Indeed, this is possible.
Just curious because I wanted to undo my Jets to Browns pick when the whole team went on the COVID list, but assumed I couldn’t (I believe someone else asked to change after posting their COFP pick). Did I have that right? Or was I locked into my COFP once it was “noted” by the intern? (Not that I had any confidence in the Jets, just that I would have tried using my COFP pick on one of the ones Jahiegel is now considering).
Either way, it’s fitting for COVID to take down my Rainbows in the Endzone chances the same way it killed my stacked fantasy team. Bad year to trade away next years draft picks in keeper leagues!
Yes, you are correct.
You are referring to this post…
http://204.232.242.165/actuarial_discussion_forum/showthread.php?p=9939933#post9939933
…which refers to this post…
http://204.232.242.165/actuarial_discussion_forum/showpost.php?p=9743132&postcount=393
…which, in short, states “A COFP, once declared, should not be changed.”
Of course, if you had a COFP left over, you could use that to undo your original COFP.
As with many AO/GoA contests, we run on the honor system (and if that should fail us, we fall back on the honour system). If you change your mind within two minutes of posting, it’s probably safe and, imo, NOT-UNsportsmanlike to undo your post. If you change your mind within two hours and the intern hasn’t noted your declaration, you can probably get away with it and still have a clear conscience. If you change your mind within two days, well, you’d better have a long, hard look at your life choices and why this game is so important to you.
Funemployed has checked in via email and used two of his three remaining COFPs to change his Texans & 49ers picks to the Titans and “Shehawks”.
That is literally what he wrote. I am not making it up. Never in a million years would I exaggerate something like that.
For posterity…
I don’t seem able to edit the OP anymore. I wonder what I messed up.
Regardless, here is some historical information:
2009 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page 1
2009 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page with Final Standings
2010 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page 1
2010 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page with Final Standings
2011 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page 1
2011 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page with Final Standings
2012 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page 1
2012 NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page with Final Standings
2013 Jables Memorial NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page 1
2013 Jables Memorial NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page with Final Standings
2014 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page 1
2014 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Page with Final Standings
2015 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Arby’s Quest for Numero Three-o - Page 1
2015 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Arby’s Quest for Numero Three-o - Page with Final Standings
2016 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - A Dab Free Zone - Page 1
2016 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - A Dab Free Zone - Page with Final Standings
YetAnother 2017 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Now With Special Sauce - Page 1
YetAnother 2017 AO NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - Now With Special Sauce - Page with Final Standings
Way Too Early 2018 SpamLite NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - w/25% Less Brown Losses - Page 1
Way Too Early 2018 SpamLite NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - w/25% Less Brown Losses - Page with Final Standings
2019 Jet Setter NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest-Patience Finally Pays Off - Page 1
2019 Jet Setter NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest-Patience Finally Pays Off - Page with Final Standings
2020 Rainbows in the Endzone NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest-Tying Arbitrary Records - Page 1
2020 Rainbows in the Endzone NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest-Tying Arbitrary Records - Last Page with Posts
Doesn’t matter for much, and don’t have time to think about trying to outpace EC, so I’ll let my last COFP go unused and save the intern a change in the spreadsheet. Thanks for hosting the game this crazy year!!
Funemployed has checked in again and used his final COFP to change his Rams pick to the Cardinals.
Does it appear that you cannot edit any post you’ve made in this thread?
Have you clicked the “meatballs” at the bottom to see if the editing pencil is there?
Hypothesis: Posts older than 30 days are no longer editable by the original poster.
Observations: As of right now, I am able to edit my posts from 12/01 and later. 11/30 and previous are set in electronic stone.
This is what I see when clicking the meatballs for the older posts:
chain links: share a link to this post
flag: privately flag this post for attention or send a private notification about it
bookmark: bookmark this post
trash can: you don’t have permission to delete this topic
reply arrow: begin composing a reply to this post
Posts more recent than 30 days have the edit-pencil prominently displayed between the chain links and meatballs.
