Week 1 Update
Week 1 is officially in the books, and while some of you came out looking like tactical geniuses, a few of you look like you drafted your picks while wearing a blindfold on a moving carousel.
At the top of the mountain sits Ex-Commish, proving that stepped-down leadership apparently frees up maximum brainpower to hoard 118 points. Right on their heels, Grillas Gorillas and GYRO WARRIOR posted a fierce 116 points, proving that monkeying around and slinging gyros are legitimate strategies for early success. Special shoutout to You had me at Meat Tornado, who managed to land in the top 10 despite an 11-5 record—clearly maximizing confidence points while everyone else was overthinking their MNF tiebreakers.
Now, let's look down into the dark abyss at the bottom of the board. While Primetimes somehow managed to drag a gorgeous 12-4 pick record all the way down to 68th place with 89 points (masterclass in confidence point mismanagement, guys), nobody had a rougher launch than TRS6065, who took a glorious zero-point, 0-16 absolute goose egg. Whether that was a bold statement, a total system crash, or an administrative protest, welcome to the floor of the standings!
Shake off the dust, adjust your confidence points, and get ready for Week 2—because as the standings prove, nobody’s job is safe at the top, and there’s nowhere to go but up for the bottom!
Cumulative Update
We made it through the first week and the new website survived its first stress test! There were a few minor bugs/deficiencies that have been ironed out and we are ready to roll!
All of the side games will start win week 2.
Some of the new website features:
+ The weekly standings table is sortable by points or points lost by clicking/tapping on the column header. The table will update automatically as games go final.
+ Click/tap on the Light/Dark button at the top of the page to switch between light mode and dark mode.
+ The picks sheet has been completely redone. Once you get used to the new page, it should be a much better/easier pick making experience. When making your picks you can enter just the Thursday or other early week games. You do not need to enter the whole week. Enter the picks you want and hit save my picks
+ The View Picks page will update as games go final with red and green shading to show how people did
+ The Score week page allows you to run different scenarios and see how the standings shake out. Games that are final will be pre-selected when you load the page. You are able to change those games if you want to see what the standings would have looked like some of the games went the other way. The live standings table is also sortable by clicking on the headers.
+ The new site features full support for mobile web app installation and push notifications. Follow this link for instructions to add to your phone and setup notifications.
+ Please let me know if you find any glitches with the new sight or if you have any suggested edits/additions.
Survivor Update
Head to Head Update
King of the Hill Update
Due to some technical and communication issues we are going to start King of the Hill in week 2. We normally start all of the side games in week 2 and that meant some players didn't realize it was starting in week 1. In addition, there were a couple of technical issues that didn't lock in the KOH pick and also wasn't notifying players that you needed to make a selection.
For everyone that took the Chargers, consider this an early Christmas gift. For everyone else, myself included, it's not the greatest outcome, but I believe it is the fairest solution for the overall league.