May 2010

From this month onwards, the player lists will be posted on this board ("Player Lists" board), which has been created for that purpose.

The Participant List will include everyone who has played at least once since the start of the year, and for whom I have either a e-mail address or mobile number. I have your e-mail address once you register on the message board.

Guest List A is everyone who has played at least once since the start of the year, but for whom I have neither an e-mail address or a mobile number.

Guest List B is everyone who has registered as a member of the message board, but has yet to play. If anyone provides me with an e-mail address of others who are interested but have yet to play, I will add them to Guest List B.

Everyone on the Participant List and the guest lists, plus several more who have played before, will receive the monthly updates.

To everyone who wants to play, please register as a member of the message board. Those who have registered, please log in to put names down for a game on the "Schedule" board. As a registered member, you don't need to complete the security check and tick the box to agree to Proboards terms of service each time before you post.

I will change the settings sometime in the second half of this year so that you have to be registered and logged in to put names down on the "Schedule" board. Registered members will continue to be able to put names down for others, including guests. From that point onwards, only registered members and invited guests will be able to play in GIFFA games.

However, even after the change is made, you will not have to be a registered member to add a post on the "Reports" board. You do not have to be a registered member to start a thread or add a post on the "Queries, Suggestions, Information & Chat" board.

The names on each list will be set out below.

The Participant List to be circulated shortly by e-mail (only to those on the list) is as follows:

S/No Name / Nickname Username
1 Ace ace
2 Ade
3 Adrian
4 AJ
5 Alan L
6 Alex F
7 Amrish
8 Andre
9 Andrew T
10 Andrew Y
11 Andy M
12 Andy N
13 Andy P
14 Andy T
15 Anthony anthony7
16 Arijit arijit
17 Azmi azmi
18 Balach
19 Benjamin ben77
20 Bobby bobby
21 Boon Yick
22 Bret bummerbret
23 Chee Hoong
24 Clive
25 Craig craig
26 Damian Y damian
27 Dan B danb
28 Danny
29 David H horne
30 David M
31 Dennis
32 Dilesh dilesh
33 Eam
34 Elvin elvin11
35 Eric D
36 Erik H
37 Federico federico
38 Fred fred
39 Gabriel
40 Ganesh
41 Gilbert L gbert
42 Ian D ian
43 Imran imran7
44 Jamil
45 Jason D
46 Jia Wei
47 Jiunn-Jye jye
48 Joe
49 Joel
50 John J
51 John S johns1mpson
52 Jordan
53 Julius
54 Jun Hur
55 Justin
56 Kelvin D kelvindass
57 Kelvin Y
58 Kenneth L
59 Kenny kenny
60 Kevin A ScoobaKev
61 Kevin K
62 Lim Howe
63 Look Liew lookliew
64 Lukas
65 Mark T markt
66 Max Max L
67 Melvin C
68 Melvin L
69 Mike A mike
70 Murali mnair
71 Murray murray
72 Neil M neilm
73 Neil S neils
74 Nick C
75 Nick H nick
76 Peter
77 Philip S redcafe10
78 Poh Keng pohkeng
79 Raffi raffianteddy
80 Rajiv admin
81 Rajseran rajseran
82 Reza
83 Rizal
84 Rob E
85 Robbie T
86 Sajith sajith
87 Salman sk
88 Sam awyong183163
89 Sandeep
90 Sean sean
91 See Kit ckit77
92 Sivaraj
93 Stanley
94 Stephen C
95 Steve F
96 Steven L
97 Sunny
98 Sushil sushil
99 Sze Kuan
100 Tim C timc
101 Tim G
102 Timmy timmy
103 Tristan tristan
104 Uday
105 Vincent vincent
106 Wayne
107 Weeliam w3eliam
108 Wei Wen
109 Wing Kong
110 Yaseen
111 Yeang
112 Yip Weng yipweng

For those who have registered as members of the message board, I have included your username above. If you cannot remember your password, go the login page and request that your password be sent to you.

The list circulated by e-mail shows whether I have your nationality, year of birth and the club you support. If I do not have the information for you, or the information I have is wrong, please provide me with the information (or the correct information).

Guest List A:

1 Akshay
2 Alan2 (introduced by Elvin)
3 Albert
4 Aloysius
5 Carl
6 Daniel (introduced by Sean)
7 Edmund
8 Hang Peng
9 Hugh
10 Ian T
11 Jonathan
12 Luciano
13 Ray (introduced by Julius)
14 Suresh (introduced by Elvin)
15 Thanga
16 YC

I have specified the introducer where there are or have been other players with the same or similar names.

