Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Absolut_Surgen hits the gas and furthers his lead on the pack. His lead is impressive, but not insurmountable as he has a couple of contenders still within striking distance. With only one chance left to earn money can he hang on for one more week or is there an upset in the making? ########## DIVISIONAL ROUND RESULTS ########## Feature Game: Tennessee Titans (+7.5) at Kansas City ChiefsThe Chiefs beat the Titans by a score of 35-31.5(24+7.5) to beat the spread and move on to Super Bowl LIV! QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the AFC Championship? Titans TD, Titans FG, Titans safety, Chiefs TD, Chiefs FG, Chiefs safety, or other? ($10,000 for the correct call)The scoring was kicked off by a 30 yard Tennessee field goal in the quarter as the Titans jumped out to an early 10 point lead; a lead that would not stand. Keyser_Soze was the only player to get this one correct. 2) What will be the first scoring play of the NFC Championship? Packers TD, Packers FG, Packers safety, 49'ers TD, 49'ers FG, 49'ers safety, or other? ($10,000 for the correct call)Raheem Mostert take advantage of a hole opened on the left side of his line to crack off a 36 yard run for a touchdown and the first points of the NFC champsionship. 3) Which conference will put up more combined points this weekend? ($10,000 for the right guess)In a close match, the AFC just edges out the NFC by a combined 59-57. 4) How many touchdowns will occur from outside the Red Zone (>20 yards) this weekend? ($15,000 for the right number)5 touchdowns were scored from outside of the Red Zone across both championship games. Nobody called this one. 5) Call the winner: Green Bay at San Francisco ($10,000 the correct team)Saaaaaaan Francisco wins the day and goes back to their first Super Bowl since 2012. ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @AbsolutSurgen - $268,000@thewhyteboar - $186,850@Keyser_Soze - $120,000@Biggie - $90,950@Dodger - $57,200@Greatoneshere - $19,000 Slug - $17,000@BasemntDweller2 - $10,000@Jose - $13,100@RedSoxFan9 - $12,800@Alpha1Cowboy - $5,300@SFLUFAN - $3,900@johnny - $2,500@Kal-El814 - $1,500 As always, if you think I mathed wrong let me know. ########## THE SEASON #########Week 1 <-- See here for full rules if you're interested in joining the competition!Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Week 16Week 17Wild Card WeekendDivisional RoundChampionship Round ############################### ####################### ** PRO BOWL BYE WEEK ** ####################### The Pro-Bowl is the MGT thread's Bye week! Rather than have y'all fake bet on an exhibition game, rest your brains for the Super Bowl and get ready for some MGT fun facts! We'll be back next week for the Super Bowl and our finale! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 -= PRO-BOWL BYE WEEK =- This season marks the 9th running of the Mock Gambling Thread, going back to when I originally ran it on the IGN Football boards during the 2010-2011 season, and the 2nd year here on Day One Patch! The MGT was inspired by a similar competition run by the community on a St. Louis Rams fan message board that I fell in love with when I went there to talk smack ahead of a skins/Rams game. Had so much fun playing in it for a couple seasons that I thought it'd be fun to run it for my pals on IGN and now here. ## 2019-2020 MGT Season Fun Facts ## - Biggie was the first entrant for the 2019-2020 season! - Of the 14 competitors in this year's MGT, 6 different players have held the lead at one time or another. - Absolut_Surgen and Keyser_Soze both defended their leads an equal number of weeks in a row; taking 1st place and holding it for 3 weeks straight each! Underscores = wins?! - Why is the Question 8 bonus so valuable? In 20 weeks of the MGT there have been an equal number of chances to guess that week's rushing and receiving leaders. The rushing leader was only guessed correctly 6 times during the regular season and 7 more times after the playoffs had begun so the number of potential candidates had been severely truncated. The receiving leader was only guessed correctly 3 times all season. The bonus for getting both in the same week was never awarded! - Total winnings are DOWN overall at this point in the competition compared to last year. The '19-20 Leaderboard has amassed a total of $808,100 versus $1,605,350 at last year's Pro-Bowl Bye Week! - Asked 19 time to 14 players there were 266 chances to earn the Question #5 bonus by calling all 3 weekly pick'em games correctly! The bonus was only awarded 20 times! - There were a total of 176 bets placed on the Feature Game across the entire season and post-season! - Of the bets placed on the Feature Game across all competitors, we were collectively correct only 77 times for a 43.75% win rate! ################################## Have a restful Bye week, enjoy the Pro-Bowl, and rest your brains for the final week of the 2019-2020 MGT coming on 1/27! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 $100,000 - NFC! Oh wait I get to relax! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: $100,000 - NFC! Oh wait I get to relax! You do! Also to answer your post from last week's thread; there were only 4 teams! Of course there's no Question 8! