December Groups & Teams Finalised...

Once again a bit round of applause go out to Tal for organising that live draw. I was on the floor man with the intro!!! The groups are being created tonight and you will receive the information or invite to join the league by the GM's of your league. The league will commence tomorrow.

The teams are as follows:

Group A
WP User Name	PSNID	Team
dsanchez	D_Sanchez78	Argentina
Mick	mickrad	Germany
Inspekta	Swagga-Boi_01	Greece
Matto	matto_damatto	Mexico
Flashboii	Flashboii	Norway
ConroeJoe	Joehax	Turkey

Group B
WP User Name	PSNID	Team
Zombajaxx	salsicce77	Sweden
Talaash	Talassh_	Russia
MuZZbuZZ	CaTT1v0	Czech Republic
Thedr23	thedr	Brazil
Martin0 anfield	lil_dodo	Portugal
Scrubzor	Scrubzor	France

Group C
WP User Name	PSNID	Team
MND79	MND79	Denmark
Ivo_O	YEAH_DARDY	Switzerland
Kaze	MrGosu	Spain
AGItated	AG1tated	Uruguay
Xception	Xception15	Italy
Badboy2	tjturko13	Croatia

Group D
WP User Name	PSNID	Team
nOObert	bcvw85	Cameroon
xNick	c3044692	Paraguay
The D.A	Clownage09	England
.davidd	daviddd_	Netherlands
Lgaratt	TheWiselyBooth	Scotland
Toanaldino	tonenugen	Belgium

November League Cutoff...

The league will be closed tonight at 12am. The top 4 looks like it is secured and with the special request of Dr who is going interstate tomorrow, it has been closed a day early. The top 4 are not permitted to play any more league games as it may shuffle the finals playing order. Others who still wish to play the league may do so as they will have no effect on the top 4 except Clownage who is around 5 or 6 wins away, so no games for you bloke aswell hehe :)

December League Live Draw - 30/11 8pm EST

For those who have been following, Talaash has volunteered to do a live ballot via webcam for our team selections for this months league. If you wish to view the live ballot then you need to be in front of a PC at 8pm EST. More info shown below.

• Date: 30/11/2009
• Time: 8PM EST
• Website: http://www.blogtv.com/People/talaash

December Registratons Closed...

The registrations for the December League are now closed. Took too much time for the others to wake up to register so instead of 32 teams we are now using a 24 team competition. There are 4 groups with 6 teams per group. The confirmed list of 24 players for the December league are:

#	WP User Name	PSN ID
1	dsanchez	D_Sanchez78
2	Mick	Mickrad
3	talaash	Talaash_
4	ivo_O	YEAH_DARDY
5	xNick	C3044692
6	MND79	MND79
7	zombajaxx	salsicce77
8	MuzzBuzz	CaTT1v0
9	Kaze	MrGosu
10	The D.A	Clownage09
11	Inspekta	Swagga-Boi_01
12	thedr23	thedr23
13	n00bert	bcvw85
14	.daviddd	daviddd_
15	Matto	matto_damatto
16	AGItated	AG1tated
17	Flashboii	Flashboii
18	martin0 anfield	lil_dodo
19	Xception	Xception15
20	lgarratt	TheWiselyBoosh
21	ConroeJoe	Joehax
22	Scrubzor	Scrubzor
23	badboy2	tjturko13
24	Toanaldino	tonenugen

December League Rules & General Set Up

New League, New Rules, too many repeated questions so hopefully this post will be the point of reference from now on. If one more person asks me a question that has been covered 12 times in the WP thread I honestly am going to put a hole thru a wall...

How to register

• No different to before, you need to register by putting your details into the google spreadsheet we have had for the past 2 months. If your a newbie and you werent in the other leagues, then you need to send me your email so I can give you access to view it. 

