FIM Winners Game Thread - Autumn Cup

(Hazza, let's do another thread for this cup)

Ok, enough of silly posts and absurd remarks... the real thing arrives:

THE AUTUMN CUP!

All the griefs can be resolved now :hair:. All the bitter rivalries can be fighted here :hobby:. The definitive Cup to all those who think they are the best connoiseurs of bike racing in the planet :old:. Simply put, if you are not in the Autumn Cup you are nobody in bike racing terms :bag:

Ok so Im a little confused now ("WHAT AGAIN" I hear you all say)

there is a round this weekend , are we placing our picks in this thread or a new one ?

Until capo Hazza says other way, let's guess here.

Just to open the way:

125cc: Di Tomasi, Hernandez
250cc: Poggiali
MotoGP: Cardoso, Checa, Elias

Sidecar: Gibernau-Rossi, Mamola-Roberts Sr, Roberto Locatelli-Roberta Locatelli

I have good hopes this round.

Autumn Cup thread started :)..
my predictions will probably come tomorow morning :)

Dani is the man!

PS: Dani, I have received by PM your payment to cheat your guesses again in this cup. I hope you can win it too (except if someone pays a bigger amount, of course)

Oh god , make up your minds guys LOL

Im way to drunk even to contemplate where to write stuff at the moment (let this be know that it wil also be the case for my guesses LOL)

PS: Dani, I have received by PM your payment to cheat your guesses again in this cup. I hope you can win it too (except if someone pays a bigger amount, of course)

Dani Pedrosa PM'ed you.... lucky guy...;)

125:Bautista, Kallio
250:Lorenzo, De Angelis
MotoGP:Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa PM'ed you.... lucky guy...;)
FIM GP is beginning to look as Italy football league: everything is fixed beforehand. (We need a smiley with $$$)

But, I doubt in MotoGP or F1 they move so much money as we use here to fix this Cup :Shake: ---> :winner:

Good to see here ralf!

Oh god , make up your minds guys LOL

Im way to drunk even to contemplate where to write stuff at the moment (let this be know that it wil also be the case for my guesses LOL)
You could PM yourself your guess! ;)

125 Bautista
250 Dove
motogp Pedro

Good start David, you've entered the first round. Keep it up. ;)

My picks. Cautious start (zero points, then).

125cc: Bautista, Pesek
250cc: Lorenzo, Dovizioso
MotoGP: Pedrosa, Hayden.

I have decided to enter the autumn cup after a huge boost of money from my sponsors has secured me a ride....

125cc : Bautista, Pesek
250cc : Lorenzo, Dovizioso
MotoGp: Pedrosa

What the hell are you doing in here ralf fan? ;)

What the hell are you doing in here ralf fan? ;)

*Sniff* *sniff*.... i know when im not wanted.... just withdraw my entry...Schummy im sorry mate you'll have to return that Ferrari i bought you... :(

125cc: Bautista, Pesek
250cc: Lorenzo, Dovizioso
MotoGP: Pedrosa, Hayden.

;)

Lots of thought went into that :p ;)

You even got the full stops authentic. ;)

125cc : Bautista, Pesek
250cc : Lorenzo
MotoGp: Pedrosa, Hayden, Roberts

What the hell are you doing in here ralf fan? ;)
I invited my brother ralf to play here. With two Schumachers together the final victory will be ours!
Huahahahah! :freddy: :vamp:

Well, i think that me and knowlesy could be teaming up also, because knowlesy read my mind and posted what i was gonna post :p ;). lol

But knowlesy has Montoya and NASCAR in his avatar, so it implies he doesn't know anything about racing :p ;)
(Moreover I don't know if reading your mind is a good idea for this game) ;)


Anyway, my real guess:
125cc: Bautista, Pesek, Kallio
250cc: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Pedrosa, Hayden (in case Dani crashes, lol)
I think Roberts can be a good dark horse for this race. The bike is showing real progress and he is not slouch neither.

BOTTY:
125cc: Bautista, Pesek
250cc: Lorenzo, Dovizioso (nah!)
MotoGP: Pedrosa, Hayden, Rossi (lol)

ok here goes

125cc Bautista , Talmasci

250cc Locatelli , Takahashi

Moto GP Pedrosa , Roberts

Sorry guys, but as Hazza is not here, I have to play the evil part in this thread. :happyny3:

250cc Locatelli , Takahashi

:rofl:
Sorry, I meant well done! :fnar:

125 Bautista, Pasini
250 Lorenzo, Barbera
MotoGP Pedrosa, Hayden

125cc Bautista, Pesek
250cc Lorenzo, Barbara
MotoGP Pedrosa, Stoner

Sorry guys, but as Hazza is not here, I have to play the evil part in this thread. :happyny3:

Evil?

Or do you mean Eeeeviiilll?http://www.ctgilles.net/images/pictars/dr.evil_one_miliion_dollars.jpg

125: Bautista, Pasini
250: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Pedrosa, Hayden, Melandri

125: Bautista, Pasini
250: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Pedrosa, Hayden, Roberts.

But knowlesy has Montoya and NASCAR in his avatar, so it implies he doesn't know anything about racing :p ;)
(Moreover I don't know if reading your mind is a good idea for this game) ;)


Cheeky git! ;)

Feel free to copy my 125 and 250 guesses, and I'll drag you down the table with me! Cos I suck at those categories, looking at the Summer Cup!

You just pick the top 4 qualifiers, simple.

Having said that I just nicked Dani's. :p

You just pick the top 4 qualifiers, simple.



Nah man, I gotta take stupid risks!

do you realise Marcus guessed the 250 winner ?? :)

i was very close of putting de Angelis on my predictions ..

Well bad debut so far for me.... no 250cc points...:(

I was on the verge of sticking Rossi on my predictions.....but made the error of thinking about Donington.

Nil points!

Lesson to you all: Trust Mods.




Hazza: hehehehehe

Surprisingly I'm busy ;) When I have a bit of time (I expect in some hours) I will put the results.

