2005 March Madness Threshold Pool

[vin]

I LOST TO ISA.. AGAIN

As for the money. After looking at Dee's final 4, it'd be nice to let her have something special

[Isaviel]

Originally posted by vin
I LOST TO ISA.. AGAIN

As for the money. After looking at Dee's final 4, it'd be nice to let her have something special

*MWAH!*


I agree about Dee too but WOO for Wrent not being DFL in two consecutive pools!

[aelyn]

Originally posted by Gadiantor
This was the first bracket pool I've ever been in, so I can't really comment on the scoring system in comparison to other systems. The points going up so much at the end really made it a competition on who could pick the two final teams (which I did by the way ). Had Aelyn not hired a voodoo priestess (it's the doll thing you know) to influence the outcome of the game I'd have won by a huge margin. If the goal is to get the final team or two right the system works great, but I wonder if it would be better to reward people more for making good picks in earlier rounds...what do I know, I'm new to this.

Actually, compared to other systems i've seen, this one DOES reward people more for doing well early - the standard mode is 32 points per round, ie: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 - which makes it REALLY hard to lose if you pick the winner.

I actually kind of like this method, because it's a good balance. It rewards people for managing to pick the winner, but also doesn't completely negate the earlier rounds. It seems to keep it closer for more of the tournament, as opposed to easy blowouts.

[Aristotle]

Originally posted by aelyn
Actually, compared to other systems i've seen, this one DOES reward people more for doing well early - the standard mode is 32 points per round, ie: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 - which makes it REALLY hard to lose if you pick the winner.

Exactly. I am glad you explained that so I didn't have to.

Originally posted by aelyn
I actually kind of like this method, because it's a good balance. It rewards people for managing to pick the winner, but also doesn't completely negate the earlier rounds. It seems to keep it closer for more of the tournament, as opposed to easy blowouts.

Cool. That is exactly why I chose this scoring system and it looks like it did indeed keep things interesting. Also, the fact that someone who DIDN'T pick the winner tied for 1st shows how important the rest of the draw was.

[Gadiantor]

Originally posted by aelyn
Actually, compared to other systems i've seen, this one DOES reward people more for doing well early - the standard mode is 32 points per round, ie: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 - which makes it REALLY hard to lose if you pick the winner.

Ah, I like this method better than the alternative then. Thanks for that!

[Deokoria]

I betted with my heart and now my heart is broke. One year, one of my teams will win! (Maybe when Huggins goes to Duke. :/)

[Vidare]

This was the first Thresh pool that I've participated in, and I must say. It was quite enjoyable(even though stupid fucking Duke let me down! hooray for the Forums though, keeping the killing-spree alive ). Congrats to Isa, Gad and Aelyn for winning. For the $20 that's left over, maybe it can all go to the guy who was in 1st place for almost the entire tournament and just could NOT win the big one? (me) Or maybe just split it 4 ways($5 each) for the other people who didn't win big? Just a couple of suggestions.

[Aristotle]

Ok, since there is nobody seems to have distinguished him or herself as the deserving winner of the "special prize", I have come up with a system.

Everyone who participated in the March Madness pool, PM me with who you think our "special prize" winner should be and why you think it should be that person.

RULE #1: You cannot suggest yourself.

RULE #2: You cannot suggest the other winners: Gadiantor, Aelyn, and Isaviel.

RULE #3: Don't try to "game" the system by doing something like not voting for anyone or trying to figure out the least likely person to win so your vote for that person doesn't diminish your own chances to win the special prize!

The final winner will be selected by a combinaion of vote tallying and the quality of the reasons for that person winning.

[Aristotle]

Originally posted by Aristotle

Everyone who participated in the March Madness pool, PM me with who you think our "special prize" winner should be and why you think it should be that person.

RULE #1: You cannot suggest yourself.

RULE #2: You cannot suggest the other winners: Gadiantor, Aelyn, and Isaviel.

RULE #3: Don't try to "game" the system by doing something like not voting for anyone or trying to figure out the least likely person to win so your vote for that person doesn't diminish your own chances to win the special prize!

I only got three votes.

I don't think this prize ever got awarded. If I am wrong and you were the winner of this prize, post here please!

Otherwise, everyone else who hasn't voted yet, please vote. I have votes from Gadiantor, Wrent, and Deokoria. The rest of you are slackers!