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Post Post #25 (ISO) » Mon Sep 09, 2019 1:13 am

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I blame Nero for Detroit tying instead of winning in a blowout
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Post Post #26 (ISO) » Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:58 am

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Going to be doing some traveling next week so making pick early

Ravens for week 2
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Post Post #27 (ISO) » Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:45 am

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Shit I didnt see this before now.

guess im taking the
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Post Post #28 (ISO) » Mon Sep 09, 2019 9:38 am

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I'll take
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Post Post #29 (ISO) » Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:49 am

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Saints
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Post Post #30 (ISO) » Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:50 am

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Fucking nvm
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Post Post #31 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:30 am

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TWIE, Flicker, and Micc get their picks in in the last hours they had, and watched as their team won in the last seconds!

Barring the tie that’s hitting Panzer and Nero, and Haschel and I actually making incorrect picks, everyone is still strikeless! That’s 15 of you!
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Post Post #32 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:33 am

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Bears
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Post Post #33 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:43 am

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So will you update the standings?
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Post Post #34 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:49 am

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Also I'll pick
Baltimore Ravens
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Post Post #35 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:07 am

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Ties should be half a strike =(
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Post Post #36 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:11 am

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In post 35, PJ. wrote:Ties should be half a strike =(
They probably should be but I don’t particularly want to change the rules midseason now that it might actually be relevant. (The current rule helps you here, shhhh)
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Post Post #37 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:27 am

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I threw together an excel file like we used to show results last year (D3f3nd3r PM me your email address and I'll send it to ya)

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Post Post #38 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:52 am

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Ties should be a full strike; you failed to pick a winner.
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Post Post #39 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:05 am

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In post 36, D3f3nd3r wrote:
In post 35, PJ. wrote:Ties should be half a strike =(
They probably should be but I don’t particularly want to change the rules midseason now that it might actually be relevant. (
The current rule helps you here, shhhh
)
I mean the guy is just trying to get me a strike otherwise, this makes zero sense for him to want a tie to be half a strike.
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Post Post #40 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:44 am

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ties def. shouldn't be a full strike imo - since the game's already started and we've already had a tie with the rules for that spelled out in the first post I think we should leave it as is, but next year I think it counting as 1/3rd or 1/2 a strike or at least being explicitly counted against you as an additional tiebreaker would be good imo.
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Post Post #41 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:57 am

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Oh, I agree it's too late for this season. But next season it should be a full strike on the grounds that this game is about picking teams you think will win their game.

As the person who originally ran the first one of these I'm cashing in any clout that gave me to make my opinion matter more.*



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Post Post #42 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:13 am

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a tie isn't a loss either. It should be a half strike.
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Post Post #43 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:16 am

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We aren't trying to avoid losers, though. We're trying to pick winners.
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Post Post #44 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:57 am

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I am with Haschel.
You're supposed to pick a team you think will
win
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OR we could make things more complicated than they need to be.
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Post Post #45 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:56 am

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In post 37, Gammagooey wrote:I threw together an excel file like we used to show results last year (D3f3nd3r PM me your email address and I'll send it to ya)

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I have that exact file sitting on my computer, I’m just waiting to actually get to my computer since I’ve been busy all day :P
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Post Post #46 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:00 am

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The way the rules work is that picking a team that ties is better than a team that loses (because you don’t get a strike) but worse than a team that wins (because it doesn’t count as a correct pick for the purpose of tiebreakers, and is strictly worse for you than a correct pick). Next year I’ll probably change it to make it even stronger, with the first tiebreaker after number of strikes being the number of winning picks. But for now this point is moot because I’m not willing to make midseason changes.
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Post Post #47 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:03 am

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I just read a thing online where someone suggested that if a person picks a tie game, the next week they have to make two picks. That seems like a cool idea, but again maybe next season.
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Post Post #48 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:09 am

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In post 39, Nero Cain wrote:
In post 36, D3f3nd3r wrote:
In post 35, PJ. wrote:Ties should be half a strike =(
They probably should be but I don’t particularly want to change the rules midseason now that it might actually be relevant. (
The current rule helps you here, shhhh
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I mean the guy is just trying to get me a strike otherwise, this makes zero sense for him to want a tie to be half a strike.
omg imagine somebody like trying to be fair regardless of the impact it has on them
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Post Post #49 (ISO) » Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:31 am

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b/c panzer is so known for being fair and rational?
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