rocksniffer

...feeling good about taking houston...feeling stupid that i didn't take miami or cincinnati just for shits and giggles

even as i loiter in last place, i am picking til the very end

...beware a chaotic 'sniffer who believes if you can't win you must lose in a balls out way that is remembered for millennia

i found last week to be a refreshing blast of cash...after the first few losses i started making outrageous bar bets like next touchdown is by jets...or brees will not throw a TD...and raked it in

*knock*

2 hours ago, Bronn Stone said:

Drat.  I lost 14 points because I picked New England. 

I think I'll keep doing that and hope for the same result. (after the Bye, of course)

exactly what i was thinking when i put 12 on dallas...i would happily sacrifice for them to get a spanking

woo hoo...

i was able to break 100 and come in dead last...i'm battin' a 1000

2 hours ago, dbunting said:

Don't think that your picks go unappreciated! I see some crazy ones and I'm like WTF? There is a pool here at work and a guy is taking Cleveland over the Patriots. So much so he placed a cash bet, with NO points, he refused the points! He is a Cleveland fan and he made 200 when they beat Baltimore so I can't bag on him too much.

well that's good, i get a laugh outta imagining y'alls faces when the group picks light up...i understand your co-worker's feelings, i was a saints fan when we all had bags on our heads but every now and then i would make a buck or two...hahahhah
 

2 hours ago, Bronn Stone said:

One thing I noticed is that for some website glitch reason I don't understand, ME's games add up to one more than everyone elses.  It's like he got to pick Georgia-South Carolina and thought he was getting free points.

On topic, the measurement bars this week suggest that most games are going to have consensus picks over 75%.

as to the picks this week, yeah i think you mean the % bar graph on the far right of pick screen...i look at it, and i also use nfl pickwatch...lots of experts who aren't even doing as well as some of you guys at the top...

even though i know i ain't the first to do this...i go against the stream just to see if i can sneak in a big payoff...it is why i don't always put big points on sure things cause either we all get 'em or we don't but if i go low on those games i can spend the big bucks on toss ups where i have a chance to advance...straight into the cellar

14 hours ago, dbunting said:

I had picked the Saints, then switched to Chicago after hearing Kamara was out, whoops, wish I hadn't heard that news! Only 5 points but still.

i almost always take the Saints...just like i almost always go against the Pats...sadly the JETS were not up to the 1 point task i set for them

1 hour ago, KiDisaster said:

I hope we can get it going again this year. If there's anything I can do to help with the organization I'm happy to volunteer. 

great me too ...even if i suck at organization

maybe we should post a thread on gen chat, lit and entertainment just to direct people here to sign up...this might get the old ball rolling

52 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said:

Week six overtakes week four as officially the worst weak. Six people had to drop it. Joe Pesci emerges as the king of the slope with Aceluby coming in second and Bronn and Beavers tying for third. Here's where we are through the season. On to week seven!

Standings

Rank	Pick Set Name	Total	Dropped	W-L
1	Lumpt the Greek	482	59	52-25
2	Bronze Stones	453	64	50-26
3	Dbunting	451	57	52-24
4	Tywin	441	56	49-28
5	Aceluby	437	59	47-29
6	Kessler's Sports Book	433	61	47-29
7	Orchids of Asshai	433	60	48-29
8	Joe Pesci	432	60	49-27
9	Barrowton Beavers	430	59	46-30
10	Ramsay	430	54	45-32
11	MT Crystal Ballers	428	15	45-31
12	rocksniffer	423	27	45-32
13	Sunspear Shariffs	396	47	40-37

hahaahahha y'all are so lucky the moon was not in my seventh house...it was in the quart jar i was drinking out of...

i have already started using the blindfolded dart throwing pick 'em method already, so everyone should beware

...falling rock

although i am singularly unqualified to do the responsible job of organizing this great activity, perhaps we should start a little earlier this year...

what say y'all?

