Bench World Cup 2014

[Achiyama 1,272]

Group "A" Round 3 - Update #1:

Bout #1: Jakusotsu vs. Andonishiki:

Andonishiki starts with 3 wins, including his ® team, and secures a win on slot #1.

Jakusotsu starts with 2 wins and 2 losses. That's it. No score yet. Too early to predict.

Bout #2: Fujiyama vs. Chocshoporyu

Both Fujiyama and Chocshoporyu started well the 3rd round.

Fujiyama has 2 wins on slots #1 and #2, and a loss at slot #10.

Chocshoporyu starts with 2 wins, including win at slot #1 with his ® team. Score 1:0 for Chocshy.

Here is the Table:

[shimodahito 336]

GROUP E, ROUND 3, DAY 12 (lineup comments and results)

Refyoji says: In this round ACHIYAMA & CHIJANOFUJI, both with 3 points, will face each other with the winner advancing. Both have France, Nigeria, and Uruguay on their squads but placed in different positions. Key World Cup matches that affect both teams are BRA vs CMR, HON vs SUI, ECU vs FRA, ALG vs RUS, and most important ARG vs NGR (facing each other on the pitch and at #2 picks).

Achiyama says: Regards.

Chijanofuji says: Another tough round with at least 5 matches being hard to call. And after that heartbreaking loss to Furanohana it's all or nothing to progress to round 2! But when the going gets tough, the tough just bluff! Or was that a different saying? Oh well... Good luck to my honorable opponent Achiyama!

Refyoji says: Here are the line-ups with a failed attempt to cut/past the flags. I think it would involve too many steps.

ACHIYAMA.-.CHIJANOFUJI

BRA ©...1.....FRA

Day 12: Achiyama pours a Brazilian Wäls Petroleum craft beer for getting the first green #1 pick.

Day 14: A FRA draw?! No shutout in this round. Time for results.

RESULTS: Achiyama's © pick wins, continues; Chijanofuji's pick draws, continues: Achiyama 1 - 0 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

NGR.....2.....ARG

Day 14: Chijanofuji and ARG win on the pitch and at the #2 pick. He pours an Argentinian Antares Imperial Stout.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick loses, chain broken; Chijanofuji's pick wins, continues: Achiyama 1 - 1 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

COL.....3...®.SUI

Day 13: Achiyama -- 4 wins...time to pour a Colombian 3 Cordilleras Mestiza craft beer.

Day 14: Chijanofuji, as part of a 3-win day with ARG, SUI, BIH, pours a Swiss Trois Dames Oud Bruin.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick wins; Chijanofuji's ® pick wins, continues: Achiyama 1 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

MEX.....4.....NED

Day 12: Wins for both #4 picks... this is going to be a battle.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick wins; Chijanofuji's pick wins, continues: Achiyama 1 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

FRA.....5...©.CRO

Day 12: Chijanofuji's grimace for now he needs a French win for his #1, but not Achiyama's #5 pick.

Day 14: The FRA draw is a relief for Achiyama.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick draws; Chijanofuji's © pick loses, chain broken: Achiyama 1 - 2 Chijanofuji. GAME OVER. (Day 14)

URU.....6.....BIH

Day 13: With Achiyama's URU winning at #6 and Chijanofuji's URU at #8, he pours a Uruguayan Davok Shannon Dunkel.

Day 14: Chijanofuji, as part of a 3-win day with ARG, SUI, BIH, pours a Bosnian Livanjsko Svijetlo Pivo.

ECU.....7.....ALG

Day 14: The ECU draw is no help to Achiyama.

SENSHURAKU: ALG makes even draws at #7.

RUS.....8.....URU

Day 13: #8 for Chijanofuji. Will it matter?

SENSHURAKU: No... the #8 results did not matter.

KOR.....9.....NGR

Day 14: The NGR loss is no hurt for Chijanofuji, but celebrates with a Nigerian Legend Extra Stout after seeing Achiyama's #2 NGR.

SENSHURAKU: Achiyama adds some cheap soju to his mix.

HON ®...10....CMR

Day 12: CMR on the bottom was a smart Chijanofuji choice.

Day 14: If you are reading this and counting, these two players had EIGHT picks today!

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Refyoji says: In this round FURANOHANA & CHABONOWAKA face each other. FURANOHANA is already set for the next round while Chabonowaka is playing for pride with a drone line-up. Both have Brazil and Ecuador on their squads with Brazil sharing the #1 pick. Key World Cup matches that affect both teams are BRA vs CMR, ITA vs URU, ECU vs FRA; and CHI vs NED are both #4 picks on the pitch.

