The Syndicate

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:12 pm That was brutal lol.

yeah I feel like those sort of scorelines are just trashy.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:24 am Dunya: "Hi. I'd like to mail a package to Brazil, one to USA and one to New Zealand"
Attendant: "Wait what?"

Wouldn't be the the first time ahaha.

I apologize for not getting the banners and gifts out yet, guys.

[mention]Golden[/mention]
[mention]Dragon D. Luffy[/mention]
[mention]wolbre04[/mention]

I will be mailing out your stuff as soon as I get back home. Thanks for being patient with me!

Final Player rankings!

1. [mention]Dragon D. Luffy[/mention] - 59 points -
2. [mention]Golden[/mention] - 53 points -
3. [mention]wolbre04[/mention] - 52 points -
4. [mention]Sloonei[/mention] - 51 points -
5. [mention]aflickering[/mention] - 51 points -
6. [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] - 49 points -
7. [mention]dunya[/mention] - 47 points -
8. [mention]Iai[/mention] - 47 points -
9. [mention]BuckarooBanzai[/mention] - 45 points -
10. [mention]melatonii[/mention] - 44 points -
11. [mention]nutella[/mention] - 44 points -
12. [mention]Choutas[/mention] - 10 points -

Thank you everyone for playing! Congrats to DDL, Golden and wolbre especially for your 1st, 2nd and 3rd place final rankings. DDL you were a beast all game! I'll PM you for details if you would like your prizes.

Shout out to Sloonei / JJJ for greatest comebacks of them all after being in the bottom for so long.

see ya'll again in the euros 2020

Golden Ball - Croatia's Luka Modric (no one)

Golden Glove – Thibault Courtois (3 points added for Golden)

Golden Boot - Harry effing Kane (no one...)

Final winner - France (5 points added for JaggedJimmyJay)

semi finals results

France 1 - 0 Belgium
England 1 - 2 Croatia

JJJ
France 2-1 Belgium - 2 pts
England 2-1 Croatia - 0 pts

DDL
France 2-2 Belgium, Belgium wins on pens. - 0 pts
England 2-1 Croatia - 0 pts

dunya
France 1-1 Belgium (France wins) - 1 pt
England 1-0 Croatia - 0 pts

Buckaroo
Belgium 2 France 1 - 0 pts
England 1 Croatia 2 - 3 pts

Golden
Belgium 3 France 2 - 0 pts
Croatia 0 England 0, Croatia on penalties. - 1 pt

nutella
France 1-2 Belgium - 0 pts
Croatia 2-0 England - 1 pt

wolbre
England 2-0 Croatia - 0 pts
Belgium 2-1 France - 0 pts

melatonii
France 2-2 Belgium. France on penalties - 1 pt
England 2-1 Croatia - 0 pts

Sloonei
France 3 Belgium 2 - 2 pts
Croatia 1 England 0 - 2 pts

finals results
Belgium 2 - 0 England
France 4 - 2 Croatia

Golden
France 1 Croatia 0 - 1 pt
Belgium 3 England 0 - 1 pt

Sloonei
Croatia 1 France 0 - 0 pts
Belgium 4 England 3 - 1 pt

dunya
Belgium 2-1 England - 1 pt
france 1-0 croatia - 1 pt

DDL
Belgium 2-0 England - 2 pts
France 2-1 Croatia - 1 pt

JJJ
Belgium 2-1 England - 1 pt
France 1-0 Croatia - 1 pt

wolbre
France 3-1 Croatia - 2 pts
Belgium 2-1 England - 1 pt

aflickering
france 1-0 croatia - 1 pt
belgium 2-2 england (england on pens) - 0 pts

melatonii
france 1 -1 croatia (croatia wins) - 0 pts

nutella
Belgium 2-1 England- 1 pt
Croatia 1-0 France - 0 pts

Buckaroo
Croatia 1 France 1 (Croatia on pens) - 0 pts
England 2 Belgium 4 - 2 pts

i'll be finalizing points and winners soon. 1st 2nd and 3rd place will receive prizes, as promised. (:

Belgium 2-1 England

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:10 am Nor I know anyone in real life who does, tbh.

you need new friends, man.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:42 am I'll just go back to my 4 year hibernation from football, thanks.

nooooooooooooo. let's do one of these for the Champion's League

and then there the euros in 2 years, DDL. you gotta do that one.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:05 pm The club league season is starting soon, right?

yep, next month.

i guess a better team for sloonei would be the spurs.

just google image search for "the last time arsenal won the league" and prepare to be won over by this club, sloon.