Conclusion: 1695814 is not a super-user and has no admin privileges.
A lot of my analysis and conclusions above are wrong (imagine that). The winner of Last Week Winner award has a week 17 loss turned into a tie…not a win…a number of years ago the award was for a win…by at least last year, the competition committee changed it to a tie.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
When I said that I’d submit my COFP “in due course”, I meant, of course, “at the very last possible moment, having forgotten all weekend”. In the spirit of such chaos, I’ma wing it, if I may, please, and change two: Texans to Titans and 49ers to Seahawks.
ntoed
The intern was just diagnosed by the doctor as having n-toe. It’s painful.
n is an element of the real numbers
Going into the night game…
If Washington wins Vorian Atreides will win this week.
If the Eagles win Jahiegel will win this week.
Jahiegel will win the season. Full write up tomorrow…I hope.
Let’s go over this week’s awards first:
rekrap applied his Week 2 I Guarantee It award to guarantee his Steelers over Browns pick. The Steelers lost, but this was turned into a win for him…bringing his weekly record from 8-8 to 9-7. Even better, though, and, in a way, nullifying his IGT award, is that he won the Week 16 AStudent’s GroupThink award. The original Consensus picks went 10-6, and so he will inherit the Consensus picks this week.
Funemployed used three COFPs to change the Texans to the Titans , the Rams to the Cardinals , and the 49ers to the Seahawks . + = Now, don’t be sad.
Ezekial Cumberland applied his Week 1 I Guarantee It award to guarantee his Browns over Steelers pick. Like Joe Namath, the Browns backed up their guarantee, thus there was no change to his record this week.
Vorian Atreides applied his Jables Home Field Advantage award to his road teams this week. The Falcons lost by 17 but the Steelers lost by only two thus his Steelers pick was turned into a win for him. Since this thrust him into first place for this week, he also won the Last Week Winner award which will turn his Panthers over Saints pick into a tie.
Here’s the Season ending AWARDS SUMMARY:
Wk | Award | Winner | Wk applied to & How used | |
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PS | Change One Future Pick | Vorian Atreides | Wk 4 Change Patriots to Chiefs | |
Change One Future Pick | Vorian Atreides | Wk 10 Change Dolphins to Chargers | ||
Change One Future Pick | Vorian Atreides | Wk 7 Change Cowboys to Washington | ||
Change One Future Pick | Vorian Atreides | Wk 10 Change Rams to Seahawks | ||
Change One Future Pick | Ultimate Anyone? | Wk 12 Change Jets to Dolphins | ||
Change One Future Pick | Ultimate Anyone? | Wk 12 Change 49ers to Rams | ||
Change One Future Pick | Ultimate Anyone? | Wk 14 Change Jaguars to Titans | ||
Change One Future Pick | Ultimate Anyone? | Wk 14 Change Lions to Packers | ||
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 6 Change Eagles to Ravens | ||
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 9 Change 49ers to Packers | ||
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 9 Change Cowboys to Steelers | ||
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 12 Change Jets to Dolphins | ||
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
Change One Future Pick | PatientZombie | Wk 5 Change Bears to Buccaneers | ||
Change One Future Pick | PatientZombie | Wk 5 Change Jets to Cardinals | ||
Change One Future Pick | PatientZombie | Wk 6 Change Eagles to Ravens | ||
Change One Future Pick | PatientZombie | Wk 7 Change Jets to Bills | ||
Change One Future Pick | KS6392 | Wk 4 Change Dolphins to Seahawks | ||
Change One Future Pick | KS6392 | Wk 9 Change Cowboys to Steelers | ||
Change One Future Pick | KS6392 | Wk 13 Change Jets to Raiders | ||
Change One Future Pick | KS6392 | |||
Change One Future Pick | Kid Rock | Wk 6 Change Eagles to Ravens | ||
Change One Future Pick | Kid Rock | Wk 9 Change Cowboys to Steelers | ||
Change One Future Pick | Kid Rock | Wk 10 Change Bears to Vikings | ||
