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** murf's FISO TFF Highlander Killer Cup league 2018/19 **

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"There Can Be Only One"


(and to briefly shift film franchises - I said I would be back and here we are)

True there can be only one winner in any league, provided it has a suitable tie-break system of course. So "what makes this different then murf?" I hear you ask. Well, in this we will actually kill teams off like the supposed immortals in that there Highlander film (the decent first one with Christopher Lambert and James Bond in it - not the rubbish sequels) so at the end there, err, can be only one left.

So how do we turn a TFF league into the fantasy equivalent of Highlander?

Depending on how many would-be-immortal entries (1 each) we have, every week or two in our Highlander league we will kill off one til there is only 1 left just like in Highlander.

Last year we had less entries than weeks, meaning that, initially, killings only occurred every 2 scoring weeks. That will happen this year is numbers are similar - or even every 3 weeks. Once we are at the right level we will kill off one a week until 2 teams fight it out in the final Super Sunday battle of the league season (FA Cup final reserved for a replay)

RULES -
1. Entry is unlimited prior to the start of the season
. If we are below the number of TFF scoring weeks then entry will remain open til the kick off of the second weekend or the right number is reached - but you need to be in by the start proper of Friday 10th September, first kick off to be eligible for the first immunity.
2. 1 team each, any team you like.
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3 - Initially (STAGE A) a team will be eliminated every two weeks then (STAGE B) one every week
Stage A will only happen if we don't get enough entries (quite likely). The low scoring team will be tossed out of the league/cup never to be seen again - this means we will drop til we are down to 2 in the final Premiership week, our final. If I've got my number of weeks wrong I'll apply a fiddle at some stage to eliminate 0 or 2 in a week (announced in advance). Full details/calendar on the post below. All reference to scores means the weekly score (except for daily scores in tie break as discussed below). Total scores mean nowt, ever.
4. I don't think we need any more rules except to say my word is law and I can invent a proper rule 4 if I have to.

STAGE A - Week 1 of Each Pair
Stage A will only happen if we don't get enough entries (quite likely). In week 1 we are all trying to gain immunity from the week 2 evictions. The top half of the weekly scorers will be immune and get week 2 off. The bottom half will face elimination in week 2 (in weeks with odd numbers of teams then the middle team counts as being in the BOTTOM half). If teams straddle the mid-table split then they will all be considered as being in the half that they are mostly in . e.g. with 19 teams: 7 get over 50, 3 get exactly 50 and 9 get under 50 then there are 3 straddling the mid-point and they are mostly in the top half of the table so they get top half immunity.
Week 2 of Each Pair in STAGE A - and very week in Stage B
Quite simply the lowest score of all teams (other than those with immunity during Stage A) is eliminated/killed/evicted/kicked out. Game over.
TIE-BREAK - In the event of a tie for last
Stage A - The teams level in last (week 2 of pair) will be split by their week 1 score. If equal then as Stage B:
Stage B: The teams level in last will have a mini-replay on the next scoring DAY. That includes the FA Cup Final for our final. Lowest team on that day goes out. This will keep replaying til we get down to 1 (eg if 5 draw for last in a week and on the next scoring day 2 teams are level last the higher 3 breathe a sigh of relief whilst the lowest 2 re-replay on the next scoring day. During these replays the next week's action carries on simultaneously.

STAGE A will operate for 2 * (No of weeks - (No. of teams-1)) weeks. e.g. if there are 30 entries and 38 weeks then there will be 18 (2*(38-29)weeks of Stage A and 20 weeks Stage B. I'll announce and finally work all this out below

Formal FISO Superleague Caveat - If the Super League wins one of the League of League Prizes (1st - £1000, 2nd - £250, 3rd £100) then I will distribute that prize as per standard FISO rules.
Caveat 2 - after a while, TFF stops me kicking teams out so they have to stay showing on the website but no longer really count for Highlander purposes
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reserved for calendar and entry/survivor lists etc

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In

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Just 5 in so far - as well as this 'bump', I'll PM last year's players later and pick those numbers up

- Tonge Young Pugh Nani Bill Wilkins - - - -
- Bargain Bin Select David England - - - -
- murf's highlander mob Jason Murfitt - - - -
- MoPo Magic Paul Branigan - - - -
- Highland Tinkerman Morgan Boniface - - - -

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I’ll definitely put a team in but other than my Egg Cup, Block League & Latic’s Xpander, I haven’t picked any yet.

I’m on leave this week so will get them sorted Monday/Tuesday.

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Team is in. Many thanks. :)

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Maldini wrote:I’ll definitely put a team in but other than my Egg Cup, Block League & Latic’s Xpander, I haven’t picked any yet.

