#670877 - Mon Nov 28 2011 07:32 PM
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Well done to all four of them. George95 will have his name enshrined like gtho4...go 15/16 and NOT get a Hall of Fame win. He is only the second person to do that in over 11 years.
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#672748 - Sun Dec 11 2011 04:09 AM
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Last month's medals ceremony: | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | defending titleholder | | Nascar | illiniman14 | George 95 | gtho4 | LeoDaVinci
| | F1 Grand Prix | Howie72 | PaulE | srini701 | PaulE |
RECORD BOOK- consecutive weeks as leader : 33 weeks : illiniman14 : weeks 4-36 of Nascar comp (all-time 3rd longest in any tipping comp).
- spoonless streak : 70 weeks : DanielPoulson in FAPL comp (new all-time record for any tipping comp at FunTrivia.com).
- spoonless streak : 64 weeks : LeoDaVinci in Nascar comp (2nd longest in any tipping comp);
i.e. both DanielPoulson and LeoDaVinci broke the existing all-time record of 56 weeks! - perfect picks : 16/16 : NCAAF Round 13 : dutchy50, gtho4 and paper_aero
- perfect picks : 15/16 : NCAAF Round 13 : George95
- streak with just one spoon: 67 weeks : DanielPoulson in FT-PL comp (2nd longest run for any comp).
The FunTrivia HoF has been updated for these medals and records. Congratulations to all the medallists, and the new record-holders! F1GP will be updated when Final Standings are posted. Click on the logo in the top LH corner to see the HoF and HoF entries.
Edited by gtho4 (Tue Dec 27 2011 09:34 PM)
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#673140 - Tue Dec 13 2011 11:36 AM
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Another to add to the near miss HoF: Dizart in week 14 of 2011 NFL season with magnificent picks of 15/16.
Well done sir!
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#673421 - Wed Dec 14 2011 02:04 PM
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a spoonless streak in Nascar might not be the same as a spoonless streak in a "normal tipping comp" .. Nascar is not included in perfect picks for that reason (we've had a few over the years, and left them out); so I'm not sure a spoonless streak should be included either.
e.g. what are the odds are of picking 4/43 drivers, then excluding the 4th and only scoring for the first 3 across the line (aka as two bites at the cherry) vs. the odds of picking 8/8 in AFL or 15/15 in the NBA? I don't know the answer and, at first blush, it doesn't look like they're in the same ballpark. I'd say 15/15 is pretty tough...maybe 1 in 0.5 or 1M...ish. I'm not an accountant, but I am fairly good with numbers. It's up to you, but I still think 64 weeks is impressive in itself! A challenge is a challenge: To get 1-2-3 in Nascar, allowing for 4 drivers to be chosen and assuming that there are 43 drivers in the field with equal odds, and having the lowest driver be thrown out is 1 in 3085.25, or about 0.0324123% In F1, the odds based on a field of 24 drivers, are 1 in 2024, because you have less drivers, but not the fourth driver that can be thrown out. By comparison, getting 10/10 in the FAPL is 1 in 59049 Getting 15/15 in NHL or NFL or College Football, etc. is 1 in 32768 Getting 12/12 in the FLC is a whopping 1 in 531441! Getting 5/5 in the A-League is only 1 in 243 Sorting through the odds for tennis is a bit trickier, because there, the odds for every player are certainly not even. Getting a 0/8 there is much more "difficult" than in any other competition. You can obviously do it deliberately, but, if you're playing to win, it's pretty darned hard. Chosing 1-2-3 in a horse race with 24 horses and all horses having an equal chance to win, with 10 choices is 15 in 253, or around 5.92885% i.e. very doable. Getting a wooden spoon/HoF in any competition, the odds are the same because you're up against players who are picking choices with similar odds. So, the streak of spoonless weeks is all relative to the amount of competitors you have in the competition and not what the odds are for picking a perfect week.
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#673428 - Wed Dec 14 2011 02:27 PM
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Also, getting 14/15 the odds of that are 1 in 2184.53
The odds of getting 14/16 are 1 in 546.13 so, much easier (exactly four times easier) than getting one wrong out of 15, even though you picked the same amount of correct guesses.