Furanohana says: Except for the top 2 spots (and, a little bit Croatia), I'm not confident at all in my picks... Picks 5 to 8 could end up, well, everything possible...

Chabonowaka says nothing and shimodahito wishes him well.

Refyoji says: Here are the line-ups with a failed attempt to cut/paste the flags.

FURANOHANA.-.CHABONOWAKA

BRA.....1.....BRA

Day 12: Both players raise a toast of Brazilian Bodebrown/Stone Cacau IPA.

RESULTS: Both picks win, continue: Furanohana 0 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 12)

FRA.®...2.....ITA

Day 13: Chabonowaka's drone pick had ITA & URU in the wrong order.

Day 14: With the FRA ® draw, this game will continue for both players.

RESULTS: Furanohana's ® pick draws, continues; Chabonowaka's pick loses, continues: Furanohana 0 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

CRO.....3.....URU

Day 12: Not good news for Furanohana. The "little bit Croatia" wish did not come true.

Day 13: Chabonowaka's drone pick had ITA & URU in the wrong order.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick loses, chain broken; Chabonowaka's pick wins, continues: Furanohana 0 - 1 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

CHI.....4...©.NED

Day 12: CHI and NED met on the pitch today and Chabonowaka gets the victory and pours a fine Dutch Jenever.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick loses; Chabonowaka's © pick wins, continues: Furanohana 0 - 2 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

CRC.....5.....SUI

Day 13: With #3 and #4 in red, CRC's draw is not enough reason to celebrate.

Day 14: Chabonowaka gets a SUI win to top CRC.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick draws; Chabonowaka's pick wins, continues: Furanohana 0 - 3 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

POR.....6.....MEX

Day 12: Three wins for Chabonowaka. Time to add a Mexican Cucapá Barley Wine (Centenario).

SENSHURAKU: A win for Furanohana.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick wins; Chabonowaka's pick wins, continues: Furanohona 0 - 3 Chabonowaka. (Senshuraku)

NGR.....7...®.ECU

Day 14: Red for Furanohana, a draw for Chabonowaka.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick loses; Chabonowaka's ® pick wins, continues: Furanohana 0 - 3 Chabonowaka. (Senshuraku)

JAP.....8.....USA

Day 13: Furanohana gets no #8 green from JAP.

SENSHURAKU: Chabonowaka is having a tough time getting bonus points.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick loses; Chabonowaka's pick loses, continues: Furanohana 0 - 3 Chabonowaka. (Senshuraku)

CMR.©...9.....KOR

Day 12: The only of three losses for Furanohana in the bottom half of his line-up.

SENSHURAKU: Chabonowaka is still having a tough time getting bonus points.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick loses; Chabonowaka's pick loses, continues: Furanohana 0 - 3 Chabonowaka. (Senshuraku)

ECU.....10....IRI

Day 14: Red for Chabonowaka; a draw for Furanohana.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick draws; Chabonowaka's pick loses, chain broken: Furanohana 0 - 3 Chabonowaka. GAME OVER. (Senshuraku)

Edited June 27, 2014 by shimodahito

[Saruyama 1]

Group F Round 3 lineups:

Kotononami vs Leonishiki

Kotononami:
1.France, 2.Argentina ®, 3.Costa-Rica ©, 4.Portugal, 5.Russia, 6.Mexico, 7.Greece, 8.Netherlands, 9.South Korea, 10.Ecuador

vs

Leonishiki:
1.Brazil, 2.Switzerland, 3.Portugal©, 4.Ivory Coast, 5.Italy, 6.Costa Rica, 7.Chile, 8.Ghana 9.Nigeria®, 10.Cameroon

Referee comments: Kotononami's lack of faith in Netherlands and Mexico may come back to haunt him later. Leonishiki has a the first high in the chain win. Still anyone's match here, though.

Kintamayama vs Kaiomitsuki

Kintamayama:

1. Brazil, 2. Bosnia ®, 3.Russia, 4. Italy, 5.Greece, 6.Chile ©, 7. Uruguay, 8. Mexico, 9. Algeria, 10. South Korea

vs

Kaiomitsuki: "Two Man Sound feat. Plastic Bertrand "Charlie Brown" / "Se voce quiser vou Ihe mostrar / a nossa Sao Paulo terra da garoa / Se voce quiser vou Ihe mostrar / Bahia de Caetano nossa gente boa. / Charlie / Eh meu amigo Charlie / Eh meu amigo Charlie Brown Charlie Brown..."" (

)

1. Germany ©, 2. Bosnia, 3. Netherlands, 4. France, 5. Mexico , 6. Greece, 7. Uruguay, 8. Japan, 9. South Korea, 10. Iran ®

Referee comments: There seemed to be a trend of low confidence in Mexico, lots of missed opportunities. Kintamayama grabs a first slot win, but Kaiomitsuki has a healthy looking middle of the chain. This match to, is still anyone's game.