I just had a feeling about Takahashi this weekend.

sad really as I think its the only points I got :(

RESULTS FOR FIRST ROUND:

Typical difficult, low points GP. Pasini was doable but difficult, Taka about the same and Rossi was altogheter unexpected.

The resulting thing is out of 13 platers, just 4 (well, 3 and BOTTY) guessed the right winner in one race, and nobody in two or three races. Some people don't like quasi zero points rounds, but I think that when the winners are difficult ones, there is room to take advantage of it by risky guessers.

This was the case this time for marcus, Bleu and Dani (... and BOTTY). They risked somehow and now have an advantage over the "safety brigade" or, if you like, the coward of us all, who guessed typical-expected-Bautista-Lorenzo-Pedrosa easy winners :)

(Sadly, Hazza was again late for minutes into the time deadline. He copied Dani... except in the time ;) :beer: sorry ).

Germany:

125cc:
Bleu 3
Dani 3

250cc:
marcus 3

MotoGP:
BOTTY 2.5

Total:
marcus 3
Bleu 3
Dani 3
BOTTY 2.5

(All unties are resolved by application of rules)

Congratulations to marcus who, again, won a difficult round! :beer: The weak point of marcus is he is disastrous in easy rounds! ;) . Bleu and Dani are also tied in 2-3 positions, not rare at all, as they are the usual winners of every day ;) . BOTTY confirms his very good perfomance in Summer Cup (where he had got 1 gold and 1 silver) taking a smart advantage in MotoGP.

The rest of us? We have to better out skills. I could put Pasini, he was my 4th favourite. I could put Taka, he was the second on grid and already awinner. I could put Rossi... well, no, I never had put Rossi! I think this is the story for almost all of us: we almost got points... but it is a lame excuse :)

Pasini was my no.1 choice in 125 .. it was about time to win some points with him . as he cost me points lately .. and of course Bautista .. you can never count him out

250 .. yeah . Taka was my no.4 too .. Lorenzo, de Angelis, Dovi and then Taka

MotoGp ... i didn't think he could do it .. a podium possible .. as in Donington .. but a win .. never would've put money on it

0 points on debut.... thanks Schummy :mad: ;)

I missed this one, bummer. Can I submit my entries for Laguna early?
I will not be near my computer this weekend. :rotate:

Ralfy, don't worry about the zero points. I'll cheat later and you will get more points! (Thanks for the Ferrari F35 "Massa Edition")

jhansen: Ok put here your guess when you want. I'll take it in count for the next round. Good luck!

The guessing for GP USA starts formally here.

Don't forget this is a one-race GP, only the little boys with big bikes run in Laguna (not the tall boys with small bikes or the mad boys with middle bikes).

One race GP, with a predictable outcome I suspect.

Well, I hope so anyways. ;)

I'll be at the track tomorrow, so here's my blind guess. It's real bold to.

Moto GP: Edwards, Hayden, Rossi

125cc: Bautista, Pesek
250cc: Lorenzo, Dovizioso
MotoGP: Pedrosa, Rossi

:rolleyes:

:rofl:

*cough* *cough*

Excuse me.....

beau1 the 125 and 250 classes are not running at laguna , seems they dont have the poke to get up the hill :)

Betting against Rossi is like the other doctors in House, always doubting him and he proves them wrong!

...but I'm going to do it again. Because I'm stupid.

MotoGP. 1. Hayden

MotoGP: ROBERTS, Edwards, Hayden, Rossi

MotoGp : Pedrosa, Hayden

MotoGP: Hayden, Edwards, Roberts.

The guessing for GP USA starts formally here.

Don't forget this is a one-race GP, only the little boys with big bikes run in Laguna (not the tall boys with small bikes or the mad boys with middle bikes).
ah :rofl: , i really should stop posting on here late at night, when i often don't read other posts and just do comps. sorry about schummy and others. don't get points taken off do i? ;) :rofl:

I don't know, I think you should.

What do you think Schummy? :angel:

LOL

Moto GP : Edwards

Good support there Marcus. Edwards all the way.

Goooooo colin!

Chris Vermeulen is paying $11.00 on centrebet. :)

I have a strange feeling Chris will go close tomorrow morning.

Hmmm thinking about placing a bet.

L34, you can guess here and you will get a bag of money way bigger ;)

If knowlesy suggest it, I cannot help but accept to substract points from beau1's intrusive guesses for 125cc and 250cc: -1000 points in either category.
;)

For everyone in the Edwards fan club: don't put him as winner, he is a loser in MotoGP. In Assen he was ridiculous, he cracked two times in the last fight with Hayden. First he missed a chicane just because Hayden pressed him a bit, and second he comically fell of his bike.

Ok, the last paragrah is absolutely false, I was trying to confuse people. I like Edwards, he is a nice guy, in fact he even ride fast (the bike, I mean).

BOTTY: Rossi, Hayden, Vermeulen

Schummy: Rossi, Hayden, Pedrosa, Roberts
(So many contenders here than I would need more riders, Edwards, even Vermeulen or Hopkins... A priori a very open race)

Yes, it has been tough to really pick someone.

I just hedged my bets and stuck with a load of Yanks. ;)

MotoGP: Vermeulen, Pedrosa, Hayden

Edwards, Hayden, Pedrosa.

I really wanted to pick Chris V, but I just don't think the Bridgestones are going to last the distance. I hope I'm wrong :)

Edwards Hayden Rossi

Edwards Hayden Rossi
Come on, Edwards is going to sink into the Laguna! Dani, I offer you the opportunity to change Edwards by Checa at no cost. :innocent:

(This DF is going to win the cup again, bonkers :hair:!)
(If all this trickery fails, I'll have to tell marcus :sleep: to cheat DF's guess in last round)

not if I cheat first :P

I'm amazed, it's the time limit just now and Hazza had ALREADY put his guess :photo:

;) :beer:

yeah . I don't know what's with him lately .. he doesn't miss "deadlines" anymore .. he must be in love or something :)

MotoGp : Pedrosa, Hayden

Whoo...do i get extra points for picking the top 2....:rotate:

Gutted for Rossi but a nice win for me in the Autumn Cup ;)

Win some, you lose some..

