2012 Color War Results

Part One - Team Placings

So, based on the straight number of points, the standings were:
1st: The Afterburners
2nd: The Sunnyside Ups
3rd: The Lady Marmalades
4th: Leaping Leprechauns
5th: The Blue Bloods
6th: Indigo Montoya
7th: Heliotropes

After taking participation into account, the final standings are:
1st: The Afterburners
2nd: The Sunnyside Ups
3rd: The Lady Marmalades
4th: Leaping Leprechauns
5th: Indigo Montoya
6th: The Blue Bloods
7th: Heliotropes

Note: Indigo Montoya was the only team to race their hoses injured.  Do not do this in the future, please!

Points were awarded for racing horses on a regular (i.e. monthly or more) schedule.  If a horse was injured and you did not race it, you got credit for that month anyway.  If you did not race a healthy horse, or raced an injured horse, you lost credit.  Captains also lost credit based on whether members voted for races that never got entered.

For captains, the breakdown (for good captainship) was:

  1. Indigo Montoya
  2. Sunnyside Ups
  3. Blue Bloods
  4. Lady Marmelades
  5. Leaping Leprechauns
  6. Heliotropes
  7. Afterburners

Sadly, all of the team’s captains got dinged for missing a month of racing for their horses.  That’s pretty sad, given that we had 2 captains per team.

Congrats to all the teams, and props to The Afterburners for continuing to vote on races even after both your captains went AWOL!

OK, here it is…time for prizes! :slight_smile:

Monetary Prizes
All monetary prizes were heavily influenced by how active you were for your team.  So you have no one but yourself to blame if you got way less than some of your teammates. :wink:  (Note: I did base it on an expected participation rate of 75%, so if you were more active, you got extra money, if you were less active, you got less money)

Team Captains - Base of $200,000
Like last year, we had a couple of really pathetically (in)active captains.  Also like last year, we had some awesome ones, too. :slight_smile:

Alyssa of Afterburners: $40,000
Brenda of Lady Marmelades: $140,000
Lilly of Lady Marmelades: $140,000
Dawn of Sunnyside Ups: $210,000
Diana of Sunnyside Ups: $210,000
Bam of Leaping Leprechauns: $110,000
Kiera of Leaping Leprechauns: $110,000
Annie of Blue Bloods: $130,000
Paul of Blue Bloods: $130,000
Nan of Indigo Montoya: $360,000
Monica of Indigo Montoya: $360,000

Team Members: Because member activity varied so wildly, I decided to be nice and guarantee everyone at least 50% of the prize money.  The other 50% was earned based on activity.
The Afterburners: Base $750,000
Alyssa (Ivy Creek): $720,000
Lisa (Good Compay): $690,000
Isami (Hokkaido): $855,000
Carole (Iron Spur): $855,000
Argus (Sheldrake): $880,000
Mallory (Stormy Island): $855,000

Sunnyside Ups: Base $500,000
Diana (Coleman Branch): $585,000
Dawn (Battle Hill Farm): $580,000
Maya (Pemberley Estates): $580,000
Teri (Starview Racing, Inc.): $580,000
KayLeigh Martenia (Candi Cane Racing): $550,000
Kaycie (Legacy International): $490,000

Lady Marmalades: Base $300,000
Remedy (Remedy Ranch): $350,000
Brenda Martenia (Triple M Racing ): $340,000
Lilly Swanger (Rainee Thoroughbreds): $340,000
Juli (Oakwood Farms): $340,000
Andrea (Storybook Farms): $325,000
Jade (Cascade Stables): $300,000
Rhianon (Morning Star Farms): $265,000

Leaping Leprechauns: Base $200,000
Ashlee (Misty Lodge): $245,000
Lewis (Starfish Stables): $235,000
Bam (Snowbird International): $235,000
Brandi (End Of Time Stables): $235,000
Deanna (Gust O’Wind Farm): $235,000
Penny (Darkwood Stables): $235,000
Tuano (Supernovaa Thoroughbreds): $235,000
Shannon (Shadowbrook Farm): $215,000

