PSALT
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The ChampionshipsJbors is seeded 16th, he opens against Adelaide, then two-time champion, Child. Dave is the 8th seed and has a soft draw to the quarters, he will play either Beta or Cecil, then Trinky or Valkyrie. NEA is the fourth seed and has a tough road to the quarters. He will play either Duke or Benita, then Leftys or Phobe. I am the 7th seed and will play either Fulgora or Sarahginia, after that Bench or Strog. Doublea is the 11th seed and opens against Stevos, Mollusk will be next for the winner of that match. Agassi is the 14th seed and opens against J-man, the winner faces Bizet who will need to beat Tennis Fan or Rhomberg.
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x.doublea
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Wow, talk about bad luck....
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dav6789
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I'm not too pleased with my draw, I just lost to Tricatrina 6-3 6-4 on grass. PSALT has an easy draw, and NEA's draw is alright considering he has won his past 2 meetings with leftys.
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leftys_rock
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Ew at my draw. I better beat Phoebe. But considering my state of "consistency", I never know.
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PSALT
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| dav6789 wrote: | | I'm not too pleased with my draw, I just lost to Tricatrina 6-3 6-4 on grass. PSALT has an easy draw, and NEA's draw is alright considering he has won his past 2 meetings with leftys. |
first off, stay on the internet, I want an interview. 
NEA has Phobe though, that could be tough. you have a difficult quarter match with Child, but Trinky hasn't been any better than mediocre on grass since season 1.
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dav6789
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| PSALT wrote: | | dav6789 wrote: | | I'm not too pleased with my draw, I just lost to Tricatrina 6-3 6-4 on grass. PSALT has an easy draw, and NEA's draw is alright considering he has won his past 2 meetings with leftys. |
first off, stay on the internet, I want an interview.
NEA has Phobe though, that could be tough. you have a difficult quarter match with Child, but Trinky hasn't been any better than mediocre on grass since season 1. |
I'll stay on then:wink:
Tricatrina still beat me comfortably at the Roddick Open, so she's doing something right or I was just terrible in that match.
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PSALT
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also, can Dave and Stevos send me their picks?
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jbors47
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Child is gonna destroy me if I get past Adelaide.
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stevos14
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| PSALT wrote: | | also, can Dave and Stevos send me their picks? |
We'll see, just doing the race will be hard enough for me tonight!
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admin
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Wimbledon will be calculated at around 3:30 today.
EDIT: 4:00.
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stevos14
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8 Minutes!
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stevos14
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Okay, you losers are being so inactive, its pathetic, so I will start talking.
J-man-Agassi looks to be a thriller, so does mine and x.doubleas first match. I have mixed feelings about our match, because he has such a great grass game, but I have sort of got the better of him this season.
The other best storyline is Dave-NEA. Their places in the race is soooo close its incredible, I really thought NEA would pass him with the semi at the Roddick, but Dave is hanging in there impressively. That Aussie final was huge, he has definitely been the better one in the tier 1's-slams. NEA has far surpassed him in the tier 2-4 stage though.
And then of course Yodavitch-Child is great too, both are having incredible seasons, and are FAR ahead of the rest of the field. Their race for year-end number one should be exciting to watch!
This slam is going to be huge for those two rivalries, whoever comes out higher than the other is almost definitely going to pass, or stay in the lead.
Good luck everyone!
Also, good preview PSALT.
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jbors47
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Hmm, I thought he was calcing at 330?
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jbors47
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Percy is slow with these results today
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PSALT
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| jbors47 wrote: | | Percy is slow with these results today |
you just booked yourself a first round loss.
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| stevos14 wrote: | Okay, you losers are being so inactive, its pathetic, so I will start talking.
J-man-Agassi looks to be a thriller, so does mine and x.doubleas first match. I have mixed feelings about our match, because he has such a great grass game, but I have sort of got the better of him this season.