I had a strong feeling that Stoner would lose the front with Pedrosa behind him, an early morning premonition maybe, and then a lap later it happened.. I used to get those same premonitions with Biaggi! Stoner will be spewin with anger now.

Still, easier to stop a fast rider crashin than to make a slow rider quick.

Still, easier to stop a fast rider crashin than to make a slow rider quick.
David, I agree with you.

Raw speed is the most difficult-to-find quality in a racer.

But moreover...

A fast crashy rider can be exciting to watch, he can get some great wins even if he isn't blessed with titles.

But a slow, solid rider is just boring, maybe he can stitch together a string of fourth of fifth positions but, frankly, who cares?

Hayden's win has brought a load of (wanted) points in Autumn Cup.

David has won, using, apparently, extranormal powers (I don't know if this thing is allowed or we have to deduct points, I will have to ask knowlesy ;) ), anyway, from this realm of normality CONGRATULATIONS (Is Cliff Richard's song sounding already?)

USA:

MotoGP and Total:
David 4
ralf 3
jhansen 2.5
knowlesy 2.5
BOTTY 2.5
Bleu 2.5
bestfit 2.5
Dani 2.5
Hazza 2
Schummy 2
beau1 0
marcus 0

In the Cup, amazingly BOTTY is leading MotoGP (I am amazed because this is usually his worst category :p ). In Total cat(egory) the usual boring clever people are leading once more: Dani&Bleu (good name for a comic duo) ;) :flower1: :wine:

CUP:

125cc:
Bleu 3
Dani 3

250cc:
marcus 3

MotoGP:
BOTTY 5
David 4
ralf 3
jhansen 2.5
knowlesy 2.5
Bleu 2.5
bestfit 2.5
Dani 2.5
Hazza 2
Schummy 2

Total:
Bleu 5.5
Dani 5.5
BOTTY 5
David 4
marcus 3
ralf 3
jhansen 2.5
knowlesy 2.5
bestfit 2.5
Hazza 2
Schummy 2

And finally a :beer: for my friend marcus, just because I want to do it ;)

Dang I chosse the wrong American :(

do we have an overall season score Schummy ?

No :p

oh very professional.

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/angry011.gif

i've never asked before but who is Botty? Is he your cat Schummy? If so, I think there should be a cat guessing thread and a human guessing thread - which would make me the leader of the MotoGP table :beer:

My cat is too smart to participate in this lame game ;)

BOTTY is our resident (ro)bot. He is here to show us how superior mechanical life is respect biological-hormonal life. He guesses just using a small part of his positronic brain, and very often he beat us, the pretended bike racing connoisseurs.

BOTTY is not elligible for final podiums (he had won a gold a a siver medal in Summer Cup), he just likes to laugh at us all.

(BOTTY's guesses are done by mean of a public simple procedure explained in some of the earliest threads of this game)

beau1 0
marcus 0

I don't like this game :(. Last year i did so well...but now i am afraid i am like damon hill in 1997 with arrows,

No you're not that good. ;)

I don't like this game :(. Last year i did so well...but now i am afraid i am like damon hill in 1997 with arrows,
I think you are rather like Mansell, moaning when got trounced ;)

I think you are rather like Mansell, moaning when got trounced ;)
Then again both Hill and Mansell won championships....so i am more like DC;)

Then again both Hill and Mansell won championships....so i am more like DC;)
Lol :)

Then we will have to hear the usual "this is going to be my year" mantra from "David". Can we say your name David "beau" Couthard? ;)

:lalala:Officially the thread for Brno is opened:bubbly:

(as if it would matter)

i might not be able to post them tomorow morning .. so here it goes

125 Kallio, Bautista
250 Dovizioso, Lorenzo
MotoGP ... Rossi

125 Kallio.... Bautista
250 Dovizioso.... Lorenzo
MotoGP Rossi...Hayden....Capirossi

Moto GP - Rossi / Capirossi

125 Kallio, Bautista
250 Lorenzo
MotoGP Rossi, Hayden


I am friendly this time and announce that Yuki Takahashi is not riding this weekend :(

125cc: Bautista, Kallio, Pesek
250cc: Lorenzo, Dovizioso
MotoGP: Rossi, Roberts

I feel *really* friendly and warn about the race will be probably wet (yahoo --> 90% rain along the morning/afternoon) . Note this is a real tip, not as Bleu's "Takahashi" who nobody was going to guess anyway :p ;) :beer:

BOTTY:
125cc: Bautista, Kallio
250cc: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Rossi, Hayden

(BOTTY = Bleu!)

125: Kallio, Bautista
250: Lorenzo
MotoGP:Rossi

125: Bautista
250: Lorenzo, Dovizioso
MotoGP: Rossi

125 : Bautista, Kallio
250 : Lorenzo, Dovizioso
MotoGp: Rossi

ok so I wont pick Takahashi this time :)

125cc : Bautista , Pesek

250cc : Lorenzo , Aoyama

Moto GP : Rossi

MotoGP: Rossifumo
250cc: Lorenzo
125cc: Kallio

fingers crossed for my choice of underdogs.

125: Kallio, Pesek, Bautista
250: Lorenzo
"500": Rossi, Hayden, Roberts, 'the rat'

who is the rat??

Weather forecast update 1.5 hours before first race: 70% chance of rain... ummm, perhaps I should not put Roberts as a winner, but who knows.

MotoGP: Rossi, Roberts
250cc: Lorenzo
125cc: Bautista Hallio

BOTTY:
125cc: Bautista, Kallio
250cc: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Rossi, Hayden

(BOTTY = Bleu!)

Didn't see this coming despite you have explained how BOTTY works :D

Good man Bautista. Just held on!

Cappirossi = The Rat. He looks like one according to a friend.

Yeah, Kallio only just missed out on that one.

