The Spectacular 2024 Vinksin Vonksin GoActuary Wúnderbar NFL Full Season Pick’em Contest - now with extra cheesiness

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Locked in.

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Going into the night game, MNF is an STP™, so it’s all about Cowboys vs Steelers. Here is this week’s projected winner:

Cowboys: Carrie’s Carebears
Steelers: Mountainhawk

The award, once more, is Lovable Losers.

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As if I needed a reason to root against Dallas.

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write up will probably & hopefully be tomorrow. Carries’ Carebears is going to win. He never picked the Patriots to win, so I can’t guarantee one of those picks, but he did pick the Giants to defeat the Commanders in Week 9, so that one will be good for him.

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I’m going to concede this one to the Chiefs. If the Saints, on a backup qb, some how pull off a miracle, well, I’ll eat my hat and leave town, and then, after work, I’ll come back home and fix the standings.

Here are the results for Week 4:

No. Player
11  Carrie’s Carebears        11-3
 5  TheArbitrary              10-4
13  Mountainhawk              10-4
19  CoPilot                   10-4
 3  PatientZombie              9-5
 4  Funemployed                9-5
 2  OutdoormanNowActuary       8-6
 6  1695814                    8-6
 8  Vorian_Atreides            8-6
14  Jahiegel                   8-6
18  Conor Orr                  8-6
20  zAll Home Teams            8-6
21  zConsensus                 8-6
 1  UltimateAnyone             7-7
 7  Kid_Rock                   7-7
 9  Ezekial_Cumberland         7-7
12  3rookie                    7-7
15  ldancer911                 7-7
10  redearedslider             6-8
16  IPD                        6-8
17  Mitch - TheBottomLineView  5-9

Congratulations to Carrie’s Carebears for winning this week and its award, Lovable Losers. He has no choice but to guarantee his Week 9 Giants over Commanders pick. He has also won a Change One Future Pick award which he may use or ignore at his leisure.

redearedslider & IPD tied for last place this week, so there is no VALSA.

No awards were declared for this week. :person_shrugging: Next week’s award is Jables’ Home Field Advantage.

Here are the overall results after week 5:

Place No. Player
    1 13  Mountainhawk                   49-29   62.82%
    2  3  PatientZombie                  48-30   61.54%
    3  4  Funemployed                    48-30   61.54%
    4  5  TheArbitrary                   48-30   61.54%
    5  7  Kid_Rock                       48-30   61.54%
    6 21  zConsensus                     48-30   61.54%
    7  6  1695814                        47-31   60.26%
    8 14  Jahiegel                       47-31   60.26%
    9 11  Carrie’s Carebears             46-32   58.97%
   10  9  Ezekial_Cumberland             45-33   57.69%
   11 12  3rookie                        45-33   57.69%
   12 16  IPD                            45-33   57.69%
   13 17  Mitch - TheBottomLineView      45-33   57.69%
   14  1  UltimateAnyone                 44-34   56.41%
   15  8  Vorian_Atreides                43-35   55.13%
   16 15  ldancer911                     43-35   55.13%
   17  2  OutdoormanNowActuary           42-36   53.85%
   18 10  redearedslider                 41-37   52.56%
   19 19  CoPilot                        41-37   52.56%
   20 20  zAll Home Teams                41-37   52.56%
   21 18  Conor Orr                      40-38   51.28%

Also, this:

All Time Standings - Current Year Players

All Time Standings - Current Year Players

current player wins losses ties %
PatientZombie 2435 1515 15 0.6160
TheArbitrary 2435 1516 14 0.6159
zConsensus 2430 1516 19 0.6153
Kid_Rock 2390 1562 13 0.6044
Ezekial_Cumberland 2231 1466 12 0.6031
Funemployed 2116 1324 13 0.6147
ldancer911 1975 1465 13 0.5738
1695814 1920 1264 13 0.6026
UltimateAnyone 1882 1302 13 0.5907
zAll Home Teams 1623 1307 11 0.5537
Mountainhawk 1576 1101 8 0.5885
IPD 1523 1152 10 0.5691
Carrie’s Carebears 1463 957 9 0.6042
3rookie 1394 1026 9 0.5758
Vorian_Atreides 1316 1103 10 0.5438
Jahiegel 1212 698 7 0.6341
redearedslider 1086 822 9 0.5689
OutdoormanNowActuary 546 343 4 0.6137
Conor Orr 196 154 0 0.5600
Mitch - TheBottomLineView 45 33 0 0.5769
CoPilot 41 37 0 0.5256
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:squintyeyes: That’s an awful lot of combinations that round to the same 4 decimal places… you may want to have the intern take another crack at that.