Edited by LeoDaVinci (Wed Dec 14 2011 02:28 PM)
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#674709 - Wed Dec 21 2011 02:53 AM
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2011 Final standings
Name 1st 2nd 3rd Total
1. N-Bomb 5 4 3 12
2. gtho4 5 3 5 13
3. paper_aero 5 2 5 12
4. Howie72 4 3 2 9
5. illiniman14 4 0 2 6
6. Sypher 3 3 4 10
7. LeoDaVinci 2 3 0 5
8. triviapaul 2 1 1 4
9. PaulE 2 0 0 2
10. George95 1 2 3 6 -- First appearance. 1st in ICC World Cup. Too many others to list 
11. Rxbigdawg 1 2 0 3 -- First appearance. 1st in Super Bowl, 2nd in NCAA MM, Grand National.
12. szabs 1 1 0 2
13. KrivoyRog 1 0 0 1
14. srini701 0 5 3 8
15. BxBarracuda 0 3 4 7
16. Ozz2002 0 2 0 2
17. Eraserhead 0 1 0 1
17. chogobad 0 1 0 1 -- First appearance on the table. 2nd in AFL.
17. Fussbudget 0 1 0 1
20. toocool4u 0 0 2 2 -- First appearance on the table. 3rd in March Madness, Wimbledon (Men)
21. Nightmare 0 0 1 1
21. themonarch 0 0 1 1
21. sward351 0 0 1 1 -- First appearance on the table. 3rd in ICC cricket world Cup.
*** N-Bomb is the BIG news of 2011. He had his first appearance on the medals table in 2010 with one 3rd place finish. In 2011 he was on the podium more than anyone else, except that perennial champion gtho4 and the new "Mr. Consistent" paper_aero. Last year's "find" illiniman14 is right up there with yet another strong showing throughout the year. *** Howie72, Sypher and LeoDaVinci continue their steady showing, but srini701 drops out of the top 10 for the first time in 5 years. He was No. 1 in the standings for the last 3 years running but failed to win a single comp all year long  *** 23 people finished on the podium in 2011 as against 27 in 2010. First time podium finishers in 2011 include George95, Rxbigdawg, toocool4u, chogobad and sward351. ** Final F1 positions for 2011 not included in this list. They will be included in 2012 standingsCumulative total of top 3 positions (of all years) at the end of 2011
Name 1st 2nd 3rd Total
1 gtho4 43 43 36 122
2 Sypher 32 40 33 105
3 ElfTwinkle 32 31 39 102
4 srini701 29 19 19 67
5 Howie72 24 22 21 67
6 LeoDaVinci 18 19 17 54
7 paper-aero 17 21 21 59
8 ozzz2002 10 22 19 51
9 PaulE 9 8 10 27
10silverginger 9 7 6 22
11 wez 8 6 3 17
12 illiniman14 8 1 5 14
13 doomed 7 8 4 19
14 Copago 6 8 6 20
15 Nannanut 6 4 6 16
16 Blinkybill 6 2 6 14
17 KrivoyRog 5 5 8 18
18 N-Bomb 5 4 4 13
19 dg_dave 5 4 3 12
20 buck5ley 5 2 2 9
21 szabs 4 4 1 9
22 izzi 4 3 2 9
23 jonnowales 4 0 2 6
24 halfbakedangi 3 0 3 6
25 ASA 3 0 2 5
26 oleg_mcnoleg 2 4 1 7
27 Moo 2 3 1 6
28 Davjack 2 2 0 4
29 LordAndry 2 0 1 3
29 Grover 2 0 1 3
31 triviapaul 2 2 3 7
32 spanishliz 2 0 0 2
32 thejazzkickazz 2 0 0 2
32 Exit10 2 0 0 2
35 Sarah606 1 8 1 10
36 Eraserhead 1 6 2 9
37 George95 1 2 3 6
