Winners today:

Real Deal
Panther
Breadman v umrum (still undecided)
Goldcoaster
Svenvlad
Sportz
Horse Whisperer
maverick1993

Sorry to be missing in action but I've had a serious telco problem. I just now have managed to get a 56k connection going to tide me over until Telstra fixes mt ADSL next week.

It is now 5.04pm. Late but not to late to take a stab at the last 3 races in Perth if that is OK with you Spotz and my partner for this week[?]

Perth
R6/8 field commander
r7/10 no white flag
r8/8 alpine lad

No luck in race 6 [didn't see Havey on the bottom weight from my quick glimpse at the Age form guide :-) ].

crash,

You sure know how to make things difficult, don't you?

You got a winner with that last race in Perth, so that takes you past Real Deal's score. But it hardly seems fair on Real Deal if you are credited with a win as he managed to get all his tips in on time. Even if you had posted your tips after the 1pm deadline, but before the feature race, I would have been willing to accept them. But not as late as this.

So, although I understand that you have had problems getting on the forum, in all fairness to other competitors, I'm afraid I can't really accept those tips.

I'm very sorry about that.

For future reference, the absolute final deadline for posting tips is the start time of the feature race of the day.

Umrum got up to win this one to remain on top of the ladder.

Sportz,

The lateness is a problem because my last tip won. If they had all lost it would have been OK. You have to be kidding.

My reasons were genuine. I've been off the net since yesterday morning and it was the best I could do.

I'm not the first to post late [nor will I be the last] for various good reasons. You have allowed all late tips by others and considering this is supposed to be a 'fun' comp. and not deadly serious, I don't understand your objection to my late tips. If you are allowing some but not others with no defined lateness rule you leave yourself open to playing favouritism and this comp. is too precious and serious for me mate.

There is either a 1pm cut off full stop [no excuses] or there isn't. Obviously punters now and then will be late but if the tips are before the jump [ I only picked 3 races] that should be OK in a friendly comp.

I think Real Deal should have had the last word on the hollow win you have handed him. If he wants it it's all his.

well done today svenlad, just pipped me there :b

on the crash matter, sportz has originally said that there was a 1pm deadline. A few have gone over this, but only by a few minutes or an hour at the very most. no one has tipped after the feature race before, and as there is no precedent for this i think that sportz should have the final say on what happens with crash. i am not being too serious in a friendly comp i am just stating facts. sportz puts so much time and effort into these things i think it should be his call and personally i agree with him on this. crash you've put real deal in a shocking situation here - either he takes the win and appears selfish, takes the loss and appears stupid, or opt for a draw when he should get a win. its not his problem you couldn't get to a computer and he shouldn't be penalised for it

Sportz waited until after my last race to object[now that sucks]. If it had lost it would have been no problem. My selection that won was 3 races away from when I put the tips in.

OK, seeming the comp is so serious .... congratulations real deal on a great win.

I'm out of this as I have nothing to prove here.

No, it would have still been a problem. It's just that I wouldn't have had to worry about disqualifying your tips if none of them had run a place.


Ahh no, actually, there has only been one set of tips posted just after the 1pm deadline (1:12) in the previous 4 weeks of the comp, and that was by you on the first week. Nobody else has posted tips after 1 o'clock.


The deadline is still 1pm. That is still the time that I want everyone to post their tips by. But in cases like yours where for some reason people have difficulty posting their tips, I am willing to accept tips up until the start time of the feature race. But certainly no later than that. I think that is fair.


As Chuck said, that is putting Real Deal in a terrible situation. He has done nothing wrong and shouldn't be penalised or made to look bad because you couldn't get onto the computer.

crash seriously if it was the other way around you would be up in arms about it. if we just stick to the original rules posted then we dont have any dramas here. no reason to quit the comp. a few ppl have missed weeks, its not the end of the world, and like you said its just a bit of fun.