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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 16:05:31 GMT -6
NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS.... I'm thinking of trying a bracket predictor for this year's playoff pick 'em contests. I've found 1 free one that seems to do what I want (although I wish it had more gadgets). What I need is some people to test it - a half dozen or so will do. The unfortunate part is that to play the game you have to register as a user. Then you can play in as many as you want. You enter your e-mail & they'll send you a password. In 24 hours, I haven't gotten any spam from them. So if some of you are willing to go try it, I would appreciate it. I'm going to use an 11pm Eastern cutoff (so 10pm Central). I just need 6 of you in 6 hours to go in & click whoever you think will win. You pick the entire first round & click enter & then it allows you to pick 2nd round. You then pick all of 2nd round & then click enter. And so forth until you have a champion. I need to see what the summaries look like, etc. It gives 1 pt for first round win, 2 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, etc. Here's last year's DIII bracket. Please go in, sign up, and pick. Then you won't have to sign-up when the real competition starts. Please help! DIII test bracket
Also once you're done, please post any comments, issues, etc. about the process. I'm also going to see what else might be out there, but this seemed to do what we want. The help info is sparse though so I need you to help with testing... Thanks!
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Post by Rabid Monkey on Jan 29, 2015 16:17:10 GMT -6
Very easy to use. Looks like we could have some fun with this.
Thanks for finding it!
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 16:28:24 GMT -6
I have 2 vols so far. Thanks - it is helpful.
1 thing I've noticed is that it gives me the "name" field and the e-mail address. I'm going to suggest that each of you go to "Edit Registration Info" and set your "name" to the same as your userid on LA Prep so that we can publish based on that.
Also, can those of you that have filled out a bracket go to the Prediction Leaderboard? Does it show name & e-mail for everyone or something else?
Still need some more to sign-up & make their picks before 10pm.
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Post by pOkLE on Jan 29, 2015 16:32:32 GMT -6
Done
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Post by pOkLE on Jan 29, 2015 16:34:23 GMT -6
I have 2 vols so far. Thanks - it is helpful. 1 thing I've noticed is that it gives me the "name" field and the e-mail address. I'm going to suggest that each of you go to "Edit Registration Info" and set your "name" to the same as your userid on LA Prep so that we can publish based on that. Also, can those of you that have filled out a bracket go to the Prediction Leaderboard? Does it show name & e-mail for everyone or something else? Still need some more to sign-up & make their picks before 10pm. Pretty sure it only showed username of other predictors.
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 16:38:09 GMT -6
I have 2 vols so far. Thanks - it is helpful. 1 thing I've noticed is that it gives me the "name" field and the e-mail address. I'm going to suggest that each of you go to "Edit Registration Info" and set your "name" to the same as your userid on LA Prep so that we can publish based on that. Also, can those of you that have filled out a bracket go to the Prediction Leaderboard? Does it show name & e-mail for everyone or something else? Still need some more to sign-up & make their picks before 10pm. Pretty sure it only showed username of other predictors. That's what I'm hoping. I can see both so if someone else can also verify please. When you go to leaderboard, I'm hoping you only see names (and not e-mails). Anyone else?
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 16:47:37 GMT -6
pOkLE sent me a pic of what he sees. I am the ONLY one that can see your e-mails (since I set up the competition).
So don't be afraid that your e-mail will be public.
Do make your name match your username on LA Prep.
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Post by warrior16 on Jan 29, 2015 16:58:02 GMT -6
I'm game for being your grunt again. What else are freshmen in college good for? Certainly not critical thinking.
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Post by usfgk on Jan 29, 2015 17:03:39 GMT -6
Done
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 17:17:45 GMT -6
I'm game for being your grunt again. What else are freshmen in college good for? Certainly not critical thinking. Yours isn't showing up yet. If you thought it was finished, you may want to go back & make sure you went all the way to the end.
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Post by warrior16 on Jan 29, 2015 17:19:58 GMT -6
I'm game for being your grunt again. What else are freshmen in college good for? Certainly not critical thinking. Yours isn't showing up yet. If you thought it was finished, you may want to go back & make sure you went all the way to the end. Still waiting for the email. Mine is usually pretty slow.
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Post by warrior16 on Jan 29, 2015 17:56:10 GMT -6
Works like a charm. I think we can definitely use this for the playoffs, and it would save a lot of labor for you.
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Post by loJic on Jan 29, 2015 19:14:16 GMT -6
No
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 19:25:53 GMT -6
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Post by loJic on Jan 29, 2015 19:53:43 GMT -6
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 20:48:39 GMT -6
We've got an hour left if anyone else wants to kick the tires on the bracket competition to see how it works.
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 22:24:35 GMT -6
Here's what you will see after the deadline to sign-up passes (it's formatted better on web page)....
Predictor Predicted Final Winner Completed
p_malinich [not finished] 1/29/2015 1:52pm
Rabid Monkey (2) Northlake Christian 1/29/2015 2:15pm
john (8) Westminster 1/29/2015 2:20pm
pokle (1) St Louis 1/29/2015 2:31pm
usfgk (2) Northlake Christian 1/29/2015 3:02pm
warrior16 (5) Lusher Charter 1/29/2015 3:54pm
bob [not finished] 1/29/2015 5:20pm
PFrick (31) St. Frederick 1/29/2015 7:46pm
Late Predictions
Predictor Predicted Final Winner Completed
data nerd (7) Menard 1/29/2015 8:19pm
You'll note that you can still enter after the cutoff time. Apparently I didn't finish a step in mine so it didn't include me. Same with bob. I'm going to try to see what it missed & if it moves me to a late prediction now.
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 22:27:17 GMT -6
Mine was completely blank. I think I went back in to check something & then exited. You must have to re-pick everything if you go back in (good to know now).
It's something only the individual picker will know - I can't see anything as admin until deadline passes. Then I can see everyone's bracket (1 at a time) and the summary of contestants & their champion pick.
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 22:30:49 GMT -6
And when I made my picks, it turned everyone to a late prediction (although it still showed their entry time).
I'm going to record first round winners and see what happens.
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 29, 2015 22:41:06 GMT -6
It was delayed, but it put everyone else back to on-time and only me as late.
I recorded results from 1st round & it added points to leaderboard page, but shows everyone with 0. I'll let it sit overnight to see if it records points overnight.
I'll advance through additional rounds Friday.
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