Lurker > Ashethan

I'd probably have them at #24 this week, but their coach is still Josh McDaniels, who I have zero confidence in.

Raiders have to beat a non-divisional opponent before I give them much credit. They would move up if they play well against the Chiefs.Might have them a little low, but they were the only team that was completely winless last week.

Power Rankings are really difficult this year. You could easily make an argument for many teams.

My current power rankings:

#1. Philadelphia Eagles
#2. Buffalo Bills
#3. Kansas City Chiefs
#4. Miami Dolphins
#5. Baltimore Ravens
#6. Green Bay Packers
#7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
#8. Cincinnati Bengals
#9. San Francisco 49ers
#10. Los Angeles Rams
#11. Dallas Cowboys
#12. Jacksonville Jaguars
#13. Minnesota Vikings
#14. Los Angeles Chargers
#15. Arizona Cardinals
#16. Denver Broncos
#17. New York Giants
#18. Tennessee Titans
#19. New England Patriots
#20. New Orleans Saints
#21. Atlanta Falcons
#22. New York Jets
#23. Pittsburgh Steelers
#24. Cleveland Browns
#25. Seattle Seahawks
#26. Detroit Lions
#27. Chicago Bears
#28. Las Vegas Raiders
#29. Washington Commanders
#30. Indianapolis Colts
#31. Carolina Panthers
#32. Houston Texans

Some of those I could be argued down/up.

RaidenGarai posted...

Because the NFL doesnt really care about player safety.

That's not true. They very much care about certain players safety. They just don't care about all players safety.

Leafeon13N posted...

Now it is rare that you cant, typically involving all of California being on fire. The air is immensely more breathable than it was when I was younger. Kids today no longer know of "Smog days" where the air was so bad schools would not allow them to go outside.

NYC had bad air quality too. It's not near as bad as it used to be. I've considered moving to CA to be closer to my daughter, but not sure we can afford it. I feel like we should be pushing EV's as a path to energy independence more than we are, though conservatives don't seem to care about energy independence unless it means having more oil.

Crescent-Moon posted...

The Lions defense is giving up points so fast they still have all 3 timeouts.

That's news to me. The Lions have a defense?!

Trevor Lawrence single handedly losing the game for the Jaguars refusing to wear gloves.

HanOfTheNekos posted...

I think Californians wanted to not live under impenetrable smog every day.

Glad they did. Cause my daughter's going to college in L.A. Wish more people would feel this way tbh.

Leonhart4 posted...

how did they lose to the Commies week 1

All part of Doug Pederson's plan to get teams to underestimate them.

Leonhart4 posted...

They've been sending terrible Jags teams to London to get blown out for years and the game still sells out, so it doesn't seem to matter much!

The Jaguars... might actually be good this year.

Change my Patriots pick to 13

With Mac Jones out, I'm not sure they'll score that much. Plus the Packers D has done pretty well.

Patriots - 17
Steelers - 17

Minnesota Vikings
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Detroit Lions
Tennessee Titans
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Buffalo Bills
Los Angeles Chargers
Arizona Cardinals
Green Bay Packers
Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Rams

A lawn mower. Never got it, but did get a refund through paypal with no problems.

Miami Dolphins

Rules:

1. Each week, you will be predicting the score for two teams. These two teams do NOT have to be facing one another.
2. You cannot pick a team twice, until you've picked for all other teams. At which point you can predict them a second time but never a third time. A spreadsheet will be available to list available teams for you. There is an exception for week 14. If you've already picked for all teams except for 5 or 6 on a BYE during that week, you may repeat your teams a week early, but then cannot pick repeat teams again until week 18. (Or one in week 17 as the case may be)
3. If you miss a week, you will be automatically given the worst score of the week +7. So if the worst score in a week is a combined 22, you will be given 29 points.
4. The Top 12 pickers will move on to the playoffs.
5. Each week there will be a tiebreaker Triple Threat. You can predict the result of 0, 1, 2, or 3 of those games. You will then earn tiebreaker points based on how many you get right. For each you get right, you earn 10 points. For each you get wrong you lose 30 points. If you get every one you predict correct, your points will be doubled. This means if you go 1/1 you get 20 points. If you go 2/2 you get 40 points. And if you go 3/3 you get 60 points. But if you go 2/3 you lose 10 points. And if you go 1/2 you lose 20 points. And if you go 0/1 you lose 30 points. You do not have to pick any of them. Doing so, however, will earn you 0 points.
6. There will also be a final tiebreaker in week 18. Any further ties will be decided by the record against playoff teams (If you've picked them twice, those scores will be halved. So if you get +3 and +7, your score will be considered 5, not 10)
7. A Score Prediction must be posted before the game starts. Tiebreakers must be posted before those games start. The Thursday Night game will never be part of the tiebreaker so as to give everyone time to pick a tiebreaker.