Indigo Montoya: Base $125,000
Drew (Railbird Racing): $145,000
Myles Mintzler (The Grey Stable): $145,000
Nancy (Lanson Farms): $145,000
Cat (Cricket Hill): $145,000
Terri Lynn (Pick Up The Pace ): $145,000
Arab Lady (Southern Cross TC): $145,000
ThoroughbredLover (ThoroughbredLover): $145,000
Alex (Day Break Stables): $145,000
Monica (FoxHill Farm Racing Stable): $115,000

Blue Bloods: Base $75,000
Acantha (Sorrelleaf Stables): $90,000
Jason (Vaucluse Farms): $90,000
Bevin (Blue Ridge Farm): $90,000
Maya (Fleet Feet Thoroughbreds): $90,000
Highlandraider (Renegade Racing and Breeding): $90,000
Paul (Windward Farms): $90,000
Kim (Semiahmoo Stables): $75,000
Mark (Markos): $72,000

Heliotropes: Base $50,000
Erian Daae (Skyclad Stables): $60,000
Holly (Cirque Du Soleil Stables): $60,000
Emily (Spirit Mountain): $60,000
Sarah (Blue Wolf Farm): $55,000
LeAnn (Freedom Acres): $55,000
Janet (Silver Pond Farm): $55,000
Lindsay (Clover Springs Stables): $50,000
Edea (Outlaws Incorporated): $30,000

Congrats everyone! I can’t say much for myself but had fun non-the-less!  Results are always fun and exciting.  Thanks Shanthi. :slight_smile:

Note that I had no way to judge which captain on a team was more awesome, so both captains got equal credit.  If I have time to do overhaul of CW stuff, I’ll add in the ability to log which captain enters what race(s), so that if captain A is entering all the races, they get all the credit.

Holy bejeezus, I think my eyes just popped out of my head!  This was my first year doing CW, and it was tons of fun – plus my team kicked butt! :stuck_out_tongue:  Go Sunnyside Ups!!

Way to go Nan and Monica of Indigo Montoya!!! You guys did a great job considering the luck of the draw with the untried horses everyone was given!!!

Definitely.  Three cheers for Nan and Monica!!  Our horses might’ve been pathetic, but our team captains sure weren’t.  =D

Nice job everyone! It was my first year and I know I had fun! Can’t wait for next year!

Way to go Lady Marmalades!!!

It was a good year and we had challenging horses including one(Dealer) who did nothing till the last race of the year and won it! Go Figure :-\

Good Luck on your new teams for this year!!

OMG :astonished: :astonished: :astonished: :astonished:!!  Fainting now!

Way to go Sunnyside Ups!!!

wow congrates to everyone! sounds like everyone had fun! I can’t wait to sign up and join all the fun!!

Good year, everyone! Congrats to all of the players! I can’t wait to start it up again next year.  :wink:

Well, at least we weren’t last, ha ha.

Any way, 90,000 is a HUGE amount for me. It will really replenish what I lost in taxes. Thank you!

All those times I beat myself up for not entering is just going twice as much now, lol. Ah, well, fourth is still awesome :3 Way to go, Leprechauns!!

Thanks, Shanthi!

Another awesome Color Wars!!!

Way to Go Sunnyside Ups!!!

You Rock Shanthi!!!

Congrats to everyone  ;D

Woo hoo! We didn’t place last after all!  :wink:

Being Captain was a lot more fun and a lot less scary than I thought it would be. I would definitely like to do it again. And I would love to have any of my team-mates back on a team with me. You guys were awesome. :slight_smile:

colour war is so much fun =) thanks shanthi =)

Congrats to everyone in the Color Way! Sorry to my team that I was such a lousy captain :frowning:

Woohoo I got a prize! :slight_smile: Thanks a milli shanthi!