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Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Just putting the line in, no further edits/adds.

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DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Kind of hope I’m wrong about MVP just because gotta be 95%of people picking Jokic

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Score boards!
Answer Key
pre:
Miami in 7
Denver in 4

Nuggets +2
Miami +2
Tatum +2
pre:
	playin	Round1	Round 2	Conf Finals	Finals	Total
DJ_Mindboggler	4	10	11	14		39
Veryslightlymad	3	12	14	8		37
DC Murderverse	2	10	10	14		36
BoonyPC	3	10	16	6		35
Aye Doc	3	10	9	12		34
Dejan Bimble	2	13	13	6		34
Kalensc	2	9	13	10		34
DeimosRising	2	7	16	8		33
Jack's Flow	4	11	12	6		33
Nystral	3	12	10	8		33
Rick	6	7	14	6		33
rjmccall	5	10	10	8		33
Blind Pineapple	1	12	17	2		32
Chronicles	2	9	15	6		32
Coaaab	5	10	6	10		31
Spacebump	2	9	14	6		31
The Ninth Layer	3	10	14	4		31
Chairchucker	3	6	11	10		30
Chicken Medium	4	10	10	6		30
fart simpson	4	10	13	2		29
Isentropy		10	13	6		29
kingcobweb	4	9	10	6		29
KurdtLives	2	7	14	6		29
MalarkeyToboggan	2	9	10	8		29
BWV	1	8	19			28
Cavauro	3	9	10	6		28
IcePhoenix	2	10	10	6		28
TDepressionEarl	4	10	6	8		28
de curry Goat		10	13	4		27
Giggs	4	6	11	6		27
Porfiriato	4	10	7	6		27
Pyrotek	3	12	10	2		27
Eratik	3	11	8	4		26
Metapod	4	4	10	8		26
Bismack Billabongo	5	8	12			25
DMCrimson	3		15	6		24
Shrimp or Shrimps	0	9	8	6		23
Temple	5	9	5	4		23
feller	3	9		10		22
Lockback	3	8	5	6		22
Mr. F!		13	7	2		22
Vox Nihili	0	9	7	6		22
aBagorn		11	8	2		21
Salvador_Hardin	5		8	6		19
Rcarr	1	8	7			16
xbilkis	0	7	2	6		15
Telluric Whistler	3	11				14
Rivetz	2	9				11
Stevie Lee	3	4	4	0		11
Stuker				10		10
The Glumslinger		9				9
Dynamite Dog		8				8
GenericMartini	5					5
Traxis	5					5
Harlock	4					4
Algund Eenboom	3					3
meefistopheles	3					3
OzFactor	3					3
The Puppy Bowl	3					3
stagger_lee	2					2
Bellmaker				2		2
DJ Mind Boggler takes a jump and neck and neck with veryslightlymad, DC Murderverse (another jump due to the conference finals) and BoonyPC. It'll be a close.

Stevielee is my hero.

aBagorn
Aug 26, 2004
i had a decent, but not dominant, first round and then i fell apart.

gently caress i have become the very team i love/hate

Veryslightlymad
Jun 3, 2007

I fight with
my brain
and with an
underlying
hatred of the
Erebonian
Noble Faction
ACK, crap drat it. Where did YOU come from, DJ!?

DJ_Mindboggler
Nov 21, 2013

Veryslightlymad posted:

ACK, crap drat it. Where did YOU come from, DJ!?

Believing in the Heat has done well for me the last couple rounds. If Jokic can put up a couple more triple-doubles (if I'd known I was gonna jump ahead, I would have made a more conservative guess), I think I might go back to back.

DJ_Mindboggler fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Jun 8, 2023

Veryslightlymad
Jun 3, 2007

I fight with
my brain
and with an
underlying
hatred of the
Erebonian
Noble Faction
So cruel. I can't even pretend to be your rival, because the year you won I played like garbage.

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
I feel good about being top 5 while never having believed in miami

Stevie Lee
Oct 8, 2007

Lockback posted:

Stevielee is my hero.

i think i hosed up the finals

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Dejan Bimble posted:

I feel good about being top 5 while never having believed in miami

Same, albeit at one point less than you atm

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Nuggets in 5
Jokic 2 TDs
True (3 vs 2)
Jokic

I'll try to get the final leaderboard up today

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
It was a tight finish!

Shout out to those who got 100% in the Finals
The Ninth Layer, Shrimp or Shrimps, and Lockback (really saved me from getting a pretty pitiful score, tbh)

And there was one more. Coming in first with a perfect 13 in the Finals round, playing from behind, our winner Veryslightlymad who needed nearly every point to beat DJ_Mindboggler.


Congrats!

I'll PM you for your prize selection!

Shout out to StevieLee for averaging 4 points a round (several people beat that in the play-in), but you actually did kind of ok in the Finals and almost doubled up so it was a little less impressive. I may do a shoot the moon prize next time because I was pretty vested pulling for you.

