NOOOOOOOO, no more El Clasico... Yes, assuming he doesn't come back on that or another account. If he did come back and the game wasn't played, you'd probably get a default win due to him not having an active account. But it looks like a pretty sure valediction.



Yep - all new players start at the bottom

Results so far
eemad (1) 23-41 beenjammin (2)
cphaynes (2) 38-2 tinie (3) (Friday evening, unposted)

To be played
dunkyfunk (3) vs punkpoet (4)
w_hoolahan (4) vs eggfriedrice (5)
clooneman (5) vs theukspoon (6)
chris (6) vs cajanka (7)
9ballsniper1 BYE

New player for next week
jose_enrique


Last logins of players who have yet to play
In game now
theukspoon
eggfriedrice
punkpoet

Browsing now
clooneman

Earlier today
chris
w_hoolahan

Thursday
dunkyfunk (deactivated)

A month ago
cajanka

Reminders on their way, although it looks they won't be of any good for all but one of the fixtures.

One more result:
clooneman (5) 49-9 theukspoon (6)

I seemed to have found form, with a run of 14 and a closing run of 19, and maybe one bad shot in the whole game. Spoonie had no luck with two scratches.

eggfriedrice has always had me on ignore,

I messaged him earlier, I made a mess of the original message, he should understand rightly now

dunkyfunk (3) vs punkpoet (4) - dunkyfunk still deactivated, punkpoet on today
w_hoolahan (4) vs eggfriedrice (5) - both players online today and at the same time
chris (6) vs cajanka (7) - cajanka still offline, chris is regular

24 (or 23 or 22) hour extension cos I'm in a good mood.

To be played
dunkyfunk (3) vs punkpoet (4)
w_hoolahan (4) vs eggfriedrice (5)
chris (6) vs cajanka (7)

Don't fail to play. You have till tomorrow evening.

And here are the results of Week 9:

eemad (1) 23-41 beenjammin (2)
beenjammin is promoted to Level 1, eemad is relegated to Level 2

cphaynes (2) 38-2 tinie (3)
cphaynes stays at Step 2, tinie stays at Step 3

dunkyfunk (3) deact. vs BYE punkpoet (4)
punkpoet is promoted to Level 3, dunkyfunk is relegated to Level 4

w_hoolahan (4) BYE vs N/S eggfriedrice (5)
w_hoolahan stays at Step 4, eggfriedrice stays at Step 5

clooneman (5) 49-9 theukspoon (6)
clooneman stays at Step 5, theukspoon stays at Step 6

chris (6) BYE vs N/S cajanka (7)
chris stays at Step 6, cajanka stays at Step 7

9ballsniper1 BYE

Note: N/S = no show

Decisions on defaults: easy in the cases of dunkyfunk, who has deactivated, and cajanka, who is gone a month. As for w_hoolahan vs eggfriedrice, I extended the deadline by a day, both players were online at the same time this evening, and whereas w_hoolahan stayed online, eggfriedrice disappeared, and I believe he has w_hoolahan on ignore too; I haven't heard anything to the contrary. So that's that. It's what I know and what I am told that matters.

And here's the provisional ladder prior to Week 10:

Level 1: beenjammin
Level 2: cphaynes, eemad
Level 3: punkpoet*, tinie
Level 4: w_hoolahan*, dunkyfunk*
Level 5: clooneman, eggfriedrice***
Level 6: chris**, theukspoon
Level 7: cajanka**, 9ballsniper1
Level 8: jose_enrique (new player)

*** means last 3 games not played, and similarly for ** and *. Don't worry about it if it's not your fault that games weren't played.

cajanka shows no sign of coming back, so he's out. eggfriedrice... I dunno. But he's active. We'll see after this week. chris has had no opponent this week. And as w_hoolahan posted on the forum, he escapes punishment and gets to play for a place above him.

Amended ladder Week 10 after cajanka's removal:

Level 1: beenjammin
Level 2: cphaynes, eemad
Level 3: punkpoet*, tinie
Level 4: w_hoolahan*, dunkyfunk*
Level 5: clooneman, eggfriedrice***
Level 6: chris**, theukspoon
Level 7: 9ballsniper1, jose_enrique

Which only leaves the fixtures for Week 10:

beenjammin (1) vs cphaynes (2)
eemad (2) vs punkpoet (3)
tinie (3) vs w_hoolahan (4)
dunkyfunk (4) vs clooneman (5)
eggfriedrice (5) vs chris (6)
theukspoon (6) vs 9ballsniper1 (7)
jose_enrique (7) BYE

New player jose_enrique gets a bye as it would be unfair for 9ballsniper1 to sit out two weeks in a row just because someone new arrives.