League Setup 

• 32 teams will be in this World Cup structure. 4 Groups, 8 teams per group and you will play each opponent twice in the league. The top 4 teams will go thru into the knockout round. This is a total of 14 games per player which definitely should be achievable. If you dont play your required games by the specified time line (check below) then you will forfeit the match and loose 3-0.
• As each of you register you will be placed into your corresponding group. At the moment we have 18 players who are split up between Group A to Group D. After each successful registration, the player will go into the next group that is awaiting a player i.e. Player 18 will go to Group B, Player 19 Group C etc until the groups are full
  
• After each game you are required to enter your scores into the results spreadsheet (either one of you i dont care) so if the teams are a draw on points at the end of the group phase, then goal differences will be taken into account. The GM's will be keeping an eye on the results section to see the scores noted are the actual scores
• There will be a time limit of the group stages. I understand its December and it will be a bit hard, but we are hoping to have all the group games done by say december 16th - 18th and then finals will start. There will be more detail to follow as the dates are not concrete
• Finals structure are as follows:
• Round 16 FN 1 – GP A Wnr vs Group D 4th Plc
• Round 16 FN 2 – GP A 2nd Plc vs Group D 3rd Plc
• Round 16 FN 3 – GP D Wnr vs Group A 4th Plc
• Round 16 FN 4 – GP D 2nd Plc vs Group A 3rd Plc
• Round 16 FN 5 – GP B Wnr vs Group C 4th Plc
• Round 16 FN 6 – GP C Wnr vs Group B 4th Plc
• Round 16 FN 7 – GP B 2nd Plc vs Group C 3rd Plc
• Round 16 FN 8 – GP C 2nd Plc vs Group B 3rd Plc
  
• There are 4 league GMs who will create each of the leagues. They are myself, zomba, MND and nOObert. They will send you the details or invite in game (if on friends list) to join the league.
  

Team Selection

• Talaash has volunteered to do this and its the fairest way. He will conduct a live ballot (gota love that) on msn via webcam where there are 2 buckets, one with all the registered players and one with 32 International Teams ranging from 4 stars to 5. Name gets chosen first, then team and so on. Once you get your team you will be allocated that team for the league. We need the registration to be complete before this happens, so I urge you guys if you are keen "AND QUALIFY" (my 10 game rule in this month still applies) for the league then join up

Results Section

• nOObert has set up the results spreadsheet into a Zoho as we could not upload the spreadsheet into the google docs one. This spreadsheet has built in macros/formulas etc that make filling out the results so much easier. We have created this so if there is a tie for 4th place, the person with the better goal difference will go thru. After each game or whenever appropriate you must enter in your scores for the group phase games for this to work. If either one of you do not enter your scores and you are in this position, at the end of the month we will go by whoever is 4th on the league table in the menu. If you have a gmail or yahoo account then you dont need to sign up for this, you just enter your details. If you use hotmail etc then you will need to register for it. There are 4 documents for the 4 different groups and they have been added on the blog in the worthy links section
  

I will keep on updating this page and upload it to the worthy links section as an FAQ etc so you all know what is going on

Sanchez

World Cup Group Stages and Finals...

Pay attention as I wont be repeating myself on how this is all going to work. As previously mentioned we are setting up 4 leagues to run side by side with a total of 8 teams per league. Upon registration you will be placed into a qualifying group in either Group A, B, C or D. I'm still working on how we are going to allocate the teams to people. We will have no duplicated teams in this, so you will receive 1 team before you enter the league and you need to use that team. As I said, still working on it and open for suggestions as it's doing my head in!

The google document has been setup with a few new worksheets, a new registration one which you need to enter your details if you havent already. Then there is the Group stage tables as well as the knockout league tree for those who make the finals. Seeing we have 32 teams, it will be the TOP 4 from each league will go thru to the next round. It will be 2 games only against each team only. The league GM's will keep an eye on the results in the leagues and when everyone has finished playing their games the TOP 4 will be established with the points system. It will be 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw. The league table will be a good indication as to how people are going, so you can keep an eye on that as everyone is restricted to playing the same amount of games. Honestly to save yourself the hassle if you are on the same points as someone else at the end of all the games, just note down the scores of people who you have played against. It's too hard for the GM's to note every game that is played, so if this is the difference of making the finals or not, the player with the better goal difference will go thru...