Congrats to thekitchensink for having the best week last week with 9 points! Good job!

Teams Remaining Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjnbiBjohg8DmP0JTrFE9OmAZi1dMUzjBG5Byyq8elE2R_gtUGwrG69SarjwwpkkLh4rztinCwnknP/pubhtml

Score Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxb2o52lDTCzHbpzj8L0sq1x6AwdccUd70P_zFnxukdppktTHCBHOBLXnljB1ZVbvtfPqF9xD4ckxC/pubhtml

Standings:
(1) KCF0107 [26] **-30**
(2) theawesomestevr [28] **-30**
(3) thekitchensink [29] **-120**
(4) davidponte [36] **10**
(5) SwiftyDC [38] **0**
(6) Ashethan [53] **-30**
(7) Emeraldegg [59] **-10**
(8) Stripperiffic [59] **-30**
(9) Runemistress [61] **0**
(10) Dancedreamer [61] **-30**
(11) Buffy_Summers [65] **-10**
(12) HanOfTheNekos [69] **20**
(13) Crescent-Moon [92] **0**
(14) changmas [99] **20**
(15) wallmasterz [108] **-20**

Week 4 Schedule:
Miami Dolphins @ Cinncinnati Bengals
Minnesota Vikings @ New Orleans Saints
Cleveland Browns @ Atlanta Falcons
Washington Commanders @ Dallas Cowboys
Seattle Seahawks @ Detroit Lions
Tennessee Titans @ Indianapolis Colts
Chicago Bears @ New York Giants
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Philadelphia Eagles
New York jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Buffalo Bills @ Baltimore Ravens
Los Angeles Chargers @ Houston Texans
Arizona Cardinals @ Carolina Panthers
New England Patriots @ Green Bay Packers
Denver Broncos @ Las Vegas Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles Rams @ San Francisco 49ers

Triple Threat Tiebreaker:
Buffalo Bills @ Baltimore Ravens
Denver Broncos @ Las Vegas Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

So Josh McDaniels won't get a third chance... right? Or is some team going to be desperate enough to be like "Yeah, let's hire that guy!"

Rams - 27
Falcons - 23

Chicago Bears
Las Vegas Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs
Buffalo Bills
Minnesota Vikings
Cincinnati Bengals
Philadelphia Eagles
New Orleans Saints
Los Angeles Chargers
Arizona Cardinals
Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
San Francisco 49ers
New York Giants
Baltimore Ravens

dilateDChemist posted...

Can someone tell me which teams Ive already picked? Cant seem to get the excel to work on my phone. Pretty please .

You've picked the Jets, Chiefs, Chargers and Texans

Pittsburgh Steelers

Yeah, I enjoyed the early game story. (Which is way more enjoyable with the Champion Rune). I feel like Suikoden should just have an 'encounters off' button.

Not even the best shooter... by Rare.

Best N64 game is Snowboard kids 2. But only like KCF and I have played that game and maybe someone else.

9.5/10

Loved the story. Definitely one of my favorites in a video game. Couple things hold it back from being a 10, but it was what I was definitely looking for after Suikoden III and IV.

theawesomestevr posted...

It looks like on the spreadsheet you have me down as having picked the Packers Week 1. You scored me correctly points-wise so I'm guessing you just copied the wrong team on the spreadsheet, but the Panthers were the team I picked along with the Seahawks that week (Packers were my failed tiebreaker pick).

Also, not that it matters since I know what you mean, but mine is flip-flopped between teams picked and teams I have left labels.

Fixed on both accounts. I had you down with the right picks in the other spreadsheet. Just copy/pasted the wrong one for the picked spreadsheet. And honestly have no idea how that happened. Might have been before I alphabetized them because I figured alphabetical is easier.

dilateDChemist posted...

Hold on I am SwiftyDC. I should only have one entry. Sorry for the confusion.

No problem. I can fix that. Wasn't sure why you said 'change' in the last topic. I think your change came last, so you should have 21 points. And that means that the best pick last week was thekitchensink and theawesomestevr with 7 points! Good job to them!

