Survivor Thread 3 - 10 Remain - 3 on Exile *Exile Challenge Thursday Night*

Wait, so Rava was in fact mine hey?

May have went about the auction in the wrong way. On a one off game week, anything can happen, think I played it based on a seasonal. Should of got more solid players onto the field and filled out the 13 only need 1/2 of those middies to go big to offset.

Taupau onto bench as well.

Welshy wrote:May have went about the auction in the wrong way. On a one off game week, anything can happen, think I played it based on a seasonal. Should of got more solid players onto the field and filled out the 13 only need 1/2 of those middies to go big to offset.

Taupau onto bench as well.

Yeah I think I learnt a lot. I think I got the gist of it right but could have a few things differently and better. Fun challenge. Jele in the box seat but then saw Gagai out? But then as I type this Liddle in for a try, so Jele back in box seat I think.

Welshy wrote:May have went about the auction in the wrong way. On a one off game week, anything can happen, think I played it based on a seasonal. Should of got more solid players onto the field and filled out the 13 only need 1/2 of those middies to go big to offset.

Taupau onto bench as well.

I don't think there was any other way to play it mate. Pay on season averages and hope the weeks games go the same way. Look how many NRL Auction games we've played over the years. You nailed the actual Auction.

I've been bloody lucky with try scorers this weekend - Ravalawa (2), Mansour (2), Liddle, Manu. Take those away and those 'solid middies' would have been pretty average scorers.

I need a Kalyn miracle today.
Good luck all.

I’m calling it for SI Well done!

jelejasof wrote:I’m calling it for SI Well done!

Was close between you 2! Cracking competition! Great challenge this week

Are you guys all keeping track of everyones scores yourselves? I haven't for obvious reasons.

Well done SI by the sounds of it.

Not bad for me. Taumalolo and SJ hurt

MS

Levi 101k - 43
Papalli 539k - 43
Paulo 111k - 36
Taumalolo 1183k - 29
Harris 664k - 55

Johnson - 669k - N/A

Boyd - 112k - 44
Mitchell 433k - 52
Nofoaluma - 312k - 51
Edwards - 312k - 63
Pappy - 398k - 54

I was keeping track - thought I was in with a show until SI charged home like Kiwi down the straight

I've got - pre-updates:

SI - 568
Jele - 532
Mulvy - 479
MS - 470
Welshy - 460
JM - 457
Wolfie - 356

SI winning this would make an absolute mockery of the bidding process.

Easily the worst performed at the bidding table.

What a rollercoaster.

Well done SI, Jele, Mulvy & MS.

And good luck Welshy and Wolfie.

Well done SI!
Sounds like your strategy paid off

B/L wrote:SI winning this would make an absolute mockery of the bidding process.

Easily the worst performed at the bidding table.

My thinking and how it played out:

I went way unders on the first list in the hope I would pick up a couple of players at rock bottom to put me ahead cash wise.  Was hoping to fill a couple of holes at 110k.  When I got none I felt I had to up the ante and went hard to catch up on the second list.  At this stage 3 of us (myself 0/Jele 2/Wolfie 0) only had 2 players won in total from the first list, and yet a couple of others were well on their way to filling their squad.  So I assumed (wrongly) that the second list would be the most hotly contested.  Thus I went hard and that lead to picking up pretty much everyone I bid on.  I was only expecting 5 or 6 of them, again, because I thought Jele and Wolfie would be going hard as well.

I wasn't worried about the players I had won; but I was very worried that I only ended up with 10 scorers.  That ended up being the average of all of us though in the end and my high bids allowed me some solid performers with great 3 or 5 Round averages.  

That doesn't make a mockery of the bidding process.  It just means I read the situation completely wrong expecting the second list to go high.  It was never my intention to bust early.  I have played quite a few Auction games over the years and I can safely say I have never won that greater percentage of players ever in 1 run.  It was completely out of the blue.  This game also had some unique traits that made it different.  For example:

-not seeing prices till the end didn't allow a gauge on market value/competitor thinking;
-having a limited number of players knowing most could not field a full squad.

I actually enjoyed your structure B/L, but because of that structure you had to expect some very different strategies.  Mine was to get a couple of cheapies in the first Round to save cash for later targets.  That not happening and me reading the second list competition for players vibe wrong was why I ended up busting.  It was VERY odd that I won all my players in 1 list, agreed, but that doesn't mean I read the form wrong nor not get value for money.

My post was very much tongue in cheek lol.

Having a look at the official results now.

Final Results

SI - 574 - Immunity and exempt from this weeks challenge, through to final 5.
Jele - 537
Mulvy - 478
MS - 472

Welshy - 455
JM - 439
Wolfy - 356

Bottom 3 are up for elimination and only these 3 can receive votes.
Idols are in play either the member can play one of themselves or someone else can play one for them.

Remember there is only 3 more tribal councils that the idols can be used. Once we are down to 4 you are all on your own.

B/L wrote:My post was very much tongue in cheek lol.

That's the way I took it The same as razzing Wolfking for "throwing" the challenge and razzing me (by PM) for spending too much in group A (whereas what I spent on guns was pretty good actually, which B/L would have known, haha, but had the desired effect of filling me with doubt given I wasn't really sure what I was doing!)

Friendly Neighbour is doing his morning rounds it seems.