User:Alex Holowczak - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki Database

Alex Holowczak

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The World Championship starts next Thursday!

554 days ago

Networks

Snooker

Formula One

Detroit Red Wings

Green Bay Packers

Cricket

Rugby

Golf

Tennis

Speedway

Aston Villa F.C.

Friends

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Foes

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Gifts

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Sports Information

Favorite Moment

The greatest comeback of all time. Taylor was only winning the match at one point in the entire match - the very end of the match.

Worst Moment

Badly equipped marshalls could not help Williamson. David Purley tried unsuccessfully. The fire engine, rather than travel 100 yards to the accident the wrong way, travelled 2.5 miles around the track to get there as were the rules at the time. It revolutionised safety in the sport though.

Favorite AthletesSteve Yzerman.

Least Favorite AthletesBarry Bonds. Steroid cheaters should never be part of any sport. Especially not encouraged, like Bonds.

Other Information

MoviesNone

TVThe Simpsons, QI, Have I Got News For You, Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers, Allo! Allo!, Any sport on TV

MusicA lot of old music.

BooksDon't read as much as I do - and then it's only non-fiction stuff.

Video GamesSport based, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Madden, NHL, World Snooker Championship, FIFA etc.

MagazinesNone

SnacksAnything but spicy food.

DrinksNon-alcoholic.

Statistics

Edits 14,086

Votes 5,701

Comments 7,624

Poll Votes 212

Picture Game Votes 88

Quiz Points 1,600

Pick 'Em Points 10,270

Personal Information

Real NameAlex Holowczak

LocationUnited Kingdom

HometownUnited Kingdom

BirthdayApril 29th

OccupationStudent

Websiteswww.fivewayschess.co.uk

Places I've LivedOldbury, England

SchoolsKing Edward VI Five Ways

About MeI am from Birmingham, England, and I am a fan of many sports, including F1, snooker and cricket. I don't much care for "soccer".

My name is not of British decent, but of Ukrainian decent. My grandfather was from Lvov, a town in Western Ukraine. During the Second World War, he ended up in Britain.

I am the reigning ArmchairGM Pool and Chess Champion, and I hope to retain my Pool trophy in 2008.

Recent Activity

Is now friends with Trapp32 52 days ago

Commented on the page Article:2009 World Snooker Championship Review 54 days ago

"I think that"s universally accepted. :-P"

Sent a message to JuTMSY4 90 days ago

"Right, I see. :-( That's terrible... really is. I still read here from time..."

Sent a message to JuTMSY4 90 days ago

"The link didn't work."

Sent a message to JuTMSY4 90 days ago

"They all got laid off? That's terrible. Wikia basically bought their site a..."

Sent a message to JuTMSY4 90 days ago

"Nice idea. I reduced my time on here because I was fighting a lone battle o..."

Commented on the page Article:The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is a Steroids Whitewashed Joke 105 days ago

"The thing I hate most about the WBC is that it basically put two fingers up..."

Commented on the page Article:Team USA: In it to Win it! 105 days ago

"Not Netherlands, Kingdom of Netherlands... Important, because it lets peopl..."

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2009 World Snooker Championship Review 3 comments

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Was the traditionally English game of cricket founded in Belgium? 2 comments

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2009 Masters Final Videos 0 comments

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Chess player banned for drugs offence 5 comments

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Davis Continues to Grind in Grand Prix 0 comments

Quizzes, Polls, and Picture Games

As of 2007, who is the only Speedway Individual World Champion to come from Poland? Quiz

Where was the 1982 Speedway Individual World Final held? Quiz

Who won the 1994 Speedway Individual World Final? Quiz

Who should be Canada's starting goalie? Poll

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JuTMSY4

posted 34 days ago

Hey Alex. Hope all is well with your exams.

We're having issues with the spam filter and editing an article. If possible could you please delete these two comments (the two by me that have links that are supposed to be images, but aren't there). I believe they are the trigger

http://armchairgm.wiki..._Game_2#comment-290624

Thanks - JuT

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Cheezer

posted 149 days ago

This banned user left a trail of spam comments.

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Cheezer

posted 215 days ago

Evidently, it was an ad spam for a new chess tracker online gaming software. Kind of like a online chess league.

Sorry.

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Cheezer

posted 215 days ago

Check this out. Looks like we have another Chess player on the 'chair.

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LASportsblog

posted 244 days ago

LOL! Culture Gap! I thought you were making reference to how black folk in the "country" (southern US) speak. Sorry for the confusion

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Picksfarm

posted 283 days ago

hey how's it going?

Seems like you're into handicapping, you should check out my site that I just launched. You'll be able to pick against live odds and you'll eventually be able to sell your picks. If you don't feel like doing that you can enter in contests where you'll be able to win free prizes. But I'd love some feedback on the site and what you think would make it better.

http://cheehee.com/users/new

thanks

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LASportsblog

posted 292 days ago

you stopped updating us on your Management of England - did you get sacked?

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The Pip

posted 298 days ago

The "base ranking" comes from either the preseason poll or it would work like the BCS, where we wait a month and a half before we calculate. I'll have to go back a season or two just for smaple size and system tweaking. I just want to get something flowing in real time. 119 is a crapper of a sample size though.

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The Pip

posted 298 days ago

It was sometime last football season, and I was looking for it because I realized it might be time to start fiddling with the idea. Either way, I just realized, it does not matter if we can't find the post because I can just google some chess scoring tables and start from there.

You suck at searching, but you WIN at brainstorming.

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The Pip

posted 298 days ago

Could you possibly point in the direction of a post or comment or article or lockerroom that you suggested a possible adaptation of Chess ranking tables for use with college football? I'm fairly certain you wrote it, but I could be 100% wrong.

Thank you, Pip

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