Re: That's All Folks!

Hey y'all,

> Congratulations to the Stepsons!  Game 218 has ended with the Rider 
> and S-F players settling for a shared second place.  With that 
> result, the Team Tournament is mathematically certain to be the 
> Stepsons'.

Is that so? And what if the Shichi in game 6 gets a solo and the 
Stepson is eliminated? :-)

My heartfelt congratulations to the Stepsons, well done to you all 
and especially to Ray Setzer, the solo-king.

It was an exciting finish! Riders winning round 1, Shichi's winning 
round 2, and the Stepsons sneaking through with the title with two 
solid 2nd places.

> Worse for S-F, the shared second is apparently still not sufficient 
> to get the S-F player into the semis (barring dropouts).  He falls 
> in 50th place as a prior addition to the field from my last 
analysis 
> raised the bar too much.
> 
> That leaves two ongoing games, Game 205 and Game 206, but I don't 
> see either as likely to affect the semi-final field at this point.

I would be very much surprised should one of those games NOT affect 
the semi-final field. And I have some hopes that it will mean S-F 
will still have its fourth player entering the semi's, equalling the 
Riders there....:-)

Cheers,
JW, captain Shichi-Fukujin