Front Page Fanpost: Betting Tickets for Kids
by stravinski on Sep 30, 2009 12:40 AM PDT
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PrintEdit by Dave: Ben is doing most of the heavy lifting this week with his training camp reports, but in the meantime I'm promoting this post (slightly edited) to the main page. It's a creative and entertaining way to sponsor some tickets for kids. Check it out (plus my note at the end). And don't forget you can now donate to the cause via PayPal...account name blazersedge22@yahoo.com. Of course you can always order the conventional way by dialing 503-797-9637 and telling them you want to purchase tickets for the kids. And if you don't know what all this "Tickets for Kids" stuff is about, just click here.
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Do you dare to bet tickets for kids on the Blazers?
I´m ready to bet a max 30 tickets against any Blazers fans who trust enough on their team to bet against me. If I lose I´d pay the tickets for kids. If I win you´d pay the tickets for kids.
These are bets available, but you can add your own bets (any kind of bet, even no Blazers related) and I´d accept them in the comments if you are really showing confidence in your team (or whatever) and the event timeline we bet on is before 12/1/2009:
1. The Blazers only lose one of all their preseason games.
2. The Blazers win all their regular season games in October.
3. The Blazers win their first six games in November.
4. The Blazers win their first game against Houston by 15+.
5. The Blazers win their first game against Denver by 10+.
6. The Blazers get more rebounds in all their preseason games except in one game.
7. The Blazers get more FT attempts in all their preseason games except in two games.
8. Tyreke Evans makes more points than Miller in Oct 6 game.
9. Sergio gets more points+assists than Bayless in Oct 6 game.
10. Kobe makes more points in his first preseason game than Roy in his.
11. Oden doesn´t play more than 27 minutes in any of the two first preseason games.
12. LMA doesn´t sign his contract before October 1.
I´ll accept a max of 5 tickets for each bet. My bets stop in any case when they get to 30 tickets.
This post is opened for everybody to offer his own bets and accept other Bedgers´ bets.
Another Edit: So...come up with your wagers that Stravinski will accept. To make things more interesting, I am personally matching the number of tickets he purchases. So if you make him lose and he has to buy three tickets I will also buy three, making a total of six. Have fun with the wagers. Dare you to make us lose!
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Those tickets will all be sold
before the preseason is over.
As author of Da BOM (Blazer Optimist Manifesto), I hereby certify that we will win 62 games in the regular season. Disagree at your peril.
I thought it was just impossible.
Just in case, I´m adding more fitting timeline criteria bets.
Sorta like the lottery...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
You guys are seriously knocking someone who is setting up...
a system that guarantees at youth risk get tickets to a Blazer game.
Come on.
Bets and one-ups-man-ship are common ways to raise lots of money for causes. Do you get sarcastic every time there is a charity golf event?
*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.
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Who's knocking him?
I think it’s a great idea.
As author of Da BOM (Blazer Optimist Manifesto), I hereby certify that we will win 62 games in the regular season. Disagree at your peril.
We deleted
a misunderstanding comment. The misunderstanding person realizes they misunderstood the intent.
—Dave
In which case would you mind deleting mine?
I look like kind of a ‘moran’ now as jscot pointed out.
*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.
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Now that Dave explained
your comment looks good.
As author of Da BOM (Blazer Optimist Manifesto), I hereby certify that we will win 62 games in the regular season. Disagree at your peril.
It was me...
I was the one who misunderstood….:
by Great Big Head on Sep 30, 2009 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Please don't misunderstand...
…the misunderstanding party is very apologetic of the intital misunderstanding.
No, it wasn’t ME. Jeez.
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
It wasn't you in particular anyway.
We had only had comments knocking the guy or gal one way or another for something nice they were doing.
I guess gambling for charity is just such a common thing that I was surprised.
Of course, we all now know the comebacks were in friendly jest, so I continue to look overbearing here.
*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.
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No not at all.
We need a voice of good conscience now and then to balance the otherwise unmitigated snark.
Backcourt game - 24/7
Just a note
After a little research I know this guy and his charity is on the level. In fact I’m confident enough in him to double his stakes. I’m not getting involved in the actual wagering here, but whatever Stravinski ends up buying, up to 30 tickets, I will match.
Therefore if you make a bet in which you put up three tickets, make us lose and we buy six, not three. If you lose you buy only three. You won’t get those odds in Vegas. I know, I’ve been there!
—Dave
This is a great program
Thank you for helping the community.
okay, I'm in
I’m betting on the “I love traded/waived away Blazers system”
Two bets, each for two tickets:
If Channing Frye scores more than Greg Oden in their respective first preseason games, you buy two tickets. (If Greg scores more, I buy two tickets)
If Jarrett Jack scores more than Andre Miller in their respective first preseason games, you buy two tickets. (If Andre scores more, I buy two tickets)
Absolutely.
Consider it done.
Ticket counter 4/30.
I lose impressively
JJack: 8 points
CFrye: 10 points
Andre and Greg: A whole lot more.
4 tix for me.
Your bets are almost sure things
How about…
The blazers, after ten games, have an average margin of victory of 10 points or greater?
I believe they will, and I hate betting against my team.
They don’t get 10 or more points, I’ll buy 4 more tickets.
They get under 10 points, you and dave buy 4 tickets each.
Post to remind me when it happens so I don’t forget :) I’ll assume you won’t forget. Or Dave, if you make a list of the bets and just have a running post on who won and how many tickets… that would be a cool update AND reminder of the charity. After all, i always read the main page.
Also… could someone please tell the blazers to win big their first 10 games? It’s for the children!
"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.
But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html
That´s a good bet that I can accept.
Ticket counter 8/30.
Regular season only
Preseason never counts.
"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.
