1. 03-21-13 03:06 PM #1
    darrell74
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    Who here runs brackets offline?

    Got several old guys that don't know how to use a computer, so I run brackets manually and count points and do all the paperwork.
    Been doing this since the 90's.
    Who else does that, here?
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  2. 03-21-13 04:22 PM #2
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    Torture. I had buddies who did it two years ago, but they got like 400 entries and said never again.
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  3. 03-21-13 04:32 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by tto827 View Post
    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
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  4. 03-21-13 06:34 PM #4
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    i did...back in high school

    im over brackets. dont see the big deal. its actually a boring day to me
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  5. 03-21-13 06:36 PM #5
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    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!
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  6. 03-21-13 06:40 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Erock87 View Post
    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
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  7. 03-21-13 09:20 PM #7
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    Never done it. More easier just to teach the old guys how to do it online
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  8. 03-21-13 11:12 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wulfman14 View Post
    Never done it. More easier just to teach the old guys how to do it online
    No sh!t. Something to think about Darrell.
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  9. 03-21-13 11:40 PM #9
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    I have never done them. I just manually put in offline brackets, but don't do grading. Too much work.
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  10. 03-22-13 04:58 AM #10
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    Just enter the old guys brackets online for them, doing it by hand is so dinosaur
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  11. 03-22-13 06:30 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Erock87 View Post
    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.
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  12. 03-22-13 07:47 AM #12
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    I can appreciate Darrell's old school ethics.
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  13. 03-22-13 09:08 AM #13
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    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.
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  14. 03-22-13 09:12 AM #14
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    not worth the time and effort to run them anymore
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  15. 03-22-13 09:54 AM #15
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    not worth the time to play them for big money they are a crap shoot
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  16. 03-22-13 09:55 AM #16
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    There is a guy who does one at work. Some people don't like to go through the trouble to do it online
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  17. 03-22-13 10:58 AM #17
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    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
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  18. 03-22-13 11:47 AM #18
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    I run brackets offline.
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  19. 03-22-13 11:48 AM #19
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    For real, I do!!
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  20. 03-22-13 12:56 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Otters27 View Post
    Some people don't like to go through the trouble to do it online
    Trouble online?
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  21. 03-22-13 01:34 PM #21
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    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
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  22. 03-22-13 08:40 PM #22
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    Sounds terrible for anything over 10 entries.
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  23. 03-22-13 11:29 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    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.
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  24. 03-23-13 05:22 AM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by LT Profits View Post
    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
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  25. 03-23-13 05:56 AM #25
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    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
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  26. 03-23-13 10:05 AM #26
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    brackets are fun. Betting on the tourny gets frustrating. From now on I just might do brackets
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  27. 03-23-13 10:46 AM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by opie1988 View Post
    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.
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  28. 03-23-13 10:54 AM #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by LT Profits View Post
    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.
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  29. 03-23-13 10:58 AM #29
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    I want in your contest next year Darrell

    i'll send ya a fax
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  30. 03-24-13 06:29 PM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    I want in your contest next year Darrell

    i'll send ya a fax
    we can do that
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  31. 03-24-13 06:31 PM #31
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    how's everybody been doing?

    I only got 39 brackets, but I feel like a school teacher grading papers
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  32. 03-24-13 06:39 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by darrell74 View Post
    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.
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  33. 03-24-13 08:00 PM #33
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    All my brackets are almost dead. I stink at this.
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  34. 03-24-13 11:11 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by darrell74 View Post
    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'.
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  35. 03-25-13 10:16 AM #35
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    I am in one online and one on paper. I have no idea who is winning the one on paper.
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