FOFCs Greatest Athlete

[albionmoonlight]

MARVIN MELLO:

Throw 1: Normal
Throw 2: Normal
Throw 3: Conservative if he does not have a score. Normal if he does have a score.

If on any throw he reaches the MAX for normal, then he'll sit down.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Status Update

I have instructions from everyone except:

Kappe
Soldier
Cat

which isn't that surprising, but I'm also lacking instructions from:

Pflaggstettler

Chas if you're out there - get me your instructions

I'm going to post 1st throw results later this morning so if any of the above mentioned want to get me a style of throw before I post, I'll use your request - otherwise all 4 listed above will throw conservative on the first attempt.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Throw 1

Pflaggstettler - The big New Zealender spins and throws. The spin seems pretty contained, but the throw is long...159'.

Lesgettham - with the injury hampering him - he can only manage 131' on the first try.

Yellope - only gets 138' on the first toss.

Palmer - Over rotates and in an effort to catch his balance clips the toe-board for a foul.

Mighty - A nice first throw of 155'

Gonzalez - his first throw looks very similar to Mighty's. Final measurement = 156'

Mello - A good first effort of 152'

Babson - Brian fouls on the first shot.

Kappe - very conservative effort reaches 146'

Ivanov - another athlete struggling to continue with a fresh injury. 135'

Soldier - another player who decides to get a good first throw in - 143'

Gunner - The leader puts himself in a good spot with his first throw - a solid 151' effort.

Elli -a great first attempt 158'

Cat - a nice toss without much effort 149'

Nights - can't complete a good throw - foul

[ntndeacon]

Palmer goes Normal on the second toss.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Current Standings

Pflaggstettler 159'
Elli           158'
Gonzalez       156'
Mighty         155'
Mello          152'
Gunner         151'
Cat            149'
Kappe          146'
Soldier        143'
Yellope        138'
Ivanov         135'
Lesgettham     131'
Babson         X
Nights         X
Palmer         X

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Status Update

We will have the 2nd throw tomorrow morning - so get your requests for throw styles in.

I have already completed second throw (based on instructions in a previous post) for:

Ivanov (injured so he doesn't have a choice)
Lesgettham (see above)
Elli
Yellope
Palmer
Mello

[JAG]

Babson - conservative

3rd throw - TBA after 2nd throw.

[Breeze]

I had a thought - Jeebers athlete has withdrawn from the competition, maybe we should give him the ability to take over Soldier or Kappy neither of which has contacted me in a while.

Assuming Jeebs even wants to - Thoughts, suggestions?

Soldier or Kappe feel free to step forward and let me know you're still interested in participating.

[StanGunner]

2nd throw - Normal

[SirFozzie]

Care to tell me privately what I got in my 2nd throw Breeze?

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Care to tell me privately what I got in my 2nd throw Breeze?

I'd hate to spoil the surprise.

[thealmighty]

normal on 2nd

[JeffNights]

Normal again on second...if he scores go agressive on third, if foul again...go conservative on third.

[PilotMan]

I'd at least like to hold a bag of shit to throw on the other athletes while they are attempting their throws.

[kingfc22]

normal again

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Throw 2

Pflaggstettler - another nice toss - but I'm not sure he improved on the first throw - official measurement - 156'

Lesgettham - almost identical throw to the first. - 131'

Yellope - clearly improves on his second toss - distance - 145'

Palmer - coming off a foul, Palmer needs to get a score - his toss is more than just a score - it's long - close to Pflaggstettler's distance - official measurement - 152'

Mighty - a little off balance on the toss - the distance is well short of throw 1. - 140'

Gonzalez - Foul

Mello - another good throw from Mello - 156'

Babson - needs a score coming off the fouled first attempt - the conservative efforts nets him 139'

Kappe - Foul

Ivanov - still hampered by the injury Ivanov gets a better toss with the second effort - 146'

Soldier - another good toss - 152'

Gunner - with a good solid throw under his belt, Gunner explodes out of his pivot and launches the discus. It flys well beyond any other throw so far. Gunner gets a big grin on his face with the loud speaker annouces a distance of...176'

Elli - 144' isn't an improvement over throw 1.