After the Top 4 are determined, they will play off in the knockout round in this order:

• Group A Winner vs Group B Runner up
• Group C Winner vs Group D Runner up
• Group A Runner up vs Group B Winner
• Group D Winner vs Group C Runner up
• Group A 3rd Place vs Group B 4th Place
• Group B 3rd Place vs Group D 4th Place
• Group A 4th Place vs Group C 3rd Place
• Group D 3rd Place vs Group C 4th Place

They then will continue to proceed into the Quarters, Semi's, Final etc. To check out the structure in more detail, take a look at the document I set up for it. The finals are a 1 game knockout, no home and away rubbish. Whoever wins, goes thru!

League GM's needed...

Guys I need 2 volunteers to be the league GM's of the 2 remaining leagues that we need to setup for the next month. At the moment we have 2 GM's, myself and Salsiccio who will each be responsible for the creation of our leagues. Once the draw group stages are finalised, we will create the leagues and give the details to those players in the qualifying group. We will have 4 leagues going at once, 8 teams in each which makes a total of 32 teams for this group stage and knockout cup. There has been some umming and ahhhhing over which theme we should use and we decided to go for a World Cup theme. More details about the league will be posted soon. For those who haven't signed up, I suggest you get cracking as I think there will be a bit of interest in this one. Registrations close in a few days and as it stands, we have 10 teams in. To register once again, fill out your details in the new worksheet in the google spreadsheet document I sent you all when you first signed up. If you need the link again, whim me or email me and I will resend it.

Feedback = GOOD!

It seems that quite a few boys felt the same way as others and have jumped on board with some form of league change and made some good suggestions via email (to the dislike of some, who need to get over it!). As it stands, it seems as though we will be trying to implement a series of 4 leagues with 8 teams in each league. Each of the teams will play each other twice and the top 2 teams will go into the next round which is a knockout round of 1 leg. These will be played thru an unranked game. As each of these knockout games happen, the players will need to report to either myself (and a few others, we will need 1 representative in each of the groups to administer the league as I cant do this by myself) and they will be uploaded into tree table of some sort. The winners will then need to organise the games amongst each other, for each final and so forth. The winner at the end of all the finals is the winner of the competition for the month.

We will most likely use a club team approach for this as we can try our best to even the playing field. We havent finalised this star format as yet, but hopefully we come up with something soon. We will keep you posted via the blog and via email and WP.

Thoughts for a new league structure?

Ok so the way the league is set up in FIFA10, its a no brainer that the people who play the most games are the most rewarded. This has always been the case, even with our 08 and 09 leagues, it usually was the people who played the most would always end up top 4. FIFA10 is no different but is there something we could do that would make it more interesting? Could we introduce a league structure that would try to reward players based more on their skill, rather than how many games they have played? I'm open for suggestions!

I have had some feedback from a few boys about this but would like to get some more ideas before we try and implement something. Also thinking of doing a World Cup or Champions league theme for the next month but have no idea how we can successfully do this to make it even for everyone. The floor is yours people...

Sanchez

Joke of the day...

A guy in a restaurant orders chicken noodle soup. He starts to eat the soup and chokes on a hair in the soup. After gagging for a minute, he calls the waitress. "I'm not paying for this soup. There was a hair in it."

The waitress and customer get into a bit of an argument over the problem. The guy ends up storming out of the restaurant without paying. The waitress sees the guy go across the street to a house of ill repute.

The waitress's shift is over in about 15 minutes. She hurries over to the hooker house and finds out where the guy is. The waitress crashes into the room where the guy and lady of the evening are engaging. As she walks in, the waitress sees the guy with his face in the hooker's business area.

The waitress, seeing this, says, "You wouldn't pay for the chicken noodle soup because you found hair in it. Now look where your face is." The guy, upon pulling his face out of the muff, turns to the waitress and says, "And if I find a noodle in there, I will not pay for that either!"

Sanchez's Monthly Round Up - Half way

Can you meet me halfway, right at the borderline? Thats were I'm going wait, for you. I'll be lookin out night and dayyyy. Took my heart to the limit and this is where I stay!!!!

Thought I would get that out of my system, that song is addictive as fark!!! 