Hint: Tell the intern not to copy “2024 Thru Week 5 %ages” for the last column… or at the very least label it better.

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Fixed…the mid-year review for the intern isn’t going to be pleasant.

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Going into the night game…

PERFECT WEEK ALERT!!!

PERFECT WEEK ALERT!!!

PERFECT WEEK ALERT!!!

…the question isn’t “Who will win this week?” The question is, will the Bengals & Bills win, thus, giving @TheArbitrary another perfect week and another week named after him?

[Giants, Bengals], Bills - @TheArbitrary
[Giants, Bengals], Jets - @TheArbitrary; VALSA: @Vorian_Atreides

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Only thing that matters is the Mets game

Just kidding… so glad I forgot to see if I wanted to use a COFP this week!

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There’s still time for MNF!!! :popcorn:

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This week’s results are delayed until I can get my head on straight. In the meantime, read this:

Congratulations to @TheArbitrary on a fine week - a very fine week, indeed. He was won a COFP (x2) and also Jables’ Home Field Advantage (also x2).

JHFA

Jables’ Home Field Advantage: Jables said that home field is worth roughly 3 points in determining the gambling lines. Winning this award allows you (and only you) to add 3 points to the scores of all the road teams (that you chose to win) for a given week for your picks only. As a result, it could change some of your losses to ties or even wins for you. For those players who went extra heavy on the home teams, I will allow this award to be used to add 1 point to the scores of all the home teams instead (possibly changing a tie to a win, or a loss to a tie).

The default will be to add three points to TheArbitrary’s Away picks in Week 12… and three points to the Away picks in Week 19. He may reject this default and declare his own adventure by posting his decision in this thread before the kickoff of this week’s TNF.

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:face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Forgettting something?

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I forgot to delete that post is what I forgot. Those results were published erroneously because of errors in the results.

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:rotating_light: :rotating_light: :rotating_light:
:zap: :cloud_with_lightning: :zap:

@TheArbitrary’s lightning has struck again!

Here are this week’s results:

No. Player
 5  TheArbitrary              14-0
 3  PatientZombie             13-1
 9  Ezekial_Cumberland        11-3
11  Carrie’s Carebears        11-3
14  Jahiegel                  11-3
 2  OutdoormanNowActuary      10-4
 6  1695814                   10-4
10  redearedslider            10-4
18  Conor Orr                 10-4
21  zConsensus                10-4
 4  Funemployed                9-5
 7  Kid_Rock                   9-5
13  Mountainhawk               9-5
16  IPD                        9-5
 8  Vorian_Atreides            7-7
15  ldancer911                 7-7
17  Mitch - TheBottomLineView  7-7
19  CoPilot                    7-7
 1  UltimateAnyone             6-8
12  3rookie                    6-8
20  zAll Home Teams           4-10

Congratulations to TheArbitrary for another perfect week! Week 6 shall heretoforeafterwards be named TheArbitrary’s Week 6 in honor of his elite prediction skills.

Further, he was won double the weekly award – Jables’ Home Field Advantage.

The default will be to add three points to TheArbitrary’s Away picks in Week 12… and three points to the Away picks in Week 18. He may reject this default and declare his own adventure by posting his decision in this thread before the kickoff of this week’s TNF.

Of course, he also acquired two more COFP awards.

This week, @OutdoormanNowActuary used his VALSA to change his Panthers pick to the Falcons. This gave him an extra win. Great job! :+1:

AWARDS SUMMARY
Wk Award Player Wk applied to & How used
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie Wk 2 Change Packers to Colts :rage:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie Wk 3 Change Dolphins to Seahawks :green_heart:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary Wk 3 Change Dolphins to Seahawks :green_heart:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
1 I Guarantee It PatientZombie Wk 18 Guarantee Jaguars over Colts :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
2 I Guarantee It Kid_Rock Wk 18 Guarantee Titans over Texans :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Kid_Rock Wk 3 Change Rams to 49ers :rage:
Change One Future Pick IPD :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award UltimateAnyone Wk 3 Change Dolphins to Seahawks :green_heart:
3 Lovable Losers UltimateAnyone Wk 17 Guarantee Patriots over Chargers :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick Kid_Rock :thinking:
Change One Future Pick Mountainhawk Wk 4 Change Ravens to Bills :rage:
Change One Future Pick IPD :thinking:
4 Lovable Losers Kid_Rock Wk 14 Guarantee Giants over Saints :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Kid_Rock :thinking:
Change One Future Pick 3rookie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick IPD :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award OutdoormanNowActuary Wk 6 Change Panthers to Falcons :green_heart:
5 Lovable Losers Carrie’s Carebears Wk 9 Gurantee Giants over :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Carrie’s Carebears :thinking:
6 Jables’ Home Field Advantage TheArbitrary Wk 12 +3 Away Teams :popcorn:
Jables’ Home Field Advantage TheArbitrary Wk 19 +3 Away Teams :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:

