TSF NPC Tipping 2023

The results for week 1 are here https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/ and you can now tip week 2

Donsteppa charges to what may be the top score all season - 74 points out of a possible 80 and he's 5 clear of Dogmeat who is 3 ahead of Kirwan.

We still need more players - I've included on the leaderboard those that usually take part such as @sportboy @antipodean @Crucial @dK @Paj @FarNthHayden @Hurrycanes @Machpants but the comp is still open to anyone else who wants to play - if you tip week 2, you will start the competition with 36 points (when you forget to tip you get 5 less than the lowest score for the round)

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Dogmeat

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

We still need more players - I've included on the leaderboard those that usually take part such as @sportboy @antipodean @Crucial @dK @Paj @FarNthHayden @Hurrycanes @Machpants but the comp is still open to anyone else who wants to play

Nah stop the comp now :astonished_face:

@dogmeat said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Dogmeat

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

We still need more players - I've included on the leaderboard those that usually take part such as @sportboy @antipodean @Crucial @dK @Paj @FarNthHayden @Hurrycanes @Machpants but the comp is still open to anyone else who wants to play

Nah stop the comp now :astonished_face:

Seconded. All in favour?

@KiwiPie I'll not tip most weeks as I'll be in Europe for a month so we can all just rest assured it would be the same result.

@Donsteppa said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@dogmeat said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Dogmeat

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

We still need more players - I've included on the leaderboard those that usually take part such as @sportboy @antipodean @Crucial @dK @Paj @FarNthHayden @Hurrycanes @Machpants but the comp is still open to anyone else who wants to play

Nah stop the comp now :astonished_face:

Seconded. All in favour?

bah..im guessing you tipped Auckland!, the comp must continue for your punishment lol

@bayimports said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@Donsteppa said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@dogmeat said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Dogmeat

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

We still need more players - I've included on the leaderboard those that usually take part such as @sportboy @antipodean @Crucial @dK @Paj @FarNthHayden @Hurrycanes @Machpants but the comp is still open to anyone else who wants to play

Nah stop the comp now :astonished_face:

Seconded. All in favour?

bah..im guessing you tipped Auckland!, the comp must continue for your punishment lol

Usually I'm completely out of synch with Bay wins and losses, so this was a proverbial lightning stike

@Donsteppa said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@dogmeat said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Dogmeat

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

We still need more players - I've included on the leaderboard those that usually take part such as @sportboy @antipodean @Crucial @dK @Paj @FarNthHayden @Hurrycanes @Machpants but the comp is still open to anyone else who wants to play

Nah stop the comp now :astonished_face:

Seconded. All in favour?

I'm happy with 4th - so more than happy for the competition to be stopped now as well

Just checking, these midweek games don't count for tipping, right?

@Tim said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Just checking, these midweek games don't count for tipping, right?

Correct - these games don't exist for the media and they don't exist for tipping either

KP has envoked a compulsory draft for these usually regular tippers that have somehow managed to forget to tip in the opening round.
@sportboy (BoP), @Crucial (Counties-Waikato and defending champion!), @antipodean (Counties-Waikato), @dK (Harbour-Auckland), @FarNthHayden (Northland), @Paj (Hawkes Bay), @KiwiMurph (Northland), @Machpants (Wairarapa-Bush), @Hurrycanes (Wellington)

Naturally if your name is not amongst those mentioned above you are still very welcome to come in and make sure your teams have a full roster from now on. There is also scope for other diehard posters particularly like Northlanders @kev @Gunner to enter the contest and represent your areas. Maybe even @Dan54 might be tempted to tip his hat into the ring for the generally all conquering Wairarapa-Bush outfit as @Buck seems to be on an elongated sabatical and possibly even @Cactus-Jack might be tempted to make a return? @Kruse must resting on his laurels (joining @Crucial) after taking top honours on the last TSF contest on Superbru.com!
Use this to get to the tip entry page https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/
Cut of time for the first game in the round (Counties v HB) is 7.05pm NZ Time on 11 August

Too busy, moving house. If the games were only on weekends yup, but midweek stuffs up everything

@Machpants the mid-week games are not included in the tips, much like NZR, @KiwiPie is devaluing the NPC :face_with_tears_of_joy:

@taniwharugby LOL really? ANyway can't watch enough games I'd just be random guessing - which admittedly would probably give me a better score

@Machpants

That's what @kirwan does. He's currently in third place

@Duluth said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@Machpants

That's what @kirwan does. He's currently in third place

I won one of these comps doing exactly that.

Reminder - get your tips in everyone including the missing tipsters

Ok fellas, I sucked in. Lol only because it this forum though!!

@hydro11 hasn't tipped yet. Our Wellington and Canes star player.

@Winger Neither has @kiwimatrix for your opposition so I would call that all square.

Results for the weekend are live https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Comfortable wins for Northland, Wairarapa Bush, Harbour-Auckland and a narrow win for Hawke's Bay over Wellington. Bush, H-A & HB are level at the top on 9 points after 2 wins.

