The Town of Odyssey

It’s approaching that time of year again, and I can’t wait! I am so excited to get back to football!

As always, Ryder will be running this pool once he shows up, I’m just getting the thread ready to provide plenty of time for those interested to prepare.

Like last season, there will be two separate competitions going on through the season.
There will be the regular Weekly Pool where you pay $5 to Ryder each week you play and we have a weekly winner. There will also be the Cumulative Pool run by me which has a one time fee of $10 and runs all season with one winner at the end. Rules and information for each follow:

The Weekly Pool: The Cumulative Pool: If you want to participate in the Weekly Pool no notice is required, you can simply pay your fee and post your picks when we get started.

If you want to participate in the Cumulative Pool, you must announce your intention to play and submit your entry fee by season kickoff. You can’t enter after the season starts, and you can’t back out once you’ve entered.

You can participate in either or both of these contests, they are completely separate.


New to the Pool this year, thanks to a suggestion by AE, in addition to playing through this thread we will also have an online group for tracking our results. Note however that this is only an aid to the pool-runners and not definitive in any way. Ryder has the final say in his pool and I have the final say in mine. This is just so if one of us gets behind in tallying results (or Ryder disappears part way through again ) we still have some indication of the standings. (Most notably, Ryder takes precedence over the site when it comes to the tie-breaker as our version is different than the one the site uses, so it may declare an incorrect winner.)

This is the site and this is our group. Password: thetoo
Register as soon as you can to make sure there are no problems joining.

Try to remember to make your picks both in this thread and on the site each week, but if you can only do one be sure you post them here. The picks in this thread will be the official record for both pools.


Let’s do this!

I'll do both the weekly and cumulative..... but would I have to make two different lists?

Only if you want your picks for each to be different for some reason.

Somehow I don't think Ryder is coming back. He was last on in December of 2012. I would join but I am not consistent enough to do this every week.

I'll sign up for the cumulative again. *sends in cash*

Another question: What if ryder doesn't come back?

I'm psyched! This is a highlight of the autumn season. I've joined the nflpickspage site, as well.

godisawesomeness99 wrote:Another question: What if ryder doesn't come back?

Ehh, Ryder comes and goes when he pleases. I wouldn't be surprised if the guy shows up just in time.

Stop Wooton' Around wrote:I would join but I am not consistent enough to do this every week.

Dude, just play when you can. You'll probably be amazing at this and never miss a beat.

godisawesomeness99 wrote:Another question: What if ryder doesn't come back?

I'm sure he will be here, this is the purpose of his ToO account. The question is, once he does come back, will he stay the whole season.
But if he doesn’t show up, then I will go ahead and assume the Weekly Pool duties, as I will be tallying scores for the Cumulative one anyway.

Stop Wooton' Around wrote:I would join but I am not consistent enough to do this every week.

Then you wouldn’t want to do the Cumulative Pool, but you should definitely do a few entries in the Weekly one. That one you can just play whenever you are able because each week is its own contest and missing some doesn’t hurt you one bit.

I'll do both, I've signed up!

I demand a high stakes pool for those of us with superfluous amounts of cash!

I also think the cumulative pool entry fee should be raised. $50 per person would be awesome.

I'm willing to start up a second cumulative pool at $50.

Psh, c'mon guys. $1,000 AT LEAST.

The fee will remain at $10, that is a reasonable balance between payout and chance of loss. The point of this is to compliment the Weekly Pool. It’s not so much about making ‘big money’ as it is to have a second chance here to cover close losses in the other.

I'm joining KFs pool! BIG MONEY! WIN OR GO HOME!

Seriously, bookworm, $10? A guy from 1946 called. He wants his pocket change back.

We all put a lot of time into the cumulative pool; each week takes diligence and there are 17 full weeks, plus playoffs! It is definitely worth more than a measly combined $60 at the end of the year.

You put no more time into it than the Weekly One. This one is actually as near effortless as you can get.
And clearly the payoff would depend on how many people enter.
$60 is more than enough for what this is. Once again, this is not a way to make mass money, it is a way to have a second chance at winning something if you continually get frustrated by close losses in the other pool.
I already have people paid, so we can't change the fee unless they all agree, but if they do I will consider raising it to $20.

There's nothing wrong with two separate cumulative pools.

No there is not, if you really need to make (or more likely lose) huge money on this.

Because $50 is SO MUCH MONEY? o_O;