March Madness

[A Punched Face]

Who wants in? We should do brackets for this.

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Password: Amaloo

 

[Jon]

I hate basketball and know nothing of college. But if you want me to blindly pick teams based on a combination of rankings and school names, I'm in for a bracket!

 

[A Punched Face]

I hate basketball and know nothing of college. But if you want me to blindly pick teams based on a combination of rankings and school names, I'm in for a bracket!

That's all it takes for March Madness. The end result is a badge so everyone should be able to blindly pick and someone will get lucky enough to win.

 

[Fire Queen]

brackets are always fun. i'm in! i don't follow college basketball as closely as i used to but i still fill out brackets every year and weirdly enough the less seriously i take it the better my predictions go

 

[Mark]

Who wants in? We should do brackets for this.

That can be done. How much time do we have to set it up?

 

[shortkut]

I don’t follow college basketball at all, but last time I did a bracket, maybe 5 years ago, I won the whole thing including the tiebreaker (total score for the championship game), so I’m in

 

[A Punched Face]

That can be done. How much time do we have to set it up?

March 19th is the first 4 I believe. If it can't be done on here then we could easily do an ESPN one. But it would be cool to do it here for sure if possible.

 

[Mark]

March 19th is the first 4 I believe. If it can't be done on here then we could easily do an ESPN one. But it would be cool to do it here for sure if possible.

I know for a fact I could configure it like the NFL pool, which was considered a “standard” pool. These are the other options:



So, what I’m thinking is I can take a look at the brackets and see how close I can get to replicating it. I’m wondering if the survivor one might be the way to go, but I haven’t looked too far into it yet because I don’t have anything created for the NCAA yet, which is what I’ve gotta do first.

 

[A Punched Face]

It'll have to function differently, because you need to carry through previous picks to future rounds instead of picking the games each round. Not sure how Survivor pools work in that instance.

 

[TD]

I hardly follow it but if we're gonna do a GWF Bracket thing, I'd definitely be in.

 

[Jon]

It'll have to function differently, because you need to carry through previous picks to future rounds instead of picking the games each round. Not sure how Survivor pools work in that instance.

I'm sure we could find some sort of fillable bracket we could essentially use here

 

[Cam]

Haven't watched a whole lot of college basketball this year (my team has been horrible), but I'm in!

 

[A Punched Face]

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[A Punched Face]

@Cam @TD @Mark @shortkut @Fire Queen @Smacktard @Ants! @Olga @Nae'blis @Jawneh @Local Hero @Crystal @Ben @Benzine @The Eye in the Sky! @The Flame @VashTheStampede @Christina @Tommy Boy @Zell 17 @Kat @Webster @ColoradoAvalancheFanMatt @canadaguy @Raposuh @Cole @Lee @Fool's Requiem @Raine @GwJumpman @Spiner202 @Holly @Lunar Kreskents @BigDaddy @Gloom-is-good

I dunno just tagging people. When available fill out a bracket however you want. Like the team colors? Do it up. Hate a mascot? Murder them with balls. No money on the line, no continuous need to do things, just a one time fill out on a bracket. Don't even need to follow the games.

You might accidentally win a badge! Tag all your friends that you can think of as well.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

this a bracket challenge?

 

[TD]

When does Madness start? Just wanna know how much time I got.

 

[Cole]

@Cam @TD @Mark @shortkut @Fire Queen @Smacktard @Ants! @Olga @Nae'blis @Jawneh @Local Hero @Crystal @Ben @Benzine @The Eye in the Sky! @The Flame @VashTheStampede @Christina @Tommy Boy @Zell 17 @Kat @Webster @ColoradoAvalancheFanMatt @canadaguy @Raposuh @Cole @Lee @Fool's Requiem @Raine @GwJumpman @Spiner202 @Holly @Lunar Kreskents @BigDaddy @Gloom-is-good

I dunno just tagging people. When available fill out a bracket however you want. Like the team colors? Do it up. Hate a mascot? Murder them with balls. No money on the line, no continuous need to do things, just a one time fill out on a bracket. Don't even need to follow the games.

You might accidentally win a badge! Tag all your friends that you can think of as well.