The other best storyline is Dave-NEA. Their places in the race is soooo close its incredible, I really thought NEA would pass him with the semi at the Roddick, but Dave is hanging in there impressively. That Aussie final was huge, he has definitely been the better one in the tier 1's-slams. NEA has far surpassed him in the tier 2-4 stage though.
And then of course Yodavitch-Child is great too, both are having incredible seasons, and are FAR ahead of the rest of the field. Their race for year-end number one should be exciting to watch!
This slam is going to be huge for those two rivalries, whoever comes out higher than the other is almost definitely going to pass, or stay in the lead.
Good luck everyone!
Also, good preview PSALT. |
I disagree. Dav has won a Tier I I have reached a Final. And I still absolutely REFUSE to count that pathetic draw as reaching a Slam Final and being "better" at Slams. It was atrociously easy...
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jbors47
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I gave the wink face so he knows I was kidding with him.
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PSALT
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oh, the wink face.
you suck NEA
I gave the wink smiley code, it was a joke.
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stevos14
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | stevos14 wrote: | Okay, you losers are being so inactive, its pathetic, so I will start talking.
J-man-Agassi looks to be a thriller, so does mine and x.doubleas first match. I have mixed feelings about our match, because he has such a great grass game, but I have sort of got the better of him this season.
The other best storyline is Dave-NEA. Their places in the race is soooo close its incredible, I really thought NEA would pass him with the semi at the Roddick, but Dave is hanging in there impressively. That Aussie final was huge, he has definitely been the better one in the tier 1's-slams. NEA has far surpassed him in the tier 2-4 stage though.
And then of course Yodavitch-Child is great too, both are having incredible seasons, and are FAR ahead of the rest of the field. Their race for year-end number one should be exciting to watch!
This slam is going to be huge for those two rivalries, whoever comes out higher than the other is almost definitely going to pass, or stay in the lead.
Good luck everyone!
Also, good preview PSALT. |
I disagree. Dav has won a Tier I I have reached a Final. And I still absolutely REFUSE to count that pathetic draw as reaching a Slam Final and being "better" at Slams. It was atrociously easy... |
Why didn't you make the final then? I mean, you have to make it there somehow, and it wasn't THAT easy in my opinion. The truth is, hes been to a final, you haven't, and you'd think you might get a chance to take advantage of one of your easier draws, but you haven't. Plus he IS still ahead in the race. Rankings don't lie..., especially race rankings.
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PSALT
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Adelaide def Jbors 6-4 7-6
Dave def Cecil 6-2 6-4
Leftys def Phobe 6-2 6-4
NEA def Duke 6-3 6-4
Strog def Bench 7-5 6-4
PSALT def Fulgora 5-7 6-4 6-3
Doublea def Stevos 7-6 2-6 6-4
J-man def Agassi 7-5 7-5
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Not_Even_Amateur
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Oh are you talking about this season? I thought you meant overall. Give me Phobe, Saraghinia and j-man and I will get to a Slam Final for you stevos. Have you SEEN my slam draws? They are an absolute joke. Even though I am the highest ranked member I have one of the worst draws: leftys/phobe...Yodavitch/Edelstein...we only need to go that far!! Lmao. Give me that Aussie Open draw and I will get there, thanks.
I mainly disagree with the Tier I though, if we are going on this season, how has he done better than me?
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stevos14
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F this.
I'm so so so sick of losing so early in slams, it is driving me insane. Honestly I am considering retiring if I don't make the quarters of the USO, seriously this is BS.
Xdoublea first round? wtf? Why dont I even get a seeding when I am at 13 in the world!
This is so gay. There goes my chances of getting to the YEC.
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| stevos14 wrote: | F this.
I'm so so so sick of losing so early in slams, it is driving me insane. Honestly I am considering retiring if I don't make the quarters of the USO, seriously this is BS.
Xdoublea first round? wtf? Why dont I even get a seeding when I am at 13 in the world!
This is so gay. There goes my chances of getting to the YEC. |
Did you actually think you were going to get there anyway?...
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PSALT
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| stevos14 wrote: | F this.
