[Official] Very Modern Pentathlon [Day 7]

[sempaispellcheck]

Game 12139543 is missing a player.

I know. Please be patient.

[epicgb]

any chance of kicking traffic133 - my supposed partner? Hes deadbeating every game

[nicestash]

How exciting is the cross country bracket right now?
Pakistan (#3) overall) vs Nepal (#1)
and Burundi (#4) vs Serbia (#2)!

[sempaispellcheck]

How exciting is the cross country bracket right now?
Pakistan (#3) overall) vs Nepal (#1)
and Burundi (#4) vs Serbia (#2)!

Yeah, and it gets even more interesting when you consider that Burundi and Serbia are the only teams still competing in all 5 events!

[Djfireside]

I can be a replacement player if you need them

[sempaispellcheck]

Well, so much for so little! Ladies and gentlemen, this tourney is about to get even more interesting!

Burundi has just completed a sweep of Serbia in the cross-country relay, and Turkey and Bhutan have combined to eliminate Burundi from the shooting competition.

This means that it is officially impossible for any one team to win all 5 individual events, as all 72 teams have been eliminated from at least 1 of the 5.

Are your knuckles white yet? I know mine are!

[Leehar]

I'm ready to play Guyana in the Fencing quarterfinals

[sempaispellcheck]

Day 4 action in the Fencing and Show Jumping competitions has now concluded, and only 1 Shooting game remains undecided.
Nepal still holds the overall lead, but Serbia has trimmed that lead to a measly 2 Standings Points.
At this point, the competition to top the overall standings is a two-horse race, as third-place Pakistan now trails Serbia by 12 Standings Points.

I will do my best to keep you guys updated as more results come in.
sempai

[nicestash]

Here is an in-depth analysis between Nepal and Serbia. I tried to get the spoilers to work, but I don't know how to use them

Team Fencing
NEP:69 
SRB:70
Both teams left in the quarterfinals, with Serbia set to play against #6 ranked Burundi and Nepal ready to take on #1 ranked Guyanas.

Shooting
NEP:44
SRB:54
Both teams are eliminated

Show Jumping
NEP:69
SRB: 49
Serbia has the ability to gain or lose a lot of points here as the standings are super tight right around here, while Nepal will fluctuate very few points as the leaders in this event pull away.

Synchronized Swimming
NEP:63
SRB:65
Anything can happen here

Cross-Country Relay
NEP:66
SRB:71
Serbia got swept in the round of 16 while Nepal sits at a 2-2 tie with Pakistan. If Nepal can win in this round, this has the potential to be a 10 point turnaround in their favor.

Overall
NEP:311
SRB:309
This is going to come down to Serbia’s ability to win in Show Jumping and Nepal’s ability to survive in the cross-country relay. At this point, anything can happen!

[Mad777]

Spoiler tips:

Wrote at the beginning of your text: spoiler (include bracket [] ) and at the end of the text write: /spoiler (include brackets again [] ).

Hope this help....

[nicestash]

I tried that, and it hides my message, but when I try to see the hidden message, it doesn't work.

[betiko]

Day 4 action in the Fencing and Show Jumping competitions has now concluded, and only 1 Shooting game remains undecided.
Nepal still holds the overall lead, but Serbia has trimmed that lead to a measly 2 Standings Points.
At this point, the competition to top the overall standings is a two-horse race, as third-place Pakistan now trails Serbia by 12 Standings Points.

I will do my best to keep you guys updated as more results come in.
sempai

what about burundi? are we far behind now overall? when is day 4 over?

[generalhead]

Reserve me baby!!!

[sempaispellcheck]

Now that I am home and can update this tournament regularly, I should hope it will start moving quickly again.

Round 2 of the Shooting competition is now complete - congratulations to the 8 shooters who will advance to Round 3:
neanderpaul14 - Afghanistan
KraphtOne - Bhutan
TheCrown - Iran
kizkiz - St. Lucia
cwinslow22 - Mexico
General Bax - Puerto Rico
gubarretto - Sierra Leone
Peteee - Turkey

what about burundi? are we far behind now overall?

Depends what you define as "far behind." I remind you, however, that Day 4 is only the halfway point of the tournament.
At this moment, you are in fourth place:
2 points behind Pakistan,
12 points behind Serbia, and
16 points behind Nepal.
To give you a bit more detail, I will expand nicestash's most excellent analysis to include third-place Pakistan and fourth-place Burundi.

Fencing (for some reason, spoilers wouldn't work - but only for this event)
NEP: 69

SRB: 70
PAK: 57
BDI: 67
Pakistan is the only team of the 4 not to have progressed to the quarterfinals, so they are locked in at 57 points.
The match between #3 Serbia and #6 Burundi will certainly be an interesting one. The two fencers know each other fairly well, having recently faced off in the Round of 16 in the Cross-Country Relay, with smegal69 of Burundi victorious over mviola of Serbia.
#4 Nepal will face #1 Guyana, but that fact should not do much to dampen Leehar's confidence, as he knocked off then-#1 Dutch fencer notyou2 in the Round of 16, while Guyana's fencer richman688 is coming off a relatively easy sweep of #16 Eternal Shadow of Pakistan.
Since only 8 teams remain at this stage of the competition, Nepal, Burundi, and Serbia are each guaranteed between 65 and 72 points. Thus, there is not much difference between 1st and 8th and this event probably will not have as much of an impact on the overall results with the overall gaps as wide as they are.

show: Shooting

show: Show Jumping

show: Synchronized Swimming

show: Cross-Country Relay

show: Overall

Of course, anything can still happen, as this is only the halfway point of the tourney!

[nicestash]

Thanks very much for that analysis sempai, it's very interesting!
I have a question though: for a bracket round, fencing for example, does a round of 16 appearance guarantee you a top 16 finish? Pakistan got swept in the round of 16th and are in 16th place, but they only have 3 points whereas several people below them have 3.5 or even 4 points.