Ripcitytwo March Madness bracket

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  1. Strenuus

    Strenuus Well-Known Member

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    I'll take a top 5 start after 2 days, even though I had nova going to the championship.

    Got Xavier going to the sweet 16 right. I am so smart!
     
    Strenuus, Mar 18, 2017
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  2. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    My bracket is a joke. It's funny because I have 6 other brackets which are all doing much better.
     
    theprunetang, Mar 19, 2017
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  3. KingSpeed

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    Yay! I'm killing it. All you guys have to do is pick the favorites. It's pretty simple.
     
    KingSpeed, Mar 19, 2017
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Uh huh.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Mar 19, 2017
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  5. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    And that's why you include an upset bonus
     
    BonesJones, Mar 19, 2017
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  6. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    No worries Bones. How about you run it next year? And then I don't have to worry about whether I'm doing things right. I'll just concentrate on making the worst bracket possible.
     
    theprunetang, Mar 19, 2017
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    If you took that as a shot at you, well, it wasn't a shot at you at all. Don't take that comment personally. I didn't mean it in a complaining way haha.

    Just don't like those people who try to win bracket pools by simply picking favorites. That's all.
     
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  8. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I get that. And no worries sir. I guess I have always played the traditional yahoo bracket and I have always tried to play fun upsets. Of course, I lose every time. It's still a really fun thing to do. I did really well in a bracket last year actually for 100,000 dollars and finished in the top 10. That would have been fun..
     
    theprunetang, Mar 19, 2017
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  9. KingSpeed

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    Why should I pick the teams that aren't going to win?
     
    KingSpeed, Mar 19, 2017
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    An 11 seed wins every year. A 12 seed wins almost every single year.

    So there no reason to think that what you filled out was what was exactly going to happen. Instead, because predicting which upsets will happen, it's easiest to pick none.

    Did you really think no 9, 10, 11, or 12 seeds would win this year?
     
    BonesJones, Mar 19, 2017
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  11. SlyPokerDog

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    RIP bracket.

    I had Duke winning it all.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Mar 19, 2017
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Easy fix. First bracket you submit should be all chalk. Mandate that you can't win a prize if you can't beat the all chalk bracket. If all chalk comes in first, you keep everything. :devilwink:
     
    PtldPlatypus, Mar 19, 2017
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  13. BonesJones

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    So then they pick all chalk and pick one 9 instead of an 8. If that 9 seed wins, then they win...
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    You always pick the Blazers! #64Wins
     
    THE HCP, Mar 19, 2017
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  15. SlyPokerDog

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    SlyPokerDog, Mar 19, 2017
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    Nope but I have a better chance of winning the whole thing overall if I pick the favorites.
     
    KingSpeed, Mar 20, 2017
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    And I picked my alma mater Michigan to win every series until they faced my home town Oregon which I had going all the way.
     
    KingSpeed, Mar 20, 2017
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    By the way, HCP, you can stop with the #64wins needling. I'm putting you on ignore.
     
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    Just remind him that he thought CJ wasn't good enough to be a starter in the NBA.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Mar 20, 2017
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    Exactly. So instead of trying to get your bracket right, you put no thought into it and pick a completely vanilla bracket to try to win.

    That's no fun. If everyone did that there'd be no point. But you then win at the expense of the people that don't.
     
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