Irving's A: 2015/2016 Europa League Discussion Thread Vol. 2

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Listen up, people—pairing up starts now at 9/48.

The deadline is Thursday at 6:30 PM—and I’m fully expecting a total madhouse.

brighthound8 said:Listen up, people—pairing up starts now at 9/48.

The deadline is Thursday at 6:30 PM—and I’m fully expecting a total madhouse.

Anyway, I will get back to this properly once we finally make it back from our trek through the woods.

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So, what happened to the old thread?

Quietly shut down by the old regime.

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graniteharbor502 said:Anyway, I will get back to this properly once we finally make it back from our trek through the woods.

First it was the vineyard—now it’s just a damn forest. Give it a day and we'll be staring at nothing but trees.

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So, what happened to the old thread?

Some idiot keeps shutting me down—more than once now!

stormyharbor13 said:Quietly shut down by the old regime.

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What a damn shame.

brighthound8 said:First it was the vineyard—now it’s just a damn forest. Give it a day and we'll be staring at nothing but trees.

Some idiot keeps shutting me down—more than once now!

What a damn shame.

It starts with the woods, then comes the construction of luxury hotels, followed by sprawling vineyards, and eventually, we find ourselves in this high-stakes league of development... doesn't it feel as though the whole system is simply leaving you behind, brighthound8?🙏

Come on, people—get those predictions in now so we don't end up facing some ridiculous penalties!!!!

brighthound8 said:Come on, people—get those predictions in now so we don't end up facing some ridiculous penalties!!!!

Are you planning on throwing extra penalties at anyone who fails to submit a prediction?

Exactly. And that’s with a -3 point penalty and a yellow card to boot. If they don't fix this by the second round, we're looking at an automatic disqualification—which means every opponent scheduled against the disqualified player gets a win based on their own prediction score. (The base 8 points plus whatever you actually picked)

brighthound8 said:Exactly. And that’s with a -3 point penalty and a yellow card to boot. If they don't fix this by the second round, we're looking at an automatic disqualification—which means every opponent scheduled against the disqualified player gets a win based on their own prediction score. (The base 8 points plus whatever you actually picked)

Man, you're being pretty intense—take a breath, will ya? 😉>

Alright everyone, we just need 37 more of you to get posted up ☕

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Look, acting as the official representative for the union of clubs within the Skylight league, I’m officially calling for a full-scale boycott of the competition. We aren't playing ball until they scrap that ridiculous penalty—the three-point deduction and those yellow cards handed out to anyone who dares to post ☕
. Enough is enough.

Fine. We're scrapping it. But don't you dare let half of them fail to set it up—seriously. I’ll let this first round slide—just this once—but moving forward... we'll see. Let's just get back to the game.

I'm heading out into the woods—don't forget to send over your forecasts, by the way; there won't be any penalties this time. We'll talk tonight. Best.

If we don't have at least 66% of the forecasts uploaded by the first deadline, the whole competition is off--dead in the water

Is there any chance this thread could be turned into a sticky? Given how much the post count fluctuates compared to other topics, it feels somewhat unfair to leave it buried in the shuffle, especially since we're burdened by that rule where the competition gets canceled if we don't hit a minimum number of predictions.

Rather than Ivich's constant issuing of fines, we should probably just implement bans for people who sign up and then fail to post without any explanation.
I'm talking about all other games here, obviously.
That way, you actually screw over the game master, ruin their thread, and potentially mess things up for other players who might have been late to sign up.
It’s not fair at all. If you signed up—whether you were joking or not—just take the damn two or three minutes per round to post your results.

I’m totally with you on this. Honestly, some people deserve a permanent ban. When someone puts in all that work—setting up threads, drafting rules, spending days on it—only for others to dodge the consequences because they didn't bother to sign up... it just isn't right. There should be actual penalties for that kind of thing ☕

Everyone is so wound up. Thursday is still a long way off.