[eddycash]

It shows im on the list but I never received your Tuesday notice in my inbox.

[swordsandtequila]

It shows im on the list but I never received your Tuesday notice in my inbox.

#103

[lets play 83]

I got you if you still want in. If you don't or don't need just send back. Good luck.

You are the man. I really appreciate it. I will get you back ASAP.

[swordsandtequila]

You are the man. I really appreciate it. I will get you back ASAP.

No problem. Others have helped me out when I've been short, just paying it forward.

[Vene1616]

Picks sent! GL2A

[Optional]

A lot of people have submitted week 1 picks early.

Just want to make sure everyone understands that if you have multiple entries, you do not need to submit picks for all of them at once. You can submit 1 entry for Thursday and another later in the week. As quite a few people have sent all entries at once for week 1.


And also, thank you to the people who sent picks in the table format I can copy/paste into the spreadsheet;

Steelers

Browns

Washington

Cowboys

Raiders

Many more of you have done it than I expected, and it's really a big time saver.



PS. I understand some people won't have any clue how to do that. Don't feel bad, it's fine to just send your list.

[seaborneq]

A lot of people have submitted week 1 picks early.

Just want to make sure everyone understands that if you have multiple entries, you do not need to submit picks for all of them at once. You can submit 1 entry for Thursday and another later in the week. As quite a few people have sent all entries at once for week 1.


And also, thank you to the people who sent picks in the table format I can copy/paste into the spreadsheet;

Steelers

Browns

Washington

Cowboys

Raiders

Many more of you have done it than I expected, and it's really a big time saver.



PS. I understand some people won't have any clue how to do that. Don't feel bad, it's fine to just send your list.

A quick synopsis of the table format would definitely get most to post their picks that way. Most of us probably could do it if given a few basic steps. Just a suggestion.

[swordsandtequila]

A quick synopsis of the table format would definitely get most to post their picks that way. Most of us probably could do it if given a few basic steps. Just a suggestion.

Figured it out myself, not hard at all.

1. When responding to Opti's PM (or a post for that matter, if needed) first step, click the "Go Advanced" button at middle bottom, this will open all the menu options:



2. Click on far left bottom row icon, if you hover your cursor it reads "Table". Table properties will pop up.





3. Change the Rows/Columns/Width to numbers shown. Alignment doesn't matter, I centered by choice. This will result in a table that matches Opti's example. Click OK.





4. The line in the first box is a cursor, copy/paste (or type) your picks from Opti's pm.



5. Preview post if not sure, otherwise submit and you're done. Hope this helps

[seaborneq]

Figured it out myself, not hard at all.

1. When responding to Opti's PM (or a post for that matter, if needed) first step, click the "Go Advanced" button at middle bottom, this will open all the menu options:



2. Click on far left bottom row icon, if you hover your cursor it reads "Table". Table properties will pop up.





3. Change the Rows/Columns/Width to numbers shown. Alignment doesn't matter, I centered by choice. This will result in a table that matches Opti's example. Click OK.





4. The line in the first box is a cursor, copy/paste (or type) your picks from Opti's pm.



5. Preview post if not sure, otherwise submit and you're done. Hope this helps

Thanks Swords. Looks simple enough. I'll be sure to do it.

[Optional]

Thanks Swords and Seaborneq.


Another way would be to highlight my example box, copy it, and then paste it into your PM to me.

As long as your editor is in HTML mode, that will work. (first icon A/A)



I just had another bright idea too.

I will include an empty "entry form" in each weeks PM like this

1

2

3

4

5

And people can just click "reply with quote" and fill that in.

[Optional]

Oh I forgot to mention.

We hit exactly 100 entries today

[Andy117]

Oh I forgot to mention.

We hit exactly 100 entries today

101

[seaborneq]

Thanks Swords and Seaborneq.


Another way would be to highlight my example box, copy it, and then paste it into your PM to me.

As long as your editor is in HTML mode, that will work. (first icon A/A)



I just had another bright idea too.

I will include an empty "entry form" in each weeks PM like this

1

2

3

4

5

And people can just click "reply with quote" and fill that in.

Please do that next week. Advance search never popped up for me to make the table properties.

[swordsandtequila]

Please do that next week. Advance search never popped up for me to make the table properties.