But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html
I say this after spending a bit of money to go to the preseason game in SLC
The blazers didn’t play their starters and the blazers lost. I was heckled and it was a “are you kidding me? dude… we almost beat you and we didn’t play our starters… you did.”
"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.
But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html
"Ptsssst!!!"
“hey!”…. “Ptssssttt!!”…“pst!”.. “yeah, you!” (I walk over suspiciously and whisper to you in a raspy voice)……. “do you need to do something for someone, and maybe get to stick it to someone elses bank acount so you can feeeeeeeeel reaaaaaaaallly cool about yourself?” … (still whispering) … …. “yeah?”, ( you’re noding, and if your not NOD now!), “coool!!” (remember were still whispering), “follow me.”… (we briskly scurry to a quiet ally behind a dumpster filled with trash, sushi, and diapers), “so it sounds good?” … (you shrug and start to walk away), “HEY, no, no, man, it’s not like that, here’s the deal ya know,”…. (confused but you’re there so you listen) …" There’s this guy, he’s offering to buy a ticket for a certain amount of kids to a certain"…. …" um"… “well let’s just say it’s the magic land of wonder”… (you’re looking intrigued) …. “a place where atmosphere is something you can hear”, … “it’s a place where, noise isn’t something that you’ll listen to, but something that you’ll FEEL”… “IT’S a specccial ticket”…. “not just any ticket”… (now your scared, and backing away)… “Do you want to do it?” (you shrug again, and try to get around the dumpster, but … IT’S DIAPERS DUDE!), (so you start to choke up a question but I cut you off), …." you can’t go you’re an adult"… “you’re all grow’d up and you won’t be able to feel the magic”… (you start to look semi-agressive at that remark and I continue)… “what I mean is, this is a place where crowds swarm the champions of good” (I cough, and put my hand up against the dumpster to kind of block your path out and go on talking), "a place where children can only begin to dream of what real happiness is, they’ll be taken through the gates, and around the corners, to splendors of their wildest dreams could conjure, giant fingers to wave at the golems that dare challange their heros… (you raise an eyebrow) … “OH yes their are hero’s”… “no NOT the kind you’re thinking of!!” ( I motion to smack you, and you start to bolt for the busy street…NOW I’M TALKING TO YOU) …YOU’d dare walk away from this, and you haven’t even heard what I’m sugesting is in it for you?" (I cough, your eyebrow raises higher), “you’d say not to have the opertunity to be responsable for not one not two but 30, children to be taken to this place, through those tunnels, and have their eyes gaze down to that sacred floor where their Champions will face down their Villians, you’d say no to the echo’s in that childs soul that they’ll feel forever over and over again when they need to remember their titans?” (you start to blush, and look concerned) , “NO I didn’t think so.” ,“here, let me tell you exactly what I need from you.”…. (now you’re starting to feel better about this)..“all I need is for you to agree to bail me out if the plan my supreme intelect has devised to ensure that this one gentalman provide a critical amont of tickets to a pre determined amount of kids for a certain time in that they may enter the magic land of wonder that I spoke about”…. (you’re looking really confused as to what I just said and why I’m holding your arm and keeping you from leaving) …. “all you have to do is say that you’ll back me in my bet with this dude”… (you shake your head, and I look confused at you but confident)…. “Would if I told you I could tell you the exact score of the portland trailblazers preseason games before they all were even played”….(you’re scratching your head but you’re listening)…… “it’s like this, if I understood his post, or er?, challange, correctly he is going to accept this bet that I wager with him for the payment of the tickets…. if I win he pays if he wins I pay…. but the way I got it figured is we structure the bet like this”………..(I go on to explain exactly how we’re going to win) ….. “savy?” ….. (you nod…. if you didn’t NOD NOW!!!)………….
sign below If you wish to help me in the scheme to bet for the full 30 games………
,………….
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
by faith on Sep 29, 2009 8:46 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I actually read that, but I'm not sure I understand it.
*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.
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Nice read but what is your bet?
Travis: "His length is unbelievable. He's long, it feels like he gets his go-go-gadget arm out there and gets the ball." Dante Cunningham
"Would if I told you I could tell you the exact score of the portland trailblazers preseason games before they all were even played
grining ;p
but I am disapointed no super rich person is willing to back me… :(
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
I am poor but...
I will bet someone 2 tickets…
If C. Frye Averages over 12pt a game after the Sun’s 5th game of the season. You buy both.
If. C. Frye averages between 8 and 12 points a game after the Sun’s 5th game, we split and each buy one.
If C. Frye averages under 8 a game I buy both.
With the caveat that only games where C. Frye plays 20 mins or over count (Gentry has said Frye will likely start as of now).
I am open to modifying this bet.
Frye-lock and I'm on top rock you like a cop
That´s right. I appreciate your effort. Thanks.
Ticket counter 10/30.
If I had money to lose/donate....
I would put it on #8. I bet tyreke outscores Miller simply because he will probably get twice as many minutes.
I think I must be misunderstanding #12. If LMA doesnt sign a contract by tomorrow, the house(stravinski) loses the bet? Or is it supposed to be the 31st? If its the former, thats a really good bet….
Gonna start this season off right.
I will bet five tickets that the Blazers will only lose one of their pre-season games. If they lose more than one, you buy five tickets. If I win, I will keep betting until I lose.
You guys should figure out a way to keep this page posted somewhere easy to find or I will tweet my bets to Ben @blazersedge. Look for me coming from @bjforsythe.
....formerly GonzoFan. Now, this has been a message from "The People's Alliance to Continue to Encourage Greg Oden on his Path to Dominance"
Don't know why this hasn't been rec'd to keep it at the top
As author of Da BOM (Blazer Optimist Manifesto), I hereby certify that we will win 62 games in the regular season. Disagree at your peril.
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