Here are the overall results after week 6:

Place No. Player
    1  5  TheArbitrary                   62-30   61.72%
    2  3  PatientZombie                  61-31   61.71%
    3 13  Mountainhawk                   58-34   61.56%
    4 14  Jahiegel                       58-34   60.45%
    5 21  zConsensus                     58-34   60.38%
    6  4  Funemployed                    57-35   61.48%
    7  6  1695814                        57-35   57.36%
    8  7  Kid_Rock                       57-35   60.31%
    9 11  Carrie’s Carebears             57-35   59.00%
   10  9  Ezekial_Cumberland             56-36   55.25%
   11 16  IPD                            54-38   58.87%
   12  2  OutdoormanNowActuary           52-40   56.95%
   13 17  Mitch - TheBottomLineView      52-40   60.52%
   14 10  redearedslider                 51-41   57.49%
   15 12  3rookie                        51-41   54.36%
   16  1  UltimateAnyone                 50-42   63.52%
   17  8  Vorian_Atreides                50-42   56.99%
   18 15  ldancer911                     50-42   61.52%
   19 18  Conor Orr                      50-42   56.59%
   20 19  CoPilot                        48-44   56.52%
   21 20  zAll Home Teams                45-47   52.17%
All Time Standings - Current Year Players

All Time Standings - Current Year Players

current player wins losses ties %
TheArbitrary 2449 1516 14 0.6172
PatientZombie 2448 1516 15 0.6171
zConsensus 2440 1520 19 0.6156
Kid_Rock 2399 1567 13 0.6045
Ezekial_Cumberland 2242 1469 12 0.6038
Funemployed 2125 1329 13 0.6148
ldancer911 1982 1472 13 0.5736
1695814 1930 1268 13 0.6031
UltimateAnyone 1888 1310 13 0.5900
zAll Home Teams 1627 1317 11 0.5525
Mountainhawk 1585 1106 8 0.5887
IPD 1532 1157 10 0.5695
Carrie’s Carebears 1474 960 9 0.6052
3rookie 1400 1034 9 0.5749
Vorian_Atreides 1323 1110 10 0.5436
Jahiegel 1223 701 7 0.6352
redearedslider 1096 826 9 0.5699
OutdoormanNowActuary 556 347 4 0.6152
Conor Orr 206 158 0 0.5659
Mitch - TheBottomLineView 52 40 0 0.5652
CoPilot 48 44 0 0.5217
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In another dozen years I plan on hitting Week 9 with a perfect week!

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Getting Weeks 12 and 15 by 2075!!

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MNF is a double header, so the SNUpdate will come after SNF…Deo volente.

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Going into MNF’s double header, here are this week’s winning scenarios:

Ravens, Chargers - @Ezekial_Cumberland; Runner up: @redearedslider
Ravens, Cardinals - @Ezekial_Cumberland; Runners up: @redearedslider, @Jahiegel; VALSA: @Mountainhawk
Buccaneers, Chargers - @Ezekial_Cumberland; Runner up: @redearedslider; VALSA: @Funemployed
Buccaneers, Cardinals - @Kid_Rock; Runners up: @Ezekial_Cumberland, @redearedslider, @Jahiegel

This week’s award is, again, Jables’ Home Field Advantage.

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Here are this week’s results:

No. Player
 9  Ezekial_Cumberland        11-4
10  redearedslider            11-4
14  Jahiegel                  11-4
 1  UltimateAnyone            10-5
 2  OutdoormanNowActuary      10-5
 5  TheArbitrary              10-5
 6  1695814                   10-5
 8  Vorian_Atreides           10-5
 4  Funemployed                9-6
 7  Kid_Rock                   9-6
15  ldancer911                 9-6
19  CoPilot                    9-6
21  zConsensus                 9-6
 3  PatientZombie              8-7
11  Carrie’s Carebears         8-7
12  3rookie                    8-7
16  IPD                        8-7
17  Mitch - TheBottomLineView  8-7
18  Conor Orr                  8-7
20  zAll Home Teams            8-7
13  Mountainhawk               7-8

Congratulations to @Ezekial_Cumberland for winning Week 7 and its award, Jables’ Home Field Advantage.

The default will be to add three points to his Away picks in Week 15. He may reject this default and declare his own adventure by posting his decision in this thread before the kickoff of this week’s TNF.

Additionally, he, along with @redearedslider & @Jahiegel, have acquired one COFP award.

@Mountainhawk has won this week’s VALSA award. This is a limited-time COFP. If used, it must be declared before this week’s TNF. (It’s good for any future game.)

