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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 6:24 am
Congrats to Eggie and WhoTwinkedBR. And mad props to the El Ninos - y'all are just smoking the rest of us!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 6:46 am
Anyone from Phoenix? My son wants an authentic Kurt Warner jersey. I can order one but it will not be here till after Christmas. Was wondering if you know of any local places I could call.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 2:22 pm
Results for Week 15 are finally posted in the Weekly Results folder. Please accept my apologies for being so late with posting this time. I was working on somewhere around 30+ hours of no sleep last night, and just crashed before last night's game was over. After catching up on sleep and getting up today, I had to first catch up on some RL stuff at home to take care of (darn chores, LOL). So had to wait a bit before getting time to sit down at the computer. So, anyway.... Congrats to Lexie_Girl who takes home her second gold medal of the season by winning Week 15. And somehow I'm still managing to hang on to the lead for the Season Average, though I think the gap is closing! Leftovers take home their first gold medal of the season with a Team win this week! Yea! Also special recognition to Maybe Next Year who hadn't stood on the podium yet this season, but does so this week by taking home the Silver medal!! With two more weeks to play in the Regular Season, it looks like El Ninos are poised to take it all the way to the end for at least the Regular Season Average, as they continue to hold on the the lead that they have never relinquished since the first week! Good work everyone!!
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 5:53 pm
Congrats Lexie and Leftovers!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 12:43 pm
PLEASE NOTE! Just a reminder that Week 17 is the final week of the Regular Season. This game will continue on through the Post Season and conclude with the Super Bowl. If you do not want to play the Post Season, you are not required to (you'll just receive a Regular Season Ranking, but not be eligible for the Post Season Ranking or the Full Season Ranking). If you decide to not play the Post Season, you'll make it a lot easier on me if you let me know in advance, rather than just wandering off. This is especially true if you are playing on a team. If you are on a team and choose not to play the Post Season, please give your team mates enough time to decide if they can find a replacement player, or play on through the end of the season with two. If you just wander off and disappear, your team will take zeros for your score for the first 3 weeks (as the rules state anyone missing three consecutive weeks will then be removed from the Season Average Rankings).
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 10:02 am
Well, I think I picked more wrong than correct. Ouch.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 10:28 am
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, Lance. Get in line.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 7:12 pm
I am lining up behind you guys. This is the second week in a row of crappy picks for me. I am asking Santa for brilliant picks for next Sunday and the postseason 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 8:13 am
Results for Week 16 are now posted in the Weekly Results folder. Congrats to Tiger Mom, who takes home her first gold medal of the season. And once again I am barely hanging on to the lead in the Season Average Ranking. Zacks Pack takes home their second gold medal in the Teams competition. And El Ninos continue their amazing lead in the Season Average Ranking. Congrats to all!! Note: I made a scoring error in the Week 15 results. Didn't catch it until I was updating the recaps this week. I failed to give everyone points for the Monday night game. Everyone guessed the game right, so no placements were affected. It just means everyone's score was a bit higher. It affected the Individual and Team scores as well as the Season Average to that point. I made the corrections in the RECAPS on my web site. Don't want to try and post corrections here cause it will make the Weekly Results threads go out of order (yea, I'm anal. LOL).
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 1:20 pm
Congrats to my RL sis Tiger Mom and to my RL family Zack's Pack for the wins this week!! They are going to rub my nose in it at the Christmas table this year!
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 9:39 am
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everyone! May your holiday be filled with peace, laughter, and love.
