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Mornacale
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(DISCLAIMER: I did not invent Beatpaths and I do not own the idea or any of the algorithms used here--I've simply did some reverse-engineering of the code. All credit goes to the good people at www.beatpaths.com.)

I knew I was forgetting something today...
Text file glory: http://www.mornacale.com/beatpaths/OProPR7.txt

Oceania Pro
Week 7
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Rank | Team Name | Record | BeatPower|Change
1t. Brisbane Heat (7-0) 100.0 +0
1t. Mean Machine (7-0) 100.0 +0
1t. West Scranton Invaders (7-0) 100.0 +0
4. Tonga Ikale Tahi (6-1) 86.0 +2
5. So Cal BDC (6-1) 85.0 +3
6. Cascade Cajun Crushers (6-1) 84.0 +1
7. Cook Island Convicts (6-1) 81.0 -6
8. Banzai Pipeline 'Nites (6-1) 78.0 +5
9. Orlando Prime Timers (6-1) 86.0 -8
10. Vanuatu Kava Sharks (4-3) 70.0 -1
11. Playboy's Players Club (4-3) 69.0 +1
12. Mata-Utu Voodoo (5-2) 50.0 +6
13. Firmament Mystic Prophets (3-4) 61.0 -3
14. Papua New Guinea Cannibals (5-2) 50.0 -3
15. Sth Queensland Crushers (4-3) 28.0 -1
16. Fakaofo Bomb Squad (2-5) 5.0 +0
17. Melbourne Thorny Devils (4-3) 16.0 +2
18. Samoa Gangsters (4-3) -4.0 +2
19. Fiji Sea Turtles (2-5) -10.0 +4
20. Barossa Grapestompers (1-6) -44.0 +2
21. Fiji Stingers (3-4) -44.0 +0
22. Melbourne Dreadnoks (1-6) -23.0 -5
23. Port Moresby Demons (3-4) -50.0 +1
24. Brisbane Bandits (3-4) -75.0 +3
25. Brisbane Gods (0-7) -100.0 +4
26. Canberra Strike (4-3) -78.0 -11
27. Tasmania Swarm (2-5) -91.0 -2
28t. Brantford Mustangs (0-7) -100.0 -2
28t. Aussie Cardinals (0-7) -100.0 +1
30. Christchurch Knightmares (1-6) -97.0 -2
31t. Jersey Wildcats (0-7) -100.0 -2
31t. Emerald City Flying Monkeys (0-7) -100.0 -2

Introductory post (with information on Beatpaths): http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=1775585

Commentary
1) Losses by unbeaten teams makes things much more interesting.

2) Canberra got crushed by their loss to BB. Ow.

As always, please ask questions and point out anything that looks buggy!
 
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This post is my post.

Last Week: 11-5
This Season: 24-8

Predictions got hit hard last week by the two undefeated teams losing. The algorithm will never, ever pick against an unbeaten team. Still, only one miss (Brisbane over Canberra) was truly a big upset--perhaps Brisbane has got something figured out that they were missing before.

Beatpaths Predictions - Week 8
Home Team | Away Team | Confidence
West Scranton Invaders vs. Emerald City Flying Monkeys | 200.0 - CORRECT
Mean Machine vs. Aussie Cardinals | 200.0 - CORRECT
Tasmania Swarm vs. Cook Island Convicts | 172.0 - CORRECT
Brantford Mustangs vs. Playboy's Players Club | 169.0 - CORRECT
Christchurch Knightmares vs. Vanuatu Kava Sharks | 167.0 - CORRECT
Cascade Cajun Crushers vs. Canberra Strike | 162.0 - CORRECT
Barossa Grapestompers vs. Brisbane Heat | 144.0 - CORRECT
Brisbane Gods vs. Sth Queensland Crushers | 128.0 - WRONG
Brisbane Bandits vs. Papua New Guinea Cannibals | 125.0 - CORRECT
Fiji Stingers vs. Banzai Pipeline 'Nites | 122.0 - CORRECT
Firmament Mystic Prophets vs. Melbourne Dreadnoks | 84.0 - CORRECT
So Cal BDC vs. Melbourne Thorny Devils | 69.0 - CORRECT
Mata-Utu Voodoo vs. Samoa Gangsters | 54.0 - CORRECT
Jersey Wildcats vs. Port Moresby Demons | 50.0 - WRONG
Fiji Sea Turtles vs. Fakaofo Bomb Squad | 15.0 - CORRECT
Tonga Ikale Tahi vs. Orlando Prime Timers | 0.0 - CORRECT

Game of the Week: TIT vs OPT (37-33)

This Week: 14-2
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lukin83
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That is one hell of a jump for BPN. I am not sure why beating the Swarm helped us jump 5 spots though, although some of the other teams winning/losing likely played some role.
 
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Originally posted by lukin83
That is one hell of a jump for BPN. I am not sure why beating the Swarm helped us jump 5 spots though, although some of the other teams winning/losing likely played some role.


Beating MUV who beat CIC helped BPN out as well.
 
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Originally posted by lukin83
That is one hell of a jump for BPN. I am not sure why beating the Swarm helped us jump 5 spots though, although some of the other teams winning/losing likely played some role.


It was the Cook Island loss that did it for you. It formed a CIC => BDC => BPN => MUV => CIC Beatloop that took away your only Beatloss.

e: Note that this also takes away BDC's only Beatloss and keeps CIC from getting one, explaining their high positions. It also gets rid of the BPN => MUV Beatwin that explained MUV's fall last week, thus moving them back up a fair bit.
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