So...my bracket is ranked #40 out of EVERY facebook user who filled out a bracket (several million). And none of the 39 brackets currently ahead of me has all of their final 4 teams left like I do. I think this means there's a pretty good chance I might win the $10,000 grand prize.
ECH,
will probably end up getting screwed by Cornell, though.
Wow. Best of luck to you ECH.
I'd love to make you foot the bar tab next time you roll through town.
Hell yeah. At that point we'd probably have to cross the river and hit a casino.
Also, I double-checked and did the math again and I don't just have a chance to win, I have a REALLY GODDAMN GOOD chance to win. In fact, depending on how the sweet 16 plays out it could be a mathematical certainty by next weekend.
I don't know what any of this means except the possibility of winning 10K, so good luck on that!
I dont understand any of this but good luck anyway ECH!
What Squid said.
"bracket" is short for "I filled out the NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket before it started with the teams I thought would win". TBH, I'm surprised at having to explain this to any americans, as March Madness bracket pools are pretty ubiquitous. Anyway, if you have the most accurate bracket at the end of the tournament out of all the brackets filled out by all the people on facebook who used the CBS Sports app to fill out brackets, you win $10,000.
:argh!: you fucker
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 22, 2010, 04:42:55 PM
"bracket" is short for "I filled out the NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket before it started with the teams I thought would win". TBH, I'm surprised at having to explain this to any americans, as March Madness bracket pools are pretty ubiquitous. Anyway, if you have the most accurate bracket at the end of the tournament out of all the brackets filled out by all the people on facebook who used the CBS Sports app to fill out brackets, you win $10,000.
pretty ubiquitous amongst basketball fans perhaps, but not amongst pasty nerds such as myself :p
Anyway, congrats on the potential for insane winnings!
no, it's really pretty ubiquitous in general. Second biggest gambling event of the year (after the superbowl) and causes the single biggest drop in economic productivity among american workers each year. I mean, EVERYONE fills out a bracket, even people who don't know basketball from chinese checkers.
yeah we spend half of history class talking about our brackets instead of learning :lol:
WHICH REMINDS ME I HAVE TO LAUGHA T ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CHOSE KANSAS :lol:
but anyway i hope you win it and not some random spag
Right? at least then you can say that you only lost your bracket pool because the guy ahead of you had the BEST BRACKET IN THE WORLD.
:lol:
I have a Yahoo bracket this year and I got my ass handed to me already. Both of my final teams are out.
Fucking Villanova. :argh!:
However, I am ranked 25th out of 59 in my group and 55th overall on Yahoo. So it could be A LOT worse.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 22, 2010, 04:57:12 PM
no, it's really pretty ubiquitous in general. Second biggest gambling event of the year (after the superbowl) and causes the single biggest drop in economic productivity among american workers each year. I mean, EVERYONE fills out a bracket, even people who don't know basketball from chinese checkers.
This is true, I did it with the thingy we played on PD.com a couple of years back. My flip-a-coin method really sucked.
But I think it was football, that time. The concept is identical, however. A repeated two-value stochastic random process.
I didn't pay attention to the standings at all. I just picked them at random to see what would happen.
nah that was basketball 000
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 22, 2010, 04:42:55 PM
"bracket" is short for "I filled out the NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket before it started with the teams I thought would win". TBH, I'm surprised at having to explain this to any americans, as March Madness bracket pools are pretty ubiquitous. Anyway, if you have the most accurate bracket at the end of the tournament out of all the brackets filled out by all the people on facebook who used the CBS Sports app to fill out brackets, you win $10,000.
WTF is a bracket pool
"March madness"? :?
are you even speaking English?
Almost 40 years old and I can't figure out what the hell you're saying.
Is this some kind of East Coast thing?
What the hell is this 'basketball' you guys keep referring to?
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 22, 2010, 10:18:16 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 22, 2010, 04:42:55 PM
"bracket" is short for "I filled out the NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket before it started with the teams I thought would win". TBH, I'm surprised at having to explain this to any americans, as March Madness bracket pools are pretty ubiquitous. Anyway, if you have the most accurate bracket at the end of the tournament out of all the brackets filled out by all the people on facebook who used the CBS Sports app to fill out brackets, you win $10,000.