pre:
	playin	Round1	Round 2	Conf Finals	Finals	Total
Veryslightlymad	3	12	14	8	13	50
DJ_Mindboggler	4	10	11	14	9	48
Dejan Bimble	2	13	13	6	11	45
BoonyPC	3	10	16	6	9	44
Jack's Flow	4	11	12	6	11	44
The Ninth Layer	3	10	14	4	13	44
Chronicles	2	9	15	6	11	43
DC Murderverse	2	10	10	14	7	43
DeimosRising	2	7	16	8	9	42
rjmccall	5	10	10	8	9	42
Spacebump	2	9	14	6	11	42
Chairchucker	3	6	11	10	11	41
Kalensc	2	9	13	10	7	41
Isentropy		10	13	6	11	40
Nystral	3	12	10	8	7	40
Cavauro	3	9	10	6	11	39
kingcobweb	4	9	10	6	9	38
KurdtLives	2	7	14	6	9	38
Aye Doc	3	10	9	12	2	36
Blind Pineapple	1	12	17	2	4	36
MalarkeyToboggan	2	9	10	8	7	36
Pyrotek	3	12	10	2	9	36
Shrimp or Shrimps	0	9	8	6	13	36
IcePhoenix	2	10	10	6	7	35
Lockback	3	8	5	6	13	35
Porfiriato	4	10	7	6	8	35
Rick	6	7	14	6	2	35
de curry Goat		10	13	4	7	34
Giggs	4	6	11	6	7	34
Coaaab	5	10	6	10	2	33
Eratik	3	11	8	4	7	33
Mr. F!		13	7	2	11	33
TDepressionEarl	4	10	6	8	5	33
Vox Nihili	0	9	7	6	11	33
fart simpson	4	10	13	2	2	31
Chicken Medium	4	10	10	6		30
Metapod	4	4	10	8	4	30
BWV	1	8	19			28
Bismack Billabongo	5	8	12			25
DMCrimson	3		15	6		24
xbilkis	0	7	2	6	9	24
aBagorn		11	8	2	2	23
Temple	5	9	5	4		23
feller	3	9		10		22
Stevie Lee	3	4	4	0	9	20
Salvador_Hardin	5		8	6		19
Rcarr	1	8	7			16
Telluric Whistler	3	11				14
Rivetz	2	9				11
beefed owl					11	11
ex post facho					11	11
Stuker				10	0	10
The Glumslinger		9				9
Dynamite Dog		8				8
GenericMartini	5					5
Traxis	5					5
Harlock	4					4
Algund Eenboom	3					3
meefistopheles	3					3
OzFactor	3					3
The Puppy Bowl	3					3
Bellmaker				2		2
stagger_lee	2					2
dilber					0	0

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Nice, top 10

The Ninth Layer
Jun 20, 2007

Thanks for running this! My foolish attachment to the Lakers was my ultimate undoing but it felt good to finally see the light and glory of nuggets basketball in the finals.

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

The Ninth Layer posted:

Thanks for running this! My foolish attachment to the Lakers was my ultimate undoing but it felt good to finally see the light and glory of nuggets basketball in the finals.

Yeah conference finals was real make or break. It was a crazy playoffs in general and the scores really reflect it.

Veryslightlymad
Jun 3, 2007

I fight with
my brain
and with an
underlying
hatred of the
Erebonian
Noble Faction
Holyshitholyshitholyshit I finally did it!

I'll have a think on options later today, but for real, I am celebrating this win more than Jokic did winning the actual NBA championship.

DJ, man, going as hard as you did as the past champion made this feel even better. I feel like I usually do pretty OK in these things (and the wrestling ones), but for you to go 1 and then 2 actually is a Mindboggler. Well played.

Thanks for running another of these, Lockback.

DJ_Mindboggler
Nov 21, 2013
Thanks again for running this Lockback.

drat, got too greedy in the last round. Congrats VSM

Chronicles
Oct 24, 2013

Thanks for doing this! Always fun

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Proud of my bronze medal in this crazy playoffs. Here's my advice to other pickers. Don't let your pick be overdetermined. Just play it how it feels.


Thanks again Lockback and kibner for the backend development

BoonyPC
Feb 19, 2007
Congrats Veryslightlymad!

and Thanks for running it all Lockback!

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

the best guy that did not score at least 40. excellent abilitys

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
I refused to back off the predictions from the heart and lost.

Congrats to Veryslightlymad and thank you Lockback.

Jack's Flow
Jun 6, 2003

Life, friends, is boring
Thanks a lot for running the game! That was fun.

rjmccall
Sep 7, 2007

no worries friend
Fun Shoe
Woo, top 10. Thanks for running this, it was fun!

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

Rick posted:

I refused to back off the predictions from the heart and lost.

Congrats to Veryslightlymad and thank you Lockback.

same

TDepressionEarl
Oct 28, 2010


I'm trying to win the World Cup
but I'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps playing Argentina onside


Dejan Bimble posted:

Don't let your pick be overdetermined. Just play it how it feels.

overdetermining is part of the fun! i still like to imagine the world where Aaron Gordon became a superhero

Lockback posted:

Yeah conference finals was real make or break. It was a crazy playoffs in general and the scores really reflect it.

That's absolutely right, I didn't believe in the Heat enough and got boxed out, even a perfect score in the Finals would not have gotten me into top ten.

Veryslightlymad posted:

Holyshitholyshitholyshit I finally did it!

I'll have a think on options later today, but for real, I am celebrating this win more than Jokic did winning the actual NBA championship.

DJ, man, going as hard as you did as the past champion made this feel even better. I feel like I usually do pretty OK in these things (and the wrestling ones), but for you to go 1 and then 2 actually is a Mindboggler. Well played.

Thanks for running another of these, Lockback.

Congratulations!

And another thank you for organizing it all Lockback! :five: Great work!

Shrimp or Shrimps
Feb 14, 2012


Cheers for running the game again, Lockback!

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Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Thanks guys! It's fun!

Notes mostly for myself next year

Doing a pre-playoff: Predict the first playoff coach to be fired might be fun. I don't know who actually was first this year but I feel like Doc and Bud would have been common choices.

The Push-Your-Luck question worked out pretty well, I might mix in more of those. I feel like my Bonus questions are getting a little stale but it's tough to find things that are easy to calculate and aren't too random.

Make it more clear in Play-in that you are predicting a game you don't know who is playing and there is no editing (call it the Rick Rule).

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