Posted: 16th March 2009 20:32
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Yeah, I should sign up. Show you all what's up. Ha!
Edit: I'm officially signed up as Winner Winner Chicken Dinner This post has been edited by Bum Rush Blitzer on 16th March 2009 22:40 -------------------- Sabin: Kefka! Wait! Kefka: Wait he says! Do I look like a waiter? |
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Posted: 18th March 2009 00:28
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You've got about 36 hours to sign up if you haven't, and either way you have 36 hours to get your picks in. We're doing pretty well on signups but could always use a few more!
If you're looking for advice on your picks, SI.com has a nice section set up. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketbal...ens-tournament/ -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 18th March 2009 01:03
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In as 'what sport is this'
I'm feeling pretty good about my chances here. I've been boning up on baseball stuff so I reckon I'm in with a chance. |
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Posted: 18th March 2009 05:08
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Made a bracket, "effache's failure"
Excited to bomb This post has been edited by FallingHeart on 18th March 2009 05:14 -------------------- "We're not tools of the government or anyone else. Fighting... fighting was the only thing I was ever good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in." - Frank Yeager (a.k.a. Grey Fox) |
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Posted: 18th March 2009 14:59
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I know that Y! seems to be having a miserable time keeping their stuff working, so keep trying if you haven't gotten your picks in yet. Maybe for next year I'll write a custom bracket system for CoNners only. :\
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Posted: 18th March 2009 16:44
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I designed the sheet we use for ours at work. It's pretty popular, and it would be really easy to change the scoring method. I found a great function that allows me to immediately see everybody's picks for any particular game, too, so I have easy access to pick distribution. Fun!
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Posted: 18th March 2009 17:41
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Quote (Neal @ 18th March 2009 12:44) I designed the sheet we use for ours at work. It's pretty popular, and it would be really easy to change the scoring method. I found a great function that allows me to immediately see everybody's picks for any particular game, too, so I have easy access to pick distribution. Fun! I don't know how I forgot about that, because I used it as the basis for the massive spreadsheet I made around this time last year for our Euro 2008 competition. Perhaps we could use the logic you've built into your sheet to power a web-driven application for future games. </nerd> In other news, Yahoo seems to be working quite nicely at the moment for those waiting to get in picks. You have about 22 hours. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 19th March 2009 11:11
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Last notification before it's too late - to play it safe, you'll want to have your picks locked down by 11am American Eastern time today. That's a bit under four hours from the time I'm posting this, and Yahoo still has been a bit goofy with the brackets breaking, so don't wait until the last second.
If you're looking for the day's highlights, as in you're not a huge fan but want to check out some good games, I suggest starting with the very first game: Butler and LSU should be one tight matchup. Mississippi State vs. Washington at 5pm ET has the potential to be highly entertaining as well, IMO, and at 9:55pm ET, you can see my beloved alma mater try mightily not to choke. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 19th March 2009 15:56
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Picks are in. Go Mizzou!
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Posted: 19th March 2009 16:17
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It's on.
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Posted: 19th March 2009 17:05
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So, time for the early losers:
Boats N Hoes (wait, who was this again?) who picked every game but the championship and therefore starts off with a possible score 32 points less than other folks' possibles; Dragon_Fire, who didn't realize you had to make all the picks at once, not like a soccer bracket where you pick after each round (oops!) and therefore has picks only for the first two days of games; Olly and Anh, who didn't bother picking anything at all despite tons of reminders to do so and therefore are the biggest losers of all. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 19th March 2009 17:46
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Huge thanks to R51 for the video feed. I'm going to enjoy watching adverts for the next while. Oh and maybe a bit of basketball. It's interesting to hear 'travelling' again rather than the 'marche' I'm used to.
-------------------- Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind. Me on the Starcraft. |
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Posted: 19th March 2009 23:07
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Hey guys. Man, I still can't believe Memphis lost that game last year! If I recall, I woulda taken it down had they won.
![]() I've been away from a computer for the past few days, so I woke up this morning and only had a few minutes to get my bracket in before work. I just took the auto-fill of favorites and then subbed in my own Final Four. I hope it works out for me. -------------------- The clouds ran away, opened up the sky And one by one I watched every constellation die And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star I should've known, walked all the way home To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone -Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You" |
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Posted: 20th March 2009 09:21
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I seem to make a habit of this, better than likely showing on the first few results and then whammo: that was all I got right.
Still, better than Olly and Ahn ![]() ![]() -------------------- "Only the dead have seen the end of their quotes being misattributed to Plato." -George Santayana "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..." -Abraham Lincoln, prior to the discovery of Irony. |
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Posted: 20th March 2009 11:04
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WHY did I go back and choose Illinois to not suck? I fell asleep in front of the TV a few minutes before tip and then woke up later to find bad times.
