Here again are the rules. Please note all rounds occur in this thread.
Completed Rounds:
8:55am PT: Flo 83, Deltalina 579:55am PT: Deltalina 96, Flo 86
11:05am PT: Deltalina 84, Flo 79
12:45pm PT: Deltalina 92, Flo 61
2:55pm PT: Flo 64, Deltalina 47
Game Notes:
- Please try to keep to the commenting convention indicated in the rules, but yes, I will accept any comment that was obviously intended as part of the game. Team Flo took Round 1 either way.
- Deltalina steps up their game BIG-TIME in 2nd round! Tied 1-1 going into 3rd round...
- Deltalina wins the the 4th magic minute and thus Round I-C and thus moves on to Round 2! More coming...
- Flo wins the garbage round, but Deltalina had benched their starters. I've been very busy today, but more info coming Monday!
359 comments:
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There are all Pacific time, correct. Because if not . . .
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just practicing...
time check
Synchronizing my watch...
One last time check...
Flo Leader standing by.
Lock F foils in attack position.
Have the day off so I can do this and watch the World Cup draw.
@Dusty,
The 8:55 minute is almost like it was designed to get my refresh finger limbered up.
Sons of Sons of Steve Garvey, I need your help.
I want to get a magazine subscription for my hermano-in-law and need to decide between ESPSN, SI, or Sporting News?
What is the general consensus here?
Also, Team Deltagelatina sucks.
D amn. I barely have enough time to make coffee. Good thing I have those little Starbucks instant coffee packets, which taste almost but not quite entirely unlike coffee.
B logger seems already to be running a bit slow...this should be fun!
F eeling the Flo
Dr Geek: For FloBees, I'd have to recommend the Sporting News. They just broke the huge Ron Artest news about him drinking during halftime back when he was in Chicago.
Everyone else: I'd recommend SI. I don't know anything about Sporting News other than the Ron-Ron article and that seems like it's a few years too late.
As for SI, I like the fact that they are weekly. That means they are relatively (compared to ESPN) up-to-date. I like their mix of articles and commentary. Plus, they're more likely to be able to get an interview with Kobe instead of Ron Artest. I've had a subscription for about 20 years and have never thought about stopping it.
I've been subscribed to ESPN for a year and a half now and don't plan on renewing it. It is every two weeks, so it has to focus less on what's currently going on. Its style is more in-your-face and trying to be too young and hip. For example, take the NBA Preview Issue of each. SI has a full page on each team that includes projected starters, scout analyses, and an article about the team. ESPN had a 6-inch column on each team, grading them on Biology, Chemistry, Economics, History, and Math to determine who's the best team. I found it gimmicky. Also, I personally prefer the standard size of SI over the oversized ESPN.
Those are just my two cents...
F ahrvergnügen
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Well said, J Steve. I am personally way too unhip for ESPN Magazine, it would seem.
@J. Steve: I have a free subscription to ESPN and agree with all your points made about the magazine. Plus, I skip over many of the articles.
With SI, I know I'll read more than half the articles in any given issue. Even if those articles are about NASCAR.
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D amn this west coast bias... going to cut into my lunch/workout hour
time check
D limbering up
yes, all times PT, so get ready...
Let's see if SOSG's tube can handle this contest
Hah! West Coast bias. Nice. Have to balance the ECB somehow!
f time check
D odgers
D usty
f time check
D OH
F-ish!
D usty rules!
D ONE
D ITTMORE
F-innish!
D usty rules!
D ONUT
F-laming Lips!
D ELIGHT
D usty rules!
D DODGERSD
D usty rules!
F-unkadelic!
That minute goes by fast when you keep getting Conflicting Edits errors!
F-ugazi!
F-ear!
D ?
And breathe...
F-ear of a Black Planet!
F-rank Sinatra!
D Deltalina!
D Deltalina!
D Deltalina!
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rbn in da hizzle
F-ucking Champs!
D for Dodgers!
F-ARK!
D:
Is thing working for us?
F-arted!
F-issures!
D r Geek sux!
D: is for Dodger, which O Dog is not.
F-isting!
F-uggit!
from 30 to 211 comments in 2 minutes, are you effin' kidding me?
Thanks Orel for agreeing to track this!
Post counts are screwy, but the time stamps look OK.
D isgusting
F-uck the Giants!
D iabolical
D is not for 300
Cease fire! It's over
F-uh!
D eltalina rules
D lips are awesome
D ?????
D running low
F-ood!
That was like the opening of Saving Private Ryan.
D uh
F-lap!
D ???
F-ap-fap-fap!
Ummm... I think you guys can stop now. It was only for the one minute. Right, EK?
F-udged!
D o we stop at 9:01?
F-lo!
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F-lowered, de~
D cup!
F-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
F reaking line at Starbucks kept me past 8:55.
D amn flo
It just goes for one minute!
Wow! Out of order time stamps!
Outta time.
That was fun!
Can I keep shooting people?
I tried counting and gave up. I don't know how it's showing up for anyone else, but there are a bunch of my 8:55 comments at the top of the second page, after a run of 8:56s on the first page.
Paging Orel!
