This isn't a prediction "league" format. This is a predication "draft," where one person chooses their champion and runner-up, and no-one else can choose that combination. So there are 50 possibilities of Champ-RU duo's. First 50 people to make their selection are in. Choose one from the list, i.e. copy-paste the line as given, as your post (or make it the first line of your post, then comment). #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E1 D.C. United #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E1 D.C. United [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E1 D.C. United [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E1 D.C. United [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E1 D.C. United [def] #W4 Dallas #E1 D.C. United [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E1 D.C. United #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W4 Dallas #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E1 D.C. United #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W4 Dallas #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #W4 Dallas [def] #E1 D.C. United #W4 Dallas [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W4 Dallas [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W4 Dallas [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W4 Dallas [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W4 Dallas #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E1 D.C. United #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W4 Dallas #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps
First participants are in. Prop's to Metros11 for picking the Crew for the final! His seeds are a #2 and a #3, totaling a five. (I was trying to work in a way to give some sort of a bonus-pick, if the sum of the seeds was five [maybe six] or above.) I'm interested in people's thought processes when the picks get to the double-digits, and most of the "obvious" choices are taken. I myself will not make a pick, at first. I'll wait for a least a day. Any team that gets defeated, of course, falls off the board, and all remaining teams will still be open. (So after the two knockout games, it will be down to 4 in each conference, with 32 total choices.)
Sorry, henryo, but in this game, the first person to claim a matchup is the sole owner of that slot. (Not sure if you were being serious, but just wanted to re-state the rules of this.) So the bids in so far are (with all five LAG winners taken): #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E1 D.C. United - AmeriSnob #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls - Rampage #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City - Last Line of Defense #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E1 D.C. United - Revolt #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E2 New England Revolution - Neuwerld #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E3 Columbus Crew - metros11 #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls - NE till i die #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City - firefan2001 #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders - ToMhIlL #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W4 Dallas - lufty #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E1 D.C. United - tab5g Open: #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W1 Seattle Sounders [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #E1 D.C. United [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E1 D.C. United [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E1 D.C. United [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E1 D.C. United [def] #W4 Dallas #E1 D.C. United [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E2 New England Revolution [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W3 Real Salt Lake [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W4 Dallas #E3 Columbus Crew [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #W4 Dallas [def] #E1 D.C. United #W4 Dallas [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W4 Dallas [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W4 Dallas [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W4 Dallas [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W4 Dallas #E4 New York Red Bulls [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E1 D.C. United #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E2 New England Revolution #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E3 Columbus Crew #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E4 New York Red Bulls #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps [def] #E5 Sporting Kansas City #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W1 Seattle Sounders #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W2 Los Angeles Galaxy #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W3 Real Salt Lake #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W4 Dallas #E5 Sporting Kansas City [def] #W5 Vancouver Whitecaps
First DCU win is off the board. Good get, revsfan603. (I guess I should also track these by selection number; that will be in the next update.) And remember, after today, the loser of Dallas-Vancouver gets all their matchups taken off the board. Ditto for tomorrow's RBNY-KC loser.
http://www.sounderatheart.com/2014/10/29/7086943/mls-cup-playoffs-predicition-star-wars-darth-vader interesting homer predictions..though a couple of those evaluations are right on..NE as Bobba Fett..