So halfway thru another league and it has yours truely sitting on top of the table just! Momentum starting to flow again after my 24 game unbeaten streak was broken by Muzzfuzz! Dr23 as usual is up there behind me on 36 wins also with only 7 losses to his name. Hopefully will be 10 by the time we finish off our games! hehe It's only a matter of time before he has a fifa marathon session and blows out to like 60 wins! 3rd and 4th are pretty close also with the newcomer MND79 pulling some results when he isn't pulling himself! Catt1v0 aka PONG is lurking in the background rounding up the top 4. His constant whingeing on WP asking for league games isn't doing himself any favours as nobody wants to play a sooky baby. Especially the tirade of psn msg's one is subjected to when you have him on your friends list!

The rest of the boys are rounding up the league quiet nicely with a few suprise packages. Vargas_12 is a new addition to the league and looks like the kid can play after a few convincing wins against some of our top guns. Mickrad started off on a learning curve and copped some ass raping losses, but has bounced back and looks to be on the mend and improving. Matto is still one of the unluckiest blokes in the league with nothing going his way, he finally handed the mantle of losses to Mickrad but with his recent improvements who will take out the title for this month for our monthly "Whipping boy Award". Robot_Mugabe has to take the title for most balls in the league for actually choosing Melbourne Victory. He (at the time of writing this) is yet to win a game and cop a few losses but has managed a few draws which are some decent results considering he is playing with a bunch of hacks hehe. Nvswog is too busy jerking off over his Virtual Pro and played only a few league games, 10 game minimum boy, remember that!

More things to mention but I will leave that for the next installment of my monthly round up!

Someone needs a hug...

Don't know how many of you blokes have seen this but this is comical stuff. This bird Elizabeth Lambert who plays "soccer" in the states must be related to Vinnie Jones or something because she is a complete nut bag on the pitch. Actually Vinnie Jones doesn't have jack shit on her!!!

Joke of the day...

A very large woman, wearing a sleeveless sun dress, walked into the pub. She raised her right arm, revealing a huge, hairy armpit as she pointed to all the people sitting at the bar and asked, "What man here will buy a lady a drink?"

The bar went silent as the patrons tried to ignore her. But down at the end of the bar, an owl-eyed drunk slammed his hand down on the counter and bellowed "Give the ballerina a drink!"

The bartender poured the drink and the woman chugged it down. She turned to the patrons and again pointed around at all of them, revealing the same hairy armpit, and asked, "What man here will buy a lady a drink?" Once again, the same little drunk slapped his money down on the bar and said, "Give the ballerina another drink!"

The bartender approached the little drunk and said "Tell me, Colin, it's your business if you want to buy the lady a drink, but why do you keep calling her a ballerina?" The drunk replied, "Any woman who can lift her leg that high has got to be a ballerina!

Xavi - The General

Another Adidas advert with Xavi as The General!

Frank Lampard - The Lionheart

Latest Adidas advert with Fat Frank as the Lionheart. How massive is FIFA10 to be used as an official campaign in an Adidas advertisement!!!

Random FIFA10 Goal Compilation P2...

Another goal compilation.. some nice goals but woeful bloody soundtrack! WTF!!!

SFW - Amateur Pick of the week

I am actually lost for words with this picture.

November spots still open...

#	WP User Name	PSN UserID
1	dsanchez	D_Sanchez78
2	Fellows	nathan_72
3	deeps	deepside7
4	Blu’	Perryfessional
5	The D.A	Clownage09
6	thedr23	thedr23
7	Flashboii	Flashboii
8	inspekta	Swagga-Boi_01
9	daviddd	daviddd_
10	MND79	MND79
11	Ag1tated	Ag1tated
12	papageorgeo	Papageorgeo
13	-	nvswog
14	MuZZbuZZ	Catt1v0
15	Kaze	MrGosu
16	nOObert	bcvw85
17	Matto	matto_damatto
18	Slim Bim Jim	stinhambo
19	Ivo_O	Yeah_Dardy
20	menich	alistair_
21	dipper_06	dipper_06
22	xNick	c3044692
23	toanaldino	tonenugen
24	A.G	Robot_Mugabe
25	FarPost79	FarPost79
26	Scrubzor	Scrubzor
27	Mick	mickrad
28	zombajaxx	salsicce77
29
30
31
32

If my calculations are correct, then there are still 4 spots open for the November League. I think a few boys who have confirmed their spot havent signed into the league yet as there should be 28 of us, but last I remember there were only 24 or so?