Brentford.
List of teams picked please.
Brentford.
I'm a twit
There was some logic between me going Newcastle over Brentford (do Brentford have another easy game soon?) but I can't remember what that was. Gonna be a big unforced error.
My tactic this week was to pick whatever James picked but he used one of my previously picked teams so the algorithm went to whatever Jim picked.
Private picks from next week then?
I'm a twit
Leeds vs. Brentford
Leicester vs. Brighton
Fulham vs. Tottenham
Crystal Palace vs. Newcastle
Bournemouth vs. Nottm Forest
Liverpool vs. Chelsea
Man City vs. Wolves
West Ham vs. Everton
Southampton vs. Aston Villa
Arsenal vs. Man Utd
Deadline is 12PM Saturday
I'm a twit
Toggle Spoiler
No casualties this week.
I'm a twit
This is the first time I've been in a quandary between two or maybe three options. It depends how deep this whole thing is going to go. Think I have to play to win i.e. for it to go very deep, but ugh.
I would like to change my pick to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club if that's okay.
Sure.
@Jimmy Floyd and @phonics still to choose
I'm a twit
This is fairly ballsy and involves far too much faith in Chelsea, but I'm going to go for West Ham United.
I'm down to the last 17 in a 150 entry one of these and my picks in that have annoyingly mirrored yours here the last two weeks, so I wish you the best of luck
James has 3 lives
Jimmy has 2
Everyone else who is left has 1
I'm a twit
That worked out well. Deep into March trying to outlast a professional gambler with my wits alone, here we fucking go.
I never recovered from that Everton pick.
I was so close to choosing West Ham too.
I’m now in fully support of a rollover.
Also if @Jimmy Floyd and @-james- prefer, you can PM (not DM) your choices from now on to avoid scumbaggery.
I'm a twit
Question: if this rolls over, should it be £10 for new entrants who missed the first go around, or £20?
I'm a twit
It’s for another game I’m running that ended this weekend with no Victor, courtesy of Brighton and Brentford.
I'm a twit
You don't pay double if there's a roll over in the Lottery and you didn't have a ticket for the previous round. So I'd say no, £10 for all.
They could just split the winnings if they go out on the same week?
I'd have them paying double.
Double seems to be the way.
I'm a twit
What if it rolls over again? Double again?
Yep. We're all locked in until it's worth billions and billions of pounds and the games we're picking are things like Moonraker Utd vs Microsoft Al-Hilal.
Oh, I see. That makes sense.
Rebuy is usual.
What does that mean? Newcomers pay for rounds they missed, or just standard entry fee regardless of if they’ve played before?
I'm a twit
If there is no winner anyone wishing to be in a rollover buys back in for the same stake again, all picks reset. Just happened to me in my other one where it was down to the final 2 and we both fucked it. Fresh round this weekend and Newcastle fucked me, no lives in that format just instant elimination.
I suppose if they are willing to pay the stake to match up with everyone else then fine (for instance if we all pay another £10 someone new pays £20 otherwise they are getting a cheap shot at an enlarged pot?) Depends on group consensus.
I'd say it's logical that you'd pay £20 to play for a pot that others have put £20 into creating.
That is indeed what has been decided, and the shame shall apply here should it come to it.
Alas, it's FA Cup weekend so play resumes on Friday 3rd February. Fixtures TBC.
Weirdly I pre-populated the fixtures in the spreadsheet up to this week, which is when the other 2 games have finished. Also quite telling that the game with my rl mates was a three-life jobby like here, and the game with my betting group/syndicate was one-and-done, but still lasted the same amount of time. And James would have won both of the other games.
I'm a twit