Warrior General Games

Okay here are the rankings after game 8. Here is what I went by in no particular order:
1) Record or win/loss
2) Strength of roster
3) Strength of wins/losses

You may or may not agree with them, but this is how I see them. LW is last weeks ranking.

****ALPHA POWER RANKINGS****

#1 Legal Smexies (8-0) LW 1 - The closest anyone has come to beating the Smexies was the Wolfpack. They just needed 63 more points to tie up their game with them. Let's face it, the "elite" team of EEA1 and probably the odds on favorite to win it all this season.
Feeling the pressure yet Smexies, hmmmmmmmm?
1st Half Grade: A+ - exactly what I expected of them. 8-0 and dominating. Well done first half Smexies!
Next opponent: at #3 Croatian Killer Turtles (7-1)

#2 Czech Yourself (7-1) LW 2 - Well Czech played more weaker teams than teams .500 or above in the first half of the season. They have to play 5 teams that are contending for the play offs and will have a tougher time in the second half. But these guys should still be in the Top 3 at the end of the season.
1st Half Grade: A - These guys are where I thought they would be, in the Top 3 at the half way mark and will probably be somewhere in the Top 3 at the end of the season too.
Next opponent: #4 Average Joe's (6-2)

#3 Croatian Killer Turtles (7-1) LW 3 - With a well balanced schedule of weaker and stronger opponents, The Turtles have pretty much cruised to a 7-1 record. Up next is a huge showdown against the Smexies.
1st Half Grade: A - Same with CKT, these guys are exactly where they should be and could be higher at the end of the season.
Next opponent: #1 Legal Smexies (8-0)

#4 Average Joe's (6-2) LW 5 - these guys are a tough team to beat. They lost to the Blues by three. They beat the Wolfpack by three and lost to the Killer Turtles in a shootout. They have a tougher second half and will need to find ways to beat the better teams to make the play offs. It could be a rocky road ahead for the Joe's.
1st Half Grade: A - This is about right for the Joe's. In the Top 8 and winning the games they should to make the play offs.
Next opponent: at #2 Czech Yourself (7-1)

#5 Krakow Plumber's Crack (5-3) LW 4 - The Plumber's Crack took Czech Yourself to the wire. It took a last minute FG for Yourself to win it, but Krakow was in it the whole time. Four tough teams left to play, so a play off spot is a very real possibility for these guys.
1st Half Grade: B+ - They have beaten a few good teams and lost a few to good teams. They will be tough to beat down the stretch.
Next opponent: #14 Belmont Fire Seers (2-6)

#6 Bohemia Gryphons (5-3) LW 6 - The Gryphons have done well in the first half, but haven't beaten a .500 or better team. They get 5 chances to do so in the second half and will have to come out on top in a couple of them to make it to the post season fiesta.
1st Half Grade: B - Playing the teams they did, 5-3 is probably where they should be. They can beat up on the weaker teams, but have been blown out by the stronger teams, they need to reverse that trend so they can go to the play offs.
Next opponent: at #9 Gunzenhausen Wolfpack (5-3)

#7 Amsterdam Hallucinations (5-3) LW 7 - With five wins in the first half and four easy wins in the second, that will give them nine wins. They will need to start beating the better teams in the second half or a 9-7 record may not get them in to the big dance.
1st Half Grade: B - Actually expected a little more from Amsterdam in the first half.
Next opponent: at #11 Greece Lightning (3-5)

#8 Danube Blues (5-3) LW 8 - Getting 5 wins in the first half was a job well done. Five easier wins are theirs in the second half and posibly a couple more. They will have to step it up to get in the play offs.
1st Half Grade: B - I think with their second half schedule they should get in the play offs. Give them a B for being a middle of the pack team.
Next opponent: #16 Nyíregyháza Tigers (0-8)

#9 Gunzenhausen Wolfpack (5-3) LW 9 - This team has been a roller coaster ride in the first half. They need some consistency to make the play offs. At least 5 more wins are possible. So they have a good shot at a play off berth.
1st Half Grade: B - These guys had a tough first half schedule, but they did win three games against quality teams.
Next opponent: #6 Bohemia Gryphons (5-3)