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Rwmoore001
Member
08-04-2008
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 12:42 pm
Hey Whoami, did I really drop 8 positions because I took a bye last week? Is that correct? Just wondering if it was really a bye or what?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 4:14 pm
RW, yea, with as close as the scores are, it doesn't take much. Since the BYE is based on the score of the lowest scoring person who got their picks in, it all depends on how that person did. Unfortunately, Tinnie's score was pretty low, so your BYE score ended up being low as well. It won't take much to bring your placement back up, although it is late in the season. But don't fret. It may affect your final Regular Season Average ranking, but you still have your Post Season Average Ranking (basically a clean slate) to play for, as well as your Full Season Average ranking (combining the Regular and Post Season). If you do well in the Post Season, I bet you'll be able to regain ground for the Full Season.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 6:50 am
Results for Week 17 are now posted in the Weekly Results folder. Congrats to Beachcomber, who in winning Week 17 also snatched away the overall lead for the Season Average to become the official winner of the Regular Season Average this season. And in the Teams competition, El Ninos made sure to solidify their Regular Season Average win by taking home yet another gold medal for Week 17. This formidable team took the lead in Week 1 and never relinquished it all season long. Quite a feat! Congrats to you! Now on to the Post Season, where I will be keeping track of the Weekly Rankings as usual, as well as a Post Season Average and a Full Season Average. Good luck in the final 4 weeks of the season everyone! I hope everyone plans on continuing to play!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 7:32 am
Yay Beach and El Ninos!!! Thx Who for another great season!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 7:57 am
Congrats, Beach and El Ninos!!
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 9:40 am
Thanks guys! Holy Carp, I really won?! This goes to prove that dumb luck happens. Thank you Santa Claus for the picks this week! And thank you Who for giving us this great game to play!!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 9:48 am
Congrats all!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 10:05 am
Congrats Beach! Your great picks helped our team stay number one.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:13 am
Woo Hoo Beach and El Ninos! Great job all season. Thanks Who for all your effort on this.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 3:00 pm
Thanks Who! I couldn't even begin to keep up with all of this like you do. You're the best!
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Rwmoore001
Member
08-04-2008
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 5:04 pm
Whoami- I am really upset over the bye week rules. It basically took me out of the top 5. I have been scoring in the mid to high 60's every week. You should take a persons avg and give them that score for the week or at least give them a score equal to their lowest weekly score of the season. Too much penalty......Sorry....just venting
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 7:07 pm
RW, I really appreciate your vent/feedback. The BYE was originally invented so someone missing their picks one week (we all understand when Real Life gets in the way) would get something, instead of a zero to help them out. The problem is how to score a BYE so the BYE user doesn't reap a possible "big" benefit for the week over those who managed to get their picks in. It worked fairly well last year, since most of the lower-end scores weren't as low. This year though we have a couple of people (my sis and mom actually) who are playing for the fun of playing, without really paying attention to the happenings of the NFL. That has skewed the BYE a couple of times, as has those who have submitted picks (during a split-deadline week) for the first deadline and then missed coming back to complete their picks. Its too late to do anything about it this year, since the Regular Season is over, and the BYEs are no longer in play. And it wouldn't be fair to the rest of the players to change the rules retroactively. But I'd like feedback/suggestions for better ways to score a BYE for next year. Pro/con to RW's suggestion: Pro would be not getting a uber-low score. Con would be there are some weeks where everyone has a "bad" week, (due to upsets and stuff), and the top score might be in the 60's. If we used a person's average score at that point, a person who didn't even submit their picks could do very well for the week, and that wouldn't be fair to those who did submit picks. One possible solution would be to take the average of say, the bottom 5-10 people who got their picks in (depending on how many people are playing the game) and come up with a BYE score using those numbers. Or drop the high/low X amount of scores (so the BYE user doesn't benifit/suffer from extraordinarily high/low scores) average the rest, and then obtain a BYE score from that. I'm also considering implementing a second available BYE. The first one would be something like 90% of the averaged number (of either the bottom 5, or dropping the high/low 5, then remaining average) for the first BYE, and 80% of the averaged number for the second BYE. Feedback and alternate solutions are greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:45 pm
Or you could just go back to: if you don't get your picks in on time too bad so sad.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 8:55 am
Hey Whoami. Number one – Thanks for doing such a great job of running the game! I sure appreciate your efforts. The bye thing is a tough question. Some of us (cough cough) may not be the best players but we work at consistently getting our picks in every week and that is part of the game. And everyone knows the rules going in. Still, it is a bummer when someone's season is ruined by one slip-up. I kind of like the idea of averaging the three lowest scores or maybe averaging the bottom half of the picks or something along that line (in case one player picked but had a particularly bad week). Sort of an in-between. I'll be happy with whatever you decide. Thanks again! 
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