Dem covered it nicely, I don't know why it's that confusing. In the other 16 player pick em everyone picks scores for each game and they
receive 50% bonus for getting the scores right, so if they bet say 5 on a game AND got the score right, they'd get 2.5
Only one guy got a score right, he got the Saints game right and had 10 points so ended up making 15.
I made it easier for us and still there's confusion, but okay, I'll run it down again off my initial post in the OP:
20 points to spend every playoff round ( There are 4 )
Maximum 10 on one game, minimum 1 on each
You get 20 points every playoff round. You can make up to 20 points or make no points. You can spread your points out or make large bets. The max is 10 so nobody can just throw 20 on one game. So the max is 10 on one game and you can go as high as 8 on another, so if you're certain on two games, you can put 18 on those two and just 1 measly point on the other two.
Honestly if you want, just look at it as getting 20 chips per round to deal with. You have to risk them or you get nothing at all kind of deal.
So for example, you get 4 playoff games, you can bet up to 10 points on the outcome of one.
Basically what I already said.
In the Super Bowl, since there's only one game, you bet 10 points on the winning team and 10 points on the game's MVP.
So the total is 20 points every single round, the Super Bowl is 10 for the game, so in this case, everyone bets 10 on the matchup and everyone bets 10 on the Game's MVP, which is the biggest wildcard in the whole pickem.
In the Conference Championship, each game is also equally 10 points each.
SO, to clarify, the first two rounds are harder to pick because there's 4 games and you can only bet 10 on one.
Now, because a player who has a lead after the first two rounds is sitting pretty, that's why I added a bonus:
There is also a bonus at the beginning of the playoffs, you pick the two teams to make it to the Super Bowl, you get 10 for each team.
^This is so a player who isn't doing well for example, can be saved by picking the two correct teams. It's actually more of a wild guess than you think as it's rare for both Super Bowl teams to be the Top 2 seeds in their Conference.
So for example, if you pick the Patriots and Packers, there's a fair chance ONE of those will make it, but not necessarily both, and of course neither could make it as well.
NOW, there's also a rule for the Super Bowl picks that whoever is the leader has to post their picks first, so they don't try to cheat by picking the same exact picks as whoever is in 2nd place.
Now, since we're picking matchup winners throughout, there is no bonus for picking the Super Bowl winner, just the Super Bowl participants.
SO, to clarifyFor THIS round.
Broncos at Patriots
Texans at Ravens
Giants at Packers
Saints at 49ers
You bet on matchups, MAX 10 out of your given 20 points. And you HAVE to bet at least 1 on each game, so two biggest bets would be 10 and 8 on two matchups and 1 a piece on two other matchups IF YOU WISH.
Now watch me:
4 points on Patriots over Broncos
4 points on Ravens over Texans
6 points on Giants over Packers
6 points on 49ers over Saints
Understand?
For the record the standings are pretty close, so this should be interesting.
- By FiveofSwords
- By Rancid
