Octopus Overlords NFL Pool, 2008 edition - Zaxxon lives.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:18 am

Hispanicgamer wrote:Thanks Zack for keeping this thing going. It was fun!

QFT.

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:56 pm

Although I think the Giants have a real chance to win the game, I have to go with the odds and go with the Pats!! I hereby offically submit my pick as New England. (Also pick has been submitted to High Lord Zaxxon.)

GO PATRIOTS!!!

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:05 pm

GuidoTKP · Post by **GuidoTKP** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:10 pm

Mithridates wrote:Although I think the Giants have a real chance to win the game, I have to go with the odds and go with the Pats!! I hereby offically submit my pick as New England. (Also pick has been submitted to High Lord Zaxxon.)

GO PATRIOTS!!!

If Mr. Lem picked the Pats I think this means I won the pool. Oh please oh please oh please ....

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:13 pm

GuidoTKP wrote:
Mithridates wrote:Although I think the Giants have a real chance to win the game, I have to go with the odds and go with the Pats!! I hereby offically submit my pick as New England. (Also pick has been submitted to High Lord Zaxxon.)

GO PATRIOTS!!!
If Mr. Lem picked the Pats I think this means I won the pool. Oh please oh please oh please ....

A bunch of us had one point less than you with a lock left, so I wouldn't celebrate yet.

I lose out on a bunch of tie-breakers, so I don't think I'll be in the money though.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:25 pm

Survey says...

6-way tie for first! I think I'm going to go whip myself for locking the Colts rather than saving my last lock. UGH.

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
1 - The Meal 21 (40%) (5%)
2 - Captain Cave 21 (30%)
3 - Mr. Bob 21 (15%)
4 - GuidoTKP 21
5 - JC Anejo 21
6 - Zaxxon 21
Smutly 20
Mithridates 19
Quipp 19
gwartok 19
Miss Taken 18
Mr. Lem 17
pr0ner 17
Kurth 17
Hell's Taco 17
Chris Gwinn 15 (10%)
Moghedian 13
Monkeyskunk 12
Bensley 11
hispanicgamer 11
Remus West 10
Ralph-Wiggum 10
koanicriddle 6

Total players: 43
Total pot: $860

Awards:
1st - The Meal, 40% = $344
2nd - Captain Caveman, 30% = $258
3rd - Mr. Bob, 15% = $129
Reg Season - Chris Gwinn, 10% = $86
End-of-Season Surge: The Meal, 142 pts, 5% = $43

Spreadsheet is updated. Everyone please check it over for errors, and if none are brought to my attention, I'll send payouts this week if you shoot me addresses.

Thanks for another fun season; I hope to see you all back next year!

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:29 pm

Yeah, yeah, YEAH!

BACK TO BACK SILVERS BABY!

Congrats to the Meal. He owns this thing year to year.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:33 pm

Captain Caveman wrote:Yeah, yeah, YEAH!

BACK TO BACK SILVERS BABY!
Congrats to the Meal. He owns this thing year to year.

Yeah--that was quite devious Neal. Suck it up to begin with only so you could dramatically win both EoS Surge and 1st place!

GuidoTKP · Post by **GuidoTKP** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:37 pm

ARRRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Too funny. You should have updated the locks for the people behind me!!!!!

Oh well. Glad I didn't know, I probably would have picked the Patriots if I'd known everyone could pull even with an upset pick.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:43 pm

GuidoTKP wrote:ARRRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Too funny. You should have updated the locks for the people behind me!!!!! Oh well. Glad I didn't know, I probably would have picked the Patriots if I'd known everyone could pull even with an upset pick.

Like I mentioned days prior to the Bowl, the spreadsheet was updated with that info for all to see.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:52 pm

GuidoTKP wrote:
Mithridates wrote:Although I think the Giants have a real chance to win the game, I have to go with the odds and go with the Pats!! I hereby offically submit my pick as New England. (Also pick has been submitted to High Lord Zaxxon.)

GO PATRIOTS!!!
If Mr. Lem picked the Pats I think this means I won the pool. Oh please oh please oh please ....

Captain Caveman wrote:BACK TO BACK SILVERS BABY!

Hey, that's pretty good!

Congrats to the Meal. He owns this thing year to year.

Zaxxon wrote:Yeah--that was quite devious Neal. Suck it up to begin with only so you could dramatically win both EoS Surge and 1st place!

Hee hee hee. I wish I could claim some sort of devious master plan, but honestly I wouldn't have ever have picked the football Giants in either the Conference Championship or the Superbowl unless I had put myself in a bad spot.