No points were scored for Southland v Northland as it ended in a draw so 6 results was the best you could get. Top scorer was Wayne's World with 59 with all 6 results picked and both category picks correct (you needed Canterbury/Wellington as top scorers, Otago as lowest). Also over 50 were 4 D's, Dan54, Donsteppa, Dolamite & DK. Donsteppa extends his lead to 11 points, Wayne's World is up to 2nd, followed by Dogmeat, Windows97 & Kirwan.

We welcome back @Paj @Hurrycanes & @sportboy to the world of tipping while @BartMan & @Grooter went AWOL and @BorderJB was too late to be counted.

Top 32 scores next week go into the first round of the Cup.

Time to get your tips in everyone - first game is just over 2 hours away https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/

I don't know whether it serves any purpose, but I forgot to get my tippings in and I've now submitted them during the Canterbury v Manawatū game. For the highest and lowest point scoring teams, I've picked teams from matches played after that game.

Can I still pick up points for the games that haven't started yet?

@Stargazer yeah you will...

@Stargazer said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

I don't know whether it serves any purpose, but I forgot to get my tippings in and I've now submitted them during the Canterbury v Manawatū game. For the highest and lowest point scoring teams, I've picked teams from matches played after that game.

Can I still pick up points for the games that haven't started yet?

You can but it depends how far through the games are - as it turned out, you scored less than the default score so you were given that instead. The default is 5 below the lowest score for someone who picked all games.

The scores are in https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Not an easy week to score points with nobody believing Northland would win and a fair number not picking Counties or Taranaki. @george33 had an outstanding score of 59 with 6/7 and 4 with margin. @mikey07 with 51 and @mikedogz with 47 also picked 6/7.

@Donsteppa still leads by 11 from @Waynes-World but the masses are closing in behind with @Kirwan @Dolamite & @taniwharugby making up the top 5 and only 10 points separating 3rd and 13th.

Wins for the Bush, Harb-Auck & Hawke's Bay mean they are all 3/3 and looking good to make the semis - the other 5 teams battling for the last place.

The first round of the Cup is live, the 32 qualifiers were the 32 top scores from the weekend.

By geez my picks missed a bit this week. But I do know I tend to pick with heart a bit more in this comp, and other thing I take heart from, NPC is a good comp when it this hard to pick winners.
And to top it off I put my picks in already, which I think is a bit early. May have to edit then later in week depending how the Lions/Mako shield challenge goes on Wed.

I'm almost at 5mins total for the consideration of my picks

Getting my shit talk in now before statistics ruin my placing.

@Kirwan It’s ok when I saw what place I was I had to double take.

Ok fellas , I made a cock up (surprise surprise) I wanted to change a pick and ended up putting picks in twice, not sure how to fix it.

@Dan54 said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Ok fellas , I made a cock up (surprise surprise) I wanted to change a pick and ended up putting picks in twice, not sure how to fix it.

If you put tips in more than once, I always use the most recent set of tips.

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

@Dan54 said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:

Ok fellas , I made a cock up (surprise surprise) I wanted to change a pick and ended up putting picks in twice, not sure how to fix it.

If you put tips in more than once, I always use the most recent set of tips.

Cheers thanks Kiwi, I had hoped that was case.

Time to tip - 2 hours to do it https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/

Results are in for the past weekend - a tough week for tipping with Plastered Peni, Justin77, Joan and Mary & BorderJB the only ones to reach 5/7 correct, most getting 4 but quite a few at 3/7. BorderJB picked both top and low scorer for the maximum of 46. Joan and Mary, Kirwan & Justin77 the only others above 40.

This makes Kirwan the new leader, just a point ahead of Donsteppa who scored only 29 with Dogmeat, Propsicle & Plastered Peni all sharing 5th after scores in the high 30s. Bay Imports in 24th is just 31 behind the leader so plenty to play for over the 2nd half of the competition.

Harbour-Auckland thrashed Counties-Waikato to go clear at the top as Wairarapa Bush & Hawke's Bay drew but all 3 of them look good to make the play-offs. Wellington hold 4th after a close win over BOP.

The Cup First Round saw no ties so the final 16 are decided.

Getting to watch about one full game in four weeks had to catch up with me eventually!

Well I have to say, trying to use brain instead of heart didn't bloody help did it> By christ a man wonders what he elarnt in his lifetime, I definetly knew that Wellingtn couldn't win last game of storm week and 2 RS games, same as Ta$man. It didn't stop there either.
Lucky I haven't got a cold, after weekend I convinced if I had a bogey up right nostril I would try and pick the left one!!!:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Have to say I loving all these surprise results though!

Time to tip https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/

Best of the weekend were Plastered Peni and Justin77 with 49, J77 the only one to 7/7 but only getting 1 margin. Plastered is now up to 3rd, 4 behind Donsteppa & Kirwan who share the lead with Waynes World and Winger making up the top 5.

With 2 rounds left in the round robin, Harbour-Auckland and Wairarapa Bush are confirmed in the semi-finals, it looks like 2 of Hawke's Bay, Wellington and BOP. Hawke's Bay and BOP meet next weekend along with the real life Battle of the Bays.

The Cup quarter-finalists are decided, Hydro11 plays Tim, it is Triple T v Plastered Peni, Joan and Mary v Dolamite and Justin77 against Higgins.

Even more than usual the entrails are confusing this week

@dogmeat Yep I'm even more clueless than previous weeks.