Returning for the 20th season is the Double Elimination Reverse Suicide Pool!!!
With a TWIST You know . . . most dives in the Olympics sported some sort of twist . . . well . . .
Prior Winners:
2005: Butters
2006: ReserveRage
2007: PosterNutBag
2008: Da Bears!
2009: Kid Rock
2010: Warrior04
2011: Random Poster
2012: Random Poster
2013: manaknight14
2014: Whiskey!
2015: therealsylvos
2016: Ultimate Anyone!
2017: accobra_kid
2018: Jahiegal
2019: 3Rookie
2020: OutDoorManNowActuary
2021 : twig93
2022: Kid_Rock
2023: @Doctor_Who
Rules:
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Pick a team each week of the NFL season. If they win you get two strikes. If they tie, you get one strike. If you get 3 or more strikes, you are out.
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You may pick a given team only once during the contest.
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If you fail to make a pick for a given week:
- You will get the default pick of the home team of the last game scheduled to be played that week if you have not already selected it;
- If the above is not available, then you’ll get the secondary default pick of the away team of that last game if you have not already selected it;
- If you have already selected both such teams, then you will get two strikes and the first team in the randomly generated list that you have not yet selected will no longer be available to you.
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A pick must be GoA timestamped at least 15 minutes before the kickoff of the game the team is involved in to be valid.
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Do not edit posts with a pick in it. If you want to make a change, make a new post.
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If the game moderator(s) make an error in the official picks/standings post, you are responsible for pointing it out. Please either DM all game moderators or call them out in a post using @.
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If all remaining players strike out in the same week:
- If some players have 4 strikes and some have 3 strikes, then the 4 strike players are eliminated and the 3 strike players will continue on with all players having 2 strikes.
- Otherwise, all affected players will continue on to the following week. with the same number of strikes they had at the beginning of the week.
Special Week 18 Rules
If more than 1 person survives to week 18, the following additional rules apply:
- Each player should DM a list to all game moderators of all 15 teams they have remaining, in order from most likely to lose to least likely to lose.
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Picks are due 1 hour before the first game of the week.
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Once the deadline is past, a game moderator will post a table of the picks.
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There are essentially 15 potential rounds to evaluate for week 18:
- For 18-1, everyone’s first pick will be evaluated using Rule 7 above to determine eliminated players.
- We then move on to 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, etc until we have a single winner.
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If two or more players survive past 18-15, they will be co-champions.
SUMMARY OF RULES (TL;DR):
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Wins are two strikes; Ties are one strike; 3 strikes and you’re out. So essentially, you’re given a bit of grace for getting a tie.
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Rule 7 is adjusted to give preference to those who managed to pick a tie over those who picked two winners.
List of Players
Current list of players:
| Index | Player | Abbrev |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VorianAtreides | VA |
| 2 | OldTimer | OT |
| 3 | PatientZombie | PZ |
| 4 | 1695814 | 169 |
| 5 | Papsmurf | Papa |
| 6 | Doctor_Who | DW |
| 7 | R_Daneel_Olivaw | RDO |
| 8 | Ezekial_Cumberland | EC |
| 9 | OutdoormanNowActuary | ONA |
| 10 | IPD | IPD |
| 11 | Kid_Rock | KR |
| 12 | Ted_Hoffman | TH |
| 13 | 3rookie | 3r |
| 14 | Jahiegel | Jah |
| 15 | Whiskey | Wkey |
| 16 | YankeeTripper | TY |
| 27 | z_PatriotsSuck | zPats |
| 28 | z_PanthSuck | zPanth |
Post if you have any questions.
