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Subject: Brazilian Football
Posted by: Motley Crue
- [41741212] Tue, Aug 29, 09:18
If anyone is playing the SW Brazilian game, I'd like to get some kind of discussion group going on it. I am an American living in Massachusetts and have never heard of any of these players but I am playing and am currently in the Top 15%. If you have played SW sports before, you will do well. I need to get a little insight about the players and depth of the teams (i.e., injuries, starters, who is going to the Olympics, etc.). I am on these boards virtually daily, so feel free to respond, or e-mail me. Thanks.
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| 22 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Mon, Sep 25, 11:05
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Attention.
Points for game Ponte Preta - Sao Paulo (played Sep 13th) were updated.
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| 23 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Mon, Sep 25, 13:45
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Prettyfly--
Do you know why Claudiomiro has not been playing? I have dropped like $2M on this guy because I don't have a trade to sell him right now, and I want to know why I am getting screwed at least.
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| 24 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Mon, Sep 25, 14:47
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Well... if you could read portuguese you can research Santos homepage.
I don't understand a word, but I'm afraid that Claudiomiro got injured 18/09 and will be out 15-20 days.
Fly
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| 25 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Mon, Sep 25, 14:59
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You know this, but you can't read Portuguese? How is that? Are you just guessing based on something you saw on the website? Thanks for responding.
I was excited to get those extra points, even though they were almost negligible in the large scheme.
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| 26 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Mon, Sep 25, 15:47
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Sorry I'm not sure about that, just guessing. I'm talking english a little and german a little and some other languages too. There are similar words and structures in portuguese and I'm just trying to put it all together.
Fly
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| 27 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Tue, Sep 26, 08:03
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Pretty funny--I speak English (obviously), took 7 years of German (less than proficient at this point, though), and am learning Portuguese (engaged to a Brazilian). You are right: it is close enough in some aspects to guess the meaning. But it irritates me when I go to Portuguese websites and I can't figure out the little words on the links, so I don't know WHERE to click. Thanks again for pointing out to me the Santos homepage. How'd you get into playing Brazilian Fantasy Football, incidentally, Prettyfly?
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| 28 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Tue, Sep 26, 09:19
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Yeah, you are right. First I created one team for fun and picked randomly players. After first week I found brazil league schedule and took a look who are actually playing and created another team. This second team is doing much better :)
I do not have any knowledge about the players, except Romario, Denilson and maybe couple others who had played in world cup. But I'm still hanging somethere in top 30.
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| 29 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Wed, Sep 27, 08:06
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After this last weekend I am up to #13, pretty good considering we started a week late. There are about 10 teams in fromt of me with Portuguese names, and I have looked at their division. It is just one division with all of them, they've probably been playing since the beginning, and they are obviously all Brazilians. Big advantage for them. Pretty sure I won't win, but I actually would prefer a TV (the 2-11 prize) to a trip to Japan to watch the Intercontinental Cup (sounds like something out of the WWF).
I also finally dumped Claudiomiro with the trades we got yesterday. That guy killed me in $$ and points, but oh well, hopefully I've learned my lesson.
Any word on Sao Paulo striker Franca? He has good numbers but hasn't played in a while--is he an Olympian, or just hurt? Would like to pick him up.
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| 30 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Thu, Sep 28, 17:37
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You asked from wrong person. I did not even noticed that he is not playing. I'm afraid that I have Franca in one of my teams :( Usually I'm checking my teams only on saturdays.
Does this Merrimack Monitors belong to you?
My best team called "Hall Of Shame" and is 1000 pts behind.
BTW I'm not sure but did SW missed some 27/9 games again?
What about Botafogo - Vitoria and Santa Cruz - Juventude.
Fly
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| 31 | VIDevilRays
ID: 508151619
Fri, Sep 29, 06:33
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Why does Marquinhos continue to increase in price when he does not play on Sat?
Secondly, its ok if you don't want to but, you all want to form a division? As I said above, a started real late, but I'm now at wwr 199.
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| 32 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Fri, Sep 29, 07:07
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Rotoguru division
Password - gurupies
I started this league but am the only one in it. If anyone wants to join feel free.
Tom
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| 33 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Fri, Sep 29, 12:59
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Thanks Tom, think I will (later tonight-when I get home).
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| 34 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Sat, Sep 30, 05:27
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SW Brazil soccer feels like a dead place. No SWP updates and it still shows next freeze at wed 27 september.
It is creepy to log in but I'm disappointed not meeting zombies, skulls and bones there.
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| 35 | Tom
ID: 45771318
Sun, Oct 01, 10:36
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VIDevilRays - glad to see you made it in! At least now I have to work to win the division!!!!
;)
Tom
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| 36 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Mon, Oct 02, 10:01
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Haha, I know what you mean about the division.
