Official 2008 Playoff Picks Game Final Results

[johnnyoski 0]

I agree, you're running the game so make whatever changes you want.

Personally I vote for keeping it exactly the same next year.

Thanks for taking the time to run this!

(But whats up with not including my 8 points for getting the Finals correct )

[Z and D for the C 712]

Pretty proud with the #11 spot.

I also like the "all predictions for the entire palyoffs before they start". Would make things a lot more interesting and varied.

Edited June 8, 2008 by Z and D for the C

[OsGOD 3]

55 scweet!

[eva unit zero 271]

NFM...

Here's a suggestion for a scoring method:

You pick a series score.

You start with 5 points per series, and receive a -1 for each game you are off for each team. Picking the exact series score will also yield 2 bonus points, for a total maximum of 7 points per series and 105 points per season.

For example, say I pick Detroit to sweep 4-0, and instead Detroit is swept. I get zero points.

But, say I pick Detroit to win 4-3, and they lose 4-3. I get 3 points.

Under the original system, picking a close seven game series and getting the winner wrong would result in zero points, while picking a team to sweep and have them win in seven would be 1 point. The wrong team pick is actually closer (correct number of games, only off by the winner of the final game) but the 'sweep' pick gets rewarded more. Under my suggestion, the wrong team pick is worth 3 points, while the sweep pick is worth 2 points. Picking the right team to win 4-2, and having them win 4-3, would yield 4 points. That's 3 below the maximum, but this provides a value to being exactly right without rewarding 'safe' picks such as always picking a winner in 5 or 6 games, as those are the series lengths with the least to lose as you can only be 2 games off at most if you picked the winner, instead of seeing a potential loss of 3 points. Also, going based off of negatives for both sides means someone who picked a tight seven game series and was right on that, but wrong on the winner, gets something while a predictor of a sweep by the losing team would still get nothing.

[Superman54 91]

I only played the first 2 rounds because i didnt understand the point system. Can someone explain it to me for next time, thanks

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

I agree, you're running the game so make whatever changes you want.

Personally I vote for keeping it exactly the same next year.

Thanks for taking the time to run this!

(But whats up with not including my 8 points for getting the Finals correct )

I just checked the spreadsheet and it shows that you never posted any picks for the final series. If you would like to go back and check to see that you got your prediction in on time, I'll be more than happy to fix it for you.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

NFM...

Here's a suggestion for a scoring method:

You pick a series score.

You start with 5 points per series, and receive a -1 for each game you are off for each team. Picking the exact series score will also yield 2 bonus points, for a total maximum of 7 points per series and 105 points per season.

For example, say I pick Detroit to sweep 4-0, and instead Detroit is swept. I get zero points.

But, say I pick Detroit to win 4-3, and they lose 4-3. I get 3 points.

Under the original system, picking a close seven game series and getting the winner wrong would result in zero points, while picking a team to sweep and have them win in seven would be 1 point. The wrong team pick is actually closer (correct number of games, only off by the winner of the final game) but the 'sweep' pick gets rewarded more. Under my suggestion, the wrong team pick is worth 3 points, while the sweep pick is worth 2 points. Picking the right team to win 4-2, and having them win 4-3, would yield 4 points. That's 3 below the maximum, but this provides a value to being exactly right without rewarding 'safe' picks such as always picking a winner in 5 or 6 games, as those are the series lengths with the least to lose as you can only be 2 games off at most if you picked the winner, instead of seeing a potential loss of 3 points. Also, going based off of negatives for both sides means someone who picked a tight seven game series and was right on that, but wrong on the winner, gets something while a predictor of a sweep by the losing team would still get nothing.

That's very interesting EUZ. I actually like that alot, and maybe we could somehow incorporate in the bonus for picking the correct WCF/ECF/SCF winners before the start of the first playoff game as well.

I only played the first 2 rounds because i didnt understand the point system. Can someone explain it to me for next time, thanks

See the attached link: 2008 Playoff Picks Game

[Shaman 713]

Thank you for running this, I tied with you so i cant be too ashamed of how I did

18th aint too bad