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, Slug said: You do! Also to answer your post from last week's thread; there were only 4 teams! Of course there's no Question 8! :P Why does it have to be more than 4 teams? Money is money! Also, kinda bummed I picked Mostert a week early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 brb changing my name to _Dodger 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 ## MORE MGT FUN FACTS ## - Get your entries in! No single week saw all 14 players in this year's competition make an entry before the deadline! - It's a long season and quitters never win: There were an average of 10.6 entries every week over the first 10 weeks of the MGT season and an average of only 7 entries per week for the last 10! - Ever wonder how I track the Feature Game win rate? Here ya go! Week 1: 0110010110111 Week 2: 10011000000 Week 3: 011111011111 Week 4: 10000000001 Week 5: 0100001110 Week 6: 00000011000 Week 7: 00100110000 Week 8: 100011101 Week 9: 1010100 Week 0: 11111000000 Week11: 000001000 Week12: 0111110 Week13: 11011101 Week14: 01000001 Week15: 010111 Week16: 001101 Week17: 00001 Week W: 10010011 Week D: 010011 Week C: 0011110 (0 is an incorrect bet on the Feature Game, 1 is a correct one) In binary the Feature Game results table above translates to, "e¼À}øa©ð·PW42i". So...yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I didn't know this would continue into the playoffs so when I got blown out in like week 13 or whatever it was I gave up for a couple weeks. I'll try and be in it every week next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Dodger said: I didn't know this would continue into the playoffs so when I got blown out in like week 13 or whatever it was I gave up for a couple weeks. I'll try and be in it every week next year. Yeah, we had a couple players make that same mistake last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Maybe next year we actually get some money involved, like a $10-20 buy in or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dodger said: Maybe next year we actually get some money involved, like a $10-20 buy in or something. Possibly? I pay for the overall prize myself just because. I'd want to keep the main competition for the prize and title free to encourage the most potential players. Perhaps I'll consider running an optional, "side bet" that players can opt-in for if they so choose so there can be a side bet winner among those who opted-in, even if that winner isn't 1st overall at the end. The side bet might encourage some people who are "out of it" to keep fighting even if they have no shot at the title. Something to think about for next season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I'm too bitter over the Eagles to participate. I'll be back next year though . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Slug said: Possibly? I pay for the overall prize myself just because. I'd want to keep the main competition for the prize and title free to encourage the most potential players. Perhaps I'll consider running an optional, "side bet" that players can opt-in for if they so choose so there can be a side bet winner among those who opted-in, even if that winner isn't 1st overall at the end. The side bet might encourage some people who are "out of it" to keep fighting even if they have no shot at the title. Something to think about for next season! I didn't even know there was a prize. I thought this was all for board internet dick measuring rights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Slug said: - It's a long season and quitters never win: 4 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: I'm too bitter over the Eagles to participate. I'll be back next year though . . . Here's our quitter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 48 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Here's our quitter! Without my team, pretty much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Dodger said: I didn't know this would continue into the playoffs [...] 56 minutes ago, Dodger said: I didn't even know there was a prize. I thought this was all for board internet dick measuring rights. You...you don't read rules much, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Without my team, pretty much. My team left town and I don't have one. What's your excuse? Also it's not like every pick was an Eagles pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said: My team left town and I don't have one. What's your excuse? Also it's not like every pick was an Eagles pick. Yeah but I don't care what's happening in football once they're out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Slug said: You...you don't read rules much, do you? I was just dicking around for fun because we also had an office pick em pool and I figured I might as well do both. I also don't remember the rules thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, Dodger said: I was just dicking around for fun because we also had an office pick em pool and I figured I might as well do both. I also don't remember the rules thread. I'm just teasin'. It's all good. Going into next season remember that every week, including Week 1 with the rules, are linked in the results post in each new week's thread. Also, you need to be in more because every time you post I hear Kefka's laugh in my head and it freaks me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Slug said: I'm just teasin'. It's all good. Going into next season remember that every week, including Week 1 with the rules, are linked in the results post in each new week's post. Also, you need to be in more because every time you post I hear Kefka's laugh in my head and it freaks me out. Every time you see one of my posts you should hear Or Is also acceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Dodger said: Every time you see one of my posts you should hear That one. Definitely that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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