ESPN's Streak for the Cash

[RedCoyote]

Streak for the Cash

Does anyone else play this? I'm a pretty casual sports fan, but I do this on my phone for fun. Essentially, for those that aren't aware, it's a game run by ESPN where you're given a series of matches/contests/sporting events (popularly known as "props"), and asked to make a pick as to what you think will happen. Some of them are straight up, just asking which team will win and which will lose, but there's many other types of situations in there. Individual sports like Boxing, MMA, Tennis, Swimming, etc, where you're predicting how a fight may end or which country will take the top spot. More "exotic" sports like Cricket, Cycling or Curling. Sometimes you're asked if a team/player will win by a set number of points or games if they're a heavy favorite. Occasionally they throw random non-sports related stuff in there like Oscar predictions, political elections, etc.

The goal is to string together a number of wins (a streak of wins), and keep it running. It's insanely hard to keep your streak alive. Once you lose, you're back to square one. Everyone starts fresh at the beginning of the month regardless of where you are. The goal is to have the highest streak at the end of the month. If you do that, you win $20,000. Usually this is in the upper 20's-lower 30's. I've been playing off and on for about as long as I've been here at MS and the biggest streak I've ever got is 8. I still remember it, too. I lost it on an MMA match that was supposed to be a lock, lol.

Anyway, just curious if there was anyone else that played this. If there's any interest, we can keep a thread going about it and whine about it.

[theelkspeaks]

I used to play pretty regularly, haven't played much this year but I should really give it a go again. Been up as high as 8 also. Had a much bigger streak on a competing website that was similar once, like 16 or so, but never managed to win anything.

My username on SFTC is rr0520, which is the username I use for fantasy sports basically anywhere but not much else.

[Glork]

I've has has high as 13 which had me on the site's leaderboard at the time. This was maybe two years ago at this point, I have a screenshot lying around somewhere. Don't really play anymore.

[CooLDoG]

Playing this right now. seems cool.

[RedCoyote]

Well, cool. A couple of you then. I just made a group called "mafiascum.net" if anyone wants to join. I'm currently rocking a W2, which is about my high for this month, lol. My general strategy is to just sheep what's popular until I get around 3/4 and then be a little more thoughtful with my picks.

[CooLDoG]

xXsubcomfreakXx... I'm currently betting on LA... hope it works out.

I want to bet on a world cup game tomorrow. Not sure which bet to take yet. Much pondering is needed. I highly doubt we will see a high scoring game considering the Netherlands performances of late.

[quadz08]

just joined!

[pickemgenius]

o, I had a small ms group for this made awhile back.

havent bothered with this much recently though.

[RedCoyote]

It gets dispiriting. I wish I was better at it.

Also, I don't know if it's the app or if it's my phone, but ~10% of the time it won't notify me after my prop is finished, which is a real drag because I inevitably miss some I want to pick.

[quadz08]

my awesome streak of one was ended

LE SAD

[RedCoyote]

Don't tell me you got suckered into the "Icelandic Soccer League" prop!

Fun fact, the ~3 days before the All-Star game (in the USA at least) are supposed to be the least sports days of the year. All of the big four (NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL) aren't playing.

[CooLDoG]

Ohh I'm currently on a 3 game winning streak. Picked Germany correctly. I'm betting on there being at least 4 home runs in round two of the home run derby by the 2 AL players. These guys are given all kinds of steroids, they can hit more than four balls over the damn fence.

[LlamaFluff]

Joined up.

Do this quite a bit, usually able to hold 55-60% at 110 picks a month

[quadz08]

Don't tell me you got suckered into the "Icelandic Soccer League" prop!

Nope, I picked the first batter reaching base for Yankees or Orioles wrong. Fuckers.

[Debonair Danny DiPietro]

Don't tell me you got suckered into the "Icelandic Soccer League" prop!

Fun fact, the ~3 days before the All-Star game (in the USA at least) are supposed to be the least sports days of the year. All of the big four (NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL) aren't playing.

Dude, soccer is a cakewalk, I nailed that one and the Swedish soccer prop. Now I just have to stop picking baseball games which is rather inconvenient in the middle of summer.

[quadz08]

I picked the Mercury for today. Seems like it's pretty close to sure thing >_>

[Debonair Danny DiPietro]

I picked the Mercury for today. Seems like it's pretty close to sure thing >_>

Washington is 15-6 when given a 10 point spread, Phoenix is 8-9 when you take 10 points from them. That's a big spread they're giving.

[quadz08]

.....


shhhhhhhhhh math is 2 hard

[AGar]

C'moooooon Iroquois Nationals!

[Cheery Dog]

onwards to a huge loss streak!

[quadz08]

Welp, I totally misread the tennis question from yesterday and so I lost

damn

[AGar]

DAMMIT IROQUOIS NATIONALS.

So I totally win if I go like 25 straight wrong picks, right?

[quadz08]

GO CALGARY GO

[RedCoyote]

DAMMIT IROQUOIS NATIONALS.

So I totally win if I go like 25 straight wrong picks, right?

I often wish that they'd do a biggest loser prize because I swear I can get L5+ without even trying. Imagine if I tried to lose!

[LlamaFluff]

Should hit 900 total wins by this time next week. So that's a plus.