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A NEW KICKER ELIMINATOR HOST? IN MY DEAD FORUMS? IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK! Most of the time, we hate kickers. In this game, we love them through all their faults. Look pals, we're two days away from a fresh NFL season and I didn't see a kicker eliminator and I fuckin' need one in my life. Therefore, I'm stealing Infidel Castro's thunder and posting the thread this year. I've never run a forum game in my life so bear with me as I take on this challenge and shamelessly rip the following ruleset (with a few minor changes) directly from Infidel's OP because I'm a trash goblin with no creativity. What's a Kicker Eliminator? Back in 2013, IcePhoenix decided to spice up the Eliminator idea by making one revolving around the most unappreciated of positions: the lowly place kicker. Here's how it works: Every week you select an NFL kicker. If they make all their field goals and extra point attempts, you keep playing! Any other rules I should know about? 1) You must select your kicker before kickoff of the game they're playing in by posting in this thread. 2) Once you have selected a kicker, you cannot use them again. 3) If your kicker doesn't attempt a kick that week, you're eliminated. 4) In the last three weeks of the season, a kicker may be picked by no more than half the remaining players. Can I change my pick? Sure, as long as neither kicker's game has started. Do NOT edit your posts to change your kicker. Do not edit your posts period, please. I'm figuring out how to run this game on the fly for you fine folks and in the interest of not ripping my hair out of my scalp, I'm not going to be sifting through every post to double-check and see if you edited yours. It's a simple game for simple folks. Try not to pick an injured kicker or, God forbid, a kicker on a bye week. I thought about changing the rule to making it so you couldn't change your pick at ALL, but that's not really fair to everyone considering how day-to-day things are in the NFL. So how do you win this thing? Simply be the last person standing! There are a few things to in keep in mind: - If all remaining players are eliminated in the same week, they all move on to the next week. - If more than one player is still standing by the end of week 17, the winner will be determined by a tie-breaker. In order of highest to lowest priority, they are: * Longest FG made the entire season from a kicker the week they kicked for you. * Total points of all kickers the week they kicked for you. * Total touchbacks of all kickers the week they kicked for you. * Total points in each individual week counting back from week 17. ....and new, for this year, a bonus game for ELIMINATED PLAYERS!  Kicker Roulette -Eliminated players still pick a player every week but with a twist - you add a number next to their name -That number will represent the potential yardage of a field goal your kicker might hit that week -If your kicker boots one that EXACT distance, -Hitting the jackpot will summon you back to the land of the living and you will be back in the game again - -You can only hit the jackpot once before the kicker gods tell their pit boss to escort you out, and casino odds means extra points don't count. you'd just add "ROULETTE:" in front of your kicker pick and your entry will be shaded a different color on the scoreboard to track your status so we can still determine the real eliminator champion at the end of the game as well Current List of NFL Starters (as of Week 5) ARZ - Phil Dawson ATL - Matt Bryant BAL - Justin Tucker BUF - Steven Hauschka CAR - Graham Gano CHI - CIN - Randy Bullock CLE - DAL - DEN - Brandon McManus DET - Matt Prater GB - Mason Crosby HOU - Ka'imi Fairbairn IND - Adam Vinatieri JAX - Josh Lambo KC - Harrison Butker LAC - Caleb Sturgis LAR - Greg Zurlein MIA - Jason Sanders MIN - NE - Stephen Gostkowski NO - Wil Lutz NYG - Aldrick Rosas NYJ - Jason Myers OAK - PHI - Jake Elliott PIT - Chris Boswell SF - Robbie Gould SEA - Sebastian Janikowski TB - Chandler Catanzaro TEN - Ryan Succop WSH - Dustin Hopkins Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzCKfzxXwYyYp7Gm4cKhw1e2CEts6l16eywKcTul05w/edit?usp=sharing Get ready to lose, suckers. barnold fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Oct 9, 2018 |
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I'm gonna kick things off by selecting my man, NE - Stephen Gostkowski for week 1. Don't let me down, Ghost! (though you probably will, you loving schmuck)
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Sep 4, 2018 23:14
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Updated list of starting kickers and link to the results spreadsheet is now up in the OP. Bear with me on the spreadsheet - first time doing this and I will definitely gently caress up at least once through the course of the season. I have no idea how previous hosts handled marking each kicker's results, so I'll be doing it by hand.
