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RotB Survivor 2017

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Last season saw AZFanForLife outlast CardiacCardinalFanatic after a 7 week run. In 2015 blackram928 was crowned champ after week 8. The last couple of seasons we saw the majority of the field eliminated after just week 2. So, will this years survivor surpass the week 8 mark? Will we see a NEW champ or will a previous champ reign supreme? Could this be the year we finally see a perfect season?

Everyone is welcome to participate, just remember once you start making picks you need to make a pick every week, or you are done for the season! For those of you unfamiliar with RotB Survivor, here are the rules and good luck to all:

Pick'em Survivor 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 unfavorable 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 streak 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 Watchnut33 picks week 1 through week 11 correct, then Watchnut33 has lasted through 64% of the season. If Pops1948 doesn't start until 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 is 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 kickoff 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.

Make your Week 1 picks, enjoy the season and good luck to everyone!

<em>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.</em>