It's not "Advanced Search", it's "Go Advanced". Bottom right under "Quick Reply" next to "Submit Message". If you choose "Reply to Private Message" instead the menu still shows.

[seaborneq]

It's not "Advanced Search", it's "Go Advanced". Bottom right under "Quick Reply" next to "Submit Message". If you choose "Reply to Private Message" instead the menu still shows.

Nothing “Advanced” appeared in that lower right corner.

[swordsandtequila]

Nothing “Advanced” appeared in that lower right corner.

Scroll down to "Quick Reply" in this thread (under the last post). You don't see a "Go Advanced" button?

[seaborneq]

I see it on this post thread, but that option was not available in the PM from Optional with the week 1 lines.

[pabonaparte]

Deadline is tonight midnight forum time, isn't it?

[swordsandtequila]

I see it on this post thread, but that option was not available in the PM from Optional with the week 1 lines.

I noted that in this post:

It's not "Advanced Search", it's "Go Advanced". Bottom right under "Quick Reply" next to "Submit Message". If you choose "Reply to Private Message" instead the menu still shows.

All the menu options are shown if replying to private message vs using quick reply. It's all moot if Opti includes in his future pms.

[thechaoz]

Not really a reason.

But I've found about 100 entries is max I can handle manually without hating it.

If we were not looking like getting to 100, I would have promoted it a bit more.

But looks like we will be very close to hitting it almost exactly right now.

Would be cool if SBR could adust a contest settings to handle it, or we use a free contest site if there is such a thing that could setup the format.

I thought about Google docs too with a password, but I think we'd all have to have our own Google Doc so no picks got messed with, so that might be a huge pain.

Unless there's a nerdy IT guy here that can tell us otherwise.

[thechaoz]

Deadline is tonight midnight forum time, isn't it?

Yes

[MalikHusam]

Thanks Swords and Seaborneq.


Another way would be to highlight my example box, copy it, and then paste it into your PM to me.

As long as your editor is in HTML mode, that will work. (first icon A/A)



I just had another bright idea too.

I will include an empty "entry form" in each weeks PM like this

1

2

3

4

5

And people can just click "reply with quote" and fill that in.

If you just copy paste the next between the lines, it's easy to replace the numbers with your selections:

step 1:

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I will include an empty "entry form" in each weeks PM like this

1

2

3

4

5

And people can just click "reply with quote" and fill that in.
----------------------------

step 2:


I will include an empty "entry form" in each weeks PM like this

Bills

Titans

Patriots

Chargers

Saints

And people can just click "reply with quote" and fill that in.

[Optional]

My entry that you need to score higher than;

Texans

Washington

Seahawks

Patriots

Packers

Most Popular Picks: 49ers, Browns, Raiders, Rams & Jets





As it is week 1, I will allow Andy117 and harthebar to submit their picks late still.

