sauce and i agreed that our bet would start as soon as he gets knocked out of the march madness tournament.
frantic and i made no amendments, so our bet "starts" today and will end in 2 months (may 7th).
 
good luck.

Challenge starts today. ends 4-10-2011. GL to me

Are you really surprised that frantic is refusing to pay?

anyone who makes a bet, especially in writing, and doesnt pay, has no balls to speak of

It appears he made it. That was incredibly close. lol

To achieve this you had to win many games and lose very few.  
You kept the pressure and now you have found the truth: Now you have seen that to be up there is necessary to make things right.
 
Now, if someone says something negative about your game or your quality as a player, What do you think of these people?
 
Now, try to stay up there. You will see that it is difficult to reach the top, but even more difficult to keep up.
 
If in the future you manage to keep up, due to your ability, and someone underestimate your quality as a player, then, What will you say about those people?.
 
This dissertation also goes for everyone in general, especially for the most negative people who blithely criticize without knowing what they are talking
 
Congratulations for your good job, has merit.  

when i first accepted this challenge, i gave myself about a 75-80% chance of acheiving the goal. when i started on march 10th, 4th place had a krach of around 11500. had i been able to anticipate that i would actually need upwards of 13000, i probably wouldnt have taken the wager, or if i did, my realistic expectations couldnt have been more than 50% at best. the difference between 11500 and 13000 is pretty drastic.  
 
it was a hell of a good time playing throughout the month, and made the games a lot more intense and meaningful with something on the line. i made a serious mistake early on of playing like a complete puss, which cost me 2 early defeats. luckily i got some good advice from an unnamed person who told me to start playing normal and pull my sack back out.
 
i will be the first to admit that i am not one of the top 4 players here. luckily for me you dont have to be to get to #4 in the rankings. all it takes is a good knowledge of who you match up well against, and a lot of math. i dont expect the shiva to be there for long, as once the challenge is off the table, its more than likely that she will find herself playing lotto games with johnkord and SEKE.  
 
thank you to god, through whom all things are possible
 
thanks to sohal for keeping track of my krach through most of the bet. unthanks to sohal for repeatedly trying to hump the shiva.
 
thanks to all the doubters. not a slap at all, very serious actually. the extra motivation to prove ya'll wrong was much more rewarding than the $$$
 
thanks to those who thought i would make it...which by my count was 0  
 
thanks to chiefrocker, conkord, expandable, and aleon for making the path much more difficult
 
thanks to kevy poo for sacking up and taking the bet, and for being there to watch most of my games. the challenge section of this site is in serious need of some action. doesnt have to be for $. of course the $ always adds extra incentive, but the bragging rights and pride are just as meaningful. speaking of which...
 
thanks to frantic, who in another month, will prove that it isnt that hard to get into the top 4.  
 
thanks to razor. My MVH. Most Valuable Hump.
 
i will be making another account and trying to get to #1. ala the PD3A run to the top of the ranks. betting window is open...

well done, shivasauce.  you exhibited more patience than i thought you were capable of.  i've sent you the debt.  spend it wisely.  it took me all month to accumulate that much.
 
thanks to sauce for putting his money where his mouth was.  and for not cheating, i think.
 
thanks to frantic for saying he'll put his money where his mouth was, then going back on it, and making me look like less of a fool in comparison.
 
unthanks to hal for letting shiva pass him, and not even showing up so i could dump games to boost his krach in the final moments.
 
unthanks to chipi for giving shiva a free win when he (chipi) was winning... but had to go.
 
unthanks to chip for only having the server go down for about 2 days, when i probably needed a more well timed week or so of downtime.
 
thanks to everyone who supported me through this month and a half, rooting for sauce's failure alongside me (and there were many).  probably effing jinxed it.

C. blow me