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In a week that saw record setting performances across the League, it's the whyteboar that retains his seat on the leaderboard as we move into Week 4! The entire board is still in it and several players are hot on his heels. Will he be able to hang on? ########## Week 3 Results ########## Week 3 Feature Game - LA Rams (+2.5) @ Cincinati Bengals A close one on Monday night, but the Bengals just manage to cover the Rams with the points by a score of 19-18.5(16+2.5). Bets on Cincy win. QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Rams TD, Rams FG, Rams safety, Bengals TD, Bengals FG, Bengals safety, or other? ($200 for the correct call) The Rams started things off with a 30 yard Maher field goal in the 1st quarter. Rams FG is the call. 2) How many turnovers (combined) will be given up in the Feature Game? ($200 for the right quarter) LA threw 2 picks and Cincinnati threw 1, with no fumbles lost by either team for 3 total turnovers. 3) Which team will score LAST in the Steelers @ Raiders Sunday nighter? ($100 for the right answer) The Raiders were the only team to score in the 4th quarter, ending the night with a 26 yard field goal, but it wasn't enough to bring them back. Guesses on Oakland get it. 4) Name the quarterback that will be sacked the most in Week 3. ($300 for the right player) In a game that I'd very much like to forget, Sam Howell was sacked 9 times on Sunday which is only 3 off the single game record. Nobody got this one. 5) Call the winners: Atlanta at Detroit New Orleans at Green Bay LA Chargers at Minnesota ($100 for each correctly named winner, $300 bonus if you hit all 3) Brian, silentbob and thewhyteboar each picked all three correctly to earn the bonus! ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @thewhyteboar - $2,100 @Kal-El814 - $1,900 @Brian - $1,700 @Commissar SFLUFAN - $1,350 @Biggie - $1,300 Slug - $1,300 @AbsolutSurgen - $1,200 @Keyser_Soze - $900 @BasemntDweller2 - $600 @silentbob - $700 @best3444 - $100 If you think I mathed wrong, let me know. ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 & 2 Week 3 ############################### Week 4 Feature Game and Questions follow this post!

See, that's different to me. Yeah, don't avoid shopping because the kid might cry. But most other people aren't going to the grocery store to relax or to be entertained. And they're not a captive audience (like say, on a plane). Take your kids on errands, take them to the park, take them to kids' shows and story time at the library or any other number of young human appropriate activities. It's when parents take children that aren't at a point where they can behave/control themselves to places that other people do go to relax or have a nice time. I shouldn't have to listen to screeching at a brewery, or a tantrum during dinner if it's not a restaurant that has animatronic rodents in the background. You don't fly infants to vacation destinations. Parents shouldn't inflict their child's lack of control on others. Their right to be at $place does not trump the rights of everyone else in the vicinity to enjoy $place peacefully. If you just have to have a night out to a non-child friendly venue then you find a sitter, or family, or split duties with your partner if you have one. If you can't make some sort of arrangement then you suck it up and don't go. It's unfortunate that the kids often get the blame for their parents' lack of consideration for others.

The problem isn't generally with the kids. Kids are gonna be kids.

This is basically how we managed it with ours. Until kids are at an age/maturity/behavioral level where they won't negatively impact the experiences of others, you don't bring them to places where they could do so. Now my sons are adults so when they ruin other peoples' times in public it's not my problem.

Today sucked, but at least we aren't the Broncos so I have that.

For the long version of the answer read the first post here.

@Kal-El814 @BasemntDweller2 - Deadline is approaching!

WEEK 3 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WEEK 3 ENTRIES - 9/21/2023 (Thursday) 18:29 EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 3 Feature Game LA Rams (+2.5) @ Cincinnati Bengals (Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner) QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Rams TD, Rams FG, Rams safety, Bengals TD, Bengals FG, Bengals safety, or other? ($200 for the correct call) 2) How many turnovers (combined) will be given up in the Feature Game? ($200 for the right quarter) 3) Which team will score LAST in the Steelers @ Raiders Sunday nighter? ($100 for the right answer) 4) Name the quarterback that will be sacked the most in Week 3. ($300 for the right player) 5) Call the winners: Atlanta at Detroit New Orleans at Green Bay LA Chargers at Minnesota ($100 for each correctly named winner, $300 bonus if you hit all 3) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Cincy for $300 1. LA FG 2. 3 3. Raiders 4. Josh Allen 5. Falcons, Saints, Vikings #####################

