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So, the first 15 people who indicate their interest will join me in a World Cup sweepstake.
There are 12 days until the world cup!
Each participant will be randomly assigned 2 teams. Those teams are yours to support for the world cup. If your team does well, you win meaningless bits!
1st place = 50 bits
2nd place = 25 bits
Semi-Final loss = 10 bits
Let's do it! It's a fun way to find a team to follow, a team in whose success you will have a vested interest. And who doesn't want more bits?
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JohnStephen
Oh, I thought it would have been with real money, weren't there talks of having one with real money? Pick two teams, put down your cash money, if one of them wins you get the money in the pot. Fuck it, I'll do this one anyway, still seems fun.
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I mean we could do it with real money, but who our we going to trust to hold and distribute the money. Also we shouldn't share money with strangers we met on the internet.
This is always the way my friends and I used to do it at school. When we have participants, we will all choose a pair of numbers from 1 to 32. Then I will use a randomiser to assign each team a number. I'm pretty sure that is fair. Normally you would choose teams out of a hat, but alas, the distance prevents us.
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@Brofessional: It's random. You'll effectively be picking two teams out of a hat. It will be a good opportunity to expand your view of the world.
TheXRayFactor Based Deak
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What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say that choosing Russia and Qatar to host the two next world cups wasn't legitimate? Let's not get silly here, Blatter would never do something bad like that. Just look at his face.
You can't really believe someone with such a cute face as him would rig something, right?
Brofessional
@TheXRayFactor: the qatar one was definitely bullshit xD its such a poor and lowly populated country no one in their right mind would think that it would be a good idea
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@TheXRayFactor: You know I've seen a lot of reports about this whole Qatar shuhmozzle, like how 10000 people will die in its construction, and I think I heard Blatter admit to corruption in the process of choosing Qatar. But you are right, he has the cutest, most innocent face.
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So currently we have 8 players. If Alakawaii and brofessional join we have 10. Ideally we would like 16. It will be a good fun way to enjoy the world cup, even if you haven't previously been interested in soccer, or other countries.
ItalianBadger
You know what would make this easier, if I just took Italy for one of my teams. We don't HAVE to be random do we? I mean, nobody else wants them amirite??
ItalianBadger
@TheXRayFactor: I wanted to post the whole team...but I figured that would be obnoxious.
That picture though...I like it a lot.
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Still two more spots up for grabs!
Currently we have:
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TheXRayFactor
ItalianBadger
johnstephen
jiffylube
Zac
Zackzizzle
Doogz
masterofxen
kingnicolas
brofessional
b0r1ng
absolutezilch
awyeah
We need two more players in 9 days!
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@Zac: Don't we have 16 now? I'm pretty sure we're all set and registrations are now closed.
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2. TheXRayFactor
3. ItalianBadger
4. johnstephen
5. jiffylube
6. Zac
7. Zackzizzle
8. Doogz
9. masterofxen
10. kingnicolas
11. brofessional
12. b0r1ng
13. absolutezilch
14. awyeah
15. NGrogs
16. Capt_Korea13
The next stage will begin shortly. Stay tuned, and possibly favourite the thread so that you don't forget to submit things that will need to be submitted in the future.
TheXRayFactor Based Deak
@B0r1ng:
How much of a filthy unpatriotic motherfucker do you have to be to not care about the world cup, the biggest sporting event in the world?
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Ok, so, the next stage! I will ask everyone to pick a number between one and sixteen (inclusive). Then I would like you to pick a number between 17 and 32 (inclusive).
YOU CANNOT CHOOSE A NUMBER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PICKED!!! So read the previous comments and choose two numbers, making sure that neither has been picked. Please don't make this difficult. I know you can all do this! I will pick last.
Go for it.
TheXRayFactor Based Deak
@ReservoirDog:
Based Jozy Altidore will bring freedom to the rest of the world with his Golden Boots, bet on it.
absolutezilch Hey Big Zam!
I just realized, if you're marking this by how I think you're marking it, I just picked Costa Rica and U.S.A. *sigh*
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So far this is what I've got.
B0r1ng needs to switch on.
Still waiting on:
Zackizzle
and Doogz.
The remaining numbers are 2, 8, 12, 15 --- 19, 21, 22, 23. I think I have made a mistake there. It would make sense to only have 3 numbers available in the first group, so if someone can point out the error, please. I will pick whatever numbers remain at the end.
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absolutezilch Hey Big Zam!
@1: Zac and I have the same first number. (I really shouldn't have put a sentence before my number picks, my bad.)
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Zac you will have to change your first number, you went after absolutezilch. Also note the double post being a result of firstly, and ampersand, and secondly post editing no longer working, Mike.
B0r1ng
@TheXRayFactor: I guess it was about time an unpatriotic cis scum like me got his comeuppance.
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@TheXRayFactor: Nothing but quality!
Honestly brings back fond, very specific, memories of school U15s. Those were the days.
TheXRayFactor Based Deak
@1:
If it wasn't for my terrible athleticism, I'm sure I would be considered a top player on A-League. Maybe I'd be a lead star even with my awful stamina.
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@TheXRayFactor: To be fair to those players, a lot of the time they came so, so close to glory. And did you see the state of those decks? No one could play well on those surfaces!
Doogz
I live in Australia, and can confirm the A league is shit. I mean for fuck sake, my home teams best player last season was Heskey. sill went to every game but.
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