There were no awards declared for this week.

AWARDS SUMMARY
Wk Award Player Wk applied to & How used
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick OutdoormanNowActuary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie Wk 2 Change Packers to Colts :rage:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie Wk 3 Change Dolphins to Seahawks :green_heart:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick Funemployed :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary Wk 3 Change Dolphins to Seahawks :green_heart:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
PS Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
1 I Guarantee It PatientZombie Wk 18 Guarantee Jaguars over Colts :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick PatientZombie :thinking:
2 I Guarantee It Kid_Rock Wk 18 Guarantee Titans over Texans :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Kid_Rock Wk 3 Change Rams to 49ers :rage:
Change One Future Pick IPD :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award UltimateAnyone Wk 3 Change Dolphins to Seahawks :green_heart:
3 Lovable Losers UltimateAnyone Wk 17 Guarantee Patriots over Chargers :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick UltimateAnyone :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick Kid_Rock :thinking:
Change One Future Pick Mountainhawk Wk 4 Change Ravens to Bills :rage:
Change One Future Pick IPD :thinking:
4 Lovable Losers Kid_Rock Wk 14 Guarantee Giants over Saints :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Kid_Rock :thinking:
Change One Future Pick 3rookie :thinking:
Change One Future Pick IPD :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award OutdoormanNowActuary Wk 6 Change Panthers to Falcons :green_heart:
5 Lovable Losers Carrie’s Carebears Wk 9 Gurantee Giants over :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Carrie’s Carebears :thinking:
6 Jables’ Home Field Advantage TheArbitrary Wk 12 +3 Away Teams :popcorn:
Jables’ Home Field Advantage TheArbitrary Wk 19 +3 Away Teams :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Change One Future Pick TheArbitrary :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award Vorian_Atreides :sleeping:
7 Jables’ Home Field Advantage Ezekial_Cumberland Wk 15 +3 Away Teams :popcorn:
Change One Future Pick Ezekial_Cumberland :thinking:
Change One Future Pick redearedslider :thinking:
Change One Future Pick Jahiegel :thinking:
Lion’s Share Award Mountainhawk :thinking:

Here are the overall results after week 7:

Place No. Player
    1  5  TheArbitrary                   72-35   67.29%
    2  3  PatientZombie                  69-38   64.49%
    3 14  Jahiegel                       69-38   64.49%
    4  6  1695814                        67-40   62.62%
    5  9  Ezekial_Cumberland             67-40   62.62%
    6 21  zConsensus                     67-40   62.62%
    7  4  Funemployed                    66-41   61.68%
    8  7  Kid_Rock                       66-41   61.68%
    9 11  Carrie’s Carebears             65-42   60.75%
   10 13  Mountainhawk                   65-42   60.75%
   11  2  OutdoormanNowActuary           62-45   57.94%
   12 10  redearedslider                 62-45   57.94%
   13 16  IPD                            62-45   57.94%
   14  1  UltimateAnyone                 60-47   56.07%
   15  8  Vorian_Atreides                60-47   56.07%
   16 17  Mitch - TheBottomLineView      60-47   56.07%
   17 12  3rookie                        59-48   55.14%
   18 15  ldancer911                     59-48   55.14%
   19 18  Conor Orr                      58-49   54.21%
   20 19  CoPilot                        57-50   53.27%
   21 20  zAll Home Teams                53-54   49.53%
All Time Standings - Current Year Players

All Time Standings - Current Year Players

current player wins losses ties %
TheArbitrary 2459 1521 14 0.6174
PatientZombie 2456 1523 15 0.6168
zConsensus 2449 1526 19 0.6155
Kid_Rock 2408 1573 13 0.6045
Ezekial_Cumberland 2253 1473 12 0.6043
Funemployed 2134 1335 13 0.6147
ldancer911 1991 1478 13 0.5737
1695814 1940 1273 13 0.6034
UltimateAnyone 1898 1315 13 0.5904
zAll Home Teams 1635 1324 11 0.5524
Mountainhawk 1592 1114 8 0.5881
IPD 1540 1164 10 0.5693
Carrie’s Carebears 1482 967 9 0.6048
3rookie 1408 1041 9 0.5747
Vorian_Atreides 1333 1115 10 0.5443
Jahiegel 1234 705 7 0.6359
redearedslider 1107 830 9 0.5712
OutdoormanNowActuary 566 352 4 0.6161
Conor Orr 214 165 0 0.5646
Mitch - TheBottomLineView 60 47 0 0.5607
CoPilot 57 50 0 0.5327
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Based on the % column, I’m taking the under on whatever the line is for “Intern’s YE Bonus”

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