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Posted: 21st March 2009 01:39
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So apparently Yahoo is doing a second chance tournament this year that allows you to do a new bracket after this weekend is over, using the sweet sixteen teams. I opened a group for us to play in that - I'm not going to count the points there or anything, but I guess it's a chance for those who are doing not-so-hot to save face:
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t2/group/8018 -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 21st March 2009 02:24
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Quote (Rangers51 @ 20th March 2009 06:04) WHY did I go back and choose Illinois to not suck? I fell asleep in front of the TV a few minutes before tip and then woke up later to find bad times. ![]() At least I didn't take them to win two games, like was my very first thought. You're telling me! I saw that they were getting whipped and just stopped watching. I was getting ready to hop into bed and all of the sudden they started making a ridiculous comeback. Why tempt me like that only to come up short!? Had inklings of Illinois vs. Arizona in 2005. The most amazing finish to a College basketball game I've ever seen... And yeah...I did pick them to go twice. Past Gonzaga. Eek! -------------------- The clouds ran away, opened up the sky And one by one I watched every constellation die And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star I should've known, walked all the way home To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone -Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You" |
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Posted: 21st March 2009 05:22
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WHY WAKE WHY
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Posted: 21st March 2009 12:11
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Quote (Neal @ 21st March 2009 01:22) WHY WAKE WHY Yep, I lost a F4 and three S16s last night - I'm confident that I am now done. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 21st March 2009 14:39
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Not exactly intentional, but my two major brackets that I play-in yearly (this and a money bracket) are nearly always opposite. So when I do terrible in one, I do amazing in the other. Taking into consideration I am in 21st on CoNCAA lets you know how good I'm doing in my money bracket.
It's amazing though. For all my first round losses, I've only lost one Sweet 16 team (Utah). So it's certainly not too late to rebound. But everyone must admit that when you see a great game unfolding, such as the two sensational overtime upsets, or a complete underdog wrecking a top seed (a la, Cleveland State, American ALMOST getting it over Villanova), you forget about your brackets and just watch. Of course, it's easy for me to say that considering in nearly all my brackets, I only had Wake winning the first round. -------------------- "When I turn the page The corner bends into the perfect dog ear As if the words knew I'd need them again But at the time, I didn't see it." ~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear |
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Posted: 21st March 2009 18:10
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Quote (Rangers51 @ 21st March 2009 07:11) Quote (Neal @ 21st March 2009 01:22) WHY WAKE WHY Yep, I lost a F4 and three S16s last night - I'm confident that I am now done. As bad as that is, I think my bracket's worse. RIP, The Walrus.... -------------------- |
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Posted: 21st March 2009 19:52
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I'm hoping Connecticut don't do a Wake. That's... DON'T do a Wake.
-------------------- Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind. Me on the Starcraft. |
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Posted: 22nd March 2009 05:18
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I tried to join the second chance league and it informed me that I am not a member of the group. How must I go about signing up?
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Posted: 22nd March 2009 17:53
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... My bracket is getting man-handled. I also fell into the Illinois and Wake traps...
Quote I tried to join the second chance league and it informed me that I am not a member of the group. How must I go about signing up? And I'm getting the same notice. Help? This post has been edited by Death Penalty on 22nd March 2009 17:55 -------------------- Currently Playing : Final Fantasy V Most Recently Beat : Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Favorite Game : Final Fantasy X The newest CoNcast is up! Have a listen! |
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Posted: 22nd March 2009 19:06
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Try going to group 8018 and using the same flanprincess password?
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Posted: 24th March 2009 00:25
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I clicked your original 2nd chance link, clicked on "second chance tourney" on the top, created a new bracket, clicked on "join group" on the top and typed in the group number and password and it worked. Thanks!
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Posted: 24th March 2009 05:58
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That last game was waaaay too close!
I'd love to see two upsets with Mizzou taking on Purdue. Then I can gloat to Neal when we triumph. -------------------- SPEKKIO: "GRRR...That was most embarrassing!" |
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Posted: 24th March 2009 13:32
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Quote (The_Pink_Nu1 @ 24th March 2009 01:58) That last game was waaaay too close! I'd love to see two upsets with Mizzou taking on Purdue. Then I can gloat to Neal when we triumph. Won't get the chance seeing that I'll get to gloat to Neal when UConn beats them ![]() -------------------- "When I turn the page The corner bends into the perfect dog ear As if the words knew I'd need them again But at the time, I didn't see it." ~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear |
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Posted: 25th March 2009 16:36
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I know full well that I can't analyze as well as Neal can; however, he's both traveling and has some really high-priority CoN work that he's working on right now. That being said, I should point out that I can analyze that of the people making picks, only three of them are all the way out right now: Dragon Fire, Del, and Mimic. Not a good year for the non-Americans so far!
Next up on the chopping block will be MogMaster, who has already lost his champion and therefore will probably be passed up by some of the leading pack after tomorrow, possibly Friday. After that, we'll probably see waves of knockouts as popular Final Four and Champion picks lose; if you go by seeds alone, folks who took Memphis, 'Cuse, Kansas, or Michigan State are the most vulnerable. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 25th March 2009 17:05
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I'm OUT? I thought I'd already won. I hate football.
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