Dominion Strategy Forum
Miscellaneous => General Discussion => Topic started by: D Bo on March 20, 2013, 01:42:25 pm
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Not sure how many people do March Madness on here, but I was filling out my multiple brackets and figured it might be fun to have a forum-based group. Feel free to join, obviously the more the merrier. No sports knowledge actually needed - if it was I'd certainly do a lot better on these things. And this isn't for money, just bragging rights.
The link below should take you there. Password is "dominion" if needed. You'll need a CBS Sports login to do it. Bracket name is FDS March Madness. Deadline for submission is Thursday, March 21st at 11 AM EDT.
http://forumds.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=13_cbsinv (http://forumds.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=13_cbsinv)
Please let me know if you have trouble accessing and you'd like to join.
Good luck!
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In!
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Just submitted mine!
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me too, haha.
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in
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Pretty much the last call here - games tip off in about 2.5 hours, but I believe brackets lock in less than 90 minutes.
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Done i think
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Did anyone else not know what sport it was until I had to look it up for the Tie breaker?
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It's hockey.
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Crap, then my combined score is going to be waaaaaaay out....
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Damn, trying to enter at the last minute, but site is sooooooo slow. Not sure if I'll make it.
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I'm seeing your name listed under the "players" section, so hopefully it went through. I can see what you mean about the site though. It's been fast in years past so I hope it's not slow throughout the tourney.
Anyway, 7 people isn't too shabby considering the late notice. Best of luck to everyone. I am not especially confident in my picks this year!
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My picks are going to be awful. Apparently when your team is banned from postseason play for academic violations, your overall interest in the sport drops considerably for the whole season.
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UConn fan?
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im not a fan of the scoring system where the points double each round. you get 32 points if you pick the winner correctly, buy you also get 32 points if you pick all the first round games correct, which is much harder. [not complaining, still looking forward to competing against you guys in the MM brackets! :) ]
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Ozle, don't like to pick upsets? You picked the higher seeded team for all 63 games hahaha
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im not a fan of the scoring system where the points double each round. you get 32 points if you pick the winner correctly, buy you also get 32 points if you pick all the first round games correct, which is much harder. [not complaining, still looking forward to competing against you guys in the MM brackets! :) ]
Yeah, I like the extra weighting and that was the default, but that might actually be a bit too much. Maybe I should've changed it to like 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. I didn't really think much of it at the time, but that could make things interesting at the end!
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im not a fan of the scoring system where the points double each round. you get 32 points if you pick the winner correctly, buy you also get 32 points if you pick all the first round games correct, which is much harder. [not complaining, still looking forward to competing against you guys in the MM brackets! :) ]
Yeah, I like the extra weighting and that was the default, but that might actually be a bit too much. Maybe I should've changed it to like 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. I didn't really think much of it at the time, but that could make things interesting at the end!
Actually by picking the champ you get 63 points, since you picked them every round. So that's 1/3 of the possible points just by picking the champ. I've played 1-2-4-8-12-16, and that seemed a little better.
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Ozle, don't like to pick upsets? You picked the higher seeded team for all 63 games hahaha
Pure coincidence!
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my math department is playing with
1-1-2-4-8-16. So you get a cumulative 2 points for each 2nd round pick, cumulative 4 for each 3rd, etc. I still prefer a more linear system like HME's.
I've also played a system where I get bonus points for a team's seed after the 2nd round. This gives some more chances to players who picked the correct upsets, and not a "can't win without picking the winner" situation.
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UConn fan?
Indeed
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol
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HAR!
Winner! (So far)
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol
Yeah that was brutal. Marquette played a flawless comeback there.
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol
Yeah that was brutal. Marquette played a flawless comeback there.
Man, you mean you guys couldnt see that coming?
No wonder im miles ahead!
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol
Yeah that was brutal. Marquette played a flawless comeback there.
Man, you mean you guys couldnt see that coming?
No wonder im miles ahead!
You're going to be insufferable during this entire tournament, aren't you?
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol
Yeah that was brutal. Marquette played a flawless comeback there.
Man, you mean you guys couldnt see that coming?
No wonder im miles ahead!
You're going to be insufferable during this entire tournament, aren't you?
Am I not always insufferable?
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And in truth, the answer will be...until im not winning anymore and then ill go quiet....
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Apparently I have no idea how to pick an upset. Good thing it's early!
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If Belmont loses to Arizona here, I could go 0/4 on upsets. Sigh.
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So, who had Georgetown?
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So, who had Georgetown?
This is getting ridiculous.
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Half of my Final Four is gone already. Awesome.
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Current Standings After First Weekend
1. Ozle - 44 points
2. zporiri -42 points
3. HME - 41 points
4. shraeye - 40 points
5. D Bo - 38 points
6. Cuzz - 37 points
6. Tdog - 37 points
Interestingly enough, Tdog has the most possible points left, with his entire Final Four remaining. I'm sure we're in for some great games this coming week too, but what a crazy first weekend!
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Oh no! Gorgonzola is out!
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My bracket is more busted than Kevin Ware's leg...
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My bracket is more busted than Kevin Ware's leg...
Tooooooooo soon...
But yeah, assuming it plays out with Louisville winning, shraeye has this locked up.
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I think he has it won almost no matter what. His bracket is now strictly better than everyone's but Ozle's, since no one can get any points other than Louisville, which he has. The only way to lose is if Louisville loses to Wichita State AND the final has at least 177 points, which seems unreasonable.
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Yeah you're right, for some reason i thought Tdog had two teams left but I must have looked at the wrong spot or something.
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This was by far my worst bracket ever.
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Wait, am I going to lose on the tie breaker?
GAH!
Really should have looked up what sport it was before i picked that number!
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yay!
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And the official congratulations goes to shraeye for pulling out the victory thanks to Louisville's win last night.
Final Standings
1. shraeye - 112
2. Tdog - 105
3. D Bo - 98
4. Ozle - 64
5. HME - 53
6. zporiri - 50
7. Cuzz - 49
Thanks for playing everyone. It's pretty clear that the super-weighted scoring for the end rounds made this look further apart from 1-7, but really we all were pretty awful with our picks this year and it was pretty close for the most part. Now I know going forward to fix that scoring!
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Wait, Gorgonzola didnt win?
Gah! Damn bookies
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I think 1-2-4-8-16-32 would work well for the future.