Post by IamQuailman on Feb 18, 2014 9:10:31 GMT -6
Welcome back for our next episode of the Tri-Weekly Pre-Sim Pick 'Em Panel! Before every sim, I will message 1 GM from each division and ask them to participate in this panel. I will present them with 8 match-ups each week. Each will then be tasked with the chance to pick the winners of each of their matchups. On top of those 8 picks, they will also have 1 wildcard pick, where they can pick their favorite match-up from the sim. On top of picking the winners, they must provide an argument for each pick (a few sentences would be fine).
Incentive: Everyone who participates will get 1 point to add to their media/article write-ups. At the end of the season, I will tally the total of correct picks from each panelist and note that in their division totals. At the end of the regular season, the division with the highest total number of correct picks WINS! The prize for winning you may ask? Each team in that division will receive 5 points as a reward. These points do NOT count towards the 10-pt article max... so it's another avenue for earning training points. (My picks won't count towards the Central Division). One caveat, if you do not participate in a panel, you don't get 5 points if your division wins.
Once the thread is posted, the participants are welcome to post their arguments for their picks WITHIN ONE POST (please). After everyone posts their picks, I will post up mine before the sim.
Let's get started on Sim 11: 4/15/93 - 4/21/93!
This sim's invited participants are...
From the Central Division... Nick Malone77 (Charlotte Hornets).
From the Atlantic Division... TBD.
From the Midwest Division... TBD.
From the Pacific Division... TBD
Don't worry, everyone will get their chance to participate!
NEW RULES REGARDING PARTICIPATION:
I will send out a PM after the previous sim inviting you on the panel; please respond to that PM with a message saying that you can or cannot participate. You will have until Noon Central Time on the Sim Day to accept/decline the invite. If I do not hear from you by then, you will be replaced. If you do accept and do not post your picks by the time the DC thread is locked, then your division will NOT get a replacement and its picks will be forfeited. Additionally, you will not be asked to participate in the panel for the remainder of the season and won't be able to collect reward points if your division wins.
So... onto the picks! To make up for missing a few panels, we'll have 8 picks this sim:
4/15 - Raptors @ Grizzlies (Raptors Battle for 8th Seed)
4/16 - Bulls @ Pacers (Possible 1st Round Preview)
4/17 - Magic @ Nets (Nets Battle for 8th Seed)
4/18 - Jazz @ Kings (Skid Battle... Who's going to snap their losing streak first?)
4/19 - Grizzlies @ Bucks (Tough Inter-Conference Matchup)
4/20 - Mavericks @ Wizards (Nothing else to watch)
4/21 - Celtics @ Rockets (#1 Pick v. #2 Pick... who's going to be ROY?)
4/22 - Nets @ 76ers (Is it too late for the Nets at this point?)
PLUS your wildcard pick!
So, panelists... ball is in your court! Post up your picks!
(All others, please refrain from posting until after all picks are in... THANKS!)
Just to be different. Kinda on a streak at home.
