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Hey everybody. Welcome to my brainchild of an idea of a fun activity to keep the Amazingness that is the 4th rendition of the Chase for the Sprint Cup interesting. It's CBJ's Super Mega Awesome Chase For The March Madness Game 7 Sprint Cup Pick 'Em 2.0! It’s a pick ‘em game and it’s simple. I said that last year, but don’t let that deter you. There will be four groups of drivers sorted based upon their initial seeding in the Chase, drivers 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, and 13-16. You pick the driver you think will do the best/advance the farthest in this bullshit March Madness ripoff of a playoff system. Please note that it is entirely possible for a Group 4 driver to advance to the final round, as Ryan Newman came from like 15th to be a Kevin Harvick blown tire/engine failure on the last lap from a title last year. The groups are as follows: Group 1: Jimmie Johnson, Busch of the Kyle variety, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano Group 2: Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt, Jr, Kurt the Busch, Carl Edwards Group 3: Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex, Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray Group 4: Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Paul Menard, Clint Bowyer Now, for those who might have forgotten, there was a v1.0 of this game last season. In theory, the concept was simple: a descending point scale where the champ gets 16 points and the last place driver gets 1. If you have three or all four drivers who advance to the final round you’ll, by definition, score the most points. I thought it was foolproof. I was proud of myself. But the game worked as well as most of Brian France’s ideas. Math has treated me like poo poo since 5th grade and, in spite of a Master’s Degree, it was again a fickle mistress. Kidc had three of his four drivers make it to  So, we’re going to do it differently.  Actual scoring is TBD (Somebody give me ideas) The only provision which survives from last year’s game is Brock Beard’s LASTCHASE Challenge*: Pick the driver who finishes last and you get two bonus points. The driver who finishes 15th in the standings earns you one point.Get it on: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10fLqYS6YPOac-k9scDGlwyrSWjkROiIA9akAxCAeLh8/viewform?usp=send_form *LASTCAR endorsement not official.
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This was tough to pick, none of the last group feel like sneaky winners to me. Last year I was super confident in Newman but not this time around.
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Sep 14, 2015 13:35
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Everyone is picking the same drivers.
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Sep 14, 2015 16:13
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Let's see how horrible I do at this.
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Sep 15, 2015 00:33
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Compare your picks with others: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10fLqYS6YPOac-k9scDGlwyrSWjkROiIA9akAxCAeLh8/viewanalytics
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Sep 15, 2015 00:40
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I voted Gordon in the lastcar bonus if that wasn't obvious.
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Sep 15, 2015 05:06
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Signed up. Kenseth is going to win this year...hate me now if you didn't already. edit: when to the analytics update? Not immediately apparently. SPiTZ fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Sep 15, 2015 |
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Sep 15, 2015 05:56
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I also signed up and also have Kenseth going all the way. The area where I diverged significantly from people was taking Kurt Busch over Harvick.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:30
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About 30 minutes left to get in on the action.
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Sep 20, 2015 19:49
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Round 1, Week 2 Update: Everyone not named AxeBreaker, Peanut, Slickdrac, and SpitzTheGreat is in deep poo poo, as those were the only four to not pick Kevin Harvick. e- SpitzTheGreat has two of his four drivers (Kenseth, Hamlin) through to the next round. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Sep 28, 2015 |
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Sep 28, 2015 04:09
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Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch did not die, and their living means I don't have to do much math this week! LASTCHASE Clint Bowyer earns you two bonus points if you picked him to finish last. Menard earns you one point. -Jimmie, McMurray (who nobody picked), and Bowyer earn you one point if you picked them to win their group. Menard earns you two points. -No one from Group 2 is eliminated and, thus, 1-4 points are up for grabs for all of those drivers. Points: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W6yMJomj36UrnX0oPs_F81fmCqzNXTFt8Ll_nPZQ4mk/edit#gid=958666825
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Oct 4, 2015 23:32
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CBJSprague24 posted:Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch did not die, and their living means I don't have to do much math this week! Access Denied
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Oct 4, 2015 23:50
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CBJSprague24 posted:Round 1, Week 2 Update: Everyone not named AxeBreaker, Peanut, Slickdrac, and SpitzTheGreat is in deep poo poo, as those were the only four to not pick Kevin Harvick. God damnit, now I'm really upset that Harvick made it. I had all of you beat!
