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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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FBomb
09-09-2010 at 05:57 AM.
09-09-2010 at 05:57 AM.
Quote from afx :
I picked 49ers over Seattle
I'm heavily considering that as well.
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AbbyGabby
09-09-2010 at 07:41 AM.
09-09-2010 at 07:41 AM.
i picked Oakland Roll
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vec
09-09-2010 at 07:45 AM.
09-09-2010 at 07:45 AM.
Quote from jmegirl :
i picked Oakland Roll
If Campbell is 100% then it could be an upset
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AbbyGabby
09-09-2010 at 07:46 AM.
09-09-2010 at 07:46 AM.
Quote from vec :
If Campbell is 100% then it could be an upset
i was being sarcastic Coverlaugh
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vec
09-09-2010 at 07:47 AM.
09-09-2010 at 07:47 AM.
Quote from jmegirl :
i was being sarcastic Coverlaugh
just giving my opinion Prop
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Go Pack Go!
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Kramer!
09-09-2010 at 08:18 AM.
09-09-2010 at 08:18 AM.
Doh I just remembered about this. Dang it.
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Joined Oct 2008
Da Bears!
> bubble2 2,471 Posts
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TheRemix18
09-09-2010 at 02:43 PM.
09-09-2010 at 02:43 PM.
Quote from vec :
It's your $5.00 Dontknow
More like $250Big Grin
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Mavtech
09-10-2010 at 05:22 AM.
09-10-2010 at 05:22 AM.
Am I counting correctly? 50 people registered for the league, right? I'm counting 51 paid. If you paid and didn't sign up, let me know. You get your money back. People who forget to make a pick do not.
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karab
09-10-2010 at 05:47 AM.
09-10-2010 at 05:47 AM.
Maybe it's just a tip nod
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AbbyGabby
09-10-2010 at 06:16 AM.
09-10-2010 at 06:16 AM.
Wow, $250 is a pretty sweet pot for just a $5 buy-in.

Anyone get knocked out last night? look around

(Can I login and see that kinda stuff?)
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karab
09-10-2010 at 06:20 AM.
09-10-2010 at 06:20 AM.
you can see what everyone picked by going to the overview page of the group, I just scanned it and didn't see anyone that picked the vikings
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AbbyGabby
09-10-2010 at 06:22 AM.
09-10-2010 at 06:22 AM.
good to know, i haven't made it over to Yahoo to check this pool (and my 2 fantasy teams) yet. waiting for my coffee to kick in. Yawn
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Mavtech
09-10-2010 at 06:24 AM.
09-10-2010 at 06:24 AM.
In the group pick section, any wrong picks will be red. NO is green.
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gets
09-12-2010 at 01:18 PM.
09-12-2010 at 01:18 PM.
Wow, I barely squeaked by with that Bears pick. Lions got robbed. I did not like that pick one bit.
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marg_fan
09-12-2010 at 01:48 PM.
09-12-2010 at 01:48 PM.
At least you won't be tempted by the Bears again this season. Smilie

I agree that the rule sucks but if the announcers know the rule, the players should too.
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