Archive for May, 2008

The big battle

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Nooooo!!! This is not about Euro 2008. This is the continuation of “My Story”, back due to popular demand. ;)

So this is Part VI??

Agency Cost is an economic concept on the cost incurred by an organization that is associated with problems such as divergent management-shareholder objectives and information asymmetry. In any organization it is very likely that there are divergent or difference between the objectives and motivations of its members, and htmy was not an exception.

Hattrick is a great game as such that people can play it in many ways, some can attempt to horde as much cash as possible, while patiently make the kill, while others might attempt to use as much as possible, its current resources to win. Some might place the interest on the nation first, while others their own club. I strongly believe there is no right or wrong way of playing a game, as you should be able to play it as you like, and attempt to achieve what you are enjoying.

The difference in goal, therefore lead to the divergent. In order to be efficient, local user who pull a potential U20 youth were requested to put the player on sale during off-peak time. The reason is simple, as this will allowed TBs less competition from foreign users to bid for the player. The cost, well, the player will be sell at a lower price, hence the original owner of the player gets less money. A small conflict? Well, big battles normally arise from a small misunderstanding!

So intense was the battle, for those who remember it, htmy lose many of its dedicated users….. and we have yet to recover.

Euro 2008 (7-29 June 2008)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Group A (Czech Republic, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey)
Group B (Austria, Croatia, Germany, Poland)
Group C (France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania)
Group D (Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden)

#a Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B
#b Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A
#c Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group D
#d Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group C

Semis: @1 Winner #a vs Winner #b
Semis: @2 Winner #c vs Winner #d

Finals: Winner @1 vs Winner @2

Group A got 2004 euro finalist Portugal, co-host Switzerland
Group B got 2002 world cup finalist Germany, co-host Austria
Group C is group of death, got 2006 world cup winner Italy, 2006 world cup finalist France, underachieving Nederlands
Group D got 2004 euro winner Greece, underachieving Spain

Who is your favourite team to win this year euro 2008?
No England to choose, will Italy who crown 2006 world cup winner will win this euro 2008 following the path of France double winner in World cup 1998 and euro 2000.
Will Greece retain back the title they won by upsetting Portugal who also the host?
Or will it be the time for underachieving big guns such as Spain or Nederlands?

For my guessing, based on the grouping and the path to the finals, I predict Portugal winner of Group A, Germany winner of Group B, Italy winner of Group C and Spain winner of Group D.
While runner-up for Group A is Czech Republic, Group B is Croatia, Group C is Nederlands/France and Group D is Greece.
1st semifinals will be Portugal vs Germany and 2nd semifinals will be Italy vs Spain.
The finals will be Portugal vs Italy and the winner will be Italy :D if no upset :P
For each big tournament, there will be always upset happening around :S
Ball is round :)

Let’s watch this exciting tournament which team will be crowned the Euro 2008 Champions. 


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