Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Moe and LPL Cheating?
The next relevant archive shown in the tape is of tonight. Moe lets Ogges know Luke won't be around for the match, then later Ogges expresses his surprise over HotShotz taking down PF, and Moe says the YM cost him an sipc game. Moe then wanted to suggest an order, and Ogges said he would go by his own way. Now apparently Moe and Ogges talked to each other on YM in response to some things Amir was saying. It appears Amir had been coaching or trying to coach Moe. Moe then said he's here to have fun not to win...Yeah right. Anyways, ogges replied by saying LPL is not the kind of league to "just piss around for fun." After Moe started putting the conversations in his status, Moe got ousted from the LPL team, and since he has already used all his switches, well according to the rules he can't technically switch again.
So, Moe gone for the season but after all this, when things didn't go his way, he ended up ratting everyone out. The problem is, if ogges would be banned or have anything happen from this, then Moe would, in all fairness, have to endure the same punishment at least, and since banning him for the season wouldn't do anything because he's already finished, it would have to take place, at the earliest, next season. Now, it probably won't be long before this tape Moe made gets around, but I'm not gonna draw any solid conclusions until a bunch of level-headed people have had the chance to see it and stuff. From what I can gather though, Moe simply blackmailed LPL, and really all of this he talks about took place OUTSIDE of MLP so why he sent it to any admins is just beyond me. It obviously has to do with PLC or PCL, because MLP playoffs...LPL was a 6 seed, they didn't have it locked up when Moe said they made it...But then again, Moe wasn't too smart. In any event, that's the info I have on all of this so far, anything else I gather, if worth posting, I'll throw it out here, but right now ogges is gonna be under a lot of heat from Admins for at least a little while I'd imagine. But again, it appears that all of this, with the fake reports and coaching, took place outside of MLP. One last time, there's no proof there saying Ogges had the fake games reported for Moe this season in MLP.
Toozday Pix
PoolFiction @ ElitePool (Florida vs. Ohio) God knows I wanted to find a #1 seed vs. a decent team, but...No. PFN is Florida here because they are red hot coming into this match, and ElitePool is just so-so pretty much. EP has to come out with their best players early, because Mick is lights-out in a clutch situations (No, playing with a 6-0 lead isn't clutch, so that's only a quarter of a loss) Mick can also keep you guessing even if you're the home team, which makes him arguably the deadliest captain in MLP. Will Mark play first, will it be cub, maybe Jason plays game 2, maybe 1, 3, he could go as late as 5, what if Stud plays 5 and Jase goes 4? It's just so confusing for anyone who tries to figure out Mick so it's much harder guesswork. I think PoolFiction is gonna roll here, it probably won't be as bad as the 6-1 slashing they gave DreamPool, but it could be an easy 5-2.
Bearskin Eightballers @ BlackSilver (West Virginia vs. Creighton) Neither team is great, and neither team blows the big one. Despite BS' horrible start, they haven't been missing cupcake shots and gimmes, or just ball-bashing around and dropping 8's early everywhere. They've played good, but just haven't maintained it long enough to get 4 wins. BE plays the role of Creighton here actually, because we haven't seen much of them at all, just a 7-0 mudhole-stomping of BNR, and now we'll see if BS can get a big win. They caught a HUGE break with EZ8 leaving, because I think EZ8 would've won. I think BS will squeak one out here, and I do have West Virginia picked in my brackets...I think. Either way, BS, barring any lingerring problems with their league being hacked yesterday, 4-3. Why? Rich is gonna come out of his shell, if Cameron shows back up and plays, he could win, Lisa's not a bad player at all and could play if she wants, Eddie's helped this team about all he possibly can, BS needs this one, and this time they shouldn't let it slip.
Quez @ LPL (Texas vs. Nevada) This is one that could go either way so on like 3 sheets I have it going one way, and the other sheets the opposite way. Anyways, hopefully for LPL they'll have Ogges back. That's big plus #1. Big plus #2: They've recently got...Amir. He's not gonna win any sportsmanship trophies or golden duct tape award for being silent, but he can pick up a win for LPL if they really need him to. Ruffer says Amir's playing if he shows, Quez take note. Mark it down on calendars...LPL, March 15th...Accused...of...aimers. OK, got it all written and stuff, LPL also has Romper and Ruffer, who will match up well against Paul and Kyle in Quez. King James from what little I've seen of him, if he even plays at all, just doesn't seem to have the fire he had back in season 3. But the biggest problem I can see Quez possibly having, is in their captain. It has been said time, and time, again. It is the captain's, job, to check, the players. He hasn't done it. It leaves the door wide open for a match-changing DQ, doesn't it WildAngels? Quez could and after that scratch in game 7 SHOULD have lost, they survived, but LPL won't be as forgiving. Quez do have the players to take out LPL, and they very well could win 5-2, but I'm going with LPL winning 4-3.
