Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

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 Game 7 The Super Bowl the Championship Round, but the guys whose drivers went out in the third round wound up with more points. Don’t ask me how the gently caress it happened. When you think about it, the best driver doesn't always win the championship in NASCAR either, but it still blows my mind nearly a year later. :negative:

So, we’re going to do it differently. :siren: Actual scoring is TBD (Somebody give me ideas) :siren: 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.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Compare your picks with others: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10fLqYS6YPOac-k9scDGlwyrSWjkROiIA9akAxCAeLh8/viewanalytics

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

About 30 minutes left to get in on the action.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

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

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch did not die, and their living means I don't have to do much math this week!

:siren: LASTCHASE :siren:
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

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

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.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

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.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

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

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Alright, gang. We're headed to the :siren: CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND :siren:. 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.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

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.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

SpitztheGreat posted:

God damnit, I feel so left out. :(

As CEO of NASCAR this game and in The Spirit of The Rule, I am hereby granting SpitztheGreat an exemption to pick a Chase driver because he's the only one with all four drivers out and this is for fun.

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

  • Locked thread