Jersey Contest Results and New Form

by Dave on Mar 10, 2008 6:50 PM PDT in News

The results of the Cleveland game are in:

Game 64: Portland vs Cleveland Cavaliers
Monday Mar 10th 4:00

Blazers final score: 80
Cleveland Cavaliers final score: 88
HOW MANY quarters will the Blazers win? 1
Which Blazer commits the first turnover of the 2nd half? Joel Przybilla
Who scores more points? Blazer Starting Forwards
Will James Jones hit more 2-pointers or threes? Three-Pointers

You can click on "Read More" at the bottom of this post to see how you did on this game.

The overall scoreboard is here.

The form for tomorrow's game against the Timberwolves is up right here. (There appears to be a small glitch in the form. The top two boxes are not labeled. The top box is your screen name, the second your e-mail address.)

User Game Score
baduk 78
Benno 75
abetterbomb 71
billyjoejack 70
blazerbrads1 69
silkybrown 69
blazermaniac32 66
BlazersOrBust 66
bfan 65
TallTimber 65
tominhawaii 65
SabonisFan3386 64
Lenny Suckerpunch 62
supremepuntiff 61
TommPenn 61
fromagnon 60
JCook2345 60
matthewtkn 59
oldbaum 59
mxpx5678 58
nostradamus 58
Clyde22 57
ken 57
rjdann 57
Section323 56
dbuscho 55
fatwansaboni 55
ihatela 55
MiledAnimal 55
crhsrunner 54
dlippman 54
Gclipse 54
OldSchool 54
theblazersphilosopher 54
thorson 54
Ryno 53
2forLaRue 52
belectica 52
MavetheGreat 52
Krang 51
Lizzy Lowblow 51
sonfeld 51
blazersand2000 50
dj 50
JPOregon 50
kobestopper 50
robrun2 50
ssa400 50
bradderup 49
audienorris 45
preacherman 44
BlazerBandit 43
Fryer4 43
PtownJake 43
ryryslyry 43
dharmon 42
melius 42
BizanBandit 41
rockingharder 41
bake7829 40
cbass 40
I 5rivalryforever 40
japanblazer 40
kauaiblazer 40
lethaldose 40
manzell 40
rmcdougall 40
unblindloyalty 40
Bretski 39
fisheyes 39
zenbowl 39
philthyanimal 37
zaron5551 37
amlmart1 35
faith 34
RCSIII 34
theheadbandwagon 33
madding 32
mortimer 32
bballgenius 30
jorga 30
T Darkstar 30
tmac16550 30
alexfoster 29
annthefan 28
Surreal 26
jcaris 25
JontheWizard07 24
nlj 24
Brainfart 22
Obrich Kenobi 21
amitp06 20
jksnake99 20
Joof 20
living 20
rat_bastird 20
sixth 20
spikex 20
TheOdenator 20
tkeskippers 20
duke2e2 19
inroywetrust 19
RecordTOs 19
bxc1997 18
sergioFTW 18
Sir 1 18
loud1 17
jamon51 16
Steve the Hedge 16
jc burg 15
blazergabe 14
Y5k 14
jjudd43 13
lily 13
10
Bairdy 10
bow4meow 10
bucky blazer 10
bustabucket18 10
Dheepan 10
Dior Aranel 10
iD 10
JTDuck22 10
mg32 10
red22 10
rodbuggy 10
Switchie 10
Gargen 6
RipCity2008 0

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At 30 points a game

I'll be winning a jersey in no time.

Max score is 25 right?

"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled." -P.G. Wodehouse

by T Darkstar on Mar 10, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions

lol I got owned.

by Dheepan on Mar 10, 2008 7:15 PM PDT reply actions

fyi

the fields for user ID and EMail did not appear on myscorecard, not sure if its an epidemic or not

"I'm a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge." -- Popeye

by bow4meow on Mar 10, 2008 7:24 PM PDT reply actions

It is indeed

I'm getting entry boxes but not the labels. The first is user name, the second is e-mail.

--Dave

by Dave on Mar 10, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions

fixed

sorry for the mix-up

by manzell on Mar 10, 2008 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Question & Suggestion

Hey Dave,

Did one of these last two games not come through for me?

