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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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tripp
08-27-2010 at 07:53 AM.
08-27-2010 at 07:53 AM.
haha - i just came on here to msg you Mav or Vec to see if this was going on again this year.

I'm sick of being eliminated early. Feels like I'm just giving money away
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Mavtech
08-27-2010 at 08:10 AM.
08-27-2010 at 08:10 AM.
Quote from tripp :
haha - i just came on here to msg you Mav or Vec to see if this was going on again this year.

I'm sick of being eliminated early. Feels like I'm just giving money away
I feel the same way. I've never made it past week 6.
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Mavtech
08-27-2010 at 08:13 AM.
08-27-2010 at 08:13 AM.
Quote from xoreo :
The Mets have been a disgrace these past couple of years but hey, you have to roll with the good and the bad if you're a true fan and ill stick with them =P. Anywho, back to the subject, I just sent the $5.
Yep. What happened to Francisco Rodriguez just added to it. From what I remember, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He was my roommate in 1998. I tried to tell him in the best Spanish I knew that he shouldn't eat the chicken breast he left on the counter all day. He did. And he got sick.

I got your money and sent the password.
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tripp
08-27-2010 at 08:51 AM.
08-27-2010 at 08:51 AM.
Quote from Mavtech :
Yep. What happened to Francisco Rodriguez just added to it. From what I remember, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He was my roommate in 1998. I tried to tell him in the best Spanish I knew that he shouldn't eat the chicken breast he left on the counter all day. He did. And he got sick.

I got your money and sent the password.
hahah - that's funny.

As soon as my brother lets me know if he is in this year, I'll paypal 5 or 10 bucks.
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FBomb
08-27-2010 at 09:01 AM.
08-27-2010 at 09:01 AM.
Quote from Mavtech :
Yep. What happened to Francisco Rodriguez just added to it. From what I remember, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He was my roommate in 1998. I tried to tell him in the best Spanish I knew that he shouldn't eat the chicken breast he left on the counter all day. He did. And he got sick.

I got your money and sent the password.
Who was your roommate? Francisco Rodriguez?
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08-27-2010 at 01:02 PM.
08-27-2010 at 01:02 PM.
Quote from FBomb :
Who was your roommate? Francisco Rodriguez?
Yeah. It was his first year in the minors. He couldn't speak a single word of English.
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Mavtech
08-30-2010 at 04:42 AM.
08-30-2010 at 04:42 AM.
We just picked up 2 more players. Woot!
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vec
08-30-2010 at 11:39 AM.
08-30-2010 at 11:39 AM.
Only 15 people are registered?

There seems to be a lot more people than that in the wiki
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Mavtech
08-30-2010 at 01:15 PM.
08-30-2010 at 01:15 PM.
The password was sent as a reply to your Paypal payment. Go register. The link is in the OP.
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gets
08-30-2010 at 05:45 PM.
08-30-2010 at 05:45 PM.
Quote from Mavtech :
The password was sent as a reply to your Paypal payment. Go register. The link is in the OP.
never got my reply Mav....or it got spammed. Can you PM me?
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Robor
08-31-2010 at 10:36 AM.
08-31-2010 at 10:36 AM.
Count me in again. I just hope I get knocked out early or win. Going out late in the season kinda sucks. ;-)
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vec
08-31-2010 at 10:49 AM.
08-31-2010 at 10:49 AM.
Quote from Robor :
Count me in again. I just hope I get knocked out early or win. Going out late in the season kinda sucks. ;-)
Yeah, winning last year was like a curse on my house. I wouldn't want to go through that again. Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)
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Robor
08-31-2010 at 11:43 AM.
08-31-2010 at 11:43 AM.
Quote from vec :
Yeah, winning last year was like a curse on my house. I wouldn't want to go through that again. Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)
Reading comprehension fail.
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08-31-2010 at 11:49 AM.
08-31-2010 at 11:49 AM.
Quote from Robor :
Reading comprehension fail.
understanding vec humor fail
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Intrepid.
08-31-2010 at 01:32 PM.
08-31-2010 at 01:32 PM.
The password is incorrect. (Error #109) Confused
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