If anyone can provide me with their e-mail address or mobile number, I will move them to the Participant List.

Guest List B:

nickanderson
dylanm
senkusha79
zmycoco
kennethchoo
apid
yujon
xavier
hondacivic
shanky

John J (jmj) and Clive have registered as members of the message board.

Varun has registered, and played his first game on Sunday.

Gary and Daniel L2 played last Tuesday, while Ahmad played last Thursday, and go into the guest list.

Daniel L1 was introduced by Nick H, Daniel L2 by Poh Keng. Not sure how else to distinguish the two.

Dhiraj (djoseph) joined us at The Cage on Wednesday, and has registered as a member of the message board.

Paul, who played in the same game, has been added to Guest List A.

As was the case for April 2010, the monthly round up is now on the message board, not the blog.

The following will be added below:

1. Top 40 players in terms of games played (6 months up to May 2010).
2. Top 40 players in terms of points (6 months up to May 2010).
3. Top 10 for player of the month for May 2010.

The points system is explained again here. The aim is to encourage participation, playing well, and playing in the right spirit.

To highlight, apart from points for actually playing:

* Each vote in the player poll (1 point) and swapping from the winning side to the losing side during a game to make it more even (0.5 points) carry more points than the difference between winning and losing (0.2 points). Further, posting comments on the report thread also carries 0.2 points, again, as much as the difference between winning and losing.

* To further encourage player swaps, there is a disincentive to winning by too big a margin.

* To encourage a team that is losing to try to the end, there is an additional benefit in losing by a narrow margin.

For full listings and workings, download the Calc document from here.

The Calc document comprises of 5 sheets, explained here.

Some stats date back to the start of September 2008, a period of 21 months up to May 2010. I've also worked out a listing of everyone who has played since September 2008, by the number of games played.

Top 40 players in terms of number of games played (6 months up to May 2010):

S/No. Played Number of Games Played

1 Neil S 38
2 Azmi 36
3 Neil M 35
4 Poh Keng 25
5 Fred 24
5 Ganesh 24
7 Alex F 23
8 David H 22
9 Look Liew 21
10 Bobby 20
10 Timmy 20
12 Anthony 19
13 Imran 18
13 Justin 18
13 Wei Wen 18
16 Elvin 17
16 Jiunn-Jye 17
18 Andrew Y 16
18 Dan B 16
18 Kenny 16
18 Melvin L 16
18 Steve F 16
18 Sushil 16
24 Stephen C 15
25 Kenneth L 14
25 Murray 14
27 Damian Y 13
27 See Kit 13
29 Chee Hoong 12
29 Dilesh 12
29 John J 12
29 Stanley 12
29 Wing Kong 12
34 Arijit 10
34 Ian D 10
34 Julius 10
34 Max 10
34 Peter 10
34 Rajiv 10
40 Ade 9
40 Adrian 9
40 Albert 9
40 Andy M 9
40 Craig 9
40 Florian 9
40 Jason D 9
40 Nick C 9

Top 40 players in terms of points (6 months up to May 2010):

Current Position Previous Position Movement From Previous Position Highest Position Reached (Since Jul 09 Since Jan 10) Player Games Played Total Results Points Bonus Points Over Last 3 Months Average Adjusted Points