I don't watch badsketball

 

[A Punched Face]

this a bracket challenge?

Yes

When does Madness start? Just wanna know how much time I got.

• Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 17
• First round: March 21-22

You'll have between March 17th after the bracket is created and March 21st (noon eastern, the first tipoff) to make your selections

 

[Fire Queen]

we've got another couple weeks. selection sunday is the 17th. most conference tournaments haven't even started yet

 

[A Punched Face]

I don't watch badsketball

A friend of mine once had her 6 year old daughter pick while never watching sports at that point in her life. She finished better than like 3 quarters of the people who were serious about it.

 

[TD]

Sounds good. I'll be in for this. Watching thread now to remind myself.

 

[Lunar Kreskents]

ew, sports

 

[Nae'blis]

I don't have a freaking clue about anything of this, but sure I'll blindly pick something!

 

[Local Hero]

Sports, in this economy?

 

[Tommy Boy]

 

[Jon]

Guys, I don't watch basketball either and dopn't know anything about college. I'm in just to randomly pick teams and piss off the people that do know it and I beat.

 

[Nae'blis]

Guys, I don't watch basketball either and dopn't know anything about college. I'm in just to randomly pick teams and piss off the people that do know it and I beat.

This is pretty much how I plan to do it as well!

 

[A Punched Face]

Guys, I don't watch basketball either and dopn't know anything about college. I'm in just to randomly pick teams and piss off the people that do know it and I beat.

This is the way.

Honestly, what watching way too much gets you is the ability to consistently do in the top 25% of brackets. Usually it's fans of the team that ends up winning that do the best, and statistically people who know next to nothing about it end up doing better on average than casual fans.

 

[TD]

Yeah from what I understand, March Madness is basically a dart throw anyhow.

 

[A Punched Face]

Yeah from what I understand, March Madness is basically a dart throw anyhow.

This is correct.

 

[Benzine]

i do not know anything about college sports but for you i will do it

 

[Benzine]

i play in an nba 30 team dynasty fantasy league, where we also must have a salary cap that is filled by our players actual salaries, it's 82 match ups instead of weekly match ups, one for each game. then there's also minutes restrictions and blah de blah blah. really cool version of fantasy bball.

i really struggle at the time to make our draft picks though cause i know nothing about college basketball. in the future i will ask alu.

 

[Crystal]

Question -- what?

 

[A Punched Face]

i play in an nba 30 team dynasty fantasy league, where we also must have a salary cap that is filled by our players actual salaries, it's 82 match ups instead of weekly match ups, one for each game. then there's also minutes restrictions and blah de blah blah. really cool version of fantasy bball.

i really struggle at the time to make our draft picks though cause i know nothing about college basketball. in the future i will ask alu.

Lol I can give you a better than 0 idea about some things for sure. I'm not as into it as I was a decade ago, but I still follow enough to get a decent base.

 

[A Punched Face]

Question -- what?

Join pool. Make random picks..win badge?

 

[Crystal]

Join pool. Make random picks..win badge?

 

[Nae'blis]

Do some clicking probably.

 

[A Punched Face]

Do some clicking probably.

Yes this is also a requirement.

 

[Crystal]

K, I'll click

 

[Nae'blis]

 

[Crystal]

How'd you get live footage of me?

 

[VashTheStampede]

I don't watch badsketball

then you'll probably win

 

[Nae'blis]

 

[Nae'blis]

How'd you get live footage of me?

 

[VashTheStampede]

im in

 

[Benzine]

which team has caitlin clark

 

[VashTheStampede]

Is Indiana State in? Cause I'm all about Cream Abdul-Jabbar

 

[Benzine]

wait it's not even open to do the bracket yet? i don't know if i will be available in 16 days 2 hours 37 minutes and 32 seconds

 

[VashTheStampede]

yeah but then you'll have like maybe 7 days 2 hours 12 minutes and 20 seconds to make a bracket

 

[Benzine]

yeah but then you'll have like maybe 7 days 2 hours 12 minutes and 20 seconds to make a bracket

i'm busy for 8 days 15 hours 48 minutes and 44 seconds though