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Dec
06
Hey folks, it’s recap time again. Other posts:
Badge Makers Part 1, and EAE League – November Edition.
Accomplishments
500,000 Fan Points: led.zeppelin!
CA: chrismgoff
99er: robbie.o., lafourche47
8000 posts: radicalguy44
4000 posts: qfs,
2000 posts: maxation2
History of the Populace
Recommend somebody you want to be highlighted in one of these articles by emailing me at pseweeklyrecap@gmail.com, all other forms of communication will be ignored. It’s a great honor to do your friends.
We highlight Radicalguy44 today, take a look at this master of every admin except MA life.
Radicalguy44 Edition
“It all started in June of 2007, funny really, how I found out about this. I was searching up the word “Power” on google.com… and I dunno, just randomly picked page 15. In page 15, there wer mostly advertisements, but then there was “Power Soccer”. I decided to give it a go…. There were some players moving around the screen. They mostly looked like puppets…. I wasn’t really sure on whether or not to create an account, but I decided to give it a go.”
“Marin.eder for a username, but I wasn’t really sure I wanted to give that info out. I was also a member in candystand.com…, at the time I loved that game, and had an account called “coolguy44″. I was going to put this as my username, but decided it was pretty damn corny. (Pfft… I know.. radicalguy44 is corny too, but hey look how I turned out 
)”
“At first, I was all for the gamerooms, but I hadn’t read the rules properly, so I used caps lock, and got some consequences…. After I reached level 40 or so, I was in an official match, and I was matched against user “mishap1995″. I ended up winning 3-1, and he offered me a space in x-Star Strikers-x. I accepted, at the time not knowing what a clan was. Over the months, mishap became inactive, bestrin taking over captain. Bestrin left x-SS-x, and I got the captainship”
“Then, I saw floddy make a clan.. there were two people, but we wanted floddy in xSSx, so we merged, and CSXI was born.”
“kept loosing, and I got to like the forums. I have to admit, I was spammy, and maybe still am, you judge me.. I decided to apply for Forum Admin, (yes.. FAs rock), and got denied.”
“Until October 31st, sipwell came along, and talked to me and gave me a chance for FA..”
“I really don’t know if I deserve all these positions, I am not the most mature person out there, I admit. But whenever we need to be serious, you can count on me. Don’t think my career is over… with less than 500 XPs to go for level 99. There is a goal that I have always wanted to achieve, and frankly, I don’t think it’ll ever happen. MAship.”
“Life is a Highway, there are bumps in the road, but you have to overcome these obstacles.”
“If you don’t get something.. keep trying, never give up. I’m CFLRA, something that if you would have told me 1 year ago, that I would achieve this, I would not believe you.”
“Keep going guys, there are always rewards at the end of the road, you just have to find the correct way to get there.”
Power Soccer News
Only one set of news this week, and that’s the release of new tactic slots! Not to mention the ability to redistribute skill points (free for Club Members). Otherwise both cost tokens, the new tactic slots being 50% off for CM’s.
Odd Ball News
There’s an Owners Corner Contest being held by mr.famouz2, and I suggest you get in on the action. If you think you know how to decorate, then let them in on your skills. But, you better hurry and submit by the 15th! Submit here.
New Power Soccer TV video, this one by -ico-. Here’s the video, and come here to tell them how amazing this video about Mexican Legends is.
Could you write inspirational, informative, inventive or just plain funny articles for our community?
We are actively seeking new reporters. The role of a “Reporter Assistant” is to report the news of the game, from leagues to fan zones. Interview cup winners to badge makers. We are looking to cover all aspects of Power Soccer and as such we want more people to join our illustrious team. This is a key role within the community and one of the most rewarding, as all your work will be showcased to the whole community.
You should be impartial and want nothing more than to help the community. You may be asking what is needed to become a reporter? Well, all we want is good writers!
The current requirements for the position of RA are as follows
1) 14 years of age. No exceptions will be made (We will check)
2) Write a small paragraph about your hobbies and interests.
3) We recommend that you have a clean chat & site ban record (old bans will be considered)
4) Write an article that is 20 lines (roughly 300 to 400 words) in English and send it in with your application. ( The article should be your own and make it as inventive and informative as you can, the phrase, ‘ write an article about PS’, is a guideline and we prefer authors who don’t just say what PS is and rather write freely about anything they have views on or experienced on PS.)
