Head-to-head to-the-death knockout-a-thon, anyone?

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02/09/2009 08:02:55 PM · #601

"Here lies Hot_Pixel, optimistic till the end." ;-)

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02/09/2009 08:06:11 PM · #602

Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

"Here lies Hot_Pixel, optimistic till the end." ;-)

That would work if I werent already planning my own funeral :)

Message edited by author 2009-02-09 20:06:22.

JulietNN

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02/09/2009 08:10:59 PM · #603

who am i against

Judi

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02/09/2009 08:15:13 PM · #604

Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

Originally posted by Judi:
SoulMan1978 am I in Round 2 yet?

Yes you are :-) have a look at my last post and you'll see who I think you're playing.

Oh crap! Thanks a lot! Should I bow out now?

I'd have put you down on paper as the favourite for that (sorry Hot_Pixel). Do you think you're not then?

The way my scores have been lately and I am snowed down for the next couple of months with shoots and interstate trips....arrrggghhhh! LOL!

But don't worry....I will take the 'Cold-Pixel' head on!!!!

Message edited by author 2009-02-09 20:15:53.

Quigley

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02/09/2009 08:56:13 PM · #605

Judi's back in and the suspense as to weather I get back in is killing me!!! OK maybe it all the bleach I'm using to clean up after all the raw sewage that backed up into my house, but either way I'm dieing here :0)

MAX!

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02/09/2009 10:44:41 PM · #606

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

Originally posted by Judi:
SoulMan1978 am I in Round 2 yet?

Yes you are :-) have a look at my last post and you'll see who I think you're playing.

Oh crap! Thanks a lot! Should I bow out now?

I'd have put you down on paper as the favourite for that (sorry Hot_Pixel). Do you think you're not then?

The way my scores have been lately and I am snowed down for the next couple of months with shoots and interstate trips....arrrggghhhh! LOL!

But don't worry....I will take the 'Cold-Pixel' head on!!!!

If you mean cold as in dead, you've hit the nail right on the head. I am still trying to find something catchy to put on the tombstone as we speak. Perhaps "Whipped by the Australiaian Red headed Goddess" ????? :)

Judi

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02/10/2009 12:29:53 AM · #607

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:

Hahaha...you are too funny. Now what challenges are you in at the moment?

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02/10/2009 02:46:07 AM · #608

Originally posted by JulietNN:

who am i against

Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

We've got to wait until Wednesday for the final two results:
cynthiann- imagesbytlp (winner to play JimiRose)
and dainmcgowan- andrewt (winner to play JulietNN)

The round 2 matches following on from these will begin on Wednesday and the first challenge to count will be Post-it Note.

Does that answer, Juliet?

JulietNN

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02/10/2009 07:04:18 AM · #609

brilliant!! and I am so not going to shoot for Post It Note

limerick

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR

02/10/2009 07:24:29 AM · #610

Sempermarine claims I will be winning round 2 with my Brown Ribbon Challenge entry and I will miss him as a partner. I guess there is no way to tell who I will be against in round 3?

For fyi I will be in Apple. I am in Free Study for now but I may pull it later. I will definately be in Post It.

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02/10/2009 07:33:43 AM · #611

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:

If you mean cold as in dead, you've hit the nail right on the head. I am still trying to find something catchy to put on the tombstone as we speak. Perhaps "Whipped by the Australiaian Red headed Goddess" ????? :)

Hahaha...you are too funny. Now what challenges are you in at the moment?

I do try. :) I am currently in the Brown Deja Vu, and plan on being in Pet Portrait and if I make it that far (which I highly doubt but hey I am gonna die trying here) I plan on being in the Free Study. Does this phelp you plan your attack? :p

Judi

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02/10/2009 07:35:58 AM · #612

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:

If you mean cold as in dead, you've hit the nail right on the head. I am still trying to find something catchy to put on the tombstone as we speak. Perhaps "Whipped by the Australiaian Red headed Goddess" ????? :)

Hahaha...you are too funny. Now what challenges are you in at the moment?

I do try. :) I am currently in the Brown Deja Vu, and plan on being in Pet Portrait and if I make it that far (which I highly doubt but hey I am gonna die trying here) I plan on being in the Free Study. Does this phelp you plan your attack? :p

Hahahaha....my plan of attack is just to swamp you with as many challenges as I can...I am currently in Brown and Pet...and am planning on Post It....that is where I will post your last will and testament to this challenge...hehehehehe!

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02/10/2009 07:39:23 AM · #613

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:

If you mean cold as in dead, you've hit the nail right on the head. I am still trying to find something catchy to put on the tombstone as we speak. Perhaps "Whipped by the Australiaian Red headed Goddess" ????? :)

Hahaha...you are too funny. Now what challenges are you in at the moment?

