Pre-season discussion thread nsb pick em 2020

[Larry the boss]

thats a lot to read...lol..but i want in

[Citizen Koba]

thats a lot to read...lol..but i want in

Ha ha , yeah, it's been pointed out to me many times that I could probably explain stuff just as well without being being so damn wordy.

But welcome on board, man, honestly a lot of that stuff is me just dotting 'i's and crossing 't's to cover my ass in case we get folk questioning the rules along the way, actually playing the game is about as strightforward as it gets.

[CauliflowerEars]

Fair enough man, it ain't to everyone's taste but that's why I'm suggesting that it could only be placed on fights with a sub +300 Underdog... in fact we could make it tighter. Say it could only be placed on fights when both fighters are less than +/- 200. Hell we could even say that it could only be placed on a bookies underdog... that would really make folk think about it.

Damn. Actually, yeah. I like the sound of that one.

What's your take on extending the number of DEC picks to 3 (SPLIT/V.CLOSE, WIDE and DOMINANT - or whatever we decide to call 'em)? It's an idea I been gently pushing since we took this over but I don't think we're likely to introduce it this years at such short notice. Maybe 2021 though if I can work on talking a few more people round to the idea.

Glad you brought this angle up. Thinking I may wish to hear more about it, in detail. As it stands now, I personally like the way it is currently.
Theoretically, couldn't a Split Dec also count as a Wide ? Unlikely, but depending on what the judges are smoking, could that scenario play out ?
118-110, 118-110, 113-115 <--- ? -- I'm not a mathematician and I can be a bit air-headed at times, but do you get what I mean ? Wouldn't that technically be more than a 12 point difference, which is Wide ? ...yet still a Split ?
IDK, something to consider perhaps or I'm way off.
Peace.

[Citizen Koba]

Oh yeah. And two further announcements that should be of interest to all players.


Firstly - and this is the biggie. BIGPOPPAPUMP has confirmed that a prize fund will be put up for the 2020 Pick Em.

The prizes will be the same as last year:

1st $300
2nd $150
3rd $50

Once again huge thanks to BPP and the 'Scene for the support they're showing for the Pick Em.


The second matter is one of communications - last year we experimented with varying degrees of success with some kinda way of getting out mass notifications to all the PICK EM players, some way of sending out reminders and canvassing opinion and so forth. We have toyed a little with the idea of a social group, and there is in a fact now a group dedicated to the PICK EM, problem is no-one seems to know what the hell we can do with it, so this year we're trying out a different solution.

We will be inviting all players to add the PICK EM CREW account to their friends list, as this is one way we can send out group notifications fairly easily and hopefully make sure we reduce the chances of players missing picks or having a say in any decisions which effect us all.

[CauliflowerEars]

And no Claressa ? I mean geeze she could top Lomachenko's record with a W here, right ?

[Citizen Koba]

Glad you brought this angle up. Thinking I may wish to hear more about it, in detail. As it stands now, I personally like the way it is currently.
Theoretically, couldn't a Split Dec also count as a Wide ? Unlikely, but depending on what the judges are smoking, could that scenario play out ?
118-110, 118-110, 113-115 <--- ? -- I'm not a mathematician and I can be a bit air-headed at times, but do you get what I mean ? Wouldn't that technically be more than a 12 point difference, which is Wide ? ...yet still a Split ?
IDK, something to consider perhaps or I'm way off.
Peace.

Yeah. The way I'm thinking about it actually the term SPLIT is a bit of a misnomer, but I was looking for a term that expressed a VERY CLOSE result in a pithy way. I was thinking of any fight with a difference of less than 6 points as fitting into this category, whether in fact it was a SD or not on the cards (though the majority probably would be to come under 6 points). Anyway.. whatever we called 'em... let's think now, maybe CLOSE, CLEAR and DOMINANT would be better, I'm thinking of points ranges <6, 6 to 17 and 18+.

If we were at some point in the future to try this route (I don't think it's practical to bring in such a significant change at this short notice) it also opens up the possibility of incorporating draw results into the sub 6 points pick. ie any player that that had picked a VERY CLOSE for either fighter would also score - possibly at reduced points - in the event of a drawn fight.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Fair enough man, it ain't to everyone's taste but that's why I'm suggesting that it could only be placed on fights with a sub +300 Underdog... in fact we could make it tighter. Say it could only be placed on fights when both fighters are less than +/- 200. Hell we could even say that it could only be placed on a bookies underdog... that would really make folk think about it.

Damn. Actually, yeah. I like the sound of that one.

What's your take on extending the number of DEC picks to 3 (SPLIT/V.CLOSE, WIDE and DOMINANT - or whatever we decide to call 'em)? It's an idea I been gently pushing since we took this over but I don't think we're likely to introduce it this years at such short notice. Maybe 2021 though if I can work on talking a few more people round to the idea.

ah right, that sounds good then, if the x5 can only be used on such fights

RE: DEC picks. I think 'close' and 'wide' is good enough for now, but I don't have strong opinions on it

[Tony Murphy]

Hi All , How do I join!

Newbie here and want to get involved in the Pick-Em have read through the tread and haven't seen how to join? Is it a case of waiting for the first fight to kick the season off or do you have a more formal way of joining? Thanks and great site will be seeing my name on a few threads in the near future after I catch up on the threads …

[CauliflowerEars]

Newbie here and want to get involved in the Pick-Em have read through the tread and haven't seen how to join? Is it a case of waiting for the first fight to kick the season off or do you have a more formal way of joining? Thanks and great site will be seeing my name on a few threads in the near future after I catch up on the threads …

Hey buddy, Welcome. It's a pretty informal process. Just wait for the first PICK EMS to be announced, and make your PICKS according to protocol outlined in introduction. Your name will automatically be added to the leaderboard following the results.
I'm sure you will receive further welcome but glad to have you and best of luck !
Feel free to ask questions at any time. We have a pretty great group here.
Peace.

[ruedboy]

It might be helpful to mention the 6 month renewal of multipliers and how that affects unused multipliers. Thanks