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Sep 5, 2018 04:05
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RIP Bryant havers
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GenericMartini posted:Hey I'm late but he hasn't played yet, and i want to lose immediately you're in as long as your kicker hasn't started their game, so you're good!
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Last year, the game ended a little early and there was talk about doing a second game that never happened, but I was thinking about an idea for people who are eliminated as well. You guys can decide if this is something that would be interesting and a way to keep the game going til the end of the season without really affecting the true winner. I propose Kicker Roulette -Eliminated players still pick a player every week but with a twist - you add a number next to their name -That number will represent the potential yardage of a field goal your kicker might hit that week -If your kicker boots one that EXACT distance, AND successfully makes it through the week, you hit the magical KICKER JACKPOT -Hitting the jackpot will summon you back to the land of the living and you will be back in the game again -If you don't hit the kicker jackpot by Week 9 (halfway point of the season), the game is over and you are eliminated for good -You can only hit the jackpot once before the kicker gods tell their pit boss to escort you out, and casino odds means extra points don't count. you'd just add "ROULETTE:" in front of your kicker pick and your entry will be shaded a different color on the scoreboard to track your status so we can still determine the real eliminator champion at the end of the game as well barnold fucked around with this message at 08:50 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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Strobe posted:Hell, same. please actually put the name of the kicker in your post and bold it, quoting someone else is not an entry. I almost didn't count this because I don't pay attention to quotes when scrolling through entries. I'm gonna let it go for week 1, but try to follow everyone else's example next time.
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Sep 9, 2018 18:20
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Hauschka missed a 51-yarder.
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Sep 9, 2018 23:20
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And a three trumpet salute to opposable thumbs.db, our first competitor eliminated by virtue of their kicker making zero attempts! Phil Dawson fucks it all up in week one.
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Sep 10, 2018 00:43
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The Puppy Bowl posted:A little self serving now but I think that roulette idea sounds swell. go for it! totally optional side game. last year's ended in like week 8 or 9 or some poo poo and that just leaves a gaping hole for the rest of the season
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Sep 10, 2018 19:27
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Finger Prince posted:Is roulette the same as regular in that you can't re-pick kickers? And does that include ones you picked while you were alive? Yup. Same rules as the regular game apply - can't use same kicker, kicker must get through the week successfully. The only exception is that an eliminated player can continue playing roulette even if they lose their bet for that week. When coming up with it, my original idea was you had to roll with the kicker that eliminated you every week, but I thought that was just a little too evil considering the probability of not only having your kicker make it through the week, but also correctly predicting the length of one of their field goals.
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And now, a moment of silence for the fallen. Week 1 and Done (womp womp) Acebuckeye13 Arnold Layne axeil Ches Neckbeard Chichevache Coolwhoami CyberPingu Dango Bango Elephanthead Finger Prince Funky Bunkbed GokuGoesSSJ3 Keith Atherton latinotwink1997 Major Ryan marioinblack Nystral on the bored wop opposable thumbs.db Play Qwijib0 Shadow225 shyduck TASTE THE PAIN!! The Puppy Bowl Vhak lord of hate waah WaffleZombie wandler20 Yodzilla Out of 54 players entering week 1, only 25 people survived. That makes for a failure rate of 53.7%! It was an early bloodbath! Bonus loser points to those poor suckers that chose Matt Bryant in the very first game of the season, who doinked one off the post. At least you've still got Kicker Roulette.... Congrats to everyone who made it through! Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzCKfzxXwYyYp7Gm4cKhw1e2CEts6l16eywKcTul05w/edit#gid=0 barnold fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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Sep 11, 2018 15:52
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I'm going to likewise put my money on big man Matt Bryant to redeem himself.
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Sep 11, 2018 16:02
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latinotwink1997 posted:I’m not even on the list! Just as well, cuz I’m already out. Oops! I hosed up the spreadsheet once and thought I undo'd far back enough to fix everything I did wrong, but evidently I missed one. That explains the one blank line I had in the list, but I thought that was just a buffer zone I had originally added when making the spreadsheet.
