|
I had Taichi  Against KENTA 
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 13:24
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 22:47 |
|
|
fuckin rip in pieces me i was nowhere near correct on how that all shook out like at least last year i had the finals nailed down even if i couldn't have predicted "half of both blocks end at 8 points"
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 13:28
|
|
|
JOHN CENA posted:it looks like less than 10 people in the thread had Ibushi for the A block I'm legitimately surprised by that, I felt like they've been building Ibushi up since the COVID return as a guy aiming for higher things, which was part of why I was so convinced Tanahashi was gonna win B Block so Ibushi could put to rest his G1 failure against him from a couple years back.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 13:32
|
|
|
Jerusalem posted:I'm legitimately surprised by that, I felt like they've been building Ibushi up since the COVID return as a guy aiming for higher things, which was part of why I was so convinced Tanahashi was gonna win B Block so Ibushi could put to rest his G1 failure against him from a couple years back. yeah i felt like ibushi was pretty married to a match with tana at either the g1 finals or WK. if i had to guess about other peoples predictions (okada was a popular choice) i think the picks for okada were to be a WK opponent for naito to erase all doubt to in victory at the tokyo dome, similar to how okada for years was haunted by being unable to defeat tanahashi there
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 13:35
|
|
|
23 motyc thus far for those keeping score.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 14:01
|
|
|
JOHN CENA posted:23 motyc thus far for those keeping score. Ibushi/Taichi JUST got added to the list too, if you didn't count that. Switchblade/Ishii is only one vote away from making it on as well.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 14:05
|
|
|
Jerusalem posted:I'm legitimately surprised by that, I felt like they've been building Ibushi up since the COVID return as a guy aiming for higher things, which was part of why I was so convinced Tanahashi was gonna win B Block so Ibushi could put to rest his G1 failure against him from a couple years back. That's pretty much why I didn't pick Ibushi. I thought if he was winning than he was facing Tanahashi and it just didn't feel like Tanahashi was built up to have a killer G1 run.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 14:24
|
|
|
That was extremely grim for me, 1-4 and I sure didn't pick Ibushi to win the block!
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 18:45
|
|
|
Thanlis posted:That was extremely grim for me, 1-4 and I sure didn't pick Ibushi to win the block!  
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 19:00
|
|
|
i figured Ibushi was winning, maaaaybe Okada, because EVIL needs a strong babyface to defeat in the finals, and often NJPW likes to have the previous year's winner act as runner up in the tournament.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 19:25
|
|
|
Very proud to have predicted every Taichi match correctly, with the exception of the Ibushi match.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 20:46
|
|
|
It's here folks! Sorry for the delay but here are the results that you have been waiting for from the final night of A block: Jeff Cobb (67%) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (33%) Shingo Takagi (67%) vs. Minoru Suzuki (31%) Will Ospreay (41%) vs. Kazuchika Okada (51%) Kota Ibushi (51%) vs. Taichi (49%) Jay White (51%) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (49%) And with A block laid to rest the final point scores were as follows: Kota Ibushi: 14 points (average prediction 12.29) Jeff Cobb: 8 points (a.p. 6.16) Kazuchika Okada: 12 points (a.p. 11.75) Tomohiro Ishii: 8 points (a.p. 8.16) Will Ospreay: 12 points (a.p. 10.43) Shingo Takagi: 8 points (a.p. 10.18) Minoru Suzuki: 6 points (a.p. 7.88) Taichi: 8 points (a.p. 9.16) Jay White: 12 points (a.p. 11.67) Yujiro Takahashi: 2 points (a.p. 2.33) All of which means your A block winner is: 1. Kota Ibushi (35%) 2. Kazuchika Okada (25%) 3. Jay White (14%) 4. Will Ospreay (10%) 5=. Taichi (6%) 5=. Shingo Takagi (6%) 7. Tomohiro Ishii (4%) But what does this mean for our rankings? With so many points on offer everything has shifted! Here's how the table now stands: 1. 148 points: Thauros 2. 145 points: HidaO-Win 3. 144 points: chirico curvie 4. 143 points: Dr. Dirt, Karlos4live 5. 140 points: Rarity 6. 137 points: Netsky 7. 135 points: Jerusalem 8. 134 points: Aesculus, HouseOfLeaves99 9. 133 points: Your Personal Muse 10. 131 points: Carlioo 11. 130 points: extradite THIS!, xbilkis 12. 128 points: Chinook 13. 127 points: I Before E 14. 126 points: duckdealer, Neodoomium 15. 124 points: LupusAter 16. 123 points: Captain Magic, Veryslightlymad 17. 121 points: Power Windows 18. 119 points: TriffTshngo 19. 118 points: Do not even ask, Fadmonkey, JOHN CENA 20. 117 points: Accident Underwater 21. 115 points: Erainor 22. 114 points: Hellblazer187, Seams 23. 113 points: Lid 24. 112 points: John Dudebro 25. 111 points: Eat My Fuc, take the moon 26. 110 points: marioinblack, Thanlis 27. 108 points: Dishonest Resume, karmicknight 28. 106 points: Gaz-L 29. 105 points: Deathlove, Fentry 30. 104 points: Schneider Heim, SG Bamboo 31. 103 points: Artelier 32. 100 points: The Junkyard God 33. 98 points: ItohRespectArmy 34. 97 points: SatoshiMiwa 35. 96 points: GEORGE W BUSHI 36. 93 points: Dr. Dirt's random picks 37. 89 points: Rick 38. 79 points: Gumball Gumption Two nights to go, it's all still to play for! Rarity fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Oct 16, 2020 |
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:02
|
|
|
Despite getting impressively hosed over by Fuckhead Billy I still managed to get a big points haul today and judging by the Math I'm still in the running 
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:03
|
|
|
C'mon baby hold together!