I almost don't even pay atttention to whether or not they score correctly anymore. I log in, make my picks and logout. Check points daily, but they are almost never updated. Oh well. I will join your guys' division.
Yeah, I am Merrimack Monitors on this game.
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| 37 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Mon, Oct 02, 13:26
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Good to have you Motley. Hey Prettyfly-need a special invitation?:)
Lookout Tom-now up to 153!!:)
Were there games this weekend that were not played, or is smallworld just late again in updating?
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| 38 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Mon, Oct 02, 18:53
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Well. I'm in too.
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| 39 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Tue, Oct 03, 07:06
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I think SW is behind again--I can't believe all the players who haven't been updated on points. I am not certain that these games were played. I will check and report back, but I suspect this is SW's slack maintenance once again.
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| 40 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Tue, Oct 03, 12:47
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Wow fell from 1st to 3rd in 24hours!!! Tough division.
;)
Tom
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| 41 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Tue, Oct 03, 13:54
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Sorry, Tom. Wanna play with the big boys, you get burned once in a while.
Damn, I feel like a lemming. I just got my trades 3 hours ago and I have already used 3 of them.
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| 42 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Tue, Oct 03, 14:02
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Motley - I have not been stockpiling trades for the fun of it! Look out. I still have about 8.
Tom
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| 43 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Wed, Oct 04, 08:44
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8 trades, huh? I'll buy `em from you for 10 bucks each.
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| 44 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Wed, Oct 04, 09:13
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If SW does not start paying a little more attention to this game I just might take you up on that offer.
Did we ever decide if there was a Wed. roster freeze in these games?
Tom
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| 45 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Wed, Oct 04, 09:45
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There is, but I think it is going to be in about 15 minutes, so you better get a move on if you need to make some moves.
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| 46 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Wed, Oct 04, 10:14
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Already made the moves but in my old age could not remember what had been determined!
Thanks
Tom
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| 47 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Wed, Oct 04, 11:02
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I believe the freeze is 7 a.m. east coast time (12 noon brazil-five hours difference). If you look at your frozen roster the trading activity is posted brazil time.
Tom-if you are on the east coast I think you are late. There is a wed. roster freeze btw.
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| 48 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Wed, Oct 04, 11:10
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Actually, its at your Transfer History page.
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| 49 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Wed, Oct 04, 12:09
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I made the trades yesterday. I do not try to cut it close. Got caught in football one time.
Never again!!
Tom
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| 50 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Wed, Oct 04, 12:54
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One more point I thought Rio de Janeiro was only two hours ahead of EST....not 5.
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| 51 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Wed, Oct 04, 13:04
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Tom-you may be right. But if you look at your transfer history page the trades are registering five hours later than the time my trades are made. Based upon that I have always made my trades before 7 a.m.,est, and never had a problems.
(I am in the Caribbean but same time as east coast).
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| 52 | Prettyfly
ID: 17431315
Wed, Oct 04, 14:24
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There is lot of new players IPO'ed. Has somebody found full list of them?
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| 53 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Thu, Oct 05, 09:16
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I think 12 Brazilian Time is 11 EST (Eastern Standard Time--New York, Boston). I have made trades at 10 AM EST before and been ok.
I am back up to 14th place--no thanks to my big defensive pickups yesterday Arce (who didn't play) and Denis (whose team didn't play, when I thought they would). Only 9 players scored and I still wound up with around 1600 points. Can you imagine what the Rotoguru Studs would be doing right now if they were playing this game?
Guys, we only have about a month left--we need to do better and try to catch those bums up the front. I want my SW TV!
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| 54 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Thu, Oct 05, 09:33
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When did this season start? I started 8/27 and I am now at 106 wwr!!! Sure wish I started at the beginning. Made the top 25 players for 10/4 last night.
I understand what you are saying about the time Motley-but please look at your transfer history page and tell me what's up with those times.
Anyone know why Erlon did not play yesterday? Games that have not been played-will they be played and, more importantly, will we have notice?
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| 55 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Thu, Oct 05, 09:45
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I had the same thing happen. Denis did not play apparently and jackson is showing no points(still 1613 for the day). I need to check and see if the Cruzeiro-Fluminense game was played.
Back up to WWR of 96!! wish I had started on time too!!
Can anyone look at the frozen rosters of other teams?
Tom
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| 56 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Thu, Oct 05, 10:01
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No idea Tom. I can't even see other rosters. Trying to click on them gives a "nothing there" message (or something like that!)
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| 57 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Fri, Oct 06, 11:05
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Guys, you won't beleieve this but I will tell you anyway. I found out from my brother-in-law, who is Brazilian, that national elections were Sunday. So any games scheduled for Sunday didn't get played last week. I asked him why the hell they planned games for the same day as elections, and he said they didn't know that elections were going to be that day until after the fixtures had been scheduled.