Name	Pick 1	Pick 2	Pick 3	Pick 4	Pick 5
5mike5	Titans	Bills	Washington	Panthers	Packers
a4u2fear	Washington	Ravens	Saints	49ers	CARDINALS
adamelvis	JETS	TEXANS	RAMS	TITANS	PATRIOTS
adamelvis 2	TITANS	RAMS	SEAHAWKS	WASHINGTON	BROWNS
aggieshawn	Buccaneers	Bills	Chiefs	Rams	Ravens
aggieshawn 2	Buccaneers	Bills	Chiefs	Rams	Raiders
aggieshawn 3	Buccaneers	Bills	Chiefs	Bears	Ravens
Andy117
ArunSh	Steelers	Jets	Jaguars	Titans	Washington
ArunSh 2	Falcons	Seahawks	Bengals	49ers	Browns
ArunSh 3	Patriots	Broncos	Saints	Rams	Raiders
BarkingToad	Jaguars	Browns	Falcons	Patriots	Raiders
BarkingToad 2	Jaguars	Browns	Chargers	Patriots	Cardinals
BarkingToad 3	Jaguars	Browns	Falcons	Jets	Saints
booya	Washington	Browns	Jets	Cardinals	Eagles
Cabo	Patriots	Giants	Saints	49ers	Rams
Cabo 2	Washington	Giants	Seahawks	Patriots	Rams
CarolinaDaze	TITANS	SEAHAWKS	49ERS	RAMS	PACKERS
CarolinaDaze 2	PANTHERS	49ERS	DOLPHINS	RAMS	PACKERS
Chaz22	49ers	Giants	Rams	Saints	Ravens
Chaz22 2	Giants	Titans	Texans	Chiefs	Ravens
Chaz22 3	49ers	Bills	Colts	Rams	Ravens
cricketer	Bengals	Lions	Browns	Bears	Jets
Crusherrr	Steelers	jets	jaguars	browns	broncos
Crusherrr 2	Saints	Dolphins	Chargers	Bengals	49ers
Crusherrr 3	Jets	Cardinals	Broncos	Saints	Falcons
Daniel Espinosa	49ers	Jets	Raiders	Browns	Washington
Daniel Espinosa 2	49ers	Jets	Raiders	Browns	Rams
Daniel Espinosa 3	49ers	Jets	Raiders	Browns	Steelers
danso	Steelers	Jets	Vikings	Lions	Bears
danso 2	Steelers	Jets	Seahawks	Lions	Bears
danso 3	Cowboys	Steelers	Lions	Browns	Bears
Easy-Rider 66	Buccaneers	Saints	Browns	Falcons	Raiders
eddycash	Cardinals	Washington	Giants	49ers	Chiefs
Enkhbat	Bills	JAGUARS	Chargers	Packers	Ravens
Enkhbat 2	Bills	JAGUARS	Chargers	Titans	JETS
Enkhbat 3	Bills	JAGUARS	Titans	Ravens	49ers
Felix182	Buccaneers	Chiefs	Seahawks	Chargers	Broncos
frankzig	Washington	Panthers	Ravens	Broncos	Dolphins
frankzig 2	Buccaneers	Eagles	Steelers	Panthers	Packers
gauchojake	Steelers	Chargers	Browns	Giants	CARDINALS
Getch13	Steelers	Texans	Bengals	Browns	Broncos
gunslinger572	Colts	Eagles	Browns	Washington	Raiders
harthebar
hawkeye 16	Buccaneers	Dolphins	Bills	49ers	Chiefs
hockey7251	Bills	Browns	Raiders	Falcons	Dolphins
HossWilbur	Saints	Lions	Rams	Broncos	Texans
HossWilbur 2	Saints	Lions	Rams	Redskins	Cardinals
Ian	Falcons	49ers	Patriots	Saints	Raiders
Iona	Jets	49ers	Falcons	Saints	Raiders
JAKEPEAVY21	Texans	Washington	Browns	Giants	Raiders
jmtbdj	TITANS	JETS	WASHINGTON	EAGLES	SEAHAWKS
jmtbdj 2	TITANS	TEXANS	49ERS	PATRIOTS	EAGLES
jmtbdj 3	49ERS	RAMS	GIANTS	PACKERS	RAVENS
JohnGalt2341	Dolphins	Giants	Rams	Saints	Ravens
jrgum3	Panthers	Texans	Cardinals	Washington	Vikings
Judge Crater	Panthers	Browns	Washington	49ers	CARDINALS
kostasblues	Buccaneers	Panthers	Texans	Cardinals	Raiders
kostasblues 2	Buccaneers	Chargers	Texans	Rams	Raiders
