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Typ0
09-03-2002, 09:38 PM
We are beta-testing a pickem contest for the NFL games at BillsZone.com. Once you enter the Pick-Em zone during the week, you must participate in making picks for that week.

Each away team will have a spread. A negative spread means the value gets subtracted from the away teams final score and if that value is greater than the home teams score the away team will score a win for that week. A positive spread means the value gets added to the away teams final score and if that value is greater than the home teams score the away team will score a win for that week. In both cases if the home teams final score is greater the home team will be the winner for that game. Ties will be ties and no one will get points for those games. Pick the team that scores a win to accumulate points but be carefull, picking a loser will subtract points as well.

SCORING:

For each game you pick correct, you will receive a score of 20pts.
For each game you pick incorrect, you will receive a score of -10pts.
On ties, no one will receive points for that game.
Keep in mind if you enter the pickem-zone and see the current week and the update pick's link appears at the bottom of the page, you must make a pick for each game or you will be scored with a loss for each game you fail to make a pick. In other words, you must pick each game in this contest. You cannot choose what games you want to pick and others you don't.

Make your picks now:

http://www.billszone.com/YourSite/global/nfl/pickem.php

BillsZone reserves the right to panic if there are any obstacles during the beta test. For this first week we are going to leave the game open for picking until saturday night at midnight. At approximately midnight on Saturday the game will be locked and you will no longer be able to submit your picks so make your picks before the deadline! This means everyone participating in the game this week will get a freebie with the Thursday night game...you just have to make sure you have properly selected the winner of that game before the game is locked.

Once all games for the week have been completed the final scores will be entered and all the picks scored. The game will then be unlocked for picking to begin on the next week.

lordofgun
09-03-2002, 09:56 PM
Make sure you click "update" after each selection!

lordofgun
09-03-2002, 10:01 PM
BTW, this will be replacing the yahoo game as BZ's official pick 'em game! If you registered for yahoo, I apologize, but the good news is if you're registered on the BFZ forums, then you're already registered for the pick 'em game!

lordofgun
09-03-2002, 10:19 PM
Prizes for the winners:

1st place: 2500 ZoneBucks, "BillsZone Pick 'em champion" logo under your avatar in every post, Wys Wings Sauce gift pack.

2nd Place: 1000 ZoneBucks, "BillsZone pick 'em runner up" logo under your avatar in every post, bottle of Wys Wings sauce.

3rd place: 500 ZoneBucks, bottle of Wys Wings Sauce

(The previous Yahoo game will not count toward this, as that is no longer an official contest. No prizes will be awarded for the yahoo pick 'em.)

casdhf
09-04-2002, 08:20 AM
we can pick till saturday, eventhough theres a game on thursday?

Earthquake Enyart
09-04-2002, 08:34 AM
A bit cumbersome. How about a global update, so you don't have to do every game over and over and over.

LtBillsFan66
09-04-2002, 09:44 AM
I agree with EE. Major PITA.

lordofgun
09-04-2002, 11:21 AM
Yeah i know, it's mostly to reduce server load if a bunch of people are trying to pick at once.

And yes, the first game on Thursday is a freebie, so you can pick that game, even thought you'll know the final, until saturday at midnight.

Ebenezer
09-04-2002, 11:29 AM
ok....i'm in

northernbillfan
09-04-2002, 11:40 AM
I'm in on this one too!

Sabre Ally
09-04-2002, 05:37 PM
I'll make my picks on Friday, so I can get the Thursday night game right. (It might be the only one I pick correctly all season) :D

shelby
09-04-2002, 05:41 PM
i'm in...


the zone rocks!:hail:

honey
09-04-2002, 06:24 PM
If you've already picked, can you change them until lockout time? (Like if I picked the wrong winner for Thursday, can I change it to the right one on Friday this week?)

Typ0
09-04-2002, 06:33 PM
yes you can always go back and change your picks until the game is locked down for the week.

Sorry about the PITA folks. Don't think it's that big of a deal really...just make sure you click update each time you make a pick.

WG
09-04-2002, 11:32 PM
Very Nice Typ0!!!

I know a ton of work went into this...!

lordofgun
09-04-2002, 11:36 PM
:hail:Typ0

LtBillsFan66
09-05-2002, 08:17 AM
We'll get used to it. Just don't make all your picks first, then hit each submit. It'll clear the rest of em.

Valerie
09-05-2002, 11:05 AM
I'm done (I think). I hope I did it the right way. :)

clumping platelets
09-05-2002, 01:04 PM
Originally posted by Jaded 7
I'm done (I think). I hope I did it the right way. :)


:rolleyes:

timfromjersey
09-05-2002, 01:13 PM
Just out of a case of curiosity, why was the Yahoo Pick'em taken down as the official Billsfanzone pick'em and replaced with this one.

What did they do?

lordofgun
09-05-2002, 02:02 PM
They didn't do anything. We just got this one in place and it's our own, so why send people to yahoo? :D

JJamezz
09-05-2002, 02:13 PM
Keep in mind, the Yahoo one is still active, so why not do both?? :up:

lordofgun
09-05-2002, 02:14 PM
exactly. just no proizes for the yahoo league. :tongue:

northernbillfan
09-05-2002, 02:18 PM
I want a proize!

What's my proize boss?

casdhf
09-05-2002, 03:54 PM
:lol:

lordofgun
09-05-2002, 04:53 PM
no proizes!!!

clumping platelets
09-05-2002, 04:58 PM
I'm confused..........the link on page 1 sends me to Yahoo

What the link to the new one??

clumping platelets
09-05-2002, 05:14 PM
A couple of hrs ago....the link still went to Yahoo but thankfully the link goes to the new pickem pool

I'm all set!!

:clap:

Typ0
09-05-2002, 07:38 PM
suddenly timfromjersey shows up to cause trouble...LOL

Dman
09-06-2002, 06:44 AM
What happens if I get last nights game wrong?
:stupid:

Typ0
09-06-2002, 06:53 AM
just go back and change it. Nothing has been counted yet. The whole game gets scored once a week and we haven't done this week yet.

lordofgun
09-06-2002, 12:45 PM
Last night's game was a freebie! Anyone who got it wrong should go back and fix it!

LABillsFan
09-06-2002, 03:45 PM
I'm in.

Sabre Ally
09-06-2002, 05:04 PM
I guess I'm only playing the unofficial one, because I can't figure out how to make my picks on this one.

Sabre Ally
09-06-2002, 05:07 PM
Oh wait, nevermind. I guess it helps if I click on update picks.

lordofgun
09-07-2002, 08:48 PM
The deadline is midnight eastern time! get your picks in!!