Nsb pick em 2020 masterthread

OK Gentlemen (or ladies should any have seen fit to grace us with their presence), welcome to the brand new, improved and updated, NSB PICK EM 2020. I'm well aware many of you will be familiar with the game from the last few years, but for any new players (and I'm hoping we'll have a few) I'll try to give a brief background and idea of what we're all about. The game was first introduced to NSB in 2017 by the now legendary BrometheusBob, NSB POTY 2017 and attracted a good deal of attention in it's original polled format and proved to be a huge success. Early in 2018 however Bob was forced to take a step back after real life demanded a little attention, and after a brief teeter on the brink of oblivion the game was taken over by a small but dedicated (and talented, handsome and brilliant) team of self proclaimed experts who christened themselves the PICK EM CREW. Although the composition of the CREW has changed somewhat over the three years we've been running the game our core mission has remained consistent; to run the game in a fair and transparent manner with as much player input as possible but above all to have fun and to give us all a space where we can enjoy a little lighthearted banter whilst discussing the fights and testing our knowledge against each other. So what is the PICK EM? In it's essence it's a prediction league. A year long competition were every week or two we put our knowledge to the test by predicting the outcomes of one or more boxing matches, and score points based upon the accuracy of our predictions. We accumulate the points and over time we come to see which of us are best able to reliably predict fights and those people go on to achieve eternal glory and bragging rights in the NSB PICK EM Hall of Fame (under construction :lol1:)... oh... and possibly win a few $100 too... Right. To business then. Firstly, this years CREW consists of 5 members up from 3 in 2019. The 2019 CREW; Citizen Koba, NC Uppercut and 2018 Winner otrocubiche will remain, but are joined by CauliflowerEars and HeadBodyBodyBody (HBx3)... we will all be available to ask for help or advice with the game, rules clarification and dispute resolution, mostly you'll find we're pretty approachable and laid back - some of us (myself) arguably a little too much so. The game is open to all posters whatever your reputation or post count, is hopefully simple enough to pick up and for most of us at least adds an extra bit of fun to the fights as well. Maybe it even helps us to test and improve our knowledge of the sweet science and the men who put their health on the line, week in, week out, for our entertainment. Details on how to make your picks are laid out below and will also be repeated in each Pick 'em thread throughout the year, but essentially follows the format of choosing Winner, method (KO or DEC) and detail ie how close a dec is or when a KO will happen. For those familiar with the game from last year there are a few - mainly minor - changes to look out for, and of course, for the first time we're able to announce from the very start of the year that Boxing Scene have offered up a $500 prize fund (of which more blelow). The changes that are being implemented for this year have been discussed in some detail in the pre season discussion thread for those who really are interested in how these changes were decided upon: https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=837322 Firstly the points awarded for a correct DRAW pick have been increased from 120 to 150 to bring them into line with the increased points for regular picks that were introduced in 2019. Secondly the multiplier system has been modified somewhat. Whilst the number of multipliers will remain roughly in line with those of 2019 since we're anticipating a similar overall number of fights all the regular optional multipliers will be awarded at the strat of the year instead of half at the beginning of the season and half at the mid-point as in 2019. The only exception to this is new addition - the x5 'Hail Mary' multiplier of which one will be given to each player at the start of the year and another on July 1st, but only if the original one has been used so no player can have more than one 'Hail Mary' in their inventory at any time. In another minor change to the multiplier systen the multiplier for correct picks on heavy underdogs has been modified somewhat, lowering the thresholds at which the multiplier begin and step up, which will mean we can expected to see several more underdog multiplier coming into play this year. Correct picks on +300 to +599 underdogs will now be worth x2, +600 to +999 worth x3 and +1000 or more will be worth x4. On balance most players