Regardless, is it possible (if not this one perhaps for next season) to see a list of received entries - not what they've input (I like not knowing what anyone has input and vice versa), just a list of usernames who have entered on a particular form / game? Having done some data base web work in the past I am pretty sure it would be a fairly simple bit of code to add (displaying the people who have entered at the bottom of the form, which would auto-populate as entries were received). It would let people see if peoples entry packets were indeed received, one nice thing about the old system was that there was never a mystery regarding whether or not you entered (though I know that the processing of scores makes the new system a necessity... and as I said I really like that no one knows what anyone else has submitted. Just an idea, as always keep up the phenomenal work! We appreciate you!

by drawingjeremy on Mar 10, 2008 8:17 PM PDT reply actions

I'd assume this functionality will be added

sooner or later. We want to get the basics down first.

Be aware that I'm not entirely sure the number of entries line is functioning properly right now.

Which game did you enter that you have a question about?

--Dave

by Dave on Mar 10, 2008 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I think it is working in my case

I'm not listed in the Cleveland game scores at all and am quite confident my score would be much higher had I been (aka I think I was scored for the Bucks game, but not the Cavs game), as I've had all solid games this month regarding predictions.

Honestly, I'm not entirely surprised. I was concerned as my computer froze up almost immediately after I entered (though did get the "entered" - forget exactly what it says screen just prior) and had to restart it several times (from the black screen) before it was going again. By that time I had to run out and meet a client who I was late to meet, so I didn't re-submit, or email you with my attempted entry. In retrospect I wish I had, but it's just a game, not a big deal, I was just feeling good about where I'd land after scores were posted.

Like I said, no big deal, I think it will be great when that feature is added because we all know that things don't work out every time (usually yes, every time, no... probably 95+% of the time) you attempt to post something online, etc... those pesky packets occasionally don't do as they are told.

by drawingjeremy on Mar 10, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Ahhh...OK

Let me know if you have difficulties with this form too.

--Dave

by Dave on Mar 10, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Will do

by drawingjeremy on Mar 10, 2008 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions

it is possible

if you enter your user name and e-mail address, you can click the "review game forms" link and look at all your past gameforms - including the one you just entered - to verify that it was received.

- MRB

by manzell on Mar 10, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

That is great. Very useful!

Thank you!

by drawingjeremy on Mar 10, 2008 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Is the double figure

question an all-or-nothing point getter or do we get partial credit for being close?

You know, Dave, this new format may save you time, but some of these newer questions are taking more of MY time :-) OTOH, I'd probably score just as well making wild guesses...

"If the Blazers are going to have any chance of making the playoffs, they're going to have to make every game a physical one." - Casey H., March 3.

by jorga on Mar 11, 2008 10:10 AM PDT reply actions

hey baby,

I recently learned that Dave runs this blog from some backwoods state that doesn't have internet - a local kid beeps out the 1's and 0's and Dave's wife translates that into something resembling the internet (it should be mentioned, they have to drive the family's '38 Chevy about 40 miles to the nearest hill in order to do this).

So, if 5 minutes per game for a month is all it takes for to win a jersey (and have some fun hoping your predictions were right), then I'm all for it. In that amount of time, someone earning minimum wage could buy themselves two items off the dollar menu per month. Or we could get a jersey. I think it's a good deal.

by manzell on Mar 11, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL

if it was five minutes that would be fine, but I do research :-)

(perhaps because my leaky memory requires me to start fresh with each game. Brandon Roy? Is he any good? At what point does a rebound become offensive? And why is the more you do something offensive good? If it offensive why is it even allowed on BE?)

"If the Blazers are going to have any chance of making the playoffs, they're going to have to make every game a physical one." - Casey H., March 3.

by jorga on Mar 11, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Any question

where you answer from a menu is all-or-nothing 10 points. Any number answer gives you more points the closer you get to the correct number.

--Dave

by Dave on Mar 11, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Manzell

do you have a suggestion box for your superb automatic game prediction form? :)

I'll just post it here...maybe add a checkbox to save people's username/e-mail in a cookie, plus add a little box on the right showing their current total score, number of submissions (and total possible submissions) and overall ranking.

If you want, I can help you implement this. I'm a web developer.

Wishing we'd play with Ruben Patterson-like abandon is like asking the chess club to smash beer cans on their heads. - Dave

by jamon51 on Mar 11, 2008 11:12 AM PDT reply actions