#10 Hungarian Hitmen (3-5) LW 10 - These guys are the cream of the bottom feeders crop in Alpha. They still have some wins to look forward to, but more losses too.
1st Half Grade: C- - The Hitmen will probably end up 7-9 0r 6-10 by beating the lesser teams of Alpha, but that is as far as they will make it.
Next opponent: #12 Wildflecken Wolverines (2-6)

#11 Greece Lightning (3-5) LW 11 - Greece Lightning will probably be duking it out with the Hitmen for the bottom feeders crown. That battle will come at Game 16 at the end of the regular season.
1st Half Grade: C- - Just three winnable games left for Greece in the second half.
Next opponent: #7 Amsterdam Hallucinations (5-3)

#12 Wildflecken Wolverines (2-6) LW 12 - Use this in your game plan to pump up your players:
http://www.moviesoundclips.net/movies1/reddawn/wolverines.wav
Who knows, it might help you score
1st Half Grade: F - Season is over, they are ready to play spoiler. I really was expecting more than 2 wins in the first half of the season.
Next opponent: at #10 Hungarian Hitmen (3-5)

#13 Belmont Fire Seers (2-6) LW 14 - http://thetrawbros.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/jessica-alba-bikini-07.jpg
1st Half Grade: F - These guys are just really that bad.
Next opponent: at #5 Krakow Plumber's Crack (5-3)

#14 Wallachia Impalers (1-7) LW 13 - Pic of the Impalers leader:
http://www.pissedonpolitics.com/Bush_Impaler.jpg
1st Half Grade: D- - No reasons, they were just bad this season
Next opponent: at #15 Ufa Tycoons (0-8)

#15 Ufa Tycoons (0-8) LW 15 - Well we know why these guys are 0-8. They are slow building and going on to BBB next season. So see ya'!
1st Half Grade: F - No need to explain why, just look at the chick: http://www.da-kolkoz.com/images_blog/jessica%20biel.jpg
Next opponent: #14 Wallachia Impalers (1-7)

#16 Nyíregyháza Tigers (0-8) LW 16 - *ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
1st Half Grade: F - http://www.freakingnews.com/images/contest_images/jessica_biel.jpg
Oh the places she could reach with that tongue.
Next opponent: at #8 Danube Blues (5-3)


*****WEEK 9 PREDICTIONS*****

Here's my prediction record week by week.

Week 3: 5-3, Week 4: 6-2, Week 5: 7-1, Week 6: 7-1, Week 7: 8-0, Week 8: 7-1
Overall: 40-8
GOW: 4-2

#12 Wildflecken Wolverines (2-6) at #10 Hungarian Hitmen (3-5) = Hungarian Hitmen - Two teams no one cares about goes at it. Take the Hitmen.
Game Rating: 3/6 beers

#13 Wallachia Impalers (1-7) at #15 Ufa Tycoons (0-8) = Wallachia Impalers - I guess if I really have to choose I'll go with the Impalers.
Game Rating: 1/6 beers

#16 Nyíregyháza Tigers (0-8) at #8 Danube Blues (5-3) = Danube Blues - Danube gets win #6 and nothing can stop them from it.
Game Rating: 1/6 beers

#7 Amsterdam Hallucinations (5-3) at #11 Greece Lightning (3-5) = Amsterdam Hallucinations - Amsterdam will get the win, really no other answer to put here.
Game Rating: 3/6 beers

#6 Bohemia Gryphons (5-3) at #9 Gunzenhausen Wolfpack (5-3) = Gunzenhausen Wolfpack (5-3) - Here's a good match up. Both these teams need a win to keep pace with the rest of the contenders.
Game Rating: 5/6 beers

#14 Belmont Fire Seers (2-6) at #5 Krakow Plumber's Crack (5-3) = Krakow Plumber's Crack - Plumber's Crack will rebound here.
Game Rating: 2/6 beers

#4 Average Joe's (6-2) at #2 Czech Yourself (7-1) = Czech Yourself - A great match up, but I think Yourself will take this one.
If the Joe's win or make it very close, can Mith please come up with better excuses. I mean really get creative. Like you performed an emergency triple bypass surgery on Marlon Brando while on your way back from McDonalds for an Egg McMuffin and all you had to do the surgery with was a straw, some plastic ware, two napkins and three ketchup packets. And that is why it was so close.
Come on man, really wow me!
Game Rating: 6/6 beers

