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Posted: #1

Good? Bad? Undecided?

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?

 

Seems decent i think. Unfortunate that you can't play pucklines, but w/e - you take what you can get! Thanks for your work with it Bushay.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?

 

Seems good so far. 

With regards to over/under - how do you know what price(line) you are choosing 

and does a push bet count towards your 200 picks

 
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Quote Originally Posted by PuckDrop:

Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?
  Seems good so far.  With regards to over/under - how do you know what price(line) you are choosing  and does a push bet count towards your 200 picks

a push does not count towards your 200. You will need to make those up to qualify for a prize.

they do not attach a money line to the totals. If you think you can win this by betting with that edge, have at it and good luck. I know of one punter with that idea in mind already. Your total bets are all -110. 

 
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Seems pretty good, just wish we had more people
 
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I actually really like it , i think it's better than what we used last year 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?

 

I like the platform for the contest.

Pros:Definitely better that picks are hidden from other contestants until puckdrop. Comical relief looking at the touts picks and reasons for the picks. Makes the pool look like it is being ran on something better than MS-DOS (No offence)

Cons: I dislike the totals prices all being default to -110. I think this is a bad feature, and hope it can be adjusted in time.

Thanks for organising once again. You guys are stand-up fellas!

 
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I actually like the old one better...there's not a lot of difference in ultimate functionality and the pages on covers.com load scripts and auto play ads and make the spinning beach ball appear on my mac!

 

 

 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by JDMonty:

Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?
  I like the platform for the contest. Pros:Definitely better that picks are hidden from other contestants until puckdrop. Comical relief looking at the touts picks and reasons for the picks. Makes the pool look like it is being ran on something better than MS-DOS (No offence) Cons: I dislike the totals prices all being default to -110. I think this is a bad feature, and hope it can be adjusted in time. Thanks for organising once again. You guys are stand-up fellas!
Quote Originally Posted by JDMonty:

Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?
  I like the platform for the contest. Pros:Definitely better that picks are hidden from other contestants until puckdrop. Comical relief looking at the touts picks and reasons for the picks. Makes the pool look like it is being ran on something better than MS-DOS (No offence) Cons: I dislike the totals prices all being default to -110. I think this is a bad feature, and hope it can be adjusted in time. Thanks for organising once again. You guys are stand-up fellas!

JDM - Actually the picks are not hidden. Just click on pending and they are available to see as soon as someone makes their picks. 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Quote Originally Posted by PuckDrop:

Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?
  Seems good so far.  With regards to over/under - how do you know what price(line) you are choosing  and does a push bet count towards your 200 picks
a push does not count towards your 200. You will need to make those up to qualify for a prize. they do not attach a money line to the totals. If you think you can win this by betting with that edge, have at it and good luck. I know of one punter with that idea in mind already. Your total bets are all -110.

 

Just a heads up that am unable to make my last two picks as the push is being counted as a play - thanks again for holding the contest     good fun!

 
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Posted: #11

Why do games go off at :00 and :30 instead of :05 and :35?

 
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Posted: #12
Bushay

Please do advise when the issue of the pushes 
is cleared up to allow Puckdrop to makeup his plays.

Also has the contest stopped allowing new entries?
Seems that the last entry in was quite late, especially 
considering that a lot of plays were made by many 
and that this contest has a large number of entrants 
in the red.  

 
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Posted: #13
Hi, If i have 3 ties on my record, does that mean i need to re play those 3 bets?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by sherwood88:

  I like the platform for the contest. Pros:Definitely better that picks are hidden from other contestants until puckdrop. Comical relief looking at the touts picks and reasons for the picks. Makes the pool look like it is being ran on something better than MS-DOS (No offence) Cons: I dislike the totals prices all being default to -110. I think this is a bad feature, and hope it can be adjusted in time. Thanks for organising once again. You guys are stand-up fellas!
Quote Originally Posted by JDMonty:

Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?   I like the platform for the contest. Pros:Definitely better that picks are hidden from other contestants until puckdrop. Comical relief looking at the touts picks and reasons for the picks. Makes the pool look like it is being ran on something better than MS-DOS (No offence) Cons: I dislike the totals prices all being default to -110. I think this is a bad feature, and hope it can be adjusted in time. Thanks for organising once again. You guys are stand-up fellas!

JDM - Actually the picks are not hidden. Just click on pending and they are available to see as soon as someone makes their picks. 


Haha... what an idiot I am... I didnt even try clicking on 'Pending' or 'Hidden'... Logically, those terms to me, mean that you wont see them until the games start.

I'll take the flack for the poor callout, but also accept sympathy on all levels for being tricked by poor verbiage.

Good luck everyone! But not too much luck...
 
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I’ll address this on Tuesday

 
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Quote Originally Posted by PuckDrop:

Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Quote Originally Posted by PuckDrop:

Quote Originally Posted by Bushay:

Good? Bad? Undecided?
  Seems good so far.  With regards to over/under - how do you know what price(line) you are choosing  and does a push bet count towards your 200 picks
a push does not count towards your 200. You will need to make those up to qualify for a prize. they do not attach a money line to the totals. If you think you can win this by betting with that edge, have at it and good luck. I know of one punter with that idea in mind already. Your total bets are all -110.
  Just a heads up that am unable to make my last two picks as the push is being counted as a play - thanks again for holding the contest     good fun!

I've contacted Covers for their help on this. Waiting on their reply. Worst case scenario well set up a thread and you can post your plays needed to complete the contest. Or we can also just count the ties. Wasn't expecting anyone to be done with their 200 before the 3rd month was up. Either way, it will be fair for everyone. Give me a day or 2 at most to sort this out. 

 
 
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Posted: #17

OK fellas. I've been in touch with the Covers Contest people and we've decided to increase the 200 play limit to 210 just so the guys who are in the hunt for the cash can make a few extra plays to replace the ties they currently have. If you're not in the money hunt, you are going to need to stop at 200 or whatever it is to cover your ties as well. I ask you not to keep posting plays all the way up to 210 just because you can, cause we'd like to gauge and grade everyone on only their 200 unless you were to drop out of the contest early. I hope this satisfies everyone. Next year we will omit the ties do not count rule and simply go by a flat 200. Lesson learned. The only reason we put ties don't count is the last 4 years we had this rule and there were no real issues. Should stop any of this confusion. Good luck everyone.

 

p.s. I just sent him an email of what we want to do so you 2 who are at your 200 limits MAY need to wait till at least tomorrow if this guy I've been dealing with went home for the day. But if you see a play you like tonight, give it a try it may allow you to do it already. 

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