I’m on leave this week so will get them sorted Monday/Tuesday.
No great rush (nice to see interest though!). Deadline to get 1st immunity is Friday kick off but I'll leave it open another week to add stragglers.

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:D In! Thanks Murf.

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I'm in. Surely I can go further than last year :(

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In 8-)

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In.

Cheers :)

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I'm in again too.

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Yep, back for another crack at this one :D

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Sorry to mess you around. Can you remove 'Life without Wenger'' from this league? That's in another (season long) league. Have entered a different one just for the Highlander. Tanks.

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Doogal wrote:Sorry to mess you around. Can you remove 'Life without Wenger'' from this league? That's in another (season long) league. Have entered a different one just for the Highlander. Tanks.
Will do (assuming I can!)

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ROLL UP, ROLL UP AND ENTER NOW!

14 in now, keep them coming folks, this is a great league. Be good to get well into the 20s so we can have eliminations every week at the end :twisted:

- Doogal's Highland clan Mike Maguire - - - -
- Suffragette City Paul Stringer - - - -
- Sons of Pitches Matt Burnett - - - -
- Robots highlander Andrew Stevens - - - -
- Tonge Young Pugh Nani Bill Wilkins - - - -
- Dukes Swiss Army Knife Terry Knapton - - - -
- Bargain Bin Select David England - - - -
- murf's highlander mob Jason Murfitt - - - -
- Highlander Hog Ian Wallace - - - -
- Connor MacLeod Victor Hepburn - - - -
- MoPo Magic Paul Branigan - - - -
- Highland Tinkerman Morgan Boniface - - - -
- Unhalfbricking Chris Beasley - - - -
- Hogs Highlanders Ross Banyard - - - -

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I'm in!

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I've stuck a team in :)

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15 in now. Enter by 8 to get a chance at immunity in the first cull!


With a relatively low entry I will probably need to run some 3 week evictions. The first eviction will DEFINITELY BE OVER 3 WEEKS. WEEK 1 (this week) - top third earn immunity
WEEK 2 - another third get immunity based on 2 week scores (total)
WEEK 3 - lowest score without immunity is culled

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Here is the table so far. 15 in at season start so there will be 5 immunity spots awarded this week. Late entries still very much welcomed (but ineligible for week 1 immunity) and will be until the start of week 3.

1 Dukes Swiss Army Knife Terry Knapton 9 9 1 8081
2 Hogs Highlanders Ross Banyard 6 6 0 19146
3 Suffragette City Paul Stringer 4 4 0 23747
4 murf's highlander mob Jason Murfitt 4 4 0 25429
5 MoPo Magic Paul Branigan 4 4 0 25530
6 workiestherecanbeonly1 Mike Rice 4 4 0 27265
7 Bargain Bin Select David England 3 3 0 29128
8 Sons of Pitches Matt Burnett 2 2 0 38876
9 Robots highlander Andrew Stevens 2 2 0 54908
10 Doogal's Highland clan Mike Maguire 2 2 0 55200
11 Unhalfbricking Chris Beasley 0 0 0 86003
12 Highland Tinkerman Morgan Boniface 0 0 0 93347
13 Tonge Young Pugh Nani Bill Wilkins 0 0 0 108926
14 Connor MacLeod Victor Hepburn 0 0 0 112396
15 Highlander Hog Ian Wallace 0 0 0 118724

If I remember the rules correctly, those of us tied across the immunity border don't get it so only 2 would be provisionally in green if my posh spreadsheet was up and running.

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Meant to enter this before the first KO but got distracted. Will chuck a Chelsea block in by 3pm if okay?

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Vid wrote: 11 Aug 2018, 12:26 Meant to enter this before the first KO but got distracted. Will chuck a Chelsea block in by 3pm if okay?
That's fine - teams can enter until the start of week 3.

Not sure a block defence is the best approach for this league but feel free to give it a go. Concede and you are on the back foot.

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murf wrote: 11 Aug 2018, 12:49
Vid wrote: 11 Aug 2018, 12:26 Meant to enter this before the first KO but got distracted. Will chuck a Chelsea block in by 3pm if okay?
That's fine - teams can enter until the start of week 3.

Not sure a block defence is the best approach for this league but feel free to give it a go. Concede and you are on the back foot.
Should manage one CS every 3 weeks?

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CULL 1, WEEK 1, DAY 2 UPDATE

5 immunity spots available and, thankfully, 2 of our high fliers are ineligible due to entering after friday's start. So... current cut off is at 23 points. Fair bit of work for a few of us. Worth burning transfers to make it up or hold on for week 2 or the final week??