but imagine when Arsenal do eventually win. the victory will be soooooo sweeeeeeeeeeet. i highly recommend arsenalfantv on youtube whenever you're having a bad day. foolproof method to lifting my spirits up

"I don't want a team that always loses, I just want a team that don't usually win anything" - sloonei, july 11, 2018

what u can expect by being an arsenal fan

though Liverpool isn't that far behind.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:14 pm Liverpool is owned by the same group that owns the Red Sox so they’d be an easy team for me to default to in the Premier League. But I like scrappy underdogs (go Croatia) so I’d need to find another team somewhere in Europe that doesn’t usually win anything.

if a team that never wins anything in recent memory is what you're looking for, you should support Arsenal.

oh and if you're into german football, the Bundesliga. i was never a huge fan, but i watch the big teams sometimes if i happen to catch them just to weigh up the competition for the champion's league

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:52 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:46 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:28 pm I do love group play, it’s fun to watch the underdog nations compete and to see the adjustments that are made between games, plus the urgency of two teams competing for one spot on the last day. It’s my favorite part of the tournament. But nearly doubling the size of the bracket stinks of oversaturation. I’ll probably still watch though. As long as Iceland is one of those 48 nations.

do you watch any football leagues?

No. I always get really into the World Cup and follow the other big international tournaments as well but I’ve never paid attention to club leagues. I might give it a shot this year, I know some American networks are finally broadcasting games. Who should I watch?

I'd say La Liga (spanish), the Premier League (english) or Serie A (italian) are all good. I only follow some games in the PL and Serie A but used to watch most games in La Liga (because my team is Barcelona and now it's like, all the games I care about cos I don't always have tome ). If you watch La Liga it will be fun to talk to someone about it

I highly recommend people watch the Champions League if following a whole league isn't your thing. It's like a yearly World Cup for all the top European teams of every country competing for the cup. and for runner up teams of every country's league who didn't make the CL, you have the Europa League which can be really entertaining too.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:28 pm I do love group play, it’s fun to watch the underdog nations compete and to see the adjustments that are made between games, plus the urgency of two teams competing for one spot on the last day. It’s my favorite part of the tournament. But nearly doubling the size of the bracket stinks of oversaturation. I’ll probably still watch though. As long as Iceland is one of those 48 nations.

do you watch any football leagues?

1-0 for france tbh

sorry croatia

fifa will make $1bil more at this expansion so...

48 teams (16 groups of 3 teams) – 80 matches

lmao.

i can't even.

nope.

anyway, this is the last watchable world cup I've decided thanks to melatonii. the next one will have 48 teams. FORTY EIGHT! holy crap, what a snooze fest. nothx.

fake edit: I just googled before I posted, and nooooooooooooooo, that's going to happen in america/mexico/canada 2026. enjoy that. i won't be watching.

Croatiaaaaaaaa

some more fun numbers, how many of our phase 1 quarter finalists and semi finalists predictions were correct?

no one predicted more than 4 correct quarter finalists: dunya, wolbre, DDL

no one predicted more than 2 correct semi finalists: wolbre, Golden

wolbre was the only player to have the highest correct predictions in both the quarter and semis! well done [mention]wolbre04[/mention]

dunya
quarter finalists: 4/8 correct
semifinalists: 1/4 :o

wolbre
quarter finalists: 4/8 correct
semifinalists: 2/4

melatonii
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 1/4

DDL
quarter finalists: 4/8 correct
semifinalists: 0/4

Sloonei
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 0/4

Golden
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 2/4

nutella
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 0/4

JJJ
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 1/4

Buckaroo
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 0/4

Iai
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 0/4

aflickering
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 1/4

Choutas
quarter finalists: 3/8 correct
semifinalists: 1/4

cool fact: JJJ is the only player in this who still has a chance to win the final prediction in Phase 1 by having chosen France! he is also likely the only one to win Golden Glove if Lloris keeps it up.

semi finals results

France 1 - 0 Belgium
England x Croatia

JJJ
France 2-1 Belgium - 2 pts
England 2-1 Croatia

DDL
France 2-2 Belgium, Belgium wins on pens. - 0 pts
England 2-1 Croatia

dunya
France 1-1 Belgium (France wins) - 1 pt
England 1-0 Croatia

Buckaroo
Belgium 2 France 1 - 0 pts
England 1 Croatia 2

Golden
Belgium 3 France 2 - 0 pts
Croatia 0 England 0, Croatia on penalties.

nutella
France 1-2 Belgium - 0 pts
Croatia 2-0 England

wolbre
England 2-0 Croatia
Belgium 2-1 France - 0 pts

melatonii
France 2-2 Belgium. France on penalties - 1 pt
England 2-1 Croatia

Sloonei
France 3 Belgium 2 - 2 pts
Croatia 1 England 0

[mention]Iai[/mention] and [mention]aflickering[/mention] hey guys, I'm missing your predictions!