Cat - second toss is short of toss 1 - 143'

Nights - a huge grunt is heard when Nights launches his second throw. This discus is on a similar trajectory to Gunner's. It comes down in the same part of the landing area as well. Official distance - 177'

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Current Standings

Nights         177'
Gunner         176'
Pflaggstettler 159'
Elli           158'
Gonzalez       156'
Mello          156'
Mighty         155'
Soldier        152'
Palmer         152'
Cat            149'
Kappe          146'
Ivanov         146'
Yellope        145'
Babson         139'
Lesgettham     131'

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Status Update

I need to get 3rd throw instructions from everyone. I currently have instructions from:

Lesgettham (injury - no choice)
Yellope
Mello
Ivanov (see Lesgettham)
Elli

If anyone listed above would like to change their instructions for the 3rd throw - feel free to send in new instructions.

Results will be posted tomorrow morning.

[ntndeacon]

aggressive for Palmer in the third throw.

[JAG]

Babson has to go normal here and hope for the best.

[StanGunner]

aggressive on last

[thealmighty]

aggressive

[kingfc22]

normal

[JeffNights]

That was about it as good as it gets for Nights there. He'll pass on his final throw.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - FINAL THROW

Pflaggstettler - Can't improve on the first throw, in fact, he didn't improve on the second - 150'

Lesgettham - After 2 throws of 131' - Lesgettham needs a better performance to keep pace withe field. The injury badly happered his first two attempt - on the 3rd he gritted his teeth and gutted out a toss of 149' - not great but under the circumstances it's probably about as good as he could have hoped for.

Yellope - Fouls

Palmer - this throw appears to be just over the 150' marker. Probably won't improve on his last throw. Distance = 152'. That matches his 2nd toss.

Mighty - Mighty's 3rd toss clears the 155' marker and appear to have cleared it by a couple of feet. This will probably be his best attempt of the event. Official distance - 158'

Gonzalez - the 3rd toss is at a good trajectory. It appear to land right at the 160' marker, which would improve on David's current score. Official distance = 160'

Mello - the 3rd toss is identical to the second - 156'

Babson - sitting at a sub 140' distance - Babson needs a good toss to keep pace. The throw is good - 153' - that won't put him at the top of the event - but it will keep pace with most of the competitors.

Kappe - 141' - not an improvement over the 1st attempt.

Ivanov - can only mange 139' on the final toss, the injury must be really bothering him at this point.

Soldier - another toss of 152'

Gunner - with a huge throw in his pocket - Gunner gives one aggressive shot and clips the toeboard. Foul

Elli - Foul

Cat - Foul

Nights - smiles knowing he's won the event even without a 3rd attempt. Rather than risk injury - Night's decides 177' is about as good as he can do and he elects to Pass.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Final Standings

Nights         177'
Gunner         176'
Gonzalez       160'
Pflaggstettler 159'
Elli           158'
Mighty         158'
Mello          156'
Babson         153'
Soldier        152'
Palmer         152'
Lesgettham     149'
Cat            149'
Kappe          146'
Ivanov         146'
Yellope        145'

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Event Points

Nights         954
Gunner         947
Gonzalez       847
Pflaggstettler 841
Elli           835
Mighty         835
Mello          823
Babson         805
Soldier        799
Palmer         799
Lesgettham     781
Cat            781
Kappe          763
Ivanov         763
Yellope        757

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Event Review

Picking the winners in this event is easy, Nights and Gunner! Their tosses were 15' and 100+ points more than the 3rd place athlete. Gunner's toss has given him a commanding lead with only 3 events left, and Night's toss put him right back in medal contention.