seemed fairly happy with the mix and frequency of fights last year, so we're going to aim to stick to roughly the same guidelines and expect to see roughly the same number of Pick 'ems. In general all title fights between fighters ranked in the top 10 per TBRB will be included plus any non-title fights of particular fan interest. Fights with guys in the top few places of the P4P rankings will also generally be included even when (as often happens) they are a prohibitive favourite. Should the WBSS introduce a new season during the course of 2020 we will make every effort to include the fights from that competition or indeed those from any event of similar ambition that should occur during the year. NSB PICK EM 2020 FINAL SCORES AND RANKINGS

NSB PICK EM 2020 FINAL RANKINGS
Name	Points	Total	Correct	Perfect	%	Streak	Longest	2X	3X	5X
Asgarth	3130	106	78	16	74	4	10	0	0	0
Baltimore	3120	106	81	22	76	4	14	0	0	0
Chrismart	3120	108	81	25	75	0	14	0	0	0
BobLobLaw	3000	106	73	18	69	0	14	0	0	0
Mammoth	2970	108	81	19	75	3	18	0	0	0
Sheppirino	2910	106	82	22	77	0	14	0	0	0
SNIPER	2910	108	82	19	76	0	17	0	0	0
Koba	2850	107	83	20	78	7	16	0	0	0
ruedboy	2840	107	77	22	72	0	10	0	0	0
YoungManRumble	2820	103	75	25	73	1	11	0	0	0
ShoulderRoll	2810	105	78	20	74	0	11	0	1	0
Koolkc107	2800	103	75	14	73	0	9	0	0	0
RJJ-94-02=GOAT	2710	105	74	19	70	0	14	0	0	0
Idunnoshet	2700	94	67	22	71	0	10	0	0	0
EffPandas	2690	90	68	22	76	3	12	0	0	0
SceneBoxer	2660	108	71	21	66	1	9	0	0	0
mlac	2610	103	73	22	71	0	14	0	0	0
TheMyspaceDayz	2430	84	58	21	69	1	12	3	2	0
BigZ44	2380	86	63	13	73	3	12	0	0	1
DamnWicked	2330	84	60	16	71	0	10	0	0	0
BLASTER1	2230	105	69	13	66	3	9	0	0	0
mathed	2070	63	49	11	78	7	9	0	0	0
SUBZER0ED	2030	88	54	17	61	0	8	0	0	0
NCUppercut	1920	104	58	13	56	0	7	0	0	0
ShaneMosleySr	1670	51	36	15	71	1	9	0	0	0
MulaKO	1550	50	33	6	66	1	10	0	0	0
Tatabanya	1460	94	49	8	52	3	6	0	0	0
Ganondorf	1340	60	43	9	72	1	11	8	4	1
BMorph	1100	34	26	8	76	6	10	5	3	1
HeadBodyBodyBody	1010	38	25	5	66	1	4	3	1	0
Marchegiano	800	20	12	4	60	1	3	6	0	0
Articulateboxin	770	34	25	2	74	0	11	5	5	0
TBear	760	45	28	4	62	0	9	9	5	1
kushking	710	20	13	2	65	2	9	3	1	1
Rockin	700	15	11	0	73	0	5	9	0	0
FinitoXDinamita	680	19	14	3	74	0	12	5	3	1
Szef	650	25	14	4	56	1	2	5	0	0
NORMNEALON	530	18	13	4	72	0	10	9	3	1
jpowell100	470	18	13	3	72	3	7	7	5	1
BlakBread904	440	17	10	1	59	0	6	8	1	1
Pittsburgh_Kid	420	17	12	2	71	0	7	6	6	1
CauliflowerEars	410	19	11	4	58	0	3	8	5	1
Justintimothyko	380	19	11	4	58	0	4	8	6	1
otrocubiche	360	18	12	5	67	0	8	9	6	1
FrankieClutch	360	17	10	2	59	0	4	6	6	1
RoadMan94	350	7	5	1	71	1	4	6	4	0
DuckAdonis	320	13	10	1	77	0	5	10	5	1
Sadiqkingofko	310	13	10	3	77	2	4	10	6	1
ReddFoxx	310	11	8	2	73	5	5	7	6	1
GideonLock	260	15	10	2	67	0	8	10	6	1
SilverMiles	240	10	7	2	70	1	2	9	6	1
_Jordan_	220	7	5	0	71	0	5	6	5	1
JayCho	180	7	3	2	43	0	2	9	4	1
Mooon	140	4	4	2	100	4	4	10	6	1
Joeshmo	130	4	4	2	100	4	4	10	6	1
BobHaymon	90	4	2	0	50	1	1	10	4	1
Eastlos	70	4	3	0	75	3	3	10	6	1
joseph5620	60	1	1	0	100	1	1	10	5	1
SinderellaMan	60	3	2	1	67	2	2	10	6	1
Kezzer	60	2	1	0	50	0	1	10	5	1
califo	60	3	1	0	33	0	1	10	5	1
Boxing_1013	40	1	1	1	100	1	1	10	6	1
Southpawko	40	2	2	0	100	2	2	10	6	1
BornXRaised	40	2	1	1	50	1	1	10	6	1
BoxingFan85	40	2	1	0	50	1	1	9	6	1
Theplungerman	40	4	1	1	25	0	2	10	6	1
bigjavi973	30	1	1	0	100	1	1	10	6	1
eco1	30	1	1	0	100	1	1	10	6	1
therealpugilist	30	2	1	0	50	2	2	10	6	1
edpboxing	20	1	1	0	100	1	1	10	6	1
HughJass	20	1	1	0	100	1	1	10	6	1
KingHippo	20	1	1	0	100	1	1	10	6	1
Robi13	20	1	1	0	100	1	1	10	6	1
alexnation	20	2	1	0	50	0	1	9	6	1
Daxe	20	2	1	0	50	0	1	10	6	1
BPhontain	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	1
Ccarroll2133	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	1
DeontaytheKing	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	1
Lizard_man	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	1

Note on Rankings: For the 2020 PICK EM players with the same number of overall points will now be ordered firstly by % of correct picks and then by the number of perfect picks they have achieved. In the event that any of the three highrest ranked players at the end of the year have the same number of overall points the same rule will apply and prizes awarded accordingly. In the event that any of the top ranked players cannot be seperated by % or Perfect picks the player with the fewest number of total picks shall break the tie. Further differentiation can be obtained by (in order) longest streak, current streak, remaining x5, remaining x3, remaining x2 should it prove necessary... if the top players can still not be differentiated I will pray to a deity selected by the players for intervention because we'll be reaching the kinds of probabilities that can't be explained away by natural causes. PLACEHOLDER