That is all for now.

Saruyama (THE monkey referee)

[Jejima 1,498]

Option #2, I reckon, Asasho. I think most of us will be playing to the end and doing our best. Now, the only thing I have to play for is a decent position on your chart! :(

Well, I'm not proposing to overthrow Jezz's plan for the main competition; the active players will get cut after the Last 16 round, so in the end only 10 players will be competing for the MCP title, too. I'm just wondering if players prefer the easier-to-follow scoring, or the more meaningful scoring.

I am now thinking we should keep going all the way, with no one getting knocked out at any stage, as we had in the very first Bench World Cup.

We only have one drone at present, and I am sure there were already a few more previously. We do have drone rules too.

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Option #2, I reckon, Asasho. I think most of us will be playing to the end and doing our best. Now, the only thing I have to play for is a decent position on your chart! :(

Well, I'm not proposing to overthrow Jezz's plan for the main competition; the active players will get cut after the Last 16 round, so in the end only 10 players will be competing for the MCP title, too. I'm just wondering if players prefer the easier-to-follow scoring, or the more meaningful scoring.

I am now thinking we should keep going all the way, with no one getting knocked out at any stage, as we had in the very first Bench World Cup.

We only have one drone at present, and I am sure there were already a few more previously. We do have drone rules too.

Yeah, it is a great game and I think almost everyone would enjoy trying to finish as high as possible whatever. Why not just do a mirror of the knockout draw (for example: 3rd place Group A vs 4th place Group B) and then the winner of that goes on to try to finish as high as possible. Also, the loser of that will fight the loser of other such matches. That way we can get a full final results table - 1st to 32nd.

Or is that dumb?

[Jejima 1,498]

Option #2, I reckon, Asasho. I think most of us will be playing to the end and doing our best. Now, the only thing I have to play for is a decent position on your chart! :(

Well, I'm not proposing to overthrow Jezz's plan for the main competition; the active players will get cut after the Last 16 round, so in the end only 10 players will be competing for the MCP title, too. I'm just wondering if players prefer the easier-to-follow scoring, or the more meaningful scoring.

I am now thinking we should keep going all the way, with no one getting knocked out at any stage, as we had in the very first Bench World Cup.

We only have one drone at present, and I am sure there were already a few more previously. We do have drone rules too.

Yeah, it is a great game and I think almost everyone would enjoy trying to finish as high as possible whatever. Why not just do a mirror of the knockout draw (for example: 3rd place Group A vs 4th place Group B) and then the winner of that goes on to try to finish as high as possible. Also, the loser of that will fight the loser of other such matches. That way we can get a full final results table - 1st to 32nd.

Or is that dumb?

That is how it works :-)

Everyone was going to stay on until at least the round of 16 (when 3rd plays 4th), but then drop out with losses. This was due to the previous Bench World Cup when we had a lot of drones, starting from the group stages - and so 'losers' mostly, which made some of the games in the 'losing half' of the draw to be between drones, which isn't much fun for anyone. This time around, there seems to be better camaraderie - and only one drone (knowing chabonowaka over the years, I think he would be playing, if he could, so I am concerned about his long absence), so I think players would be happy to keep playing - even if it is only for '30th' place.

[Kintamayama 47,284]

Wll, I'm not proposing to overthrow Jezz's plan for the main competition; the active players will get cut after the Last 16 round, so in the end only 10 players will be competing for the MCP title, too. I'm just wondering if players prefer the easier-to-follow scoring, or the more meaningful scoring.

I for one am a very sore loser curmudgeon jijii . I will definitely not continue, after going 0-3. As I have always said, I don't see the point. If I were winning, I would not want to see all the pathetic losers keep playing. Losers go home!!

(I'm going, I'm going..)

Edited June 24, 2014 by Kintamayama

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Group B Round 3 update

Not much surprise in real results on Day 1.

KikoCookie faithfully put her representative team Spain to the first slot again, and this time Spain didn't disappoint her. KikoCookie scored her first goal.

Probably chishafuwaku will get one today, too?

Since both chisafuwaku and Fujiko put the same teams to the same slots, counting of results will begin in Slot 3.

ScreechingOwl and KikoCookie both have Switzerland in their Slot 3.

Fujiko cheers strongly for England soon, while KikoCookie for Italy. The later two bouts will be important, too, all the four players have Greece, but Japan, Ivory Coast and Colombia can be found in the line-ups, too. Coming back tomorrow with the updates.