Ps: Knowlsey, get yer ass in the chatroom ;P

I'm sure we discuss this "Who is the Rat" issue every race! ;)

Funny how the answer is always the same. ;)

:p to Hazza. Won't work for me.

Fine. We don't want you anyway then. :rotate:

You won't after I win this picks weekend. ;)

This has my name on it, I tell ya! :evillaff:

Loris has ruined my scorecard.

I dare say I won the MotoGP and the 250s this round.

FIGJAM.

I just noticed I was 5 minutes late putting my picks in :(
So don't count my 125 and 250 results.

It takes something incredible to knock Rossi off the top of the podium and Loris/Ducati/Bridgestone did just that. Despite ruining my picks I am happy for him. Kind of. Actually I'm not.

Anyway, with Hayden slipping so far back in the race it means the championship has just been injected some blood - good news for Rossi, Pedrosa and Melandri.

And what about that scrap between Dani and Valentino? The claws and handbags were out in that one...

Another great race :beer:

I dare say I won the MotoGP and the 250s this round.

Oh really? ;)

With Bautista and Lorenzo winning, this hardly was a difficult round. But the degree in confidence in those two and the bravery of Capy did an interesting scoring.

Against Hazza's expectations ;) he DIDN'T won 250cc and MotoGP. Just 250cc... and tied with other three guys :p. Anyway Hazza and beau1 won this round in Total score. They were the only guessing the three winners, CONGRATULATIONS!

Sadly, nobody did especially bad :) so the "laughing of" departament is empty this time. jhansen just gueesed for MotoGP... and won it, so nothing wrong at all!

GP BRPMZNO:
125 250 MGP TOT
beau1 3 3 2.5 8.5
Hazza 2.5 4 2 8.5
Bleu 3 4 0 7
BOTTY 3 4 0 7
Saleen 3 4 0 7
knowlesy 4 3 0 7
Dani 3 3 0 6
ralf 3 3 0 6
marcus 3 3 0 6
Schummy 2.5 3 0 5.5
David 0 4 0 4
jhansen 0 0 3 3

In the Cup, Bleu and Dani are in top in 125cc, marcus (yes, marcus) ;) leads 250cc, and jhansen, closely followed by BOTTY) tps MotoGP. In the Total table Bleu, BOTTY and Dani are in the provisional podium, but near of them is Hazza and a lot of people.

AUTUMN CUP

125cc:
Bleu 6
Dani 6
knowlesy 4
beau1 3
BOTTY 3
SALEEN 3
ralf 3
marcus 3
Hazza 2.5
Schummy 2.5

250cc:
marcus 6
Hazza 4
Bleu 4
BOTTY 4
SALEEN 4
David 4
beau1 3
knowlesy 3
Dani 3
ralf 3
Schummy 3


MotoGP:
jhansen 5.5
BOTTY 5
Hazza 4
David 4
ralf 3
beau1 2.5
knowlesy 2.5
Bleu 2.5
bestfit 2.5
Dani 2.5
Schummy 2

Total:
Bleu 12.5
BOTTY 12
Dani 11.5
Hazza 10.5
knowlesy 9.5
marcus 9
ralf 9
beau1 8.5
David 8
Schummy 7.5
SALEEN 7
jhansen 5.5
bestfit 2.5

In the curiosity side of things, is worthy to note that asha (probably the most absent-minded guy here :) ) guessed in the wrong thread AND one minute out of the time limit :hair:

Sadly bestfit also was out of the time limit by just 5 minutes.

I just guessed??? Is that a compliment? LOL!

It was rather educated you know. Just take the two blokes with grid slots one and two. Surely they were there for a reason. Oh wait, silly me, I used the proper strategy for a F1 prediction competition. ;)

Guessing, predicting, forecasting... you choose and I score it ;)

ahhhh... i posted in the wrong thread.. but do i still get points?

I vote no. ;)

In the curiosity side of things, is worthy to note that asha (probably the most absent-minded guy here :) ) guessed in the wrong thread AND one minute out of the time limit :hair:

ahhhh... i posted in the wrong thread.. but do i still get points?
If you can travel in time and put your guess within the allowed time limit, then I promise you that I will add your points.
;)

If you can travel in time and put your guess within the allowed time limit, then I promise you that I will add your points.
;)



nah, i'm not gonna bother anymore. I kinda think that the whole tipping thing has ruined this message board, less discussion.

And Mansell returns again...

Hmm....only half a point behind knowlesy and ahead of big brother Michael.... my autumn cup aim of thrashing them is still on!!! :beer:

I see, the vengeance for not cheating for Ralf in the "Team mates statistics" thread in F1 forum, is surfacing ;)

Anyway, my brother deserves a :beer: :)

Yay :).. i am starting to like this game again :).
Don't understand it though. Two races with no points and then a win, Which puts me halfway up the table???
O well i not complaining. :) :beer: for everyone!

It's the silly points system.

Schummy needs to come up with one of his super F1 points systems so I can win. ;)

Not even with the V8supercar points could you do that, knowles.

With such negative comments Hazza, it is no wonder you are consistently not winning the MotoGP picks. It's just pessimism and cynicism on all fronts.

Let's have some positivity! :rotate: ;)

I was preparing an interesting answer about alternative systems but somehow the forum software kept me from posting it.

It's a pity I'm too lazy to reelaborate that jewel.

In short... there are scoring systems able to make knowlesy win. But it depends on the amount of money.

;)

Check your PM's. ;)

Ok, it i$ all right now.

I can announce knowle$y is, likely, the winner of the Autumn Cup. Of course, if Dani again comes with a big bag of green papers, he can win it once more.

MotoGP title is already commited to Hazza (reason: Forum Host promotion).

:lalala: This forum is going wonderfully :fnar:

PS: So far Bleu is the only one able to win honestly ;)

This tipping league is becoming the Serie A of Ten-Tenths.

Carefull Schu, you might get relegated to BTCC. :rofl:

I have been offered a promotion as Total Chief of Everything in one of these forums: A1GP or Hillclimb. Hazza, what of those are less agitated? I would not want a forum too busy and hiperactive.
;)

(sorry for the joke about those two fine forums :) )

A1gp. Hillclimb is full of creeps.

