Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Streak For The Cash (February)

Every month for the past two years I have been playing a free online fantasy sports game through www.espn.com called the Streak For The Cash!  The goal is to get as many wins in a row as you can.  The game gives you a prop and you have to pick the winner, props may very in style.  The player with the best streak wins $50,000!  If a player makes it to 27 wins then they have a chance to play for the bigger stash of money!
New This Month:
"Beat The Messenger"
If you can collect more wins than this one man in one month then you have the chance to win even more money!  The wins do not have to be in a row.
February 2012 Stats:
http://streak.espn.go.com/en/entryStats?entryID=3600880
58 Wins
55 Losses
3 Ties
.513% Win
5 Longest Win Streak
7 Longest Lose Streak
World Soccer Best Sport with 24-14-01 (.632%)

Group Stats:
http://streak.espn.go.com/en/group?groupID=176355
I won with the most overall wins in the month!

The Messenger got to 87 wins where I had 58 so I will not be entered into the drawing for more money.
Overall it was a better than usual month for me!  I stopped playing early to take a break and to preserve my stats to solidify my win for the month!  There was even a pick for the Ground Hog earlier this month!  Finally, my Soccer skills keep getting better!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Every Time I Die: Ex-Lives

One of my favorite bands will be releasing their next album on 03.06.2012!  They waited until the Spring just because they have always dropped new albums in the Autumn.  ETID has come a long way since they dropped "Last Night In Town" which was their first full length album ("The Burial Plot Bidding War" sucks so bad as an EP I don't even consider it part of their library).  Now over ten years later they are only getting better and clearly maturing as they go along!

New Video:  "Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1gi_aOe334

(LIVE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcNhamWROk&feature=related

New Video #2 (LIVE): "Typical Miracle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx2eGXKoHGE&feature=related

Track List and Cover Art
http://www.songlyrics.com/every-time-i-die/ex-lives/

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Gridiron Playoff Challenge Results

So the end of the Superbowl means two things.  First, that I am going to be pissed that the Giants won for a while and second, the Gridiron Playoff Challenge has come to an end.

This game lets you create a Fantasy Team each week of the playoffs.  You have to follow the money that the game starts you with and how much a players stock goes up and down through the playoffs.  After you pick your team for the Divisional Round your team locks.  Meaning you have to guess who will be playing in the Superbowl.  It was actually a ton of fun to play this year!

My team: Scoregasm
http://games.espn.go.com/gridiron-playoff-challenge/en/entry?entryID=270434

My stats:
438 total points!
In the top 77.80% of all ESPN players!
My overall rank was 78,812!

My group against my family!
http://games.espn.go.com/gridiron-playoff-challenge/en/group?groupID=15100&selGrp=15100&entryID=270434
I ended up winning by two points by not picking the best players!  It was by far one of the closest Fantasy games that I have ever played!