If you do feel you can do this and have what it takes to join our team then you can apply by going through this website http://pfadminaplication.hostei.com/ or send us a direct email using this address, pse@powerchallenge.com
If you are thinking of applying please note that applications can take a couple of weeks.
If you are successful you will be given the status of Probationary Reporter Assistant. You will be expected to make and have published 4 articles in 4 weeks, once this is done you will be given the status of Reporter Assistant and you will join our exclusive team.
In return for your contribution and once you have passed the Probationary review, you will be rewarded with free Club Membership for as long as you are a reporter.
Bladesman1 MA for Reporters
Top 5 Clans
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- fr.totti10
- pats4
- ppuli
Top 5 Users
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I apologize for any spelling mistakes. Ratings are as of time of publication. Any mistakes you notice, feel free to email about to pseweeklyrecap@gmail.com and they will be noted in the next publication. Content sent may not be written if found insignificant or abusive. All news sent to us will be checked for validity. Feel free to suggest new sections. Suggestions will be voted on by all Reporters.
Dec
03
We’ve all heard of the Badgemakers. Either we’ve been strolling around the “Managing Team and Players” forum section which is dominated by the badge making community or we’ve spotted a badge of brilliance while playing a match. Or maybe we’ve came across the site PS Goodies. But a question that has always played in my mind was how did their creations became masterpieces? Were they just born artistic, creative and imaginative? Was it the old saying “Practise makes Perfect” that was the key to success or is there a missing ingredient that those of us who struggle with the understanding of the craft of badge making are just not getting?
Well I thought I’d have a look into this. So I asked a few of the prominent badge makers if I could see either their first badge or one of their earliest badges. I then I asked them to compare it too one of the badges they make today or a recent one they’re proud of. My aim was too see the techniques, tips, creativity, imagination and skill that evolved over time to make badges, masterpieces.
Lostos:
This user has made a name for himself through his badge making. He’s a frequent poster in the “managing team and players” forum thus makes him an active user in the badge making community and a wildly known badge maker. He’s always open to demanding requests and having a crack at the most intricate of designs. I’ve yet to see him turn down a challenge. So how did it all start?
One of Lostos’ earlier badges:
Lostos’ proudest badge:
When asked to compare these, he described the first one as ‘simple’ and when asked what made him proud of the 2nd badge he said “It’s just because I gave it 100%. I tried to look at the real one as much as possible , I spend a lot of time on it and .. it’s looking good.”
From these comments we can say that lostos came from simple to giving 100%. So I think we can conclude that an important part of badge making is determination, giving your all and sticking with it no matter what. His top tip reigned true to that when he answered: “Practise, Practise, Practise and never give up!”
Plus1
The next badge maker I knocked on the door too was Plus 1. This badge maker still manages to stun us with his badges and whenever you think he couldn’t possibly get better he blows us away again. Does he really need an introduction? No, I think not…
The badge he showed me was the first one he had ever uploaded on to PSG (Power Soccer Goodies.)
His comment on this badge was: “As you can see the cheeks and generally all the face (eyes, mouth, nose, etc.) are made of simple thick parentheses. This is too naive. For me, portraits are the most difficult badges Only a few months later, when I made another badge I realized how important the details are.”
And so we do see how important the little details are when we see the next one; His proudest one, which was the one he had made a few days ago, this:
When asked what made this badge stand out to his other badges he replied “Well, the shark wasn’t easy, i can assure you As you know there isn’t any pre-existing shark object in the badge editor. The good thing of badge making is that you can do any object you can think of using just lines, symbols, circles, etc. The most interesting thing for me though in this specific badge is the combination of the horizon, the night sky and the sea with the waves. I love them.”
The combination of these little details in “the horizon, the night sky and the sea with the waves” all add up to produce this work of art. We come back to lostos’ “giving 100%” comment as Plus1 tells us how it is these little details that add up too 100%.
His top tip was: “Never give up and let your imagination fly, for god’s sake! 