I'm so so so sick of losing so early in slams, it is driving me insane. Honestly I am considering retiring if I don't make the quarters of the USO, seriously this is BS.
Xdoublea first round? wtf? Why dont I even get a seeding when I am at 13 in the world!
This is so gay. There goes my chances of getting to the YEC. |
you forgot the wink smiley code!!!!
I wouldn't have expected you to be seeded, if you were it would be like No.16 and you would have lost to Child. you haven't done anything on grass in your career.
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stevos14
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | stevos14 wrote: | F this.
I'm so so so sick of losing so early in slams, it is driving me insane. Honestly I am considering retiring if I don't make the quarters of the USO, seriously this is BS.
Xdoublea first round? wtf? Why dont I even get a seeding when I am at 13 in the world!
This is so gay. There goes my chances of getting to the YEC. |
Did you actually think you were going to get there anyway?... |
Yes.
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PSALT
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'you will probably win Wimbledon PSALT!' NEA says. yeah right. I am seriously doubting if I will even have a NEA-indoor like season to salvage anything. I truly see my year being like this nonstop, my sucking has not let up at all this season. this has gotten beyond crazy. I went from Aussie, French, YEC finalist and No.3 in the world, to getting past the quarters only three times in one season at the half way point.
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Not_Even_Amateur
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This is the thing that annoys me: I could put my HOUSE on losing to Yodavitch. I seriously could. I will log on tomorrow and there we go: Yodavitch dft NEA! Wooage. Well done to: dav, j-man, x.doublea who all made the QF!!
PSALT lost to Stroganoff.
j-man has slipped through the radar here, if he gets this far it normally means the rest of the field is in trouble!
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stevos14
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PSALT lost.
Dave and NEA are into the quarters, thats good.
J-man  Beat Bizet! Holy crap, great win!
Good job X, win it all please!
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leftys_rock
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Dang, i've lost my edge over NEA.  Great job to NEA, Dave, x.doublea, and J-man! 
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x.doublea
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I'm very pleased to be so far into the draw. Good job to Dave and J-Man!
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J-man
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Thanks I was surprised by my result
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Tennis fan
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I stink! 
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PSALT
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| Tennis fan wrote: | | I stink! |
we can stink together!
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jbors47
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Dude, I lost to fricken Adelaide. This season has been such BS.
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Tennis fan
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| PSALT wrote: | | Tennis fan wrote: | | I stink! |
we can stink together! |
Let's go outside and do something else! 
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leftys_rock
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Look out SW19.
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stevos14
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| jbors47 wrote: | | Dude, I lost to fricken Adelaide. This season has been such BS. |
Amen. My beginning was so promising! So far this season neither of us have done too well.
Percy, I am really curious, how DO you score these matches? Is it on an excel sheet or something, with odds, or do you have some program?
If so can I see what it looks like, or something? Thanks
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admin
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| stevos14 wrote: | | jbors47 wrote: | | Dude, I lost to fricken Adelaide. This season has been such BS. |
Amen. My beginning was so promising! So far this season neither of us have done too well.
Percy, I am really curious, how DO you score these matches? Is it on an excel sheet or something, with odds, or do you have some program?
If so can I see what it looks like, or something? Thanks |
Using a probability simulator. Your stats, the surface, confidence level, opponent, and various other minor details affect the % in the probability simulator. Then it's all up to luck. So yes, it is not impossible for Harriet to beat Vanessa Child, just really really unlikely.
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Not_Even_Amateur
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I have always wondered that too! Could you give us a link to the probability simulator that you use, I didn't even know such things existed...
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| admin wrote: | | stevos14 wrote: | | jbors47 wrote: | | Dude, I lost to fricken Adelaide. This season has been such BS. |
Amen. My beginning was so promising! So far this season neither of us have done too well.
Percy, I am really curious, how DO you score these matches? Is it on an excel sheet or something, with odds, or do you have some program?
