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mnk posted...

Congrats and condolences to myself, Ermine, and Mzero who have not lost any of our Top 20 in the Bottom 25, but also still have our 96 remaining.

Also how has Ermine not lost any of his Top 20???

4 of my bottom 5 remain but three of them are the other fossils. Arctovish was the only one not in my bottom 5 and I still had it quite a bit lower than it placed

Aeris
Rikkus
Rufus
Celes

Yes, poor Anagram...

Diamondbacks on pace to win the World Series without losing a game tbh

Sorozone posted...

Lance lynn getting ass blasted by homeruns.

a post-season record four homeruns in one inning

andylt posted...

Wow, people are not fans of silly happy pokemon with smiley faces huh.

I like these kinds of Pokemon it's just Stonjourner sucks

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is before the official kick-off time of the game in question. You cannot pick a game that has already started. Some levels may have different deadlines, so read carefully.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please don't edit your picks. If you'd like to change, please do so in a clearly labeled new post.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance. You do not need to pick the winner, as long as the differential is correct, it does not matter which team wins.

Level 5: 2 Over/Unders: I will now provide over/unders for each game. This number relates to the final score. You must choose 2 of the games and decide whether the final score will be OVER the number I provided or UNDER the number I provided. You must get both of these correct to advance.

Schedule (Favorites listed first; home team in CAPS):

Thursday, October 12th
KANSAS CITY (-10.5) vs Denver 47.5

Sunday, October 15th

LONDON
Baltimore (-4.5) vs Tennessee 40.5

1pm ET
ATLANTA (-2.5) vs Washington 42.5
Minnesota (-2.5) @ CHICAGO - 44.5
CINCINNATI (-2.5) vs Seattle 45.5
San Francisco (-6.5) @ CLEVELAND 37.5
New Orleans (-1.5) @ HOUSTON 42.5
JACKSONVILLE (-4.5) vs Indianapolis 46.5
MIAMI (-13.5) vs Carolina 48.5
4pm ET
LAS VEGAS (-2.5) vs New England 41.5
Detroit (-3.5) @ TAMPA BAY 43.5
LOS ANGELES RAMS (-6.5) vs Arizona 48.5
Philadelphia (-6.5) @ NEW YORK JETS 40.5
8pm ET
BUFFALO (-13.5) @ New York Giants 44.5

Monday, October 16th
Dallas (-2.5) @ LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 50.5

Bonus Question: Choose a player to score a receiving touchdown.

Apprentice
Vader
Pac-Man
Noctis
MegaMan

Noctis - 9.5
Ashe - 7
Lenna - 7.5

Lenna
Quistis
Ultros
Lulu

Kc

my friends

I thought about getting a CRT for my retro consoles but they're just too bulky and inconvenient. I instead got an old 4:3 LCD monitor with composite and S-Video inputs. I haven't noticed and input lag and it looks great to me

guffguy89 posted...

I was literally just going to post this! I saw that too. Apparently, every time the Brewers made the postseason (even going back to the 80s when they played in the AL), the team that knocked them out either made it to the World Series or won the World Series.

To keep that strange and frustrating record going, the Dbacks will need to at least make it to the World Series this year.

I was looking into this and I learned that the Brewers went 26 years without making the playoffs. and I thought the Mariners were bad!

Layle
Doomtrain
Yuna
Gilgamesh

o ya go my sneks

Irvine - 6.5
Sazh - 8
Merlwyb - wtf is a merlwyb

Romance

my mind seems to go to songs 90% of the time

mnk posted...

Sewaddle is the best Caterpie.

darn right

Play FFX imo

Vivi
Ghido
Irvine
Edge

mnk posted...

I expect Dracovish and Arctozolt to do well, but not sure about the other two. Arctovish in particular I think will do poorly.

Hbthebattle posted...

i suspect that itll end up being Dracovish > Dracozolt > Arctozolt > Arctovish
dracovish is one of the most famous mons of the generation thanks to the anime and its competitive warcrimes, so I expect it won't be low

Wait what Arctovish was my highest ranked one (at like 80-something mind you) and the closest to being decent. I actually kind of liked it until I realized his head was upside down because it looks like it has a big goofy smile

Dracozolt and Arctozolt were dead last iirc

If last place isn't one of those hideous fossil abominations I will be disappointed

Noctis
Minwu
Beatrix
Tidus

I haven't read sorry

Dumey's role sounds fake cause all scum can move by virtue of factional kill. Thus, scum would not be able to claim vanilla

PeaceFrog posted...

