Tuesday, May 20, 2014

S.S.S. INDEX (2002-2014)



Greetings friends,

By far the most common question posed to your friendly bookie (apart from “Have you gotten a CT Scan lately?”) is some variant of “Where can I find some puerile and vulgar remark you made about Moldovan politics sometime back in the late aughts?”. The enclosed index doesn’t purport to directly answer your quandaries. Sifting through nearly 1500 pages of wonkish text remains impossible. Nevertheless, it seems appropriate to deliver some sort of attempt to catalog where we’ve been before embarking on our next journey. Eighteen separate Syndicates pre-cede this summer's World Cup. Syndicate Season is nearly upon us. Can’t wait to reconnect with all of you!!

1) WM 2002—“The Humble Beginnings of a Syndicate”
WM 2002 
Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaft 2002
Competition (in English): 2002 FIFA World Cup
Written: May-June 2002
Posted: April 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: April 2012
Number of Posts: 9

2) EM 2004—“Revenge of the Syndicate”
EM 2004 
Competition (in German): Europameisterschaft 2004
Competition (in English): 2004 UEFA European Championship
Written: June-July 2004
Posted: April 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: April 2012
Number of Posts: 7

3) WM 2006—“The Curse of the Syndicate”
WM 2006

Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaft 2006
Competition (in English): 2006 FIFA World Cup
Written: May-July 2006
Posted: April 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: April 2012
Number of Posts: 10

4) EM 2008—“Syndicate United”
EM 2008 
Competition (in German): Europameisterschaft 2008
Competition (in English): 2008 UEFA European Championship
Written: June 2008
Posted: April 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: April 2012
Number of Posts: 7

5) WMQ 2009—“Syndicate with A Vengeance”
WMQ 2009 
Competition (in German):  Weltmeisterschaftsqualifikation 2009
Competition (in English): 2009 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Written: October 2009
Posted: April 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: April 2012
Number of Posts: 1

6) WMQ 2009—“Syndicate: Afterlife”

WMQ 2009 (2)Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaftsqualifikation 2009
Competition (in English): 2009 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Written: November 2009
Posted: April 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: April 2012
Number of Posts: 1

7) WM 2010—“Attack of the Syndicate”
WM 2010 
Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaft 2010
Competition (in English): 2010 FIFA World Cup
Written: June-July 2010
Posted: May 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: May 2012
Number of Posts: 43

8) FWM 2011—“Bride of Syndicate”
FWM 2011 
Competition (in German): Frauenweltmeisterschaft 2011
Competition (in English): 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Written: June-July 2011
Posted: May 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: May 2012
Number of Posts: 7

9) EM 2012—“Syndicate: Resurrection”
EM 2012 
Competition (in German): Europameisterschaft 2012
Competition (in English): 2012 UEFA European Championship
Written: May-July 2012
Posted: May-July 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: May 2013
Number of Posts: 30

10) Election 2012—“Syndicate: Apocalypse”
Election 2012 
Competition (in English): 2012 U.S. Election
Written: October-November 2012
Posted: October-November 2012
Retroactive Notes Added: N/A
Number of Posts: 3


11) CAN 2013—“Syndicate: Dark Continent”
CAN 2013 
Competition (in English): 2013 African Cup of Nations
Written: January-February 2013
Posted: January-February 2013
Retroactive Notes Added: April-May 2014
Number of Posts: 7


12) WBC 2013—“Syndicate: Reloaded”
WBC 2013 
Competition (in English): 2013 World Baseball Classic
Written: February-March 2013
Posted: February-March 2013
Retroactive Notes Added:  N/A
Number of Posts: 13

13) Papal Conclave 2013—“Shadow Scholar Syndicate Presents: Jesus on the Moneyline”
Papal Conclave 2013 
Competition (in English): 2013 Papal Election
Written: March 2013
Posted: March 2013
Retroactive Notes Added:  N/A
Number of Posts: 3
(contained within WBC 2013 Round Six, WBC 2013 Round Seven, and WBC Round Eight)

14) CC 2013—“Syndicate: Judgment Play”
CC 2013 
Competition (in English): 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
Written: June 2013
Posted: June 2013
Retroactive Notes Added:  May 2014
Number of Posts: 7


15) FEM 2013—“Syndicate: X-2”
FEM 2013 
Competition (in German): Fraueneuropameisterschaft 2013
Competition (in English): 2013 UEFA European Women’s Football Championship
Written: July 2013
Posted: July 2013
Retroactive Notes Added: N/A
Number of Posts: 7


16) WMQ 2013—“Das Fröhliche Syndikat”
WMQ 2013 (1)

Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaftsqualifikation 2013
Competition (in English): 2013 World Cup Qualifying
Written: September 2013
Posted: September 2013
Retroactive Notes Added: N/A
Number of Posts: 1

17) WMQ 2013—“Der Wille zum Syndikat”
WMQ 2013 (2) 
Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaftsqualifikation 2013
Competition (in English): 2013 World Cup Qualifying
Written: October 2013
Posted: October 2013
Retroactive Notes Added: N/A
Number of Posts: 1


18) WMQ 2013—“Also Sprach das Syndikat”
WMQ 2013 (3) 
Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaftsqualifikation 2013
Competition (in English): 2013 World Cup Qualifying
Written: November 2013
Posted: November 2013
Retroactive Notes Added: N/A
Number of Posts: 1

19) WM 2014—“12 Years a Syndicate”
WM 2014

Competition (in German): Weltmeisterschaft 2014
Competition (in English): 2014 FIFA World Cup
Written: May-July 2014
Posted: May-July 2014
Retroactive Notes Added: N/A
Number of Posts: TBD