If so can I see what it looks like, or something? Thanks |
Using a probability simulator. Your stats, the surface, confidence level, opponent, and various other minor details affect the % in the probability simulator. Then it's all up to luck. So yes, it is not impossible for Harriet to beat Vanessa Child, just really really unlikely. |
Also, what are the "various other minor details". It just interests me: the patterns are quite incredible, to the point that it is impossible that some of them are simply "bad"/"good" luck! Unless it is just a coincidence, but seriously some of the patterns are remarkable...
PSALT not doing that much until Grand Slams where he has remarkable runs, always playing the big game well.
Me, losing to the hot player in nearly every Grand Slam, never being able to step up the plate and beat them.
Vanessa having on and off spurts.
Yodavitch not being able to win a game then all of a sudden playing incredibly.
Bizet choking!
Lots more too. They are really weird if the only factors are the ones mentioned above! It is cool though, adds a sense of reality to the game. 
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stevos14
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | I have always wondered that too! Could you give us a link to the probability simulator that you use, I didn't even know such things existed... |
Neither did I! Yeah, could we see a link, Im interested in that too.
Some interesting patterns, like Ying-Chang losing 0-6 7-6 7-6!
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admin
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There is no link. It is not on the computer, but rather a program on my calculator (such a great program, on a calculator!). These things are not merely coincidences at all. Everytime something happens, it adds to your personality and character. For example when J-man started FTL he was exactly the same as everyone else, but he has grown to have a streaky but deadly game due to his skills and his history. Also if somebody beats you countless times then they are much more liekly to beat you again. All of these factors give you points in the probability simulator, and the more points you have the higher your %. The probability simulator just spins for each set, I put it all of the data. I know this is confusing, but does everyone get it? Sort of?
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Tennis fan
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I get it! Amazing for a calculator. Is it one of those TI-84+ high end ones?
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x.doublea
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| Tennis fan wrote: | | I get it! Amazing for a calculator. Is it one of those TI-84+ high end ones? |
From what I know, the Ti-84s have a Heads or Tales simulator...
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PSALT
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I don't get it (I'm slow, don't make fun  ) . could you do like an example match? what would the equation or whatever be for like a NEA-J-man match on hard courts.
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Tennis fan
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When will the matches be calculated?
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stevos14
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| admin wrote: | | There is no link. It is not on the computer, but rather a program on my calculator (such a great program, on a calculator!). These things are not merely coincidences at all. Everytime something happens, it adds to your personality and character. For example when J-man started FTL he was exactly the same as everyone else, but he has grown to have a streaky but deadly game due to his skills and his history. Also if somebody beats you countless times then they are much more liekly to beat you again. All of these factors give you points in the probability simulator, and the more points you have the higher your %. The probability simulator just spins for each set, I put it all of the data. I know this is confusing, but does everyone get it? Sort of? |
Wow, you must really be a mathlete, because I could never do that. That's cool!
btw what time are results going to be done?
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Not_Even_Amateur
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Interesting. I would like to see an example aswell!
So, percy, is my character losing to the hot-streak players in Grand Slams, or just generally losing QF/SF stage ALL of the time...? Does that add to my, or lack of, probability!
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PSALT
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is the break starting now? I thought it would be after Wimby....
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| PSALT wrote: | | is the break starting now? I thought it would be after Wimby.... |
It is after Wimby, don't know where percy is.
Something weird is going on:
I am somehow logged on BEFORE I am logged on, this morning I saw that anyway. And last night aswell, when I pressed "view posts since last visit" there was none, same with this morning, yet there clearly has been some?! It is as though somebody is logging on as me...yet not posting. Anybody noticed anything?
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PSALT
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | PSALT wrote: | | is the break starting now? I thought it would be after Wimby.... |
It is after Wimby, don't know where percy is.
Something weird is going on:
I am somehow logged on BEFORE I am logged on, this morning I saw that anyway. And last night aswell, when I pressed "view posts since last visit" there was none, same with this morning, yet there clearly has been some?! It is as though somebody is logging on as me...yet not posting. Anybody noticed anything? |
I haven't noticed it, I don't use "view posts since last visit" though. 