“
I’m inspired already 
Vivasvan
This badge maker captured my notice mainly because of his willingness to help out upcoming and future badge makers. His thread called ‘Badgemaking School’, his consistent replies to pleas of help and his openness to bestowing advice has given him an effortless reputation in the badge making community. Therefore he was unquestionably someone I wanted to interview!
An Earlier Badge:
His thoughts on this badge were as follows: “That was a basic badge, all the basic pieces are there, the skulls, the lightening, I cant find anything more simple. After that I went wild!”
As he says he went wild (proven by the badge below). This revelation I’d be willing to bet on, has the exact same meaning as Plus1s advice “Let your imagination fly…”
Vivasvans proudest badge:
Vivasvans comment on this badge was as follows: “I know its not really that great but it took me a really long time to make it and well, first I’m proud of it because it took me so long and I remade it like 10 times (Lostos is witness to that.) When i finally made it..it was a relief”
This statement proves that determination is an essential trait of a badge maker.
Vivasvans top tip was of no surprise to me: “If u need any help always ask for it and most of the good badge makers will always be happy to give u an answer and help u out ”
So far we’ve seen the importance of: giving 100%, attention to detail, determination, asking for help when it’s needed, imagination (going wild!) and never giving up, as key elements of a badge maker. But I’m sure there are many more so look out for ‘The badge makers Part 2,’ as I still have many more badge makers to interview and many more badges to admire. I can’t wait!
Pinkpixie – RA
Dec
02
This was, yet another, dreadful league season for me. Once again, being busy and users not being online at the same time as myself were the main problems. I only played 2 matches, it turned out against the winner and the runner-up, which not surprisingly I lost. The first match, against Brendsa111 was surprisingly close, and I only lost 2-1, having scored the first goal. My other match, however, was the opposite. I lost 6-0 to the eventual runner-up avirulz in an amazingly one-sided match. I never really got close to scoring and full credit to him.
The table ended up looking like this:
I caught up with the winner of the league, brensda111 and here’s how our chat went:
[Chat Admin] henry9876: First of all, congratulations on winning EAE Pro 1 League!
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Thanks!
[Chat Admin] henry9876: Is this the first time you have won this league?
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Indeed it is. It is also the first time i’ve played in the pro 1 league.
[Chat Admin] henry9876: Wow, that’s impressive! Not many other players have in a pro league in their first season!
[Chat Admin] henry9876: What aspect of your game do you think enabled you to win the league?
[Chat Admin] brensda111: I’m not sure, Its October – November where i really improved my game, especially the learning of the mouse, helped me to win it.
[Chat Admin] henry9876: And what about the aspect of your game that could be most improved, do you think?
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Of course some aspects can be improved, nothing is perfect, especially my defence.
[Chat Admin] henry9876: Where overall were you pleased with your league season?
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Hmm, that’s a tough question. Probably the amount of goals I scored.
[Chat Admin] henry9876: Were you, in overall, pleased with your league season?
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Well it’s obviously pleasing to win the series undefeated, that’s a nice feeling, also scoring 47 goals in 11 matches.
[Chat Admin] henry9876: Finally, can we count on you to defend your title next month?
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Hmm, with summer holidays coming up it will be hard, but i’ll give it a better crack 
[Chat Admin] henry9876: I hear you have some tough competition in the way of henry9876 coming your way, do you think you will be able to do it again?
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Tough Competition? with Henry? I reckon with dag maybe coming in, it will be tough
[Chat Admin] henry9876: Ok mate, thanks for the chat. All the best for next season!
[Chat Admin] brensda111: Not a Problem.
In the article next month, you can look forward to:
- An interview with the winner of the league
- Some more information on the amateur leagues (who is rising up)
- A better effort to play more games
- More reports on the games I played.
So look forward to next month’s issue!
henry9876 CFRA
Nov
29
Hello! I know that this post is burying a bunch of other greats, and I don’t want that, so here they are.
Pro 1 league for North America, Another league season finished, Who you calling retard?, and Stuck between a sword and the wall.
I’ve tried a new thing today as well, I’m trying to run all the links through Tinyurl.com to see if that doesn’t increase the amount of computers that are able to access the links, I want feedback.
Accomplishments
99er: blip_brattdettafunkade, zuresh
And that was it! Wohoo!
