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7th Annual Slickdeals NFL Survival Pool. Congrats to our winner ERock54!

26,586 3,338 August 16, 2010 at 07:13 AM in Sporting Goods (3) Yahoo! Web Hosting
Welcome to the 7th annual Slickdeals NFL Survival Pool!

I can't believe we've been doing this for 7 years now. Time flies.

Registration is now open. PM me for my non-CC Paypal address. As soon as I get your $5, I will send you the league name and password. Paypal payments should be listed as a "gift" to avoid fees.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival

Please use your SD name as your group name.

Our previous winners are:

1 - Ryan166
2 - Arjunsr
3 - Ryan166
4 - Bill L (an outsider)
5 - Arjunsr
6 - vec
7 - ERock54

Here are the rules:

Anyone is welcome to play. Buy in is $5 per person. Winner takes all. We will be using Yahoo Survival to track picks. This is a straight pick the winner pool, no spread. In past years, we have had about 30-35 players. So, winner can take home around $150.

Non-credit card Paypal will be used to collect the money. Winner will get the lump sum at the end of the season to his/her Paypal address. If you insist on using a credit card, you pay the fees. They are usually about $.75 per $5. Yeah, I know. Paypal is a bunch of thieves. Let me know if this is the case since it's a different email address.

You will NOT get the league ID and password until I have your money.

Starting in week 1, you choose an NFL team to win that week. If you win, you carry on to the next week. If you are wrong, well, there's always next year. So, do your research. Choose wisely.

You can never choose the same team again.

In case of a week where everyone goes down: This is usually most possible in the mid to late weeks. As long as all players lose, everyone is re-entered automatically for the next week.

If we have a tie at the end of the final regular season game, the money is split among the people left. However, if there are 2 people left at the end, they both may agree on going to week 1 of the playoffs for a winner takes all championship. This will be a game of my choosing unless I am in the game. In that case, someone who went out in the early weeks gets to choose.

When you should have picks in: I don't have the time to chase people down. Yahoo will send you an email reminder and I will post in this thread to remind people. Picks must be in 5 minutes before the first game of the week. So, make sure to pay attention to Thursday and Saturday games. Those tend to screw people over. Someone always forgets. There is no forgiveness for forgetting. That wouldn't be fair to the others. Not choosing is the same as losing.

To play, I will need your name, email address, and money.

You can contact me by PM or IM. My IM names are under my SD name. Let me know if you have any questions.

I will give you my Paypal email address in a PM.

Community Wiki

Last Edited by Mavtech September 10, 2010 at 05:01 AM
Players:

51 paid
50 registered on Yahoo

Mavtech*
Mavtech's Dad*
Andy (friend of Mavtech)
Scott (friend of Mavtech)
Bogey419*
RL007
Robor
Samson (non SD user from Mavtech's work)*
Vec*
jmegirl*
stimpy*
wiles*
wiles' friend 1*
wiles' friend 2*
wiles' friend 3*
plite*
hilarios*
NFLLover*
FBomb*
General Ghoul*
gets*
boone292929*
afx*
gizoto316*
Intrepid*
Nathan D (Intrepid's friend)*
pableaux*
JMac323*
karab*
ima4ltrwrd*
xoreo* - oreo (team name on yahoo)
urnotwutuown*
arjunsr*
freerob*
freerob's boyfriend*
tightwad*
PiratesSayARRR*
NotPennysBoat*
kingraph*
shnark*
NeedSomeFreebie*(HailMary)
Sportsaholic*
TatorSalad*
StarNova*
ERock54*
tripp*
tripp's brother*
jayb082*
Ryan166*
Ryan166's Dad*
HUGE_M00bs*

* = Paid

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08-21-2010 at 05:28 PM.
08-21-2010 at 05:28 PM.
Quote from BayArea :
I think I want to get in on this but I don't have money sitting in my paypal..I usually use my credit card when paying with paypal. What to do?
I didn't have any either so I'm transferring money from my bank account to it right now. Said it would take 3-5 days. Do you not have a bank account attached to it?
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08-22-2010 at 08:45 AM.
08-22-2010 at 08:45 AM.
Quote from BayArea :
I think I want to get in on this but I don't have money sitting in my paypal..I usually use my credit card when paying with paypal. What to do?
You can do that as well, but you have to spot the CC fee that paypal charges. Check the wiki and first post, since i think Mav explains the price on there. But id listen to the previous poster, just attach a bank acct to the paypal and you can make the payment in about 5 days.
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08-22-2010 at 11:35 AM.
08-22-2010 at 11:35 AM.
Angel Not
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08-23-2010 at 04:29 AM.
08-23-2010 at 04:29 AM.
Quote from gets :
You can do that as well, but you have to spot the CC fee that paypal charges. Check the wiki and first post, since i think Mav explains the price on there. But id listen to the previous poster, just attach a bank acct to the paypal and you can make the payment in about 5 days.
This is correct. I would rather that we wait for the money to post to the account since we have plenty of time. But, I don't want to keep anyone from playing. So, if a credit card is your only option, you will have to cover the fees. I think 75 cents or a $1 should cover it.
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08-23-2010 at 01:46 PM.
08-23-2010 at 01:46 PM.
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kara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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xoreo
08-23-2010 at 02:13 PM.
08-23-2010 at 02:13 PM.
if i have a friend who is interested, would he need to create a slickdeals account also so that you can get his name?
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FBomb
08-23-2010 at 07:01 PM.
08-23-2010 at 07:01 PM.
I have to ask this question:

What's to keep people from creating multiple user names and entering multiple times?

My dad (who checks slickdeals multiple times daily) never created an id, but would probably like to get in on this. If he creates an id basically just for this, is that going to cause a problem?

If so, no big deal. Just thought I would ask because I mentioned this to the old man and he seemed interested.
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08-24-2010 at 07:06 AM.
08-24-2010 at 07:06 AM.
Quote from FBomb :
I have to ask this question:

What's to keep people from creating multiple user names and entering multiple times?

My dad (who checks slickdeals multiple times daily) never created an id, but would probably like to get in on this. If he creates an id basically just for this, is that going to cause a problem?

If so, no big deal. Just thought I would ask because I mentioned this to the old man and he seemed interested.
Family and friends are perfectly welcome. I watch out for indications of this. In the 6 prior years, I've never suspected it. All of the winners so far have been people I know relatively well (as well as you can know someone on SD) and only had one entry. So, if people are trying to cheat, it isn't working.

So far, the pot is up to $110 based on commitments to play.

Quote from xoreo :
if i have a friend who is interested, would he need to create a slickdeals account also so that you can get his name?
I would prefer he have a Slickdeals account. But, it's not absolutely required to play.
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08-24-2010 at 08:51 AM.
08-24-2010 at 08:51 AM.
I just sent you my $5, Mav. Smilie

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kara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I look forward to taking your money sir. Wink5
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08-24-2010 at 08:57 AM.
08-24-2010 at 08:57 AM.
Groupwave

yay kara! Hug2
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08-24-2010 at 09:19 AM.
08-24-2010 at 09:19 AM.
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I just sent you my $5, Mav. Smilie


I look forward to taking your money sir. Wink5
Got it. You have mail.
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08-24-2010 at 09:32 AM.
08-24-2010 at 09:32 AM.
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yay kara! Hug2
wiles!!!! hug

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Got it. You have mail.
yay! thx Smilie
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08-24-2010 at 10:07 AM.
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I look forward to taking your money sir. Wink5
you know I don't pay for it Evil
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I think we better take this private, like before Evillaugh
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