Standings Prediction Game 2018-2019

[Chris Porter's Hair]

I'm getting better at getting this launched early. You can find the game here:

http://carpediemjuggling.com/dave/warriors/prediction

Enter your predictions for each conference by dragging the teams into your preferred order. Scoring is determined by finding the difference between your prediction and the actual standings for each team, and summing them up. Naturally, lowest score wins.

If you don't remember your login information, let me know and I can try to help.

Best of luck...

Scoring example:
You predict:
1. Harlem Globetrotters
2. Golden State Warriors
3. Washington Generals

Actual standings:
1. Golden State Warriors
2. Harlem Globetrotters
3. Washington Generals

You score 1 point for being off by 1 on the Warriors, 1 point for being off by 1 on the Globetrotters, and 0 points for getting the Generals exactly right, for a total of 2 points.

[Coxy]

I'm in. Some hot take picking from me this season.

Winning.

[KevinMcreynolds]

Mine are in. I spent a grand total of about 15 minutes working it out so I'll probably suck just like last year.

My hot take picks:
-New Orleans will miss the playoffs
-Lakers will be 7th (but upset Houston in the 1st round)
-Charlotte will make the playoffs

Outside of that I didn't stray from the odds too much.

[Scoots1994]

Mine are in. I spent a grand total of about 15 minutes working it out so I'll probably suck just like last year.

My hot take picks:
-New Orleans will miss the playoffs
-Lakers will be 7th (but upset Houston in the 1st round)
-Charlotte will make the playoffs

Outside of that I didn't stray from the odds too much.

I've been saying the Pelicans will finish top 4 in the West.

This year seems so much more random than years past.

[Thugleavy34]

When I click on the link and then 'Open Games' either eastern or western conference, I can see the team names and standings but nowhere to input my predictions. Am I too late?

[Chris Porter's Hair]

When I click on the link and then 'Open Games' either eastern or western conference, I can see the team names and standings but nowhere to input my predictions. Am I too late?

Yup. Entries had to be in before opening day.

[Chris Porter's Hair]

The "wisdom" of this particular crowd is below. Only 6 predictions for each game this year.

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Golden State     1.1667
Houston          2.0000
Utah             3.0000
Oklahoma City    4.0000
Portland         6.6667
LA Lakers        6.8333
New Orleans      7.0000
Denver           7.6667
San Antonio      7.8333
Minnesota       10.5000
LA Clippers     10.8333
Memphis         11.0000
Dallas          12.6667
Sacramento      14.3333
Phoenix         14.5000

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Boston         1.0000
Philadelphia   2.5000
Toronto        2.6667
Milwaukee      4.3333
Indiana        4.6667
Washington     6.1667
Miami          6.6667
Charlotte      8.3333
Detroit        8.6667
New Jersey    11.3333
Chicago       11.6667
New York      11.8333
Cleveland     12.6667
Orlando       12.8333
Atlanta       14.6667

[Chris Porter's Hair]

Looks like after people asked, and I opened it up for another week, nobody else joined. Thanks? heh

I just noticed the standings aren't updating. That happens every year, when somebody changes whatever web page I scrape standings from. I'll try to look into that soon.

[Coxy]

Looks like after people asked, and I opened it up for another week, nobody else joined. Thanks? heh

I just noticed the standings aren't updating. That happens every year, when somebody changes whatever web page I scrape standings from. I'll try to look into that soon.

Yep, somethings definitely wrong CPH, I'm coming last in both conferences, that can't be correct.

[ILOVEIT]

So funny...I just looked...saw the Warriors were on top of the West again...and chuckled as I remember cutting out a NEWSPAPER article....which showed...wait for it...the Warriors...making...the playoffs!

Times are so much better now...wow.

[BW32]

Nets and Kings are at or above .500 on January 18th, how wild is that.

[Chris Porter's Hair]

I found a clue. I think it has something to do with the fact that my code was specifically pulling the standings for last season heh

Should be fixed now.

[Coxy]

Quite proud of my efforts so far this season for this prediction game. Currently sitting in dead last for both conferences.

Yay.

[KevinMcreynolds]

I'm winning the West by a good margin and my list is a mess. Your guys' must be really awful!

[Chris Porter's Hair]

According to our "wisdom" of the crowds, the teams crossing us up the most would be Denver (2nd vs. 7.6667 avg pick) and New Orleans (12th vs. 7 avg pick) in the West, and Brooklyn (6th vs. 11.333 avg pick) and Boston (5th vs. 1 avg pick) in the East.

[KevinMcreynolds]

I had Orlando 14th, whoops

[KevinMcreynolds]

We gotta get this thing going early this year so we can have more people this time around!

[Chris Porter's Hair]

We gotta get this thing going early this year so we can have more people this time around!

I'm on vacation traveling at the moment. Will try to set it up ASAP when I return.