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*stumbles out of the basement into the waning September daylight and rubs his eyes wearily* . o O (Oh shit, is it Week 1...? Oh shit! It's Week 1 !) WELCOME to the 2021-22 edition of the Mock Gambling Thread! The shortest pre-season now rolls into the longest season in NFL history. It's time to throw your fake money on the table and gamble, guess, and predict your way to victory over all the other slobs on the board! Whether you are an MGT veteran or new player dipping your feet in for the first time, read-on for all the rules! Let's go! The Mock Gambling Thread is a competition that is a part gambling and part prediction contest. The competition lasts for the entirety of the NFL season and post-season and is open to all regular board members. Each player starts with fictional $1,000 that you can gamble as much or as little as you like on each week's Feature Game. There are two ways to increase your cash: Bet on the outcome of the Featured Game each week (with the spread). The featured game will be chosen each week from among the nationally televised games with the line set from when I post the thread. There will be a number of questions that will ask you to make predictions or to forecast certain outcomes across the NFL during the week. Correct answers earn you cash. You do not lose cash for wrong answers. The types of questions will vary each week, as will the amount of cash they can earn you. The competition continues through NFL season and post-season. At the conclusion of the Super Bowl the user with the most "cash" left will be the winner. THE RULES 1. You make your bet and answer the questions simply by posting on the thread each week with your pick for the featured game along with your bet, followed by your answers to the prediction questions. 2. Everyone starts with $1,000. If a user doesn't start until week 3, they still start with $1,000. Your best bet it to get in early and play every week. 3. If you somehow reach $0 you are not out of the competition. You can't bet on the feature game during weeks that you are broke, but you can answer the prediction questions and hope to earn cash to gamble the following week. 4. IMPORTANT: I will set a deadline for getting your entries for the week in (usually before kick-off of that week's first game). It is imperative that you make your post before the deadline. The entry thread will be locked at the deadline so if you don't get your entry in by then you lose out on the chance to make money that week. 5. I work full time AND am 24/7 on-call AND have a near crippling gaming addiction AND probably drink too much! Responsibilities and personality flaws allowing, I will attempt to post the results and the next week's game/questions each Tuesday, as early as possible. Keep in mind though that there may be some wackiness here and there based on my schedule and hangovers. Pay attention. 6. For the official recording of stats/yardage NFL.com will be used. Whatever their site says on Tuesday morning is what counts. No whining. 7. Accounts created within the current calendar month are not eligible to play and any entries from such accounts will not be considered. If you have any questions, ASK! Prize(s): The winner will be declared the Champion of the 4th D1P Edition of the Mock Gambling Thread and also take home a Fanatics.com gift card so you can get some swag from your team! WEEK 1 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOWS THIS POST

Just finished Far Cry 5 last night. Today I'm going to staaaaaart...DOOM Eternal, maybe? Or NMH 3? I haven't decided. Probably DOOM?

I don't know, man. The extra week just might be too much for me.

I will be at our home opener. Hopefully it's a good one.

Looks terrific, at least visually. I'd be down.

The letter he posted has his e-mail address which also, presumably, is his Google login ID. That's gonna end well, I'm sure.

<Kenny Albert> And winning the coin toss, the Defenders choose to defend, so we'll see the Defenders' defenders take the field first to defend.

Maybe the Washington Armhogtailender Team

I disliked Red Tails for the same reason I dislike Red Hogs.

Armada isn't terrible. Redhogs feels wrong because of the history. The Hogs were a nickname for a specific unit. It'd be like if instead of the Packers, Green Bay was named "Green Bay Meat Processing Workers Union, Local 103". Brigade makes me think of neckbeards getting angry at subreddits. Ultimately I'll support the team no matter what they choose. I'm still pulling for Redwolves.

I've been backing "Redwolves" since the beginning. I also wouldn't be upset if they just stuck with WFT. Presidents is dumb, Defenders would cause hella announcer confusion, and the others are meh.

Ok, ok already! I'll own it before the weekend. Sheesh. :P

It's a game I intended to buy but never did for some reason or another. I loved the first one, the timing just was never there for me to buy 2. I'll try to pick it up soon.

I'm so sorry.

I think I only have 1 and I haven't looked at it in years. If there's a particular year that was special or memorable for you, keep it and chuck the rest.

And I live in a small town.

Oh shit it's summer again, I should log back in to get the one bug I need..

Effectively paid $950 for a band-aid once. Good times.

I'm all in. I loved Y. Can't wait.

Maps and guides are clutch. I remember back in the day this being a 20+ hour game. But a lot of that was exploring and trying to figure out what you needed to do next.

1 holds a special place. All those iconic FF scores and enemies and items...every FF since touches on something from 1. It's a warm nostalgia blanket. And it actually holds up decently well for an RPG from that era.

Thank fucking jeebus. I hate the mobile art they've previously used on the Steam releases for these games. All in.

I used to own 3DFX stock (TDFX).

Currently on one. Took the week off work and drove up to see Niagra Falls. It's really cool.

Animal Crossing is the only game I play online on my Switch, and that's only occasionally. My Switch is primarily a single-player game system. Loads of awesome games for the system. Love it to death. I just don't have any games for it that are good online and nothing really comes to mind. Shooters on a console almost all feel bad. Not a sports game guy. Maybe fighters? If the input lag isn't bad? I don't know. I do local multiplayer stuff (Smash, Kart., etc.) but nothing online.