History of the Populace
Recommend somebody you want to be highlighted in one of these articles by emailing me at pseweeklyrecap@gmail.com, all other forms of communication will be ignored.
This week, it’s Razvi_the_best that gets highlighted, he probably forgot his own article even existed by now .
Creating gold from rock
“Lonely. That’s what I feel when I start something new by myself.”
“The terrifying and cold wind felt in my spine was running also in my head. A coward in a lions cage. But no mortal can resist the human nature; things were clear.”
“With a tiny logic, but a mind full of dreams and pasions… a simple kid was about to meet a new kind of technology. A strange alchemy fired up in my vaines, controlled my mind and I was only paying attention to the game. It was so new, so abstract that I did not care about all the other things that ,close to come, were about to change my thinking, in a way or another.”
“I did not try anything new because I was scared of what might happen. I never acted without thinking before.
Some of this information might make you think I was a ego-maniac, or a selfish and non-modest person. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure you know that I’m not; every person has the right to say, think and express those two in what manner they wish to behave.”
“. Have you ever wanted love conbined with eternal happiness? Or speed combined with perfect agility and control?… That is the feeling you get when taking out your heart from your chest and showing it to your enemies, fighting them even beyond death. To explain myself, it’s more like an unknown reason to burst into something you have never been before. It’s all about that day when I started my life… When I realised what PS is!”
“One moment of PS reminded me of what I have become today. That moment is when I met another user. A particular user, who inspired and helped me develop my own part in this community. That user is kissenbarden.”
“Then I made a radical decision and I took a 3 month break from all the bad parts of PS: disrespectful people, things that seem unfair etc.”
“Finally I was enjoying the game at maximum and more good things were close at hand. Of course, emediately, the moment I was talking about had finally appeared. In one simple official match, I met this hones and true player. We started very politely and happy, greeting and wishing each other good luck, the match started. A great match, I have to say. Not even now I did not forget about it. Both of us played spendid and I won in the end with a score of 2-1. Of course, after the match we said goodbye and continued to play. Of course I was very happy of the win, especially that I won against a higher level, me beeing 45 and he 56. The next day, deja vu! We met again, in the same kind of match and again I won at a small but significant score.
That was the moment when he asked me to join his clan, “Varsity”. I gladly accepted and I was now part of a great clan in developing. I was chosen as the co-captain, since only me and the two captains, kissen and grandadb were in the clan.”
“As the clan started growing, we were bussy with all the clan stuff and the clan blog and others… Untill Kissen and Gdadb found a clan TST:The Striking Targeters, with embro1l, yoram, .10 and aliy38 captains. It was a great clan back then, with powerful users and a known name in the community. Kissen managed to create a good relationship with the clan and the two merged toghether, one of the first clan merges in PS, if I’m right. So was created TVST: The Varsity Striking Targeters, a very nice name, if you ask me.”
“Also I went on playing big cups and tournaments, and finaly started one of the things I’m now known for: Badge-making.”
“…I started making badges for my friends and even other people. That was the moment I liked the most! When I started doing something that I like, and in the same time, meet new people and have more friends.”
“And every time I made a new badge, something new came in my mind.”
“Okay, friends. That’s it! I hope you enjoyed reading and you’re my guest if you wish to leave a reply regarding anything. I really hope my expression wasn’t too unusual and please ignore any spell mistakes. It was my pleasure to share some thoughts with you, dear PS community!”
Power Soccer News
Just a little shout out, congrats to Barcelona on the 1-0 victory today, Él Classico is yours again. Barcelona also looks poised to take it in Power Soccer, without a miracle occurring for Real Madrid.
Jorge_bicolor wins his third 99er cup, and his second in a row. This 14 year old Venezuelan is truly amazing, and his sportsmanship leaves nothing to be desired. Powdersnow caught up with him after his win, and asked who really is jorge_bicolor.
