Re: Velogames - The Thread You've Been Waiting For

[Andrew Scheyer]

CCing the rest of the Jus, plus Pelle (yo Pelle, get on this shit)

For anyone who's in (don't leave my league empty, y'all - this is going to be a good race), league code: 09142729

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Andrew Scheyer <andrew....@my.rfums.org> wrote:

Who's in for the Tour de Suisse? SOLID rider list. Should be interesting. Entries close tomorrow...

https://www.velogames.com/tour-de-suisse/2017/riders.php

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:13 AM, Paul Halupka <paul.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Lucas Seibel <lucasp...@gmail.com> wrote:

I knew that pep talk would work. PIZZA!PIZZA!PIZZA! is coming to the jungle!

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:53 PM, Paul Halupka <paul.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

Brasel always comes good with the TT analysis! (For those of us who don't know each other, Jason Brasel is a good man and knows how to ride the everloving shit out of a TT rig.)

Congrats to all of you on rest day, where y'all continued a tradition of excellence by not moving up the chart at all, just like on non-race days. It reminds me of a quote from ancient Greece... "We are what we repeatedly do. Sucking, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." —Aristotle Lopez Lopez Fernandez, Greek philosopher and pretty decent in the mountains

Looking forward to the TT... hope all the goddamn motos stay out the way. What a travesty. 

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Jason Brasel <jtbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Two episodes of HTRWW up covering stages 1 - 9.

On May 14, 2017, at 10:10 AM, Andrew Scheyer <andrew....@my.rfums.org> wrote:

We agreed on no-spoilers but anyone who wasn't watching that stage needs to go do so immediately

shake shake shake....

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Kevin Rarick <kevin.rarick702@gmail.com> wrote:

Queue Jaws theme song..... dun, dun.... dun, dun...

#noleadissafe

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:49 AM, Andrew Scheyer <andrew....@my.rfums.org> wrote:

You can grammar-nazi all you want but at least I can watch and understand livestreams with announcers who actually understand the sport (i.e. not Amurican).

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 5:51 AM, Paul Halupka <paul.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

You tell 'em Lucas! (Also Lucas is the only one who sent me $5 to enter the pot!)

Payton, you're right, but I didn't catch the end of that... your words became faint as you fell down the standings.

Drew said:

"when his team peaked early before prematurely splooging in it's adolescent glory"

(Note from the editor: "it's" is a contraction for 'it is'.) THAT'S RIGHT EVEN YOUR GRAMMAR IS LOSING THIS GIRO I'M REVOKING YOUR DOCTORATE

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Lucas Seibel <lucasp...@gmail.com> wrote:

My team may be last, but at least we are enjoying every bite of pizza as we get pulled. 

I guess it's time I talk to the team and tell them it's a bike race and not a pizza party!

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Payton McCollum <payton.cardboardfilms...@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul's World Tour teams peak early like that guy High School who was great at everything, got all the babes, went to college on a "ball sport" scholarship, flunked out, and looks in the mirror of his double-wide everyday reliving conversations of his potential. 

Payton McCollum

Cardboard Films

731.217.5183

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Andrew Scheyer <andrew....@my.rfums.org> wrote:

To anyone actually fearing a loss to Sir Halupka, fear not - this level of shit-talking was equally in force last year, when his team peaked early before prematurely splooging in it's adolescent glory. There's a ball-golf joke somewhere in there, certainly.

Yeah Paul, I'm in.

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Paul Halupka <paul.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey guys,

It's been an interesting and exciting Giro so far. Much to come!

We are going to have a winner's prize pot. If you'd like to participate in the $5 buy-in, send me a Venmo or Paypal payment to enter into the pot, and the highest-ranked person (from those that buy in) will get the cash prize. Ideally we can get everyone in so the overall winner gets the cash. That's right — an incredible $40 USD!

I know I'm already in a commanding lead, but it could just be a Luka Pibernik moment. (This is from today's stage but no same-day spoilers.) 

I would also like to take this opportunity to point out how, if any of you actually liked cycling or ever watched pro cycling coverage LIKE AT ALL, you would never have picked such ridiculous teams. Honestly, you must prefer sports like frisbee golf and ball golf. 

And so, formally, I'd like to say, Welcome to the Jungel.

Welcome to the Jungel,

We got leadout trains

We got all the points you want

Honey you know the names

(We are the) Riders who will climb

Any slope you can conceive

Pink shirts and prize money, honey

Gaviria gonna make you bleed

Jungels, the Luxembourger Jungel! 

Gonna bring you to your 

na na na na na knees, knees, knees!
PINK! (moans)

-- 

paul halupka

ha-lup-ka.com
sois courageux

-- 

Andrew F. Scheyer, PhD

perpetual student

Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Parc scientifique de Luminy

163 avenue de Luminy

BP13 - 13273 Marseille cedex 09 - France

-- 

paul halupka

ha-lup-ka.com
sois courageux

-- 

Andrew F. Scheyer, PhD

perpetual student

Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Parc scientifique de Luminy

163 avenue de Luminy

BP13 - 13273 Marseille cedex 09 - France

-- 

Andrew F. Scheyer, PhD

perpetual student

Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Parc scientifique de Luminy

163 avenue de Luminy

BP13 - 13273 Marseille cedex 09 - France

--

paul halupka

ha-lup-ka.com
sois courageux

--

paul halupka

ha-lup-ka.com
sois courageux

--

Andrew F. Scheyer, PhD

perpetual student

Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Parc scientifique de Luminy

163 avenue de Luminy

BP13 - 13273 Marseille cedex 09 - France

--

Andrew F. Scheyer, PhD

perpetual student

Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Parc scientifique de Luminy

163 avenue de Luminy

BP13 - 13273 Marseille cedex 09 - France

[Paul Halupka]

Just literally dumped a bunch of selections in 3 minutes before I go back to camp... all intuition, no thinking... here goes nothing :)

[Andrew Scheyer]

Nah the name of the league should be "At least it's not another senate hearing" - if you go to Join Mini-League and enter the code (09142729) it should be the only one that shows up

[Andrew Scheyer]

TdF is on. Git some.

League code: 611875618

[Paul Halupka]

It's on! Should we bother with the cash pot?

[Edward Weigel]

done. 

[Andrew Scheyer]

Hey Payton, it looks like you've already followed through with making a team but in case anyone else is curious: you can alter your squad up until the start of the race (I think there's a cutoff the night before the grand départ but I'm not sure). Pretty much everyone has announced as of today, since the stragglers (Cannondale-Drapac, Team Dimension Data and Movistar) confirmed their final lineups.

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Payton McCollum <payton.car...@gmail.com> wrote:

Have all teams announced their full rosters?

--

Payton McCollum

www.cardboardfilms.com

731.217.5183

[Paul Halupka]

Oh good, I was going to fill my team with 100% cannondale-drapac with the exception of my favorite spaniard, Alejandro Valverde. He's been valverdant lately. 

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Payton McCollum <payton.car...@gmail.com> wrote:

Good deal!

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 4:53 AM Andrew Scheyer <andrew....@my.rfums.org> wrote:

Hey Payton, it looks like you've already followed through with making a team but in case anyone else is curious: you can alter your squad up until the start of the race (I think there's a cutoff the night before the grand départ but I'm not sure). Pretty much everyone has announced as of today, since the stragglers (Cannondale-Drapac, Team Dimension Data and Movistar) confirmed their final lineups.

[Edward Weigel]

Thanks Dad. 

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Paul Halupka <paul.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh good, I was going to fill my team with 100% cannondale-drapac with the exception of my favorite spaniard, Alejandro Valverde. He's been valverdant lately.