From: rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org (Felix S. Gallo)
Subject: BETTING POOL MODE (was Re: The OFFICAL (sic) Fall '92 INL SCHEDULE.)
Followup-To: rec.games.netrek
Organization: Baguettes de l'acheronne
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 04:42:56 GMT

oe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:
>
>Team name notes.
>
>GB == Golden Bears, LU == Lagg U, TWNN == Team With No Name, 
>IC == Illuminus Cartel, TFW == Tis Only a Flesh Wound, 
>JA == Janitors of Anarchy, SS == Side Salad, TR == Off the Top Rope,
>XG == Xgolems, DH == Deep Hurting, DPM == Deeply Perturbed Men
>AM == Angry Men, LAR == LA Riot, TAA == The Armchair Admirals,
>UCSB == jay@ucsb (dumb name), HB == Hell's Bagels, F1 == Farm Team #1,
>F2 == Farm Team #2, TO == Take Off.

There are 19 teams, and the number of teams shall be numbered nineteen.

>
>Divisions:
>
>West:
>GB, LU, TAA, UCSB, LAR, AM, TFW, JA, F1, HB.

the West is clearly the AFC of the INL.  Hey, boys, wanna have
a big love-in?  Bring your own Diet Pepsi!

>East:
>SS, TR, XG, TWNN, IC, TO, HOK, DH, F2.

CMU CMU CMU INSANE-AT-LARGE-TEAM INSANE-AT-LARGE-TEAM "dead" "dead" "dead"


My predictions follow the quoted text right around here ---V

>West:
>Team      Round:   1        2       3       4
>-------         -------+--------+--------+-------
>LU              JA-H    HB-H     TAA-A    DH-A           0-4
>GB              F1-H    LAR-A    DPM-H    SS-A           3-1  a
>TAA             TFW-A   F1-A     LU-H     OTR-H          3-1 
>UCSB            HB-H    TFW-H    JA-A     AM-A           2-2
>LAR             DPM-H   GB-H     F1-A     TWNN-A         0-4  b
>DPM             LAR-A   JA-H     GB-A     TO-H           2-2
>TFW             TAA-H   UCSB-A   HB-A     XG-H           0-4  c
>JA              LU-A    DPM-A    UCSB-H   IC-H           1-3  d
>F1              GB-A    TAA-H    LAR-H    F2-A           2-2  e
>HB              UCSB-A  LU-A     TFW-H    XG-H           2-2  f

a: "so that's why one should be on the INL council. :)"
b: no matter who these people are, they're hurting
c: iowa city hits the road at the end of the season the hard way
d: talk about ramping up
e: these unknowns are a cypher, but schedules are schedules
f: I knew I shouldn't have posted so much (toughest schedule in west)


>East:
>Team      Round:   1        2       3       4
>-------         -------+--------+--------+-------
>SS              XG-A    AM-H     F2-A     GB-H        3-1  a
>OTR             F2-H    XG-A     TO-H     TAA-A       3-1  b
>XG              SS-H    OTR-H    HB-A**   TFW-A       4-0  c
>TWNN            TO-A    DH-A     AM-H     LAR-H       4-0  d
>IC              F2-H*   TO-A     DH-H     JA-A        4-0  e
>TO              TWNN-H  IC-H     OTR-A    DPM-A       0-4  f
>AM              DH-H    SS-A     TWNN-A   UCSB-H      2-2  g
>DH              AM-A    TWNN-H   IC-A     LU-H        1-3  h
>F2              OTR-A   IC-A*    SS-H     F1-H        0-4  i

a: except for game 1, simple schedule
b: see above, except for game 2
c: game 1 and game 2 tough, laugh all the way to the playoffs
d: completely unbelievable schedule (even mathematically implausible)
e: hey, you have a team member on the Council too?
f: don't you wish you had said "west"?
g: the AM come from behind as the heavy underdog winners in this division
h: lagg u at home, yeah, but for the rest, why show up?
i: squish

results: XG beats IC, OTR is bested by TWNN, GB and TAA sleep all
the way to the playoffs and get massacred.  Final game is XG-TWNN;
XG pulls out the victory in controversial lagged overtime.

Post-victory results: the TWNN finally, despite all odds, manage to
beat a goddamn CMU team, ending forever the myth.  Much celebration
ensues, along with lots of explanations from CMU.  The INL Council
realizes that network geography is very different from real life
geography and finally comes up with a reasonably fair plan for games
between separated teams.  Lagg U is placed in the "outer space"
division.  Netrek begins to die for real at CMU as people graduate.
Millions of at-large players spring up to take their place as X 
spreads to people's desks, homes, cats, dogs.  Netrek becomes much
more clueful as people devise communications strategies and perfect
solo play.  Sunscreamer gets a job, a home, a car, and finally
makes an honest woman out of his fiancee by marrying her.  They have
lots of children, one of whom grows up to be the customs official
that shoots Ray Jones in the back as he runs, heart pounding, clothes
in tatters, down the streets of his home town after being found in
violation of munitions export law.   Tom Holub, much to his dismay,
is entered into the same rest home as Greg Chung.  The internet becomes
just another channel on your TV.  Did I mention that sunscreamer gets
a job?

rear ensign sunscreamer
prophet of reality, HELL'S BAGELS
p.s. hire me please god hire me
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