Showing posts with label nickname. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nickname. Show all posts

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Polling & Distribution

Our poll has closed and 13 put in a vote as to who will win EURO 2012 and Germany led the way with 6 with Spain and Holland tied for second with 3 each.  And no one picked England?  So, now, what would be a good poll question to put up?  I'm taking suggestions.

The site has been updated with more information as we now have the current standings up (click on "Standings" above).  The goal is to update it soon after the last match is played, but with work and two demanding kids, it probably won't be updated until late at night.  I've tailored it from our HWCI World Cup files, so it's still a work in progress.

Next, if you want to see how many entries picked Germany (14) as their champion, then click on the "Distribution" menu item above.  It'll list all 16 teams and you'll find some gems like every team was picked at least two times to make the Quarterfinals but four teams were predicted to not reach the Semis.  Denmark, in the Group of Death is the odd man out as only two entries picked them into the Quarterfinals over Germany, Holland, and Portugal.  Six teams are picked to win it all while only eight teams had someone pick them through to the final.  Someone picked Ukraine into the Semis.

In the menu of that file, you can also see how everyone picked each Round Robin match and bracket.   You can visually scan the table to find which entry picked Ukraine into the Semis or which two entries picked Denmark to advance to the Quarters.

And now, the "Your Picks" menu item above now is complete and sorted by name and by nickname so you can find your friends and family members easier.  You can also make fun of people's nicknames or praise them on our Facebook group or any item on this blog.  Since there are links to your individual brackets, this may be referred to as the Brackets page as well.


Friday, June 8, 2012

Now full laughter

For my main entries in any of the HWCI pools, the original "Fabone" has to be a part of the name.  This year, a rather boring Futbol Fabone Five.  But my second entry, which I have been doing more of, I can be more creative with the nickname (and it usually does a lot worse than my main entry).  For the soccer pools, I have been trying to tie it into the host country(s) culture.  In 2002 it was Man Eat Dog World in honor of Korea.  In 2006 (Germany) it was Ich Bin Amerikaner a twist on JFK's famous Ich Bin Ein Berliner phrase.  In 2010 (South Africa) it was Zulupalooza, a play on Lulupalooza with Zulu being a nod to southern Africa and Palooza being "party". So...

Here is my second entry SiemkoStrimkoPlinko! which the first two refer to the twin mascot names that came in second in fan balloting (the winners were Slavek and Slavko) and of course, the great game on the Price is Right.  And as I stated in my previous post, I went with France all the way.  I picked France to win in 1998 (got 3rd!) and 2002 (3rd from last).  Then I didn't pick them in 2006 (they made the final and their loss meant I dropped from 3rd to 4th).  I actually did okay with France in 2010 not picking them to do much.  So how will 2012 play out?

http://www.hwci.com/euro/2012/entries/SiemkoStrimkoPlinko!.htm

So how did you pick your nickname?

Edit:  Just realized that Futbol Fabone Five abbreviated is FFF, which is the French Football Federation!  I'm going to win!  Or lose badly.