I have decided to take over managing the pool this year because we can't have this lapsing part way through every year. I feel really bad about breaking tradition since Ryder has been doing it since the beginning, but it has to be done.
I promise the payments for the last two seasons will be resolved eventually, I have all the figures on them, I just need some cooperation from Ryder to sort out the money paid and pending. As soon as I'm able to make progress on that I will; for now all we can do is go on with this one.
As usual there will be two separate competitions going on through the season. There will be the regular Weekly Pool where you pay in each week you play and we have a weekly winner. There will also be the Cumulative Pool which has a one time entry fee and runs all season with one winner at the end. Rules and information for each follow:
The Weekly Pool:
Each week you want to play, post which team you think will win each game that week here in this thread. Then guess what the total combined score (TCS) of the Monday Night game will be. Send $5 to bookworm, with your TCS in the donation comment. Then just sit back and see how the games turn out.
The person who predicted the most correct winning teams wins that week and collects the pot of entry money. If there is a tie the winner will be the person who sent in the TCS prediction that was the closest to the actual total combined score of the game. Because of this, TCS predictions are first come first serve, if someone else already guessed what you send in you will be asked to pick another. (If you end up going to the tiebreaker and the other person who sent that TCS doesn't you will be allowed to use your original prediction.)
Be sure to remember to send your TCS with your $5 entry fee! This season the scores for each week will be tallied all at once after the Monday Night game, so there will not be a last minute chance to get one sent in if you go to the tiebreaker like there was when Ryder did the tally after Sunday Night. Send it in at the beginning so everyone has one and we don't need to do last minute scrambling to sort it out. If you do not end up sending in a TCS and you go to the tiebreaker the other player will win by default no matter what their guess was. If all players in the tiebreaker fail to send in a TCS prediction they will have to split the prize money. But let's just avoid all that by always sending the TCS with the money, then we'll always be good to go.
This contest is run week by week, you don't have to enter each one. Simply post your picks and pay your fee when you want to play. Be sure to post your picks early; any picks posted after kickoff of their respective games will most likely not be scored.
The Cumulative Pool:
This contest is like a supplement to the Weekly Pool. Anyone that wants to get in pays a one time entry fee of $10 to bookworm now and the person that has predicted the most total wins correctly at the end of the season wins the pot.
This allows every week to count for something. If you're just doing the Weekly Pool you either win or you lose, and if you lose there's no compensation. This is very frustrating if you lose by only one or two games, or lose on the tie breaker. You got so close, but you don't get anything to show for it. If you're in the Cumulative Pool, those close losses aren't in vain. They will be added up at the end of the season for the total win contest.
Each week you post the teams you think will win each game, just like in the Weekly Pool. The only difference is you don't send in a weekly fee with this one, this was a one time payment. You don't have to post picks each week if you don't want to for some reason, but be aware that because this is one continuous contest that runs through the entire season missing a week significantly lowers your chance of winning.
If you are also playing the Weekly Pool, your picks for that will count for this. Unless you want to make a different set of picks for this contest. If so, be sure to clearly designate which picks are for which pool. I don't know why someone would want to pick differently for the two, but you never know.
If you are just playing the Cumulative Pool and not the Weekly, please clearly designate your picks as "Cumulative Pool only" when you post them. This will help me keep things straight when doing the scoring.
If you want to participate in the Weekly Pool no notice is required, you can simply pay your fee and post your picks when we get started. (Week 1 begins September 10th)
If you want to participate in the Cumulative Pool you must announce your intention to play and send in your entry fee by season kickoff. You can't enter after the season starts and you can't back out once you've entered.
You can participate in either or both of these contests, they are completely separate.
You can also participate in the Adrenaline Rush Pool. Which is cumulative, but has an entry fee of $50 for that extra rush and excitement in your life. Money for that should be sent to me. And scoring for that is based off whatever bookworm says to be correct for his pool because he's good at these things.
To LGBT ToOers: The world is so much wider than your family and church. There are accepting people out there.
Thursday:
Pittsburgh @ New England
Sunday: Green Bay @ Chicago Cleveland @ New York Jets
Kansas City @ Houston Indianapolis @ Buffalo Seattle @ St. Louis Carolina @ Jacksonville Miami @ Washington New Orleans @ Arizona Detroit @ San Diego
Baltimore @ Denver Tennessee @ Tampa Bay Cincinnati @ Oakland
New York Giants @ Dallas
Monday:
Philadelphia @ Atlanta Minnesota @ San Francisco
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Thursday:
Pittsburgh @ New England
Sunday: Green Bay @ Chicago Cleveland @ New York Jets
Kansas City @ Houston Indianapolis @ Buffalo Seattle @ St. Louis Carolina @ Jacksonville Miami @ Washington New Orleans @ Arizona
Detroit @ San Diego
Baltimore @ Denver
Tennessee @ Tampa Bay Cincinnati @ Oakland
New York Giants @ Dallas
Monday: Philadelphia @ Atlanta
Minnesota @ San Francisco
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Note: My past posts do not necessarily reflect my values. Many of them were made when I was young and (in retrospect) misguided. If you identify a post that expresses misinformation, prejudice, or anything harmful, please let me know.
