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You worked a lot of puns in to this one, nicely done.
Not so nice on your draw though, you're 3-2 and pull the world #17? Yuck. Good luck!

Yeah. If I make the knockouts it certainly won't be because I got an easy schedule. I've faced WRs 84, 118, 8, 36, 68, and now 17. Not that WR is a perfect reflection of current power.

Average and (median) WR of...
Teams The Orchestra has faced after six: 55.2 (52)
Teams Peluin has faced after six: 96.8 (74.5)
Teams Sofuegg has faced after six: 445 (219)

For reference:
All B3 teams in 6th round: 135.8 (71.5)
Top 5-0 team CEI TOLEDO faced after six: 37.5 (14.5) (inflated since they faced Reptiloids)
Top 4-1 team Sant Mateu faced after six: 104.2 (74)

Sorry for the delay on this one. Had most of a post done and then the kid deleted it.

Anyway, last week was rough. All of us lost, although there were two winnable games. Visionaries got sabotaged by a crucial injury in the first minutes, but nearly pulled it out. Orcs overthought their tactics and shot themselves in the foot. As a result, they trailed the whole game, despite closing the gap to 5pts early in the fourth. Sofuegg lost as expected.

This week, Orcs play a make-or-break game against the Uruguayan top league runner up to hopefully squeak into the round of 64.

Visionaries are trying to nab a 10-14 seed with a win (vs a 30-something seed with a loss) against beefy perennial Venezuelan powerhouse, Syngas.

And Sofuegg gets their gimme vs Reptiloids to notch one win in the round robin.

Let's go America! Also do your civic duty and go vote if you haven't and can legally! #USAUSA

Last edited by Rhyminsimon at 11/5/2024 10:37:07 AM

Good luck!

Recap of Week 7

You get a victory, and you get a victory, and you get a victory! Everybody wins to wash the bad taste of everybody losing last week out of our mouths. Sofuegg left their best players at home for this one, but managed to squeak out a win in what looked like D4 play. But a win is a win! Congrats, sofuegg! Final B3 record in S66 1-6 (-301).

Visionaries were dominant for the first half before settling down to a simmer. But the Kang show absolutely rolled as he went 15-30 from the floor, scoring 38 points in 39 minutes. After wiping away a 3rd period surge from their opponents Visionaries let ten pts of PD slip away from them in the last two minutes. But that wouldn't have ended up making a difference. They end the round robin as the 12th overall seed and a 5-2 (+102) record.

In a do-or-die situation, the Orcs chose to do! New pickup McKenna led the scoring with 25pts in 26 min off the bench. The Blues had butterfingers and gave up 19 turnovers to the Orcs, who played disciplined ball with only 4 turnovers and 7 fouls as a team. The Orchestra ends the round robin as the 59th overall seed and a 4-3 (-10) record.

Particularities of seeding mean that Orcs and Visionaries could only meet in the knockouts if there is an all USA B3 finals. That means you can root for both of us guilt-free!


This Week:

Visionaries (3) vs J.V (14, S63-65 Taiwanese top league champions & S65 cup champions)
Visionaries' opponent carries a lot of depth, but gives up $300k in salary to Visionaries. Look for Peluin's starters (NBBA Allstar picks, all of them!) to handle this challenge without making us too nervous. But hey... it's B3, and everyone's swinging for the fences. Anything can happen!!!

The Orchestra (15) vs BC[T2]Bears (2, S65 Belarussian cup champions & S57 B3 quarterfinalist)
Orcs face a steep challenge in the team holding the contract of USA NT standout Danny Lentz. He is joined by NT players from Italy, Lithuania, China, Belarus (2), and Turkey. Will this ensemble of scrappy Americans be able to send the heavy favorites home and advance to round two? Only one way to find out!

Last edited by Rhyminsimon at 11/7/2024 2:41:27 PM