7/22: KKK Bowl IV Is Here
This year's contest will be run the same way as it was run last year -- rules are at the end of this entry. The only change of note is that if I'm convinced a person has dropped out of the contest, even if their Emergency Picks aren't over their limit, I'm going to give their team to someone else. (For example, if someone has a 1-5 record and misses the next 2-3 games, I'm not going to bother to wait until their EPs are over the limit to give their team to someone else, which happened a few times last season.) If you participated in last year's contest and didn't violate your emergency pick limit, you have dibs on re-claiming your team for this year. Returning vets have until August 24 to re-claim thier team. Below is a list of who was on what team last year.
If you didn't participate in last year's contest and are interested in taking an open team, just give a shout-out in this thread: it's first come first serve. If you're a n00b, don't express your interest in this blog entry. Currently there are three open spots -- Vikings, Raiders, and Chiefs -- but I think there could be a few more openings, so even if you didn't get in now still post your interest and if anyone should lose their team this regular season due to inactivity, I will give dibs to whichever n00bs signed up but weren't able to claim a team. If you were in last year's contest, maxed out your emergency picks, and want another chance, I'm not going to consider your entry request until after August 24 when all vets and n00bs have a chance to join.
AFC EAST
Buffalo Bills (Bob Barron)
Miami Dolphins (Spaceman Spiff)
New England Patriots (Nl-asshole)
New York Jets (Gert T)
AFC NORTH
Baltimore Ravens (Dr. Tom)
Cincinnati Bengals (Teke)
Cleveland Browns (SFA Jack)
Pittsburgh Steelers (Kahran Ramsus)
AFC SOUTH
Houston Texans (Bored)
Indianapolis Colts (Prime Time Andrew Doyle)
Jacksonville Jaguars (Always Pissed Off)
Tennessee Titans (Cuban Linx)
AFC WEST
Denver Broncos (Canadian Chris)
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland Raiders
San Diego Chargers (Porter)
NFC EAST
Dallas Cowboys (Marvin Is A Lunatic)
New York Giants (Cartman)
Philadelphia Eagles: (The Real World's Champion)
Washington Redskins (Human Fly)
NFC NORTH
Chicago Bears (Agent Of Oblivion)
Detroit Lions (Bravesfan)
Green Bay Packers (Vitamin X)
Minnesota Vikings
NFC SOUTH
Atlanta Falcons (King of the 909)
Carolina Panthers (Fazzle)
New Orleans Saints (Cena's Writer)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Starvenger)
NFC WEST
Arizona Cardinals (Vern Gagne)
San Francisco 49ers (Agent Bond34)
Seattle Seahawks (C Dubya 04)
St. Louis Rams (Canadian Guitarist)
RULES 'N STUFF
1) 32 TSM'ers pick their own NFL team to represent and are placed in their respective divisions.
2) Each week during the NFL season every person submits their weekly picks as to which teams will win for that week. You make picks for all the games for that week. If your claimed team has a bye week, then you don't submit picks.
3) Your picks are matched up against the picks of the person your team is matched up against. Whoever has the most correct picks wins the matchup.
(For example: In Week 1, Shittsburgh plays Miami. TSM poster Kahran Ramsus has claimed the Steelers and TSM poster Spaceman Spiff has claimed the Dolphins, so for Week 1 their picks go head to head. Kahran correctly picks the winners of 8 games and Spiff correctly picks 10 winners. Spiff wins the matchup to go 1-0 in the regular season. Kahran loses and goes 0-1.)
4) The rules will be just like the NFL -- Only division winners and two wild card teams from each conference will get to make the post-season, etc.
5) Not only will you submit your picks, but also, as a tie-breaker, you will predict how many points your team will score that week. If you and your opponent picked the same amount of games correctly for one week, the person who more accurately predicted how many points their team would score for that week wins the matchup. If both TSMers are tied after this, then the matchup is a tie.
(For example: In Week 1, Atlanta and Carolina play each other. That means King of the 909 and fazzle are matched up against one another. Both TSM'ers correctly picked 9 winners, so they are tied. Now it's time to go to the tie-breaker. 909 predicted the Falcons would score 10 points and Fazzle predicted the Panthers would score 20 points. The actual score of the game was ATL 13, CAR 26. Therefore, 909 wins the matchup because he had the more accurate tie-breaker: 3 points to Fazzle's 6. It doesn't matter if you go over or under your team's score. All that matters is if you are closer to you team's score than your opponent's.)
6) Instead of picking the outright winners of each NFL game, there will be point spread with each NFL game. I'm hoping giving under-powered teams a few extra points might encourage some TSMers to pick them instead of going with a favored team.
7) The end-of-season tiebreakers will be the same as the NFL's (division record, conference record, etc.)
8) Before the season begins, you will have to submit a set of "Emergency Picks." I'll explain this to any n00bs that claim a team via PM.
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