Octopus Overlords

Heh. You guys are screwed. I win the pool in even numbered years and the pattern has always been me just scraping past the cutoff line at the end.

... at least, that's what I keep telling myself to keep me from opening a vein in response to the most miserable regular season I've ever had in this pool.

Picks are in!

And this pool is disgustingly difficult.... As it is every year

I remembered to submit my picks on thursday this week. Go me!

Picks are in. Almost forgot the Thursday game with all this shoveling

%^$^&!!!! I just realized it's thursday today. And I would have picked the Texans too. Stupid me.

Forgot my Thursday pick as well, but I probably would have picked Denver so the end result is the same.

Definitely a good week for me (but I'm sure it was solid for most). Getting to be Crunch Time!

~Neal

Hooray Miami!

picks are in

Is it fair to guess that there won't be a status update from Week 15 today, or am I mistaken? I want to see the updated standings before making my Week 16 picks, if that's possible. (If it isn't likely, I want to hear that as well, so I can go ahead and make my picks anyway.)

Thanks!
~Neal

For Meal -Week 15:

Some People
Meal
A bunch of people
The cutoff line for playoffs
Some more people
Me
A few sad lonely souls
The regular absentees

Will that work?

Big Jake wrote:For Meal -Week 15:

Some People
Meal
A bunch of people
The cutoff line for playoffs
Some more people
Me
A few sad lonely souls
The regular absentees

Will that work?

That's funny, but not exactly what I was hoping for. I just want to evaluate the amount of risk I need to incorporate into my picks to take a shot at the final-weeks' prize.

That said, my picks are in for this week.

~Neal

I apologize to all of you for the lack of an update thus far; it's been a crazy week and I still haven't finished entering last week's picks, hence the delay. That said, I have no valid excuse, as I have managed to find some time for Guild Wars. I'll try to get an update out prior to the start of tonight's game, in case anyone wants to modify their picks accordingly.

No need for an apology here. I'm okay with you prioritizing GW ahead of the OONFL status if that's where your week has lead you. Thanks for the update on the expected timing for the update, though.

~Neal

Picks in...

Picked. Nose and games.

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 371
Quipp 361
The Meal 360
Smutly 353
gwartok 351
Hell's Taco 347
Ralph-Wiggum 346
Monkeyskunk 345
Mr. Bob 345
Remus West 342
Captain Cave 341
Kurth 339
pr0ner 337
Miss Taken 337
koanicriddle 333
hispanicgamer 331
JC Anejo 330
spicyj 328
theohall 327
tine 327
Zaxxon 326
GuidoTKP 326
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Mithridates 324
Moghedian 324
Soulbringer 323
Mr. Lem 323
Bensley 319
Big Jake 318
Jeff V 317
msteelers 314
$iljanus 308
Pete Rock 302
Mitma 301
Pete Rock's Wife 295
Ralph-Wiggum IM 287
JC Anejo IM 280
Moghedian IM 260
theohall IM 258
noxiousdog 254
pyperkub 239
Gromit 143
godhugh 89
igbe 73

Tardy again; this is after week 15, not including last night. Also, Mitma's picks are on a sheet on my desk, so her score will jump once I enter that tonight. I didn't want to hold off the rest of the scores for that, though.

Now, My Math may be wrong, but I believe the End of year surge looks like this:

Meal 84
Guido 81
Kurth 81
Big Jake 80
Soulbringer 78
Mr Bob 78
5 People at 77 (Chris Gwinn, Smutly, Captain Caveman, Hispanic Gamer, & Tine)

Of course, I added those up quickly, so I might not be quite right. If my math is right: C'mon Neal, screw up big!!

My Gawd! I hope that I will get to stay above the dotted line this season! What the hell happens in the playoffs? Do we all start at 0 again?

W16 was not my best week, so assuming Jake's numbers coming into the week were correct, I certainly don't feel like I've got the surge locked up. Thanks for taking the time to figure those out, however!

~Neal

I blew TWO locks. *REALLY* good chance I'm out of the Surge competition.

Stupid Dallas. Stupid me for thinking, "Cleveland will *Not* blow this game".

