over MNS
Semi-Final B: Gents over BFS

Final: Gents over paddling
3st: MNS over BFS
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 16, 2013, 05:48:46 am
Just letting everyone know that tipping once again closes on Friday at 4pm EST. That's 24 hours before Cogs begins.

Make sure you and your friends get your tips in before then.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Coldcurse on May 16, 2013, 06:37:51 am
Match A: MNS over PaFa
Match B: BFS over Polaris
Match C: Brood over Gents

Semi-Final A: The Paddling over MNS
Semi-Final B: Brood over BFS

Final: paddling over Brood
3st: MNS over BFS
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 16, 2013, 10:10:10 am
Are you sure you didn't want to wait till a couple of days after the event again Coldcurse? :P
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Coldcurse on May 16, 2013, 10:13:57 am
Are you sure you didn't want to wait till a couple of days after the event again Coldcurse? :P

no i already saw the future.

whalers will win
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 16, 2013, 04:54:58 pm
Are you sure you didn't want to wait till a couple of days after the event again Coldcurse? :P

no i already saw the future.

whalers will win

But only once they sign up two days after the event.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Coldcurse on May 17, 2013, 02:25:16 am
Are you sure you didn't want to wait till a couple of days after the event again Coldcurse? :P

no i already saw the future.

whalers will win

But only once they sign up two days after the event.

... thats highly secret information
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 17, 2013, 08:16:58 am
Not long left till tipping closes. Remember 4pm EST Friday.

Get those tips in and be in it to win it.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Coldcurse on May 17, 2013, 08:18:56 am
i made it in time...

dont you dare to make a joke about it murakami
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Sammy B. T. on May 17, 2013, 10:14:56 am
I am 85% sure that Coldcurse is the first person not in the Brood, to say the Brood will beat the Gents.

Underdgos hoooooo!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 17, 2013, 02:38:52 pm
Quarter Finals

Match A: MNS 5:2 Pasta
Match B: Polaris Company 5:2 Black Flight Squadron
Match C: Brood 5:4 Gents

Semi Finals

Match A: Paddling 5:0 MNS
Match B: Brood 5:4 Polaris

Finals

Final: Paddling 5:2 Brood
3rd: MNS 5:3 Polaris

Comments:

Quarter Finals:

Match A: This is a hard one, MNS have had some problems in recent times, but one should never count out their combined skills, Pasta are adaptive players who seem to keep their cool even under the worst conditions, this match was one of the hardest to predict
Match B: Russian might makes right
Match C: I am in this match, never hurts to have faith :D (only tipping my own matches for this week :p)

Semi Finals
Match A: Paddling have managed to overcome MNS on this map before, I see it going well
Match B: Qucks vs Russians, depends on how good the vodka is on the day <3


Finals
1st:  If this match comes around, it will be one hell of a quacker
3rd: MNS are formidable despite their recent issues, A russian upset could happen though.

I decided to tip my own matches this week, why not, lets have faith in Quackpowaa ^^ (Also I didn't want to let Sunderland win tipping without a fight!)
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 17, 2013, 03:44:13 pm
All right, if Gents beat Brood then I've got this :P
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 17, 2013, 08:44:13 pm
Tipping is closed.

Watch the stream for all the results LIVE.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 18, 2013, 09:18:11 am
Alrighty guys. A night at the Paniyiri Greek Festival has left me with a cracker of a cold so I will be sleeping in and missing out on the live action.

Would someone kindly post the results so I can get the winners up as soon as I can drag my snotty arse out of bed?
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 18, 2013, 04:49:20 pm
PaFa 5-4 MNS
Polaris 5-2 BFS
Brood 5-1 Gents
Paddling 5-2 PaFa
Brood 5-2 Polaris
PaFa 600-331(?) Polaris
Paddling 5-0 Brood
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: zitruskiller on May 18, 2013, 05:20:22 pm
Quote
Polaris 5-2 BFS
all for veyka, despite the fact hes noob :P
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 18, 2013, 05:33:09 pm
Quote
Polaris 5-2 BFS
all for veyka, despite the fact hes noob :P

<3 Love you guys, I am so sorry about that sodding velcro
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: zitruskiller on May 18, 2013, 06:04:34 pm
me noob too now :D
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 18, 2013, 06:14:19 pm
I declare Veyka a cheater. Officially. He's been cheating all along. Please disqualify him.

:P
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 18, 2013, 06:15:45 pm
I declare Veyka a cheater. Officially. He's been cheating all along. Please disqualify him.

:P

Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland, ain't you supposed to be Canadian? They are supposed to be polite and stuff ;)

Also zitruskiller, we are all n@@bs!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 18, 2013, 06:19:34 pm
I declare Veyka a cheater. Officially. He's been cheating all along. Please disqualify him.

:P

Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland, ain't you supposed to be Canadian? They are supposed to be polite and stuff ;)

Okay, that's true. I apologize every two minutes when I'm piloting.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 18, 2013, 06:49:45 pm
I declare Veyka a cheater. Officially. He's been cheating all along. Please disqualify him.

:P

Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland, ain't you supposed to be Canadian? They are supposed to be polite and stuff ;)

Okay, that's true. I apologize every two minutes when I'm piloting.