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:08 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:58 pm And there we have or World Cup winner I believe. As much as I was willing Belgium to win I have felt like France looked the best the whole way and they’ll be very deserving.

Blech. They wasted a lot of time and the ref made so many calls in their favor and I don't like them and this whole wc has been pretty disappointing tbh all the teams I cared about got eliminated and it's all blah blah Europe boring blah. I hope Croatia wins at least they're Eastern and don't suck

Wow so much hatred.

Even I can't hate this youthful France.

but you predicted france will win

Nah against this Croatia, picking England is the logical choice actually.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:15 pm I've been making what I feel are the rational, unemotional choices the whole time, and I'm essentially in last place.

Yea you're just an enigma

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:44 pm Absolutely, but I can't help it!

That's my excuse too. The people with high scores aren't emotionally invested like me and you

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:27 pm Belgium 2 France 1
England 1 Croatia 2

I've kept making predictions of what I want to happen and screwing up every time.

this seems like another of those times?

guys, it's looking like a France x England final

France 1-1 Belgium (France wins)
England 1-0 Croatia

semis are upon us.

France x Belgium (10/7/2018)
Croatia x England (11/7/2018)

Quarterfinals rankings:

1. [mention]Dragon D. Luffy[/mention] - 56 points -
2. [mention]aflickering[/mention] - 50 points -
3. [mention]wolbre04[/mention] - 49 points -
4. [mention]Iai[/mention] - 47 points -
5. [mention]Golden[/mention] - 47 points -
6. [mention]Sloonei[/mention] - 44 points -
7. [mention]dunya[/mention] - 43 points -
8. [mention]nutella[/mention] - 42 points -
9. [mention]melatonii[/mention] - 42 points -
10. [mention]BuckarooBanzai[/mention] - 40 points -
11. [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] - 38 points -
12. [mention]Choutas[/mention] - 10 points -

quarter finals

quarterfinals final results
Uruguay 0 - 2 France
Brazil 1 - 2 Belgium
Sweden 0 - 2 England
Croatia 2 - 2 Russia (Croatia on pens)

JJJ - 3 pts
France 1-1 Uruguay, (France wins) - 1 pt
Brazil 2-1 Belgium - 0 pts
England 2-1 Sweden - 1 pt
Croatia 2-0 Russia - 1 pt

dunya - 2 pts
France 2-1 Uruguay - 1 pt
Brazil 2-1 Belgium - 0 pts
Sweden 1-0 England - 0 pts
Croatia 2-1 Russia - 1 pt

Golden - 5 pts
France 2 Uruguay 0 full time - 3 pts
Belgium 2 Brazil 2 - Belgium on penalties - 1 pt
Sweden 1 England 0 aet - 0 pts
Croatia 3 Russia 0 - 1 pt

nutella - 4 pts
France 1-2 Uruguay - 0 pts
Brazil 1-2 Belgium - 3 pts
Sweden 3-2 England - 0 pts
Croatia 4-1 Russia - 1 pt

Buckaroo - 3 pts
France 1-2 Uruguay - 0 pts
Brazil 2-3 Belgium - 2 pts
Sweden 1-0 England - 0 pts
Croatia 1-0 Russia - 1 pt

DDL - 5 pts
France 2-0 Uruguay - 3 pts
Brazil 3-1 Belgium - 0 pts
Croatia 2-0 Russia - 1 pt
Sweden 1-1 England, England wins on penalties - 1 pt

Sloonei - 4 pts
France 2 Uruguay 1 - 1 pt
Belgium 3 Brazil 2 - 2 pts
Sweden 1 England 1, Sweden wins in penalties, sloonei preserves dunya's love - sloonei preserves dunya's love but 0 pts
Croatia 2 Russia 1 - 1 pt

aflickering - 4 pts
france 2-0 uruguay - 3 pts
brazil 4-1 belgium - 0 pts
england 1-1 sweden (england win on penalties) - 1 pt
croatia 2-2 russia (russia win on penalties) - 0 pts