FOR COMPLETED PICK EM DETAILS 2020 Pick Em Prizes: (in case the eternal admiration of your fellow posters just ain't enough for you) Winner: $300 payable by paypal 1st Runner Up: $150 payable by paypal 2nd Runner Up: $50 payable by paypal All prizes provided courtesy of Boxing Scene. Players wishing to be involved in a Boxing Scene points based sweepstakes are invited to do so either the by PM or by making your interest known in the thread below. NSB PICK EM CHAMPION 2019 Baltimore Previous winners: 2018 - otrocubiche 2017 - RockyB Ground rules: - Prior to each fight, a new thread will be made for the purpose of allowing people to record their predictions. Each thread will include a minimum of one fight but may include several. where more than one fight is included every effort will be made to sequence the games firstly by universal time zone (UTC) then by running order, ending with the main event in that time zone. - Predictions must be made prior to the start of the fight. the opening bell of the bout shall be the cut-off point for allowable picks or modifications to picks. Whilst every effort will be made to notify the players in the thread at the moment of the cut off, if this is not possible other resources will be used to establish this moment as accurately as possible in the event of any dispute. - You do not need to make a prediction for every fight to stay in the game, but obviously you will receive no points if you do not pick. TERMINOLOGY RESULT METHOD KO = Will cover all type of stoppage wins - TKO, KO, DQ Decision = Will cover all type of decision wins - UD, MD, SD, TD RESULT DETAIL If you picked KO, either EARLY (1-4), MID (5-8) or LATE 9-12. (Or 1-3, 4-6, 7-10 for a 10 rounder). If you picked DEC, either 'CLOSE' or 'WIDE'. CLOSE = Total score difference is less than 12 pts eg. closer than 116-112 on all three cards. 115 - 113, 117 - 111, 116 - 113 WIDE = Total score difference of >=12 pts eg. Equal to or wider than 116-112 on all three cards If the fight is a 10 round fight or ends in a technical decision, the cutoff line of 12 pts is scaled down to the number of rounds fought. eg WIDE for a 10 round fight will be equal to or wider than 97-93, 97-93, 96-94. MULTIPLIERS Every player will have the option to use multipliers throughout the game when they feel especially confident of their prediction. It can also allow players who joined late an opportunity to get in the game by scoring a big pick. 2X = Get twice as many points for this prediction. You will receive ten of these at the start of the year to use at will on any fight you choose throughout the year. 3X = Get triple as many points for this prediction. You will begin the game with six of these at the start of the year to use at will on any fight you choose throughout the year. 5x = get five times the regular score for this prediction. This special Hail Mary pick will earn five times regular points but can only be used on a fighter whose official PICK EM ODDS exceed +100 (EVENS) ie: an underdog. In the event that no official odds are provided for a fight the x5 multiplier may not be used. Each player will begin the game with one x5 multiplier. On July 1st 2020 any x5 multipliers that have been used will be replaced. Any players who still have an unused x5 will not gain a second one. EDIT: Due to the enforced 3 month boxing hiatus due to COVID-19 the rules on the x5 have been changed slightly. On July 1st all players were granted an extra x5 multiplier. On Oct 1st any player with both x5s still in reserve will have one of them removed. Use 'em or lose 'em gentlemen. ODDS Every effort will be made to obtain accurate odds for each fight in the PICK EM based on an average of odds from a number of different bookmakers on the comparison site Oddschecker. The time point will be the point at which the thread is first posted unless no odds are available at that time. Whilst we will make every effort to ensure that the odds are accurate at the time they are posted they will reflect the CREWs own final decision and cannot be overuled by reference to any external site or source, although they may legitimately be challenged if a poster has strong reason to believe they have not been calculated accurately. In any event any objections must be raised prior to the fight date and any decsion or ruling of the CREW on such a dispute will be final. SCORING After each fight, your score for that fight will be calculated as follows: Correct Fighter = 20 pts Correct Method = 10 pts Correct Detail = 10 pts Wrong Fighter = 0 pts Draw = If you correctly pick a draw, you will win 150 pts. Everyone else will get 0. The total of above results in your BASE SCORE. Your BASE SCORE for a fight will multiplied by all applicable multipliers / bonuses. If more than one multiplier is applicable to your score the multipliers will be added together before being applied, ie: a x4 underdog multiplier combined with a x3 play multiplier will result in your score being multiplied by x7 not by x12. Bonus multipliers will be made available for fights with a +300 (4/1) or wider favorite. The amount of the multiplier can be found by reference to the list below:

