Back by popular demand. Our first week will be the MLS Week 2 games. Don't pick any teams playing today or tomorrow. I'm going send PMs to all players who've played in the past. All players are welcome though. How to play: Each week you will pick one team who you think will win their game. If your team wins, you survive and advance. If your team loses, you are eliminated. Simple enough right? Well here are some catches. You only have 3 options for each team throughout the course of the season. Once you've picked a team 3 times you can no longer use them. If you pick a team that ties, you will survive but you will lose two additional options for that team. So you get one tie for a team and then you can no longer use them again. If you are using your second or third option for that team and they tie, you will be eliminated. The last person standing is the winner. Scenarios: -You pick Houston in Week 1 and they win, you survive and can still pick them 2 more times this year. -You pick Houston in Week 1 and they lose, you are eliminated for the season -You pick Houston in Week 1 and they tie, you survive but are now out of options for Houston and may no longer pick them for the rest of the season. -You pick Houston for the second time in Week 4 and they tie, you are eliminated. -You pick Houston for the third time in Week 7 and they tie, you are eliminated. Rules: -All picks must be made each week prior to the start of the week's first game. No exceptions will be made. If you do not send in your pick, you will be eliminated. -Send your picks to me via PM. They are meant to be private. Any picks made in this thread will be ignored and viewed as gamesmanship. I will reveal everyone's weekly picks as soon as I can after the start of the first game. However, discussion is definitely encouraged -When making your picks be very clear about your team and also include the team they will be beating. The reason for this is to avoid any confusion when teams are playing twice in one Week. -If multiple players tie at the end, the first tiebreaker will be whoever has the most total options left. If the players are still tied then we will have co-champions Week 1 Games Chicago @ Montreal Houston @ San Jose Portland @ FC Dallas New England @ Sporting KC New York @ Real Salt Lake Toronto FC @ Seattle Vancouver @ Chivas USA Colorado @ Philadelphia DC United @ LA Galaxy 2008 Round 1 Winner kazakal 2008 Round 2 Winner schwerve 2009 Winner scaryice 2010 Winner revolt & matzek73 (co-winners) 2011 Winner None This week's picks are due by Saturday at 2:00 PM Eastern.
If you have all three picks and tie, don't you just lose 2 of the 3. So that you still could pick that team again, but if they lose or tie in there next game than you're eliminated.
No. Towards the end we changed it to reflect soccer point scoring system. 3 points for a tie, 1 for a win. So this penalizes in the same way. If your team ties, you use up 3 options. Makes it harder, but I think it's better.
Didn't we play this last year? Has it really been 2 seasons since we played this? I swear, the older I get the more I lose my mind. Thanks lawrence for bringing it back!
Not so much losing your mind as time accelerating.. WhoooooOOOOOSH! What was that? That was the sound of your life going past mate.
Perhaps for clarity's sake this should read "lose two additional options." Great to have this game back!
35 entries so far.... BayVol BeerKing christie3 cjgwizard dadcoachref dadman deekay edwardgr El Naranja electrickeeper firefan2001 gringolimon gsterp Haig Hamburgler03 HerthaBerwyn JoeSoccerFan Jough KMJvet La Barra Blonde LN - Dougg MM66 Onion41 QueensNick Revolt Rex Kramer Sachsen schwerve Stan Collins sussexcentralsoccer thecastigador Thrash13 tigerdave writered21 Zman Gunner
58 entries as of 9:30 PM on Tuesday 15 to 32 Autogolazo BayVol BeerKing charlieblackmouth Che Matador christie3 cjgwizard CrewDust dadcoachref dadman dbchcknmn deekay dred DrunkandDisorderly Earthshaker edwardgr El Naranja electrickeeper firefan2001 FlashMan gafferRSL General Disarray gringolimon gsterp Haig Hamburgler03 HerthaBerwyn IASocFan JoeSoccerFan Jough KMJvet La Barra Blonde LN - Dougg mattmanp mcontento milicz MM66 Onion41 patfan1 purojojo QueensNick Revolt Rex Kramer Sachsen schwerve SenorCool Stan Collins StuTheriot sussexcentralsoccer SweetOwnGoal teddy_montoya terrier thecastigador Thrash13 tigerdave writered21 Zman Gunner