The losers are hard to pinpoin - obviously the newly injured athletes, Lesgettham and Ivanov, suffered from having to use the conservative column. The athletes injured in day 1, did reasonably well - except for Yellope.

[Breeze]

LEADERBOARD - After 7 events

Gunner         6597
Lesgettham     6340
Pflaggstettler 6255
Nights         6250
Gonzalez       6178
Kappe          6172
Mighty         6145
Yellope        6138
Mello          6058
Ivanov         6023
Babson         6021
Elli           5976
Soldier        5840
Cat            5797
Palmer         5654
Eckberg        DNF

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

The next event is the pole vault, and it is handled like the high jump. You annouce what height you would like to start at and when you want to jump. After 7 jumps fatigue will become a factor in the 1500 Meters. However, unlike the high jump's fatigues hindering the 400 Meters, the Pole Vaults is split into 3 different levels (I believe it's detailed earlier in this thread - when I discussed injuries and affects). I'll try to get the preview out today so we can start jumping ASAP.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Preview


Pflaggstettler - this card is pretty tightly bunched. The low end is 13' 8", but that should be easily cleared since there is only a 1.85% chance of getting that roll. The high end is 16' 4", but there is only a 5.56% chance of reaching that. The most common rolls appear to be 15' and 15' 4". I only count 7 potential rolls below 15'.

Lesgettham - 14' is the lowest successful jump 9.7% posibility. The high end is 16' 4" - 6.5%. There are 12 rolls below 15', so determining where to start will be difficult. Most common outcome appears to be 15' 4 to 15' 8".

Yellope - this is a widely spread out card. 13' 4" is the low (5.6%). High is 16' 4" - but there is only 1 shot at it - on a roll of 20, which is a 1.85% probability. There is a 16' on 34. Hard to tell what the most probable outcome is based on eyeballing - I would guess it's around 14' 8". There are 11 rolls below 15' - so this is another card where starting height might be crucial.

Palmer - this is a much better card than the Lesgettham and Yellopes. The low is only 14' and even though it's on a higher probability rolls it should be easily cleared. There are only 8 rolls below 15' and very few appear in the 30s and 2 are on the lowest possible rolls of 10 and 19. The most common rolls of 34 and 35 have a 16' and 15' 4" respectively. High end is 16' 4" on 14 and 15 and 32 (11.2%). There are 7 rolls of 16' or better.

Mighty - 13' 8" is the low and 16' 4" is the high. Only 7 rolls under 15' and none in the 30s. Got a 16' 4" on 37 and 10 (5.1%). Most common roll is impossible to determine - appears pretty evently split between 15', 15' 4" and 16'.

Gonzalez - 13' 8" low - 16' 4" high. There are 3 very disturbing 14' 8" rolls on 37, 38, and 39, in addition to a few others spread around the card. The most common roll appears to be 15' 8", but finishing around 15' flat wouldn't surprise me.

Mello - isn't as consistent as the others listed above and his max is 16', but he's lucky in that he has a 7.4% chance of getting it. low end is 13'. There are 6 rolls below 14', 13 rolls from 13' to 14' 8" and only 4 from 15' to 15' 8".

Babson - low end is a 13' 4" roll on a difficult to get 17. There are a 7 rolls below 15' none on extremely high probability rolls. Most of the high probability stuff is right at 15' - with that height listed on 35, 36, and 37. Also has a 16' result on 34. High end is 16' 4" - and I only see one, but it's in a nice spot 24 ( 5.6%).

Kappe - has a 13' 8" on 39 - which isn't bad, what is bad is the 14' 4" results on 35, 36, and 37. There are 11 results under 15' and many in high probability areas - making decision making much more difficult. High end is 16' 4" and it's in a sweet spot of 33. Plus 2 more on difficult rolls of 17 and 12. Total chance of hitting the max - (10.2%)

Ivanov - can only get to 16' 4", but it only appears 1 time on 17 (1.39%), but has a decent shot getting 16' (20%). low end is
13' 8" on (4.2%). the rest of the results are pretty evently split from 14' 4" to 15' 8".