“Well, jorge_bicolor is a 14 years old Venezuelan that lives in Maracaibo. He studies sciences (2 more years to college, oh no!), and he plays a game called Power Challenge every day. He loves cheese, pizza and his fingers (they made awesome things in this game ). Jorge plays this game since April 2006 when he started at the age of 12 years old (or so I don’t remember, hehe) and he finally is somebody in this game. Jorge_bicolor doesn’t have a girlfriend currently[girls: PM him please /pow], nor does he have any pet since his mom hates everything that poops. Jorge spends his afternoons playing PS and some Guitar Hero (plastic guitars are so awesome), playing his keyboard or just doing nothing (which is kewl). Because of my avatar, sometimes newbies think that I’m a woman (LOL). The woman is not me; she is pretty much my “musa”! I have several favorite teams, Union Atletico Maracaibo in Venezuela, we are in 2:nd division thanks to our president. River Plate in Argentina, they are just awesome. Real Madrid and Manchester United in Europe, but if Real and Man U play a match I’ll support Man U. When it comes to skill, I don’t think I’d beat Velenos awesomeness, Thibramar, Donatelloii, or Jackshadow. One last thing: OlD SkHoOl rules!”
League cup will be adressed next week with the winners.
Odd Ball News
Gifmektan released another great Power Soccer TV video, this time about clans. You have to see it if you consider yourself well Power Soccer informed, and feel free to let him know how absolutely terrific it is by commenting here. He also released one about Legendary Goals that you also must see, and tell him about.
Could you write inspirational, informative, inventive or just plain funny articles for our community?
We are actively seeking new reporters. The role of a “Reporter Assistant” is to report the news of the game, from leagues to fan zones. Interview cup winners to badge makers. We are looking to cover all aspects of Power Soccer and as such we want more people to join our illustrious team. This is a key role within the community and one of the most rewarding, as all your work will be showcased to the whole community.
You should be impartial and want nothing more than to help the community. You may be asking what is needed to become a reporter? Well, all we want is good writers!
The current requirements for the position of RA are as follows
1) 14 years of age. No exceptions will be made (We will check)
2) Write a small paragraph about your hobbies and interests.
3) We recommend that you have a clean chat & site ban record (old bans will be considered)
4) Write an article that is 20 lines (roughly 300 to 400 words) in English and send it in with your application. ( The article should be your own and make it as inventive and informative as you can, the phrase, ‘ write an article about PS’, is a guideline and we prefer authors who don’t just say what PS is and rather write freely about anything they have views on or experienced on PS.)
If you do feel you can do this and have what it takes to join our team then you can apply by going through this website http://pfadminaplication.hostei.com/ or send us a direct email using this address, pse@powerchallenge.com
If you are thinking of applying please note that applications can take a couple of weeks.
If you are successful you will be given the status of Probationary Reporter Assistant. You will be expected to make and have published 4 articles in 4 weeks, once this is done you will be given the status of Reporter Assistant and you will join our exclusive team.
In return for your contribution and once you have passed the Probationary review, you will be rewarded with free Club Membership for as long as you are a reporter.
Bladesman1 MA for Reporters
Top 5 Clans
Top 5 Matchday Users
Top 5 Users
Corrections from last week: Alinenko, not alienko.
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Swedeswede (editor)
Thanks For Reading!
I apologize for any spelling mistakes. Ratings are as of time of publication. Any mistakes you notice, feel free to email about to pseweeklyrecap@gmail.com and they will be noted in the next publication. Content sent may not be written if found insignificant or abusive. All news sent to us will be checked for validity. Feel free to suggest new sections. Suggestions will be voted on by all Reporters.
Nov
29
Another league season is over, in which I managed to place in the top 10 Pictures are worth a thousand words, so look at the final standings in the AmLN.
Final Standings
As you can see, mfsoccer94 goes back to his winning ways and takes this season’ s league. Revolution1910 received 2nd place, even though he started playing 3 days before the league ended! I didn’t think he’d get 2nd, but at the last minute, bosni4n logged on, and revolution managed a 4-0 win over bosni4n. Excellent job by both of these guys.
Let’s not forget about alekz77, he was 2nd place until 1 hour before the league season ended when revolution played his matches. He was a tough guy to beat, but just got 3rd place because of the goal differential.
