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I'm in again.

Way too top heavy on points. First two rounds don't really count.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.
 

station19 said:
I'm in again.

Way too top heavy on points. First two rounds don't really count.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.
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Like I said, 19, we take anyone here. We are GopherHole!!!

We piss some people off. Some people piss us off. None of that matters. WE ARE GOPHERHOLE!!!
 

I always like to add the seed # to the score. Gives you an incentive to pick a few upsets and get rewarded for picking them right.
 




station19 said:
Not sure what you're trying to say.
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You get 1 point for correctly picking a first round game, then you add the seed number of the winning team. So if you pick the #1 seed to win in the first round, you get 1 + 1 = 2 points. If you pick the 12 seed to win in the first round, you get 1 + 12 = 13 points.

In the current format, you get the same amount of points for picking Florida to beat St. John's School for the blind as you do for picking Minnesota to upset someone.
 

mcal24 said:
You get 1 point for correctly picking a first round game, then you add the seed number of the winning team. So if you pick the #1 seed to win in the first round, you get 1 + 1 = 2 points. If you pick the 12 seed to win in the first round, you get 1 + 12 = 13 points.

In the current format, you get the same amount of points for picking Florida to beat St. John's School for the blind as you do for picking Minnesota to upset someone.
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That's a whole different ballgame.

Current format is to pick the winners.

Your format is straight gambling.

You'd probably like the calcutta/auction I used to be involved in.

Auction off all teams individually - seeds 13-16 are sold/purchased as a group in each region.

Draw cards to select order of teams auctioned.

Every time your team wins a game you collect half of the losing teams purchase price - the rest goes in the pot. So if you buy one of the top teams(paid big bucks) you need to win a few games to get your money back. If you pick one of the lower teams(bought at a low price), one win will have you making money.

End of the tournament pays four ways from remaining pot which is half of the original total amount.

Pays 50% - 30% - 10% - 10%

Started with a pot of about 2K...last I remember it got up to about 25K......some of the elected officials didn't approve.
 

station19 said:
That's a whole different ballgame.

Current format is to pick the winners.

Your format is straight gambling.

You'd probably like the calcutta/auction I used to be involved in.

Auction off all teams individually - seeds 13-16 are sold/purchased as a group in each region.

Draw cards to select order of teams auctioned.

Every time your team wins a game you collect half of the losing teams purchase price - the rest goes in the pot. So if you buy one of the top teams(paid big bucks) you need to win a few games to get your money back. If you pick one of the lower teams(bought at a low price), one win will have you making money.

End of the tournament pays three ways from remaining pot which is half of the original total amount.

Pays 50% - 30% - 20%.

Started with a pot of about 2K...last I remember it got up to about 25K......some of the elected officials didn't approve.
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It's usually a pretty common scoring system still. I just like it because people don't just pick favorites across the row and you're rewarded for taking a risk.

That does sound like a pretty cool game though, would be interesting to see how it all works out.
 




We need to bump this back to the top of the Forum.
 




In...Florida, M State, Zona, and Michigan FF with State winning it all by 8.
 

****ing Midwest Region.......bad seeding by the committee.
 

Possible Nebraska - Creighton matchup first weekend.
 

station19 said:
I'm in again.

Way too top heavy on points. First two rounds don't really count.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.
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I'm in too. Agree on the scoring. Prefer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. In this format if you don't pick the champion you have no shot. But, hey we all know the rules in advance.
 

howeda7 said:
I'm in too. Agree on the scoring. Prefer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. In this format if you don't pick the champion you have no shot. But, hey we all know the rules in advance.
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My group does `1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11.

Not saying it's better or worse than yours.
 

I don't mind the traditional scoring system. Then the same amount of points (32) are awarded each round.
 


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