I know this is unbelievable, but let me tell you all something about Brazil: it is not a priority there to have alot of organization. And this trend manifests in multiple facets of their society. One example is this situation where games were postponed because elections were arbitrarily scheduled for the same day. In the US people would have flipped out, there would have been protests, riots, and definitely a lot of pissed off voters if elections were not scheduled long in advance. But apparently, nobody worries about these things in Brazil. I have been assured that the missed games will more than likely be played at the end of the Tournament, after all the other scheduled games.
Can you imagine if game 4 of the American League Division Series was postponed because the Election Commission decided to schedule elections this week? God almighty. People would go crazy.
I think this evidence will definitely be added to Small World's pile of reasons why NOT to have this game again next year. I mean, this is driving our little division crazy. I can't imagine that there are any more than 1000 people actually competing on a daily basis. No one will play again next year, except maybe the Brazilians who are playing this year. And they probably just shrug it off.
"Gee, I wonder why so-and-so didn't play yesterday?"
"Oh you didn't know? The game was postponed by the elections."
"Oh, silly me. No problem, I'll get `em next time!"
Can you imagine that?
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| 58 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Tue, Oct 10, 07:41
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I had 4 guys I expected to play not go on Saturday. I saw Romario and Rogerio Ceni (GK) played for the national team against Venezuela. Does anybody know about Arce and Marquinhos? God I hate this! I can see my TV disappearing before my eyes!
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| 59 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Tue, Oct 10, 09:16
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Well that answers one of mine (Ceni). Also had Marquinho, Daniel and someone else not play. This is driving me crazy!!!
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| 60 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Thu, Oct 12, 07:42
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Alright, I kicked butt last night. Back in business at #14. That TV is as good as MINE!
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| 61 | Tom
ID: 31812208
Thu, Oct 12, 07:48
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1190 out of 8 players. How did everybody else do?
Tom
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| 62 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Mon, Oct 16, 09:44
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I moved up to WWR 8 this weekend. I am only 500 points out of third place. It's as good as mine.
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| 63 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Mon, Oct 16, 10:27
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Made it (finally) to wwr 90. Yeehaw!!!!
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| 64 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Wed, Oct 18, 08:09
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After last night I am up to #5!
Anyone who wants to make alot of points, trade all your Sao Paulo and Internacional players this morning before the freeze and pick up guys on Gremio or Gama. These 2 G-Teams play the next 4 weeks consecutive.
After this round (24), Vasco and Atletico Mineiro play EVERY round until the end, so don't forget to buy players from those teams for Saturday!
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| 65 | Motley Crue
ID: 41741212
Thu, Oct 19, 15:21
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{Dancing my jig}
#3, #3, #3, yeah, yeah.
I'm gonna get a free TV, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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| 66 | Dai
ID: 5395184
Thu, Oct 26, 06:29
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How long is left in the season ???? How many teams entered this competition ???? I am currently #10 in the premiership game but this brazilian one seems like there is hardly any participation, good luck MC on getting that TV, I am trying to do the same in the premier league !!
Dai
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| 67 | VIDevilRays
ID: 11713189
Thu, Oct 26, 08:37
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Dai-I think another month about is left. Everyone in this thread is in the same division and we are all in the top 100, led by the infamous Motley Crue. Way to go MC!!!!
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| 68 | Dai
ID: 5395184
Fri, Oct 27, 09:51
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That is crazy !!! Do you know the guy who is leading ?? Good luck to you all anyway, I hope you can all get a TV out of this game ;)
Dai
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| 69 | Motley Crue
Donor
ID: 4633167
Thu, Apr 26, 11:48
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Hey gang, here are the final standings for the Brazilian game, Top 50. I see some Gurupie names up there, and considering the challenge of learning the foreign players, I think congratulations are in order. As they say in Portuguese, "Parabens!"
Final Standings Brazilian Soccer
//MC
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| 70 | Motley Crue
Leader
ID: 439372011
Tue, Jan 11, 2005, 16:10
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Hey, any of you guys (VI, prettyfly, Tom) still around? Wasn't this a blast, frantically trying to figure this game out while having a huge advantage over the newbies we were competing with? I've often told people that anyone who is good at one TSN market-based game could do well with any of them in any language (heck even binary code) as long as you know how to analyze what is happening in the box score.
On the other hand, I'm sure it was games like this that crippled Small World and sent them off into oblivion. If they would have just stuck with Hoops, Baseball, and Football, they might have made it. What a shame. I miss the free market-based games (and I'm not talking TSN Basic).
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| 71 | augfan77
ID: 6557272
Tue, Jun 27, 2006, 03:57
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