Iai - 1 pt
France 1-1 Uruguay (Uruguay win on penalties) - 0 pts
Brazil 3-2 Belgium - 0 pts
England 0-0 Sweden (England win on penalties) - 1 pt
Croatia 1-1 Russia (Russia win 2-1 AET) - 0 pts

wolbre - 7 pts
France v Uruguay 2-3 - 0 pts
Brazil v Belgium 1-2 - 3 pts
England v Sweden 2-1 (Sorry dunya ;-; ) - 1 pt
Croatia v Russia 2-2 with Croatia win in Kicks from the mark - 3 pts

melatonii - 3 pts
France 2-2 Uruguay (Uruguay on pens) - 0 pts
Brazil 1-3 Belgium - 1 pt
England 2-1 Sweden - 1 pt
Croatia 3-0 Russia - 1 pt

player rankings after round of 16

1. [mention]Dragon D. Luffy[/mention] - 51 points -
2. [mention]aflickering[/mention] - 46 points -
3. [mention]Iai[/mention] - 46 points -
4. [mention]Golden[/mention] - 42 points -
5. [mention]wolbre04[/mention] - 42 points -
6. [mention]dunya[/mention] - 41 points -
7. [mention]Sloonei[/mention] - 40 points -
8. [mention]melatonii[/mention] -39 points -
9. [mention]nutella[/mention] - 38 points -
10. [mention]BuckarooBanzai[/mention] - 37 points -
11. [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] - 35 points -
12. [mention]Choutas[/mention] - 10 points -


updating scores for quarter finals now.

final results for Round of 16

Brazil vs Mexico - (Match 53) - 2 - 0
Belgium vs Japan - (Match 54) - 3 - 2
Sweden vs Switzerland - (Match 55) - 1 - 0
Colombia vs England - (Match 56) - 1 - 1 (England on pens)

wolbre - 6 pts
Brazil vs Mexico - (Match 53) 3-1 - 2 pts
Belgium vs Japan - (Match 54) 4-1 - 1 pt
Sweden vs Switzerland - (Match 55) 3-2 - 2 pts
Colombia vs England - (Match 56) 2-4 - 1 pt

DDL - 8 pts
Brazil 2-0 Mexico - 3 pts
Belgium 3-1 Japan - 1 pt
Sweden 1-0 Switzerland - 3 pts
England 2-1 Colombia - 1 pt

dunya - 5 pts
Mexico 1-2 Brazil - 1 pt
Belgium 3-0 Japan - 1 pt
Sweden 2-1 Switzerland - 2 pts
England 2-1 Columbia- 1 pt

JJJ - 5 pts
Mexico 1-2 Brazil - 1 pt
Belgium 3-1 Japan - 1 pt
Sweden 2-1 Switzerland - 2 pts
England 3-2 Colombia - 1 pt

Iai - 3 pts
Brazil 1-1 Mexico (Brazil to win 3-1 AET)- 2 pts
Belgium 3-0 Japan - 1 pt
Sweden 1-1 Switzerland (Switzerland to win 2-1 AET) - 0 pts
Colombia 2-2 England (Colombia win on penalties for M A X I M U M C O M E D Y) - 0 pts

melatonii - 5 pts
Brazil vs Mexico 2-1 - 1 pt
Belgium vs Japan 4-0 - 1 pt
Sweden vs Switzerland 2-1 - 2 pts
Colombia vs England 1-2 - 1 pt

Buckaroo - 4 pts
Brazil 3 Mexico 1 - 2 pts
Belgium 2 Japan 0 - 1 pt
Sweden 0 Switzerland 0 (Sweden wins on pens) - 1 pt
Colombia 3 England 2 - 0 pts

aflickering - 3 pts
brazil 2-1 mexico - 1 pt
belgium 2-0 japan - 1 pt
switzerland 1-0 sweden - 0 pts
england 2-0 colombia - 1 pt

Golden - 3 pts
Brazil 2 Mexico 1 aet - 1 pt
Belgium 4 Japan 0 full time - 1 pt
Switzerland 1 Sweden 1 (Switzerland on penalties) - 0 pts
England 3 Colombia 2 aet - 1 pt

nutella - 2 pts
Brazil 1-2 Mexico - 0 pts
Belgium 2-0 Japan - 1 pt
Switzerland 0-2 Sweden - 1 pt
England 0-1 Colombia - 0 pts

Sloonei - 5 pts
Mexico 1 Brazil 1, Mexico wins in penalties - 0 pts
Belgium 3 Japan 0 - 1 pt
Sweden 2 Switzerland 1 - 2 pts
England 2 Colombia 2, England in penalties - 2 pts

I'm gonna support France now my new home

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:12 pm People show golf and billiards on TV?

Yes! Cricket too

Also I hate reach and every one of you who predicted an England win you suck! Sweden winning would.have been historic and manaszing

Gonna stop.watchinh football.and move onto golf. Or billiards.

Sweden 1-0 England

Croatia 2-1 Russia

Lmao. Love it and stealing it