Side note - i think Sbell has died at night as scum more than any other player since i started playing again. Dude really can not catch a break.

also I shot him in the face as dayvig

How could you leave the best boy Arcanine off the canines list? He's the only one with canine in his name!

I think I lean canines here. Easy win if Jolteon counts as doggo though

Level 4
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andel**
Arti*
Camden*
Crescent-Moon
DpObliVion****
Jakyl25*
Leonhart4*
MZero**
resistance_pro***
terpaholic**
th3l3fty*
Xuxon**
ZeroSignal**

Level 3
Bartz*
changmas**
fortybelowsummer**
foxhead84*
HanOfTheNekos**
HBJDubs**
Jukkie*
KCF0107*
KommunistKoala*
mccheyne*
MegamanX**
Meow1000*
Mewtwo59*
MMXcalibur*
MysteriousStan*
Paratroopa1**
pepper2012
Runemistress**
Shattered*
SirChris*
Stripperiffic**
SwiftyDC
theawesomestevr**
Thorn*
VengefulKaelee*
VeryInsane**
wallmasterz*
Whiskey_Nick****
Wigs*
Wizardsfan1000*

Level 2
BlueCrystalTear*
Cody11533*
Dancedreamer*
Eddv
Fiop
KokoroAkechi*
Suprak*
thekitchensink***
WickIebee*

Level 1
guffguy89
StifledSilence*
ZaziGuado*

Aerith - 7
Hope - 8
Maria - 5

Game #13 - Tennis (Nintendo, 1984)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/0/AAN-f8AAE6Wm.jpg
Final time: 5:07

6-2, 4-6, 6-2

I finally won a game! I'm not sure what was different, I just actually won the deuces I got to instead of losing them like I usually do. I jumped out to a 4-0 or 5-0 lead in the first set and it felt like my time had come, but then I fell down 0-4 in the second set and thought I had fallen back down to earth and was going to lose. I managed to finish strong though and give myself hope for the last set, which was back and forth at 2-2 before I took 4 in a row to finish the job.

As for the game, I kinda hate it. Sometimes my guy just misses the ball like he has a hole in his racket, and sometimes he turns around for no reason right before he hits the ball so it goes way off to the side. Also, I swear Mario has been bribed because every ball close to the line is in for the opponent and out for me. It's better than soccer but that's the highest praise I can give it.

NES games beaten: 11/65
Total games beaten: 12/217
JP exclusive games beaten: 1/23
Total play time: 62 hours 43 minutes

MZero Game Ranking

Super Mario Bros.
Pokemon Trading Card Game
Adventures of Lolo
Balloon Fight
Ice Hockey
Excitebike
Ice Climber
Mario Bros.
Baseball
Donkey Kong
Tecmo Bowl
Tennis
Soccer

Rydia
Barret
Faris
Reno

tcaz2 posted...

female FF characters are always better written than the men, though.

Zzzz revenge zzzz edgy zzzz boyband zzzz blitzball zzzz

It's okay to admit you just want a playable character to fap to

Ramza
Red
Mage
Zell

I finally managed a 6-3 loss, getting closer!

ctesjbuvf posted...

I see, I might be stuck on this one for a bit. I also don't have that much time to play, maybe that allows MZero to catch up to me on NES games.

sure, but I also might just never win a game of Tennis

Rogue

haven't seen it

Level 4
MIAMI (-10.5) vs New York Giants 10+
Cincinnati (-2.5) @ ARIZONA 5-

Bonus: Vegas

Lightning
Mog
Ashe
Sabin

I say if you feel like playing something, go for it!

I like the idea of Gradius or Metroid, but obviously I'm a bit behind at the moment

LeonhartFour posted...

glad we added all these Wild Card teams so we could have four 2 game sweeps

One of the added Wild Card teams did the sweeping though!

Xuxon posted...

of course you ask this bonus question during the Chargers' bye week

didn't want it to be too easy!

XV

X is my favorite, but I'd also put III, V, XII, and XIII above 6-9. Haven't played XIV

Judgmennt is incredible but I have to go with LaD because turn-based RPGs are my fave