Deadline: next Wednesday, March 7th. If there are any problems playing your games, by all means you can message me, but please post them here as well for all to see. Good luck!

EDIT: 9ballsniper1 has deactivated, so I'm putting jose_enrique into the fixture instead. So it's
theukspoon (6) vs jose_enrique (7)
as the last fixture.

Edited at 01:11 Thu 01/03/12 (GMT)

Clooneman I don't see why hoolahan gets a bye here I mean he told you of the problem on deadline day surly if he had came to you eearlier something could of been sorted? Maybe Mike should of taken hoolahan of ignore but I feel both should be punished.

I messaged eggfriedrice about the ignore issue on Monday night and I got no reply. On the other hand, w_hoolahan posted on the forum about it, so I knew something was up. I was gonna punish them both on Tuesday, but I found patience and waited another day. Then when I noticed both were online this evening, I logged on, w_h was still there, but eggfriedrice had unfortunately logged off. I messaged him, and got no reply, and he never appeared back online in order to play. That's why I didn't punish both players; it would have been unfair to punish the guy whom I thought was present and letting me know what was going on. Also, eggfriedrice hasn't played his last three fixtures. Going back through the pages of this thread, you can see there's no reason why those games could not have been played.

Updated Week 10 fixtures (see above post for reason for change)

beenjammin (1) vs cphaynes (2)
eemad (2) vs punkpoet (3)
tinie (3) vs w_hoolahan (4)
dunkyfunk (4) vs clooneman (5)
eggfriedrice (5) vs chris (6)
theukspoon (6) vs jose_enrique (7)
9ballsniper1 (7) BYE

eggfriedrice has asked to leave, thereby leaving chris with a bye this week.

Hey clooneman matey dunkyfunk has deactivated for 8 days so is gone therefore the cloone vs funk won't happen.
Can't you just make it yourself vs chris?
punk wannabe matchmaker poet

w_hoolahan 33 - 39 tinie

such tight battle but he risked a fluke at the end..

tinie 39 - 33 w_hoolahan

He commited several deliberate fouls when pots or safeties were on, each to there own i guess.

It's a good point! But there's nothing in the rules of this ladder against someone deactivating and resuming under a new username. So he remains in the ladder until he fails to play for two weeks in a row, or until he tells me he wants out, and he can still come back with a new username, or reactivate his account and continue.

Results so far
tinie (3) 39-33 w_hoolahan (4)

To be played
beenjammin (1) vs cphaynes (2)
eemad (2) vs punkpoet (3)
dunkyfunk (4) vs clooneman (5)
eggfriedrice (5) vs chris (6)
theukspoon (6) vs jose_enrique (7)
9ballsniper1 (7) BYE

eggfriedrice and chris are online now.

Remember, if games are not played and no excuses are offered, relegation is automatic. If the deadline were right now, it would mean that everyone would go down a place, except tinie and w_hoolahan, would would end up shooting up to the top. (And me too because dunkyfunk remains absent, and any other players whose failure to play is because of their opponents' obvious absence.)

Deadline: Wednesday.

Yep, sorry, my mistake

beenjammin 52 - 21 cphaynes

gg, we both had bad luck

messaged ukspoon yesterday, no reply as of yet

Results so far
tinie (3) 39-33 w_hoolahan (4)
beenjammin (1) 52-21 cphaynes (2)

To be played
eemad (2) vs punkpoet (3)
dunkyfunk (4) vs clooneman (5)
theukspoon (6) vs jose_enrique (7)
9ballsniper1 (7) BYE

Deadline: tomorrow, and I've heard nothing from those who have not played, which is important regarding the rule on unplayed games.

Last logins of players yet to play
Online now (in game)
punkpoet
jose_enrique

Browsing
me
theukspoon

Saturday
eemad

11 days ago
dunkyfunk (deactivated)

Those pairs of you to have to play each other who are both either browsing or online, now's the time...