Rules:

1. Each week, you will be predicting the score for two teams. These two teams do NOT have to be facing one another.
2. You cannot pick a team twice, until you've picked for all other teams. At which point you can predict them a second time but never a third time. A spreadsheet will be available to list available teams for you. There is an exception for week 14. If you've already picked for all teams except for 5 or 6 on a BYE during that week, you may repeat your teams a week early, but then cannot pick repeat teams again until week 18. (Or one in week 17 as the case may be)
3. If you miss a week, you will be automatically given the worst score of the week +7. So if the worst score in a week is a combined 22, you will be given 29 points.
4. The Top 12 pickers will move on to the playoffs.
5. Each week there will be a tiebreaker Triple Threat. You can predict the result of 0, 1, 2, or 3 of those games. You will then earn tiebreaker points based on how many you get right. For each you get right, you earn 10 points. For each you get wrong you lose 30 points. If you get every one you predict correct, your points will be doubled. This means if you go 1/1 you get 20 points. If you go 2/2 you get 40 points. And if you go 3/3 you get 60 points. But if you go 2/3 you lose 10 points. And if you go 1/2 you lose 20 points. And if you go 0/1 you lose 30 points. You do not have to pick any of them. Doing so, however, will earn you 0 points.
6. There will also be a final tiebreaker in week 18. Any further ties will be decided by the record against playoff teams (If you've picked them twice, those scores will be halved. So if you get +3 and +7, your score will be considered 5, not 10)
7. A Score Prediction must be posted before the game starts. Tiebreakers must be posted before those games start. The Thursday Night game will never be part of the tiebreaker so as to give everyone time to pick a tiebreaker.

Congrats to SwiftyDC for having the best week last week with 4 points! Good job!

Teams Remaining Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjnbiBjohg8DmP0JTrFE9OmAZi1dMUzjBG5Byyq8elE2R_gtUGwrG69SarjwwpkkLh4rztinCwnknP/pubhtml

Score Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxb2o52lDTCzHbpzj8L0sq1x6AwdccUd70P_zFnxukdppktTHCBHOBLXnljB1ZVbvtfPqF9xD4ckxC/pubhtml

Standings:
(1) SwiftyDC [15] **-20**
(2) KCF0107 [16] **-10**
(3) theawesomestevr [18] **-30**
(4) davidponte [20] **10**
(5) thekitchensink [20] **-90**
(6) Runemistress [21] **0**
(7) Stripperiffic [29] **-30**
(8) Dancedreamer [42] **-30**
(9) Ashethan [42] **-30**
(10) Crescent-Moon [45] **0**
(11) Buffy_Summers [45] **-10**
(12) dilateDChemist [48] **-60**
(13) Emeraldegg [49] **10**
(14) changmas [52] **20**
(15) HanOfTheNekos [53] **20**
(16) wallmasterz [61] **-20**

Week 3 Schedule:
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns
Houston Texans @ Chicago Bears
Las Vegas Raiders @ Tennessee Titans
Kansas City Chiefs @ Indianapolis Colts
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions @ Minnesota Vikings
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots
Cincinnati Bengals @ New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Commanders
New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Los Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Rams @ Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons @ Seattle Seahawks
Green Bay Packers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
San Francisco 49ers @ Denver Broncos
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants

Triple Threat Tiebreaker:
Las Vegas Raiders @ Tennessee Titans
Atlanta Falcons @ Seattle Seahawks
Houston Texans @ Chicago Bears

AFC South looking really bad right now.

@wallmasterz @Crescent-Moon @changmas

Just sending out reminders in case they still want to participate.

I won't be surprised if Hackett is out at the end of the season.

I will be surprised if Rhule and Reich make it to the end of the season.

McCarthy's probably gone too, much to Dallas fans relief.

I picked a pretty good group for the triple threat tiebreaker.

Already updated the score spreadsheet. Except for the tiebreaker, which I'll do momentarily.

Ashethan posted...

Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Baltimore Ravens
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Cincinnati Bengals
Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders
Green Bay Packers
Buffalo Bills
Minnesota Vikings

Changing to the Buccaneers.

tcaz2 posted...

Honestly while 1 is good, I think anyone that rates it higher than 3 and 5 straight up have the nostalgia goggles duct taped to their face.

I just don't find 3's story that good, dislike the battle system overall, think the war system could be much better/more interesting, and I really hate that for roughly half the game, you're stuck with a set party in a game with 108 characters.

KamikazePotato posted...

1 is better than 3, but I don't think 3 is very good. 2>5>1>3, never played 4.

This is my ranking, except I played 4 and I have no idea if I'd place it above or below 3. Probably below, but it's not a definite below.

5 going backwards worked so well, it told the much needed story of Georg Prime. Falena was one of the top most wanted destinations by fans, especially after Richmond's reveal about it back in II.

V's opening is definitely slow. But that buildup is pretty necessary. A 5 remaster or even just a digital release would be great. I feel like not enough people have experienced that game.

Uglyface2 posted...

I've been saying for years that Konami was sitting on a goldmine with their game library and they hadn't realized it. Someone on their executive board must have realized it, and that's why we're getting all of these collections.

Now we just need a Goemon collection! Don't get my hopes up.

Everyone else: "Man that art style sucks."