2 Dukes Swiss Army Knife Terry Knapton 37 37 2 4924
3 Doogal's Highland clan Mike Maguire 32 32 1 11337
4 Suffragette City Paul Stringer 29 29 2 17087
5 Robots highlander Andrew Stevens 28 28 1 20259
7 Unhalfbricking Chris Beasley 23 23 2 35899
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8 Connor MacLeod Victor Hepburn 19 19 1 56839
9 Highlander Hog Ian Wallace 19 19 1 57126
10 Tonge Young Pugh Nani Bill Wilkins 18 18 0 64261
11 Bargain Bin Select David England 17 17 2 66609
12 murf's highlander mob Jason Murfitt 17 17 0 71616
13 Sons of Pitches Matt Burnett 16 16 2 72500
14 MoPo Magic Paul Branigan 11 11 1 103299
15 Highland Tinkerman Morgan Boniface 10 10 0 110086
16 Hogs Highlanders Ross Banyard 8 8 0 120954
17 workiestherecanbeonly1 Mike Rice 8 8 0 121812
Ineligible for week 1 immunity
1 The Kurgan David Tonkin 63 63 2 148
6 MarleyArmy jon camsell 27 27 0 23730


NOTE - I am changing the rules (again!) slightly for this new 3 week immunity thing. Week 2 immunity will be based solely on week 2 scores (week 1 as a tie-break) as our late entries weren't really in for week 1 (Vid wasting one of his quota of Chelsea block CSs there!).

With a relatively low entry I will probably need to run some 3 week evictions. The first eviction will DEFINITELY BE OVER 3 WEEKS. If entry stays at 17 we may need around 5 sets of 3 week immunities. Then we will revert to the familiar two week cycle and have just the final over one week. I'll finalise it all once numbers are finalised. Last deadline is the start of week 3 so NEW ENTRIES STILL WELCOME

WEEK 1 (this week) - top third earn immunity
WEEK 2 - another third get immunity based on week 2 scores (week 1 as tie-break)
WEEK 3 - lowest score without immunity is culled (week 2 as tie break, week 1 as second tie-break)

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Think I am safely into the mid 40s with maybe more to come. Won't be enough though....

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52 pllus aguero for me.

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Turns out that 65 was needed for immunity. Congratulations to those 5 teams who now have 2 weeks off.

12 of us now fighting for 6 more immunity spots next weekend (could rise with more entrants - please all come and join us, entry still open).

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CULL 1, WEEK 1, FINAL SCORES

IMMUNITY GAINED
1 Connor MacLeod Victor Hepburn 80 80 4 1383
2 Unhalfbricking Chris Beasley 73 73 3 3805
4 Dukes Swiss Army Knife Terry Knapton 65 65 5 9534
5 MoPo Magic Paul Branigan 65 65 4 9852
6 Highlander Hog Ian Wallace 65 65 2 10419

STILL LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDERS ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS
7 Hogs Highlanders Ross Banyard 60 60 1 17941
8 Suffragette City Paul Stringer 58 58 3 20952
9 Robots highlander Andrew Stevens 58 58 2 21443
10 Tonge Young Pugh Nani Bill Wilkins 53 53 3 32427
11 Sons of Pitches Matt Burnett 53 53 3 32651
12 murf's highlander mob Jason Murfitt 52 52 1 36854
13 Doogal's Highland clan Mike Maguire 51 51 2 39370
14 Highland Tinkerman Morgan Boniface 51 51 1 39773
15 Bargain Bin Select David England 42 42 3 70556
16 workiestherecanbeonly1 Mike Rice 38 38 3 87792
3 The Kurgan David Tonkin 72 72 3 4361
17 MarleyArmy jon camsell 37 37 0 94865


(I'll do my pretty spreadsheet soon and allocate FISO usernames to boring, real world names)

WEEK 1 (this week just gone) - top third earn immunity
WEEK 2 (upcoming) - half those left get immunity based on week 2 scores (week 1 as tie-break)
WEEK 3 - lowest score without immunity is culled (week 2 as tie break, week 1 as second tie-break)

Last deadline is the start of week 3 so NEW ENTRIES STILL WELCOME - get in before the start of week 2 and you can try for immunity.

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Just crept over the line - ahead of my fellow Hog, I see 8-)

... good to have two weeks off, especially as (unlike last year) I have a team specifically for this league, so can now safely take my finger off the transfer trigger for a fortnight :)

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nffc wrote: 09 Aug 2018, 21:52 I've stuck a team in :)
I am sure I put a team in this but it's not showing on your update. :oops:

I'll check later and stick it in if I messed up somehow!

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