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31st October 2017, 06:04 AM
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Europa 2017 - Place your bets!
 The race that stops the board is back in 2017. Lets look at some racer profiles so you can make some educated betting.  Wildrider Model: Street Supercar Description: After years of campaigning to be allowed into the competition and being denied entry, the racer whom everyone knows is crazy has finally been allowed to race. What are the race organisers thinking?!? Special ability: Break-Neck: If Wildrider rolls a 1-3, all racers behind him suffer -1 speed. If he rolls 4-6 all racers ahead suffer -1 speed in panic. Anyone unfortunate enough to be right next to him gets bashed around for -2 speed.  Hurricane Model: Le-Mans Long Distance Racer Description: The first time a Turbomaster participates in the Europa rally. Hurricane's defensive strategy is to get ahead and keep everyone behind him at bay. Special ability: Backfire: Rolling a 6 or 1 will activate his rear artillery cannon hitting the racer/s directly behind him for -3 speed. This also gives him a +2 speed boost.  Blurr Model: Earth-mode Supercar Description: In his second attempt at winning the Europa race he comes with an Earth-based alt mode and another engine upgrade. Will this be his year? Special ability: Hyperfire Engine MkII: This year's Hyperfire Engine has been tuned for greater reliability. It can roll between 2 and 8. However a roll of 7 or 8 will mean Blurr has to take it easy for the next leg only with speed capped at 5.  Nitro Convoy Model: Velocitronian Long Distance Racer Description: Nitro Convoy sometimes goes by the name of Override when competing in matriarchal cultures. This seasoned champion is fitted out with an enviable suite of race abilities Special ability: Speed Racer: Rolling a 1 = Jump Jacks, instantly overtake the racer ahead Rolling a 2 = Belt Tires, +2 speed in Curve terrain, -1 speed if Deployed on a Straight. Rolling a 3 = Cutters, -1 speed to anyone alongside. Rolling a 4 = Deflector, Immune from Attacks Rolling a 5 = Night Shades, +2 speed in Cities Rolling a 6 = Cyber Key Power, shoot all of the racers ahead causing -1 speed  Thermidor Model: Futuristic Armoured Tourer Description: Drift is racing for great justice and redemption or something. Street courses are his speciality. Special ability: Shell shock: Thermidor takes half damage from all attacks (i.e 0 from 1 damage attacks, 1 from 3 damage attacks). Additionally every leg he will fire his front facing machine guns at the next racer/s ahead of him for -1 speed.  Sunstreaker Model: Supercharged Lamborghini Description: Full of vanity and powerful in his own right, Sunstreaker won't be outdone in this race! Special ability: Competitive: From Leg 2 onwards Sunstreaker will summon +1 speed every time a racer is overtaken during a leg. This bonus does not apply to when he is the one doing the overtaking or if Fracture overtakes using his sneaky ability. His competitive nature means this bonus becomes +2 speed in the final leg.  Fracture Model: Cybertronian 'Chopper' Cycle Description: This bounty hunter may have more sinister motives for entering this race. Does anyone have an engine made from exotic alloy? Special ability: Unscrupulous: Fracture is not beyond cheating to win this race. If he is not attacked during a leg, he will take shortcuts to gain +2 speed while everyone else is in disarray 2016 Course Leg 1: Crown City (Straight) Leg 2: Chase Airfields (Straight) Leg 3: Lake Bartels (Curve) Leg 4: Continental Expressway (Straight) Leg 5: Galata Valley(Curve) Leg 6: Carbombya Desert (Straight) Leg 7: Coral Canyon (Curve) Leg 8: Autobot City (Straight) CURRENT PAYOUT ODDS NOTE: Payout odds subject the change before race time. All punters are entitled to change their betting up until the actual Melbourne Cup race time. Win/Place Odds Based on results from 10 time trials dated 01/11/17 Wildrider: 1:12 / 1:7 Hurricane: 1:9 / 1:8 Blurr: 1:2 / 1:0.5 Nitro Convoy: 1:4/ 1:2 Thermidor: 1:5/ 1:2 Sunstreaker: 1:0.5 / 1:0.2 Fracture: 1:5 / 1:2 Trifecta: 1:13 Quinella: 1:3 First 4: 1:15 Also for further clarification, payouts will work as follows. 1:0.5 = bet 100 credits, win 50 credits and get your original 100 back as well 1:1 = bet 100 credits, win 100 credits and get your original 100 back as well 1:100 = bet 100 credits, retire from transformers sportsbetting for life  The following board members have either carryover credits from previous years and/or have won credits from this year's teaser game and are either not eligible, or have already had their 50 free credits applied. Balances are shown below: CHILENO20 : 200 credits Trent: 175 credits STL: 162 credits GoldenPhoenix: 100 credits Deonasis: 100 credits Ultimate Galvatron: 100 credits Sky Shadow: 100 credits Bartrim: 100 credits Ravagecat: 100 credits Sinnertwin: 100 credits Borgeman: 80 credits Seraphim Prime 65 credits So who do you think will win? Each new or broke member has 50 credits they can use to bet on the race. Betting will close when the actual Melbourne Cup race starts. Race results will be posted sometime after but hopefully on Cup Day. Happy punting Ozformers! 
Last edited by Lint; 1st November 2017 at 07:02 PM. 
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1st November 2017, 07:29 PM
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UPDATE: 10 Time Trials
10 time trials have been completed! The odds for this race have been updated accordingly and some racer analysis added
Wildrider: 1:12 / 1:7 Hurricane: 1:9 / 1:8 Blurr: 1:2 / 1:0.5 Nitro Convoy: 1:4/ 1:2 Thermidor: 1:5/ 1:2 Sunstreaker: 1:0.5 / 1:0.2 Fracture: 1:5 / 1:2 Trifecta: 1:13 Quinella: 1:3 First 4: 1:15 Racer analysis Wildrider
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Thermidor Races won: 1/10 Races placed: 4/10 Thermidor is a solid mid-fielder and could perhaps be considered a good filler for a First 4 bet. That said, he has been wholly outperformed by Fracture in this regard. His abilities make him immune to the likes of Wildrider and he has demonstrated that once he gets ahead it is impossible for racers to take him down. Sunstreaker
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2nd November 2017, 11:21 AM
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Very interesting results from time trials, I'll be considering my bets carefully this year, I thought I was a shoe in last year and clearly my copy of the Macaddams sports almanac had a misprint in it. I won't be trusting it this year since I now only have 50 charity credits to spend.
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2nd November 2017, 03:16 PM
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Lint: Put it all on Wildrider to win
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7th November 2017, 09:42 PM
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I've been incomudicado all weekend, so missed out on placing a bet, I see though that the race is yet to be posted, as such I'm going to place my bet in the hopes that it will be accepted.
10 credits on sunstreaker to win 10 credits on the trifecta: sunstreaker, blurr, nitro convoy 10 credits on the first 4:sunstreaker, blurr, nitro convoy, thermidor 10 credits on thermidor to win 10 credits on Wildrider to place because he deserves some recognition after he's fought so hard to be in the race for so long.
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8th November 2017, 04:14 PM
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Thanks for betting, hope to run the actual race later tonight. Anyone else who wants to play has the next few hours or so to get them in!
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8th November 2017, 05:05 PM
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I'm looking forward to the writeup of the race.
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8th November 2017, 07:46 PM
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Half on sunstreaker to place, half on Blurr to place!
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9th November 2017, 12:12 PM
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