22-10-2002 05:35									#61
	The NPC Final - Waikato -v- Auckland Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

Anyone else interested in betting on the NPC final? Unless some independent third party with knowledge can come up with a margin, it will have to be straight out win/lose betting.

Andydog 171

Caligastia 27-20 = 7

finbar 143.5-20 = 123.5

Havak 55

LDiCesares 111

Mickeyj 143.5

NeoStar 114

ravagon 94

Tamerlin 49

The pool currently stands at 40 Civ gold.

Broken down as follows:

Auckland

Caligastia 20

Waikato

finbar 20

	22-10-2002 05:38									#62
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quote: Originally posted by finbar You just finished telling us the ABs would go through 2003 undefeated. Surely it's only a matter of backing them each time? Or was that supreme confidence merely masking massive doubt?

No, just a momentary drift into fantasyland... Mindless optimism...must be the english in me coming out...

quote: Maybe the way to do it is for the more affluent amongst us to lend to the poverty-stricken with an appropriate interest rate. If the borrower can't meet his repayments, the lender gets to foreclose. It's a system that's buggered the world, why shouldn't it bugger us too?

No thanks!!

quote: Okay, just for fun, I'll have 20 on Waikato. I have absolutely no idea what either team's relative chances are. In the absence of an independent with the knowledge to frame a margin, we'll have to make it straight out win/lose.

As the home ground will give Waikato a slight edge, I reckon I'm being generous by not applying a margin.

Thanks for placing a bet BTW, does anyone else care for a wager?

	22-10-2002 06:32									#63
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quote: Originally posted by Caligastia Mindless optimism...must be the english in me coming out...

Havak ... now you ... a pattern is emerging.

	22-10-2002 12:34									#64
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Can I start with 100 Civ Gold as read previously! Please? If I can, one 20 gold bet on Waikato.

They have the momentum, a win vs. Auckland and on home territory. What can go wrong.

	22-10-2002 13:03									#65
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quote: Are you going to place a bet on the NPC final?

I need to save my existing reserves for the England games.

quote: Tamerlin either doesn't need beauty sleep or he's given up on it

I’ll be interested to see what Tamerlin says on that choice.

quote: He said - he thought wittily - that he'd raided Ben Tune's kitbag for his knee medicine

Yes I see what you mean. At the very least that was ill considered of him.

quote: I wonder why. It has to be more than simply being closer to the rugby-playing areas of Europe.

Well it is also true that Soccer totally dominates the south. At least that is what I was told when I went over to Stadio Flaminio. Certainly they had hundreds of sub machine armed paramilitary at the stadium so they are clearly more used to soccer in Rome!!

quote: That really is a very, very strange format.

I agree entirely. Back to back games with the same team in December (for us Bezier) then two more games in January to finish the pool. It’s been sandwiched into our crammed season in a way that allows it to build little momentum with fans until the late stages.
Again it highlights the urgent need to re-organise our season.

quote: Mindless optimism...must be the english in me coming out..

Actually that is purely a Welsh trait I think you will find.

So Finbar’s subtle hint I have brainwashed you is without foundation.

	22-10-2002 13:59									#66
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quote: Originally posted by redbull Can I start with 100 Civ Gold as read previously! Please? If I can, one 20 gold bet on Waikato.

No wuckers!

	22-10-2002 14:04									#67
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Andydog 171
Caligastia 27-20 = 7
finbar 143.5-20 = 123.5
Havak 55
LDiCesares 111
Mickeyj 143.5
NeoStar 114
ravagon 94
redbull 100-20 = 80
Tamerlin 49

The pool currently stands at 60 Civ gold.

Broken down as follows:

Auckland

Caligastia 20

Waikato

finbar 20
redbull 20

	22-10-2002 14:10									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Havak I need to save my existing reserves for the England games.

*A plethora of moths turn over and go back to sleep*

quote: Yes I see what you mean. At the very least that was ill considered of him.

It's the sort of thing I wouldn't mind - I might even find it amusing - coming from someone who has actually performed with some distinction.

	22-10-2002 14:25									#69
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quote: Originally posted by finbar I didn't realise French nightingales had internet connections.

France is not the backwater country many think it is... Sir !

	22-10-2002 14:31									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Havak I’ll be interested to see what Tamerlin says on that choice.

I don't need any beauty sleep, at night all the cats are grey...

	22-10-2002 14:39									#71
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I bet 20 Gold on Auckland.

	22-10-2002 16:33									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Tamerlin France is not the backwater country many think it is... Sir !

	22-10-2002 16:36									#73
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quote: Originally posted by Tamerlin I don't need any beauty sleep, at night all the cats are grey...

Great line!

	22-10-2002 16:38									#74
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Andydog 171
Caligastia 27-20 = 7
finbar 143.5-20 = 123.5
Havak 55
LDiCesares 111
Mickeyj 143.5
NeoStar 114
ravagon 94
redbull 100-20 = 80
Tamerlin 49-20 = 29

The pool currently stands at 80 Civ gold.

