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Managerr
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Joined: Jul 12, 2002
Posts: 4328
Location: Omaha
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Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:47 pm |
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Primus:
TC: Bob, Eternal
R-Up: Drat
Sleeper: Sebastian
Contenders:
TC: TMM
R-Up: The Anarchist
Sleeper: LHI
Eligibles:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: Marma Duke
ADM:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: Marma Duke
Freshmen:
TC: TMM
R-Up: OAB
Sleeper: LHI
Challengers:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: DMobster
Champs:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: The Dark One
Adepts:
TC: TMM
R-Up: Grimm
Sleeper: Consortium
Inits:
TC: TMM
R-Up: LHI
Sleeper: Slugbait |
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One Armed Bandit
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Joined: Apr 15, 2004
Posts: 2974
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Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:54 pm |
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You misspelled OAB a few times! There is no T or M in my name. |
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Street_Legal
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Joined: Jul 29, 2002
Posts: 3559
Location: The Big D (etroit) area
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Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:07 pm |
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One Armed Bandit wrote: |
You misspelled OAB a few times! There is no T or M in my name. |
He must've been drunk I don't see my TCs in Freshman or Champs either, alotta' typos |
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Grimm
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Joined: Sep 13, 2006
Posts: 1020
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Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:24 pm |
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TMM is a truly skilled manager; it is impressive that he could possibly do this and sweep the awards. Obviously very unlikely, but this could be the true statement of skill.
My Predictions
Primus TMM (Tyrant), RU Rabid Gerbil
Cont TMM RU Marmaduke
Elig Floyd RU TMM Sleeper Khisanth
ADM TMM RU TUM Sleeper OAB
Fresh OAB RU TMM Sleeper TDO
Challs TMM RU TGG Sleeper Storm Lord
Champ TDO RU Grimm Sleeper Madwand
Adept TMM RU TUM Sleeper Grimm
Init TMM RU TDO
App TMM RU TUM |
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Visionst01
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Joined: Oct 03, 2005
Posts: 1722
Location: South Carolina
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:08 am |
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I hope Managerr's predictions are a joke. Like everyone else I know their are a few players that dominate in tourneys, with TMM being the top of that list. Unfortunately once the game has any one person win every class in a tourney, it does not bode well for the future of the game. |
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_Buri_
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Joined: Nov 07, 2010
Posts: 1040
Location: Asgard
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:15 pm |
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Visionst01 wrote: |
I hope Managerr's predictions are a joke. Like everyone else I know their are a few players that dominate in tourneys, with TMM being the top of that list. Unfortunately once the game has any one person win every class in a tourney, it does not bode well for the future of the game. |
Nor does it bode well when one style wins Primus every time. Why would anyone run any other style to that level? |
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One Armed Bandit
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Joined: Apr 15, 2004
Posts: 2974
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:37 pm |
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I wouldn't read too much into it.
Mgr has been fairly out of touch with Duel2 over the past year, I think, and probably doesn't have his finger on the pulse of the tournament scene like he once did.
I think predicting TMM to win every class was meant to be funny, and its also a fairly lazy prediction. If you don't know who is going to win a class, TMM is a good bet.
Even IF these predictions were accurate, the predicted TC winners aren't true favorites. They aren't 51% to win the class. Maybe I have a 15% chance to win Freshmen, TMM has a 20% chance, and LHI has a 5% chance. Meanwhile, there are 20 other managers who each have a 3% chance to win Freshmen, rounding out the remaining 60%.
I have no doubt that TMM is sending some great stuff and is sure to be the heavy favorite in Primus and Contenders, at the very least. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see him with a 5 TC tournament (between the 11 possible living TCs and 5 possible dead TCs). But no way is he running the board. |
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Stik
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Joined: May 06, 2003
Posts: 2523
Location: Frozen Tundra of North Dakota
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:49 pm |
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when one manager runs the board, that's the day I quit tourneys altogether. It's impressive (and DEpressive) enough as it is, much less think about something like that. |
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gentleben
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Joined: Aug 21, 2008
Posts: 4025
Location: Round Rock, Tx
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:04 pm |
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Stik wrote: |
when one manager runs the board, that's the day I quit tourneys altogether. It's impressive (and DEpressive) enough as it is, much less think about something like that. |
I'll be there to make sure he doesn't win rookies |
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The Consortium
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Joined: Nov 23, 2002
Posts: 10187
Location: on the golf course, in the garden, reading, traveling, and now Consulting
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:45 pm |
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GLUTTEN! |
_________________ The Consortium: Crapmaster 2013, Crapgiver 2014; 1213 ADM graduates (40+ manager IDs) including 176K+ fights and 118K+ wins plus 4 teams with 1500+ wins (Animal Farm DM11 @2085; Bulldogs DM11 @ 1976; Lenpros DM30 @ 1792; Fandils DM46 @1727 |
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MarmaDuke
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Joined: Jul 20, 2009
Posts: 869
Location: NYC tri-state area
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:13 am |
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I believe Manager's post was half joke and half "wanting to do predictions because that's what the community wanted" and him not scouring through everybody's stuff because he's busy in real life.
Please don't let any of this get your panties in a bunch.... unless TMM actually does get 11 living TCs |
_________________ -Marma Duke-
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Grimm
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Joined: Sep 13, 2006
Posts: 1020
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:57 am |
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Yeah, I am sure it is not 100 percent serious; and not 100% humor. He certainly has a point that TMM has great warriors, top managerial skill, and some prizes that could help him be the favorite at every level. He puts a lot into this game and has the earned his success;
I hope no one truly gets all upset by the predictions; but, his effort is to be appreciated. |
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The Consortium
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Joined: Nov 23, 2002
Posts: 10187
Location: on the golf course, in the garden, reading, traveling, and now Consulting
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:17 pm |
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Grimm wrote: |
I hope no one truly gets all upset by the predictions; but, his effort is to be appreciated. |
Our opinion .............................
Well, his past predictions have been greatly appreciated. This one - not so much. |
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The Consortium
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Posts: 10187
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:20 pm |
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No reason to get upset.
It had humor.
It was a perfectly fine post.
The old style was savored. The new one was a flop.
(Again, our very own opinion) |
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Longshot
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Joined: Sep 30, 2012
Posts: 937
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted:
Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:23 pm |
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He also forgot to add a Most Kills category:
Primus:
TC: Bob, Eternal
R-Up: Drat
Sleeper: Sebastian
Most Kills: Mannequin
Contenders:
TC: TMM
R-Up: The Anarchist
Sleeper: LHI
Most Kills: Mannequin
Eligibles:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: Marma Duke
Most Kills: Mannequin
ADM:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: Marma Duke
Most Kills: Mannequin
Freshmen:
TC: TMM
R-Up: OAB
Sleeper: LHI
Most Kills: Mannequin
Challengers:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: DMobster
Most Kills: Mannequin
Champs:
TC: TMM
R-Up: TUM
Sleeper: The Dark One
Most Kills: Mannequin
Adepts:
TC: TMM
R-Up: Grimm
Sleeper: Consortium
Most Kills: Mannequin
Inits:
TC: TMM
R-Up: LHI
Sleeper: Slugbait
Most Kills: Mannequin |
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