Number 4 belonged to electric_power winning and winning, and winning again. He lost 2, tied 4, and won 10. It was hard to stop him, and he could’ve gotten more wins, but unfortunately he went on vacation 1 week before the league season ended. Congratulations e_p
Tigres_2009 took the 5th place in this league season, being a worthy opponent, doing awesome long passes, and a guy who really knows how to play soccer. I personally played him, and he managed to take the victory at the last 10 minutes with his awesome passes. Great job tigres!
Humcit from Mexico and Dark Empire took 6th place, and did an awesome job in league. Even though he wasn’t in the top 5, he was a worthy opponent and never gave up, he had some good comebacks, and some sad times. Nevertheless, he did great
Max_007 also from Mexico and from Dark Empire managed 7th place with his good gameplay. I got to play him and lost (duh). Great guy, and really knew how to play. His record was 9-2-6. Not a bad record, but not enough to get him in the top 5
Hehe.. now for the number 8, a guy called radicalguy44. I wouldn’t say I did a horrible job, but I surely did NOT do a great job My horrible record was 7 wins, 3 draws, and 9 losses. I had a few bad games, but sometimes I had awesome comebacks and wins.
Number 9 belongs to another Dark Empirian; dianapo86. 1 point behind me with a record of 8-1-8, didn’t do too shabby, and did well enough to get in the top 10. Nothing much to say, except excellent job!
And the last person in the top 10 was f.c.barcelona. He didn’t play much, but was unbeatable with 7-5-0 in his record. Great guy, but only played 12 matches. How great would he have done if he played more than 12 matches? Excellent job f.c.barcelona!
The rest of the league is put up in the picture ;P In this order were numbers 11-18th placers. Carlitos93, Kodaky, Swedeswede, lafourche47, goodboyrd, hagi2007, vivi76 and barely saving himself from relegation; bosni4n
Here are the relegators drosanpalpra, chrismgoff, bigdaddyat, romulosilva, and the ones who didn’t play: flyfisherpete, brianmccormik.
Bigdaddyat didn’t find much time to play, so we will see him in PRO 2 next season. He was one of the oldies in the league, and now goes to PRO 2. Other relegators were suspended, therefore we shouldn’t talk about crimes that they commited.
Drosanpalpra is one that we really need to acknowledge. He played 21 matches!!! Something extremely hard to do especially when you are in PRO 1. He had a 0 wins, 2 draws, and 19 losses total. I applaud his good intentions, but was just relegated under bosni4n because of goal difference. I hope he can come back to PRO 1 soon!
Excellent league season, place your bets for the next league season winners!!
~Radicalguy44 (RA Editor + CFLRA)
Nov
28
The November season for me meant my 5th consecutive season in EANWPro1. This league is made up by some of the best players from Belgium, Holland, England, Wales and Ireland. It also includes Scotland, however, they didn’t have any representatives this time around. A large amount of the people are level 99 and those that aren’t still have very high levels and rank points themselves. In recent years, the strongest forces in this league have arguably been Yoram1000, embro01| (who will be taking part in the EAC league next season due to a move from Belguim to Germany), I-win-all-games and the reigning champion gifmekatn.
Personally, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect for this season after my highest finish yet in October (9th). At the end of the first quarter, I had played all my matches having won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4. However, I was quite pleased with my performance as half of those games had been against players who had finished in the top 6 at the end of the season. After this stage though, things went swiftly downhill and I suffered a run of 7 consecutive losses. In those games I scored only 2 goals and let in 18. After losing 5 in a row, I was confident at turning things around but this was shattered as I suffered two consecutive 5-0 defeats. On the final day of the season, I was only 2 places above the relegation zone but thankfully I managed to draw my final 2 games. It only gained me 4 points, but it meant that I could finish a comfortable 6 places above the drop area in 13th place.