Change One Future Pick | Kid Rock | Wk 11 Change Jaguars to Steelers | ||
Change One Future Pick | Funemployed | Wk 6 Change Buccaneers to Packers | ||
Change One Future Pick | Funemployed | Wk 6 Change 49ers to Rams | ||
Change One Future Pick | Funemployed | Wk 9 Change Cowboys to Steelers | ||
Change One Future Pick | Funemployed | Wk 17 Change Texans to Titans | ||
Change One Future Pick | Dr. Stranger Things | |||
Change One Future Pick | Dr. Stranger Things | |||
Change One Future Pick | Dr. Stranger Things | |||
1 | I Guarantee It | Ezekial Cumberland | Wk 17 Guar Browns over Steelers | |
Change One Future Pick | Ezekial Cumberland | Wk 3 Change Dolphins to Jaguars | ||
2 | I Guarantee It | rekrap | Wk 17 Guar Steelers over Browns | |
Change One Future Pick | rekrap | Wk 12 Change Buccaneers to Chiefs | ||
3 | Lovable Losers | Kid Rock | Wk 11 Guar Broncos over Dolphins | |
Change One Future Pick | Kid Rock | Wk 12 Change Eagles to Seahawks | ||
Change One Future Pick | Funemployed | Wk 17 Change Rams to Cardinals | ||
Change One Future Pick | redearedslider | |||
Change One Future Pick | Carrie’s Carebears | |||
Change One Future Pick | Jahiegel | Wk 13 Change Eagles to Packers | ||
Change One Future Pick | IPD | Wk 12 Change Jets to Dolphins | ||
4 | Lovable Losers | TheArbitrary | Wk 14 Guar Broncos over Panthers | |
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 12 Change Bengals to Giants | ||
Change One Future Pick | redearedslider | |||
Change One Future Pick | A Student | Wk 9 Change 49ers to Packers | ||
5 | Jables’ Home Field Advantage | General Apathy | Wk 12 JHFA | |
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
6 | Jables’ Home Field Advantage | Vorian Atreides | Wk 17 JHFA | |
Change One Future Pick | Vorian Atreides | Wk 12 Change Jets to Dolphins | ||
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 14 Change Eagles to Saints | ||
Change One Future Pick | Ezekial Cumberland | Wk 7 Change Texans to Packers | ||
Change One Future Pick | ldancer911 | |||
Change One Future Pick | Jahiegel | Wk 15 Change Eagles to Cardinals | ||
7 | Choose Your Own Adventure | Ezekial Cumberland | Wk 8 JHFA | |
Change One Future Pick | Ezekial Cumberland | Wk 12 Change 49ers to Rams | ||
8 | Choose Your Own Adventure | General Apathy | Wk 9 RPL7 - Saints v Bucaneers | |
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
Change One Future Pick | A Student | Wk 9 Change Cowboys to Steelers | ||
9 | Choose Your Own Adventure | General Apathy | Wk 10 RPL7 - Dolphins v Chargers | |
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
10 | Random Poster’s Lucky 7 | Kid Rock | Wk 11 +4 Seahawks, +3 Browns | |
Change One Future Pick | Kid Rock | Wk 14 Change Lions to Packers | ||
Change One Future Pick | CSPAN | |||
11 | Random Poster’s Lucky 7 | Vorian Atreides | Wk 12 +7 Broncos | |
Change One Future Pick | Vorian Atreides | Wk 12 Change Panthers to Vikings | ||
Change One Future Pick | 3rookie | Wk 12 Change Broncos to Saints | ||
12 | Numbers’ Nudge | TheArbitrary | Wk 13 +8 49ers, +5 Patriots | |
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 15 Change Falcons to Buccaneers | ||
13 | Numbers’ Nudge | TheArbitrary | Wk 14 +8 Giants | |
Change One Future Pick | TheArbitrary | Wk 16 Change Jets to Browns | ||
Change One Future Pick | General Apathy | |||
Change One Future Pick | redearedslider | |||
Change One Future Pick | Jahiegel | |||
Change One Future Pick | IPD | Wk 15 Change Panthers to Packers | ||
14 | Mob Insurance | PatientZombie | Wk 15 Mob Insurance | |
Change One Future Pick | PatientZombie | Wk 15 Change Eagles to Cardinals | ||
Change One Future Pick | Jahiegel | |||
15 | Mob Insurance | Funemployed | Wk 16 Mob Insurance | |
Change One Future Pick | Funemployed | Wk 17 Change 49ers to Seahawks | ||
16 | AStudent’s GroupThink | rekrap | Wk 17 Change Panters to Tie | |
Change One Future Pick | rekrap | |||
17 | Last Week Winner | Vorian Atreides | Wk 17 Change Saints to Tie |
Of the 87 awards doled out this season, 45 were used favorably, 11 were used poorly, 10 were neutral, and 21 were ignored.