Fearless Flo Leader: that's how it looks for me too. Page 1 normal, then only my comments at the top of page 2.
We may have overwhelmed the system.
For me too, but those comments don't show up when I view this post on the blog page. They only show up when I'm in "leave your comment" view.
When I look at the "real" pages instead of the ones you can comment on, everything seems to come out fine.
Now, I'm by no means official, but I went through and did a quick count. It looks like we at Deltalina have some catching up to do. I didn't go back and double check, but I think it's roughly 83-63 Flo after round 1.
It's a f-reaking massacre.
OK, I fired off about 20 meaningless shots, which means I qualify as a sharpshooter for the modern Army.
I'll get this right for round 2.
Matty - good point. Looking at it that way looks normal. I get 74-57 for Flo, unofficially of course. I don't think these count:
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F-innish!
F-ish!
F-laming Lips!
Since they don't have a space after the F. Right?
Will round 2 resume in this thread or will it begin in a new post?
Yep, the post page looks square to me, too.
Aww, damn, I didn't read the space rule.
If I remember the rules right, the counts are thrown out after the minute, so it would be 1-0 Flo. You "win" the minute by having the most comments, and then the most minutes won wins the round.
Official Results posted.
and I hope you all had the over on Quad's 400 over/under.
Josh S, it looks like you are correct! Thankfully we don't have to make up the difference of 26!
My finger hurts. Going again in less than an hour is like pitching on two days rest.
Going again in less than an hour is like going again in less than an hour.
Round 2 resumes in this thread.
Man! I get one call to go away from my desk, come back and see 359 comments?!? This magic minute business is insane!
Go Team Flo!
Remember, it's only for 1 minute, not 5. That makes it more like pitching in relief on consecutive days.
D amn why did so few of my posts show up in the 8:55am minute? Weird. I only had 3 conflicting edits but I know there were more posts.
And I highly miscalculated my over/under estimate.
Sons...What's the record for most comments in one thread? I think it will be broken today.
Yeah J Steve, I didn't realize that (obviously). The way I first read the rules and the time frames that were set made it appear, if read one way that it was 5 minutes:
"# There are five 'magic minutes' in your day during which you must clear out your calendar: 8:55am, 9:55am, 11:05am, 12:45pm, and 2:55pm (all times PT).
# During each of these magic minutes, the object is simple: comment in the thread as many times as possible."
I just saved in my mind the "five magic minutes" which made sense since each one started at x:55, but it can (is) be seen another (correct) way. Whatev!
@ Quad: I'd guess the record thread occured either when the Dodger acquired manny mid-season or at his suspension.
test o rama
Comments are f'd up! Every time I refresh there is a SMALLER number. And I can't access the latest comments. Sure we shouldn't start a new thread?
Dusty, look at the page with the post and the comments, not the "Post a comment on" page. It's a lot clearer.
Yes, each magic minute lasts only 60 seconds. There are five of them.
Time stamp test
@Quad/Dr. Geek
I'm pretty sure the 10/19 game thread is the current record.
*checks timestamp*
Wow! I'm 2 minutes off.
I am sick.
Ok, I'm taking cover right now. Will peek back out after the smoke clears.
Muy.
@ Quad: Was that the Loretta game?
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F ucking F lobots!
That might be it. I remember one thread having around 800 comments. Not sure when it was though.
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D fuck this. i give up. can't post shit.
F our
That was fun.
F ive
F orty
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F this
F me
I got Bloggered twice that time.
Next round should be interesting.
I think D might have this one, just from a quick eyeball. No way I'm counting.
Those conflicting edits really kill the time fast!
Yeah, counting was a pain last time... I'm going to just wait for EK!
I've got 94 - 87 Deltalina this round
I know I was slower on the draw this time for some reason. I need to rework my screen so the text box and the submit button are on the screen at the same time. Right now I have to scroll down a bit to submit.
Test again
All tied up, then.
No sweep. Oh well, I like it better this way.
Hopefully the internet works at work. I would only be able to get like 1 post in a minute otherwise.
ENG v USA right off the bat. Come on, ENG!!!
You better be English . . .
@dusty
I so knew that was going to happen.
Come on, USA!!!
...and fanerman's work internet!!!
No, not English. Lifelong ENG fan.
TGIA (thank god it's Algeria)
Looking at the numbers for round two: We stayed about the same and the D's nearly doubled. The hell?
Algeria joins formerly Anglophone group C.
Slovenia!!
It's slovenia.
D usty does indeed rule!
Group G = group of death.
christ all my goddarn meetings are falling during magic times. who schedules meetings on a friday?
Group B looks pretty tough, too.
World Cup! I'm excited!
I could easily see both the Yanks and Brits coming out of group C.
World Cup looks good
I'm having serious blogger problems right now.
Approaching tip-off, at least for me.
Wait, there's nothing at 10:55?
Test. Getting Error 999 on some pages. New thread?
Did we kill blogger?
I haven't even started playing and I'm already using up my dammits.
My Blogger is dead (error 999). Did this get thru?
Seems to be coming through, even with the errors.
I guess that's just part of the fun...
F U, 999
checking in
Now?
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synchronizing swatches
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