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:09
|
|
|
I don't seem to be on the scoreboard 
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:21
|
|
|
I was doing so well and suddenly I fall down to 10th  The last night really is the hardest night to predict.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:24
|
|
|
Deathlove posted:I don't seem to be on the scoreboard Oops, fixed!
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:28
|
|
|
For weeks, I was held back in the standings because I "only watch New Japan a few times a year," but now I'm finally making my move just outside the top 10 on the back of my unwavering faith in Kota Ibushi
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:37
|
|
|
As per usual, the last nights of the block kill my predictions. Can't believe Sleazy Jay the Knife Pervert lost.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 21:40
|
|
|
wow im so high up
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 22:00
|
|
|
Rarity posted:Oops, fixed! Thank you *checks standings*, I think
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 22:03
|
|
|
Just call me Lucky 13
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 22:08
|
|
|
The one time I pick against Ibushi...
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 22:36
|
|
|
hey 1st place not gonna last long tho as i assumed if ibushi was making the finals so would tana
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 22:36
|
|
|
Oh my God I actually lifted back up in the rankings! I mean, I completely hosed up my B Block predictions so it's all gonna fall apart, but it's nice to be in 7th place for now after falling so low.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 22:54
|
|
|
Gumball Gumption congratulations to MY champion
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 23:00
|
|
|
I should’ve used a spreadsheet
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 23:07
|
|
|
Never before has my av been more appropriate.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 23:23
|
|
|
thank you Ibushi for pulling me out of my rightly deserved spot at the bottom
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2020 23:39
|
|
|
Rarity, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've run the calculations for my predictions and I'm afraid they don't agree completely with what you've just posted. Can you please double-check?
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 00:13
|
|
|
Embarrassingly I'm not sure what my predictions finished up on exactly. I kinda did it last minute after only really following the last few months of NJPW through WOR. I think I settled on Ibushi winning A-Block and Sanada wining B block and Ibushi winning in the final. My thought process was that they wanted Sanada to get a big push, but Ibushi is signed in now, he's not getting younger and he needs to win the big belt.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 00:14
|
|
|
HidaO-Win posted:Embarrassingly I'm not sure what my predictions finished up on exactly. I kinda did it last minute after only really following the last few months of NJPW through WOR. I think I settled on Ibushi winning A-Block and Sanada wining B block and Ibushi winning in the final. My thought process was that they wanted Sanada to get a big push, but Ibushi is signed in now, he's not getting younger and he needs to win the big belt. I really think that approach is an advantage. I took a shot at one of the recent AEW prediction contests and won out because I didn't have any emotional attachment to anything. I'm not heartless enough to predict Ishii going negative.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 01:50
|
|
|
After throwing away my lead last year on the B Block final day, crashing and burning this year doesn't feel as bad.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 02:32
|
|
|
Dr. Dirt posted:Rarity, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've run the calculations for my predictions and I'm afraid they don't agree completely with what you've just posted. Can you please double-check? The math's all automated on spreadsheets so it should definitely be right. What do you make it to be? Rarity fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Oct 17, 2020 |
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 03:47
|
|
|
