Posted: 1st March 2009 18:34
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Not working from home any more, I'm sure I'll soon have to call in sick to work for one of the opening two days. Because, yes, it is very nearly time to watch more basketball than is healthy; March Madness is nearly upon us.
This is, bar none, the longest-standing site tradition (at least among those that have nothing to do with Final Fantasy!). There's always lots of players and lots of smack among those who are sports-rabid, and always lots of fun as people who really should have no business winning (that might actually include me, come to think of it) often do. I'll be happy to call forth all the old stats like usual; for now, though, let me just get you all the link and solicit any early questions you might have if you're a newcomer. http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/...&P=flanprincess Group Name: CoNCAA Group ID: 13957 Group Pass: flanprincess Get involved this year! Maybe I'll do a real prize. -------------------- "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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Post #175850
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Posted: 1st March 2009 18:38
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In as Why am I corn.
This post has been edited by Neal on 12th March 2009 03:55 -------------------- Hey, put the cellphone down for a while In the night there is something wild Can you hear it breathing? And hey, put the laptop down for a while In the night there is something wild I feel it, it's leaving me |
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Post #175851
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Posted: 1st March 2009 18:42
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Post #175853
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Posted: 1st March 2009 19:07
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Death Penalty's Picks of Destiny. Or, DP's PD's. I thought it was pretty witty
Who could not love march madness? -------------------- 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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Post #175855
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Posted: 1st March 2009 19:30
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Priiiinceeeeeess!!!! will win this year. Or at least do better than I did last year.
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Post #175859
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Posted: 1st March 2009 21:09
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Wavey Marle! Posts: 2,098 Joined: 21/1/2003 Awards: |
PINEAPPLE POWER!
Think I'll put Beckham up front this season and Lewis Hamilton in goals. I'll certainly need to try and get Tiger Woods for my pitcher. -------------------- "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. |
Post #175864
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Posted: 1st March 2009 21:24
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Rob Like That is in, and he's Totally Capital X.
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Post #175865
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Posted: 2nd March 2009 01:50
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sweetdude is really good at it
I'm so excited, I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel. -------------------- Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind. Me on the Starcraft. |
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Post #175877
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Posted: 2nd March 2009 02:34
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 461 Joined: 25/6/2004 Awards: |
I'm in as always, TruCruBallerz2004
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Post #175882
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Posted: 2nd March 2009 04:05
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Thabeet Down. Going to try to improve on my 2nd place finish from last year.
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Post #175883
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Posted: 4th March 2009 16:24
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And here, as promised, is the list of all previous CoNCAA competitions. SSJ_Cloud's won two outright, Neal has one one outright and tied with Elena99 for another, and Super Moogle, Kappa, and I have each won one.
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Post #175941
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Posted: 4th March 2009 19:18
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So, additionally, I got sick of looking at code today so I I jammed all of the above results into a spreadsheet and ran some numbers to get our highest performers. For each year, I took the participant's ranking and gave it a score based on the number of participants that year, under the assumption that more participants meant more competition, and therefore a bigger victory to do better than others that year. I then totaled them all up and came up with three results: raw number of points won, average points per year participated, and average points per year if you've played four or more years out of the seven complete years (meaning you have to have been in over half the tournaments, not just show up once, win, and sit at the top of the table forevermore).
Raw Points 1. Neal 2. SSJ-Cloud 3. Kappa 4. Tidu-who 5. Sabin Average Points for "Career" Players 1. Tidu-who 2. Laszlow 3. baralai 4. Kappa 5. Super_Moogle Average Points 1. Gabe 2. ClockDoc 3. GamblingCat 4. Tidu-who 5. Laszlow And, FYI, we have sixteen entrants already, not a bad start! Selection Sunday, the day in which the 65 teams are announced, is March 15 this year. After the selections are made, this day, you can make all your picks in your personal bracket. The games start at noon American Eastern time on March 19, and no picks can be made after the first game starts. That gives you about three and a half days to make your picks, and I'll harass you all when the time comes. Also, if your team name doesn't make it clear, please let us all know who is who (if you haven't already) so we can keep it straight. This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 4th March 2009 19:29 -------------------- "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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Post #175943
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Posted: 4th March 2009 23:50
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Quote (Rangers51 @ 4th March 2009 14:18) Raw Points 1. Neal THIS WILL NOT CHANGE -------------------- Hey, put the cellphone down for a while In the night there is something wild Can you hear it breathing? And hey, put the laptop down for a while In the night there is something wild I feel it, it's leaving me |
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Posted: 5th March 2009 00:41
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Odds are you're right, heh. I didn't bring the spreadsheet home with me but I think there have only been like four people who have gotten points in every year.