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Wll, I'm not proposing to overthrow Jezz's plan for the main competition; the active players will get cut after the Last 16 round, so in the end only 10 players will be competing for the MCP title, too. I'm just wondering if players prefer the easier-to-follow scoring, or the more meaningful scoring.

I for one am a very sore loser curmudgeon jijii . I will definitely not continue, after going 0-3. As I have always said, I don't see the point. If I were winning, I would not want to see all the pathetic losers keep playing. Losers go home!!

(I'm going, I'm going..)

This is fair enough, but I see two competitions here...the main one, and Asashosakari's MCP chart, so I am continuing in THAT one!

[Asashosakari 20,270]

This is fair enough, but I see two competitions here...the main one, and Asashosakari's MCP chart, so I am continuing in THAT one!

Okay, there's a serious misunderstanding here. The stuff I keep track of depends on the entries for the main game. If players are eliminated from the main competition and nobody takes their entries for the subsequent rounds, I have nothing to work with.

(And I'm not going to collect entries myself just for the MCP, before anyone asks.)

Edited June 24, 2014 by Asashosakari

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

This is fair enough, but I see two competitions here...the main one, and Asashosakari's MCP chart, so I am continuing in THAT one!

Okay, there's a serious misunderstanding here. The stuff I keep track of depends on the entries for the main game. If players are eliminated from the main competition and nobody takes their entries for the subsequent rounds, I have nothing to work with.(And I'm not going to collect entries myself just for the MCP, before anyone asks.)

Haha...ok! It looks like I am just playing for fun then! :)

[Asashosakari 20,270]

Meanwhile, here are the overall MCP standings through two rounds:

Rk +- Player Nat | W D L ∑GF ∑GA | ØGF ØGA ØGD Pts Pts*

1 (+6) shimodahito COL | 51 7 4 175 32 | 2.82 0.52 +2.31 5.16 6

2 (+9) Furanohana FRA | 51 2 9 201 52 | 3.24 0.84 +2.40 5.00 6

3 (+6) Kotononami ARG | 50 5 7 162 38 | 2.61 0.61 +2.00 5.00 6

4 (±0) Andonishiki MEX | 47 8 7 139 47 | 2.24 0.76 +1.48 4.81 6

5 (-3) shumitto BEL | 43 8 11 118 51 | 1.90 0.82 +1.08 4.42 6

6 (-5) Maguroyama JPN | 43 5 14 85 40 | 1.37 0.65 +0.73 4.32 6

7 (+12) Achiyama HON | 40 5 17 114 38 | 1.84 0.61 +1.23 4.03 3

8 (+5) Saruyama ENG | 39 5 18 81 47 | 1.31 0.76 +0.55 3.94 6

9 (+9) Pandaazuma CIV | 38 5 19 101 47 | 1.63 0.76 +0.87 3.84 0

10 (+6) chishafuwaku NED | 37 6 19 105 60 | 1.69 0.97 +0.73 3.77 6

11 (+1) Terarno CRC | 37 6 19 82 45 | 1.32 0.73 +0.60 3.77 6

12 (-6) Chocshoporyu BRA | 36 8 18 88 61 | 1.42 0.98 +0.44 3.74 3

13 (+4) Chijanofuji SUI | 36 7 19 89 34 | 1.44 0.55 +0.89 3.71 3

14 (-9) Rubensan KOR | 32 12 18 75 76 | 1.21 1.23 -0.02 3.48 6

15 (±0) Fujiyama CMR | 31 12 19 61 56 | 0.98 0.90 +0.08 3.39 0

16 (-13) ScreechingOwl AUS | 29 13 20 64 64 | 1.03 1.03 ±0.00 3.23 3

17 (+4) Kaiomitsuki IRN | 30 4 28 74 56 | 1.19 0.90 +0.29 3.03 3

18 (-8) kuroimori POR | 24 11 27 51 65 | 0.82 1.05 -0.23 2.68 3

19 (-11) Jejima GRE | 22 12 28 42 66 | 0.68 1.06 -0.39 2.52 0

20 (+10) Jakusotsu CRO | 21 8 33 68 88 | 1.10 1.42 -0.32 2.29 3

21 (+2) chabonowaka ECU | 21 7 34 41 74 | 0.66 1.19 -0.53 2.26 0

22 (-8) Harumataikai ITA | 18 11 33 33 78 | 0.53 1.26 -0.73 2.10 0

23 (+2) Fujiko CHI | 15 9 38 27 125 | 0.44 2.02 -1.58 1.74 1

24 (-4) kamogawa GHA | 14 11 37 20 78 | 0.32 1.26 -0.94 1.71 4

25 (-3) Daineko URU | 13 9 40 21 74 | 0.34 1.19 -0.85 1.55 0

26 (+6) Nekonishiki RUS | 13 6 43 20 137 | 0.32 2.21 -1.89 1.45 0

27 (±0) Leonishiki NGA | 10 8 44 34 86 | 0.55 1.39 -0.84 1.23 3

28 (-2) Pitinosato GER | 8 8 46 23 89 | 0.37 1.44 -1.06 1.03 1

29 (-5) Doitsuyama ALG | 7 9 46 9 114 | 0.15 1.84 -1.69 0.97 0

30 (-1) Domichi USA | 6 9 47 13 81 | 0.21 1.31 -1.10 0.87 3

31 (-3) Kintamayama BIH | 3 9 50 5 110 | 0.08 1.77 -1.69 0.58 0

32 (-1) KikoCookie ESP | 0 9 53 0 112 | 0.00 1.81 -1.81 0.29 1

The top three spots are taken by players who did well in the second round, only Achiyama was a bit too far down after round 1 to move up that high. The original leader Maguroyama had merely an average round and drops back to 6th place.

[Jakusotsu 6,398]

I wish Chiellini made sure that Suárez would never bite anybody with his own teeth again.

Guess there goes my tenure in this game - congrats, Andonishiki!

[kuroimori 1,634]

Luis Suarez is a real nutcase. WTF!

Next Referee-Gate at the World Cup, guess we won't see him officiate another match.

[Achiyama 1,272]

Group "A" Round 3 - Update #2:

Bout #1: Jakusotsu vs. Andonishiki:

Andonishiki strikes again. His win on slot #1 which was achieved yesterday, turned to be golden.

Today Jokusotsu's team on slot #1 Italy lost to Uruguay and Jokuso-san is out. Obviously, the Eropean teams this time are not as good as the Latinoamerican ones.

Andonishiki wins at least 1:0, or maybe more and goes to the Round of 16 with maximum points - 9. Congrats!

Bout #2: Fujiyama vs. Chocshoporyu

Fujiyama added a second loss today, while Chocshoporyu added a win (Greece), a draw (England) and a loss (Ivory Coast). Score is still 1:0 for Chocshy.

Here is the Table:

[shimodahito 336]

GROUP E, ROUND 3, DAY 13 results

ACHIYAMA.-.CHIJANOFUJI

BRA ©...1.....FRA

Day 12: Achiyama pours a Brazilian Wäls Petroleum craft beer for getting the first green #1 pick.

NGR.....2.....ARG

COL.....3...®.SUI

Day 13: Achiyama -- 4 wins...time to pour a Colombian 3 Cordilleras Mestiza craft beer.

MEX.....4.....NED

Day 12: Wins for both #4 picks... this is going to be a battle.

FRA.....5...©.CRO

Day 12: Chijanofuji's grimace for now he needs a French win for his #1, but not Achiyama's #5 pick.

URU.....6.....BIH

Day 13: With Achiyama's URU winning at #6 and Chijanofuji's URU at #8, he pours a Uruguayan Davok Shannon Dunkel .

ECU.....7.....ALG

RUS.....8.....URU

Day 13: #8 for Chijanofuji. Will it matter?

KOR.....9.....NGR

HON ®...10....CMR

Day 12: CMR on the bottom was a smart Chijanofuji choice.

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FURANOHANA.-.CHABONOWAKA

BRA.....1.....BRA

Day 12: Both players raise a toast of Brazilian Bodebrown/Stone Cacau IPA.

RESULTS: Both picks win, continue: Furanohana 0 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 12)

FRA.®...2.....ITA

Day 13: Chabonowaka's drone pick had ITA & URU in the wrong order.

CRO.....3.....URU

Day 12: Not good news for Furanohana. The "little bit Croatia" wish did not come true.

Day 13: Chabonowaka's drone pick had ITA & URU in the wrong order.

CHI.....4...©.NED

Day 12: CHI and NED met on the pitch today and Chabonowaka gets the victory and pours a fine Dutch Jenever.

CRC.....5.....SUI

Day 13: With #3 and #4 in red, CRC's win is not enough reason to celebrate.

POR.....6.....MEX

Day 12: Three wins for Chabonowaka. Time to add a Mexican Cucapá Barley Wine (Centenario).

NGR.....7...®.ECU

JAP.....8.....USA

Day 13: Furanohana gets no #8 green from JAP.

CMR.©...9.....KOR

Day 12: The only of three losses for Furanohana in the bottom half of his line-up.