The poor mountains!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Swallox on May 18, 2013, 06:51:22 pm
(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo113/D_K_Head/Week9Tipping_zpsee8c2a3a.jpg)
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: zitruskiller on May 18, 2013, 08:10:58 pm
gratz paddling, good games everyone, that was amazing. Thats why i love GOI.
unfortunately we lost, but i hope we will give you a good competition in the next season.
Also i wanted to add something about our match with brood. Do not want to justify myself, just saying. You can not see it on the stream, but i got stuck in the textures 2 fuckin times. First time - about 30 seconds, when  brood was focusing down our junker. When i escaped from textures, paniced and could not understand where the enemies are. When i finally found them, i fuckin stucked the 2-nd time (about 20-30 seconds), and then the wall killed me. I never panicked like that ever. :D
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 18, 2013, 08:16:44 pm
I saw that zitruskiller, the velcro post 1.2 can be really bad, it sucks hard that it happens to you, you had us a bit disorganised thanks to that tar splitting us as well. Looking forward to fighting you guys next season none the less, maybe we will have a new ship and the mine launcher to play with!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 18, 2013, 08:23:24 pm
The velcro was extremely unfortunate, but I'm curious as to why Ailen was holding back at the end. Why did he just sit there while the other ship died?
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: zitruskiller on May 18, 2013, 08:34:52 pm
there were many mistakes ) The experience i brought from the cogs finale, is that the main reason of loosing for most of teams (at least 4 us) is panic, and disorganizing, as a consequence.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Morblitz on May 18, 2013, 08:59:12 pm
All the matches today were incredible. Congratulations to everyone that qualified for the finals, each and every team earned their spots. And to PaFa and Brood, thank you for those matches - they were awesome and challenging! Exactly what the Cogs is about.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Linen on May 19, 2013, 12:08:38 am
FINAL POINTS!!!

First Place
Veyka - 14.1

Second Place
Moriarty - 11.1

Third Place
N-Sunderland - 9.2

Fourth Place
FightBoyVash - 7

Fifth Place
Coldcurse - 6


Runner Up

zitruskiller   5
Mattisamo   4
Sammy B. T.   4
Hubert PIckle   3
JaceBoojah   3
Shinkurex   2
Geek the Great   2
KillstreaKs   2
nedsvart   2
Mattilald Anguisad   2
Brick Hardcastle   1
Charon   1
Xemko   1
Skrimskraw   1
Yiski   0
Grayknight   0
Sgt. Spoon   0


I wanted to thank everyone who participated. Whether you tipped every week or just once, you helped this comp stay running. Thanks also to Swallow and Qwerty for running Cogs and putting our stats on the stream. And finally to all the teams that participated in the matches.

I wanted to also open up discussion on anything you liked or have suggestions for next season or the upcoming Sky Tournament.

Thanks again everyone. Grats to Veyka, Moriarty, N-Sunderland, FightBoyVash, and Coldcurse for making the top five!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Moriarty on May 19, 2013, 08:32:26 am
Damnit Veyka good tipping.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 19, 2013, 01:44:30 pm
Damnit Veyka good tipping.

Cheers! It's impressive how quickly you caught up as well, I regret not holding the pasta faith, I admit I did panic when they heard they didn't have falco!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 19, 2013, 01:59:45 pm
Damnit Veyka good tipping.

Cheers! It's impressive how quickly you caught up as well, I regret not holding the pasta faith, I admit I did panic when they heard they didn't have falco!

Yep, but Ofiach is a damn good pilot. They're lucky that he was available to fill in. And, of course, they were extremely lucky that MNS was missing pretty much half their team.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: FightBoyVash on May 19, 2013, 04:27:39 pm
:D Grats Veyka!
Fourth? How unlikely....
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on May 19, 2013, 04:34:19 pm
I'm last of the zero's.... Lol
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Veyka on May 19, 2013, 04:37:58 pm
Damnit Veyka good tipping.

Cheers! It's impressive how quickly you caught up as well, I regret not holding the pasta faith, I admit I did panic when they heard they didn't have falco!

Yep, but Ofiach is a damn good pilot. They're lucky that he was available to fill in. And, of course, they were extremely lucky that MNS was missing pretty much half their team.

Yeh, if I had known about MNS being down as well I would have gone the other way, I need to work on my eavesdropping :)

:D Grats Veyka!
Fourth? How unlikely....

Thank you sir~
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Shinkurex on May 19, 2013, 06:01:42 pm
Yeh, if I had known about MNS being down as well I would have gone the other way, I need to work on my eavesdropping :)

We were keeping that a very closely guarded secret :P
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Swallox on May 19, 2013, 08:54:04 pm
Which means that the muse team, the casters, most of the Ducks and a few Gentlemen knew.

That's what a closely guarded secret is in GoIO, after all!
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Squash on May 19, 2013, 11:07:21 pm
Anyone else notice the top 4 tippers are Ducks? That's because we can see the future.
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: N-Sunderland on May 19, 2013, 11:41:33 pm
Anyone else notice the top 4 tippers are Ducks? That's because we can see the future.

This thread is proof.

https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,669.0.html
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: FightBoyVash on May 20, 2013, 01:15:21 am
Anyone else notice the top 4 tippers are Ducks? That's because we can see the future.

Probably because we all just tipped on ourselves....
Title: Re: Cogs Tipping Comp FINALE
Post by: Coldcurse on May 20, 2013, 11:48:40 am
fifth place, not bad at all