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9th Annual Slickdeals NFL Survival Pool. Congratulations to our 2012 Champion, Ligers!

26,586 3,338 August 27, 2012 at 06:56 AM in Chat (2) Yahoo! Web Hosting
Welcome to the 9th annual Slickdeals NFL Survival Pool!

Sorry I'm late on this. I've been real busy with a new job over the past 6 months. A lot of traveling. So, we'll have to see how many we can get in by Saturday.

Here we go again!

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 paid from a linked bank account or Paypal balance. Payments should be sent as a "gift" to avoid fees.

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

Please use your SD name as your group name so I can monitor who signs up.

Our previous winners are:

1 - Ryan166
2 - Arjunsr
3 - Ryan166
4 - Bill L (an outsider)
5 - Arjunsr
6 - vec
7 - ERock54
8 - jayb082
9 - Ligers (Tripp's brother)
9b - Mavtech

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, team name, 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.

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marg_fan
09-04-2012 at 06:00 PM.
09-04-2012 at 06:00 PM.
Quote from Mavtech :
Unfortunately for the winner (most likely not me), that only applies if they register but forget to make a pick. If they never sign up for the league, I'll refund them.
Now you tell me. Annoyed
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vviles
09-04-2012 at 06:04 PM.
09-04-2012 at 06:04 PM.
I just filed my picks, so likely just 2 left now...
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BostonGirl
09-04-2012 at 06:12 PM.
09-04-2012 at 06:12 PM.
Do we need to pick before tomorrows game if we're not picking one of those teams?
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Mavtech
09-04-2012 at 06:13 PM.
09-04-2012 at 06:13 PM.
Only 1 left to register for the league. Who is it? Get in there!

Quote from BostonGirl :
Do we need to pick before tomorrows game if we're not picking one of those teams?
Yes. All picks have to be in before the first game of the week.
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BostonGirl
09-04-2012 at 06:16 PM.
09-04-2012 at 06:16 PM.
Quote from Mavtech :
Only 1 left to register for the league. Who is it? Get in there!



Yes. All picks have to be in before the first game of the week.
Thanks, I just noticed that. Hmmmm Scratchhead
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AbbyGabby
09-05-2012 at 07:55 AM.
09-05-2012 at 07:55 AM.
i can't believe i put this off so long Doh

can i still paypal you? i've got it open, logged in, ready to click send! laugh out loud
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AbbyGabby
09-05-2012 at 07:59 AM.
09-05-2012 at 07:59 AM.
OK i just sent you the cash, now you gotta let me in LMAO

Pray
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09-05-2012 at 08:28 AM.
09-05-2012 at 08:28 AM.
Password has been sent.
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AbbyGabby
09-05-2012 at 08:31 AM.
09-05-2012 at 08:31 AM.
Whee
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09-06-2012 at 07:56 AM.
09-06-2012 at 07:56 AM.
One person fell victim this week to "Oops, I forgot to make a pick".
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BostonGirl
09-06-2012 at 08:32 AM.
09-06-2012 at 08:32 AM.
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One person fell victim this week to "Oops, I forgot to make a pick".
I don't like how Yahoo makes you pick before Wednesday. Most other sites allow up until Sunday if you're not picking the Wed/Thursday game.
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AbbyGabby
09-06-2012 at 03:21 PM.
09-06-2012 at 03:21 PM.
Quote from BostonGirl :
I don't like how Yahoo makes you pick before Wednesday. Most other sites allow up until Sunday if you're not picking the Wed/Thursday game.
But then that gives you an advantage over the others. You have less games to choose from, thus giving you slightly better odds.
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09-06-2012 at 03:40 PM.
09-06-2012 at 03:40 PM.
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But then that gives you an advantage over the others. You have less games to choose from, thus giving you slightly better odds.
Not really IMO, if the team your going to pick is playing thursday you're going to pick that team before anyways.
Perfect example, last night not 1 person pick either team...so wouldn't make much of a difference to me.
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09-06-2012 at 03:52 PM.
09-06-2012 at 03:52 PM.
Quote from BostonGirl :
Not really IMO, if the team your going to pick is playing thursday you're going to pick that team before anyways.
Perfect example, last night not 1 person pick either team...so wouldn't make much of a difference to me.
it doesn't matter what team is playing on what day. each week, you choose one team to win. each week, there are X number of teams playing. if you wait til a game has already been played before making your choice, then you now have two less teams to choose from, giving you an advantage over someone who already made their choice.

it's not even about the teams, really. it's about odds. we're choosing a "winner" out of 32 teams playing this week. regardless what team we choose, we should all have the same odds when choosing that team.
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09-06-2012 at 03:53 PM.
09-06-2012 at 03:53 PM.
Quote from BostonGirl :
Not really IMO, if the team your going to pick is playing thursday you're going to pick that team before anyways.
Perfect example, last night not 1 person pick either team...so wouldn't make much of a difference to me.
If you were allowed to wait, you could wait to see who was knocked out on the early game and on Sunday and then choose the Monday night game to try to avoid a possible upset.
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