ECU.....10....IRI

[Saruyama 1]

Group F Round 3 update:

Kotononami vs Leonishiki

Kotononami:
1.France, 2.Argentina ®, 3.Costa-Rica ©, 4.Portugal, 5.Russia, 6.Mexico, 7.Greece, 8.Netherlands, 9.South Korea, 10.Ecuador

vs

Leonishiki:
1.Brazil, 2.Switzerland, 3.Portugal©, 4.Ivory Coast, 5.Italy, 6.Costa Rica, 7.Chile, 8.Ghana 9.Nigeria®, 10.Cameroon

Referee comments: Things are starting to look not so good for Leonishiki, his team is coloring up all wrong, while Kotononami's is coming up green. However it is green at the wrong end. A bad result at the front could still kill him fast.

Kintamayama vs Kaiomitsuki

Kintamayama:

1. Brazil, 2. Bosnia ®, 3.Russia, 4. Italy, 5.Greece, 6.Chile ©, 7. Uruguay, 8. Mexico, 9. Algeria, 10. South Korea

vs

Kaiomitsuki: "Two Man Sound feat. Plastic Bertrand "Charlie Brown" / "Se voce quiser vou Ihe mostrar / a nossa Sao Paulo terra da garoa / Se voce quiser vou Ihe mostrar / Bahia de Caetano nossa gente boa. / Charlie / Eh meu amigo Charlie / Eh meu amigo Charlie Brown Charlie Brown..."" ()

1. Germany ©, 2. Bosnia, 3. Netherlands, 4. France, 5. Mexico , 6. Greece, 7. Uruguay, 8. Japan, 9. South Korea, 10. Iran ®

Referee comments: So far, Kaiomitsuki looks to have a slight lead here. However this game too could turn on a dime depending on how things roll with the Germany and Bosnia matches.

That is all for now.

Saruyama (THE monkey referee)

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Group G Latest:

Our first match remains interesting despite Kuroimori's excellent start. Kuroimori has Nigeria at 3, and if they lose to Argentina (very possible), his chain will be broken. However, as Kamogawa's chain is definitely broken at 4, it may not matter and will probably come down to the very daring Ghana pick at 2, who will need to beat Portugal to avoid a broken chain. Anything could happen here, but upsets will definitely be required.

Kuroimori:

1. Brazil
2. Colombia
3. Nigeria ©
4. Mexico
5. Ecuador
6. Portugal ®
7. Russia
8. Italy
9. Costa Rica
10. Cameroon

Kamogawa:

Brazil

Ghana ®

Colombia ©

Cote d'Ivoire

England

USA

Italy

Japan

Costa Rica

Cameroon

In the second match, Domichi consolidated his grip but there is still work to be done here. Tonight Pitinosato will be praying Switzerland don't slip up against Honduras. The real drama in this match, though, will be reserved for the final four evening.

Domichi:

1. Brazil
2. Colombia
3. Belgium
4. Russia
5. Mexico
6. Iran
7. Uruguay ©
8. USA ®
9. Bosnia
10. South Korea

Pitinosato:

1. Switzerland

2. Colombia

3. Germany ®

4. Croatia

5. Iran ©

6. Greece

7. Bosnia

8. Uruguay

9. Italy

10. South Korea

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Looks like I'm rooting for USA again...this time against Germany! :(

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Group B Round 3 Day 2 update

Actually no major changes yet, the matches which can bring real updates in the group, will be played tomorrow.

Until then, coloring the back slots.

[Doitsuyama 1,259]

Group C Round 3

Maguroyama	0	0	shimodahito
Ivory Coast ©	BREAK	Wed	Argentina
Argentina	Wed	Thu	Belgium
Portugal	Thu	Wed	Switzerland
Bosnia	Wed	Thu	Portugal
Japan ®	L	W	Colombia ®
Belgium	Thu	L	Croatia
Chile	L	W	Greece
Iran	Wed	Thu	Ghana ©
Australia	L	D	Costa Rica
USA	Thu	Thu	South Korea

COMMENTS

Maguroyama: I feel I'm in a position to gamble a bit and so it's time for the Elephants to step up their game. In this WC of shockers you can't really trust anyone, but "normally" Argentina and Portugal should be stronger than their African opponents. Japan plays Colombia who are ensured of advancement and thus may slack off a bit. But what do I know...

shimodahito: my high M pick Greece roster plays league in Spain, Italy, Germany, Turkey, England, Scotland. This round faith pick: Switzerland. This round no-faith pick: none. Maguroyama is my last opponent. Our #1, #2, #3 (ARG-BEL-POR) teams are the same so the mid line-ups will decide. I look forward to the match.

Refioji Pregame: Maguroyama is gambling big with Ivory Coast who need only need a draw - seems reasonable. But having possibly demotivated Portugal and Bosnia so high is a real risk - and he has Belgium quite low, maybe fearing a B-team? Shimodahito's lineup is comparatively risk-free.

