Buffett Madness- Rules & Info *bracket 1st post (4/7)

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 18, 2007 10:10 pm

ragtopW wrote:I wonder.. How Jimmy Will react when he sees the Results
and the brackets

Well the brackets that are still existing

RoadToTheFinalFour · Post by **RoadToTheFinalFour** » March 18, 2007 10:20 pm

I'm working on posting updated brackets, but as I'm doing that, I have a question for the voters.

Right now, when a poll closes, I declare the winner, and lock the thread. Would you rather me leave it open so that you can discuss the results? Or should I just lock it up?

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 18, 2007 10:25 pm

RoadToTheFinalFour wrote:I'm working on posting updated brackets, but as I'm doing that, I have a question for the voters.

Right now, when a poll closes, I declare the winner, and lock the thread. Would you rather me leave it open so that you can discuss the results? Or should I just lock it up?

could we get it left up for.. say another 48 hours??
then lock it up?

gingerbreadman · Post by **gingerbreadman** » March 18, 2007 10:26 pm

RoadToTheFinalFour wrote:I'm working on posting updated brackets, but as I'm doing that, I have a question for the voters.

Right now, when a poll closes, I declare the winner, and lock the thread. Would you rather me leave it open so that you can discuss the results? Or should I just lock it up?

I wonder if you can just lock the voting but not the thread?

gingerbreadman · Post by **gingerbreadman** » March 18, 2007 10:32 pm

ragtopW wrote:I wonder.. How Jimmy Will react when he sees the Results
and the brackets

So far I don't think there will be much reaction. All he has to do is quit playing WDWGDAS.

But if he did that what will be the new BRB/Beer Run song?

On second thought, Jimmy, just keep on playing WDWGDAS!

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » March 18, 2007 10:36 pm

I think it should be like reality...when a team looses.... the are yesterday's news. Just my 2 cents.

RoadToTheFinalFour · Post by **RoadToTheFinalFour** » March 18, 2007 10:36 pm

gingerbreadman wrote:
RoadToTheFinalFour wrote:I'm working on posting updated brackets, but as I'm doing that, I have a question for the voters.

Right now, when a poll closes, I declare the winner, and lock the thread. Would you rather me leave it open so that you can discuss the results? Or should I just lock it up?
I wonder if you can just lock the voting but not the thread?

Well the voting locks automatically after 48 hours, since I put the poll closes option on for 2 days. If you want, I can unlock the threads though.

gingerbreadman · Post by **gingerbreadman** » March 18, 2007 11:06 pm

RoadToTheFinalFour wrote:
gingerbreadman wrote:
RoadToTheFinalFour wrote:I'm working on posting updated brackets, but as I'm doing that, I have a question for the voters.

Right now, when a poll closes, I declare the winner, and lock the thread. Would you rather me leave it open so that you can discuss the results? Or should I just lock it up?
I wonder if you can just lock the voting but not the thread?
Well the voting locks automatically after 48 hours, since I put the poll closes option on for 2 days. If you want, I can unlock the threads though.

Whatever everyone else says.

My point would be when the team WINS, who are they going up against next? Best reason to keep the thread open, but voting locked.

In the case of Volcano vs PBC, Volcano won. But I think LMIP will beat Great Heart, and so it will be Volcano against LMIP. Will be fun to see those two SYKBH's duke it out.

Cheeseburger vs He Went To Paris will be interesting too!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » March 19, 2007 1:37 am

Looks like one GREAT second round matchup....SOASOAS vs. Hurricane Season!!!

Post by **SMLCHNG** » March 19, 2007 8:25 am

ToplessRideFL wrote:I think it should be like reality...when a team looses.... the are yesterday's news. Just my 2 cents.

Yep. My cents are the same.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » March 19, 2007 10:58 am

Locking the done ones makes it easier to identify the open ones...

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » March 19, 2007 11:05 am

RoadToTheFinalFour wrote:In honor of the NCAA basketball tournaments that are now upon us, I thought it would be kinda cool to do the same thing with Buffett songs.

By the way, this is very cool!

I'm glad you thought of it, and took the time to put it together!

It's easy for everyone to pop in and participate, and it's fun following along with the results! I can't wait to see how it turns out!

Kudos to ya!

Jollymom21 · Post by **Jollymom21** » March 19, 2007 3:27 pm

RoadToTheFinalFour wrote:I'm working on posting updated brackets, but as I'm doing that, I have a question for the voters.

Right now, when a poll closes, I declare the winner, and lock the thread. Would you rather me leave it open so that you can discuss the results? Or should I just lock it up?

As long as you can lock the voting, I'd "vote" for keeping the thread open. That's part of the fun -- seeing what everyone thinks and why!

You're doing a great job by the way -- keep up the good work

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » March 19, 2007 8:15 pm

I'm sort of in favor of "locking" the thread as well, that way I don't lose track of which polls are no longer applicable (other than the "WINNER" I have no other way of telling if a poll is closed or not

)

RoadToTheFinalFour · Post by **RoadToTheFinalFour** » March 19, 2007 8:46 pm

I think I'm going to keep the threads locked because as others have said, it makes it easier to identify which polls are open.

Feel free to discuss upsets, potential matchups and the like in this thread though.

Kasey · Post by **Kasey** » March 19, 2007 8:47 pm

I had 14 out of the first 16 right, but it looks like I will get all 3 of tomorrow's wrong. Ouch!

btw, I like locking the thread, makes it much easier to sort it all out.

conched · Post by **conched** » March 19, 2007 8:52 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:Locking the done ones makes it easier to identify the open ones...

What TB says. Eventhough it says winner, there are no posts, so they stay at the bottom of the list of threads.

Great job! Fun as it is. I see 13 WINNERS ARE DECLARED

http://itsnak.com/BNMarchMadness.ppt

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » March 19, 2007 8:53 pm

I have an interesting idea, why don't you lock the post part of the thread, and only allow the poll during the voting (This way someone else can not directly affect the outcome of the voting, similar to what they do in primaries and other votes?) Then you can open the posts after the outcome is known so people can comment on it and even "gripe" about the results?

Just a thought....

moeron · Post by **moeron** » March 20, 2007 5:16 pm

How do I vote for "boat drinks"? I can only vote once??

RoadToTheFinalFour · Post by **RoadToTheFinalFour** » March 20, 2007 6:54 pm

moeron wrote:How do I vote for "boat drinks"? I can only vote once??

Right now, I'm only posting a few polls per day. According the schedule I drew up, I'll post the Boat Drinks game on Thursday.

Here's the schedule for the rest of the 1st round:

Tue, March 20:
(2) CILCIA v. (15) Tiki Bar is Open [Bars]
(8) Last Mango in Paris v. (9) Great Heart [Beaches]
(5) Knees of My Heart v. (12) Cowboy in the Jungle [Boats]

Wed, March 21:
(3) Southern Cross v. (14) Last Man Standing [Ballads]
(6) Gypsies in the Palace v. (11) Holiday [Bars]
(7) Mexico v. (10) Hey Good Lookin [Beaches]

Thu, March 22:
(1) Margaritaville v. (16) Great Filling Station Holdup [Boats]
(4) Boat Drinks v. (13) Scarlet Begonias [Ballads]
(3) Brown Eyed Girl v. (14) Everyone's Talking [Bars]

Fri, March 23:
(2) Cheeseburger in Paradise v. (15) He Went to Paris [Beaches]
Second Round Matchup
Second Round Matchup

So by Sunday night, the 1st round will be over.

And you can only vote once, just like in any other poll on BN.

I'll post today's games later. I'm actually quite busy right now.

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