Underdog Multipliers
Odds	Multiplier
<300	x1
300 - 599	x2
600 - 999	x3
1000+	x4

In all cases we reserve the right to make exceptions to the above and will be monitoring the underdog multiplier during the year to check that play balance is not adversely effected. Other DetailsScore and rankings updates will be made as son as possible after a fight with every effort made to ensure this occurs within 48 hours Rankings will include number of remaining multipliers you have left. If you attempt to use a multiplier that you do not have, we will use the highest available multiplier that is less than the one you tried to use. For example, if you say 2X without any 2Xs left, we will treat it as a 1X play. If you use a 3X without any 3Xs left, we will try to use a 2X.Communications In an effort to improve notifications, reminders and player participation in decisions involving the game we are planning to invite all players to become 'friends' with the PICK EM account. If you haven't received a friend request from the CREW with a week or two of your first PICK EM game, please either contact one of the CREW or invite the PICK EM crew to befriend your user account. We may also be trying to activate the PICK EM CREW social group obver the cours eof the year and will provide details of that as and when we figure out just what we can use it for...:lol1: Fight Selection - UPCOMING PICK EM threads In an effort to continually ensure we are offering the fights most players want to see, and to give players the opportunoity to do research on fights or even provide advance absentee picks it is our intent to post a thread towards the nd of each month specifying which fights we intent to include in the game for the following month. The formula we used last year offered several fights that were definitely to be included but then also offered a pol for players to indicate which - if any - of a number of perhaps less high profile fights they would like to see in the game that month. On the occasions we actually manged to put up such thread I beleive they met with considerable player approval so the goal is to extend the same formula to every month (from Feburary) this year. Previous PICK EM threads. Just for posterity and the terminally curious the masterthreads for the last 3 years PICK EMs are linked below. In them you can quite clearly track the evolution of the game and follow the often involved discussion of when and why we made all the choices we did. If nothing else it's just cos that ish represents literally hundreds of hours of work and I just can't bear just yet for it to disappear without a final farewell. 2019: https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=804370 2018: https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=774031 2017: https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731902 List of Active Players Note: this is not an exhaustive list but based on the 8th February Pick Em, if you want your name adding (or removing) please let me or one of the other CREW know either in the thread or by PM. And apologies if my posting this list has triggered another notification.. ain't quite sure of they trigger from edits or not. DuckAdonis HBX3 Ganondorf RJJ Shane Sr NORMNEALON bigz Redd Foxx TBear Pandas SceneBoxer Mammoth Articulateboxin Jpowell 'Roll Deontay Wilder Justintimothyko SilverMiles BLASTER1 Idunnoshet mlac Frankie Clutch Gideon lock Cauli Ears NC Uppercut YoungManRumble ruedboy otrocubiche BlakBread Chrismart FinitoX Szef shepperino TheMyspaceDayz asgarth MulaKO Pittsburgh_Kid Baltimore KoolKC mathed BobLoblaw SUBZER0ED b morph kushking Damn Wicked Tatabanya Wow. Ok I think that's just about it... all that remains is to ask the mods if they'll do the honours and stick this to the front page and remove the discussion thread, last years masterthread and the awards announcement thread. -MEGA-, BostonGuy, TBear, jaded, LoadedWraps, bigjavi973 Then, if you'll just allow me a few minutes to steel myself I'll throw up the first PICK EM threads of this year. And I'd like to extend a warm welcome back to all last year's players and of course to any new players who choose to join us in 2020. Let's make it another brilliant year for the NSB PICK EM gentlemen and the very best of luck to you all. regards K