Thursday:
Pittsburgh @ New England
Sunday:
Green Bay @ Chicago Cleveland @ New York Jets Kansas City @ Houston Indianapolis @ Buffalo Seattle @ St. Louis Carolina @ Jacksonville Miami @ Washington
New Orleans @ Arizona
Detroit @ San Diego Baltimore @ Denver
Tennessee @ Tampa Bay Cincinnati @ Oakland
New York Giants @ Dallas
Monday: Philadelphia @ Atlanta Minnesota @ San Francisco
To LGBT ToOers: The world is so much wider than your family and church. There are accepting people out there.
Thursday:
Pittsburgh @ New England
Sunday: Green Bay @ Chicago
Cleveland @ New York Jets
Kansas City @ Houston Indianapolis @ Buffalo Seattle @ St. Louis Carolina @ Jacksonville
Miami @ Washington New Orleans @ Arizona
Detroit @ San Diego
Baltimore @ Denver Tennessee @ Tampa Bay Cincinnati @ Oakland
New York Giants @ Dallas
Monday:
Philadelphia @ Atlanta
Minnesota @ San Francisco
Thursday: Denver at Kansas City
Sunday:
Detroit at Minnesota Arizona at Chicago Tennessee at Cleveland New England at Buffalo
Houston at Carolina San Francisco at Pittsburgh
San Diego at Cincinnati St. Louis at Washington
Atlanta at N.Y. Giants
Tampa Bay at New Orleans Baltimore at Oakland Miami at Jacksonville Dallas at Philadelphia
Seattle at Green Bay
Monday:
N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis
he/him | attorney | spartan | christian | bleeding heart type
Note: My past posts do not necessarily reflect my values. Many of them were made when I was young and (in retrospect) misguided. If you identify a post that expresses misinformation, prejudice, or anything harmful, please let me know.
Thursday:
Denver @ Kansas City
Sunday:
Detroit @ Minnesota St. Louis @ Washington
Houston @ Carolina Arizona @ Chicago Atlanta @ New York Giants Tennessee @ Cleveland
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans
San Francisco @ Pittsburgh
New England @ Buffalo
San Diego @ Cincinnati Miami @ Jacksonville Baltimore @ Oakland Dallas @ Philadelphia
Seattle @ Green Bay
Monday:
New York Jets @ Indianapolis
Thursday: Denver @ Kansas City (Too late for this one, obviously, but I would've picked Denver, so I shall bold it accordingly. I thought for sure they were going to lose until the last couple minutes, stupid Peyton Manning... was hoping I wouldn't take a hit for being late.)
Sunday:
Detroit @ Minnesota St. Louis @ Washington
Houston @ Carolina Arizona @ Chicago
Atlanta @ New York Giants Tennessee @ Cleveland
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans
San Francisco @ Pittsburgh New England @ Buffalo
San Diego @ Cincinnati
Miami @ Jacksonville Baltimore @ Oakland Dallas @ Philadelphia
Seattle @ Green Bay
Monday:
New York Jets @ Indianapolis
I believe you of course Top, but in deference to precedent and transparency I will not be scoring that pick for the moment.
If you end up losing the week or the season by one pick we can revisit it.
Thursday:
Denver @ Kansas City
Sunday: Detroit @ Minnesota St. Louis @ Washington
Houston @ Carolina
Arizona @ Chicago
Atlanta @ New York Giants Tennessee @ Cleveland
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans
San Francisco @ Pittsburgh New England @ Buffalo San Diego @ Cincinnati
Miami @ Jacksonville Baltimore @ Oakland Dallas @ Philadelphia Seattle @ Green Bay
Monday:
New York Jets @ Indianapolis
To LGBT ToOers: The world is so much wider than your family and church. There are accepting people out there.
Thursday:
Washington at N.Y. Giants
Sunday: San Diego at Minnesota
Oakland at Cleveland Cincinnati at Baltimore
New Orleans at Carolina Atlanta at Dallas Tampa Bay at Houston Indianapolis at Tennessee Pittsburgh at St. Louis
Jacksonville at New England
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets
San Francisco at Arizona
Chicago at Seattle Buffalo at Miami Denver at Detroit
Monday:
Kansas City at Green Bay
he/him | attorney | spartan | christian | bleeding heart type
Note: My past posts do not necessarily reflect my values. Many of them were made when I was young and (in retrospect) misguided. If you identify a post that expresses misinformation, prejudice, or anything harmful, please let me know.
I don't know if that should be allowed... can you just blindly copy someone's picks? Seems unlegit.
he/him | attorney | spartan | christian | bleeding heart type
Note: My past posts do not necessarily reflect my values. Many of them were made when I was young and (in retrospect) misguided. If you identify a post that expresses misinformation, prejudice, or anything harmful, please let me know.