DreamPool @ 8BallRunners (Villanova vs. New Mexico) DreamPool plays Nova here. Sorry guys, 5 seed best I could do. 8BR is New Mexico because they're not under-rated, they're underachieving. They've got players skilled enough to have a winning record, and they just haven't closed out games. DP will most likely not be rattled too much by, again, the brutal assault they took from PFN, but...they also have to realize 1-3 8BallRunners are by no means an easy match. Bokey_hata's a good early gamer, Pascal, Super Mario, Bryan, and then insert others very capable of picking up wins here. 8BR, and I hate to keep picking on copenhagen but, as much time as he takes sometimes shooting, he should, and he knows this, be able to win a big game or 2 for the Runners. Then of course Trouble4some, miz, mspoolpro, wildhorse, this is much like BS' situation. At home, against a team they can beat, although barely, and they need to feel that sense of urgency. Although it's still kinda early, 8BR needs to win this match, or else they're gonna need to go into Pray Mode. I think the Dreamers will win though, but if you notice...Villanova-New Mexico is a 12 vs. a 5...Hm...Look out.
Monday Night
HotShotz @ PoolFighters - Bunch of American Idol fans against 3-time AL runners-up in the Playoffs. First off Glenno...Last season the guy played about as good as the idiots on the opening episode of American Idol around this time, this time...Well people just don't get worse. Late in the game Glenno with an effective escape, leaves nada, and eskim0s leaves him the table. If you give the guy a table he will run it. He does...Just, that. Uno-Cero ...I don't know what HotShotz is in spanish...Lulu? Help? Booters interrupted the match early, and often. But through it all, aka_mr_nick against jeramie...Nick misses after potting 5 solids, jeramie safeties him, and...I won't say anything except I still don't think that's possible. Looked, and still looks like the cueball is blocked by the tip of a stripe, Nick gets to the top middle pocket, and from there it's ballgame. 1-1, PF loves Nick. Danny against DAZZA. Late, Dazza, she gets ball in hand and a wide open table that even...Well, it doesn't take a lot to run trust me. Buuuuut she chokes on the long 2ball shot. Danny scratches, Dazza gets ANOTHER chance, this time too much power on the final shot before 8, and instead of try a relatively simple bank, she lets Danny start the safeties back up. Danny with a tough angle on the 11, it's not game 7 or anything but I wanna say it: Ca....lutch. No choking, scratching, fouling here, 2-1 PF...Their first, and only lead of the night. PF got someone named houy_hnhnm_m...named after that goofy sounding element, well HS got someone named dusty_0717, and element boy leaves the door open for dusty to tie it back up, 5 stripes and an 8ball, 4 games and a tie. 2-2, who wants it? Ctnascarjoe for HS, bankerholic for PF...Banker has the game clearly won, but misses the long-liner from the middle of the table to top left, and joe takes the chckered flag...stupid pun, but hey it's 3-2 Shotz. Shafferv against PF captain Corey, who's gonna stall as long as he can so he can get a 7th player apparently. Corey tries a little bank safety near the end, not good enough, shafferv knocks down a pair of stripes, then the 8, HotShotz pull off the upset, Scotter by the way would win game 7. What happened tonight with PF was simple: Players didn't show, and the players they had just weren't up to it. That's where maybe a little league practice session before the match could pay off, because when Playoffs come around it's one shot then cya. The better your secondary players are, the better your chances are in the Playoffs...That or the more uneventful the lives of your starters are...Either way, no-shows killed PF tonight, but not just that. This could have and probably should have been 5-2 PF, but they simply didn't make the shots. That's nothing against how HotShotz took advantage of it, but it just wasn't a good match at all for PF.
HappyPool @ BritPool - A match Shayne was gonna watch, I got nothing on YM from him, all I can tell you is in game 6, oldlady_with_attitude dropped the 8 but fouled first, and that made it 4-2, DejaVu with the clinching win. HappyPool won it 4-3.
Break and Run @ AbsoluteFinest - Because I was watching pf-hs I didn't see a ton of this either, because I just recorded the pf match until the end of game 6. Capwhanda against Sir_Tazz, after a win from emerald_eidolon, yes SmokeKenny said it best: Emerald got out of every safety Austen threw at him. And let me add my own little edit to that, he did it legitimately. Thanks for your time folks, now...Cap has a clear shot, with 2 balls left, and if she just adds backspin she can make this a 3-2 BNR lead...But instead no, Tazz would nearly scratch on his final shot before the 8, but drops the long bomb, narrowly avoiding a scratch there as well. 3-2 AF, time for redhot to come in and save his team...But no good, fire_wolf put together a good run in the end, and AF would go up 4-2, and win 4-3. Patriciamalkin won game 7 against derek....I didn't stick around.
ChampionsPool @ Breakers Alley - Didn't see to have too much trouble fielding a team this week did BA...But they could've got a whole army of players and lost this one. CHP took the first 5 games...It was over very quickly. They would win 5-2, reason it's not a very lengthy detailed summary is because I forgot to record it. Bah. So, I can say they did all this without salik bilal, and CHP in convincing fashion, ties with the Regul8ors for #1 in the Pacific, they meet Bearskins sometime to replay that loss to EZ8, while the regs just go about business as usual and take on the "new" Hustlers...The ones that decided to stay when Theike released everyone. They were 1-3 with that team, but maybe Theike can work a little magic with the new lineup of regulars...And Regs throughout their stay in MLP have demonstrated: If it can happen, don't bet everything against it happening.