38 Fussbudget 1 2 1 4
39 Rxbigdawg 1 2 0 3
40 JuniorTheJaws 1 1 3 5
41 jill-geo 1 1 2 4
42 marchmadness 1 1 1 3
42 Engadine 1 1 1 3
44 JaneMarple 1 1 0 2
44 DakotaNorth 1 1 0 2
44 WoolDog3 1 1 0 2
47 Nightmare 1 0 2 3
48 Dazzy_D 1 0 1 2
48 Bertho 1 0 1 2
48 WorldB 1 0 1 2
51 Brownie83 1 0 0 1
51 Bracklaman 1 0 0 1
51 Pommie_in_oz 1 0 0 1
51 Kaushik_twin 1 0 0 1
51 CarolinaCarol 1 0 0 1
51 steveo_fun 1 0 0 1
51 ralzz 1 0 0 1
51 MrFox 1 0 0 1
51 Huw27 1 0 0 1
60 BxBarracuda 0 3 5 8
61 theMonarch 0 1 3 4
62 TemplarLLM 0 1 2 3
62 Manvinder01 0 1 2 3
62 ekaterina_tony0 1 2 3
65 sue943 0 1 1 2
65 ace_sodium 0 1 1 2
67 kevinatilusa 0 2 0 2
68 chogobad 0 1 0 1
68 Deepakmr 0 1 0 1
68 Ren33 0 1 0 1
68 racegirl5 0 1 0 1
68 treble99 0 1 0 1
68 Pling 0 1 0 1
68 Plugger 0 1 0 1
68 sparky2512 0 1 0 1
68 AussieBrit 0 1 0 1
77 gillyharold 0 0 4 4
78 toocool4u 0 0 2 2
78 Leau 0 0 2 2
78 superferd 0 0 2 2
81 sward351 0 0 1 1
81 Ozfei 0 0 1 1
81 DanielPoulsen 0 0 1 1
81 Leprechuan 0 0 1 1
81 skunkee 0 0 1 1
81 Yeti 0 0 1 1
81 fringe 0 0 1 1
81 rudogg 0 0 1 1
81 linkan 0 0 1 1
81 makoto 0 0 1 1
81 dph1619 0 0 1 1
81 Schuey62 0 0 1 1
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list updated on December 21, 2011*** people appearing for the first time on the table have been bolded. *** Sypher has now moved into all-time 2nd on the list.....he is also the 3rd person to hit the 100 mark. *** N-Bomb has jumped from number 75 in 2010 to #18, while George95 makes an impressive debut at #37!
Edited by gtho4 (Wed Sep 26 2012 08:27 AM)
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#676132 - Wed Dec 28 2011 03:17 PM
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Lovely work, srini!
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#690421 - Wed Feb 15 2012 06:36 AM
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Another medals ceremony: | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | defending titleholder | | NFL | dg_dave | srini701 | paper_aero | illiniman14
| | NCAA Football | gtho4 | dutchy50 | N-Bomb | illiniman14 | | Aust Open (M) | paper_aero | N-Bomb | srini701 | triviapaul | | Aust Open (W) | illiniman14 | paper_aero | Sypher | Howie72 | | Super Bowl | Sypher | KrivoyRog | George95|N-Bomb | rxbigdawg | | CAF Africa Cup | gtho4 | George950 | BxBarracuda | jonnowales |
RECORD BOOK- consecutive weeks as leader : 14 weeks : Sypher : weeks 17-30 of FLC comp.
- Golden Wood : 0/10 : Sypher : FAPL comp week 22.
- Golden Wood : 0/10 : Sypher : FT-PL comp week 20.
- consecutive wooden spoons : 5 weeks : ozzz2002 : weeks 11-15 of NCAA Football comp.
- perfect picks : 15/16 : NCAAF Round 14 : dutchy50, BxBarracuda, George95.
- perfect picks : 15/16 : NCAAF Round 15 : paper_aero.
- perfect picks : 15/16 : NFL Round 14 : Dizart.