kostasblues 3	Buccaneers	Panthers	Cardinals	Rams	Raiders
Krashman	49ERS	RAMS	JETS	JAGUARS	RAIDERS
Krashman 2	CHIEFS	BILLS	PACKERS	SEAHAWKS	RAVENS
Krashman 3	LIONS	BEARS	STEELERS	BROWNS	JETS
leovegas	Chiefs	Seahawks	Rams	Saints	Texans
lets play 83	STEELERS	JAGUARS	CHIEFS	SAINTS	RAIDERS
Lineman	Browns	Broncos	Packers	Raiders	49ers
LLXC	CARDINALS	FALCONS	VIKINGS	BRONCOS	SAINTS
louisvillekid	Patriots	Giants	Chiefs	Titans	Raiders
MalikHusam	Buccaneers	Bills	Washington	Seahawks	Raiders
MalikHusam 2	Bills	Redskins	Panthers	Texans	Vikings
MalikHusam 3	Falcons	Cardinals	Panthers	Saints	Vikings
mike1234	Saints	Bengals	Lions	Colts	Patriots
mrpapageorgio	Panthers	Falcons	Dolphins	Saints	Steelers
Optional	Texans	Washington	Seahawks	Patriots	Packers
pabonaparte	Rams	49ers	Cardinals	Patriots	Saints
Pareto	Bills	Jaguars	Titans	Vikings	Washington
Pareto 2	Colts	49ers	Patriots	Giants	Washington
Pareto 3	Rams	Raiders	Saints	Washington	Colts
phinfan27615	Cowboys	Vikings	Jets	Broncos	49ers
phinfan27615 2	Steelers	Chiefs	Vikings	Titans	Rams
phinfan27615 3	Packers	Broncos	Falcons	Seahawks	Texans
pimike	Steelers	Browns	Washington	Giants	Buccaneers
pimike 2	Steelers	Browns	Washington	Cowboys	Raiders
pimike 3	Steelers	Chiefs	Chargers	Dolphins	Lions
playersonly69	Lions	Steelers	Panthers	Jaguars	Raiders
playersonly69 2	Steelers	Seahawks	Jaguars	Raiders	Falcons
playersonly69 3	Steelers	Jaguars	Bears	Broncos	Chargers
PromiseLand	Cowboys	Giants	Raiders	Bills	Seahawks
PromiseLand 2	Bengals	Bears	Titans	Lions	Patriots
PromiseLand 3	Packers	Browns	Chargers	Texans	Panthers
rickie65	Buccaneers	Chargers	49ers	Rams	Raiders
Sam Losco	Seahawks	Titans	Texans	Giants	Packers
seaborneq	Raiders	Browns	Steelers	Vikings	Texans
Skidcom	Panthers	Washington	Falcons	browns	Ravens
Skookum	Broncos	Rams	Browns	Colts	Jaguars
Skookum 2	Steelers	Packers	49ers	Patriots	Rams
SnakesPicks	Buccaneers	Chargers	Seahawks	Texans	Bengals
Spider	Titans	Falcons	Rams	Patriots	Panthers
Stefan	Jets	Jaguars	Falcons	49ers	Patriots
super mario 48	Seahawks	Redskins	Falcons	Eagles	Raiders
svenodds	Vikings	49ers	Packers	Ravens	Patriots
swordsandtequila	BUCCANEERS	TITANS	CHIEFS	PATRIOTS	RAMS
thechaoz	Falcons	49ers	Chargers	Titans	Steelers
thechaoz 2	Falcons	49ers	Chargers	Titans	Steelers
thechaoz 3	Falcons	49ers	Chargers	Titans	Steelers
toga toga	Eagles	Bengals	Browns	PATRIOTS	Packers
trytrytry	Jets	JAGUARS	Washington	Falcons	49ers
trytrytry 2	Jets	Cardinals	Washington	Patriots	Giants
trytrytry 3	Jaguars	Cardinals	49ERS	Raiders	SAINTS
uncutgems	Bills	Jets	Browns	Bears	Lions
uncutgems 2	Raiders	Bears	Browns	Seahawks	Bengals
unlearn	Bills	Washington	Eagles	Vikings	Rams
Vene1616	Bills	Buccaneers	Texans	Cardinals	Seahawks
yisman	49ers	Jets	Patriots	Jaguars	Falcons
yisman 2	49ers	Jets	Patriots	Jaguars	Browns
yisman 3	49ers	Jets	Patriots	Jaguars	Saints

