Vikings Forum Marathon Survival Game

milanb · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 5225 Location: Ottawa, Ontario

My beef with all the existing survivor games is that everyone is eliminated too quickly. So I decided to create a survivor game that's challenging and yet allows everyone to last deep into the season.

Here are the rules:

You must pick exactly one winner every week.
You may not pick any team to win more than once
You may not pick any team to lose more than once.
Every loss or tie counts as a strike.
Failure to get your pick in prior to kickoff of the first game in any week counts as a strike, and you have to pick two winners the following week.
Three strikes and you're out.
Last player standing wins.
In the event of a tie, the first tiebreaker is the best combined won-lost records of the teams each player picked to lose. If it's still tied after that the remaining players will keep picking until a winner is decided.

Just to clarify: you are predicting the outcome of exactly one game each week. The team you pick to win that game is your "winner" and the team you pick to lose is your "loser". If you are wrong you get one strike against you. You cannot pick your winner to win again and you cannot pick your loser to lose again.

For example, if you pick the Vikings over the Jaguars in Week 1 you may not pick the Vikings to win again or the Jaguars to lose again. In the remote chance that the Jaguars win you will get a strike against you.

Because we're very close to the Wednesday game already the Week 1 deadline will be extended to Sunday for this week only. That is, you may pick the Cowboys or Giants if you get your pick in prior to kickoff of that game, but otherwise the deadline is prior to kickoff of the early games on Sunday.

Every week we will have a list of remaining players with their winners, losers and strike total.

Suggestions and comments are welcome.
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The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. — Ecclesiastes 9:11

But that’s the way to bet. — Jimmy The Greek

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66829

cool idea, thanks for hosting!

Applause

don't forget to post each week's games, so it's easier for us to choose from.
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vikingsrule · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:03 pm Post subject:

I am willing to let this game remain open as long as your willing to keep up with it on a weekly basis. Sounds like an interesting concept.

milanb · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 5225 Location: Ottawa, Ontario

milanb · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 5225 Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Official standings

Strikes are denoted in red text.

Eliminated

marshpit23
Winners: Vikings, no pick, no pick+no pick
Losers: Jaguars, no pick, no pick

loganhelland
Winners: Panthers, no pick, no pick
Losers: Buccaneers, no pick, no pick

SteelKing728
Winners: Eagles, Vikings, no pick, Giants+49ers
Losers: Browns, Colts, no pick, Eagles+Jets

Heavydan85
Winners: Broncos, Washington, no pick, no pick
Losers: Steelers, Rams, no pick

Robbroy45
Winners: Texans, Patriots, 49ers, no pick
Losers: Dolphins, Cardinals, Vikings, no pick

Viking734
Winners: Falcons, Cowboys, Lions, no pick
Losers: Chiefs, Seahawks, Titans, no pick

GoneWithTheWind
Winners: Raiders, Packers, Steelers, no pick
Losers: Chargers, Bears, Raiders, no pick

Big_D88
Winners: Lions, Patriots, 49ers, Ravens, Packers
Losers: Rams, Cardinals, Vikings, Browns, Colts

Kellerman
Winners: Ravens, Bengals, no pick, Cardinals+Cowboys, Giants, Cardinals
Losers: Bengals, Browns, no pick,Dolphins+Bears, Browns, Bills

Nzd07
Winners: Chargers, no pick, Jets+49ers, Ravens, Vikings, invalid pick (chose the Raiders to lose more than once)
Losers: Raiders, no pick, Dolphins+Vikings, Browns, Titans

vikingsrule
Winners: Bears, 49ers, Steelers, Cardinals, Vikings, Texans, Patriots, Packers, Redskins
Losers: Colts, Lions, Raiders, Dolphins, Titans, Packers, Jets, Jaguars, Panthers

vike daddy
Winners: Texans, Saints, Cowboys, Ravens, 49ers, Steelers, Vikings, Patriots, Broncos, Steelers, Rams
Losers: Dolphins, Panthers, Bucaneers, Browns, Bills, Titans, Cardinals, Rams, Bengals, Chiefs, Jets

milanb
Winners: Giants, Chargers, Cowboys, Cardinals, Patriots, Falcons, Bears, Packers, Redskins, Steelers, Broncos, Colts, Ravens
Losers: Cowboys, Titans, Buccaneers, Dolphins, Broncos, Raiders, Lions, Jaguars, Panthers, Chiefs, Chargers, Bills, Steelers

Still Alive

disaacs
Winners: Texans, Chargers, Cowboys, Packers, 49ers, Falcons, Vikings, Bears, Broncos, Seahawks, Redskins, Dolphins, Bills
Losers: Dolphins, Titans, Buccaneers, Saints, Bills, Raiders, Cardinals, Panthers, Bengals, Jets, Eagles, Seahawks, Jaguars
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The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. — Ecclesiastes 9:11

But that’s the way to bet. — Jimmy The Greek