Pretty sure buddhagamer clinched third place when I failed to win the $90m WS, so congratulations to him.

Congrats to Brianjw on winning his first WISC championship on his first try!

Round 2 Standings

Purple = Won World Series
Green = Lost World Series
Blue = Lost LCS
Red = Lost Wildcard Round

Owner___________	60M__	80M__	90M__	100M_	110M_	120M_	Tot Wins	Playoff	WS Wins	Bonus	Total
rbow923	97	88	88	98	95	92	558	5	1	100	658
brianjw	101	108	98	86	89	83	565	6	1	78	643
buddhagamer	84	96	88	81	84	95	528	5	2	82	610
tjefferson	89	80	93	91	73	82	508	3	0	50	558
alleyviper	78	90	89	76	87	87	507	3	1	43	550
discodemo	86	92	84	91	83	79	515	3	0	25	540
schwarze	93	88	75	82	89	78	505	2	0	32	537
batandball	87	79	80	84	102	81	513	2	0	21	534
profcake	82	97	84	80	94	79	516	3	0	17	533
mildnhazy	86	66	84	87	88	81	492	2	0	21	513
ybjsports	72	70	69	87	86	93	477	3	0	28	505
ncmusician_7	74	68	84	85	85	93	489	1	0	13	502
Yabahos	70	87	76	76	82	87	478	1	0	23	501
bigmc	80	88	90	68	69	76	471	2	0	30	501
bighooze	78	59	72	83	86	85	463	2	1	37	500
wildthings1	85	85	96	66	72	83	487	1	0	6	493
ryan_horner	93	92	79	74	80	66	484	1	0	7	491
dougpalm	81	82	77	84	74	80	478	0	0	0	478
mensu1954	71	91	72	73	82	78	467	1	0	7	474
ejstockman	73	79	62	85	83	82	464	0	0	0	464
elonsmitty	84	57	71	87	83	81	463	0	0	0	463
besterateam	64	51	85	78	73	73	424	1	0	15	439
newarkwilder	77	73	76	72	62	67	427	0	0	0	427
ballantine	59	80	72	70	43	63	387	1	0	16	403

FINAL STANDINGS

Rank	Owner__________	Tot Wins	BonusPts	Rd2_Points	Rd1_Points	WS Wins	Overall_Pts	Prize
1	brianjw	565	78	643	698	1	992	$250
2	rbow923	558	100	658	662	1	989	$200
3	buddhagamer	528	82	610	593	2	907	$150
4	tjefferson	508	50	558	673	0	895	$120
5	discodemo	515	25	540	622	0	851	$100
6	alleyviper	507	43	550	586	1	843	$90
7	Yabahos	478	23	501	679	0	841	$80
8	batandball	513	21	534	583	0	826	$70
9	schwarze	505	32	537	562	0	818	$60
10	profcake	516	17	533	568	0	817	$50
11	mildnhazy	492	21	513	587	0	807	$40
12	wildthings1	487	6	493	612	0	799	$40
13	ncmusician_7	489	13	502	581	0	793	$30
14	ybjsports	477	28	505	571	0	791	$30
15	bighooze	463	37	500	575	1	788	$30
15	bigmc	471	30	501	573	0	788	$30
17	ryan_horner	484	7	491	590	0	786	$30
18	besterateam	424	15	439	664	0	771	$30
19	mensu1954	467	7	474	590	0	769	$30
20	dougpalm	478	0	478	571	0	764	$30
21	elonsmitty	463	0	463	587	0	757	$30
22	ejstockman	464	0	464	567	0	748	$30
23	newarkwilder	427	0	427	625	0	740	$30
24	ballantine	387	16	403	621	0	714	$30

Congrats brianjw!

Congrats!

Thanks everyone! And thanks especially to schwarze for running this. It was lots of fun, and I'm already looking forward to next year's tournament.

CONGRATS Brianjw !!

GREAT TOURNAMENT Schwarze !!

Congrats Brian! impressive performance. it's good to see somebody win by playing different than some of the groupthink strategies.

Storybook finish. Is this the first time WiSC came down to the final game between 1st and 2nd place teams?

I think so.  It's rare to have a 1st vs 2nd overall World Series, and to have the final results also be that close.... Amazing. 

Thanks rbow. I do like it when my teams look totally different to everyone else's.

I learned a ton from looking at your teams from the past year; hopefully mine are distinctive enough that others will look at them too. It would be nice to see some really radical team strategies. Maybe someone will win with spending 65% of budget on hitters, or focussing on high K pitchers (who I think are a little undervalued) or saving lots of money on catchers' arms (as you did in a couple of leagues) or something even less like the common strategies on WIS.

well done b jw

All prizes should have been awarded.