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(Message started by: StegRock on Jan 3^rd, 2007, 4:09am)

Title: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Jan 3^rd, 2007, 4:09am

Join us in the "Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge" on "the Gridiron"! Here are the few details you NEED to know:

1) Scoring - Fairly simple... proportionate scoring...

Correctly predicting the winner(s)...

On Wild-Card Weekend is worth 3 points each;
In the Divisional Round is also worth 3 points each, but, first twist, minus 1 point if you did NOT predict the correct opponent;
Of the Conference Championships is worth 6 points each and minus 2 if your prediction for the opponent was incorrect;
Of the Super Bowl is worth 12 points, minus 4 if you did not predict the correct opponent.

You are also to include a TOTAL POINTS SCORED for the Super Bowl. That is how the winner of the Challenge will be determined in case of a tie/ties.

Got it??? If not, just screw it! You'll see how it's done after it's tabulated. Just put your picks up and let the rest unfold...

So, moving right along,...

2) Submitting your playoff predictions
FIRST OFF, ONLY ONE SUBMISSION PER MEMBER!!! Only your last submission will be counted.

Next, you are to submit them either to "Referee" by instant message here on "the Gridiron":
(Direct Link) http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cgi-bin/theGridiron/YaBB.cgi?action=imsend;to=Mod1;

or via the following thread:
http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cgi-bin/theGridiron/YaBB.cgi?board=56;action=display;num=1167815164.

Your picks are DUE by the kickoff of the Wild-Card games this Saturday, January 7th!!!

You are to use a format that doesn't boggle the mind, something along the lines of the following is what I suggest and since I am processing the stuff and you surely don't want me to get your picks wrong, the suggestion of the guy processing the stuff should probably be paid extra heed to (huh?):

Wild-Card Round
Tampa Bay over Washington
New England over Jacksonville
New York over Carolina
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh

Divisional Round
Chicago over Tampa Bay
Seattle over New York
Denver over Cincinnati
Indianapolis over New England

Conference Championships
Seattle over Chicago
Indianapolis over Denver

Super Bowl
Indianapolis over Seattle (49 points total will be scored)

FINALLY, another little twist following along the lines of the aforementioned twist of having points subtracted if you do not forecast the correct opponent,... for those adventurous (in one way) or should I say less adventurous (in another) souls who are willing to concede imperfection but want to hedge their bets,... a bracket that doesn't make sense based on your prior predictions may be submitted... For example:

Wild-Card Weekend
Jacksonville over New England

Divisional Round
New England over Indianapolis

BUT, you can only submit one, right??? So,... I think, while you'll all find this to be an intriguing wrinkle and hedging your bets, especially given the first twist, may seem tempting, you'll ultimately find conceding to imperfection pretty hard...

3) Score Tallies will be reported every week right here on THIS thread, the administration and discussion thread.

Discussions, commentary and questions are welcomed on this thread...

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Jan 6^th, 2007, 7:25pm

Okay,... stuff's all set up...

http://www.ffplayers.com/postseason.htm.

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by captainpurple on Jan 8^th, 2007, 12:28pm

GRRRR....that damn Romo and his botched snap cost me a perfect Wildcard round >:(

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Jan 12^th, 2007, 3:41am

We're caught up... I hope yous could handle the suspense... [smiley=gonecrazy.gif] Go on and check out the Wildcard Weekend scores... [smiley=checkin.gif]

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Jan 18^th, 2007, 11:21pm

Okay... Stuff's up-to-date... :P ... [smiley=shootmyself.gif]

By and large, this is definitely testimony to our being "fantasy footballers" more than "game bettors". ::) ... ;) I know that's the case for me, and it doesn't bother me to admit it. [smiley=stilldunno.gif] ... :)

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Jan 28^th, 2007, 7:16am

Foregone conclusion... :-X With a week still to go until the Super Bowl, it's already over... [smiley=ohshit.gif] The main girl 'round here taught us boyz a thing 'r two... Congratulations to our '07 Playoff Challenge Champion, who can only ADD to her victory total as the rest of our scores are set...

[smiley=cheerleader.gif] Callie!!! [smiley=cheerleader.gif]

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by Callie on Jan 28^th, 2007, 1:57pm

THANKS, Steg!!

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Jan 31^st, 2007, 2:48am

on 01/30/07 at 19:25:46, cwhams wrote:

Asking for a bit of clarification on Post Season playoff scoring. I'm probably wrong, but I thought we could post a change in predictions on one occassion if our previous picks made no sense due to an unforcasted win/loss? I made and posted such a change that has proven to be correct to date...it is a wait and see on who wins the Super Bowl.

No big deal, just trying to get a handle on things. ?.?.?

c-dub, I don't know where you got the "revision of picks" idea. It's nowhere in the rules stated hereabove. And, in any event, none of the rest of us made any revisions, which is a "signal", so to speak. ;)

It was sheer dominatrixness,... uh,... I mean,... dominance ;) by Callie this year... [smiley=dick.jpg][smiley=mywhippinboy.gif] You go, girl!!! [smiley=cheerleader.gif]

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by Callie on Jan 31^st, 2007, 8:22pm

Skin of my teeth. ;D

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Feb 1^st, 2007, 10:49pm

on 01/31/07 at 20:19:02, Larsen89 wrote:

I guess I wouldn't call it a sheer dominance :-/, just over you Steg!!!! :P Two of us DID manage to make it into the 20's, besides Callie. ;D

I'm sorry. Congrats, Larsman!