I'm happy that I finished so well in the regular season (to get the all important tie breaker positioning), and really happy with my decisions to save my locks until the final weeks of the playoffs to allow myself the best flexibility in positioning myself against the other folks I was picking against. But as much as I'd like to claim some sort of superior strategy, I do have to give the nod for the nice run the Giants made -- of the four winners from the Wild Card weekend I thought they were the least likely to make it to the Super Bowl, let alone win the darn thing. I'm sure they made some other down-on-their-luck, needing-the-underdog-to-perform gamblers a lot more dough than yours truly.

Back to back feels pretty good.

Thanks for another great season Zax. While I had trepidation about the rule change to give away a token amount for the end-of-season surge this year, I'm still really happy with how the pool is set up and especially with how you run things. Thanks again for your time, energy, and enthusiasm.

~Neal

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:06 am

The Meal wrote:Thanks for another great season Zax. While I had trepidation about the rule change to give away a token amount for the end-of-season surge this year, I'm still really happy with how the pool is set up and especially with how you run things. Thanks again for your time, energy, and enthusiasm.

~Neal

I'd be curious to hear everyone's opinion on the future of the EoS Surge. My original intent in adding it was to try to prevent people from dropping out early. That pretty much failed, so I'd lean toward killing the EoS in future years in favor of adding back to the 3rd place finisher. I'm happy to keep it if people like the idea, though.

Thanks for the thanks, and congrats to both you and CC for ridiculous finishes 2 years in a row. I think I owe you a 1099 at this point, Neal...

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:09 am

In my elation, I forgot to thank you Zax for managing the pool. Much appreciated! I'll be back next year to try to take that final step into the Meal zone.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:37 am

I thought the EoS Surge was fun even though I wasn't involved in it as that was the time I started to suck hard.

Still, I wouldn't care if it was gone.

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:41 am

Zaxxon wrote:
The Meal wrote:Thanks for another great season Zax. While I had trepidation about the rule change to give away a token amount for the end-of-season surge this year, I'm still really happy with how the pool is set up and especially with how you run things. Thanks again for your time, energy, and enthusiasm.

~Neal
I'd be curious to hear everyone's opinion on the future of the EoS Surge. My original intent in adding it was to try to prevent people from dropping out early. That pretty much failed, so I'd lean toward killing the EoS in future years in favor of adding back to the 3rd place finisher. I'm happy to keep it if people like the idea, though.

Thanks for the thanks, and congrats to both you and CC for ridiculous finishes 2 years in a row. I think I owe you a 1099 at this point, Neal...

I liked the surge idea.

I'm kicking myself for not picking the giants and making the attempt to win the pool instead of hoping to coast into third.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:52 am

Zaxxon wrote:I'd be curious to hear everyone's opinion on the future of the EoS Surge. My original intent in adding it was to try to prevent people from dropping out early. That pretty much failed, so I'd lean toward killing the EoS in future years in favor of adding back to the 3rd place finisher. I'm happy to keep it if people like the idea, though.

I lean towards 86ing it, myself. If it didn't keep folks involved, it doesn't seem to make sense to take $$ away from folks who've had to accomplish more strategic/sustained prognostications (even if its a token amount). I wouldn't die on this hill, however, if the majority of folks really seemed to like it.

Thanks for the thanks, and congrats to both you and CC for ridiculous finishes 2 years in a row. I think I owe you a 1099 at this point, Neal...

Yikes! No more 1099's for me, I hope!

I'll shoot you a PM with my new address after this message.

~Neal

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:20 am

Congrats to all the winners! I'm pretty bummed, that 30 yard miracle play from Eli to Tynee just killed me. Ugh...

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:41 am

Mithridates wrote:Congrats to all the winners! I'm pretty bummed, that 30 yard miracle play from Eli to Tynee just killed me. Ugh...

That was one of the best plays I've ever seen in a football game. Hard to be mad about them winning when they were pulling stuff like that.

JC Anejo · Post by **JC Anejo** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:03 am

Subpar season hurt me in the end but it was fun. Thanks for the great pool Zaxxon. Doesn't really matter to me about the EoS Surge as i tend to play all my pools to the end no matter the standings.

It was nice to see Manning admit that he just chucked it up there on the play. That was some great catch to pull it in.

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:31 pm

ChrisGwinn wrote:
Mithridates wrote:Congrats to all the winners! I'm pretty bummed, that 30 yard miracle play from Eli to Tynee just killed me. Ugh...
That was one of the best plays I've ever seen in a football game. Hard to be mad about them winning when they were pulling stuff like that.

When it costs you $350, its not so hard.

gwartok · Post by **gwartok** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:39 pm

Grats to all the winners and a real big thanks to Zax for running it again.

I'll see you'll next season.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:24 pm

Thanks for the thanks! Chris Gwinn, don't forget to send me your address.