UFC Pickem: Boards league 2016

John_D80

Happy new year everyone on the MMA forum.

We're kicking off this year with a brand new boards UFC Pickem League. Last year was great craic and got very competitve in the last few weeks. It really was wide open right down to the wire.

First of all, thanks very much to Paully D for his trojan work in administering the league last year. Wouldnt have happened without him. Well done Paully D. Paully has passed the reins onto myself and ASOT and we will do our best to make it as successful as last year.




Any returning players can access the new league via this link:

http://bit.ly/1TvmkM4

**Some people last year had trouble accessing these types of links on mobile devices**


For new players, first of all welcome and good luck. You can register here:

http://ufcpickem.fightmetric.com

Follow the prompts/links to register.

Or by doing a google search for ''UFC Pickem'' and selecting ufc.com/fantasy

Once you are registered you can click on the link above for 'returning players' and you will be joined to the league.



Just a little info for ye.

We are hoping to announce winners for:

-Each event
-Each calendar Month
-Overall winner for the year

We figured that by having event and monthly winners, then we will still be able to pick up new people throughout the year as they will still have something to play for.

There are bound to be many snags along the way, particularly in the early days but please bear with us!!

Good luck everyone!!!!


John_D80 & ASOT

xtal191

Fair play lads!

John_D80

First event of the year is tonight guys.

UFC 195

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057541181

Get your picks in guys, if you haven't already.

Good luck all!

Axwell

Cheers for keeping it ticking over lads and good luck to all.

Easy Rod

I'm in. Good stuff lads.

If my betting record is anything to go by, I've no chance.

jimmii

In again. First link worked fine this year I seem to remember having issues with it last year. Just moved country so don't have time to go through properly so have gone with lots of decisions!

Wrongway1985

Back in biz! Happy New year all, Cheers to the lads who are keeping it running and Paully who initiated the league in the first place.

Have doubts about getting off to a good start with this card went for some dodgy picks I reckon mostly due to a number of 50-50 bouts including the main event.

RonanP77

I followed the link for new people, registered and made my picks, I don't see any mention of being part of a league though, did I miss something?

martyos121

In, great idea and I'm mad at myself for missing out last year, only found out about it.

Good luck to all (but not too good ).

John_D80

RonanP77 wrote: »

I followed the link for new people, registered and made my picks, I don't see any mention of being part of a league though, did I miss something?

http://bit.ly/1TvmkM4

Try this.

You might need to be logged in in another window though.

John_D80

Any new people who have registered.

Even if you cant seem to join the league today because of the device you are using, there's no need to panic.

Main thing is getting registered and getting your picks in for tonights event. You can always join the league later when you can get to a PC etc. and you're points will still go on the league table.

John_D80

Also guys,

Could anyone whose registered name on Pickem is different to their boards name, please post it here?

Thanks

RonanP77

I can see it now, I'm sitting pretty at the bottom of the table, most likely I'll be down there all year.

Mr. CooL ICE

Just joined there. I gave up last year when my first 3 events were never saved, but I've triple triple checked this time and I hope it works.

John_D80

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Just joined there. I gave up last year when my first 3 events were never saved, but I've triple triple checked this time and I hope it works.

This happened a few times to a few people last year as well.

This year, we are hoping that if the same happens again, guys wont lose interest because there will be a monthly winner and they can still stay involved from month to month even if they've lost points towards their annual total.

Hopefully this will mean we can also keep recruiting new players as the year goes on. Even though they wont be able to win the annual title, every new month is a fresh start for everyone.

ASOT

John_D80 wrote: »

This happened a few times to a few people last year as well.

This year, we are hoping that if the same happens again, guys wont lose interest because there will be a monthly winner and they can still stay involved from month to month even if they've lost points towards their annual total.

Hopefully this will mean we can also keep recruiting new players as the year goes on. Even though they wont be able to win the annual title, every new month is a fresh start for everyone.

Exactly this lads, it happened to myself and Axwell who were near the top and it's heartbreaking when you out effort in for months and then it doesn't save. So hopefully with the new monthly winners people will stay involved! Iv Litrally started saving about 18 times just to be safe!

Lenny17123

Hey all, new to this and joined the league. Great idea, didn't know about it last year. Looking forward to tonight's event.

Easy Rod

My name is Fuzzy Dunlop rather than Easy Rod.

Subcomandante Marcos

Subcomandante Marcos is in the house.

Made some wild picks for the craic.

BOHtox

No idea about most of the card but I joined the league for the craic anyway.

johnpro

Happy new year lads. Missed the boat on the previous one but looking forward to this it'll make some of the fights abit more exciting and as a great man once said

"I'm cocky in prediction, I'm confident in preparation, but I'm always humble in victory or defeat"

John_D80

Welcome aboard to all the new players. We have over 30 people registered in the league now.

ASOT

The winner tonight gets 20e from Paully lads.

John_D80

ASOT wrote: »

The winner tonight gets 20e from Paully lads.

Speaking of Paully, I dont think he has registered. As far as I remember his Pickem username was Paully as well an I dont see it on the list.

johnpro

Quick question...is this like the fight thread polls where we can make our pick after we know who wins?

ASOT

John_D80 wrote: »

Speaking of Paully, I dont think he has registered. As far as I remember his Pickem username was Paully as well an I dont see it on the list.

