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5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:52 pm
by dodint
Initial Sign Up link: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.co ... d=DramaBen

Pool page: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival/6196/

Yahoo has a survival pool going this year. I know some of you (shaf) enjoy survivor pools elsewhere but I've never seen one here at 5AF.

If it's a small field size I presume the payout would be $20 to second place and the rest of the pot to the winner. If we get over 10 we can look at third place getting their buy-in back and second getting bumped up.

Configured as follows:

$10 buy in
2 strikes for elimination
Week 13+ requires two picks.
Keep picking through playoffs.
Dues would be sent to my Paypal and paid out when the last entrant qualifies as winner. I don't see a way of collecting dues via Yahoo.


Survivors:
Cbear3
dodint
Freddy Rumsen
MalkinIsMyHomeboy
mikey
robbiestoupe

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:23 pm
by mikey
In. Rules are agreeable.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:10 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
I would like to play

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:16 pm
by dodint
Image

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:14 pm
by Freddy Rumsen
yes please

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:31 pm
by CBear3
Sure, I'll parlay my F1 winnings
Oh wait

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:07 pm
by robbiestoupe
Sounds interesting, I'm in. The rules I'm used to say you cannot pick the same team twice throughout the season. Same rule here?

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:32 pm
by dodint
You may only pick each Pro Football team ONCE during the Contest Period. Once a Pro Football team is selected as your pick in a Round, it cannot be selected as your pick in a subsequent Round.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:01 pm
by Silentom
Never heard of Survival. How's it work?

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:05 pm
by dodint
Every week you pick a team you think won't lose. You can't use that team again the rest of the year. If your team loses it's a strike. Two strikes and you're out.

If the field breaks 10 we'll look at dropping it down to 1 strike elimination which is more traditional.

Last person standing wins.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:08 pm
by dodint
I'll post the sign-up now so people can wander in and see what it's all about. League is '6196' and the password is 'DramaBen'. But this link should take you right to the signup: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.co ... d=DramaBen

Anyone that doesn't pay by first pick Sunday deadline is dropped from the pool. Dues can go to dodint via gmail.com by PayPal or if you have something easier for you PM me. You can mail a check if you want, whatever. Just remember when sending dues ($10) to include your 5AF username for accountability.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:19 am
by dodint
Dues Paid:
Cbear3
dodint
MalkinIsMyHomeboy
robbiestoupe
mikey

Dues Owed:
@Freddy Rumsen

Some folks have logged in already, some haven't.

Initial Sign Up link: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.co ... d=DramaBen

Pool page: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival/6196/

Sign ups are still open until right up before the first game, all welcome!

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:44 am
by Freddy Rumsen
DM you to get the Pay Pal link?

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:46 am
by dodint
PayPal can go to:

Code: Select all

dodint@gmail.com

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:58 am
by dodint
@Cbear3
@dodint
@MalkinIsMyHomeboy
@robbiestoupe
@mikey
@Freddy Rumsen

Just a reminder that Week 1 is upon us. Six people signed up in the thread, five have signed up in the Pool, and five have paid. I 'assume' the remainder is FR who probably didn't see my reply above.

Deadline is 1PM Sunday, but there is a game tonight so if someone wants to burn their Patriots pick really early go for it. In the pool I can't see other people's picks, maybe they go live on Sunday(?). Failure to pick is a strike.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:35 am
by robbiestoupe
I'm hoping we don't see other's picks until games go live. Otherwise the strategy would be to wait until the last minute to pick to see what everybody else picked first.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:46 am
by dodint
We already have a strike, someone took the Titans.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:28 am
by mikey
That's interesting. Among friends, I'm running an "ATS pool" - one pick per week, pick an underdog to win outright, best record wins the pot at the end of the season...the most popular pick was Oakland in that...

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:35 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
the Titans over Oakland? That's a tough pick to make unless you're doing what mikey said.

I took Buffalo. Kind of sweated it out...

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:51 pm
by CBear3
My original pick was Oakland, then I started looking at the line and changed my mind. Atlanta was a much safer pick (HA!)

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:23 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
what happens if we all get eliminated? is it "whoever was eliminated last"?

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:25 pm
by dodint
Yeah. Yahoo should rank them. If there is a weekend where everyone goes out all at the same time (unlikely with two strikes, though more likely when 2 picks are going) we'll figure something out. Split pot or Random.org I guess.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:15 pm
by robbiestoupe
Week 1 is always the toughest since there are so many divisional games, and you really don't know how good teams will be that early in the season. Even though it was the Browns, I was waffling with my Steelers pick (away, divisional game).

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 4:42 pm
by dodint
*whistles*

I took the Cardinals today and they won in overtime. Glad to have them off my board. Yeesh.

5AF NFL Survival Pool 2017

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:33 am
by mikey
**** I forgot to pick...though it stands to reason that I could still pick the MNF game, but **** me...completely forgot for no reason at all...