there I finally posted it edition
As the title of the thread suggests, every week during the NFL season you will choose the outcome of every game, and by the end of the season we'll have one person to crownluckiest smartest most handsome as the top predictor for the season. if you're a beautiful man who don't need no rules, signup instructions are listed towards the end of this post. If not, read da rules first.
First and foremost, yahoo sports has a strict cutoff of 5 minutes before each game starts. Do not wait until last minute to make your picks, because they will be locked! However, like last season, in the case of extenuating circumstances, the commissioner (me) is allowed to edit your picks, if you choose to enable the option. This will be on a case by case basis. If you were busy Sunday morning and didn't get back until 1:30, post your picks in this thread and I'll edit your bracket. If you slept until 2:15 after a night of partying, don't expect me to give you the same privilege.
Second, in order to prevent this thread from becoming obsolete and preserving the discussions in the NFL thread, I propose we split up the discussion between the two threads. This thread will be to discuss personal picks and why you picked them. The NFL thread is still to discuss general news, stats, trends, why Tim Tebow sucks, etc.
Things to be posted in this thread:
Things not to be posted in this thread:
Signup instructions:
Remember:
If you want to give me the ability to edit your picks in case of an emergency or something, make sure to enable commissioner editing. I'm not going out of my way to make sure you have it off if something does arise where I'm needed to change your picks, and I totally promise to not cheat and stuff.
Set up an email reminder! It's easy to forget otherwise. It takes 5 minutes to set up your picks, and the only excuse anyone could have is that they forgot to do it.
I'm adding a poll about confidence points and picking against the spread, but the idea seemed pretty unpopular last year so I'm assuming we'll just do the usual again. Leave a comment below if you have strong feelings one way or the other, or don't.
As the title of the thread suggests, every week during the NFL season you will choose the outcome of every game, and by the end of the season we'll have one person to crown
First and foremost, yahoo sports has a strict cutoff of 5 minutes before each game starts. Do not wait until last minute to make your picks, because they will be locked! However, like last season, in the case of extenuating circumstances, the commissioner (me) is allowed to edit your picks, if you choose to enable the option. This will be on a case by case basis. If you were busy Sunday morning and didn't get back until 1:30, post your picks in this thread and I'll edit your bracket. If you slept until 2:15 after a night of partying, don't expect me to give you the same privilege.
Second, in order to prevent this thread from becoming obsolete and preserving the discussions in the NFL thread, I propose we split up the discussion between the two threads. This thread will be to discuss personal picks and why you picked them. The NFL thread is still to discuss general news, stats, trends, why Tim Tebow sucks, etc.
Things to be posted in this thread:
- thoughtful game analysis
- reasoning for picking X over Y (even though Y is clearly superior)
- anything relating to your predictions or this challenge (do not litter the pristine NFL thread)
Things not to be posted in this thread:
- thoughtful general team/player analysis (NFL thread is a better place for it)
- general discussions unrelated to the challenge/people's picks
- trolling/flaming/rusing
- PC++
Signup instructions:
- You need either a yahoo/att email address or a gmail account to sign in. Alternatively, you can use facebook (lel)
- Go either to http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy and click the Pro Football pick'em, or alternatively just click here
- Enter the group information on the right, which is as follows:
Group ID#: 52801
Password: smogay - Create a bracket name and choose your personal settings, but post your bracket name in this thread. Alternatively you could name the bracket after your username, but that's kind of silly.
- Once in the group, click your name in order to make your picks for the week. Alternatively, you could make your picks for several weeks in advance, but I'd recommend against doing that unless you're going out of town or something. I'm assuming that this is mobile browser friendly, but haven't personally tested it yet.
Remember:
If you want to give me the ability to edit your picks in case of an emergency or something, make sure to enable commissioner editing. I'm not going out of my way to make sure you have it off if something does arise where I'm needed to change your picks, and I totally promise to not cheat and stuff.
Set up an email reminder! It's easy to forget otherwise. It takes 5 minutes to set up your picks, and the only excuse anyone could have is that they forgot to do it.
I'm adding a poll about confidence points and picking against the spread, but the idea seemed pretty unpopular last year so I'm assuming we'll just do the usual again. Leave a comment below if you have strong feelings one way or the other, or don't.