-------------------- "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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Post #175949
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Posted: 9th March 2009 23:58
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Still only at 16, folks, get in to make sure we get enough people to make me want to give prizes.
-------------------- "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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Post #176022
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Posted: 10th March 2009 16:52
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Crusader Posts: 1,488 Joined: 16/3/2001 Awards: |
I've kept in the top 6 save one horrendous 2006 travesty.
Let's keep the tradition alive. -------------------- I find your lack of faith disturbing... |
Post #176029
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Posted: 12th March 2009 03:57
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Quote (Kappa the Imp @ 10th March 2009 11:52) I've kept in the top 6 save one horrendous 2006 travesty. Let's keep the tradition alive. Hmm, same here. 2005 was baaad, I think I had UConn winning it all and they got bumped in the second round. -------------------- Hey, put the cellphone down for a while In the night there is something wild Can you hear it breathing? And hey, put the laptop down for a while In the night there is something wild I feel it, it's leaving me |
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Post #176056
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Posted: 13th March 2009 07:24
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 461 Joined: 25/6/2004 Awards: |
on a side note that still pertains to March Madness.......
did anyone see the UConn-Syracuse game earlier tonight? That was incredible! One of the most entertaining college BBall games I've ever seen. -------------------- "The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved." - Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince |
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Posted: 14th March 2009 14:07
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I fell asleep at halftime, which was really 2/7 time. I can't believe they won again in OT last night. I don't see them beating Louisville tonight, though.
-------------------- Hip-Hop QOTW: "Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac" "Game Theory" The Roots |
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Post #176080
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Posted: 14th March 2009 17:38
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In as "Here's Jonny! (Flynn)"
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Post #176082
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Posted: 14th March 2009 23:53
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In as Dinosaur Corn.
I'm only here because SOMEONE has to lose spectacularly, and I make it an art form. -------------------- Okay, but there was a goat! |
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Post #176085
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Posted: 15th March 2009 15:59
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I just watched the ESPNC replay of the UConn-Cuse game. As much as I don't like either team, or even the Big East as a whole, that was amazing.
-------------------- "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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Post #176093
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Posted: 15th March 2009 17:11
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 543 Joined: 5/7/2005 Awards: |
I guess I forgot to mention in here - in as "Xenon's pix". Hopefully this year I'll at least get into the top 20. Last year was embarassing.
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Posted: 15th March 2009 18:24
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Black Mage Posts: 222 Joined: 17/12/2007 Awards: |
I woulda won it last year if F***ing Uconn woulda made it one more round, and if Kansa woulda won........Boats N Hoes Is gonna Mess you up!!
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Post #176097
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Posted: 15th March 2009 23:05
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The brackets are set, and you can now make your picks.
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Post #176098
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Posted: 16th March 2009 00:50
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I love Illinois drawing Western Jelly.
-------------------- "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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Post #176099
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Posted: 16th March 2009 01:38
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Chocobo Knight Posts: 131 Joined: 5/12/2008 Awards: |
I was watching UConn-Syracuse live. It was 9ish and I fell asleep. Woke uo and they were in the 2nd OT. Woke up again and they had 1:30 left in the 6th OT. Crazy game. Wish I would've watched the whole thing.
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Posted: 16th March 2009 02:01
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As the resident Big East homer, I feel I must gloat...
Despite my utter hatred for Pitt, and my indifference in regarding Louisville as Big East, a record THREE #1's from one division. All the "Big LEast" jokes can now die in a fire, thanks. The $12 Million Dollar Calhoun Huskies FOR THE WIN! -------------------- "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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Post #176105
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Posted: 16th March 2009 11:50
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Quote (Bum Rush Blitzer @ 15th March 2009 21:38) I was watching UConn-Syracuse live. It was 9ish and I fell asleep. Woke uo and they were in the 2nd OT. Woke up again and they had 1:30 left in the 6th OT. Crazy game. Wish I would've watched the whole thing. So if you watch basketball, are you or are you not yet in CoNCAA? -------------------- "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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Post #176111
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Posted: 16th March 2009 13:57
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Holy Swordsman Posts: 2,034 Joined: 29/1/2004 Awards: |
Following massive Yahoo meltdown,
With apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche. -------------------- If you've been mod-o-fied, It's an illusion, and you're in-between. Don't you be tarot-fied, It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean? ~Frank Zappa Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way |
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