:laugh: :laugh: :rofl:

Maybe my choice will be the most esoteric forum in the web: "My Tracks" :?

I will never have the danger of get involved in any serious discussion there :innocent:

From my secret and remote location these days in vacation, I formally open the zone for

Guessing the FIM GP Winners in Malaysia

Continuing my hit and hope strategy..

MotoGP = Rossi (although Loris will probably romp to victory again)
250cc = Lorenzo
125cc = Kallio (he'll have to win again soon and I'm not going to stop picking him until he does win another. Otherwise all my previous Kallio guesses would have been for nothing. Having said that I reckon Bautista will probably win with the help of his team mate.)

125 Kallio, Bautista
250 Lorenzo, Dovisozo
MotoGP Rossi. Hayden. Capirossi.
Same as before :). Hopefully work again.

Continuing my hit and hope strategy..

MotoGP = Rossi (although Loris will probably romp to victory again)
125cc = Kallio (he'll have to win again soon and I'm not going to stop picking him until he does win another. Otherwise all my previous Kallio guesses would have been for nothing. Having said that I reckon Bautista will probably win with the help of his team mate.)
I love your strategy of guessing those who you think are not going to win ;) . It will help the rest of us ;)

More importantly, welcome back David! :beer:

125: Kallio, Bautista
250: Lorenzo, Barbera, Dovizioso
MotoGP: Rossi, Capirossi, Hayden

125:Kallio,Bautista,Pasini
250:Barbera,Lorenzo,Aoyama
MotoGP:Rossi,Hayden,Pedrosa,Capirossi

Moto GP: Rossi, Capirossi, Hayden

125: Bautista
250: Lorenzo
MotoGp: Rossi

125: Bautista
250: Lorenzo
MotoGp: Rossi

125 Bautista
250 Lorenzo Dovizioso
motogp Rossi

125: Bautista
250: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Capirossi, Rossi

Oh bummer Ive totally missed it all this round havent I ???

Ive definately missed the 125's

not sure about 250 or Moto GP

but if I am in time for them here are my pics , If Ive missed out then my bad :(

250cc : Dovizioso , Locatelli

Moto GP : Rossi

bummer nr.2 .. forgot to put the predictions before i went to sleep .. and woke up too late :(

just a demo .
125 . Bautista
250 Lorenzo, Barbera
MotoGP Rossi, Capirossi

Bummer Mk III, in my "remote" location I missed/messed the time zone complications.

Anyway my guesses had been:

125cc: Roccadolini, Stevenson
250cc: Yoshimoto, Alberto Puig
MotoGP: Schwanzkerfielder, Kikkakonnen

You could let the guys have their 125 and 250 picks Schummy. Go on, be a nice man. ;)

This system is rigged! You miss 125's and you lose everything! Or at least, I did! ;)

So confident I predicted it twice!!
:) :innocent:

Gimme the points. :)

Damn you Kallio...

Every mod and FH here missed the time limit. LOL, this is pathetic. Now I understand why this forum will never lift off (at the high levels of, for example, A1GP Forum [pulling the leg of Hazzy ;) ]).

Why the high powers here don't put in charge smart, serious people like jhansen, Bleu, SALEEN or Rex Judicata, who post valuable threads, instead of us, the pityful current crew? ([{WINK}]) (Dear powers: this is a *joke*, isn't it?)

Ok, I'm drunk just now (I have drunk WATER, I mean), so the serious part of this post begin now:

------SERIOUS------

I'll put the classification as soon as posible

------/SERIOUS------

PS: knowlesy, I'll give you all(?) your points, you were in time with your guesses :)

PS2: just now I don't even know who won the races 8-O

:rofl:

Post of the year.

what a strange lad ???

Ditto. ;)

Michael's retirements has perturbed me so much ;)

A promising career truncated at merely 7 (or 8) word titles. It's tragic. :death:

Just now I'm going to calculate points and, hopefully, to post the results :)

Here we are four hours later, still nothing.

Schummy has topped himself, the retirement news is too much. ;)

Malaysia has been a "multipoint" round, lots of points. But it is not so easy to be commited to guess one or two possible winners, risking a zero result in case something goes bad.

So, congratulations to bestfit, ralf and knowlesy, they got a lot of points this GP. :Shake: :beer:

GP MALAYSIA:
125 250 MGP TOT
bestfit 4 4 4 12
ralf 4 3 4 11
knowlesy 4 4 3 11
BOTTY 4 3 3 10
beau1 3 3 2.5 8.5
David 0 4 4 8
Bleu 3 2.5 2.5 8
SALEEN 2.5 2.5 2 7
jhansen 0 0 2.5 2.5

Now, BOTTY is the global leader! Appart from this anomaly, knowlesy and Bleu are the new "real" top men in Total classification and ralf is virtually "there" as well, at just half a point.

Bleu, probably the best player in our game, globally considered, leads in 125cc. David is doing a very good cup and he is in pole in 250cc and in MotoGP. In this last category jhansen leads as well tied with David :bubly: . jhansen is a strong contender for this title.

ralf is strong in every category, so he is prepared to leap in front in any moment :brm: beau1 is another strong all-around contender.

In the other side of the rope, surely the worst all-around player is... me :rofl: . It's not just I miss rounds, but when I play my guesses are wrong or unconcrete. At least, I am helping all the other people to avoid the last position! ;)

125cc:
Bleu 9
knowlesy 8
BOTTY 7
ralf 7
beau1 6
Dani 6
SALEEN 5.5
bestfit 4
marcus 3
Hazza 2.5
Schummy 2.5
David 0

250cc:
David 8
knowlesy 7
BOTTY 7
Bleu 6.5
SALEEN 6.5
beau1 6
ralf 6
marcus 6
bestfit 4
Hazza 4
Dani 3
Schummy 3


MotoGP:
David 8
BOTTY 8
jhansen 8
ralf 7
bestfit 6.5
knowlesy 5.5
beau1 5
Bleu 5
Hazza 4
Dani 2.5
SALEEN 2
Schummy 2

Total:
BOTTY 22
knowlesy 20.5
Bleu 20.5
ralf 20
beau1 17
David 16
bestfit 14.5
SALEEN 14
Dani 11.5
Hazza 10.5
marcus 9
jhansen 8
Schummy 7.5

Very soon we will have the next round, so please be patient with my results if I have again some delay. I have some difficulties to access Internet properly from my vacational location :)

Good week for everybody :wine:

what so none of my picks were conuted ?????????????

this is a sham !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phalacy! Pharse! Etc Etc

Nice one Schummy. Nice to see the water you have been drinking didn't make my score turn to goo.

