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?

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.

A few hours left to tip - don't forget https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/

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Join Fern World Cup, my World Cup Predictor league on Superbru! You can find my pool here:

or by downloading the Superbru app and searching for the pool with code:
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Updated at https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/ and the form for next weekend is live.

Nobody picked all 7 results as a few were tough to call but Kirwan, Duluth, Victor, George33 and Hydro11 picked 6/7. Duluth the top score with 54 due to correct margin picks, Victor with 52.

Kirwan scored 48 to move 7 clear of Donsteppa at the top with 3 weeks to go. Duluth shoots up to 3rd, shared with Waynes World, Victor & Plastered Peni.

The Cup semi-finals are Hydro11 v Higgins and Plastered Peni v Dolamite.

With just 1 round to go in the round robin, Harbour-Auckland and Wairarapa Bush remain unbeaten having played out a draw and Wellington look safe in 3rd. BOP beat Hawke's Bay by a point to keep their slim hopes of the top 4 alive.

@Duluth will never catch me!

Time to tip everyone. Getting to the pointy end of the season https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/

Results are in - https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Not an easy week to pick all of the results but somehow Paj picked 7/7 being the only one to have Waikato beating Auckland and even nailing the margin. Inspired picking or made a mistake on that game? Who knows! 56 for Paj but beaten by Bay Imports with 64, getting 4 margin picks and getting both category picks. Higgins also topped 50 to stay in touch with the leaders.

Kirwan leads by 6 with 2 rounds to go, his category picks saved him and he leads from Plastered Peni, a point ahead of Victor with Donsteppa now back in 4th level with Duluth.

The Cup final will be between Higgins and Plastered Peni to be played over the next 2 rounds, best aggregate score wins.

Waiarapa Bush and Harbour-Auckland go through the regular season unbeaten but the Bush take the minor premiership by scoring 2 more points during the season. Hawke's Bay take 3rd and Wellington hang on for 4th, both up against it to make the final.

It’s getting harder to pick without thinking, I’m liking winning too much.