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RotB Pick'em Survival League II
by Hawkwind on Sep 8, 2010 5:07 PM MDT
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PrintBy popular demand, RotB's Pick'em Survival League returns for its second season. SenSurround took home the trophy last year, needing 13 consecutive weeks to be the last RotBer "standing". Is he ready to defend his title?
Pick'em Survival is relatively straightforward:
- You pick ONE team to win each week. You don't pick every game, just one team that will win each week out of one game. If you pick a team and they fail to win, you are eliminated, with no chance to join again (it's a thrill-ride I know).
- Another determining factor in the Survival Pick'em League is that you cannot select a single team more then once in the season. So save a "hot" team for a week of unfavourable match-ups. You are responsible to remember which teams you've used in previous weeks. I'll check your submissions leading up to game day and if I note you're using a team for a second time, I'll ask you to change. If you don't change or I don't notice until too late, your steak ends.
- The winner of the league needs to have the longest stretch of games picked correctly. You can start your picks late, depending on a favorable match up that starts later, but be careful you don't start too late. You can also end your streak whenever you want but don't end it too early, or somebody could pass your stretch. So if SenSurround picks week 1 through week 11 correct, then SenSurround has lasted through 64% of the season. If hevchv doesn't start till week 3, then picks through week 17 correct, he lasted 88% of the season and he would win. If we end up with a tie, the tie breaker is the lowest winning percentage of the teams used to survive. If it's still a tie, we'll get creative.
- You cannot skip a week once you start the streak. You miss a week your streak is done.
- Submission are simple: post your ONE team every week. You are responsible to remember which teams you've used in previous weeks. The only deadline is to submit your pick before that game's opening kick off time, so it's feasible to party hard all weekend and still use one of the MNF teams to keep the streak going..if either of those teams haven't already been used earlier in the season.
Take a look at the Week 1 schedule a pick your winner. Best of luck!
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Revenge of the Birds' (ROTB) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of ROTB's editors.
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Hoping I go longer than my pathetic showing last year...
…I’ll go with San Diego.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
well i like the wildcat sooo
miami.
Haiku are simple,
But they often don't make sense,
Refrigerator.
If I remember correctly, the Packers eliminated more people last year than any other team
Myself included. Bastards.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
Stayin' alive
And going with the Chicago Bears over the Detroit Lions.
It must be that time of day, the time to focus on sports.
SF over SEA
The Devil Birds just got cha
by DaCards on Sep 8, 2010 9:08 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
SF dominates the lesser birds
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." - Bill Shankly
San Diego
I once tried to quit a job using a dry erase board. Unfortunately I wrote the first part in Sharpie so I couldn't finish.
NY Giants
"There are preachermen on TV in a suit and a tie, they tell you to send your money to the Lord, but they give you their address" Hank Williams Jr.
SD
Hate to be eliminated the 1st week. Too many unknowns this season. I probably should wait to Week 2.
Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.
Cards
rolling the dice with Whiz on week 1 … I gotta hand it to the NFL, there isn’t a single game I couldn’t make an argument for an upset
I am here to defend my crown
By taking the New York Football Eli Mannings.
AZ
Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!
Newcomer here
week 1 predictions always scare me… (drumroll)….MIAMI
San Diego Chargers
Isn’t this round extraordinarily risky?
We are red, we are white, we are Danish Dynamite!
Takin Da Cards
I agree with others this seems an awfully difficult week 1.
Hawk (since I’m sure you have tons of free time), what about a reverse survivor where we pick a team to lose each week? Might be an interesting twist.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Sep 10, 2010 4:46 PM MDT reply actions
Arizona is the hot choice this week
With nine participants picking them. Miami, San Diego, and Tennessee are next with four.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
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