All downhill from here.

I lead everything but 125cc. Again I say, "damn you Kallio! Damn you!"

My plans for world domination thwarted by a Finn with a penchant for second.

Typical.

We can rule you out of winning anything though frankly David because, as usual, you will forget to post for at least one round. ;)

If not, I shall buy you a :beer:.

I can help David with his missing rounds :head: if he collaborates with my bank account :vamp:

Um so Mr Schummy , I think the rules need to be defined about the time limit.

Im still at a loss as to why I didnt score any moto GP points ?

Time limit:
Guesses can be done until one hour before the first race (125, 250 or MotoGP, whatever it is). Usually it will be one hour before 125 race.

In what part rules need a (re)definition??

The time limit is one (not one for each race), one hour before the first race. Thus, all the guesses are into the time limit or none of them are. Cannot be some of them valid and others not.

Rules can be changed or not, but this is the way they are now.

Anyway :beer: --> marcus

Yep, that rule stung me early in the season!

Come on marcus, surely you didn't miss my whingeing about it! :laugh:

Officially the space to post guesses for the GP Australia BEGINS HERE

Every mod and FH here missed the time limit. LOL, this is pathetic. Now I understand why this forum will never lift off (at the high levels of, for example, A1GP Forum [pulling the leg of Hazzy ;) ]).

Why the high powers here don't put in charge smart, serious people like jhansen, Bleu, SALEEN or Rex Judicata, who post valuable threads, instead of us, the pityful current crew? ([{WINK}]) (Dear powers: this is a *joke*, isn't it?)

Ok, I'm drunk just now (I have drunk WATER, I mean), so the serious part of this post begin now:

------SERIOUS------

I'll put the classification as soon as posible

------/SERIOUS------

PS: knowlesy, I'll give you all(?) your points, you were in time with your guesses :)

PS2: just now I don't even know who won the races 8-O

I see that it got very serious while I was on vacation. And I'm not quite sure whether I was complimented or slandered in that text... :laugh:

oh poop

We can rule you out of winning anything though frankly David because, as usual, you will forget to post for at least one round. ;)

If not, I shall buy you a :beer:.

I'll not forget simply to put your nose out of joint ;)

Prepare a flagon of ale :beer:

Moto GP: Hayden, Rossi

MotoGP: Rossi
250: Lorenzo
125: Kallio

almost forgot to put my guesses in before going out...

motogp Rossi
250 Lorenzo
125 Kallio (win it you git)

MotoGP: Rossi
250cc: Loopy (Lorenzo)
125cc: Bautista

MotoGP: Rossi
250: Lorenzo
125: Kallio

125: Bautista, Kallio
250: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Hayden, Rossi

125cc : Bautista , Luthi
250cc : Lorenzo (go with the masses I say)
Moto GP: Rossi , Roberts

I see that it got very serious while I was on vacation. And I'm not quite sure whether I was complimented or slandered in that text... :laugh:
Good eye :laugh:
Nothing about slandering, just having fun between us, pulling the leg of people, including myself :beer:

My guesses:
125cc: Bautista, Kallio
250cc: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Rossi

BOTTY:
125cc: Bautista, Kallio
250cc: Lorenzo
MotoGP: Hayden, Rossi

Again BOTTY = Bleu. It's strange that BOTTY and Bleu barely speak here... ;) I am pretty sure Bleu is another robot, probably programmed by Hazza. It makes three bots playing this game (of course we already knew marcus is an experimental bot made by Dani, to look over the forum when he is not available).

It's about 3 hours for the time limit. I hope everybody put their guesses in time.

Almost missed the time limit. :)

125:Kallio, Bautista
250:Lorenzo
MotoGP:Rossi

Guessing time closed

Bah....missed it....realise too late.....

Big bro....i need some extra points to make up the gap....

Bautista!!! What a star! :winner:

I was on the very verge of nerfing Kallio off my list and putting the all conquering Bautista in.

Mika has let me down again. Fool.

I shall join Hubbins in the "Damn you Kallio" chant.

I fell for the philosophy of sticking with Kallio in case he starts winning. He never does. If I choose Bautista in the next race I bet Kallio will win.

DAMN you Kallio

so ..next time . pick both :)

Or pick nobody. If you win, you will get 5 points.

(Ralf: those pesky mods are watching closely my procedures in this game after some people denounced I was doing fraud. I cannot do anything for you just now. Wait, and I will be able to make it happen again :freddy: )

Bautista and Lorenzo were two of the most solid winners we have had in a long time. So, it's not surprising there has been so many points in 125 and 250 (except strange and convoluted people as knowlesy, David or Dani :p ).

MotoGP was, however, a surprise, very probably driven by the changing weather. Nobody got points.

In total, bestfit won this round, with perfect 125 and 250 scores. Everyone got points this time (jhansen only guess MotoGP, so his melandrish zero is normal).

GP Australia:
Player 125 250 MGP TOT
bestfit 4 4 0 8
Bleu 3 4 0 7
marcus 3 4 0 7
Schummy 3 4 0 7
BOTTY 3 4 0 7
SALEEN 3 4 0 7
knowlesy 0 4 0 4
David 0 4 0 4
Dani 0 4 0 4
jhansen 0 0 0 0

Bleu dominates 125 with a big gap (3.5 points) to the next human. This title probably is for him. In 250 things are closer, David tops the list but knowlesy and others are near.