1 6 5 1 1 Dan B 16 34.1 4.0 2.100
2 1 -1 1 1 Azmi 36 75.8 3.0 2.081
3 5 2 1 3 Poh Keng 25 53.0 2.0 2.063
4 13 9 1 2 Imran 18 37.9 3.0 2.062
5 2 -3 1 1 Neil M 35 73.3 2.0 2.062
6 8 2 6 6 Fred 24 50.6 2.0 2.059
7 4 -3 1 1 Neil S 38 79.2 3.0 2.056
8 3 -5 2 2 Look Liew 21 44.1 2.0 2.037
9 7 -2 2 7 Ganesh 24 50.2 1.0 2.024
10 9 -1 9 9 Jiunn-Jye 17 36.2 0.0 2.016
11 18 7 7 7 Timmy 20 42.3 0.0 2.014
12 11 -1 11 11 Anthony 19 40.1 0.0 2.005
13 14 1 13 13 Alex F 23 47.4 2.0 2.000
14 19 5 14 14 Kenneth L 14 29.6 1.0 2.000
15 17 2 15 15 Wei Wen 18 38.0 0.0 2.000
16 30 14 16 16 Stephen C 15 31.9 0.0 1.994
17 10 -7 10 10 Elvin 17 35.3 1.0 1.992
18 53 35 18 18 Dilesh 12 25.2 2.0 1.985
19 15 -4 3 12 Sushil 16 33.1 2.0 1.982
20 25 5 20 20 Kenny 16 33.7 0.0 1.982
21 12 -9 12 12 Damian Y 13 27.3 1.0 1.979
22 39 17 15 22 Rajiv 10 21.2 1.0 1.978
23 31 8 23 23 Stanley 12 25.3 1.0 1.977
24 16 -8 13 16 Bobby 20 41.3 1.0 1.976
25 24 -1 24 24 Andrew Y 16 33.6 0.0 1.976
26 22 -4 22 22 John J 12 25.2 1.0 1.969
27 28 1 26 26 Melvin L 16 33.3 0.0 1.959
28 29 1 28 28 David H 22 45.0 0.0 1.957
29 32 3 29 29 Wing Kong 12 25.4 0.0 1.954
30 33 3 30 30 Justin 18 36.8 1.0 1.947
31 34 3 31 31 See Kit 13 27.2 0.0 1.943
32 23 -9 9 21 Steve F 16 33.0 0.0 1.941
33 54 21 33 33 Adrian 9 19.0 1.0 1.940
34 78 44 16 34 Federico 8 16.9 1.0 1.922
35 27 -8 7 22 Murray 14 28.8 0.0 1.920
36 44 8 36 36 Arijit 10 21.1 0.0 1.918
36 44 8 36 36 Max 10 21.1 0.0 1.918
38 41 3 38 38 Chee Hoong 12 24.9 0.0 1.915
39 38 -1 38 38 Craig 9 18.6 1.0 1.900
39 42 3 39 39 Ian D 10 20.5 1.0 1.900

Top 10 for player of the month for May 2010:

Pos Name Votes Games Adjusted Average
1 Imran 3.2 6 0.29
2 Rajseran 2.0 2 0.29
3 Dan B 1.5 7 0.13
4 Clive 1.0 3 0.13
4 Adrian 1.0 3 0.13
6 Nick H 1.0 4 0.11
6 Federico 1.0 4 0.11
8 Azmi 1.2 8 0.09
9 Fred 1.0 6 0.09
10 Poh Keng 0.8 6 0.07

Listing of everyone who has played since September 2008 by the number of games played

Male players (299):