Broken down as follows:

Auckland

Caligastia 20
Tamerlin 20

Waikato

finbar 20
redbull 20

	22-10-2002 18:09									#75
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10 on Auckland.

A sucker and his money are soon parted?

	22-10-2002 18:23									#76
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Hello dudes,

Long time I know, I've not had much opportunity to keep up with this thread on my travels.

I'm glad to see I've still got my civ gold, I was half expecting it to have been raided by the likes of those dodgy Australians.

I'll slap 30 gold on Auckland, just for a laugh.

About a month ago, I was lucky enough to play a game of rugby in Switzerland. The teams were made up of mainly Kiwis, Aussies, and English, so it was fairly intense. (Funnily enough, the intensity continued all the way into the after match piss up. Needless to say, the behaviour was disgraceful, Havak you'd have been proud).

I mention this because I was playing alongside a bloke who claimed to be Scott Robinson's younger brother, Rich. He was also a loose forward, and a dam good one too.

	22-10-2002 18:24									#77
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I'd better win this bet...

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	22-10-2002 18:28									#78
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quote: Originally posted by Havak 10 on Auckland. A sucker and his money are soon parted?

Just make sure you save some for me in November!

	22-10-2002 18:29									#79
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Good to see you back on Andydog.

Dont you want to bet on Waikato though? I dont know if its worth risking my gold on this bet any more as my potential winning are small.

	22-10-2002 18:31									#80
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Andydog 171-30 = 141
Caligastia 27-20 = 7
finbar 143.5-20 = 123.5
Havak 55-10 = 45
LDiCesares 111
Mickeyj 143.5
NeoStar 114
ravagon 94
redbull 100-20 = 80
Tamerlin 49-20 = 29

The pool currently stands at 120 Civ gold.

Broken down as follows:

Auckland

Andydog 30
Caligastia 20
Havak 10
Tamerlin 20

Waikato

finbar 20
redbull 20

	22-10-2002 18:32									#81
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quote: Originally posted by Caligastia I'd better win this bet...

If you win, you ain't gonna win much, old son.

	22-10-2002 18:35									#82
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quote: Dont you want to bet on Waikato though? I dont know if its worth risking my gold on this bet any more as my potential winning are small.

Cheers mate but I'm happy with Auckland - I've chosen them because they beat Canterbury, and I'd rather that my team lost to the winners of the tournament.

	22-10-2002 18:36									#83
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quote: Originally posted by Andydog I'm glad to see I've still got my civ gold, I was half expecting it to have been raided by the likes of those dodgy Australians.

We pinched it, invested it, made a squillion, and only just returned your p*ssy 140-odd to the Bank this arvo, actually.

	22-10-2002 18:38									#84
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Erm...is it too late for me to back out finbar? This bet isnt worth me risking more than 2/3 of my gold...

	22-10-2002 18:45									#85
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quote: We pinched it, invested it, made a squillion, and only just returned your p*ssy 140-odd to the Bank this arvo, actually.

It doesn't surprise me in the least - you're a dodgy geezer, plain and simple. I could, of course, at this point, remind everyone that much of my 'p*ssy gold' came from one Finbar... but no, I don't think I will just yet...

	22-10-2002 18:50									#86
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quote: Originally posted by Caligastia Erm...is it too late for me to back out finbar? This bet isnt worth me risking more than 2/3 of my gold...

As it stands, if you win, you get back your 20 plus 10.

Don't worry about it. Some of us are obviously going to go down the dunny betting with our hearts - no names, no packdrill, Havak - and there will have to be some sort of draw-down facility. I suggest we just advance the desperates some more Civ Gold from our Fantasy Fort Knox and keep track of it. If they win a heap, they can repay it. If they can't, they just end up with a minus balance.

	22-10-2002 18:54									#87
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quote: Originally posted by Andydog It doesn't surprise me in the least - you're a dodgy geezer, plain and simple. I could, of course, at this point, remind everyone that much of my 'p*ssy gold' came from one Finbar... but no, I don't think I will just yet...

Remind 'em all you like. 'Cause I cleaned them out.

	22-10-2002 18:54									#88
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quote: Originally posted by finbar As it stands, if you win, you get back your 20 plus 10. Don't worry about it. Some of us are obviously going to go down the dunny betting with our hearts - no names, no packdrill, Havak - and there will have to be some sort of draw-down facility. I suggest we just advance the desperates some more Civ Gold from our Fantasy Fort Knox and keep track of it. If they win a heap, they can repay it. If they can't, they just end up with a minus balance.

Should I assume there's no interest rate on these advances?

	22-10-2002 18:56									#89
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quote: Originally posted by Caligastia Should I assume there's no interest rate on these advances?

F*ck me stupid and call me J****! I have enough trouble calculating the payouts to the winners!

	22-10-2002 19:20									#90
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quote: Originally posted by finbar F*ck me stupid and call me J****! I have enough trouble calculating the payouts to the winners!

Ok, I guess my bet stands then. I'm on my way to living beyond my civ-gold means! Its the american way!