Rarity posted:The math's all automated on spreadsheets so it should definitely be right. What do you make it to be? Sorry, I hadn’t seen your edit. My calculations for the random tips agreed with yours: 93 points. I’ve got my proper tips at 133 points (108 from the matches, 15 from Wrestlers’ final scores, 10 from Ibushi winning A Block). Of course, if I’m right, I’ve just cost myself 5 places, but I’m concerned this might affect others, too.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 09:58
|
|
|
Dr. Dirt posted:Sorry, I hadn’t seen your edit. My calculations for the random tips agreed with yours: 93 points. Your picks work out to: Okada - 8 Ibushi - 12 Ospreay - 12 White - 12 Shingo - 8 Suzuki - 10 Taichi - 8 Ishii - 8 Cobb - 6 Yujiro - 6 That's 25 points for getting Ospreay, White, Shingo, Taichi and Ishii  e: Did we have to correct your math before the tournament? If so and I switched a result or two around that would change your point spread from what you originally had written down Rarity fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Oct 17, 2020 |
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 10:03
|
|
|
Rarity posted:Your picks work out to: OK. It turns out I had the wrong tip for the Ospreay vs Ishii match in my table. Thanks for clearing that up.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 10:11
|
|
|
i have been crushed by a moonsault of my wrong predictions and this time there is no kicking out. i am defeated
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 11:34
|
|
|
Oh boy oh boy oh boy, we're almost there! After tonight only two people will be able to win the G1 prediction contest! Who's it gonna be? Well let's start with the results from the final night of B block: Toru Yano (25%) vs. YOSHI-HASHI (75%) Juice Robinson (47%) vs. Hirooki Goto (53%) Zack Sabre Jr. (53%) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (47%) Tetsuya Naito (45%) vs. KENTA (55%) SANADA (67%) vs. EVIL (31%) The final point tallies were as follows: Hiroshi Tanahashi: 8 points (average prediction 9.39) Juice Robinson: 8 points (a.p. 7.29) Toru Yano: 6 points (a.p. 5.94) Hirooki Goto: 8 points (a.p. 7.57) YOSHI-HASHI: 4 points (a.p. 4.43) Tetsuya Naito: 12 points (a.p. 12) SANADA: 12 points (a.p. 12.1) Zack Sabre Jr.: 10 points (a.p. 8.29) KENTA: 10 points (a.p. 11.14) EVIL: 12 points (a.p. 11.82) Which means your B block winner is: 1. SANADA (45%) 2. KENTA (16%) 3=. Hiroshi Tanahashi (14%) 3=. EVIL (14%) 5. Tetsuya Naito (7%) 6=. Hirooki Goto (2%) 6=. Juice Robinson (2%) So the final rankings follow below and there's a brand new leader at the top: 1. 184 points: Rarity 2. 183 points: HidaO-Win 3. 179 points: Karlos4live 4. 175 points: xbilkis 5. 174 points: Thauros 6. 171 points: Dr. Dirt, Power Windows 7. 168 points: Netsky 8. 164 points: Neodoomium, Your Personal Muse 9. 162 points: Aesculus 10. 160 points: chirico curvie, Do not even ask 11. 159 points: Jerusalem 12. 158 points: extradite THIS! 13. 157 points: Carlioo, Chinook 14. 156 points: duckdealer 15. 154 points: LupusAter 16. 153 points: TriffTshngo 17. 150 points: Lid 18. 149 points: Fadmonkey 19. 148 points: Schneider Heim 20. 146 points: Fentry 21. 143 points: I Before E 22. 142 points: Captain Magic, GEORGE W BUSHI, HouseOfLeaves99 23. 141 points: Artelier 24. 140 points: marioinblack 25. 136 points: Eat My Fuc, The Junkyard God, Veryslightlymad 26. 135 points: JOHN CENA, Seams, take the moon 27. 134 points: Accident Underwater 28. 133 points: Thanlis 29. 132 points: Dishonest Resume 30. 131 points: karmicknight 31. 130 points: John Dudebro 32. 129 points: Deathlove 33. 128 points: SatoshiMiwa 34. 125 points: Hellblazer187 35. 124 points: Erainor 36. 123 points: Gaz-L 37. 118 points: SG Bamboo 38. 114 points: ItohRespectArmy 39. 113 points: Gumball Gumption 40. 112 points: Dr. Dirt's random picks 41. 102 points: Rick So here's where we are. With just 20 points left to play for tomorrow is going to be a head to head clash. In the red corner repping Kota Ibushi will be the despicable, the devious, the downright dirtiest poster in the game, The Crab Win-Hidao. And in the blue corner repping SANADA will be none other than the most ravishing goon in all of wrestling, the Princess of Posting, Your #1 Scoopsgal, RARITY! 
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 12:00
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 22:47 |
|
|
Thank God for A Block or I'd be dead in the water, as it is I'm just horribly bleeding out in a swimming pool full of sharks  I picked Ibushi to win the whole thing, which I guess means go Hidao-Win!
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2020 12:03
|
|