Anyway, enough about me, the rest of the league was very competitive this season with 11 users playing 15 matches or more. The final day at the bottom was very tense with only 9 goal difference points separating who survived and who is relegated. However, at the top was probably the best battle I have seen in a long time. Gifmekatn was the early leader with a 100% record at the end of the first quarter. I-win-all-games completed another season without a loss, however, he was prevented a league cup spot as he had only played 16 league games whereas 1st and 2nd had played 21 and 20 games respectively. The main title race was between gifmekatn and embro01| this season. Gifmekatn seemed to have the league sealed but the route to 1st place was re-opened again, as he lost 3 times in the space of 5 games. One of which was a 2-1 defeat to embro01| who was undefeated at that time, dropping just 4 points from 11 games. All of this excellent play promised a great finale. In his final 2 matches embro01| needed 1 win to take the title however, both ended in defeat, one of which was at the hands of 3rd placed i-win-all-games. Gifmekatn also had a chance to seal the top spot in the last game as he played against i-win-all-games but the final score was a 4-1 win, in i-win-all-games’ favour meaning that embro01| still needed just 1 win to take the title. As both sides had failed to win it meant a very tense final day but neither side managed to get another game, meaning that gifmekatn clinched his 2nd consecutive title by 2 points.
Here are a few words from the champion:
shaphi7: Firstly, did you expect to win this league after seeing the participants?
gifmekatn: I think I had a chance of 1/2 when the league started, to win it because I knew it was in the old version and that I would become me or Embro but when the new version came I doubted it and I felt as if it was slipping away… 
shaphi7: Who would you say was your hardest match?
gifmekatn: I think vs. buckygoal… I won the match 0-1… but he opened fire on my goal from the minute the game started… it was insanity for 90mins and he hit the woodwork like… a million times.. If I would’ve worn a diper I would’ve poo’d myself ten times
shaphi7: Finally, what 1 word would you use to sum up the November league season?
gifmekatn: out of my perspective id say ”Chase”, ive been far infront due to embro and iwag [I-win-all-games] and others to be somewhat inactive but they came to life in the later stages. so I was getting hunted down by a fox, like I’m the rabbit
Here is the final table (Played-Won-Drawn-Lost-GoalsFor-GoalsAgainst-Points)
| 1 | [LNU] Club Brug… | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 15 | 70 | gifmekatn |  |
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| 2 | [TVST] FC Slova… | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 11 | 68 | embr01l |  |
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| 3 | [TVST] •Always•… | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 62 | i-win-all-games |  |
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| 4 | [BUHE] Athletic… | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 59 | athletico_mardin |  |
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| 5 | [TVST] Dembele | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 12 | 50 | yoram1000 | |
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| 6 | [LNU] Lucky Cam… | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 16 | 50 | markov2 | |
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| 7 | [LNUp] hard attack | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 48 | buckygoal | |
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| 8 | [BARK] bADmAN II | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 38 | bad_man_ | |
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| 9 | [MB] Fred FC | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 38 | fred1212 |  |
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| 10 | [LNUp] PouPou Team | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 | blabla45 | |
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| 11 | Lucky Ultra Chi… | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 33 | amv1 | |
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| 12 | [ATGp] me good?… | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 27 | thegreatest2 | |
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| 13 | [CSXI] Prudhoe FC | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 21 | shaphi7 | |
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| 14 | [Kaka9] WASYL | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 21 | pruts | |
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| 15 | [IRL 1] TORRES … | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 19 | markyjuju |  |
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| 16 | [ATVST] España | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | whodat8 | |
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| 17 | [Kx] FC Internet | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 17 | rbm007 | |
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| 18 | [CODMW] Rangers fc | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 14 | killzone1 | |
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| 19 | [TVST] Tottenha… | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 14 | valya | |
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| 20 | [FCDST] eskiseh… | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 7 | es_es_ | |
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| 21 | [BARK] Brigate … | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | wispell | |
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| 22 | [TVST] Cardiff … | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | nev72 | |
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| 23 | [pro73] Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | pawel99p | |
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| 24 | Shark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | shark14017 | |
Hope it comes out readable.
Thanks for reading all that,
ShaPhi7 ~ RA
Nov
28
Recently, I saw the word “retard” used in the forums more than once. Personally, I didn’t like the way that it was used in all of the cases and neither did the other people who had noticed this issue too. Firstly, a definition (extracted from our favourite website, Wikipedia):
“Retardation is the act or result of delaying; the extent to which anything is retarded or delayed; that which retards or delays” In particular, it can mean psychomotor slowing (comprising of the slowing of one’s thought and restricted physical movements) or mental retardation (“a generalized disorder, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning”).