#1 Legal Smexies (8-0) at #3 Croatian Killer Turtles (7-1) = Legal Smexies - This has all the makings of a classic, but I am sticking with the Smexies.
Game Rating: 6/6 beers

*Game Of The Week*
#1 Legal Smexies (8-0) at #3 Croatian Killer Turtles (7-1) - It's the end of the world as we know it! This is a battle that was foretold of years ago and would signal Armageddon as we know it! #1 vs #3! Smexies really only have two teams in Alpha that can compare to them and this is one oft hem. The Turtles can be the first to knock the Smexies down and take first!
This battle can aptly be summed up by one line:
"Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung tonight".
One of these teams won't be coming home for supper!


27/48 beers! Gryphons and Wolfpack! Joe's and Yourself! And Killer Turtles and the Smexies! Three good match ups to look forward to Saturday morning, and not to mention a 27 beer day! Real nice!

Good luck to all the teams in Alpha Conference!

rofl nice. just for you man i'll think of something.

Great writeup, And i might gameplan tonight

Good stuff SA.

I'm glad we're back to drinking a six-pack after after last week's brief moment of sobriety.

Originally posted by J9
Great writeup, And i might gameplan tonight

Don't bother... we're not.

Originally posted by Godzirra
Originally posted by J9

Great writeup, And i might gameplan tonight

Don't bother... we're not.

Thats what i was thinking to be honest too man. The logic behind it is the same as we take into scrimmages. We dont want to give anything away. At this point in the season we dont feel our chances are good at all to beat LS. However, we feel that after we boost and if we play them in the playoffs that the gap closes a little. That we would like to then go in with untainted tactics if we did make it to them in the playoffs.

I hope ckt at least keeps it close cuz I don't like the idea of one team being unbeatable.

Originally posted by seanb1979
I hope ckt at least keeps it close cuz I don't like the idea of one team being unbeatable.

Yah me too man. I know we started Czech Yourself to do well and to have a shot at winning hardware at each level every season as we move up. Minus LS that goal could have been in reach. Starting to bug me a little that when looking at EEAA#1 Alpha and Zeta that theres so many teams that would have been a better fit for EEA#1 to give the league parity while LS moving up would have made EEAA#1 more balanced then everyone is happy with the championship actually being within reach. As it is now all a few teams can wish for is playoff sim luck.

At first i looked at this as a wasted season. Still do at times but have to keep telling myself that as long as we move up were good to go. That people tend to respect higher league trophy's more than lower ones. That we can just keep at it and build properly, boost every season and stay together with winning later in mind.

Originally posted by seanb1979
I hope ckt at least keeps it close cuz I don't like the idea of one team being unbeatable.

I don't like the idea either. But it is what it is.

Smexies will most likely get their trophy this season while not having to even gameplan for any of it.

While I would love to win a trophy, I'll agree with MITH in that the goal is to get promoted.
I'd rather be trying to win respect and get a trophy the hard way.

But if we somehow find a way to win this season, you won't hear me complaining.

I distinctly remember someone saying their goal was to get a trophy at every level.

even with some of the teams having boosted minimally, there are certain teams with some huge advantages... the trojans have a 49 ss and a 43lb that are crazy simply due to their level advantages, for instance... boosting 2-3 levels will only do so much to gain that ground

and good builds of course.

I personally would be embarrased to have my lvl 40+ players playing in a league recommended 20-33

Although I do have a lvl 41 in SEA A#7 (20-35), but I was traded there this offseason without my knowledge.

Originally posted by Godzirra
and good builds of course.

I personally would be embarrased to have my lvl 40+ players playing in a league recommended 20-33

same.. theyre just stat padding and/or proving they cant compete at the aaa/pro level... if i dont reach aaa by the time the bulk of our players get much over 40 ill probably disband my team

Originally posted by Godzirra
Originally posted by J9

Great writeup, And i might gameplan tonight

Don't bother... we're not.

Never said the game planning would be logical or worthing off your weakness
MITH knows my plan i think