From: JeffreyRaze | #023
Oh. Well good then, though I can't be the only one... Can I?
Hey, don't cheer at others' failings. That's poor sportsmanship.
From: Winged Supreme | #024
Also anyone who took Straight Link basically said "Please give me a useless $10, I want no chance at $250."
Yes, but it's not a "give me a useless $10." There are 77 entrants in serious contention for 20 prizes. The minimum score needed to be competitive in this final round is 130200 pts; there are 77 above this cutoff. Based on prior contests, the ratio of prize-eligible entries to total entries is about 70-75%. Judging from my 2nd place finish in the unofficial Spread Betting contest, I estimated that around half of all entrants would self-implode from reckless betting. Even then, a straight pick still seemed far from a guaranteed top20 finish. (Now that it's in hindsight, it seems obvious, but not before the fact.)
From: FreezeMaster | #025
In this club. If I could've set my own min/max as I had hoped, I'd still be in it, barely (57.5-62.49). Anybody else get screwed by that? :|
I was hoping we could set our own bounds, too. Freaking allen didn't care to implement my suggestion. If that were the case, I would have set 57 - 72.
From: Solfadore | #027
5% or 1% was the way to go if you wanted prizes. And even then, a 60-64.99% pick wasn't too smart, given the fact that many people gambled on 1% picks within that range (enough to virtually cover every field). A 55-59.99%, on the other hand, is very solid, though.
Right but who would've seen that coming. The theme of this contest up to this point has been "go with B8 popular sentiment."
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