am i due a catch up game or all up to date do you know?

Yes and no; I'll have a look at the number of games played (which is my main way of keeping players up to date with each other) and apportion games that way. You've played just 3 so far, so there might be byes for other players, which would basically mean you'd be catching up if they got byes. But we'll see.

Next set of games will be released this evening, a task which is probably at its most complicated at the moment as I strive to keep apart players who have played each other already, but which will inevitably get easier again as the number of contestants is reduced.

tinie, where are you...

Deadline this evening. tinie has been unfortunately been absent for three days, which can only lead to one thing.

Fourth round results
dgeneratio* 38-17 darren3**
techno 35-15 tinie* (from previous round)
techno 39-9 dunkyfunk*
w_hoolahan 35-29 the_only_ego* (from previous round)
eemad w/o-scr long_pot**
w_hoolahan BYE-DQ tinie**

w/o - walkover
scr - scratch

Standings
P3 W3 L0 w_hoolahan
P4 W4 L0 techno
---------------------------
P3 W2 L1 the_only_ego
P4 W3 L1 dunkyfunk
P3 W2 L1 clooneman
P3 W2 L1 eemad
P4 W3 L1 dgeneratio
=================
P3 W2 L2 tinie
P4 W2 L2 darren3 (out)
P3 W2 L2 long_pot
And everyone else is out.

I had tinie above the single line when he should have been below it, although his L1 record (following his defeat to techno on October 22) was recorded properly. His absence from his fixture againsy w_hoolahan now means he's hit with a penalty for defeat, meaning that he's out, pending appeal. I've reversed those penalties before, as you have all seen.

I have decided in my infinite wisdom that now is the time to try to even up the number of games played by everyone. And as there are four players who have played three games (the others having played four), these four (w_hoolahan, the_only_ego*, clooneman* and eemad*) will play each other. techno, dunkyfunk* and dgeneratio* will be exempt from this round. Any pairings are possible except the_only_ego* vs w_hoolahan, which also therefore rules out clooneman* vs eemad* for now.

We're getting towards the business end of this competition with just two players unbeaten and 7 players in total left out of 20 starters. There will be just 6 (or 5) left after this round.

Draw soon at http://us3.chatzy.com/517667291032

Draw result (fifth round?)
w_hoolahan vs clooneman*
eemad* vs the_only_ego*

Byes: techno, dunkyfunk, dgeneratio

Deadline: next Wednesday, which gives us all one week. Good luck!

Edit...



Edited at 21:44 Wed 09/11/11 (GMT)

Ding-ding...

Straight Pool Friendly - eemad (1) 62-21 (0) the_only_ego

both played poor got to 21-22 behind hit a stupid shot he hit 40, gg mate and gl

ggs, thanks for taking part. This leaves one game, me vs w_hoolahan, and it's just a matter of being online at the same time.

Useless cloone

boohoo

tinie! Where were you?

w_hoolahan 13 - 36 clooneman .. gg wp mate,

GAME: clooneman had a run of 25 points
RESULT: Straight Pool Friendly - clooneman (1) 36-13 (0) w_hoolahan

Would probably have been a bigger run too but I found myself rushing my shots at the end cos the doorbell had to be answered, and then I had about 3 seconds to take my last shot because of being AFK

gg though

Fixtures today or tomorrow.

1) Dunno what to do about tinie; we'll wait for a reply.
2) No more entries! I've been accepting late entries for a while; however, as it turned out, no-one joined. Now it's too late.

Only one player unbeaten, so now we're almost at a pure knockout state.

Standings
P4 W4 L0 techno
---------------------------
P4 W3 L1 w_hoolahan
P4 W3 L1 dunkyfunk
P4 W3 L1 clooneman
P4 W3 L1 eemad
P4 W3 L1 dgeneratio
=================
P4 W2 L2 the_only_ego
P3 W2 L2 tinie
P4 W2 L2 darren3 (out)
P3 W2 L2 long_pot
And everyone else is out.

i'd just like to mention you put everyone else is out, however those under the ======= line are out as well, don't be mean and put just you're chosen outs if the rest aint going to be typed:P had to do it, good luck all any news when next game types coming out cloone? and you doing a trophy for this?

I should still be in this

tinie has appeared and he has explained his absence, so I'm going to put him back into it, and he will play his original opponent, which was w_hoolahan if I remember correctly. For I am kind and merciful. And I've brought players back before. Plus, as he's played only one game less than everyone else, I'm not gonna make him play two games this week, which is always an option.

Those under the ===== were just the recent ones; the ones from earlier rounds were not included.

Standings
P4 W4 L0 techno
---------------------------
P4 W3 L1 w_hoolahan
P4 W3 L1 dunkyfunk
P4 W3 L1 clooneman
P4 W3 L1 eemad
P4 W3 L1 dgeneratio
P3 W2 L1 tinie
=================
Everyone else is out.

The next round of games will be drawn soon at http://us3.chatzy.com/517667291032 and fixtures that have been played already will not be drawn again where possible. One player will get a bye. w_hoolahan vs tinie has been decided as a fixture from the last round, so I'll be drawing the remaining 5 players into two fixtures and one bye.

For later reference: Fixtures between current players that have already been drawn
clooneman vs dgeneratio
eemad vs tinie
clooneman vs dunkyfunk
techno vs tinie
techno vs dunkyfunk
w_hoolahan vs tinie
w_hoolahan vs clooneman

I did it now. Here's what we have:

Sixth round draw
w_hoolahan* vs tinie* (from previous round)
dunkyfunk* BYE
eemad* vs dgeneratio*
clooneman* vs techno

Deadline, as usual: next Wednesday. Good luck!

Straight Pool Friendly - eemad (1) 84-0 (0) dgeneratio

painless, i only had the breakoff shot which i thought was quite safe but 1 snick at a long pot and end of frame with an impressive 84 run, shame he didn't get the 100 but it was enjoyable to watch.

couldn't have been a nicer way to be eliminated.

gl everyone

Edited at 21:21 Wed 16/11/11 (GMT)