Refioji MbM: Mon: That's quite a slow start with a lowly losses. Shimodahito has only one loss but higher placed. Tue: The first half ends in big drama just copying real life as Greece's stunning late winner ensures the chain break for Maguroyama in the top slot. He can only hope for a 0:0 draw but a LOT must happen even for that

Jejima	0	0	Pandaazuma
Germany	Thu	Wed	Argentina
Switzerland	Wed	Thu	Belgium
England ©	(GOAL)	(BREAK)	Ivory Coast ®
France	Wed	W	Netherlands
Ivory Coast	L	D	England
Bosnia	Wed	Thu	Algeria
Colombia	W	Wed	Ecuador
Greece ®	W	L	Japan ©
Algeria	Thu	Thu	South Korea
South Korea	Thu	Wed	Nigeria

COMMENTS

Jejima: What a nightmare of a World Cup... I actually expect Germany to draw with the USA (would benefit both sides), but I don't imagine they would lose, so they can have top slot. At number 3, England really need to pull off at least a draw to give me a chance in this match.

Pandaazuma: While my ® team is likely to beat Jejima's, he has six likely winners in his line-up to my three, meaning I'm going to need luck big time here. My only option is to go for it and put my ® team a little lower than I would normally in the hope of breaking my opponent's chain against one of his less-likely-to-win teams...and hope that my top lads win and keep my chain intact. Good luck, Jezz!

Refioji Pregame: Jejima is lucky this time - he can't break his chain again with England © in a L-L scenario as Pandaazuma helped him out by placing his ® team in the sme slot. Pandaazuma is seing a lot of winners in Jejima's squad but we will know only after the round is over, no?

Refioji MbM: Mon: This bout starts slow too with Jejima playing quite passively. ;-) Tue: Jejima picks up the pace considerably (even with the surprisingly low placing of winning Colombia) and thanks to the ignominous Ivory Coast his © team placement is a full success for a change as his draw ensures a goal plus chain break in slot 3 if the bouts goes this far.

[kuroimori 1,634]

Nice effort by Nigeria, striking back twice against Messi.

Keep hanging in ther- oh crap! Argentina scored again. :-/

[Achiyama 1,272]

Group "A" Round 3 - Update #3:

Bout #1: Jakusotsu vs. Andonishiki:

Andonishiki is the winner. Still to be decided how many goals he will score. It's still 1:0.

Bout #2: Fujiyama vs. Chocshoporyu

We have a winner. Fujiyama defeats Chocshoporyu 2:1, but won't qualify for the Round of 16.

It will be decided between Jokusotsu and Chocshoporyu. They are tied for now. If Jokusotsu loses only 0:1 tiebreakers will be needed. I have to look at them. If Ando scores more than 2 goals, than Chocshy will advance.

Here is the Table:

[shimodahito 336]

GROUP E, ROUND 3, DAY 14 results

ACHIYAMA.-.CHIJANOFUJI

BRA ©...1.....FRA

Day 12: Achiyama pours a Brazilian Wäls Petroleum craft beer for getting the first green #1 pick.

Day 14: A FRA draw?! No shutout in this round. Time for results.

RESULTS: Achiyama's © pick wins, continues; Chijanofuji's pick draws, continues: Achiyama 1 - 0 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

NGR.....2.....ARG

Day 14: Chijanofuji and ARG win on the pitch and at the #2 pick. He pours an Argentinian Antares Imperial Stout.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick loses, chain broken; Chijanofuji's pick wins, continues: Achiyama 1 - 1 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

COL.....3...®.SUI

Day 13: Achiyama -- 4 wins...time to pour a Colombian 3 Cordilleras Mestiza craft beer.

Day 14: Chijanofuji, as part of a 3-win day with ARG, SUI, BIH, pours a Swiss Trois Dames Oud Bruin.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick wins; Chijanofuji's ® pick wins, continues: Achiyama 1 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

MEX.....4.....NED

Day 12: Wins for both #4 picks... this is going to be a battle.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick wins; Chijanofuji's pick wins, continues: Achiyama 1 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 14)

FRA.....5...©.CRO

Day 12: Chijanofuji's grimace for now he needs a French win for his #1, but not Achiyama's #5 pick.

Day 14: The FRA draw is a relief for Achiyama.

RESULTS: Achiyama's pick draws; Chijanofuji's © pick loses, chain broken: Achiyama 1 - 2 Chijanofuji. GAME OVER. (Day 14)

URU.....6.....BIH

Day 13: With Achiyama's URU winning at #6 and Chijanofuji's URU at #8, he pours a Uruguayan Davok Shannon Dunkel.