Me: "Man, they're FINALLY doing something with Suikoden again. That isn't a pachinko game. I'll take it."

Hope they keep the Matilda Glitch.

Cowboys 10 points
Panthers 17 points
Cleveland Browns

Ashethan posted...

Kansas City Chiefs

Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
New Orleans Saints
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Baltimore Ravens
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Cincinnati Bengals
Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders
Green Bay Packers
Buffalo Bills
Minnesota Vikings

Kansas City Chiefs

Rules:

1. Each week, you will be predicting the score for two teams. These two teams do NOT have to be facing one another.
2. You cannot pick a team twice, until you've picked for all other teams. At which point you can predict them a second time but never a third time. A spreadsheet will be available to list available teams for you. There is an exception for week 14. If you've already picked for all teams except for 5 or 6 on a BYE during that week, you may repeat your teams a week early, but then cannot pick repeat teams again until week 18. (Or one in week 17 as the case may be)
3. If you miss a week, you will be automatically given the worst score of the week +7. So if the worst score in a week is a combined 22, you will be given 29 points.
4. The Top 12 pickers will move on to the playoffs.
5. Each week there will be a tiebreaker Triple Threat. You can predict the result of 0, 1, 2, or 3 of those games. You will then earn tiebreaker points based on how many you get right. For each you get right, you earn 10 points. For each you get wrong you lose 30 points. If you get every one you predict correct, your points will be doubled. This means if you go 1/1 you get 20 points. If you go 2/2 you get 40 points. And if you go 3/3 you get 60 points. But if you go 2/3 you lose 10 points. And if you go 1/2 you lose 20 points. And if you go 0/1 you lose 30 points. You do not have to pick any of them. Doing so, however, will earn you 0 points.
6. There will also be a final tiebreaker in week 18. Any further ties will be decided by the record against playoff teams (If you've picked them twice, those scores will be halved. So if you get +3 and +7, your score will be considered 5, not 10)
7. A Score Prediction must be posted before the game starts. Tiebreakers must be posted before those games start. The Thursday Night game will never be part of the tiebreaker so as to give everyone time to pick a tiebreaker.

Congrats to davidponte for doing the best last week with 8 points! Good job!

Teams Remaining Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjnbiBjohg8DmP0JTrFE9OmAZi1dMUzjBG5Byyq8elE2R_gtUGwrG69SarjwwpkkLh4rztinCwnknP/pubhtml

Score Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxb2o52lDTCzHbpzj8L0sq1x6AwdccUd70P_zFnxukdppktTHCBHOBLXnljB1ZVbvtfPqF9xD4ckxC/pubhtml

Standings:
(1)davidponte [8] **(40)**
(2)KCF0107 [9] **(20)**
(3)Runemistress [9] **(0)**
(4)SwiftyDC [11] **(40)**
(5)changmas [11] **(20)**
(6)theawesomestevr [ 11] **(-30)**
(7)Stripperiffic [13] **(0)**
(8)thekitchensink [13] **(-30)**
(9)Emeraldegg [15] **(40)**
(10)Buffy_Summers [16] **(20)**
Average [16]
(11)wallmasterz [20] **(-20)**
(12)HanOfTheNekos [23] **(0)**
(13)Crescent-Moon [25] **(0)**
(14)Dancedreamer [26] **(0)**

Got the pick websheet up and running:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjnbiBjohg8DmP0JTrFE9OmAZi1dMUzjBG5Byyq8elE2R_gtUGwrG69SarjwwpkkLh4rztinCwnknP/pubhtml

Just click your username, and you'll be able to see a list of available teams as well as the teams you've already picked. Hopefully this is an easy enough to read format. People can still join, but the only available teams to pick are now the Buccaneers, Cowboys, Seahawks and Broncos.

Packers are killing me here.

thekitchensink posted...

any guesses what the top score will be at the end of the season?

less than 100? around 150? 200+?

I don't think it'll be less than 100. Probably in the 200's. But we'll see. I don't think this has ever been done before. One could easily score 20 points in a single game if a team under or overperforms. Han for example did great with the Bills. Spot on. 0 points there. But the Rams scored him 23 points.

Seahawks 13 points
Packers 34 points

Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints
San Francisco 49ers
Cincinnati Bengals
Philadelphia Eagles
Miami Dolphins
Baltimore Ravens
Washington Commanders
Carolina Panthers
Indianapolis Colts
Tennessee Titans
Green Bay Packers
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

foxhead84 posted...

Bummer! I loved your playoff system.... Can you just take the top 12 from the "regular" league and run "your" playoff system alongside, when the season ends?

Well I've got some good news for you! This league's playoff system is the same as my "other picks" league. With some slight tweaks.