Re: Shrinks $1000 King Capper Baseball Contest
Just my 0.02
This contest was a complete disaster from the very beginning. Changing the rules once the contest began was mistake number one. Regardless of whether or not the change affected anyone's picks, those running the contest were setting themselves up for a headache once that occurred.
The grading of the contest was a COMPLETE DISASTER! I will be the first to admit that grading such a contest must be a nightmare, and extremely time-consuming. When we were doing the daily picks tracker thingy in the main forum, I posted on a daily basis for probably four months during this past winter. I was always amazed that the tracker was updated on a daily basis, and those numbers were always accurate. Can't remember who was doing the grading, but they were doing it on their own time, they were lightning-fast and the grading was near flawless.....and this was simply a daily tracking thread, no contest, nothing!
Anyway, the grading of this contest was the complete opposite. I double and triple checked my numbers, and they rarely matched with what was posted on the standings here. It was clear from the beginning that Tuckman was overwhelmed with the grading (not blaming him..again, he was doing it on his own time and all)....and things just seemed to spiral downhill as the days went on. I personally became so frustrated I just quit making picks on a regular basis. Just felt like things were going to end in a big headache for someone and I didn't want to be part of it.
As it turns out, there does seem to be a mess at the end to clean up. Not even sure what happened last night and I'm not about to read through 100 posts to figure it out.
In any event, good luck on sorting out the mess and may the best AND MOST DESERVING man / woman win. And to that person, CONGRATS!!!!!!
Through it all, LET US NOT FORGET THE GENEROSITY OF THE SHRINK FOR OFFERING UP THIS CONTEST!!!!
SADLY, LOST THROUGH ALL OF THIS MESS IS THE FACT THAT SHRINK OFFERED UP $1,000 OF HIS OWN MONEY TO THE WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great gesture, Shrink, and thanks again!!!!!!!!!