Soldier - 1 roll below 14' and it's on an the difficult to roll 17. 7 rolls under 15' - but a couple are unnerving, including the 14' on 33, a 14' on 35 and another on 37. Combined those 3 rolls are 19.44% likely to occur. High roll is 16' 4" but like the good fortune of only 1 occurance on the low end - there is only 1 on the high end as well.

Gunner - 13' 8" on 39 is the low result - 16' 4" is the high and it appears on 35, 31, 30, 28, and 17. There are 4 other results of 16' even. 1 problem with the car is the 14' 4" result on the high probability roll of 34, and another on 37.

Elli - another 13' 8" low - and again it's on an unlikely roll. However like Gunner there are low result rolls on 35 and 37 plus an additional one on 39. Rolls of 24 or 25 are optimal with a 16' and 16' 4" result respectively. 16' 4" also appears on 34, 33, and 22. Combined those rolls add up to a 24.5% probability. There are a few other results of 16'.

Cat - who seems to have lost interest - won't be pleased with this event. High end is only 15' 8" and they appear on 16 and 17. The rest is spread out from the low of 13' 4" to 15' with the most likely result being 14' 4".

Nights - looking to make another big move after his last event - can do it here. Nights is the only contestent capable of clearing 17' and he has 9 rolls that will do that - including the 17' 8" high end roll on that familiar number 17. Combined his chances of clearing 17' are 30.55%. The low end is 14' 8" on the 30, 24 and 14 (a little more likely that I would be comfortable with). Counting the 3 low end results there are only 6 total that are below 16' - and none are at 15' exactly.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

I'm ready to go when you are. If you want to send a starting height, we'll wait till everyone's gets in. If you want to PM the event - contact me.

[SirFozzie]

I'll start at 14'4"

[albionmoonlight]

Mello will start at 14'

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Quick note - sorry, I should have realized you needed to know this. The pole is raised 4" at a time in this event - not 1" like the high jump.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Lesgettham has completed the event.

Mello has completed this event

[StanGunner]

I'll start at 14'4"

[vex]

Elli will start at 14'8".

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Monday, September 12th, and I'm ready to roll. Anyone interested in PMing this event - contact me and we'll get started.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

The following players are finished with the event:

Lesgettham
Mello
Babson
Kappe
Ivanov
Soldier
Cat

and I'm only waiting on 1 answer from Yellope and Palmer to close out the event for them as well.

Started but waiting on futher instructions from:

Pflaggstettler
Gonzalez
Gunner
Elli

Heard from, but haven't received instructions yet from:

Nights

Haven't heard from - and am waiting on instructions from:

Mighty

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Report

The following are finished with the event:

Pflaggstettler
Lesgettham
Mighty
Mello
Babson
Kappe
Ivanov
Soldier
Cat

Still waiting on answers from Palmer and Yellope

Still open:

Gonzalez
Gunner
Elli
Nights

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Now we are just waiting on Gonzalez and Nights

[JeffNights]

Nights will start at 15.8

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

13' 8"
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Cat opens the event by announcing he will attempt this height

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Cat clears on his first attempt (1)

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

14' 0 "
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Mello annouces he will attempt this height

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Cat clears on his first attempt (2)

Mello barely squeaks over the bar, but he does clear on his first attempt (1)

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

14' 4"
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Pflaggstettler announces he will attempt this height

Yellope announces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez announces he will attempt this height

Kappe announces he will attempt this height

Soldier announces he will attempt this height

Gunner announces he will attempt this height

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Cat clears on his first attempt (3)

Pflaggstettler misses his opening attempt (1)

Yellope clears on his first attempt (1)

Gonzalez sails over his opening height - he probably would have cleared 16' with that attempt (1)

Mello misses his first attempt (2)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (1)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (1)

Gunner easily clears on his first attempt (1)

Pflaggstettler easily gets over the bar on the second attempt (2)

Mello misses on his second attempt (3)

Mello - with more more shot at this height - barely skims over the bar (4)

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

14' 8"
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Lesgettham announces he will attempt this height

Yellope announces he will pass this height

Mighty announces he will attempt this height

Mello's poor performance at the previous height has forced him to conserve some energy by rolling the dice and hoping for a big result later.