Because I couldn't bring myself to lock the Patriots in all their smug excellence, I went with the surging Vikings. Bad move on that one. Still, I went 4/5 on locks and 8/11 for the others (if the Chargers pull it out against the Broncos), giving me an estimated 27 points this week.

Hardly a lock, but I think I'm still in contention for the Surge award. I hope.

I had around 25 this week. Man is this going to be close ...

I'm eager to see the scores (especially the Surge points) myself...

~Neal

I'm pretty sure I scored 27, just looking to make the playoffs.

Only 2 points below the Mendoza Line before this week.

Should have an update for you guys tonight. I'm back in town and catching up on pick-entry.

Ugh. I left the sheets with Mitma and Mr. Bob's picks on it at our holiday gathering place. I'll be retrieving them via phone update at an unspecified future time (aka as soon as we get a call back). Sorry, guys...

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts*
Chris Gwinn 394
The Meal 387
Quipp 386
Smutly 378
gwartok 376
Monkeyskunk 374
Ralph-Wiggum 371
Captain Cave 368
Mr Bob 367*
Kurth 366
Hell's Taco 365
Remus West 363
Miss Taken 362
pr0ner 360
JC Anejo 355
hispanicgamer 352
spicyj 352
koanicriddle 351
Zaxxon 351
GuidoTKP 351
Moghedian 351
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tine 350
Mithridates 349
theohall 348
Soulbringer 348
Mr. Lem 346
Bensley 346
Mitma 343*
Big Jake 341
Jeff V 340
$iljanus 336
Ralph-Wiggum IM 316
msteelers 314
Pete Rock 307
JC Anejo IM 304
Pete Rock's Wife 301
Moghedian IM 283
theohall IM 279
noxiousdog 254
pyperkub 239
Gromit 143
godhugh 89
igbe 73

Player EoS Surge
The Meal 111
Kurth 108
GuidoTKP 106
Monkeyskunk 104
Captain Cave 104
spicyj 104
Ralph-Wiggum 103
Soulbringer 103
Big Jake 103
Quipp 102
Smutly 102
Moghedian 102
JC Anejo 101
Chris Gwinn 100
Mr. Bob 100*
tine 100
Miss Taken 99
Remus West 98
hispanicgamer 98
Zaxxon 98
Mithridates 98
Jeff V 98
pr0ner 96
Bensley 96
gwartok 95
Hell's Taco 95
$iljanus 93
Mitma 92*
koanicriddle 91
Mr. Lem 91
Moghedian IM 89
theohall 88
Ralph-Wiggum IM 88
JC Anejo IM 84
theohall IM 80
msteelers 68
Pete Rock's Wife 52
Pete Rock 45

* - Mr Bob and Mitma scores are approximate, assuming they scored the average for the week; their scores will likely be slightly different, and are provided here for guesstimation purposes only. Again, my apologies.

Zaxxon wrote:koanicriddle 351
Zaxxon 351
GuidoTKP 351
Moghedian 351
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tine 350
Mithridates 349

PANIC!! PANIC!!!

Ouch! Falling below the line with the impossible end of the season 12 meaningless game picks... Grr..... Hope this works out and I actually make the playoffs finally...

Thanks, Zaxx! Very much appreciated (even if I feel like I've got the jinx on me...)!

[edit: Picks in!]

~Neal

Mithridates wrote:

Zaxxon wrote:koanicriddle 351
Zaxxon 351
GuidoTKP 351
Moghedian 351
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tine 350
Mithridates 349

PANIC!! PANIC!!!

Holy crap! I knew I'd fallen in the last few weeks, but had no idea I'd wind up 1 freakin' point from the cut-off line.

Please, gods of football, grant me a good week 17!

picks in.

Pix in.

The Meal wrote:W16 was not my best week, so assuming Jake's numbers coming into the week were correct, I certainly don't feel like I've got the surge locked up. Thanks for taking the time to figure those out, however!

~Neal

Damn you, Meal! Talk about giving me false hope . . . you scored 30 frickin' points in week 16! Maybe not literally your best week, but none too shabby.

