Those standings posts do take time to edit, and I was probably composing my post, at the same time he composed his.

Or maybe he can't see any posts directly above his. ;)

The correct lines for <Switch> are (Moves, Bonus, Total, First)

24, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 1
12, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 0, 1, 1
36, SwitchingQuylthulg
3, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 1

Good luck <OCF>. I got your back.

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< His fervent pleas for someone to cover him in his absence were met with stony silence >

Heh, stony.

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< which is probably an indication of the good taste in music our contestants possess. >

I actually posted (and deleted immediately) 3 different prediction sets for Round 2, before finally settling on the 4th time, which is the ones which actually counted.

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Round 3:

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 13 points: <Golden Executive>

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

24, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 1
20, chessmoron, 0, 0, 2
14, lostemperor, 0, 2, 0
14, OhioChessFan, 0, 2, 0
14, sea otter, 0, 2, 0
10, juan31, 0, 0, 1
7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0
7, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 0
3, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 0
0, bubuli55, 0, 0, 0
0, offramp, 0, 0, 0
0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0
0, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID, 3-Over, 2-Over, 3-Under, 2-Under

23, Golden Executive, 2, 2, 1, 2
17, Count Wedgemore, 1, 0, 2, 1
14, Penguincw, 2, 3, 0, 1
13, OhioChessFan, 1, 0, 0, 2
12, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0, 2
12, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 0, 1, 1
10, juan31, 1, 2, 1, 0
9, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0, 1
3, offramp, 1, 1, 0, 0
2, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0, 0
1, wordfunph, 1, 0, 0, 0
0, bubuli55, 0, 0, 0
0, sea otter, 0, 0, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID

36, SwitchingQuylthulg
29, chessmoron
27, OhioChessFan
26, lostemperor
26, Golden Executive
24, Count Wedgemore
20, juan31
14, Penguincw
14, sea otter
9, alfamikewhiskey
3, offramp
1, wordfunph
0, bubuli55

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Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 2>

Score,UserID

Giri-Radjabov 1-0 45
Ding-Topalov 1/2 40
Mamedyarov-Karjakin 1/2 20
Navara-Wojtaszek 1/2 40
Mamedov-Carlsen 1/2 45

Round 4:

<Giri - Radjabov, ½ in 40 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [Golden Executive, 36]
2nd Under, 6 points: [bubuli55, 35]
3rd Under, 5 points: [Penguincw, 33; wordfunph, 33]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [SwitchingQuylthulg, 41]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [Count Wedgemore, 42; juan31, 42]

<Ding - Topalov, ½ in 57 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [Count Wedgemore, 42]
2nd Under, 6 points: [SwitchingQuylthulg, 41]
3rd Under, 5 points: [Penguincw, 40; Golden Executive, 40; lostemperor, 40]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

<Mamedyarov - Karjakin, ½ in 39 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [Penguincw, 39]
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [wordfunph, 33]
3rd Under, 5 points: [SwitchingQuylthulg, 29]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [Golden Executive, 40]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [offramp, 41]

<Navara - Wojtaszek, ½ in 27 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points:[]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []

Over, 3 points: [wordfunph, 33]
2nd Over, 2 points: [bubuli55, 35; offramp, 35]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [Penguincw, 36]

<Mamedov - Carlsen, ½ in 51 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [bubuli55, 45: Penguincw, 45: lost emperor, 45]
2nd Under, 6 points: [Golden Executive, 43; Count Wedgemore, 43]
3rd Under, 5 points: [SwitchingQuylthulg, 41]

8, bubuli55, 0, 0, 0

It should read:

< 0, sea otter, 0, 1, 0, 1 >

Should read 0, 0, 0, 0

I also see some unimportant alphabetical order issues, but oh well.

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< I need to write a program to score this thing. I don't know how <chessmoron> does it. >

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

Penguincw

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 16 points: <SwitchingQuylthulg>

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

24, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 1
21, lostemperor, 0, 3, 0
20, chessmoron, 0, 0, 2
17, Penguincw, 0, 1, 1
14, OhioChessFan, 0, 2, 0
14, sea otter, 0, 2, 0
14, Count Wedgemore, 0, 2, 0
10, juan31, 0, 0, 1
10, Golden Executive, 1, 1, 0
7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0
7, bubuli55, 0, 1, 0
3, wordfunph, 1, 0, 0
0, offramp, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID, 3-Over, 2-Over, 3-Under, 2-Under

36, Golden Executive, 2, 3, 2, 3
30, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 1, 3, 2
25, Penguincw, 3, 3, 2, 1
24, Count Wedgemore, 2, 0, 2, 2
17, lostemperor, 0, 0, 1, 2
13, OhioChessFan, 1, 0, 0, 2
12, wordfunph, 1, 0, 1, 1
11, juan31, 2, 2, 1, 0
9, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0, 1
8, bubuli55, 0, 1, 0, 1
6, offramp, 2, 2, 0, 0
2, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0, 0
0, sea otter, 0, 0, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID

54, SwitchingQuylthulg
46, Golden Executive
42, Penguincw
38, Count Wedgemore
38, lostemperor
29, chessmoron
27, OhioChessFan
21, juan31
15, wordfunph
15, bubuli55
14, sea otter
9, alfamikewhiskey
6, offramp

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 3>

Score,UserID

<OhioChessFan> is about to go stark raving mad as he tries to regain his faculties after making more attempts to get the scoreboard right than <Penguincw> trying to turn in his picks. He's hearing voices in his head, the voices of <Switch>, <Penguin> and <Winky>, screaming, "NO, YOU DID THIS WRONG YOU DID THAT WRONG GET IT RIGHT YOU IDIOT!!!!". <OCF> thinks now the offer of 5 points per Ranker to keep score was not enough, so he is retroactively awarding himself 10 points per Ranker, to be added into next round's scores.

Meanwhile, at the 1/3 point of our contest, <Switch> has taken advantage of <chessmoron's> absence to take the lead in 3 Rankers. Only <Golden Executive> is in the way of <Switch> gunning for another Quadruple Crown. This happened in spite of the clever trick dreamed up by <cm> before he left whereby <OCF> would pretend to be a dithering idiot and unable to properly score, and accidentally skip some points for <Switch>. Of course, <Switch> would have none of that and one more unsuccessful trick was cast aside.

Meanwhile, <Penguin> and <GE> are apparently trying to cheat the system by going back in time on the internet to something called the Wayback Machine in an attempt to change their picks after the games are concluded. <OCF> admires their resourcefulness and wishes he'd thought of it.

Other random musings: <amw> has apparently decided to only participate in even number rounds. <offramp> is about to proclaim a Double Dog Dare Fatwa against the tournament participants as we have now had 15 straight draws. Due to his feverish mind, <OCF> yelled loud enough to be heard in China, "HEY CHESSMORON, BRUNO MARS SUCKS!". <OCF> feels safe doing so as long as nobody tells <chessmoron> about it. If he gets called out on it, he'll add, "Well, at least he's better than Avicii."