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Oct 5, 2015 00:52
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2- Me (Picked 15 for the LASTCHASE Bonus), SpitzTheGreat (15 Bonus), Daslog (15 Bonus), elmono311 (Jimmie+Picked 27 bonus), Wafflz (Bowyer+27 bonus) 0- Peanut, Quantrill, SPiTz Maximum score at the end of the game is 18 (4 points in each of 4 groups + 2 point bonus). Everybody else has one point from the combination of either picking Jimmie or Bowyer and having them eliminated or picking Menard to finish last and getting a point for him winding up second-to-last.
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Oct 5, 2015 04:34
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Slickdrac posted:Access Denied Same here, I request access yesterday
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Oct 5, 2015 19:18
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CBJSprague24 posted:2- Me (Picked 15 for the LASTCHASE Bonus), SpitzTheGreat (15 Bonus), Daslog (15 Bonus), elmono311 (Jimmie+Picked 27 bonus), Wafflz (Bowyer+27 bonus) Jeff Gordon is last place in my heart, please fix the scores to respect this.
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Oct 6, 2015 01:03
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Peanut President posted:Jeff Gordon is last place in my heart, please fix the scores to respect this. For this humble request, I award those who picked Jeff Gordon to finish last zero (0) LASTCHASE Bonus points. May these points help you in your quest to win my dumb game.
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Oct 6, 2015 03:41
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Making up the rules as you go, can't get more nascar then that!
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Oct 6, 2015 10:53
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Talladega: Out of this round, Ryan Newman is worth 3 points, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin are both worth 2 points, Junyer 1 thanks to their eliminations. There's another point value which has been firmed up, as Jeff Gordon locks up 4 points for being the highest driver left in Group 4: SpitzTheGreat leads with 9 points, having Kenseth, Hamlin, and Newman eliminated and earning the LASTCAR bonus of two points for picking Bowyer. He'll max out with 13 points, though, and only if Kurt wins Group 2. On the other hand, mischief's only point to this...point is 1 point from Clint Bowyer, but he still has 18/4/2 still in it to win it. Standings: SpitzTheGreat- 9. daslog and regular Spitz- 8. Slickdrac- 7. elmono311, me, Quantrill- 6. Anotherblownsave, Muddy Burphy, Elephanthead, Axebreaker, Nit Wit Dog poo poo- 5 PP14, Seventimessix, Sportsgenius86, Peanut- 4 Kidc- 3 Wafflz- 2 mischief- 1
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Oct 26, 2015 01:19
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This game owns. I'll give it to you. Never thought I'd have 5 points
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Oct 26, 2015 02:17
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Man, that's a hallow feeling to be in the lead but to have no chance of maintaining it.
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Oct 26, 2015 02:33
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Alright, gang. We're headed to the CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND . Here's how the standings line up going into Homestead: Now, in good, true-to-NASCAR fashion, I'm going to do something I forgot to mention earlier and probably should've included in the original game. If you have a driver left (Sorry, SpitzTheGreat), pick the one you think will be champ and post in this thread by the drop of the green flag next Sunday. A correct pick earns you two points. I'm taking Kevin Harvick.
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Nov 16, 2015 06:11
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It's kind of insane that both years one driver from each tier ended up in the final four. Harvick.
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Nov 16, 2015 06:25
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CBJSprague24 posted:If you have a driver left Do you mean if we have more than one driver left? Or can we pick any of the 4 if we have one left?
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Nov 16, 2015 08:10
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Harvick
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Nov 16, 2015 08:37
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Slickdrac posted:Do you mean if we have more than one driver left? Or can we pick any of the 4 if we have one left? They have to still be in it, which means you get Gordon by default like Kidc gets Harvick.
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Nov 16, 2015 20:01
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Gordon here.
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Nov 16, 2015 20:19
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Kyle Busch
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Nov 16, 2015 21:42
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Gordon but I can't catch the leaders no matter what cause they have the same aholes as me! I am therefore picking NASCAR to name Jimmie Johnson champ just because the feel like it for a bonus 50 points.
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Nov 16, 2015 22:29
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Harvick
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Nov 16, 2015 22:58
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God damnit, I feel so left out. 
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Nov 17, 2015 02:16
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Kevin Harvick
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Nov 17, 2015 04:19
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Rowdy all day.
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Nov 17, 2015 04:49
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SpitztheGreat posted:God damnit, I feel so left out. As CEO of It's The Beauty of The System and may those who disagree be silenced, as this is Quintessential SASCAR...Chase...Pick 'Em. e- I have 4, 18, and 24 left. Pick one of those three. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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I'll take the 78 and COLE PEARN.
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