...

The point was that she won it outright... with a week left to go...

Of course, a little congratulatory love here on the boards for our gal, besides from me, would be "nicer" to see being "focused on"... :-/

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Feb 4^th, 2007, 4:13am

Well, still no... [smiley=no.gif]

But, hey, you made sure to get that score of mine announced here on the boards... [smiley=clap.gif]

I guess the thought process is: "From what I can tell of Steg's demeanor and frequent absence these days and what went on this past year, it seems like he is at his wit's end with things around here and crawling to the finish line, and performing like shit with his playoff picks, while still faithfully performing his duties for us, probably makes it all the worse for the poor bastard, but, hey, let me make sure I don't miss out on the opportunity to rub it in his face."

Huh... Great... [smiley=clap.gif]

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Feb 4^th, 2007, 6:12pm

on 02/04/07 at 15:41:32, Larsen89 wrote:

Uhhh, ok... ?.?.? ...geez, I was just having a little fun. I'll go back to :-X

I can honestly say "The thought process" that was posted, is completly false. :-/ Lighten up about it, I'm sure if you would have nailed everyone, you'd be sure to let us know about it all!!!!!!! But that's me just guessing.

Your amazing. ::)

Now you're talking apples and oranges... It's one thing to win and flaunt it (that's precisely, at least in part, what we play for here; nothing else is at stake) and a WHOLE nother to go out of your way to just rub it in the last place guy's face, the guy who, not to mention, puts his heart and soul into running the damn show. And, anyway, if I did win it, I would NOT go out of my way to poke fun in public at the guys who performed particularly poorly... unless, of course, they had proven to be mother fuckers, people I wanted off my site and out of my life (as this place represents a pound of flesh taken off me). I would just give a general... [smiley=booya.gif] The only other dudes I might give a little extra ribbin' to would be my boyz on the site, the guys who I, coming in, know personally (e.g. the GBRFLers) and have intimate relationships with or those who, as members just coming in from the internet, have made that extra BIG step to get to know me and how I tick and, moreover, have come to have an appreciation and respect for (the subtleties of) how I tick (and not look to twist shit around and throw it back in my face, a process during which all the subtleties and specifics, the real pith of the matter, of the different "encounters" that I "endure"/"put myself through" here get lost (in the midst of one-line, defensive retorts)). But, even that would likely be done in private by telephone or private message and, in any event, relative to my relationship with the person (e.g., I would treat DB, the best man at my wedding, quite differently than I would treat, let's say, MC, a fellow who has definitely tried to understand whence I am coming around here and who I have developed quite a good friendship with, but, in truth, primarily over the internet with a couple phone calls interspersed; these are different relationships that require actions grounded in the authentic nature of those relationships; it's when we transgress those bounds that we end up losing "budding" friendships, i.e., it's when we treat a "budding" friendship like an "established" one that we often screw things up). Anyway, the real interesting question, I think, is "Would I (anyone, not just you, Larsman) have made it a point to rub it in JUST any(random)one's face who finished so miserably other than Steg?" And, then, if the answer were "No", the follow-up question: "Why is it that I give Steg such 'special' treatment?" These are curious and, I believe, crucial inquiries. I know they are queries I am conscious of. Furthermore, in any case, your response to the "thought process", you gotta know I see as proof in the pudding, man. My guess, and I see your response as corroborative, is that there was very little to no thought process at all. That's really my point. It's not that I think that lame-ass shit is actually what you thought, dude. The point is much subtler than that. The point is that IF you thought it (a good part of the) way through, that (or something very similar to what I've stated above) is what you'd come up with and you would probably then come to the conclusion, "All things considered, is givin' the old Stegger the 'public' rub here really worth it?" Furthermore, perhaps the thought might enter your head, "In the meantime, did I ever make it a point to thank the chap at the end of the season for running that complementary CBFL league I enjoyed all season long?" I guess, where I am coming from here, it would just be "nice" to see congratulations to the champs and a little thanks go out to the guy behind the scenes making it all happen at least as much as the rubs (modest donations notwithstanding (I just mention this because I have been made to feel "overall", especially this season, that just because dudes throw a 20-spot or something at me, I owe them something; that is just straight-up bullshit)). :-/

But, hey, I'm amazing... "The Amazing Steg"... [smiley=wizard.gif] ... ;) ... :-/

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by steelkings on Feb 5^th, 2007, 7:18am

Quote:

But, hey, I'm amazing... "The Amazing Steg"... ... ...

Uh Oh!, I feel the inspiration of a new Picture coming soon at a thread near you!

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by StegRock on Feb 10^th, 2007, 3:31am

In the books "officially"... CONGRATS, again, Callie!!! [smiley=bow.gif]

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by Callie on Feb 10^th, 2007, 2:23pm

Thanks again!

And thanks for doing the work for us. Much appreciated.

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by BarnabyWilde on Feb 13^th, 2007, 4:13am

Congrats Callie, and thanks Steve. :)

Title: Re: 2007 Playoff Portenders Pick-em Challenge
Post by Oakland4life on Feb 14^th, 2007, 12:39am

Congrats Callie!!! [smiley=clap.gif]

[edit] oh yea, Steve, you da man!! [smiley=palmtree.gif]