Well done Dawn.
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Spike Bobberman Cup 20-21 Qualifying Round results
Nov 8, 2020 22:22:46 GMT
Post by hatterinSW19 on Nov 8, 2020 22:22:46 GMT
The provisional results for the qualifying round of the Spike Bobberman Cup are in the image at the bottom of this post - click on the image to see the whole thing.
The top 64 players (i.e. almost everybody) progress to the 1st round of the knockout stages.
Note that not quite everybody in the Bobberman League is included in these results. Where someone posted in the Cup thread for either of the 2 games, I’ve taken any missing predictions from the normal league thread to give them a full set. This came to 65 people. There were a number of people who missed the Cup thread entirely, and I’ve taken the decision to leave them out at this stage (in previous years I haven’t necessarily done this, or have needed to include them to get the numbers right for the 1st round). But experience suggests that those who don't post in qualifying most often miss the next round too and go out then, so it seems better for people to progress who actually know they're in the competition
. If there’s anyone who feels particularly aggrieved by this decision, please do get in touch with me by the deadline below. 
The downside of this approach is a rather lonely exit for one person, leaving Griffo through by the skin of his teeth and Westcountryhatter missing out on penalties by not having a goal time for one of the games. Commiserations to him for being especially unlucky.
In a fairly high-scoring couple of games, the top scorers on 13 points, were Horshamhatter, Punky John and Hantshatter, closely followed by Dubai and Lancs. The Rotherham game produced a lot of big scores, with quite a few getting both half-time and full-time correct, and James Collins helping a number of others to the single point which ensured their progression. Huddersfield proved a little harder to predict - a particular well-done to the handful of people who had Moncur as a scorer.
Any queries on the scores or anything else should be submitted to me by PM by the end of Friday 13/11/20 at the latest, to enable me to confirm the results and make the draw for the next round. This will be played on 28th November when the Hatters are away to Cardiff City, so look out for the thread for predictions which will be posted the weekend before.
The top 64 players (i.e. almost everybody) progress to the 1st round of the knockout stages.
Note that not quite everybody in the Bobberman League is included in these results. Where someone posted in the Cup thread for either of the 2 games, I’ve taken any missing predictions from the normal league thread to give them a full set. This came to 65 people. There were a number of people who missed the Cup thread entirely, and I’ve taken the decision to leave them out at this stage (in previous years I haven’t necessarily done this, or have needed to include them to get the numbers right for the 1st round). But experience suggests that those who don't post in qualifying most often miss the next round too and go out then, so it seems better for people to progress who actually know they're in the competition
. If there’s anyone who feels particularly aggrieved by this decision, please do get in touch with me by the deadline below. 
The downside of this approach is a rather lonely exit for one person, leaving Griffo through by the skin of his teeth and Westcountryhatter missing out on penalties by not having a goal time for one of the games. Commiserations to him for being especially unlucky.
In a fairly high-scoring couple of games, the top scorers on 13 points, were Horshamhatter, Punky John and Hantshatter, closely followed by Dubai and Lancs. The Rotherham game produced a lot of big scores, with quite a few getting both half-time and full-time correct, and James Collins helping a number of others to the single point which ensured their progression. Huddersfield proved a little harder to predict - a particular well-done to the handful of people who had Moncur as a scorer.
Any queries on the scores or anything else should be submitted to me by PM by the end of Friday 13/11/20 at the latest, to enable me to confirm the results and make the draw for the next round. This will be played on 28th November when the Hatters are away to Cardiff City, so look out for the thread for predictions which will be posted the weekend before.