However, the use of this word doesn’t stop there. It can also be used as an offence. That’s the term that has been used in our very own forums. We all must remember that it isn’t their fault they have a disability, they didn’t ask to have whatever disability they have. They may have been born with it or developed it later in life but either way, it wasn’t their choice and they have absolutely no control over it.
To put it simply: Don’t use it.
There are many reasons why, one is that when you call somebody or something a “retard” you are using a form of discrimination. Another form of discrimination is racism. This means that calling somebody a retard can be a very serious offence as bad as or worse than racism. The fault with racism is that people think they are superior to other people based on a factor that actually doesn’t have very much to do with anything such as skin colour or the ability to control physical movements.
After the closing ceremony of the olympics what happens next? The paralympics of course! This ios the exact same format as the olympics, people from all over the world who are the best in their event, come to compete on the greatest stage planet earth has given them. The only different between the olympics and paralympics is that the events are slightly different. Nevertheless, how many times have these competitors proved to us that they are actually just the same as us. Neither of us is inferior to one another. We are all humans at the end of the day and nothing is going to change that. Ever.
It isn’t just sport where these “retards” prove that they are equal to us. Steven Hawkings suffers from motor neuron disease which he was diagnosised with at the age of 21 (he is currently 67 years old). Over the years, his condition has worsened to the stage where he is now unable to dress and feed himself. He must use a speech synthesizer to communicate with other people. However, this hasn’t prevented him from becoming one of the leading world experts in science as a theorectical physicist, in particular the study of black holes, radiation and quantum physics. Basically, he is probably one of the cleverst people alive today.
After all that, I hope you can see why everyone living today is equal. No matter what the background of a person is, they are equal to you. Everybody has talents, even if some of these talents are slightly different to yours. Perhaps, some of the people with disabilities actually have more talents than us and it could be argued that we are inferior to them. Bascially, please think twice before you call someone or something a retard, or any word that could insult people in the same way.
Finally, just something for everyone to think about: We only use this word because we ourselves wish we were wiser.
Thanks for reading all that,
ShaPhi7 ~ RA
Comment thread: http://www.powersoccer.com/?p=forum⊂=topic&forum_id=4&topic_id=154344&uqid=84454
Nov
26
Many times we are faced with situations in which it’s not so easy to decide. Sure, we might say now that we’d do the correct option, but do we always do it? That’s what we want to know.
Most of us know how to report people, but do we do it? What about when our friends are swearing, do we do it? It’s a complicated question, especially since you are “stuck between a sword and the wall”. Report them, and you might not get along so well, don’t report them, and you’re letting a criminal pass through.
What do most of us do when this happens? Are we too bloody proud to report? Are we showing favoritism by letting them go?
Here’s a little parody that I did with a friend, but I asked him to use stars when “swearing”
Friend is swearing, what to do?
Favoritism. Are we showing it by not reporting them?
The answer is yes. It’s funny how we want to report our worst enemies so badly, but when it comes down to our friends, we find forgiveness in our hearts, whilst with our enemies, one simple slip up will result into us reporting users.
How many choices do we have? What should I do?
As a chat admin, I get asked this question quite often. “My friend is swearing, what do I do?” The best thing to do, is to report your friend. Yep, it’s painful, but for a chat admin, having to ban someone isn’t pretty either. If you decide not to do this, there is an alternate solution. Try and talk to your friend, there are chances that he/she is actually joking. You know him/her, he/she knows you, it might just be a bad day, they understand you, so this behavior could change. Note though, after a few warnings, and after talking to your friend, this may be serious, and you may have no choice but to report your friend.
What happens if I don’t report my friend?
Look. if you don’t do it, someone else will. There is a 90% chance that if your friend doesn’t calm down, he/she will keep swearing, but to another person. This other person may be underage, want to avoid a underaged kid getting kicked out of the computer because of this? Hehe, this may sound silly but it happens.
So instead of making this problem bigger, make it simple. Instead of being stuck between a sword and the wall, look like this.
So tell me, and be honest, what would you do? Leave a comment, and put your name as “anonymous” if you don’t want anyone to see your answer
Comment thread in PS: http://powerchallenge.com/?p=forum⊂=topic&forum_id=4&topic_id=153820&uqid=97842
~Radicalguy44 (RA Editor + CFLRA)
