Sab's Playoff Pick 'Em Game: Final Standings

[sabotai]

Silver Owl is the first ever winner of the Sab's Playoff Pick'Em Game!

Final Standings - Total Points

1.  Silver Owl	     149
2.  kingfc22	     165
3.  MikeVic	     192
4.  gstelmack	     197
5.  Noble_Platypus   199
6.  NOISE	     215
7.  Butter_Of_69     219
8.  wbatl1	     225
9.  Eaglesfan27	     227
10. JeeberD	     228
11. sabotai	     230
12. Ryche	     232
13. WSUCougar	     238
14. RainRaven	     239
14. Radii	     239
16. Draft Dodger     240
17. Chappy	     241
18. Desnudo	     244
19. Fonzie	     260
20. General Mike     274
21. TheLionKing	     275
22. RPI-Fan	     278
23. BishopMVP	     296
24. Passacaglia	     305
25. Wasabiak	     307
26. HornedFrog P     312
27. cincyreds	     314
28. the_herd	     324
29. albionmoonlight  329
30. cthomer5000	     338
31. lynchjim24	     339
32. mattwakeman	     348
33. Shorty3281	     354
34. rkmsuf	     361
35. Rich1033	     366
36. jetpunk2000	     369
37. Dutch	     373
38. Suicane75	     374
38. pskov	     374
38. FrogMan	     374
41. Easy Mac	     379
42. FBPro	     390
43. hukarez	     408
44. alterra	     416

[kingfc22]

Still think I should of had some points knocked off for scoring an exact score. Maybe it can be an added rule for next year. Kind of like how the BCS is always changing their rules.

[sabotai]

Unless I took 16 or more points off your score for an exact prediction, it wouldn't have mattered. If it helps, I was considering a -10 bonus for an exact score when I thought up the rules, so it wouldn't have helped you if I did that anyway.

Next year, I want to do it for the wholse season. People pick 4 games from each week and make predictions. We can discuss rule changes for that.

[MikeVic]

Ohhh 3rd.

[wbatl1]

Wow-I started 28th, and worked my way to the top-10. By the way Sab, I would love to do the same thing for the entire season.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by sabotai

Unless I took 16 or more points off your score for an exact prediction, it wouldn't have mattered. If it helps, I was considering a -10 bonus for an exact score when I thought up the rules, so it wouldn't have helped you if I did that anyway.

Next year, I want to do it for the wholse season. People pick 4 games from each week and make predictions. We can discuss rule changes for that.

It would have mattered because I had to choose such an odd score that had more than 8 pts. of difference from what Silver Owl had in the Super Bowl. Just giving ideas for next time, that's all.

[JeeberD]

I thought that I had totally sucked at this game, but tenth place ain't so bad...

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

It would have mattered because I had to choose such an odd score that had more than 8 pts. of difference from what Silver Owl had in the Super Bowl. Just giving ideas for next time, that's all.

Which raises another issue. By the end of the game, the order in which people post is important. Ex.: If player A is in first place ahead of player B (who is his only real competition), then A can wait for B to post and then post the exact same prediction.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Which raises another issue. By the end of the game, the order in which people post is important. Ex.: If player A is in first place ahead of player B (who is his only real competition), then A can wait for B to post and then post the exact same prediction.

I figured that would happen...but it didn't. I guess Silver Owl isn't THAT smart.

How about next year, we send them by PM and after the deadline passes, I'll post everyone's predicts?

[Eaglesfan27]

Good idea about the PM, I waited unti Silverowl posted and picked a score that would give me a chance to win based on it being different enough from his prediction. Of course, that didn't work out, but I think PM's is a better way to do this if you are willing.

[Suicane75]

38th. If it's good enough for Colorado it's good enough for me.

[Silver Owl]

Originally Posted by sabotai

I figured that would happen...but it didn't. I guess Silver Owl isn't THAT smart.

How about next year, we send them by PM and after the deadline passes, I'll post everyone's predicts?

I actually thought about that but, if Player B would have chosen the team that I thought would lose and I had picked the same thing then everyone from 12th place on up would have had a chance to overtake me. There were also 2 teams tied for 2nd so unless both of those teams picked the same thing I would have had to make a choice.

So I went with who I thought would win the game instead of trying to outsmart myself.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by Silver Owl

I actually thought about that but, if Player B would have chosen the team that I thought would lose and I had picked the same thing then everyone from 12th place on up would have had a chance to overtake me. There were also 2 teams tied for 2nd so unless both of those teams picked the same thing I would have had to make a choice.

So I went with who I thought would win the game instead of trying to outsmart myself.

When I went to make my pick I, it just so happened that you posted before me and picked the exact same score I was going to use. So I had to alter it to make it a difference that I could beat you with. And since yoiu chose the Pats, I was even in more of a bind because I had them winning the whole thing from the beginning of the playoffs.