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Tom Nissley vs. Buddy Wright vs. Roger Craig
Tom:
FJ: 2/2
Coryat: 21700 (14,400 & 29,000)
DD: 3/4
Position: 1st and Lock
Buddy:
FJ: 1/2
Coryat: 13800 (16800 and 10800)
DD: 2/2
Position: 1st and 1st
Roger:
FJ: 0/2
Coryat: 22200 (32,000 and 12,400)
DD: 5/5
Position: Lock and Lock
Tom and Roger were two of my Gold picks while I had Buddy in Bronze. I believe this is only the fourth time in TOC history that three QF winners are meeting in the Finals?
What I expect to see happen over the two days:
For most clues known out of 61 I would rank the players as:
Roger
Tom
Buddy
For best on the buzzer it's:
Roger
Tom
Buddy
For skill on FJ clues it's:
Tom
Buddy
Roger
For making DDs work it's
Roger
Tom
Buddy
In previous games the players faced combos of:
Tom - Jay/Charles and Justin/Erin
Buddy - Paul/Erin and Jay/Kara
Roger - Brian/Kara and Joon/Mark
Buddy is in for a big step up in competition level.
Tom is in for a slight step up in competition level.
Roger is in for a slight drop in competition level.
For Buddy to win he will need tough FJ clues and for Tom to be able to stay in range of Roger. Buddy disabling the DD clues would help him a lot.
For Tom to win he will need a competitive buzzer and for Roger to lose a big wager or two.
For Roger to win he will need to use his buzzer and knowledge advantage to steamroll the first 60 clues and make the 61st clue not matter in each game. He plays big, but there is an opening for something to go wrong on a key clue.
Roger is the pick here, but I'm thinking Tom Walsh, Brian Weikle and Jeff Stewart are the three examples who apply for how things can go awry. Roger does not need to do an all out assault trying to ring in on all clues and attempting to figure things out before the lights go away. For what some saw as nerves in the semi-final match I saw someone who is blessed/cursed with more possible responses to sort through.
What I expect to happen is like Leszek Pawlowicz and Bob Blake not letting matters go astray.
Tom:
FJ: 2/2
Coryat: 21700 (14,400 & 29,000)
DD: 3/4
Position: 1st and Lock
Buddy:
FJ: 1/2
Coryat: 13800 (16800 and 10800)
DD: 2/2
Position: 1st and 1st
Roger:
FJ: 0/2
Coryat: 22200 (32,000 and 12,400)
DD: 5/5
Position: Lock and Lock
Tom and Roger were two of my Gold picks while I had Buddy in Bronze. I believe this is only the fourth time in TOC history that three QF winners are meeting in the Finals?
What I expect to see happen over the two days:
For most clues known out of 61 I would rank the players as:
Roger
Tom
Buddy
For best on the buzzer it's:
Roger
Tom
Buddy
For skill on FJ clues it's:
Tom
Buddy
Roger
For making DDs work it's
Roger
Tom
Buddy
In previous games the players faced combos of:
Tom - Jay/Charles and Justin/Erin
Buddy - Paul/Erin and Jay/Kara
Roger - Brian/Kara and Joon/Mark
Buddy is in for a big step up in competition level.
Tom is in for a slight step up in competition level.
Roger is in for a slight drop in competition level.
For Buddy to win he will need tough FJ clues and for Tom to be able to stay in range of Roger. Buddy disabling the DD clues would help him a lot.
For Tom to win he will need a competitive buzzer and for Roger to lose a big wager or two.
For Roger to win he will need to use his buzzer and knowledge advantage to steamroll the first 60 clues and make the 61st clue not matter in each game. He plays big, but there is an opening for something to go wrong on a key clue.
Roger is the pick here, but I'm thinking Tom Walsh, Brian Weikle and Jeff Stewart are the three examples who apply for how things can go awry. Roger does not need to do an all out assault trying to ring in on all clues and attempting to figure things out before the lights go away. For what some saw as nerves in the semi-final match I saw someone who is blessed/cursed with more possible responses to sort through.
What I expect to happen is like Leszek Pawlowicz and Bob Blake not letting matters go astray.