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Hola everyone. Seems like only yesterday that the season was about to begin. At any rate the end is here, and RSox Fan kicks all of our asses again for the third time this season. I guess that is why he will forever be known as the 2005 Confidence Pick'em Champion. Congrats dude.

Now lets get on with the results from this year, before I get into next seasons contest.

Weekly Results:

RSoxFan 15
DallasFanatic 26
War Wagon 27
Big Daddy 28
Bucmonkey 30
KC Scott 31
Shine 32
d-townmike 36
Joe in PB 36
packwin13 36
Cueball 37
poptart 41
Felix 42
Terry in Crapchester 43
kcdave 45
KUTTER 46
godzilla2002 47
Prototype 50
Qbert 50
Solo 50
xtremeplzr 60
ChargerMike 136
rozy 136

Weekly Winners

17 RSoxFan 30 points (Three Friggin Timer)
16 KC Scott 32 points
15 Charger Mike 6 points
14 Terry in Crapchester 21 points
13 Cueball 2 points (Best single week picks)
12 RSoxFan 12 points (Two Timer)
11 RSoxFan 32 points
10 Big Daddy 21 points
9 Solo/KUTTER 4 points
8 DallasFanatic 19 points
7 Shine 8 points
6 Rozy 3 points
5 poptart 12 points
4 Bucmonkey 13 points
3 Elvismonster/kcdave 7 points
2 Wags 27 points
1 DTownMike 47 points


Season Total:

RSoxFan 466
Shine 487
Bucmonkey 510
Joe in PB 510
poptart 522
Felix 522
KUTTER 535
Solo 537
War Wagon 539
godzilla2002 548
DallasFanatic 556
Big Daddy 572
KC Scott 576
d-townmike 583
Prototype 587
Cueball 594
kcdave 594
packwin13 645
Terry in Crapchester 656
ChargerMike 688
Qbert 704
rozy 723
xtremeplzr 800

Nice job all. I really appreciate all of you that finished out the season. I had a great time running the contest, hope I did a quality job in the eyes of most, and that all of you and a whole lot more will be playing the confidence pickem again next season....... That said though ............ while I do plan on running the contest again next season, I will not be running it here.

While I have stated it in the past, I do enjoy running the contest. After setting up the works program, I only spend about 30-45 minutes a week, which is not really a big deal. However ............ its a total fucking waste of mine, or anyone elses time for that matter, when it can all be done by Yahoo.

In all actuality, if I had agreed to run the confidence contest earlier in the year it would have been on Yahoo this season. However I took the reigns from poptart late, and completely dropped the regular pickem, after being assured by Orc and Shoalzie, that they could devise a program that would be a good solution. While not everyone will agree, most are of the opinion that it sucked ass. Count me in the majority on that one. By far the worst contest I have ever been in.

Im not saying any of this to discredit Orc, nor Shoalzie. Orc has added some great toys to the boards over the years, this just was not one. Shoalzie has run some damn fine contests in the past, but I guess dude got busy and didnt have the time required to do a quality job. Whatever! The season is over. Whats done is done.

The only reason Im posting any of this, is we still have a few hard heads, that for whatever reason, refuse to join Yahoo, and let them do all the work. YOU HARD HEADS, I hope I will see you next season in the contest over at Yahoo along with the rest of us. If not, then oh well. Keep posting your scores here, and hopefully someone will count them up for you.

Im off my pulpit for now. Ive said my peace. Thanks to everyone for playing, and as always, good luck again next season. Oh and good luck in the playoff pickem.

Congratulations RSoxFan on the season championship.

As always thanks for the time and effort Dave on the quality game you provided.

sox da man.......

and dave too for putting all the effort in.....thanks brah.....

Brilliant year of pickin', RSox.

You da man.


Dave, many many thanks to you for running a truly quality game.

PROPS!!!

Congrats to RSF for the season title.

Much thanks & racks to dave for running a quality contest.

Congratulations RedSoxFan. Very well done.

Huge RACK to dave for an excellent job all season. Thanks.

Nice job picking RedSoxFan!

Thanks Dave!

Thanks everyone. I suppose these games are how I contribute to the board the most.

Thanks again Kcdave, for running this.

Congrats RSoxFan, it was a well earned victory. I thought I had a shot when both Baltimore and Buffalo were up late in week 17, but it wasn't meant to be. Props again for the championship.

Props to kcdave too for running this thing and being on the ball with updates and standings.

Major props Rsox, you kicked my ass. Now who's your bookie? I'm of the opinion that anyone who finished in the top 5 has to have a bookie of some sort??

Oh well, you rocked me like a hurricane.

Dave Dave Dave, your persistency continues to amaze me. As always, you did a fine yob. I'll get off my rocker and get into yours next year.


Piece out!

BD, thank ya much. I hope others will follow your lead.

I did forget to mention a few things last night though that deserve mention. Follow me down memory lane if you will.

Back in 98 when I first got online, I played a local contest and the one at SC. Same thing, the year after. Local dude was always on time, told when the picks would be up, results, and all that shit. I liked that. Dude, dunno who the hell it was back then on SC, was helter skelter, all over the fucking map, and did a shitty job. Rocketman, Inky, who the fuck knows, someone refresh my memory. Anywho, some mod that always had his hands full with other shit. I never blamed the guy. I just knew it could be done better, and thats when I decided to do it for SC during those last 2 years.

If I recall correctly, Wags, KUTTER, and poptart, did a damn fine job on TNW, and all the other fucking places we have migrated over the years. Over that period of time however, it seems no matter who runs the contest, doing however good of bad or a job, the main focus has always remained at keeping the group together. I still remain commited to that, and will bang the fucking drum starting around the first of August. I want everyone in. The same old faces, new ones, and some we havent seen for a while. I will do what ever it takes.

That said......... dudes writing names and numbers on scratch paper, counting numbers on the screen, using works programs, or trying to get people to adapt to a shitty formula that does nothing for them, is antiquated, and simply ignorant.

The geeks at Yahoo have a far better formula than I ever dreamed of. The whole idea of doing a quality job, has an entire new meaning, and its one that I, or no one else here can do. Click my Yahoo profile some time. You can see how good or bad I did in the pickems of 2004, as well as the fantasy baseball contest in 2001.

We have been beaten by the geeks. Now lets admit it, and join in.

Great job Redsoxfan ! I tried to hold on but to no avail, awesome picks especially with 3 weeks being the top dog Grats again...Thanks Dave for the steady and reliable accounting, a thankless job to say the least. On to the playoff edition...

excellent job Rsox! All in all a tough, tough season to pick. I'm happy with 14th place this season!

thanks for the great work, Dave and best of luck to everyone who is participating in the post season picks!