MotoGP has not changed, so the classification goes on so close as it was, with David and jhansen leading it. In the Total Cup, BOTTY leads! But more seriously, Bleu is in the pole, with knowlesy second not far. It's very likely those two will fight for the Cup.

AUTUMN CUP

125cc:
Bleu 12
BOTTY 10
SALEEN 8.5
bestfit 8
knowlesy 8
ralf 7
marcus 6
beau1 6
Dani 6
Schummy 5.5
Hazza 2.5
David 0

250cc:
David 12
knowlesy 11
BOTTY 11
Bleu 10.5
SALEEN 10.5
marcus 10
bestfit 8
Dani 7
Schummy 7
beau1 6
ralf 6
Hazza 4


MotoGP:
David 8
BOTTY 8
jhansen 8
ralf 7
bestfit 6.5
knowlesy 5.5
beau1 5
Bleu 5
Hazza 4
Dani 2.5
SALEEN 2
Schummy 2

Total:
BOTTY 29
Bleu 27.5
knowlesy 24.5
bestfit 22.5
SALEEN 21
David 20
ralf 20
beau1 17
marcus 16
Dani 15.5
Schummy 14.5
Hazza 10.5
jhansen 8

There are three GPs remaining, so the people who will fight for the titles will be those who are not far from the current lead (for example, I don't have any possibility :) ).

My hopes have taken a crippling blow thanks to some inadequate Finn and a daft Italian who has never won a MotoGP race at Phillip Island in his career.

Hmm well providing I continue to score steadily there is a chance, albeit a small one that I might be able to salvage something. 3rd place perhaps...

Schummy, I think you made a mistake with my 125cc points. You've put my score as 0 when I believe (by my calculations) that it should read 10. Perhaps even 20. I don't know. Maybe we should just put down 30 and not mention it again.

:beer:

Schummy, I think you made a mistake with my 125cc points. You've put my score as 0 when I believe (by my calculations) that it should read 10. Perhaps even 20. I don't know. Maybe we should just put down 30 and not mention it again.

David, thanks for your money transfer.

About your claim, yes, looking closely at it, I can see you deserve more points. With inmediate effect I will give you 100 points in the new 80cc category.

Consulting the official schedule I see there are not more 80cc races this season, so I proclaim David the 80cc winner in the Autumn Cup :winner:

Congratulations, it is not easy to win here not being a mod :beer:

I'm glad I'm not a Mod - I'm a Rocker :)

*drumhit*

Hmmm, well thats put pay to my championship hopes :(...."i will win the championship next year"

beau1: Come on, cheer up, you can do it! ($$)

guys .. stop wastingt $$ on Schummy .. if you wanna succeed .. contact the ones with the real power ;)

(LOL)

Sadly EvilPumpkin doesn't accept payments in this forum anymore :p

The thing is clear: you pay me or you pay marcus. As simple as that. And marcus is sleeping :sleep: in the key part of the day ;)

Anyway, I'm fair with anybody who not pay me: I don't have any preference among them :)

The only one who won without $$ is Bleu :unworthy: (an instant of seriousness: I think he was awesome last year)

Here begins the official :rolleyes: zone to guess the winners in Japan

MotoGP: Rossi, Edwards, Hayden, Gibernau
125cc: Bauista, Kallio
250: Lorenzo, Dovisioso.

I have not and WILL not pay you anything schummy :p.
You'll just spent it on getting the best odds anyway :)

125 Kallio, Bautista
250 Lorenzo, Dovisozo
MotoGP Rossi. Gibernau, Capirossi.

Motogp Rossi
250 Lorenzo
125 Kallio...

Moto GP: Capirossi, Rossi, Hayden

125: Bautista
250: Takahashi / Dovisioso
MotoGP: Rossi

125cc : Bautista , Faubel
250cc : Dovizioso , Shuei Aoyama
Moto GP : Rossi

.

125: Bautista, Kallio
250: Lorenzo, Y.Takahashi
MotoGP: Capirossi, Melandri, Rossi

.


A tiny dot.


Pedrosa?

It's all getting cryptic with three races to go. :p

I started posting my predictions and thought I better watch the weekends action first! :laugh:

Anyways...

MotoGP: Capirossi
250: Lorenzo
125: Bautista

Motogp: Rossi
250: Lorenzo
125 : Bautista

MotoGP: Rossi&Capirex
250: Lorenzo, Dovizioso ..
125: Bautista ..

I have not and WILL not pay you anything schummy :p.
You'll just spent it on getting the best odds anyway :)

:death:




:laugh:

125:Bautista, Kallio
250:Lorenzo
MotoGP:Capirossi, Rossi

Damn you Kallio.

grrrrrrr I picked the wrong Aoyama brother in 250's :(

I got no points at all !!!

I have the race taped in my VCR (!), strange but true. In hours I will have watched them and I'll put the results of this round.

PS: This time I've decided to help everybody: I didn't guess, just to allow them to build an advantage before the final two races :angel:

SALEEN has won this round. It sounds as a dramatic way to begin this post but, anyway, this is the most significant truth about this GP.

Strangely, although he didn't pay, beau1 also did well (or did he pay?). Of course Bleu did well, as well. Well, it was well expected.

marcus, ralf and bestfit did even less well than me, because, well (enough of this word!), I didn't guess.

GP JAPAN
Player 125 250 MGP TOT
SALEEN 3 0 3 6
beau1 3 0 2.5 5.5
Bleu 3 0 2.5 5.5
David 4 0 0 4
knowlesy 0 0 4 4
Hazza 3 0 0 3
Dani 0 0 3 3
jhansen 0 0 2.5 2.5
BOTTY 0 0 2.5 2.5
bestfit 0 0 0 0
marcus 0 0 0 0
ralf 0 0 0 0

Bleu clearly leads 125, only SALEEN can dream something about it. In 250 there was not any change: David leads a close pack of contenders.