On 9/19/2019 at 11:21 PM, dbunting said:

I wish I had the guts to put more points on Sacksonville! I had a feeling, just wasn't sure if it was Jax winning or something I ate.

yeah i feel ya...i thought of going all in since it is the only way to catch up to y'all top dawgs...but decided it was bad tequila making me reckless

...and indy wins...

...and detroit wins...

28 minutes ago, Dunknegg said:

My picks are in. I know we can’t see other’s picks, but during the season, will we be able to see rankings there or only here(this thread).

How much value do the 4 tiebreakers have?  Are the used only weekly or do they have bearing at the end of the season?

i am no expert but i think the tie breakers each week determine order of those of us who have the same amount of points

you can see rankings, weekly pick scores etc on the site...Tywin copies it to here...points count more than win/loss numbers...much to my disdain, since i suck at assigning points but am good at picking winners

ok still trying should have it once i clear the cob webs outta my head

and hey which ever way y'all wanna go is good for me

eta...ok in like flint...

checking in to let you people know i am out for blood this year...

...and i am better against the spread than the confidence pts so beware what you wish for...heh heh heh

i currently live in South Carolina, US...

however i crawled out of Bayou La Fourche in south Louisiana, US, in 1951 and i have lived, worked and been schooled by a life on the water ever after

...where am i from - the halls of the drowned gods...davey jones' locker...the briny deep

i am a son of the Sea

On 2/4/2019 at 6:10 PM, Tywin et al. said:

Well the season is over and I think we might have a tie. I believe JJ is KSB, who is down 15 points to WHB. However, he was allowed to reclaim exactly 15 points from earlier in the year. If so, that's pretty damn funny:

Standings

Rank	Pick Set Name	Total	Dropped	W-L
1	White Harbor Bakers	1477	33	161-91
2	Kessler's Sports Book	1462	45	164-88
3	Bronze Stones	1449	53	167-85
4	dbunting	1431	48	161-91
5	Ramsay	1413	54	158-94
6	aceluby	1406	41	155-97
7	rocksniffer	1405	45	160-92
8	Tywin	1332	36	158-94
9	Lumpy the Greek	1310	47	150-102
10	Joe Pesci	1309	35	148-104
11	ThatPyroFlow	1135	0	129-120
12	Sunspear Serpents	715	0	79-170

damn play-offs screwed me...5th after regular season and now 7th...

ah well congrats to all you so called winners...since based on the picks alone i am 5th

16 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

I'm down for eliminating the drop week if we ditch the confidence points and move to picking against the spread. I'd probably want to keep it if we keep the current system. We'll put it all up to a vote next summer before the start of the season.

sounds good to me ...it is the points that fuck me up

On 1/6/2019 at 9:25 PM, mcbigski said:

If i didn't outsmart myself I d have gone 4 for 4.

yeah well i might have too but i jinxed seattle and chicago by going for them...such is life, but i feel good about being only 29 points outta first

...beware a dawg who has a goal

hahahahahhaahah...cheers to @Joe Pesci for seeing past the hype of the best defense in the nfl

...could foles take the birds all the way???

6 minutes ago, mcbigski said:

3 for 3.  I switched to the Bears since im not in make up more any more.   

yeah i should have taken the damn cowboys but nooooo...i had to hope their run was over

i am still in make up mode even though i know it is a hollow victory since Bronn blew off the games this week but i am going to claw for every point to the final game...

the sniffer returns...for wild card weekend

cheers to SwmbO for passing on my words

even though i tanked at fantasy this year, the picking has been better than i expected...sadly the damn cowboys came on strong last night and screwed me out of another weekly win...it figures, dallas has often thrown stones at my glass house of hope...

thanks to @Tywin et al. for overseeing all this fun and frustration

i'm in

questionnaire to follow...although anything local to your space is fine with me...foods, spices, maps, rocks

i will also say i am collecting hardback copies of ice and fire...i got dance and feast so far

eta: @HelenaExMachina you need to pin this in place of the one from last year...in my opinion