FAO Ericsladkilnhurst

[Brin]

Quote Originally Posted by Ericsladkilnhurst View Post
Copied pip bad wi-fi here or too much beer. Beer now works out at 69 pence (1.60lev) vodka/sprite 2 for price 1 is 7 lev works out £1.51 each, very strong
May have dropped a clanger following pip, both me & him only got 1 point each last Saturday.[/QUOTE]



ELK sounds like you're having a great time but why don't you pick your own predictions. Send me a private message and I will amend them for you.

[pip_y]

How the mighty have fallen! After one week I was top last season , this year bottom. I just hope it’s only Eric copying me and not the Millers

[Brin]

How the mighty have fallen! After one week I was top last season , this year bottom. I just hope it’s only Eric copying me and not the Millers

Pip_y not sure if you’re happy with ELK copying you as this is not allowed. This goes back a few seasons ago.

It was really tight towards the end of the season and a poster said all he had to do was copy the one closest to him, then he couldn’t be beaten so it was suggested this shouldn’t be allowed. I know it’s very early on in the competition but, this needs addressing now if you understand.

Trust you do too ELK?

[pip_y]

Very difficult to prove if someone genuinely thinks that’s what the results will be. You sure ELK wasn’t joking having seen the results? Only way to stop it is for all submissions to be sent to one person so no one can see what’s been posted. I seem to recall that’s happened on the last week before.

[CAMiller]

I think ELK did it down to technical difficulties maybe exasperated by the effects of alcohol

His crime was admitting to copying. With the current format, and the fact I mostly post late, my predictions often end up being the same as at least one other poster but that's never through copying as I don't look at other poster's predictions before making mine. Once last season, CT posted an exact copy of mine within a couple of minutes of me posting but it was more 'great minds thinking alike' than anything nefarious.

[Brin]

If you’re all in agreement I’ll let this one go then.

[pip_y]

I think so. Out of interest has a one week ban ever been considered?

[CAMiller]

I think so. Out of interest has a one week ban ever been considered?

For what reason? Unless you are like ELK and honestly admit to copying then there is nothing to ban anyone for. ELK should just get 10 strokes with the wooden spoon

[pip_y]

Just thinking of a deterrent but it would be almost impossible to enforce

[CTMilller]

I think ELK did it down to technical difficulties maybe exasperated by the effects of alcohol

His crime was admitting to copying. With the current format, and the fact I mostly post late, my predictions often end up being the same as at least one other poster but that's never through copying as I don't look at other poster's predictions before making mine. Once last season, CT posted an exact copy of mine within a couple of minutes of me posting but it was more 'great minds thinking alike' than anything nefarious.

It was the voices coming through the ether from the North, CAM...

Actually, I need to own up to a form of plagiarism which might be frowned upon. As an experiment a couple of seasons ago, I had a go at basing my choices on the combined wisdom of my fellow Madsters by statistically averaging the predictions of all the participants up to Thursday evening for each game. (You can tell I've been retired for a while...)

This did not materially improve my results so I stopped.

It's a fair cop. I'll come quietly...