I'm back in the good 'ol US of A and it's time for a short notice edition of the Mock Gambling Thread! Week 3 is on and the deadline is tonight! Everyone (except me) did a solid jobs with the Week 1 and 2 picks, but coming out the gate swinging is thewhyteboar nailing 9 out of his 10 picks! 3 players (Keyser_Soze, thewhyteboar, and Brian) had perfect weeks. ########## Week 1 & 2 Results ########## Correct picks in post order: Slug - Commanders, Dolphins | Commanders, Chiefs, Bills Biggie - Falcons, Ravens, Commanders | Falcons, Steelers, Chiefs, Giants Keyser_Soze - Ravens, Eagles, Jaguars | Bills, Giants, Saints, Niners, Eagles * Absolute_Surgen - Ravens, Commanders | Bills, Eagles, Giants, Chiefs BasemntDweller2 - Eagles, Ravens, Jaguars, Commanders | Niners, Saints thewhyteboar - Eagles, Commanders, Jaguars, Ravens | Giants, Cowboys, Chiefs, Bills, Steelers * Brian - Ravens, Jaguars, Eagles | Niners, Bills, Giants, Cowboys, Eagles * Commissar SFLUFAN - Ravens, Commanders, Eagles | Chiefs, Bills, Giants, Cowboys Kal-El814 - Ravens, Commanders, Cowboys, Jets | Chiefs, Bills, Steelers * - Perfect week ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @thewhyteboar - $900 @Brian - $800 @Keyser_Soze - $800 @Biggie - $700 @Commissar SFLUFAN - $700 @Kal-El814 - $700 @AbsolutSurgen - $600 @BasemntDweller2 - $600 Slug - $500 If you think I mathed wrong, let me know. ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 & 2 ############################### Week 3 Feature Game and Questions follow this post! Deadline is tonight so hopefully everyone sees this. I know short notice weeks suck and I try to avoid them, but only being home a couple days and catching up on the pile of work that was waiting for me got in the way. In any case - GOOD LUCK!

Apparently it's neither. Kareem Jackson won’t face suspension for Logan Thomas hit WWW.WASHINGTONTIMES.COM Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson reportedly won’t be suspended for the high hit that left Washington Commanders tight end Logan Thomas with a concussion.

It's not pretty. RIP Chubb's season.

Droppin' in from the Dallas/FW airport to say Ho Ho Holy Shit that game! GG Denver. Wow. Just...wow.

Recommended. They're really good.

Finished the Jim Butcher Dresden series book 10 on Tuesday. Started and finished Dragonlance: Dragons of Fate yesterday. Started SNUFF (a Discworld novel) this morning but keep getting distracted so only like 1/4 way through it so far.

You get to go to Monster Hunter park! Kick ass!

I am. Out of market fan and all that.

I don't care if we go 0-17 this year. Danny Boy is gone and that's as good as a Super Bowl win to me.

Bummed no crossplay. One of our group is on PS5 and we can't campaign together.

Deadline is TONIGHT! Get your entries in!

Deadline is tomorrow! Get your entries in!

5 for Week 1 and 5 for Week 2, correct.

Damn you fast! o_0

A Very Special WEEK 1 and 2 MOCK GAMBLING DEADLINE FOR WEEK 1 and 2 ENTRIES - 9/7/2023 (Thursday) 20:19 EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 1 and 2 Feature Game None! See below! QUESTIONS None! See below! Hi, everybody. Slug here. So, the timing of the start of the '23-'24 NFL season is kind of bad for me this year. I'm going to be out of the country for both Week 1 and Week 2 with limited access to Internet and a less than ideal availability of NFL broadcasts. I didn't think it would be fair to y'all if I just went dark for the first two weeks of the season, and posting a regular Week 1 thread would mean y'all having to wait two weeks for results and not knowing what you had left to bet on Week 2. So I was just going to scrap the first two weeks of the MGT, but I came up with a better solution. Normally you begin the MGT season with $1,000 in fake money to bet with right out of the gate. This year, instead, you start with zero. Weeks 1 and 2 will be about picking games in order to set your starting cash for Week 3 which will be the first "traditional" MGT week where you will able to get on a Feature Game. This way, y'all get to talk some shit and I don't have to worry about tracking stats until I'm back in the good 'ol U.S. of A. :P For your Week 1 & 2 combined post, you will simply pick 5 winners for each week. Doesn't matter the game, only that you pick 5 teams to win. Each correctly called winner will get you $100. Nail all 10? You will have $1,000 to bet with come Week 3. Shit the bed and miss all of them? You'll be starting from zero and hoping to earn cash with the questions. TL;DR: Pick 10 winners, 5 for Week 1 and 5 for Week 2. $100 for each correct pick. Regular MGT betting will begin in Week 3 with whatever you win with these picks. See below for the example entry and let me know if you have any questions. Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Week 1: Commanders, Vikings, Steelers, Dolphins, Colts Week 2: Commanders, Chiefs, Jets, Panthers, Bills #####################

WELCOME to the 2023-24 edition of the Mock Gambling Thread! The off-season has wrapped up and it's time for another year of the MGT! Will we see a repeat by Absolut_Surgen, another previous champion make a return to the top, or will new blood claim the title? Whatever happens it's sure to be another fun filled season of me managing to screw up doing basic math! 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, concluding with the final of the Super Bowl, and is open to all regular board members. Each player will have some amount of fictional money that can be gambled 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. This year is different because reasons. 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 6th 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! @AbsolutSurgen @Biggie @Brian @BasemntDweller2 @Kal-El814 @Dodger @Keyser_Soze @silentbob @Commissar SFLUFAN @thewhyteboar @Anyone Else I Missed or Who Would Wanna Play

Why did the Falcons lose to the Commanders on 10/15? Atlanta was pretty favored going into it.