Sunderland beat villa I would assume if he drinks he's on the piss.

El Guapo!

I just registered there. Username: ElGuapo...

I wasn't in last year's one but I was in the ones we did a few years ago and they were good craic.

Paully D

ASOT wrote: »

The winner tonight gets 20e from Paully lads.

John_D80 wrote: »

Speaking of Paully, I dont think he has registered. As far as I remember his Pickem username was Paully as well an I dont see it on the list.

Haha! Unfortunately I won't be in for now lads. I'm going to leave it for the time being. As well as not having the time to sit down and pick properly for the immediate future I also found it was spoiling my enjoyment of the fights a little towards the end as I was just wanting my fantasy pick to win via the method I had selected rather than just enjoying the fights for what they were.

Hoki

I'm H0kee this year , the username Hoki is 'not allowed' for some strange reason. Think I finished top 5 last year so will be hoping for top 3 this year

John_D80

I'd imagine the majority of us are staying up to watch Duffy/Poirier tonight, so I would just like to remind everyone (especially the new guys) to check and double check your picks. Too many guys got burned last year.

Remember the picks are not locked in until you click on the 'SAVE' button.

John_D80

What an event to kick off the year!! Most definitely was worth staying up for. We've already had the type card that every other will have to live up to for the rest of year.

Anyways with out further ado the Winner of for this event is:

Dilapidating

It was a very close run thing with only 10 points in it between him and the two that tied for 2nd.

Here's your prize Dilapidating. Remember its harder to keep than it is to get. ;-)



For everyone else, If it was your first event and you didn't do as well as you would have liked, dont worry. Its a long slog and there are always good and bad weeks. Plenty guys (including myself) who were challenging for the title last year are finding themselves near the bottom of the table after this event.

Next event is two weeks away on the 17th. Dillashaw vs Cruz. Get your picks in.

Now feel free to bitch and moan about how you were let down by a certain fighter/ref/judge!!

Brussels Sprout

What's the significance of the "Level" value next to everybody's name in the leaderboard?

jimmii

10 points so close dammit! Nice start to the year fingers crossed for more of the same in a couple of weeks!

Swashbuckler

Mid table mediocrity. I'll take that!

John_D80

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

What's the significance of the "Level" value next to everybody's name in the leaderboard?

As your cumulative points total increases over a year, you 'level-up' when you hit different milestones. And even though your points reset to zero at the end of the year, your level doesn't.

There's no advantage for guys that have a higher level.

ASOT

I should be banned after that performance, in fairness though I had Noke, Soto & Condit all by decision so it could have been much different.

John_D80

ASOT wrote: »

I should be banned after that performance, in fairness though I had Noke, Soto & Condit all by decision so it could have been much different.

Add your reply here.


I think weve jinxed ourselves by taking this league on!! I did even worse than you!!

Pudsy33

8th in my first go so I'm chuffed with that beginners luck is a powerful thing.

Lenny17123

Pudsy33 wrote:

8th in my first go so I'm chuffed with that beginners luck is a powerful thing.

Speak for urself, I'm propping up the table like villa on my first attempt 😂☺

Swashbuckler

I'd say a lot of people feeling burned by some of the judging last night. Table could have looked very different.

JGEP

Not a big poster, actually don't think I've ever posted in this forum but have been into MMA for years so said I'd join the league for the craic

JoeyJJ

Joined for 16. Bit behind but no harm.

John_D80

Next event is only a few days away guys:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057547420

Dominic Cruz vs. TJ Dillashaw for the BW title. Main event should be a technical cracker and lots of tasty match-ups to warm the blood beforehand.

Get your picks in and remember as always to check and double check 'em. They are not locked in until you click the save button. Also I think that there have been 1 or 2 changes in the match ups so if you saved your picks a couple weeks ago it might be worth checking them.

Also welcome to the 2 new players (JGEP & JoeyJJ) that have joined since the previous event.

Swashbuckler

Almost forgot!

Edit. Forgot its tomorrow too.

evad_lhorg

Joined there for a bit of craic.

Subcomandante Marcos

Do you get punished if you pick the winner but get the way they won/round they won in wrong?

Axwell

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Do you get punished if you pick the winner but get the way they won/round they won in wrong?

You dont get punished you just dont get the points for those. Winner, round and method all score points.

John_D80

Congrats to the Winner for this event:

Wrongway1985

10 correct picks out of 13 is very good, so well done.



Special mention must surely go to csallmighty as well. A very impressive 5 perfects out of 9 winning picks got him a well deserved 2nd place. Good going.

Next event is:

Fight Night: Johnson vs. Bader on the night/morning of the 30th/31st.

John_D80

Formalities aside, could i just request again that any players who's Pickem name is different from their boards username please let us know by posting here. It hasn't been an issue so far but it will invariably arise whereby an event/month winner's name doesn't match up to any name that features here.

The reason being is that the league is open to anyone and we dont want some randomer just joining our league and taking our glory now do we!? :-)

Mr. Manager

Not sure if I need to mention as I was in the previous league but my username on that site is:

elkatsumoto

ASOT

Decent event finally, 9/13 with two perfect, il genuinely gate cote I need to stop backing and going against him haha