63 entries as of 10:15 Wednesday 15 to 32 Abner Ravenwood Autogolazo BayVol BeerKing charlieblackmouth Che Matador christie3 cjgwizard CrewDust dadcoachref dadman dbchcknmn deekay dred DrunkandDisorderly Earthshaker edwardgr El Naranja electrickeeper firefan2001 firefox FlashMan gafferRSL General Disarray gringolimon gsterp Haig Hamburgler03 HerthaBerwyn IASocFan JoeSoccerFan Jough KMJvet La Barra Blonde LN - Dougg Lorax Jr. mattmanp mcontento milicz MM66 onefineesq Onion41 patfan1 purojojo QueensNick Revolt Rex Kramer Sachsen schwerve SenorCool SquareBall Stan Collins StuTheriot sussexcentralsoccer SweetOwnGoal teddy_montoya terrier thecastigador Thrash13 tigerdave writered21 Zman Gunner
84 entries as of 1:15 AM on Saturday. A little over 12 hours for people to get their picks in. 15 to 32 Abner Ravenwood Autogolazo BayVol BeerKing Black Tide Bremas charlieblackmouth Che Matador christie3 cjgwizard cleazer CrewDust dadcoachref dadman dbchcknmn deekay dred DrunkandDisorderly Earthshaker edwardgr El Naranja electrickeeper Etienne_72772 firefan2001 firefox FlashMan gafferRSL General Disarray gringolimon gsterp guamster Haig Hamburgler03 HerthaBerwyn IASocFan j66j66 jayd8888 JoeSoccerFan John L Jough Kcbus KMJvet Kotecher La Barra Blonde LN - Dougg Lorax Jr. mattmanp mcontento milicz MM66 onefineesq Onion41 Orange Sounder patfan1 purojojo QueensNick ray of light RBA2010 Revolt Rex Kramer rkupp Sachsen scaryice schwerve sedlie SenorCool SquareBall Stan Collins StillKickin StuTheriot sussexcentralsoccer SweetOwnGoal teddy_montoya terrier thecastigador Thrash13 tigerdave UNIONHopeful VanderDeckenIX Walsh wantmlsphilly writered21 Zman Gunner
Round 1 picks.... Sporting KC 50 56.18% Seattle 10 11.24% LA Galaxy 8 8.99% Chicago 7 7.87% Salt Lake 5 5.62% Vancouver 3 3.37% DC United 2 2.25% Dallas 1 1.12% Houston 1 1.12% Philadelphia 1 1.12% San Jose 1 1.12% Entries 15 to 32 - Sporting KC Abner Ravenwood - Chicago Atouk - Salt Lake Autogolazo - Sporting KC BayVol - LA Galaxy BeerKing - Chicago Black Tide - Sporting KC Bremas - Dallas charlieblackmouth - Sporting KC Che Matador - Sporting KC christie3 - Vancouver cjgwizard - Sporting KC cleazer - Sporting KC CrewDust - Sporting KC dadcoachref - Seattle dadman - Sporting KC dbchcknmn - Chicago deekay - Sporting KC dred - Sporting KC DrunkandDisorderly - Sporting KC Earthshaker - Seattle edwardgr - Sporting KC El Naranja - Sporting KC electrickeeper - Seattle Etienne_72772 - Philadelphia firefan2001 - Vancouver firefox - Sporting KC FlashMan - Sporting KC gafferRSL - LA Galaxy General Disarray - Seattle gringolimon - DC United gsterp - Sporting KC guamster - Sporting KC Haig - San Jose Hamburgler03 - LA Galaxy HerthaBerwyn - Chicago IASocFan - Sporting KC j66j66 - Sporting KC Jahiegel - Sporting KC jayd8888 - Sporting KC JoeSoccerFan - LA Galaxy John L - Sporting KC Jough - Seattle Kcbus - Sporting KC kcscsupporter - Sporting KC KMJvet - Vancouver Kotecher - Sporting KC La Barra Blonde - Sporting KC LN - Dougg - Seattle Lorax Jr. - Sporting KC mattmanp - Chicago mcontento - Sporting KC milicz - Sporting KC MM66 - Sporting KC onefineesq - Salt Lake Onion41 - LA Galaxy Orange Sounder - Sporting KC patfan1 - Sporting KC purojojo - Seattle QueensNick - Sporting KC ray of light - DC United RBA2010 - Salt Lake Revolt - Sporting KC Rex Kramer - Sporting KC rkupp - Salt Lake Sachsen - Sporting KC scaryice - LA Galaxy schwerve - LA Galaxy sedlie - Sporting KC SenorCool - Sporting KC ShaggyReal - Chicago shelbo - Houston SquareBall - Sporting KC Stan Collins - Sporting KC StillKickin - Salt Lake StuTheriot - Sporting KC sussexcentralsoccer - Seattle SweetOwnGoal - Sporting KC teddy_montoya - Sporting KC terrier - Sporting KC thecastigador - LA Galaxy Thrash13 - Sporting KC tigerdave - Sporting KC UNIONHopeful - Sporting KC VanderDeckenIX - Seattle Walsh - Chicago wantmlsphilly - Seattle writered21 - Sporting KC Zman Gunner - Sporting KC
Am I reading that right? Did we only vote one person off the island yesterday? One stinking person? (yea, we still have today, but it doesn't look any more promising) At this rate it's going to take a couple seasons to finish this game.