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Thursday, November 18, 2004

All-Star Fact or Fiction

This is just my sorry excuse of an all-star post, looking at who the admins named for All-Star, and whether or not they were thinking.

Atlantic Division
BritPool: Slavko - Fact, BritPool doesn't have any marquee players, it would come down to either slavko or skips, it's just a toss-up.
CueKeepers: Rob_76 - This depends, if the captain of the all-star team is going to be an admin, then fact. Otherwise, Rob would make a lot better captain than anyone in the Atlantic, mainly because of how he has handled his team this season. If Rob were to be captain, then perhaps Brandi would be a nice admin choice for CueKeepers.
EZ8Pool: l3illyl2asta - Fact. He's been a near-guaranteed win all season, has what, 1 or 2 losses? I can't think of anyone who has been better, while playing as many games, as l3illy. Nice pick.
MadSkillz: King_hustler2004 - Obvious fact. Everybody knew if nobody voted for him the admins would. He has practically been lights out this season, no doubt here.
PoolPimps: sc0rpeo_khan - Well, it's either him, hit the ganja, or masterslope. Frankly it really didn't matter, PLP allstar was like BritPool's, so fact.
SuperbPool: Lady_Acid...BLATANT FICTION. More fiction than a Political Campaign. How many games has she won in MLP period? 3? 1 of them or maybe 2 during matches? TRU_55 would have been a MUCH better vote, I'm curious if this was a majority basis or just admins assigned to certain leagues and this one drew a random name.
StraightShots: Dj Spir0 - Well, blake and JJ were already selected, of course you gotta go with dj, forget the mistake last night, he's been right up there amongst the StraightShots' best players this season, hands down. Fact.

Central Division
Breakers Alley: Sweet_Dreams526 - Fact. She's been their best (and frankly only good) player this season. She's pretty much a shark in a teardrop really.
HappyPool: not_your_kitten69 - Fact. Throughout the season she has been surprisingly efficient for HappyPool, and has performed well in a few clutch situations. Why is HappyPool only 4-6? Blame the rest of the team.
Lava Pool Lounge: xlx_ogges_xlx - Fact. Do they really have anyone better? or hey for that matter, anyone who's consistent enough to make a better choice? Not really. Ogges is simply enough, the heart of LPL for these past few seasons. granted he's cursed, but he's the only LPL player really worth the vote.
NewCastle: xx_romper_xx - Fact, of course. Again romper has been, like I said before, Randy Johnson of an Arizona Diamondbacks team. The team can't even buy a win, but romper does his job almost every week.
PoolFighters: Trouble4some - Fact. When he came over from BlackSilver, PF players knew they were getting a winner, and boy has he been a winner, including a nice (although fortunate) big win over JJ last night, he's a great choice.
PoolFiction: zame.kong - Fiction. Cubby's better :D Nah, Fact. Zame has been their closer alongside marty, and zame has done his job very well. He's like Keith Foulke ain't that right Kenny? Good choice.

Mountain Division
Break and Run: kellyhero2003 - Fact. Again, it's pretty mucha team only winning very few matches, but certain players having ups and downs, and of course, when you go from a sportsmanship perspective, it's obvious if it possible, BNR would make up the entire division. But if I had to take 1 player, it'd either be kelly, or redhot, and since I like to talk down to red a lot :P I'd go with kelly =)
BlackSilver: Tooth3215 - Fact. He's been a really good player, and arguably the best they have, though more names may come to mind. But with average teams, you tend to see average players. Tooth is, in my eyes, the best B&S pick.
LuckyPool: Solid_Snake_ - Fact. There are not a lot of standout players in LuckyPool, Jenn has done well to give the actual league members a chance to play (and LKP has more wins now than they did before Jenn took over) but among those players, Snake has been really the only consistent one.
PoolMasters: uhhuhnotcool - Fact. PoolMasters were a tough league to choose from, they had so many equal players, and really 3 of them could've been all-stars, like crazy_que. But all in all, the decision to go with notcool is respectable.
Pool Outlaws: _xX_Trained_Assassin_Xx_ (Gods Comeback Kid) - Fact. Ain't gonna be cowboy, and Chris, Paul, and Jamie are the best the Outlaws have now, and the other 2 have already been voted in. James would've been an OK pick, but he hasn't been around a lot lately, and likely won't be for all-star week. So the decision to go with Chris: Good.
XPool: Angelofmercy0 - Fact. XPool simply doesn't have anyone better. Partslady was an efficient player, but she's now with BeerBallers, for whatever reason. Oh well, angel is simply the only logical choice here.

Pacific Division
BeerBallMasters: x_clogz_x - Fact. For a few reasons: A - He's really, really, great when it comes to getting wins. B: You don't want Daru because the All-Star games would last until the NL Championship game. And C: Who wants a Yankee fan like Kenny? lolol. Kenny actually would've made a fairly good selection too, but clogz has been very efficient.
ElitePool: xlx_scotter_xlx - Take your pick, scotter or reallybigassnegro. Both have been very effective in ElitePool's matches. I say: Fact. The admins had to choose someone, it was basically a coin flip. Scotter won.
HotShotz: Glenno - Fiction, I got one word: vickie. Glenno's a good admin, that's as far as it goes.
PoolHustlers: _Renegade_ - ......Fiction and I wanna know who voted for him PLEASE. He's a nice guy, done a good job improving the attitude of his team this season, but it goes on how well you can actually play. Name a player on PH who plays every week and they likely would've been a better choice. Someone like don (though he did get boxed this season) or hey, at least give Full_Blast some recognition. You start to wonder how long they talked about these votes.
Regul8ors: Super_RAH - Fact. Dan was the captain's pick. Damn, had to make the admins think about this one. Tough decision for the admins, but I believe they made the right one.
UnitedPool: mag_1c - Fact. but only because he's really the only possible choice for UnitedPool.