I do try. :) I am currently in the Brown Deja Vu, and plan on being in Pet Portrait and if I make it that far (which I highly doubt but hey I am gonna die trying here) I plan on being in the Free Study. Does this phelp you plan your attack? :p

Hahahaha....my plan of attack is just to swamp you with as many challenges as I can...I am currently in Brown and Pet...and am planning on Post It....that is where I will post your last will and testament to this challenge...hehehehehe!

Great that saves me alot of writing :) I really appreciate you doing that for me.... Gosh you are very sweet for doing that. :P

basssman7

Nikon D500

02/10/2009 07:50:10 AM · #614

Originally posted by limerick:

Holy...some of us have not even found out who we are against in round 2 yet! lol

limerick

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02/10/2009 07:52:06 AM · #615

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by limerick:
Sempermarine claims I will be winning round 2 with my Brown Ribbon Challenge entry and I will miss him as a partner. I guess there is no way to tell who I will be against in round 3?

For fyi I will be in Apple. I am in Free Study for now but I may pull it later. I will definately be in Post It.

Holy...some of us have not even found out who we are against in round 2 yet! lol

hahah sorry. If I look at the chart I should be up against whoever wins Match 30 and I think that is you basssman7 or whoever your opponent is. I am looking forward to it!

basssman7

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02/10/2009 07:55:04 AM · #616

So if I do potentially end up against

JasonlPrice (another 6+ average..just my luck...lol) I sure hope there is not a black and white challenge! Looking at his portfolio, his black and white stuff rocks!

ETA: It is fun to be the "underdog"

Message edited by author 2009-02-10 07:58:33.

jasonlprice

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02/10/2009 01:28:36 PM · #617

Judi is the first highest ranked looser and will play

basssman7. I am currently the 2nd highest ranked looser and will play

Hot_Pixel. Am I missing something here?

PS Ernie, thanks for the b/w compliment...

basssman7

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02/10/2009 01:53:53 PM · #618

Originally posted by jasonlprice:

Judi is the first highest ranked looser and will play basssman7. I am currently the 2nd highest ranked looser and will play Hot_Pixel. Am I missing something here?

PS Ernie, thanks for the b/w compliment...

I will not be playing

Judi beacause I just beat her in round one. So to avoid having people in a situation where they beat someone out, then have to try and beat them out again in the next round.....

Soulman has arranged to switch the matchups concerning the highest losers if that were to take place...which it has.

I think what he said was:

Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

basssman7 has just drawn my attention to a possibility. The way things sound at the mo, his tie with Judi looks like being pretty close and high scoring too (both on 6.6 in the best of 2008 challenge last I heard). In fact, it's a real possibility that whoever loses that match will still be the highest loser out of all 20 matches and, the way the draw works, the pair will end up playing each other again in round 2!

As the 4 highest-averaging losers from round 1 will still qualify for round 2, then theoretically in 4 round 2 match ups a pair from round 1 will end up playing each other again. To avoid this happening, I've thought of the following:

Once the four highest losers are known. I'll look at where they fit into the draw and who they're playing. In the event they are due to play the same person they played in round 1, I'll swap their place in the draw with another of the highest losers as below, and carry on through A, B, C, D, E and F and so on until all four highest losers are playing someone different in round 2 from round 1.

A swap 1st placed highest loser (HL) with 2nd HL
B swap 3rd placed HL with 4th HL
C swap 1st HL with 3rd HL
D swap 2nd HL with 4th HL
E swap 1st HL with 4th HL
F swap 2nd HL with 3rd HL

If none of these work I'll draw it randomly.

How does that sound?

jasonlprice

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02/10/2009 02:50:31 PM · #619

Ahh..that makes since. I figured I missed something. Thanks! Now we just have to wait and see how the top 4 losers shake out. There could still be a mix up since some very high averages have yet to complete round 1.

I'm still a little confused about which challenges count for round 2 for the highest loser's bracket. I guess they will have to be those announced tonight at rollover since we don't officially know who will be playing? Or does Apple/Pet count?

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02/10/2009 02:57:42 PM · #620

Originally posted by jasonlprice:

What Ernie said ;-)

Basically if you take the four highest losers as the draw stands then, as you say, that would put

Judi and

basssman7 together again. That's why I devised a method for getting round it that Ernie's quoted above. Basically, if I swap the 1st and 2nd highest losers' places in the draw (as per A above), then all four highest losers will be playing someone they didn't play in round 1. I should say at this stage that I wrote that sometime in the first week when I didn't have a clue who the highest losers would be, although I obviously realised at the time that one of Judi and Ernie would be in the mix.

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02/10/2009 03:00:03 PM · #621

Originally posted by jasonlprice:

Apple & pet won't count but Post it will, plus whatever challenges are announced in the morning will too. And basically everything after that :-)

Quigley

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02/10/2009 03:28:35 PM · #622

DOES ANY OF THE ABOVE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ JARGEN MEAN THAT I STILL HAVE A CHANCE???? OR AM I OUT OF THE RUNNING NOW THAT THE SECOND ROUND LOSERS ARE BEING CONSIDERED?????

Just want to know so I can ready myself :)

MAX!