- perfect picks : 15/16 : NCAAF Round 13 : George95
The FunTrivia HoF has been updated for these medals and records. A special mention for Dizart who's yet to appear on the podium but makes his 2nd entry into the Record Book, and for dutchy50 who makes his first ever appearance on the podium! - NFL : dg_dave : the first NFL tipping comp was in 2000. The first 11 comps produced 11 different winners .. the 12th comp saw the first repeat winner! (his previous win was in 2007)
- the NCAA March Madness is the last man standing. It has been running for 10 years and has produced 10 different winners; and will probably produced an 11th this year as this comp is pure unadulterated madness. We lodge all our picks at the start; there are four streams producing a final four, and we have a choice of four #1 seeds!
- Super Bowl: Sypher : the first Super Bowl comp was in 2003. The 2012 comp was the 9th running of this comp (not run in 2004). Sypher was the first person to win this twice (he won the first comp plus 2009); which is still a record. This year he becomes the first to win this three times! (i.e no-one else has won this twice, or three times)
- the field of 23 runners in the Super Bowl comp is an all-time record. The previous best was 20 runners in 2005 and 20 runners last year.
- the field of 13 runners in the two Australian Open tennis comps is an all-time record for both comps. The previous best was 11 runners (equalled many times).
Congratulations to all the medallists, and the new record-holders! Click on the logo in the top LH corner to see the HoF and HoF entries.
Edited by gtho4 (Fri May 11 2012 06:40 PM)
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#690427 - Wed Feb 15 2012 08:20 AM
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N-Bomb is a joint 3rd place in the super bowl...
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#690433 - Wed Feb 15 2012 08:40 AM
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I'd have to agree since both had seven correct tips and also scored 33 points.
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#690557 - Wed Feb 15 2012 03:28 PM
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#774700 - Thu Mar 01 2012 05:36 AM
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RECORD BOOK
- consecutive wooden spoons : 6 weeks : wwe84 : weeks 16-23 of A-League comp.
- this is the 3rd longest spoon-streak for any FT tipping comp over the last 12 years.
- the all-time record is 9 straight by ozzz2002 .. followed by Copago with 7 straight
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#794089 - Sun May 13 2012 02:14 AM
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Another medals ceremony: | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | defending titleholder | | A-League | ozzz2002 | gtho4 | LeoDaVinci | gtho4
| | March Madness | George95 | BxBarracuda | Howie72 | N-Bomb | | NHL | Sypher | Howie72 | srini701 | paper_aero | | Golf Masters | PaulE | szabs | Howie72 | - | | Grand National | illiniman14 | szabs | BxBarracuda | szabs | | FLC | Sypher | BxBarracuda | trev1 | paper_aero | | Kentucky Derby | George95 | N-Bomb | Sypher | gtho4 | | FA Cup | superhooppete | trev1 | illiniman14 | KrivoyRog |
RECORD BOOK- consecutive weeks as leader : 15 weeks : Sypher : weeks 32-46 of FLC comp.
- Golden Wood : 0/12 : ozzz2002 : FLC comp week 44.
- consecutive weeks without a wooden spoon :
48 weeks : NHL : BxBarracuda : all of 2010-11 season (26) plus wks 1-22 of 2011-12 season.
45 weeks : NHL : Sypher : last spoon was wk 7 of 2010-11 season plus all of 2011-12 season (26). *
44 weeks : FLC : szabs : weeks 1 to 44 of 2011-12 season.
* = still running The FunTrivia HoF has been updated for these medals and records. A special mention for superhooppete who makes his first ever appearance on the podium; and it's a gold medal! - this year's A-League comp was the 7th .. and ozzz2002 is the 7th different winner.
- the field of 14 in the A-League comp equals the record roll-up of 14 set in last year's comp.
- the NCAA March Madness is the last man standing. It has been running for 11 years and has produced 11 different winners; and will probably produced a 12th next year as this comp is pure unadulterated madness. We lodge all our picks at the start; there are four streams producing a final four, and we have a choice of four #1 seeds!
- the field of 19 runners in the FLC comp is a new record .. previous record was 18.
- Sypher becomes the first person to have two streaks as leader in the one comp (both of them >12 weeks).
- the field of 21 runners in the FA Cup comp is a new record .. the previous record at 18 was set in last year's comp.
