[Other] PO March Madness Bracket Challenge

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  1. Finchinator

    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    I'm sure everyone (that lives in America / follows College Basketball) is aware of the annual trend we call March Madness!

    The best teams from College Basketball are put into four brackets of 16, making it a 64 team tournament - with one winner shining above everyone else, after they sweep through their competition and win the national championship!

    Well, this is Pokemon Online's Bracket Tournament - may the best bracket win. Basically, for those of you unaware, you fill out a bracket (yes, you need an ESPN account) and then you join the PO Group and the best bracket wins (prize=bragging rights) at the end.

    Here's the Pokemon Online Group for the Tournament challenge. Once you make your bracket on ESPN (yes, an ESPN account is required to join), you may join [URL="http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2014/en/group?groupID=307293"[/URL]the group[/URL] where all of Pokemon Online's users compete to see who had the best predictions!

    I'll be running this - feel free to ask any questions and I'll answer, to the best of my ability. Also, if you lack experience or, don't follow much college basketball, feel free to join - this is for fun, after all. You never know, anybody can win - especially with all of the upsets that occur each year. Good luck to all!

    Post indicating you're in, in this thread. Also, you only need an email to make an ESPN account and five minutes to fill out a bracket (although more time is recommended).

    Participants:
    1. Finchinator
    2. Meeps
    3. Postie / Buny
    4. xxxwarrior dragon w/e idek lol
    5. IFM
    6. Michu/Jalmot
    7. MeowMix
    8. Mfhoundoom / A$AP Krookorok
    9. Orth
    10. Dopog
    11. Water
    12. Seb
    13. Arid Dream

    TOTALLY DIDN'T COPY OP FROM LAST YEARS CHALLENGE AND JUST CHANGE A THING OR TWO ^_^
     
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  2. Finchinator

    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    ps: ty windblown qt for being hasty in accepting thread

    e: i blame windy, didn't know ifm was gonna post it
     
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  3. NAVIDAD PIRATE

    NAVIDAD PIRATE THE PLEASURE OF BEING CUMMED INSIDE

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    gonna pick randomly again
     
  4. IFM

    IFM HODOR HODOR HODOR

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    BS Jalmont said I could post this.
     
  5. Finchinator

    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    i posted it last year, so i just c/p'd the OP and made a group, took about 5 minutes

    if you want to do it and create a diff group (or use the same, doesn't matter), you can go ahead and run it and delete this thread, as long as there's something for it
     
  6. IFM

    IFM HODOR HODOR HODOR

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    nah idgaf :)
     
  7. Jalmont

    Jalmont nothere

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    BS windblown i said IFm could post this

    (in)
     
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    Dr. Fomantis Toboggan man in the couch

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  9. dopog

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    Hi I made a bracket
    Pretty arbitrary but yeah let's go australia and kansas

    Ortheore make a bracket for team australia!
     
  10. Ortheore

    Ortheore One beautiful monster

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    lol yeah ok, idk much about college but let's goooooooooooooo

    Every time I see my ESPN username I cringe, but I don't think I can change it[/HIDE]
     
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    Water Well Respected and Exceptionally Handsome User Forum Moderator Channel Leader Forum Moderator Channel Leader

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    hi in
     
  12. Finchinator

    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    EVERYONE HAS LESS THAN 22 HOURS TO SUBMIT THEIR BRACKETS, FIRST GAME IS AT LIKE NOON TOMORROW (NOON EST)
     
  13. Marquis

    Marquis beez in the whazzit??

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    IN IN NI
     
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    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    AND IT BEGINS

    (Sign ups closed)
     
  16. dopog

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    Looks like no-one is winning one bill....

    Why did I take uconn as final four.....

    @Marquis: how did you decide on your champion....?

    How crazy is it in america? Hypothetically could you just talk about the tourney with any random on the street?
     
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    Ya basically you could go up to anyone and talk to them about the tournament this time of year. Most people fill out a bracket and at least sort of follow whats going on. It's just embedded in the culture.

    Also BS. Why did we have to all pick Florida.
     
  18. dopog

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    dw, PITTSBURGH COMING THROUGH

    did the tv deals coincide with the rise of the idea of people filling out brackets? As in how does something get so big?

    I feel as if it's easy to be invested when you pick one team over another in EVERY game. You suddenly care more
     
  19. Marquis

    Marquis beez in the whazzit??

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    I used random.org

    gg
     
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    Celestial Phantom YAHA

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    made a few days ago, so adding my name to winner's drive.
     
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    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    At least all my sweet 16 is still in, can't say much more else in the positive, lol
     
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    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    Duke lost, rip Celes
     
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    Celestial Phantom YAHA

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    villanova is garbage

    syracuse is garbage
     
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    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    research pays off, upsets finally go my way :]

    After three days of madness and half of the sweet sixteen being decided, we can say that many of our minds are absolutely fucked - but it's ok, that's the whole point of March Madness, right?

    Anyway, here are the standings so far: [​IMG]

    Although Water and I are in the first two spots, note our average PPRs - we have both lost two of our elite 8 already, one of his is also part of his f4 (Villanova) while mine are Syracuse and Duke. On the note of PPR, Buny (Postie on PO forums) has the best PPR and is the only person w/ all of their elite 8 in, you go girl :] Finally, props to Meeps for nearly landing the Oregon upset over Wisconsin (until some second half Wisconsin rallying) and being basically flawless bar that, the Dayton absurd upsets, and the Nova upset.
     
  26. Finchinator

    Finchinator IT’S FINK DUMBASS

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    Universal bust after Florida lost.
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    I win for second year in a row you all suck and get on my level
    Water second, Buny/p0stie third, treecko (had uconn in e8, but not final 2!) forth, and meeps rounding out the top 5, in fifth, after getting fucked by upsets across the board.

    Honorable mention to seb for staying close to the last couple people when he randomized most of his picks and ifm for picking an awful bracket lmfao, always next year bud.

    here's last year's rankings for the sake of showing that i am consistently a top and that ifm is consistently a bottom
     
  27. Marquis

    Marquis beez in the whazzit??

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    finch i think u would appreciate bottoming is more fun than u think
     
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    just call me beyonce 'cause im a game changer

    anyway /in as fast as finchinator in spl
     
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    ur all fuck!!
     
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    Sure why not
     
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    I'm a fucking TOP,
     
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    In... Predictions are predictions even for those who don't follow it...
     
  40. dopog

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    So, when is everyone picking kentucky to lose?