Lurker > MZero

1-7 to 7 seed

Persona 5

and then play Royal in a few years

Huh, didn't know FFXII was on XBOX

Steiner posted...

i won't be there so what do i care

xp1337 posted...

In theory I wouldn't care but out of a fear of not actually being dead I'd probably prefer cremation to avoid the horror of being buried alive. Well, I'd prefer any organs I had that were in good enough shape to be donated so you'd think that'd take care of that but y'know.

But like if I was 100% guaranteed dead then I just wouldn't care, whatever was easiest/the least burdensome for my family.

these

Atlanta Falcons
Cincinnati Bengals
Los Angeles Rams
New England Patriots
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles Chargers
Seattle Seahawks
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins

Tokyo Xanadu eX+ and Ocean's Heart from the B8 Secret Santa

nothing else

I'm up to 12/23 on NG+

SpikeSetsFire posted...

Lot of ladder level 8s counting on a late cards TD here.

dang it all

classic cardinals

I mean +5.5 oops

Level 8
Arizona (+6.5)

Green Bay Packers
Arizona Cardinals

Nominate Paper Mario

It got some support love last time I nominated it, so might as well try again!

my original account would be 20 in February

which means I've been using GameFAQs for over 2/3 of my life

Do we have any matched pairs yet? I feel like we had like 3 last year

Dang I was interested in some of these but they aren't on sale on the JP store

_stingers_ posted...

The professor there (who's a huge douche BTW)

I went with prick in my notes but close enough

_stingers_ posted...

The day only moved forward by 1, so apparently at some point yesterday it turned from 12/19 to 12/20 though I never noticed it.

i noticed this too (didn't notice?), glad it wasn't just me!

_stingers_ posted...

Not what I expected? I guess they're gonna make us wait until the end of this section to formally recruit her or something. I could see them holding off on Hugo but Linde doesn't have much else to do but join us now lol. She's working part time at a grocery store for God sake, that's like, the lowest of the low...

you don't have access to the Courageous right now. You came by boat, remember?

UItimaterializer posted...

continental United States only.

Dang it

Thanks for doing this though!

Mr Crispy got me Tokyo Xanadu and Ocean's Heart!

I recently got super interested in Xanadu, so I'm especially stoked to play that! Ocean's Heart looks like good classic Zelda-esque fun, too. Thank you!

*loads save data from 12/23*

oh dear

if you play at the same pace as me... about 35 more hours

I've been pretty high up the standings all year but i'm starting to fall, need to get back on track

Titans

sorry stingers I got in a groove and ended up beating the game lol

I'll post my thoughts on things as you progress

Zanarkand
The Extreme

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 kick-off 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). If you have earned a bonus point during the same week, it is eligible to be used. 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: 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.

Level 6: Pleaser: Pick one team to win using the spread, but with the pleaser, you lose 6 points on the spread. In other words, add six points in whichever direction makes it harder to win. For example, a (-2.5) spread becomes (-8.5), a (+3.5) becomes a (-2.5) spread, etc.

Level 7: QB, RB, WR: Pick 1 player to throw a touchdown pass, 1 player to rush for a touchdown, and 1 player to catch a touchdown pass. They must all be from different teams, and must also combine for at least 4 touchdowns in their respective positions. Typically you will be picking a QB, RB, and WR, but you may pick players from other positions to fill those roles (i.e. a TE or RB to get a receiving touchdown). You must make it clear what role you are picking the players for if it is not the standard QB/RB/WR or QB/RB/TE. If the player gets a touchdown in a different way (i.e. your rusher getting a receiving touchdown), it does not count.

Level 8: 5 Game Teaser: This is the opposite of level 6. Instead of losing 6 points on each spread, you actually gain 6 points on each spread. But you have to get all 5 games right to move on. So a team favored by 9.5 will now only have to win by 3.5, a team that is getting 2.5 points will now be getting 8.5 points.

Level 9: Rank 'Em: Pick starting quarterbacks and rank them in order of passing yards they will have this week, from most to least. You must get the entire order correct. TWO CHOICES: You may rank three quarterbacks whose team wins the game, OR any four quarterbacks. All selected quarterbacks must start their game. You must pick all players at once; you cannot make a partial pick to complete later.

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

Thursday, December 23rd
San Francisco (-3.5) @ TENNESSEE 44.5

Saturday, December 25th
GREEN BAY (-6.5) vs Cleveland 44.5
ARIZONA (-0.5) vs Indianapolis 49.5

Sunday, December 26th
1 PM
ATLANTA (-5.5) vs Detroit 42.5
CINCINNATI (-2.5) vs Baltimore 44.5
Los Angeles Rams (-2.5) @ MINNESOTA 48.5
NEW ENGLAND (-2.5) vs Buffalo 43.5
NEW YORK JETS (-2.5) vs Jacksonville 41.5
PHILADELPHIA (-9.5) vs New York Giants 41.5
Tampa Bay (-10.5) @ CAROLINA 44.5
Los Angeles Chargers (-9.5) @ HOUSTON 45.5
4 PM
SEATTLE (-6.5) vs Chicago 43.5
KANSAS CITY (-9.5) vs Pittsburgh 45.5
LAS VEGAS (-0.5) vs Denver 41.5
8 PM
DALLAS (-10.5) vs Washington 46.5

Monday, December 20th
NEW ORLEANS (-2.5) vs Miami 38.5

Bonus Question: How many pass attempts will Mac Jones have this week? Pick any 5 number range (ex. 16-20, 8-12, etc.)

If my secret santa decides to go off wishlist, here's my Backloggery so you don't buy me something I have on another platform

https://backloggery.com/Kabazame

KamikazePotato posted...

nice nice ni

dang i thought i was clever

No, but I haven't really been avoiding it. I just never went often anyway

Not the most exciting winner but well deserved! And always happy to see the best game get another crown

Sword

NFUN posted...

9 is panzer dragoon

that's Alys from Phantasy Star IV

_stingers_ posted...

Have you considered getting a ps5

Yes but I haven't had any luck

also I didn't like ff7r

if only I had a ps5

Sword

I have a hard time picking against Brady!

I picked the Saints to cover cause the Bucs usually struggle with them, should have had the guts to pick them straight up

Zanarkand

FL81 posted...

underrated sleeper picks in... Anelace

wasn't a fan Josette

Good taste

yes

he's a good boy

Sword

dont read stingers

I thought I might beat the game today but this red gundam is trucking me up. I didn't realize it was going to force me to use all my weak characters at the same time. Thankfully I can go back and edit their equipment and orbments, but that doesn't help the fact that they're 20 levels lower than my main party...and I can't buy new stuff or make new quartz. I did have the foresight to buy everyone's weapons at least.

no my ladder

MZero posted...

If I was on level 6 I would take New England in a heartbeat

tee hee