WTF is a bracket pool
"March madness"? :?
are you even speaking English?
Almost 40 years old and I can't figure out what the hell you're saying.
The tournament bracket for the Men's NCAA Basketball Championships. We pay money, we pick a bracket, and whoever has the most correct picks at the end of the month wins the bracket.
Quote from: Suu on March 22, 2010, 10:48:37 PM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 22, 2010, 10:18:16 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 22, 2010, 04:42:55 PM
"bracket" is short for "I filled out the NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket before it started with the teams I thought would win". TBH, I'm surprised at having to explain this to any americans, as March Madness bracket pools are pretty ubiquitous. Anyway, if you have the most accurate bracket at the end of the tournament out of all the brackets filled out by all the people on facebook who used the CBS Sports app to fill out brackets, you win $10,000.
WTF is a bracket pool
"March madness"? :?
are you even speaking English?
Almost 40 years old and I can't figure out what the hell you're saying.
The tournament bracket for the Men's NCAA Basketball Championships. We pay money, we pick a bracket, and whoever has the most correct picks at the end of the month wins the bracket.
Hmmm, OK, thanks. I am still not sure what a bracket is, but this is clearly some type of betting pool, amirite?
I don't really get it, but I hope one of you guys wins something.
Huh, I didn't realise "bracket" referred specifically to basketball.
Anyway, sweet news ECH!
It doesn't. It can be any single elimination tournament.
(http://www.samplewords.com/docthumbs/home-tournament-64-thumb.jpg)
That's what it looks like.
yeah basically you got this tournament schedule, as in the pic Suu posted, and then you try to predict the way it goes.
still not entirely sure which part of it is the "bracket", in Dutch we call this betting game a "pool". come to think of it, bracket and pool might refer to the same thing. which is, the group of teams that a particular team is going to play against in the tournament, depending on how the schedule goes.
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 23, 2010, 12:02:05 AM
yeah basically you got this tournament schedule, as in the pic Suu posted, and then you try to predict the way it goes.
still not entirely sure which part of it is the "bracket", in Dutch we call this betting game a "pool". come to think of it, bracket and pool might refer to the same thing. which is, the group of teams that a particular team is going to play against in the tournament, depending on how the schedule goes.
In the States a Pool refers to any bet taken amongst a large group of people, as in "everybody pools their money".
Hmmmm you're probably right, it might refer to that here as well. I don't usually participate in those betting games because I don't follow sports.
The bracket is actually filling out a bracket and participating. A pool can be any betting system or the amount of money to be won. For example our current pool for 1st place is $430.
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 23, 2010, 12:11:57 AM
Hmmmm you're probably right, it might refer to that here as well. I don't usually participate in those betting games because I don't follow sports.
Its not always sports related, for example at my job, the kitchen guys usually take bets on how many covers we're going to do on a given night.
I DON'T KNOW
you that well, but you'll probably blow the wad on knives and pussy, in like three weeks
Quote from: Z³ on March 23, 2010, 12:23:11 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 23, 2010, 12:11:57 AM
Hmmmm you're probably right, it might refer to that here as well. I don't usually participate in those betting games because I don't follow sports.
Its not always sports related, for example at my job, the kitchen guys usually take bets on how many covers we're going to do on a given night.
we used to do that every payday. Kitchen and waitstaff would put in $20 each, closest without going over wins. Winner would usually clock $200 - $240. Not a bad payday bonus.
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 23, 2010, 04:18:49 AM
I DON'T KNOW
you that well, but you'll probably blow the wad on knives and pussy, in like three weeks
apparently, you know me well enough. :lulz:
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 23, 2010, 06:19:28 AM
Quote from: Z³ on March 23, 2010, 12:23:11 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 23, 2010, 12:11:57 AM
Hmmmm you're probably right, it might refer to that here as well. I don't usually participate in those betting games because I don't follow sports.
Its not always sports related, for example at my job, the kitchen guys usually take bets on how many covers we're going to do on a given night.
we used to do that every payday. Kitchen and waitstaff would put in $20 each, closest without going over wins. Winner would usually clock $200 - $240. Not a bad payday bonus.
I havent tried to jump in on that pool, nor have I tried to instigate a new one...
Although, If I am there next bastille day, I will.