Well I don't think I'm in realistic contention for the surge, but I have gotten every game right so far this week.

Ok, 28 points so far going into this last game....how the heck are those peoples doing below me? Only one point above that cutoff line I am being I mean.

I'm going to give everyone a day or two to check over their entries for week 17 to verify that I have the correct scores in here for them, but here's what my spreadsheet shows right now: (damn you for losing and costing my wife a shot at the money, Indy!)

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 420
The Meal 418
Quipp 411
Smutly 406
Ralph-Wiggum 405
Monkeyskunk 403
Captain Cave 399
gwartok 395
Kurth 391
Miss Taken 389
pr0ner 385
Hell's Taco 380
Remus West 380
Moghedian 380
hispanicgamer 378
GuidoTKP 378
Mithridates 376
Mr. Bob 376
koanicriddle 373
Mr. Lem 373
Bensley 373
JC Anejo 372
Zaxxon 372
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Mitma 371
tine 371
theohall 371
spicyj 365
Soulbringer 359
$iljanus 355
Big Jake 341
Jeff V 340
Ralph-Wiggum IM 339
JC Anejo IM 322
msteelers 314
Pete Rock 307
Moghedian IM 302
Pete Rock's Wife 301
theohall IM 299
noxiousdog 254
pyperkub 239
Gromit 143
godhugh 89
igbe 73

Player EoS Surge
The Meal 142
Ralph-Wiggum 137
Captain Cave 135
Monkeyskunk 133
Kurth 133
GuidoTKP 133
Moghedian 131
Smutly 130
Quipp 127
Chris Gwinn 126
Miss Taken 126
Mithridates 125
hispanicgamer 124
Bensley 123
pr0ner 121
tine 121
Mitma 120
Zaxxon 119
Mr. Lem 118
JC Anejo 118
spicyj 117
Remus West 115
gwartok 114
Soulbringer 114
koanicriddle 113
$iljanus 112
theohall 111
Ralph-Wiggum IM 111
Hell's Taco 110
Mr. Bob 109
Moghedian IM 108
Big Jake 103
JC Anejo IM 102
theohall IM 100
Jeff V 98
msteelers 68
Pete Rock's Wife 52
Pete Rock 45
noxiousdog 0
pyperkub 0
Gromit 0
godhugh 0
igbe 0

* - Mr Bob's Week 16 picks still haven't been entered since I haven't found the sheet yet; they won't affect who makes the playoffs, but there's a slim chance that he could dethrone The Meal for EoS Surge. Very slim.

Player Week 17 Points
Ralph-Wiggum 34
The Meal 31
Captain Cave 31
Monkeyskunk 29
Moghedian 29
Mr. Bob 29
Smutly 28
GuidoTKP 27
Miss Taken 27
Mithridates 27
Bensley 27
Mr. Lem 27
Chris Gwinn 26
hispanicgamer 26
Kurth 25
Quipp 25
pr0ner 25
theohall 23
Ralph-Wiggum IM 23
koanicriddle 22
tine 21
Zaxxon 21
theohall IM 20
Mitma 19
gwartok 19
$iljanus 19
Moghedian IM 19
JC Anejo IM 18
JC Anejo 17
Remus West 17
Hell's Taco 15
spicyj 13
Soulbringer 11
Big Jake 0
Jeff V 0
msteelers 0
Pete Rock's Wife 0
Pete Rock 0
noxiousdog 0
pyperkub 0
Gromit 0
godhugh 0
igbe 0

Week 17
Top Dog Ralph-Wiggum
Dumbass Soulbringer
Avg Scr 17.91
Avg Scr / Gm 1.12
Leader Chris Gwinn (15)

Again, if you aren't happy with your standing, check your picks now and let me know of any errors you catch, as once we get close to the start of the playoffs, peace will forever be held and all that.

Holy Mother of Goodness! I made it into the playoffs! WooHoo!

Hispanicgamer wrote:Holy Mother of Goodness! I made it into the playoffs! WooHoo!

Yeah, it's a first for me too...

That sound you hear is the sound of me taking a deep sigh of relief .... Lordy I can't believe how badly I did during most of the season!