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Sep 11, 2018 23:59
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I'm excited to see how roulette turns out this season. I feel like maybe it's a little too difficult to hit, but at the same time I needed to have some kind of gimmick that was at least proportionate to how difficult it is to have picked successful kickers through the season. Best of luck to everyone spinning the wheel for its inaugural run!
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Sep 12, 2018 23:48
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Finger Prince posted:The 00 really is not only the chosen kicker making the kick at the specified yards, it's making the rest of his kicks on top. I can see someone getting boned by that if it turns out people occasionally manage to guess right on the distance. (probably me). That was the bit I rewrote at least a handful of times. I wasn't sure if that pushed it over the edge of near impossibility or not. In any case, trial run this season, we can adjust for next season or even mid-season as needed!
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Nystral posted:ROULETTE - ATL - Matt Bryant 42 Yards I think I'm sticking to regular game rules applying to roulette for consistency's sake. You cannot pick Matt Bryant as your roulette number this week because you selected him in Week 1. That provision was created specifically to address the problem of an eliminated player coming back to life with a smaller player pool. Going with the same kicker that eliminated you was just an idea and never an actual rule, just brainstorming barnold fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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KICKER JACKPOT!!!!!! this is NOT a drill!  Congratulations to Nystral for betting the house on Hauschka, who came through and delivered a 43 yarder to bring them back to the land of the living! ....however, with just under a half to play, will it hold? Or will he shank one and put an end to the celebration? barnold fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Sep 16, 2018 |
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Sep 16, 2018 20:04
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Finger Prince posted:Holy poo poo I hit my Roulette! Come on no miss no miss no miss! The kicker gods cackle in your face as their combined magical juju makes Fairbairn shank a kick, negating your Kicker Jackpot and forcing you to bet again. EDIT: Gostkowski, similarly affected by the juju, shanked his first kick in the game less than two minutes into the first quarter. barnold fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Sep 16, 2018 |
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And with SNF being the final game for players in the game, we have our Week 2 update. Let's hear it for our latest round of losers! Week 2 and Their Kicks Were Poo Athanatos Cavauro defaultluser GenericMartini Grittybeard Infidel Castro Intruder Mind_Taker OxySnack Power of Pecota seiferguy Smiling Mandrill Strobe Kicker Jackpot Status Nystral (Hauschka, 43 yards) The kicker gods frown at the fact that their profits were chipped away by a miracle jackpot in the first week of roulette, but they greedily rub their hands knowing that seeing it happen will entice more people to bet on the wheel in the future. Yodzilla still has a pending bet on Janikowski though, so we'll see what happens. After Nystral's resurrection, we're up to 12 remaining players from 11 in Kicker Eliminator. With half the remaining field taken out in two consecutive weeks, who will get shithoused next? Who can you trust in the NFL anymore when Zane "America's Kicker" Gonzales misses four kicks in a single game? Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzCKfzxXwYyYp7Gm4cKhw1e2CEts6l16eywKcTul05w/edit?usp=sharing barnold fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Sep 17, 2018 |
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Sep 17, 2018 04:55
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I'm gonna go with Justin Tucker
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can we please stick to real names and not nicknames or puns or whatever in the future i obviously know who seabass is but i'm really not trying to have people start coming in here with nicknames every week. just for the sake of making my job easier because i just  and am entering these things on a limited time frame from now on
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Finger Prince posted:Seabass is the only exception because he's fuckin Seabass. But since I've chosen him now, it won't come up again, at least not from me! you're good! i didn't mean to make it sound like it was a big deal or anything haha also fuckin yoink @ chiche gettin' straight up called out lol
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KICKER JACKPOT!!!!!! Congratulations to seiferguy, who came up big when Mason Crosby successfully made a 41 yarder in the second quarter yesterday.
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Play posted:Where's a good place to see the length of each field goal for a certain player The way I do it is by going to the GameCast recap area of each game on ESPN. The scoring summary section has all that stuff ready to go. You'll have to go to the individual box scores or view that kicker's playercard to see their overall stats and how many they attempted and made.
