Hey Howard,
Thanks for organizing! On the Survivor page, it seems I can't access the
Seeds #11 and up - they are off the screen. Is that a me issue or a coding
issue?
Dave
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM Howard Lu via NFL_Pickem <
nfl_pickem(a)moukki.net> wrote:
> Hi Footballers,
> For the new folks who have joined football in the past year or two and for
> those not on the madness mailing list, if you are interested in joining a
> madness pool, here’s your chance. You have until 12:15pm EDT tomorrow to
> get your picks in so do it tonight before you forget.
>
> You can use the same login you use for football and Join the Pick’em Plus
> Madness league with the following code: GbN2RZTjxGAXGJftt3EPThlk8ytJtIlH
>
> As with football, you get rewarded for correct upset picks. Each matchup
> is scored as follows:
> (ESPB + (Winning Seed - Losing Seed)) * RW
> where:
> ESPB = Even Seed Point Base = 20
> RW = Round Weight for the 6 rounds is 2,3,4,6,9,12
>
> Thus, if a 16 seed beats a 1 seed, a player crazy enough to pick that
> would score (20 + (16-1))*2 =70 pts. Conversely, 1 beating the 16 would
> score (20 + (1-16))*2 =10 10 pts. That gutsy 16 seed pick win would score
> 7x the points and rightfully be rewarded for it. The scoring scales
> linearly as the seeds get closer together until they potentially converge
> into even seeds (hence ESPB) playing each other in the Final 4. You can
> also submit multiple entries for only $10 each. We also have Survivor and
> Confidence pools as well all picked before the start of tip-off tomorrow.
>
> More details below but hope you can join the fun!
> -H
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From:* Howard Lu <howard.c.lu(a)gmail.com>
> *Date:* March 19, 2025 at 9:14:58 AM EDT
> *To:* mm_pickem(a)moukki.net
> *Cc:* Howard Lu <howard.c.lu(a)gmail.com>
> *Subject:* *2025 Pick’em Plus Madness*
>
>
> Hi Everyone!
> March Madness is back upon us! $20 for a primary entry which includes
> entry into 3 pools with prize allocation as follows: 80% Tournament
> Bracket, 10% Survivor and 10% Confidence. Additional unlimited entries
> will be for the Tournament Bracket pool only and are $10 each. Each pool
> will have 1 prize for every 10 players or fraction thereof with each prize
> winning 50% more. $1 is set aside for each player to run the pool. No
> additional fees are taken for multiple bracket pool entries. Only one
> slight change this year to the confidence pool points from 3/2/1/0 to
> 4/3/2/1 within each seed grouping.
>
> If you've played before, just go to www.pickemplus.com to join the 2025
> season. If you forgot your password, ask me to help reset it as there is a
> mailout issue for the self help reset. For anyone new or if you have
> friends who want to play, the invitation string for our league is:
> GbN2RZTjxGAXGJftt3EPThlk8ytJtIlH
>
> Deadline is the first tipoff which is Thurs 3/20/2025 at 12:15 EDT so get
> your entries in before then! You can send payment ($20 +
> $10/multi-entry) to howard.c.lu(a)gmail.com via paypal or venmo.
>
> Good luck this year!
> -H
> P.S. Bob K is also running his original Moukki Madness pool which inspired
> pick'em plus. If you'd like to join a traditional pool with Fibonacci
> round weights or have an entry in another pool, contact him for more
> details at bkuo(a)moukki.net
>
>
