Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

Since I'm struggling to find the time to finish formatting the Week #3 results and consolidate the totals, I'm thinking of following through on a proposed idea to take the 3+1 Challenge off of this forum, at least partially.

With the growing size of the field, it's becoming quite a drain to manage effectively.

One of two ideas:

a) Continue to post capping picks here. I would input picks manually into an off-site website and generate reports and data post-Challenge (each week) that I could post here (if it were simple to do)

b) Take the entire thing offline, forcing everyone to go to another website to put in their picks and view results.

Get your votes in.

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

I haven't voted, I'll do whatever is easiest for you.

I wonder how quickly it could all get done if a few people took various parts of the alphabet and you just dealt with correcting errors and making the totals look good (one alphabetical, one leaderboard style)

I'd happily take a portion of 25-30 names if others would do the same, and forward their records to you.

Edit: Just to clarify, you would hack the alphabet up into 4-5 equal sections and we would be assigned the letters. Then its 'simply' a case of looking for posts by people with our assigned letter in the main thread and tallying the totals for our assigned players.
If someone wasn't able to do it on a given week, I'm sure we could work something out.

Lori

Mason, Matt, mods- any issues with this?
 

If there are restrictions from 2+2 that I need to consider, please let me know.

by the way, enabling the Start time to something close to the current time forced the Start time into the next morning, on 9/30, blocking votes until then

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

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I haven't voted, I'll do whatever is easiest for you.


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You can't vote, due to the restriction that I got stuck with to wait until 9/30. I was trying to delete this post when you replied and killed it [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] (just kidding, not your fault [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] )

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?.
 

[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] ez my feeling is that this should be done the ezest way possible

thanks fer yer werk

gl

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Re: Mason, Matt, mods- any issues with this?
 

As long as the whole thing is not commercial (i.e., for profit), I don't think Mason and/or Mat will care either way.

BTW, if you want me to delete the post so you can redo the poll to start at a different time, just let me know.

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

If I were you, I would just do whatever is easiest for you. It would be nice to keep everything here, but I certainly wouldn't blame you for moving it into some sort of automated system to save you the trouble.

Re: Mason, Matt, mods- any issues with this?
 

At this point, it's close enough that starting over isn't worth our time. Thanks for the offer.

As to easiest- I worry that the sports bettors would lose the value of the picks if they were moved offline completely.

We'll see how the voting goes

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

Do you do all of this manually right now?

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If I were you, I would just do whatever is easiest for you. It would be nice to keep everything here, but I certainly wouldn't blame you for moving it into some sort of automated system to save you the trouble.

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Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

If more people were providing their reasoning for their picks, then I think keeping it here has some real value. Since most are not doing this, it makes no difference where this is done and I would also jump on the list of people that suggest just doing what is easiest for you. I've done stuff like this in the past. I know what kind of time it takes to do it.

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

I'm not part of the challenge but maybe you could completely take the pickas of 2+2 but you could make a post of the most popular or agreed upon picks.

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

I think you should keep it here, but get some help from others. I'm sure there are many willing to help out, myself included.

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fwiw. You gotta do something here. I appreciate the time you have already put in and if it hard to compile in week 3 just think how hard it could get as time goes by. This has to be automated somehow.

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

I don't care either way, and I would also agree to volunteer to track 25-30 people's picks as well.

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

E:

likewise: whatever is easier for you, and i'd volunteer to help out as well.

If you don't already have a site in mind for entering the picks, it would be pretty easy for me to hack something up in perl where people could enter picks and be recorded and reported upon. I'd be happy to put something like that together and host it on my own website.

Or just being one of the people to help total some of the picks, whatever...

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

You can set up a contest at Wagerline.com. I don't know if they will let you only pick 4 games though. But, it will all be automated.

craig

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

As the rest have said I will do whatever is easiest for you. As I've watched the size of this thing I was beginning to wonder if you were going to have to give up you day job to keep up with the volume of picks.

BTW. If you lost my picks from last week I would understand [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?
 

Whichever is easier for you.. it souunds like us going to another site would be best.
And i'm fine with that.

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Whichever is easier for you

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Re: Taking 3+1 Challenge offline?..AND..
 

[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]..THAT'S NOT ALL HE DOES MANUALLY

LOL

GL

YA KNOW I BET A BOOK WOULD BE WILLING TO SPOSOR THE CONTEST; AND THROW IN 500 OR SO FOR PRIZES; IF THEY GOT A people to open an account at that book...not having to bet or even deposit money...

i know bet-jamaica does with eog

tia

gl

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Re: bump
 

Easy E,

Please keep it here on 2+2.

Indy