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Roulette: Chris Boswell, 38 yards
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Week 4 and Out The Door Metapod A round of boos for this nincompoop who was eliminated because they were unable to submit a pick by kickoff of Monday Night Football. Shocking! Kicker Jackpot Status Nobody hit the kicker jackpot this week. Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzCKfzxXwYyYp7Gm4cKhw1e2CEts6l16eywKcTul05w/edit?usp=sharing barnold fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Oct 2, 2018 |
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ELO Musk posted:huh? I did though?? oops, I think I missed it because of the name change! my bad
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I'm gonna take Mason Crosby, 36 yards for roulette
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I don't think it'll happen again, but just in case: if you anticipate that your username is going to change while you are still playing Kicker Eliminator, please just toss that info into your pick for the week so I don't miss your entry or attribute it to the wrong person. Here's some fun math for you: since Week 1, there have been 38 bets on kicker roulette, and so far only 2 have hit the jackpot. This comes out to an average success rate of 5.25%.....which is nearly double your odds to hit a single number on roulette in a real casino (2.63%). This info is totally useless, but will probably help decide on some rules for next year. barnold fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Oct 4, 2018 |
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Kicker Roulette Rule Change We are down to only three players left in Kicker Eliminator. As such, I am implementing the following changes. Effective immediately: -Roulette kickers are no longer required to successfully make the rest of their kicks and any player whose kicker makes a field goal matching their roulette bet distance will be resurrected. All other roulette game rules still apply, the rules do not change for normal eliminator, and this change is not applied retroactively. -The Week 9 deadline for roulette is extended to Week 16 - you may continue to bet on kicker roulette for a chance to be resurrected until the second to last week of the season. barnold fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Oct 9, 2018 |
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The Final Three posted:corn on the cop Week 5 and Nosedived 3 DONG HORSE bobjr DC Murderverse ELO Musk seiferguy A wet raspberry for seiferguy, who was resurrected in Week 3 just to give the kicker gods the last laugh when Justin Tucker missed one this weekend. Also, the kicker list in the OP has been updated for Week 5 - a handful of crossed off names on that list already! Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzCKfzxXwYyYp7Gm4cKhw1e2CEts6l16eywKcTul05w/edit#gid=0
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corn on the cop posted:lol im repeating as finalist. how will i gently caress it up this time you have my favorite username in the whole competition and so i have very high expectations
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Chichevache posted:He's no "totally losing my mime". it's between those two and "on the bored wop". I'm a sucker for these pun names, especially that last one because it reminds me of my ultra-Sicilian immigrant great-grandfather who referred to every one of his friends as wops
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Reporting live from the trunk of a car and trying to get as many entries into the spreadsheet as possible. I'll be in the endzone seats for SNF tonight at Gillette so there may be some delays in getting results updated
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Intruder posted:I think it's cool that kickers have been so awful this year that we'll easily have a second round of kicker eliminator due to everyone being knocked out in the first like three weeks I'm considering running a second game, but don't count on it like a sure thing. That was the previous host's thing. I may or may not have time to do another full sheet of eliminator, we'll see how it goes
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Nystral posted:So uh... Good question. According to the original rules, you're out for good. While weighing my options, I thought about allowing people to play roulette til the end of the season and have two separate winners - one for being the true champ, the other for being alive after week 17. barnold fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Oct 19, 2018 |
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Kicker Eliminator Champion I, uh, I didn't see that Graham Gano missed an extra point this past week. That means that corn on the cop is this year's Kicker Eliminator Champion after six weeks of correct kick picking. Silver and bronze to Nystral and Scruffy the janitor, who were eliminated in week 6 but made it to the top three players. What the hell do we do now? gently caress it, we're gonna play a brand new game. Are we still playing roulette? Yeah, but since we're starting fresh, you all get a new slate. The rules for roulette are updated and revised, so read 'em over once more. -Pick a kicker and a distance you think that kicker will hit one from. -If your kicker hits one that exact distance, it's a Kicker Jackpot and you are resurrected. -Your kicker does NOT need to make the rest of their kicks for you to be resurrected. -You may be resurrected infinitely if you continue to get eliminated and somehow hit more than one kicker jackpot Let's do some more betting! Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzCKfzxXwYyYp7Gm4cKhw1e2CEts6l16eywKcTul05w/edit?usp=sharing barnold fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Oct 19, 2018 |
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No Butt Stuff posted:Kc - Harrison butker did you have a username change or are you a brand new player
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I forgot to make a pick in my own dang game, so I'm gonna also take Alderick Rosas 
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