Here are the results for week 17:
No. Player 1 Vorian Atreides 11-4-1 8 Funemployed 11-5 2 Ultimate Anyone? 10-6 3 TheArbitrary 10-6 4 General Apathy 10-6 6 KS6392 10-6 13 Carrie’s Carebears 10-6 15 3rookie 10-6 16 rekrap 10-6 17 Jahiegel 10-6 99 zConsensus 10-6 5 PatientZombie 9-7 18 IPD 9-7 19 A Student 9-7 7 Kid Rock 8-8 9 Dr. Stranger Things 8-8 10 Ezekial Cumberland 8-8 12 ldancer911 8-8 14 CSPAN 8-8 11 redearedslider 7-9 98 zAll Home Teams 7-9
Congratulations to Vorian Atreides. As previously mentioned, you won the Last Week Winner award and turned a loss into a tie. You also won a COFP award but it’s already expired.
Here are the final overall results:
Place No. Player 1 17 Jahiegel 174-81-1 68.16% 2 3 TheArbitrary 173-82-1 67.77% 3 99 zConsensus 168-87-1 65.82% 4 16 rekrap 165-90-1 64.65% 5 5 PatientZombie 163-92-1 63.87% 6 10 Ezekial Cumberland 163-92-1 63.87% 7 8 Funemployed 162-93-1 63.48% 8 6 KS6392 157-98-1 61.52% 9 1 Vorian Atreides 156-98-2 61.33% 10 4 General Apathy 156-98-2 61.33% 11 7 Kid Rock 155-100-1 60.74% 12 12 ldancer911 155-100-1 60.74% 13 19 A Student 154-101-1 60.35% 14 15 3rookie 153-102-1 59.96% 15 9 Dr. Stranger Things 151-104-1 59.18% 16 2 Ultimate Anyone? 150-105-1 58.79% 17 13 Carrie’s Carebears 150-105-1 58.79% 18 14 CSPAN 143-112-1 56.05% 19 18 IPD 142-113-1 55.66% 20 11 redearedslider 136-119-1 53.32% 21 98 zAll Home Teams 127-128-1 49.80%
And now, for he awards ceremony (cue ):
rekrap
TheArbitrary
Jaheigel
Congratulations to Jahiegel for winning the 2020 Rainbows in the Endzone NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest-Tying Arbitrary Records now with GoActuary contest! In addition to earning a permanent place in the FSP Hall of Fame you will receive the naming rights to the 2021 contest. My intern will be in touch with your intern when the time comes.
Speaking of 2021, since the move over to GoActuary went better than it seemed like it would I intend to continue the contest instead of letting it die off. (Of course, if one of you would like to take over and run it your own way, just let me know. I’ll step aside.) In the meantime and as a backup, you may want to write down this email address: actuary1695814 [at] gmail. You should be able to reach me there.
Tomorrow, or at a later date, I’ll hand out some post-season awards and commentary.