As of now we have 116 entries for a prize pool of 174,000 Betpoints.

1st	26.78%	46597
2nd	16.56%	28814
3rd	11.62%	20219
4th	8.44%	14686
5th	6.33%	11014
6th	4.93%	8578
7th	3.97%	6908
8th	3.33%	5794
9th	2.90%	5046
10th	2.72%	4733
11th	2.72%	4733
12th	2.54%	4420
13th	2.54%	4420
14th	2.32%	4037
15th	2.32%	4037

[JAKEPEAVY21]

sorry mate, ill try and send picks in that format going forward

[ArunSh]

You say 4000 freeplay points will be divided amongst the entries that beat the "Optional" entry. You also say "evenly" divided, so if you go 5-0 do you get the same amount as someone who goes 4-1 (assuming of course the Optional entry does worse than 4-1). Or does it work like Beat the Prick used to where the better your record the more points you get?

Just curious.

[pimike]

You say 4000 freeplay points will be divided amongst the entries that beat the "Optional" entry. You also say "evenly" divided, so if you go 5-0 do you get the same amount as someone who goes 4-1 (assuming of course the Optional entry does worse than 4-1). Or does it work like Beat the Prick used to where the better your record the more points you get?

Just curious.

That’s a great question.

[Optional]

Yes, evenly divided. If 4 people score higher, then its 1000 points each.

I have gone 2-3, so it will be more like 100 entries to get 40 each this week :\


Getch & Crusher have 5-0s and Uncutgems still has a chance to sweep.

[ArunSh]

Yes, evenly divided. If 4 people score higher, then its 1000 points each.

I have gone 2-3, so it will be more like 100 entries to get 40 each this week :\


Getch & Crusher have 5-0s and Uncutgems still has a chance to sweep.

Thanks for clarifying. I don't think it'll be quite 100 at least - with 116 entries, surely more than 16 will go 2-3, 1-4, or 0-5 (though lot of people had Jets so with one tie might skew things a bit)!

Also though: I assume from what you say that you are not required to have a positive record in order to get points (again they used to have that rule in Beat the Prick). So someone who goes 2-2-1 this week will get the points since they did beat 2-3.

[CarolinaDaze]

Also though: I assume from what you say that you are not required to have a positive record in order to get points (again they used to have that rule in Beat the Prick). So someone who goes 2-2-1 this week will get the points since they did beat 2-3.

Using your example, 2-2-1 = 2.5 points (Pushes get 1/2 point), 2-3 is only 2 points.

[ArunSh]

Using your example, 2-2-1 = 2.5 points (Pushes get 1/2 point), 2-3 is only 2 points.

Not my point. My point is someone who went 2-2-1 back in Beat the Prick even if Prick went 2-3 would not have gotten points since you were required to be positive units (positive record) to get points. Since 2-2-1 is an even record, that's what I was wanting to be clarified, whether we were following that rule of Beat the Prick that you had to have a positive record to get points, not just "beat" the pro. Since it wasn't mentioned, I assume not, just was asking for clarification again.

Going to be interesting, same way Beat the Prick was - this is a good replacement for it no doubt! Imagine Optional goes 0-5 some week, then basically everyone in the contest (other than a few unfortunate souls who join him) will get paid. Granted only about 30-40 points, but hey always good to get something.

In contrast, when Optional goes 4-0-1 or 4-1, going to be a huge payday for the few ahead of him. Should be interesting as I said!

[pimike]

Thanks for clarifying. I don't think it'll be quite 100 at least - with 116 entries, surely more than 16 will go 2-3, 1-4, or 0-5 (though lot of people had Jets so with one tie might skew things a bit)!

Also though: I assume from what you say that you are not required to have a positive record in order to get points (again they used to have that rule in Beat the Prick). So someone who goes 2-2-1 this week will get the points since they did beat 2-3.

I think only winning records should get the points

Less dividing up the points.

Just my two cents.

[CarolinaDaze]

I hear ya, definitely worth clarifying. I had forgotten we had to be positive record to Beat the Prick. Like you said it wasn't mentioned and I read ("score higher than my "Optional" entry) and just assumed it was score only.

Guess I should have maxed out 3 entries, instead of 2. Beating Opti when he goes 4-0-1 or 4-1 could win some really nice free plays. Add in the other smaller winning weeks and entries can pay for themselves & more in the long run. I got a good mind to spot you guys this week for that fact alone.

Plus you have a 1 in 8 chance, to win a chunk of points on the Top 15 leaderboard. You're absolutely right, this is a great replacement for the old BTP game

[Easy-Rider 66]

Hey Optional did you get Harthebar's Picks? He told me he PM them to you come Sun Morning. thx.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Hey Optional did you get Harthebar's Picks? He told me he PM them to you come Sun Morning. thx.

Picks are supposed to be in by Saturday night, no?

[Easy-Rider 66]

Picks are supposed to be in by Saturday night, no?

yeah but Optional said he would give Andy and Harthebar a chance to put in late since it was the first week. check post #128 above the picks for the week.