Congratulations to all the medallists, and the new record-holders! Click on the logo in the top LH corner to see the HoF and Record Book entries.
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#803967 - Fri Jun 22 2012 06:08 PM
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to be inserted: thanks to dg_dave for the additional data consecutive perfect picks
8/8 8/8 gtho4 AFL 2011 wks 12-13
8/8 7/7 22crows
chogobad
Howie72
Sypher AFL 2011 wks 18-19 *
7/7 8/8 N-Bomb AFL 2011 wks 19-20
7/7 7/7 PaulE S League 2010 wks 26-27
7/7 7/7 illininman14
N-Bomb S League 2011 wks 14-15 **
6/6 6/6 Eraserhead Super 14 2009 wks 7-8
6/6 6/6 paper_aero Super 14 2010 wks 17-18
6/6 5/5 sparky2512 Super 12 2002 wks 4-5
5/5 6/6 sparky2512 Super 12 2002 wks 9-10
5/5 5/5 gtho4 Super 12 2005 wks 8-9
4/4 5/5 paper_aero A-League 2008-09 wks 17-18
* these four tippers went perfect for the same two weeks
** both tippers successfully went perfect the same two weeks
Record over the years with consecutive perfects:
6/6 2002 : sparky2512 (later tied by Eraserhead in 2009 and paper_aero in 2010)
7/7 2010 : PaulE (later tied by illiniman14 and N-Bomb in 2011)
8/8 2011 : gtho4
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#803968 - Fri Jun 22 2012 06:08 PM
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Another medals ceremony: | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | defending titleholder | | FT Premiership | illiniman14 | srini701 | N-Bomb | LeoDaVinci
| | FA Premier League | superhooppete | LeoDaVinci | PaulE | paper_aero | | Indian Premier League | paper_aero | Sypher | Howie72 | srini701 | | UEFA Champions League | Dizart | dg_dave | illiniman14 | PaulE | | Euro Rugby | N-Bomb | srini701 | gtho4 | paper_aero | | US Open Golf | George95 | ozzz2002 | gillyharold | silverginger | | Roland Garros (W) | BxBarracuda | illiniman14 | George95 | triviapaul | | Roland Garros (M) | Dizart | N-Bomb | paper_aero | gtho4 |
RECORD BOOK- consecutive weeks as leader : 12 weeks : illiniman14 : weeks 23-34 of FT-PL.
- consecutive weeks as leader : 26 weeks : LeoDaVinci : weeks 6-31 of FAPL.
The FunTrivia HoF has been updated for the above medals and records. - superhooppete becomes the second player to lift the UK football FAPL & FA Cup Double: the first was srini701 in 2010.
- PaulE was the first, and still the only, player to lift the FT-PL & FA Cup Double (achieved back in 2007). No-one has won all three in the same season, but Sypher has won all three a season apart .. FA Cup in 2005, FT-PL in 2006 and FAPL in 2006 (and 2004, amongst others).
- the US Open golf comp is back after an absence of 8 years .. it was last run in 2004!
- the silver medal by dg_dave in the UEFA Champions League is his first-ever podium finish outside North America.
- the field of 13 runners in the Roland Garros comp (women) equals the all-time record (set last year).
- superhooppete makes his second podium appearance, and they're both gold!
- the Euro Rugby comp (Heineken Cup) has been running for three years .. srini701 has won silver in all three! Another three and he'll equal the all-time record for any comp .. Sypher won silver in the NFL comp for 6 straight seasons, 2000 to 2005.
Click on the logo in the top LH corner to see the HoF and Record Book entries.
Edited by gtho4 (Wed Jul 18 2012 06:07 AM)
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#804002 - Sat Jun 23 2012 12:55 AM
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Wrong post....deleted...
Edited by srini701 (Sat Jun 23 2012 12:56 AM)
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#808826 - Sun Jul 15 2012 08:53 AM
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Don't forget to add yourself to the near miss list, gt.
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#809530 - Wed Jul 18 2012 07:03 AM
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How many of them were there?
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