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WEEK ONE - SURVIVOR INFORMATION
And it begins... who will pick correctly and survive to the next week, and who shall fall by the wayside... Who will be the last person standing and win the Grand Prize
22 brave souls have already signed up to feel the thrill of victory, or the agony of defeat:
anna1561, WordDiva, gorillaz100, 13Ice, NeneJa, hunnybunny, wellwhocares, yousofine, hija, accountant1usa, goldie0608,
johngriffen, powerpoint, pjmpjm, ms772, AuntBessie, Alessa9, bookworm28, Rd9011, Angel Sardar, EmpressReece and kathlyn
It's still not too late to sign up. We've extended the deadline to Kick Off of the first game on Sunday. And remember, if you don't sign up now, you won't be able to sign up later.
This contest could last a long time... or it could be really short... only time will tell
INFORMATION
Each week, we will provide you with the three valuable pieces of information you will need to make your picks.
FIRST
We will provide you with a list of the Sunday games that you will be asked to pick from.
On this chart, you will see who is favored and by how many points. Obviously the teams favored by the most points have the highest percentage to win
As you can see, the LA Rams and New Orleans are the biggest favorites of this week and have the lowest risk factor
On the flip side, picking the winner in the Green Bay vs. Minnesota game would be very risky since the game has a 0 point spread, and neither team is favored
SECOND
I play in a Survivor Contest at Yahoo... they provide us with a chart showing what the current percentage is for each team based on THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of players making their picks
Here are the top ten teams that everybody is picking:
Los Angeles Chargers 33.76%
Los Angeles Rams 33.33%
New Orleans Saints 17.25%
Washington Redskins 4.31%
San Francisco 49ers 3.10%
Houston Texans 2.50%
Denver Broncos 2.14%
New York Jets 1.65%
Philadelphia Eagles 1.29%
New England 0.67%
As you can see, three teams are being picked by a majority of the people
THIRD
As you will note in the rules below, you can only use a team once
Once you have used a team, you can not pick them again in the future (assuming you advance)
To make things easier, I will provide a recap each week of what teams the current survivors have used in the past as a reminder to you so you don't use them a second time
If a person picks a team they have used in the past, we will "try" to remind you that you need to change/edit your pick. But there is no guarantee that we will catch it, so it's all on you to make sure your pick is valid... otherwise, you are an automatic loser if you don't make a change before Kick Off on Sunday
Since this is the first week, I have nothing to recap, and you are free to take any team you want
So let's get this show on the road
What is it?
NFL SURVIVOR is a contest where you just have to select one of the Sunday NFL games, and predict who is going to win
How do you play?
All the people listed above are ready to go and can make their picks
For those not listed above, you still aren't too late
By making a pick for Week one, that will act as your entry
But if you don't make a pick for Week one, you won't be able to play in following weeks
To make your first week pick, simply post the following
NFL SURVIVOR WEEK ONE
Pick one of the teams in the chart
(AND REMEMBER, IF YOU HADN'T SIGNED UP, YOU CAN STILL ENTER BY SIMPLY MAKING A PICK BEFORE THE DEADLINE)
EXAMPLE POST
NFL SURVIVOR WEEK ONE
LA Chargers
PLEASE NOTE: Both the LA Rams and New Orleans are EXCELLENT PICKS as well
The Rules:
The rules are really simple...
RULE ONE
Each week you will pick ONE of the NFL games on Sunday and post who will win the game
You can choose between any of the Sunday games
I will provide you with Odds/Point Spreads every week with plenty of lead time for you to make your picks
RULE TWO
If the team you pick wins, YOU WIN
You not only win some WRZ$, but you also earn the right to play in the following week
If you predict wrong, you lose... and you are toast and out of the contest
If you miss a week, you lose...
A tie is considered a loss
(Get it now... SURVIVOR
)RULE THREE
The contest will continue each week throughout the NFL season until there is either just one person left (and they will win the entire GRAND PRIZE) or all the remaining players get knocked out in the same week (and then all the players that made it to that last week will share the GRAND PRIZE)
RULE FOUR
Now here is the kicker and where the strategy comes in...
Once you have picked a team to win, you can never pick that team again in following weeks.
EXAMPLE - If you pick the New England Patriots to win in the first week of the contest, and they win, you can not pick them again in any of the following weeks
So, if you are fortunate enough to keep winning every week, the number of different teams you can select to win will keeping getting less
Eventually, if the contest lasts for many weeks, you will run out of good teams and have to pick some not so good teams
ALL PICKS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO THE FOLLOWING TIMES:
SUNDAY NOON Chicago (UTC -5)
SUNDAY 5 PM GMT (UTC +0)
Any picks made after this deadline will simply be ignored.
Any edits after this deadline, and your post will be disallowed.
Reward:
The Weekly Prize for those that guess correctly will be 25 WRZ$
The Grand Prize will be:
If only one person wins, they will get 500 WRZ$
If all the remaining players get knocked out in the same week, they will share a 1000 WRZ$ Pool
And as an added Bonus... the HONEST BOOKIE would also like to contribute out of his account
First, he will add 50 WRZ$ a week to the pool for every week the contest continues
AND... if by some miracle, somebody actually makes it all the way through the regular season without being eliminated, he will add an ADDITIONAL 1000 WRZ$ to the pool
This contest could last for many, many weeks... or it could end abruptly
So make sure to make your pick for Week One you don't want to miss out on a chance to win weekly, assuming you keep guessing correctly
Now the question is, who will be the NFL SURVIVOR
And don't forget today's contest... Just under 7 hours left to sign up
MLB DAILY DOUBLE - SPORTS CENTER CONTEST #225 HERE
CLOSES - FRIDAY 6 PM Chicago (UTC -5) FRIDAY 11 PM GMT (UTC +0)
There is still plenty of time to sign up for the Saturday Contest
CROSSOVER DAILY DOUBLE - SPORTS CENTER CONTEST #226 HERE
CLOSES - SATURDAY 11:30 AM Chicago (UTC -5) SATURDAY 4:30 PM GMT (UTC +0)
For an index of open events and a directory of recent contest results, go HERE
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