Ivanov announces he will attempt this height

Gunner announces he will pass this height

Elli announce he will attempt this height

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Cat fails to clears on his first attempt (4)

Pflaggstettler sails over the bar on his opening attempt (3)

Legettham clears on his first attempt (1)

Mighty can't clear his first attempt (1)

Gonzalez sails over the bar again - he probably could have cleared 16' with that attempt as well (2)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (2)

Ivanov is well over the bar on his first attempt (1)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (2)

Elli clears the bar by more than a foot (1)

Cat misses on his second attempt (5)

Mighty easily clears on his second attempt (2)

Cat can't clear his 3rd and final attempt at this height (6)

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Cat finishes the Pole Vault with a height of 14' 4"

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

15'
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Lesgettham announces he will pass this height

Yellope announces he will attempt this height

Palmer annouces he will attempt this height

Mighty announces he will pass this height

Gonzalez announces he will pass

Mello passes again

Babson announces he will attempt this height

Ivanov announces he will pass this height

Gunner announces he will attempt this height

Elli announce he will pass this height

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Pflaggstettler misses his first attempt (4)

Yellope clears on his first attempt (2)

Palmer clears on his opening attempt (1)

Babson sails over the bar on his opening attempt (1)

Kappe can't clear on his first attempt (3)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (3)

Gunner clears the bar by more than a foot (2)

Pflaggstettler clears the second attempt (5)

Kappe clears on his second attempt (4)
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[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

15' 4"
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Lesgettham announces he will attempt this height

Mighty announces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez announces he will attempt this height

Mello announces he will pass again

Babson announces he will pass

Ivanov announces he will attempt this height
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Pflaggstettler hits the bar on the way up (6)

Legettham clears on his first attempt (2)

Yellope can't clear his first attempt (3)

Palmer is good on his first attempt (2)

Mighty sails over the bar (3)

Gonzalez sails over the bar again - he's really found a nice rhythm so far (3)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (5)

Ivanov misses on his first attempt (2)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (3)

Gunner can't clear on the first try (2)

Elli can't clear (2)

Pflaggstettler misses on his second attempt (7)

Yellope is over the bar on his second attempt (4)

Gunner makes the height look easy on his second try (3)

Ivanov gets over the bar on his second attempt (3)

Elli clears on his second try (4)

Pflaggstettler announces he is finished with this event
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Pflaggstettler finishes the pole vault with a height of 15' 0"

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

15' 8"
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Mello announces he will pass again

Babson announces he will pass again

Ivanov announces he will pass this height

Nights announces he will open his event at this height
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Lesgettham misses the height (3)

Yellope can't clear on his first attempt (3)

Palmer can't clear his first attempt (3)

Mighty gets over the bar on his first attempt (4)

Gonzalez's hot streak comes to a screeching halt - he hits the bar on the way up and leaves the pit grabbing his abdominal muscles - it appears he's pulled something.(4)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (6)

Soldier misses on his first attempt (5)

Gunner sails over the bar - the leader is looking tough again (5)

Elli follows Gunner's lead and easily clears the bar (4)

Nights barely clears on his first attempt (1)

Lesgettham misses the height on the second try (4)

Yellope fails to clear on his second attempt (6)

Palmer is over the bar on his second attempt (4)

Gonzalez can't clear his 2nd attempt at this height and the injury seems to be bothering him

Soldier clears on his second try (6)

Lesgettham passes his 3rd attempt at this height

Yellope has a clutch attempt and clears on his final attempt at this height (7)

Gonzalez grits his teeth and clears (6)

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