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DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

I've been sitting around waiting to see if Intruder was going to run the Kicker Eliminator this year, but its already Wednesday and nothing is up yet, so be the change you want to see, I guess. If he or IcePhoenix want to run it I'll gladly step aside and let them do it again.

A recap of the rules from two years ago:

IcePhoenix posted:

With all the eliminators out there, I wanted to come up with something a little different. Something that can make even the biggest blowout meaningful. So I thought to myself, how about an eliminator that focuses on the most loved and hated guys in football? I've run Kicker Eliminator at another forum for the past few years and most people love it, so I thought I would bring it to all of you. So let's get started with the basics!

The Rules
1: Every week, you pick any kicker in the NFL. Once you pick that kicker, you cannot pick them for the rest of the season.
-1a: To clarify, a "kicker" for the purpose of this game counts as anyone who kicks the ball. You can choose to play a punter, a long FG specialist, or Wes Welker if you want to, but just remember rule 2 when doing so.

2: If that kicker makes every field goal and extra point attempt in their game, you advance. If they miss or do not attempt any field goals or extra points, you are eliminated

3: if every remaining player is eliminated in the same week, they will all advance to the next week

4: In the last three weeks of the season, a kicker may be picked by no more than half the remaining players

5: If no clear winner is determined by the end of week 17, we move to tiebreakers.

Tiebreakers
1 -Longest FG made the entire season from a kicker the week they kicked for you.
2 -Total points of all kickers the week they kicked for you.
3 -Total touchbacks of all kickers the week they kicked for you.
4 -Total points in each individual week, counting backwards (starts in week seventeen and goes back towards week one until the tie is broken).
5 -If it's even possible that I get to this step I'll figure something out and announce it before week 15.


Deadlines and picking your kickers
You must pick your kicker before kickoff of his scheduled game.
You may not edit your posts.
Once a kicker's game has started, he is locked in.
If you want to change your kicker, please do so in a new post with bold and italicized words so I don't miss it. As long as the timestamp is before your previous pick is locked in then it is fine.
Please don't edit posts, period. In the interest of fairness, any edited post that's during a time when a kicker could have been changed I am just going to eliminate you if any possible kicker you could have picked there missed a field goal.
In the interest of keeping things easy for me, please list the team the kicker plays for in your pick.


I'll probably give the winner a prize like an av cert or forums upgrade or something at the end, too.

Good luck!

So, pick your kickers, and hope they don't shank a week 1 extra point.

And here is the link to keep track!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G37ByWdsS97C0aTjCCpzZOG87tY4F7BWK8iuu72SaPs/edit?usp=sharing

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DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Intruder posted:

Yessss I don't have to do it this year :toot:


Better watch out, I'll flake out and leave it for you.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010


Well that didn't take long.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

I'm disappointed I can't do Lambo (LA) to you any longer.

Surprising how many guys missed extra points today too.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Week one is finished in the spreadsheet, congratulations to the smaller than expected amount who passed.

Honestly, I hope they all go this fast, its kind of fun to watch everyone lose to stupid mistakes.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Based on who's been picking so far, I would say its a shoe-in that Bryant is going to miss this weekend.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

I think at this point no one should pick Vinatieri

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

TubeStank posted:

Robbie Gould - Chicago

Great pick.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

axeil posted:

So with Cody Parkey going on IR to be replaced by Caleb Sturgis, do people who already used Parkey get to use Sturgis or is this a one team only thing?

Moot point because no one alive has picked Parkey, but....

1: Every week, you pick any kicker in the NFL. Once you pick that kicker, you cannot pick them for the rest of the season.

If anyone had picked Parkey, they can still use Sturgis.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

TubeStank posted:

Hauschka - Sea

Gould didn't attempt a kick last week, you're out.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Sorry I fell behind guys, rough week.

Everyone in it should be fixed up.


Ninja Edit: I can't read.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Last year I think two people kept it alive for like five weeks after everyone else was out.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

I'd rather keep it the same, since that's what was done last year and the year before. Seems likely we're going to have a winner in a few weeks anyway.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

And then there were two.

If you both pick kickers who miss, then the week doesn't count, and you both move on to the next week.

VV-Fixed

DreamtShadow fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Oct 27, 2015

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Ok, now we're down to two.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Congratulations Mind_Taker on winning this kicker eliminator! Unless you guys want to do another game of the same rules, which I think we have time for, we had a good run this year.

I really enjoyed the first pick being eliminated almost immediately, that was possibly the best part.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Ok, I cleared out the spreadsheet and reset it. Same rules, same prize as earlier this year.

My own pick is Gostkowski, NE.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Yea, I took yours in.

Everything is updated and I'm picking Matt Bryant this week.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Spreadsheet is updated with the shockingly few amount of players still alive.

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

This was way more fun this year, watching people get knocked out so quickly

DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Still need that sweet other pick.

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DreamtShadow
Aug 21, 2010

Grats Sataere on winning, check your inbox.

As for a third, I'll run it again if one of you guys wants to front the prize for the third one.

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