French Open 2011 Contests - Men's and Women's
I'll be running contests for the men and women again that will start at the beginning of the tournament. These aren't easy contests to enter, win or run so the prizes involved will again be decent.
As of now, I haven't managed to come up with an easier FREE way to allow us to enter our picks and for me to grade them. If anyone has any suggestions, please PM me. If it works, I'll give you a nice points gift.
If an alternative isn't found, we'll just have to do it manually again. Not fun for you guys and definitely not fun for me but I'm confident the prizes will more than make up for it.
For those of you who may not have entered one of my contests before, here are the rules:
1. This is a bracket contest which starts at the First Round of the French Open. The draw will be released FRIDAY MAY 20TH, with the first match commencing at 11am local time, MONDAY MAY 23RD. That is 5am EST in the States. I will post the draws in the contest threads when they're available.
2. Each person is to PM ME their winners all the way through from the First Round until the Final before the first match commences. I'll post everyone's picks at some point in the day so all of us can follow along.
3. You will receive 10 points for each correct winner of a match. NOT SBR POINTS - POINTS TOWARD YOUR CONTEST SCORE. There will be a 100 point bonus to your score if you correctly pick the two players in the Final and a 50 point bonus if you correctly predict the winner of the Final. If you have chosen the winner of the Final and they are seeded outside of the top 10, you will receive an additional 100 point bonus.
4. In the event of a tie when grading for contest purposes, the first tiebreak will go to the person who picked the highest number of matches correctly, excluding any bonuses. The second tiebreak will consist of the person who picked the most number of dog winners correctly throughout the tournament. Third tiebreak - I give up.
5. Minimum of top 5 will be paid including a small prize for the person who finishes last. Once the contest has started I will post the prizes, which will include a contribution from SBR.
The entry fee is 15 POINTS which MUST be paid before the commencement of the first match of Round 1 unless you have made special arrangements with me. If you begin to pay points yet stop at any point throughout the contest, your entry will be voided and all points paid forfeited.
Non-Pros can start paying now at a rate of 2/day in this thread but you need to specify in here if they're for the Men's or Women's contest.
I will create contest threads once the draws are released. If any Pro's want to pay sooner as well, feel free to do it in here but again let me know which contest you're entering, unless you give me 30 for both.
As of now, I haven't managed to come up with an easier FREE way to allow us to enter our picks and for me to grade them. If anyone has any suggestions, please PM me. If it works, I'll give you a nice points gift.
If an alternative isn't found, we'll just have to do it manually again. Not fun for you guys and definitely not fun for me but I'm confident the prizes will more than make up for it.
For those of you who may not have entered one of my contests before, here are the rules:
1. This is a bracket contest which starts at the First Round of the French Open. The draw will be released FRIDAY MAY 20TH, with the first match commencing at 11am local time, MONDAY MAY 23RD. That is 5am EST in the States. I will post the draws in the contest threads when they're available.
2. Each person is to PM ME their winners all the way through from the First Round until the Final before the first match commences. I'll post everyone's picks at some point in the day so all of us can follow along.
3. You will receive 10 points for each correct winner of a match. NOT SBR POINTS - POINTS TOWARD YOUR CONTEST SCORE.
There will be a 100 point bonus to your score if you correctly pick the two players in the Final and a 50 point bonus if you correctly predict the winner of the Final. If you have chosen the winner of the Final and they are seeded outside of the top 10, you will receive an additional 100 point bonus. 4. In the event of a tie when grading for contest purposes, the first tiebreak will go to the person who picked the highest number of matches correctly, excluding any bonuses. The second tiebreak will consist of the person who picked the most number of dog winners correctly throughout the tournament. Third tiebreak - I give up.
5. Minimum of top 5 will be paid including a small prize for the person who finishes last. Once the contest has started I will post the prizes, which will include a contribution from SBR.
The entry fee is 15 POINTS which MUST be paid before the commencement of the first match of Round 1 unless you have made special arrangements with me. If you begin to pay points yet stop at any point throughout the contest, your entry will be voided and all points paid forfeited.
Non-Pros can start paying now at a rate of 2/day in this thread but you need to specify in here if they're for the Men's or Women's contest.
I will create contest threads once the draws are released. If any Pro's want to pay sooner as well, feel free to do it in here but again let me know which contest you're entering, unless you give me 30 for both.