Day 14: Chijanofuji, as part of a 3-win day with ARG, SUI, BIH, pours a Bosnian Livanjsko Svijetlo Pivo.

ECU.....7.....ALG

Day 14: The ECU draw is no help to Achiyama.

RUS.....8.....URU

Day 13: #8 for Chijanofuji. Will it matter?

KOR.....9.....NGR

Day 14: The NGR loss is no hurt for Chijanofuji, but celebrates with a Nigerian Legend Extra Stout after seeing Achiyama's #2 NGR.

HON ®...10....CMR

Day 12: CMR on the bottom was a smart Chijanofuji choice.

Day 14: If you are reading this and counting, these two players had EIGHT picks today!

Achiyama took the early lead, but Chijanofuji ended up as the winner. Chijanofuji who won in Round 1 and celebrated with food and music from Argentina, Netherlands and Switzerland adds some Bosnia-Herzegovonian & Uruguayan food (Ćevapi & Chivito) and music (Kolo & Tango). Achiyama will mourn with shots of cheap Nigerian kunu and cheaper Honduran horchata.

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FURANOHANA.-.CHABONOWAKA

BRA.....1.....BRA

Day 12: Both players raise a toast of Brazilian Bodebrown/Stone Cacau IPA.

RESULTS: Both picks win, continue: Furanohana 0 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 12)

FRA.®...2.....ITA

Day 13: Chabonowaka's drone pick had ITA & URU in the wrong order.

Day 14: With the FRA ® draw, this game will continue for both players.

RESULTS: Furanohana's ® pick draws, continues; Chabonowaka's pick loses, continues: Furanohana 0 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

CRO.....3.....URU

Day 12: Not good news for Furanohana. The "little bit Croatia" wish did not come true.

Day 13: Chabonowaka's drone pick had ITA & URU in the wrong order.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick loses, chain broken; Chabonowaka's pick wins, continues: Furanohana 0 - 1 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

CHI.....4...©.NED

Day 12: CHI and NED met on the pitch today and Chabonowaka gets the victory and pours a fine Dutch Jenever.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick loses; Chabonowaka's © pick wins, continues: Furanohana 0 - 2 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

CRC.....5.....SUI

Day 13: With #3 and #4 in red, CRC's win is not enough reason to celebrate.

Day 14: Chabonowaka gets a SUI win to match CRC.

RESULTS: Furanohana's pick wins; Chabonowaka's pick wins, continues: Furanohana 0 - 2 Chabonowaka. (Day 14)

POR.....6.....MEX

Day 12: Three wins for Chabonowaka. Time to add a Mexican Cucapá Barley Wine (Centenario).

NGR.....7...®.ECU

Day 14: Red for Furanohana, a draw for Chabonowaka.

JAP.....8.....USA

Day 13: Furanohana gets no #8 green from JAP.

CMR.©...9.....KOR

Day 12: The only of three losses for Furanohana in the bottom half of his line-up.

ECU.....10....IRI

Day 14: Red for Chabonowaka; a draw for Furanohana.

Edited June 26, 2014 by shimodahito

[Chijanofuji 113]

GROUP E, ROUND 3, DAY 14 results

ACHIYAMA.-.CHIJANOFUJI

Day 14: If you are reading this and counting, these two players had EIGHT picks today!

Achiyama took the early lead, but Chijanofuji ended up as the winner. Chijanofuji who won in Round 1 and celebrated with food and music from Argentina, Netherlands and Switzerland adds some Bosnia-Herzegovonian & Uruguayan food (Ćevapi & Chivito) and music (Kolo & Tango). Achiyama will mourn with shots of cheap Nigerian kunu and cheaper Honduran horchata.

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Yes, it was THE most busy single day for me in the BSWC so far, but it turned out alright for me in the end! :-D

The Argentinian coach still tried to sabotage my chances by taking Lionel Messi out of the game in the 66th minute, from which point on Nigeria started dominating the game and looked like scoring at least half a dozen times, but Argentina held on for the 3-2 win, which upped my chances for a win considerably.... ;-)

But I still had to sweat through a lethargic game from my number one picks France vs Ecuador in which the latter team deserved the win IMO (maybe not because they dominated the match, but certainly for putting up a courageous fight with 10 men vs 11 in which they even had chances to win in the end). (Pulling hair...)

A loss by France would have broken my chain at the very top and handed the victory to my honorable opponent Achiyama by 1-0... Luckily (for me) that didn't come to pass and I got the 2-1 win. (Clapping wildly...)

Now I can relax on the final day of the real WC's Round 1 and watch today's matches without having to root for any of my picks or against any of my opponent's picks!

Leaving the BSWC Dohyo for the day.... (Bow...)

Edited June 26, 2014 by Chijanofuji