Does it matter if SBR has contests?

**imgv94** · 03-03-06, 03:54 AM

I dont understand your question?

**Illusion** · 03-03-06, 03:55 AM

It's simple, do you like our contests im?

**imgv94** · 03-03-06, 03:57 AM

Well I won $500 from that Vip contest so yeah. I have that money
in my pocket now. Actually have had it for 2 weeks. Bowmans is the
only contest thats on right now.

**Illusion** · 03-03-06, 04:03 AM

Bowmans is the only contest I have yet to win.

**presley177** · 03-03-06, 04:06 AM

I like/love contests in general. I'm looking forward to some in bases.

Is there any chance after the nba season is over that there can be a baseball contest similar to the nba one bowman's has currently?

**Illusion** · 03-03-06, 04:18 AM

Originally posted by presley177

I like/love contests in general. I'm looking forward to some in bases.

Is there any chance after the nba season is over that there can be a baseball contest similar to the nba one bowman's has currently?

I'm not sure yet presley. Many ideas our being kicked around as we speak.

**ourbet** · 03-03-06, 04:54 AM

Originally posted by Illusion

Do you guys like our contests?

You have contests too?

**Illusion** · 03-03-06, 05:18 AM

Originally posted by ourbet

You have contests too?

I help organize and run most of the contests here at SBR. I get a big helping hand from onlooker.

**imgv94** · 03-03-06, 05:22 AM

There's barely any contests here.

**Illusion** · 03-03-06, 05:24 AM

Originally posted by imgv94

There's barely any contests here.

We have a few in the works right now im.

**pags11** · 03-03-06, 06:26 AM

no, it doesn' matter, I'd still hang around here...but I've gotta admit I really like the beat the prick contest...a lot of fun...

**Dark Horse** · 03-03-06, 07:06 AM

If you have contests, bring 'm on. In this case that fluffy Olympic thought holds true. It really is about participating. Betting is competitive, but it is day to day. The continuity of a contest makes it personal and longterm, so that each participant helps the others to bring out the best in themselves. Nothing can help cappers to become better faster than a competition.

(Just talking in general. Haven't looked at the contests here yet.)

**Mudcat** · 03-03-06, 10:51 AM

Originally posted by Illusion

Do you guys like our contests? I come up with original ideas. Do you guys like them sofar?

I like them a lot. It's idiotic how closely I follow my picks in the Bowmans contest considering what a longshot winning is for me, and how little is at stake. But I have fun.

Beat the Prick was a great added source of interest on football Saturdays/Sundays.

Contests aren't a make-or-break factor in my using this forum but they are a nice bonus.

**bigboydan** · 03-03-06, 12:49 PM

i personaly could care less about the contests, but then again i'm not a contest type of guy though.

it's not so much how many contests a forum has. it's a matter of unique contest ideas forums come up with, where you can maximize the posters playing in them.

**Relentless** · 03-03-06, 01:50 PM

Yes - I like them. Will the Prick contest be back next year?

**freebie** · 03-03-06, 03:07 PM

I like all the contest (cris and vip) bowmans cheap piece of crap only giving one prize to one winner a week comparing to cris giving out 20 a week and vip 10 for the SB contest.

**mad** · 03-03-06, 03:24 PM

Love the contests, especially the Prick'ster.

**Doug** · 03-03-06, 03:26 PM

Yes

**onlooker** · 03-03-06, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by presley177

Is there any chance after the nba season is over that there can be a baseball contest similar to the nba one bowman's has currently?

We are working on getting a baseball contest going, and if we come up with one. It will go on when the NBA is going on, most likely. So you may not need to wait for a baseball contest unitl the end of the NBA season.

**Illusion** · 03-03-06, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by Relentless

Yes - I like them. Will the Prick contest be back next year?

I hope so, that was a fun contest.

**bookie** · 03-03-06, 10:52 PM

Mudcat...I'm exactly the same way...if I participate in a contest I care a lot more about my contest picks then I do about my bet picks...which are often different due to the structure of contests...I'm now leery of participating because of the way it shifts my focus.

I was reading the autobiography of a commodity trader the other da called Pit Bull. The guy was a fantastically successful trader, but then they started a contest and he became obsessed with it even though the prize was a pittance of his income. As he put it, "Winning is a great balm for confidence, but only public recognition can stroke an ego."

I think paid entry contests, though, if they were done right could be the next frontier for sports books because it would give them a chance to market something like public recognition. The pull of poker is now tied as much to the dream of celebrity as it is to the fantasy of cash.