S/No. Player Number of Games Played
1 Sushil 112
2 Bobby 110
3 Rajiv 98
4 Neil M 94
5 Gilbert L 83
6 Azmi 82
7 Rajseran 79
8 Nick C 74
9 John J 69
10 Poh Keng 67
11 Imran 65
11 Murray 65
13 Damian Y 64
14 Shankar 63
15 Melvin L 58
15 Yaseen 58
17 Ron 56
18 Neil S 53
19 John S 49
20 Andy M 47
20 Steve F 47
20 Tom 47
23 Ganesh 45
24 Reza 44
24 Timmy 44
26 Jiunn-Jye 43
27 Alex F 42
28 Ian D 41
28 Joel 41
28 Philipp A 41
31 Anthony 40
32 Clive 39
32 Edardy 39
34 Andy P 38
34 George 38
36 Look Liew 37
37 Fred 36
37 Julius 36
39 Elvin 34
40 Lukas 33
41 Benjamin 32
41 Wei Wen 32
43 Dan B 30
43 Yuchi 30
45 Sze Kuan 28
45 Mark L 28
47 Jason D 27
48 Chris K 26
49 Andy N 24
49 Chi Kin 24
49 Mark C 24
52 Boon Yick 23
52 Dirk 23
54 David H 22
54 Weeliam 22
56 Desmond T 21
56 Kenneth L 21
56 Wade 21
56 Boris 21
60 Alan L 20
61 Erik H 19
61 Federico 19
61 Kenny 19
61 Sivaraj 19
61 Rajer (Santi) 19
66 Ace 18
66 Andrew Y 18
66 Dilesh 18
66 Justin 18
66 Kevin K 18
66 Franco 18
72 Kevin A 17
72 Rizal 17
72 Sam A 17
72 Sunny 17
72 Tommy 17
77 Stephen C 16
78 Andy C 15
79 Adam C 14
79 See Kit 14
81 Balach 13
81 Amaury 13
81 Clement 13
81 Ladi 13
85 Arijit 12
85 Chee Hoong 12
85 Ken 12
85 Lin Kang 12
85 Niel L 12
85 Stanley 12
85 Wing Kong 12
85 Luke 12
85 Ronak 12
85 Sagnik 12
85 Yu Teik 12
96 Bret 11
96 Melvin C 11
96 Peter 11
96 Andrew TY 11
96 Geoff 11
101 Andre 10
101 David M 10
101 Jamil 10
101 Max 10
101 Mike A 10
101 Yip Weng 10
101 Damian B 10
101 Gilbert G 10
101 Kumar 10
110 Ade 9
110 Adrian 9
110 Albert 9
110 Craig 9
110 Florian 9
110 Gabriel 9
110 Jujing 9
117 Chris R 8
117 Danny 8
117 Murali 8
117 Qaleel 8
117 Uday 8
117 Dan N 8
117 Desmond O 8
117 Llion 8
125 Nick H 7
125 Bernard 7
125 Glenn 7
125 Kannan 7
129 Aloysius 6
129 Carl 6
129 Robbie 6
129 Sean T 6
129 Tim C 6
129 Alex T 6
129 Bob 6
129 Dominic 6
129 Matt T 6
129 Samuel 6
129 Simon R 6
140 Alan 2 5
140 Amrish 5
140 Jia Wei 5
140 Joe1 5
140 Philip S 5
140 Vincent 5
140 Alex W 5
140 Clemens 5
140 David G 5
140 Duncan 5
140 Kenneth C 5
140 Rajan 5
152 AJ 4
152 Dennis 4
152 Eam 4
152 Ian G 4
152 Liam 4
152 Ber Luen 4
152 Con 4
152 Gerald 4
152 Jason C 4
152 John L 4
152 Jonathan 4
152 Swee Hoe 4
152 Toby 4
152 Vincent 4
166 Edmund 3
166 Eric D 3
166 Ian F 3
166 Kelvin D 3
166 Sajith 3
166 Salman 3
166 YC 3
166 Yeang 3
166 Barry 3
166 Gordon 3
166 Juha 3
166 Mat H 3
166 Matt C 3
166 Rob 3
166 Sam C 3
166 Sriram 3
166 Tony 3
166 Vignes 3
166 Yet Yen 3
185 Adam W 2
185 Daniel L1 2
185 Ian T 2
185 Jonathan 2
185 Jordan 2
185 Jun Hur 2
185 Kelvin Y 2
185 Mark T 2
185 Ray 2
185 Rizal 2
185 Robert 2
185 Shawn 2
185 Suresh 2
185 Tristan 2
185 Axel 2
185 Desmond G 2
185 Din 2
185 Fawzi 2
185 Heath 2
185 Joane 2
185 Kein Liang 2
185 Mani 2
185 Michael 2
185 Nathaniel 2
185 Prabhakaran 2
185 Rolf 2
185 Russell 2
185 Sudhershen 2
213 Ahmad 1
213 Akshay 1
213 Alkaliq 1
213 Andrew T 1
213 Andy T 1
213 Anil 1
213 Barun 1
213 Daniel L2 1
213 Gary 1
213 Hang Peng 1
213 Hoong Whee 1
213 Hugh 1
213 Joe2 1
213 Lim Howe 1
213 Luciano 1
213 Raffi 1
213 Resham 1
213 Steven L 1
213 Tangga 1
213 Tim G 1
213 Varun 1
213 Wayne 1
213 Yanni 1
213 Alex Z 1
213 Alvin 1
213 Ashwin 1
213 Bunpheng 1
213 Charles 1
213 Chee Charn 1
213 Chris N 1
213 Christian 1
213 Claudio 1
213 Collin 1
213 Dan L 1
213 Darius 1
213 David C 1
213 Edwin 1
213 Feroz 1
213 Garrett 1
213 Gervas 1
213 Guillaume 1
213 Hairuddin 1
213 James 1
213 Jeevan 1
213 Jeffrey 1
213 Jefenius 1
213 Jens 1
213 Jit 1
213 John W 1
213 Johnny 1
213 Julius D 1
213 Khairul 1
213 Kian Keat 1
213 Luis 1
213 Marc 1
213 Marcus 1
213 Mark N 1
213 Mark T 1
213 Matt B 1
213 Mean Luck 1
213 Melvin P 1
213 Mervin 1
213 Mokhtar 1
213 Nicholas 1
213 Pat 1
213 Pawan 1
213 Pradeep 1
213 Rafi 1
213 Rais 1
213 Raymond 1
213 Regan 1
213 Richard 1
213 Robin 1
213 Roslan 1
213 Ryan L 1
213 Ryan N 1
213 Sang Wok 1
213 Scott 1
213 Siva 1
213 Steve B 1
213 Steve du P 1
213 Stuart 1
213 Wai Keong 1
213 Waqas 1
213 Yazid 1
213 Zai 1
213 Zul 1

Female players (7 players):

Player Number of Games Played
Kimberley 2
Priyanka 2
Erin 1
Huir Yuin 1
Magdalene 1
May 1
Yuhui 1