The first playoff game did not eliminate anybody from the game, since no-one chose Vancouver. (The second game will eliminate at least two people.) The number of options is now down to 40, with 26 still available. And for anyone just tuning in: the first person who chooses a champion / runner-up combination is the only person who owns that selection. Converting to (hopefully) a more readable chart: championrunner-upplayerpick #post # (W1) Seattle Sounders(E1) D.C. UnitedAmeriSnob23 (W1) Seattle Sounders(E2) New England Revolution (W1) Seattle Sounders(E3) Columbus Crew (W1) Seattle Sounders(E4) New York Red BullsRampage57 (W1) Seattle Sounders(E5) Sporting Kansas CityLast Line of Defense911 (E1) D.C. United(W1) Seattle Soundersrevsfan6031216 (E1) D.C. United(W2) Los Angeles Galaxyhenryo1318 (E1) D.C. United(W3) Real Salt Lake (E1) D.C. United(W4) Dallas (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E1) D.C. UnitedRevolt12 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E2) New England RevolutionNeuwerld810 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E3) Columbus Crewmetros1134 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E4) New York Red BullsNE till i die1113 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E5) Sporting Kansas Cityfirefan200146 (E2) New England Revolution(W1) Seattle SoundersToMhIlL79 (E2) New England Revolution(W2) Los Angeles Galaxy (E2) New England Revolution(W3) Real Salt Lake (E2) New England Revolution(W4) Dallaslufty68 (W3) Real Salt Lake(E1) D.C. Unitedtab5g1012 (W3) Real Salt Lake(E2) New England Revolution (W3) Real Salt Lake(E3) Columbus Crew (W3) Real Salt Lake(E4) New York Red Bulls (W3) Real Salt Lake(E5) Sporting Kansas City (E3) Columbus Crew(W1) Seattle Sounders (E3) Columbus Crew(W2) Los Angeles Galaxy (E3) Columbus Crew(W3) Real Salt Lake (E3) Columbus Crew(W4) Dallas (W4) Dallas(E1) D.C. United (W4) Dallas(E2) New England Revolution (W4) Dallas(E3) Columbus Crew (W4) Dallas(E4) New York Red Bulls (W4) Dallas(E5) Sporting Kansas City (E4) New York Red Bulls(W1) Seattle Soundersdinamo_zagreb1419 (E4) New York Red Bulls(W2) Los Angeles Galaxy (E4) New York Red Bulls(W3) Real Salt Lake (E4) New York Red Bulls(W4) Dallas (E5) Sporting Kansas City(W1) Seattle Sounders (E5) Sporting Kansas City(W2) Los Angeles Galaxy (E5) Sporting Kansas City(W3) Real Salt Lake (E5) Sporting Kansas City(W4) Dallas
I will leave that up to the posters to decide. The first few-or-so to reply "yes, make another pick" or "no, they're out" will declare whether an eliminated player can get back in. (Although, losing on a fifth-seed does bring back my previous statement of "if the sum of your seeds is high enough, you might get a bonus pick.") In the end, this whole system is a work-in-progress, so I'll see what decisions will have to be made when we come up to them. In the meantime, we have two players (at least temporarily) eliminated after game/series #2: championrunner-upplayerpick #post #eliminated (W1) Seattle Sounders(E5) Sporting Kansas CityLast Line of Defense9112 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E5) Sporting Kansas Cityfirefan2001462 In play (32 matchups, 20 available): championrunner-upplayerpick #post # (W1) Seattle Sounders(E1) D.C. UnitedAmeriSnob23 (W1) Seattle Sounders(E2) New England Revolution (W1) Seattle Sounders(E3) Columbus Crew (W1) Seattle Sounders(E4) New York Red BullsRampage57 (E1) D.C. United(W1) Seattle Soundersrevsfan6031216 (E1) D.C. United(W2) Los Angeles Galaxyhenryo1318 (E1) D.C. United(W3) Real Salt Lake (E1) D.C. United(W4) Dallas (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E1) D.C. UnitedRevolt12 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E2) New England RevolutionNeuwerld810 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E3) Columbus Crewmetros1134 (W2) Los Angeles Galaxy(E4) New York Red BullsNE till i die1113 (E2) New England Revolution(W1) Seattle SoundersToMhIlL79 (E2) New England Revolution(W2) Los Angeles Galaxy (E2) New England Revolution(W3) Real Salt Lake (E2) New England Revolution(W4) Dallaslufty68 (W3) Real Salt Lake(E1) D.C. Unitedtab5g1012 (W3) Real Salt Lake(E2) New England Revolution (W3) Real Salt Lake(E3) Columbus Crew (W3) Real Salt Lake(E4) New York Red Bulls (E3) Columbus Crew(W1) Seattle Sounders (E3) Columbus Crew(W2) Los Angeles Galaxy (E3) Columbus Crew(W3) Real Salt Lake (E3) Columbus Crew(W4) Dallas (W4) Dallas(E1) D.C. United (W4) Dallas(E2) New England Revolution (W4) Dallas(E3) Columbus Crew (W4) Dallas(E4) New York Red Bulls (E4) New York Red Bulls(W1) Seattle Soundersdinamo_zagreb1419 (E4) New York Red Bulls(W2) Los Angeles Galaxy (E4) New York Red Bulls(W3) Real Salt Lake (E4) New York Red Bulls(W4) Dallas The next twist: if a team wins big in a first leg, will a new player want to choose that team?
With 2 teams out and 4 games played not sure if you're taking new player picks, but on the off chance you are mine is Seattle beats New England.