Who here runs brackets offline?

tto827 · 03-21-13, 04:22 PM

Torture. I had buddies who did it two years ago, but they got like 400 entries and said never again.

darrell74 · 03-21-13, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by tto827

Torture. I had buddies who did it two years ago, but they got like 400 entries and said never again.

400, phuck that. I'd stop at 100 or something. 400, I would say to go learn how to use a computer because I couldn't handle that.
The most I ever had was around 80
this year I got 39, not hard

RudyRuetigger · 03-21-13, 06:34 PM

i did...back in high school

im over brackets. dont see the big deal. its actually a boring day to me

Erock87 · 03-21-13, 06:36 PM

I've run offline brackets for about 10 years now.

Nothing better than highlighting a busted bracket in red and sliding it to the bottom!

tto827 · 03-21-13, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by Erock87

I've run offline brackets for about 10 years now.

Nothing better than highlighting a busted bracket in red and sliding it to the bottom!

What if its yours

Wulfman14 · 03-21-13, 09:20 PM

Never done it. More easier just to teach the old guys how to do it online

onlooker · 03-21-13, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by Wulfman14

Never done it. More easier just to teach the old guys how to do it online

No sh!t. Something to think about Darrell.

MexicanStallion · 03-21-13, 11:40 PM

I have never done them. I just manually put in offline brackets, but don't do grading. Too much work.

Wrigley · 03-22-13, 04:58 AM

Just enter the old guys brackets online for them, doing it by hand is so dinosaur

Straight Cash · 03-22-13, 06:30 AM

Originally posted by Erock87

I've run offline brackets for about 10 years now.

Nothing better than highlighting a busted bracket in red and sliding it to the bottom!

haha agreed, for some reason I get quite a bit of entertainment just manually scoring them.

opie1988 · 03-22-13, 07:47 AM

I can appreciate Darrell's old school ethics.

Chi_archie · 03-22-13, 09:08 AM

I do an old school bracket contest for less than a dozen people at work.

alot of people like the process of pencil and paper and sitting down looking at the bracket in real life and not a screen.

oiler · 03-22-13, 09:12 AM

not worth the time and effort to run them anymore

Mitchell88 · 03-22-13, 09:54 AM

not worth the time to play them for big money they are a crap shoot

Otters27 · 03-22-13, 09:55 AM

There is a guy who does one at work. Some people don't like to go through the trouble to do it online

dudekid · 03-22-13, 10:58 AM

back in high school the brackets were on paper but nowadays i cant see how people are unable to just point and click the teams on a website lol

makaveli66 · 03-22-13, 11:47 AM

I run brackets offline.

makaveli66 · 03-22-13, 11:48 AM

For real, I do!!

onlooker · 03-22-13, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by Otters27

Some people don't like to go through the trouble to do it online

Trouble online?

jds07v · 03-22-13, 01:34 PM

I still do mine offline. Have lots of older people from work that arent computer savvy enough and I dont want to go through the trouble of explaining it to every single person. Give them a piece of paper and a pen. And I do get satisfaction from my big black sharpie making marks on people's brackets

BigSpoon · 03-22-13, 08:40 PM

Sounds terrible for anything over 10 entries.

LT Profits · 03-22-13, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by RudyRuetigger

i did...back in high school

im over brackets. dont see the big deal. its actually a boring day to me

I think it's just the opposite, brackets ADD interest to the day because you always have something to root for in games that you don't otherwise have a bet on. Plus I find the whole process of doing brackets that give upset bonuses very interesting, trying to maximize your EV according to the rules.

Wrigley · 03-23-13, 05:22 AM

Originally posted by LT Profits

I think it's just the opposite, brackets ADD interest to the day because you always have something to root for in games that you don't otherwise have a bet on. Plus I find the whole process of doing brackets that give upset bonuses very interesting, trying to maximize your EV according to the rules.

Agree we run one in our office every year been going on for 15 years everyone looks forward to it

Mitchell88 · 03-23-13, 05:56 AM

I usually do one they are fun thats for sure cause you have someone to root for in every game, this year was tough for me though so stayed away

Otters27 · 03-23-13, 10:05 AM

brackets are fun. Betting on the tourny gets frustrating. From now on I just might do brackets

darrell74 · 03-23-13, 10:46 AM

Originally posted by opie1988

I can appreciate Darrell's old school ethics.

There are some old people that I have a lot of respect for, that don't do computers.
Some of them, I even created e-mail accounts and CBS/ESPN accounts and they still won't do it.

They're old, and I just let them be. They're in their twilight, and I'm not gonna be a punk, and tell them to learn something they don't have to. They're gonna be dead soon, why should I make them feel stupid about something that's ahead of their time.

darrell74 · 03-23-13, 10:54 AM

Originally posted by LT Profits

I think it's just the opposite, brackets ADD interest to the day because you always have something to root for in games that you don't otherwise have a bet on. Plus I find the whole process of doing brackets that give upset bonuses very interesting, trying to maximize your EV according to the rules.

agree LT
The last 2 days felt similar to a day of simulcast horse betting.
The analogy is meant to mean that when you're at the horse track and doing simulcast betting, their is always a screen with a single digit number next minutes to post and then you're following another screen.

I've locked myself into my man cave for the last 2 days and it was great. Watching back to back 12 hour days of basketball was fun.
Carles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Greg Anthony have done great job analyzing games also. Rex Chapman has been pretty entertaining, also.

Chi_archie · 03-23-13, 10:58 AM

I want in your contest next year Darrell

i'll send ya a fax

darrell74 · 03-24-13, 06:29 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

I want in your contest next year Darrell

i'll send ya a fax

we can do that

darrell74 · 03-24-13, 06:31 PM

how's everybody been doing?

I only got 39 brackets, but I feel like a school teacher grading papers

tto827 · 03-24-13, 06:39 PM

Originally posted by darrell74

agree LT
The last 2 days felt similar to a day of simulcast horse betting.
The analogy is meant to mean that when you're at the horse track and doing simulcast betting, their is always a screen with a single digit number next minutes to post and then you're following another screen.

I've locked myself into my man cave for the last 2 days and it was great. Watching back to back 12 hour days of basketball was fun.
Carles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Greg Anthony have done great job analyzing games also. Rex Chapman has been pretty entertaining, also.

Since my mid-term Thursday afternoon, I have left my apartment 4 times, once for golf practice, the other three for quick food runs.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who actually locks the doors and enjoys all the games.

LordVodka · 03-24-13, 08:00 PM

All my brackets are almost dead. I stink at this.

darrell74 · 03-24-13, 11:11 PM

Originally posted by darrell74

how's everybody been doing?

I only got 39 brackets, but I feel like a school teacher grading papers

ahhhhh, Duke just won.
Now it's time to go back to 'grading papers'.

Otters27 · 03-25-13, 10:16 AM

I am in one online and one on paper. I have no idea who is winning the one on paper.