MotoGP sees as David is thrown of the chair and now jhansen and knowlesy fight for the final control (in fact BOTTY tops this category). In the Total Cup, Bleu has now a good gap and nominates himself for the ultimate title (in Earth).

AUTUMN CUP

125cc:
Bleu 15
SALEEN 11.5
BOTTY 10
beau1 9
bestfit 8
knowlesy 8
ralf 7
marcus 6
Dani 6
Schummy 5.5
David 4
Hazza 2.5

250cc:
David 12
knowlesy 11
BOTTY 11
Bleu 10.5
SALEEN 10.5
marcus 10
bestfit 8
Dani 7
Schummy 7
beau1 6
ralf 6
Hazza 4


MotoGP:
BOTTY 10.5
jhansen 10.5
knowlesy 9.5
David 8
beau1 7.5
Bleu 7.5
ralf 7
bestfit 6.5
Dani 5.5
SALEEN 5
Hazza 4
Schummy 2

Total:
Bleu 33
BOTTY 31.5
knowlesy 28.5
SALEEN 27
David 24
beau1 22.5
bestfit 22.5
ralf 20
Dani 18.5
marcus 16
Schummy 14.5
Hazza 13.5
jhansen 10.5

PS:
Wire transfers:
Mr. Schummy Ezpeleta
First National Bank
Account #4569-007

I am nicely poised in 125 class. :rolleyes:

I think i deserve 2 points for guessing Rossi.... i mean Capirossi does have Rossi in his name....

Nil points again Ralf. Outside the top ten. Reminds me of Monza. ;)

I think i deserve 2 points for guessing Rossi.... i mean Capirossi does have Rossi in his name....
Done. I don't know why I failed to see it.

MotoGP:
Ralf 7 --> 7+2 = 9 points (*)

PS: This is not related to us being brothers (of course).

(*) Efective on Jan 1 2007

Schummy.

*sigh*

How easy is it to manipulate you?

Anyhow, I have a bag of platinum here should you be willing to do some favours. ;)

knowle$y: You know how much I'm willing to give you favour$ :cool: ;)

...or you think you are really in second position in the Autumn Cup? :fnar:

This game runs so smoothly that it's a pity the WikiFBI is investigating and eventually closing it :hair:

(Please, if I go to the jail, visit me. Remember I was a funny guy)

Fortunately, the high powers in ten-tenths don't bother to go to lesser forums, otherwise this kind of talking would be scandalous.

;)

It is an honour to work alongside a professional such as yourself Schummy.

God help this competition if it falls into other hands, it may become corrupt god forbid.

it may become corrupt god forbid.

:mad: Corruption is so terrible, God forbid :angel:

And, BTW, EvilPumpkin is so handsome, you know? :flower1:

Hmm well im slowly clawing my way up to the leaders, 2 rounds to go....Be careful Knowlesy im coming after that 3rd place. :bat:

Fortunately, the high powers in ten-tenths don't bother to go to lesser forums, otherwise this kind of talking would be scandalous.

;)

What am I then mate , Chopped liver ????


anywho :) if he is getting points for CapiROSSI I want points for picking the wrong Aoyama Brother !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ahhh the bike forum falling faster that Checa on any bike LOL

I gotta say its a fine bunch of inmates we have here :)

How did I loose points? If I got 3 points this round shouldn't I be on more than 2.5?

Thats a point, I listed 2 riders for the picks that I won in. I thought that naming 2 riders gives u 3.5 points, not 3. I thought the scoring order was as follows.

1 rider = 4 points
2 riders = 3.5 points
3 riders = 3.0 points
4 riders = 2.5 points

Oh, my God! Everyone wants to abuse the poor Schummy :bag:

Even Hazza, that usually doesn't bother if I substract points from her(*), is now reclaiming.

Ok, Hazza is cool, and he has 5.5 points in 125cc (even if he overtakes me in the table). How you suppose I'm going to win if everyone is so picky!? :error:

125cc:
Bleu 15
SALEEN 11.5
BOTTY 10
beau1 9
bestfit 8
knowlesy 8
ralf 7
marcus 6
Dani 6
Hazza 5.5
Schummy 5.5
David 4

(*) I meant "him"
(**) I meant "he"
;)

Yes, you almost took away Hazza's "strong chance" for the 125 cup there Schummy. ;)

:angel:

Note that Hazza edited my post to say "Hazza is cool". Such a false proposition doesn't fit with my fine literary style ;)

Rex J., the secret real chief of ten-tenths is informed and measures will be taken. For example, to forbid tasteless NASCAR avatars :p

Aww....:(

LOL

I meant tasteless avatars by Hazzy ;)

In fact, NASCAR avatars should be banned from the bike racing forum. ;)

Tsk....can't please 'em all!

In fact, NASCAR avatars should be banned from the bike racing forum. ;)
Just let's allow avatars with helmets or corns :)

So yours is out then! ;)

Ok, I meant horns, not corns ;)

So Kallio wins, and Rossi and Lorenzo decide not to. Bloody typical. At least I stuck with Kallio for what is likely to be his only win from now to the end of the season.

I'm not very happy about losing my lead in MotoGP either.

Nil points again Ralf. Outside the top ten. Reminds me of Monza. ;)

Its the BS tyres i tell ya!!!

anywho :) if he is getting points for CapiROSSI I want points for picking the wrong Aoyama Brother !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


you tell me where in the name aoyama does aoyama occur?;) its not the same thing marcus and you know it.... tsk Schummy all these guys are taking advantage of your generosity.....;)

Let me guess, the same accounting firm that Enron used is also auditing Schummy's tipping contest? :laugh:

Enron was my second choice for a nick. I always choose cheaters.

Biting my tongue there ,I could go so many places with that comment SCHUMMY LOL :):)

LOL! :laugh:

Biting my tongue there ,I could go so many places with that comment SCHUMMY LOL :):)
Don't bit your tongue, that was the direct meaning of my sentence :)

Do i have to wait untill the official time?
125 Kallio, Bautista
250 Lorenzo, Dovisozo
MotoGP Rossi. Gibernau, Capirossi
Same as last time :)