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x.doublea
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | PSALT wrote: | | is the break starting now? I thought it would be after Wimby.... |
It is after Wimby, don't know where percy is.
Something weird is going on:
I am somehow logged on BEFORE I am logged on, this morning I saw that anyway. And last night aswell, when I pressed "view posts since last visit" there was none, same with this morning, yet there clearly has been some?! It is as though somebody is logging on as me...yet not posting. Anybody noticed anything? |
Yes, this has happened to me in the past days. It waould say Log in! at the top, but, at the bottom, I could see my username in the Members Logged In thing....
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leftys_rock
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| x.doublea wrote: | | Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | PSALT wrote: | | is the break starting now? I thought it would be after Wimby.... |
It is after Wimby, don't know where percy is.
Something weird is going on:
I am somehow logged on BEFORE I am logged on, this morning I saw that anyway. And last night aswell, when I pressed "view posts since last visit" there was none, same with this morning, yet there clearly has been some?! It is as though somebody is logging on as me...yet not posting. Anybody noticed anything? |
Yes, this has happened to me in the past days. It waould say Log in! at the top, but, at the bottom, I could see my username in the Members Logged In thing.... |
Same here.
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x.doublea
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | x.doublea wrote: | | Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | PSALT wrote: | | is the break starting now? I thought it would be after Wimby.... |
It is after Wimby, don't know where percy is.
Something weird is going on:
I am somehow logged on BEFORE I am logged on, this morning I saw that anyway. And last night aswell, when I pressed "view posts since last visit" there was none, same with this morning, yet there clearly has been some?! It is as though somebody is logging on as me...yet not posting. Anybody noticed anything? |
Yes, this has happened to me in the past days. It waould say Log in! at the top, but, at the bottom, I could see my username in the Members Logged In thing.... |
Same here. |
Must be a bug in the system which can only be fixed by the 'executives' of myfreeforum....
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PSALT
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maybe I haven't paid close enough attention, I will in the future...
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dav6789
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Yep same thing happened to me yesterday.
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stevos14
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Where is percy ??
Wimbledon isn't done yet!
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Not_Even_Amateur
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Who knows, he has just gone completely off the radar!!
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x.doublea
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He did leave a note:
There will be a break in FTL during the holiday season. It will resume in the first week of January (not sure the exact date, but probably the 2nd). I also may not be online a lot, so the council will have responsibility. Everyone have a happy holiday!
I just thought Wimbledon would have been completed before hand....
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| x.doublea wrote: | He did leave a note:
There will be a break in FTL during the holiday season. It will resume in the first week of January (not sure the exact date, but probably the 2nd). I also may not be online a lot, so the council will have responsibility. Everyone have a happy holiday!
I just thought Wimbledon would have been completed before hand.... |
I saw that but he had said, prior to that, that he wanted to finish Wimbledon off. He would also of let us know probably that Wimbledon was not going to be finished. He probably just had to rush somewhere and didn't have the time.
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Tennis fan
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I think we all thought that the break would start after Wimbledon was done.
I just hope that he is traveling for the holidays and did not manage to get on line to complete Wimbledon before he left. My guess is that he intended to finish Wimbledon, but run out of time.
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dav6789
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I lost to Child again 3-6 6-4 6-4! Oh well, the QF is a good result on grass.
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PSALT
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| dav6789 wrote: | | I lost to Child again 3-6 6-4 6-4! Oh well, the QF is a good result on grass. |
better than a 7-5 5-7 7-5 loss to Stroganoff in the RD16! hopefully I can have a good USO Series.... 
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x.doublea
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I'm pleased of my semifinal at Wimbledon  ... good luck everyone at the USO!
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dav6789
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Article is out now...I'm going to change the way I do them now I think because it feels like I'm just listing the results sometimes. Anyway, enjoy
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PSALT
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| dav6789 wrote: | | Article is out now...I'm going to change the way I do them now I think because it feels like I'm just listing the results sometimes. Anyway, enjoy |
it would be nice if you would add some spice sometimes. like me...... 
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