Monero Madness

[phishead]

Alright guys... You know what time it is...

It's time for...

MONERO MADNESS!!!



Yes, you heard right.  Now is that special time of the year to pretend to your friends that you actually follow college basketball, or know what the f*** a "Gonzaga" is.

As we wait I want to go ahead and see who all is interested in participating in a "March Madness" pool.  For those of you that don't know (I'm sure there are some), it is a single elimination matchup between 64 teams for the national championship in college basketball (NCAA).  If you live in the US, I'm sure you will know what this is... and if you live in the US, I'm sure you are well aware that watching 2-5 games going on at once while at you're at your local bar can be exhausting and boring after a little while...

but not when you got THE MADNESS.

I'm open to ideas, but this is my opinion of how we should run things if we garner some interest. 1) Buy in is 1-2 xmr. I vote 2 xmr. 2) We use ESPN to have a pool set up and have our charts on there to keep track of each game.  3) We use escrow (?) ... I'm fine with going off the honor system, but I can totally understand if people are kind of sketched out being that most people don't know each other or probably don't know me.  If people are interested in getting a trustworthy person, then we can get them to hold the funds.

More ideas to make this better will be well received.  Please post in this thread if you will like to participate and state how much you are willing to put in the pot (1-2 xmr).  I will put your name below:

List of Monebros gone MAD:

1) phishead (floam412)   ---> 2 xmr  PAID

2 ) jwinterm     ---> 2 xmr   PAID

3 ) mambamanagement ---> 2 xmr

4 ) Febo    ---> 2 xmr  PAID

5 ) LennyCarl     ---> 2 xmr   PAID

6) eyejay_2 (on IRC)     ---> 2 xmr

7 ) DrHiggins     ---> 2 xmr     PAID

8 ) cryptoholder1 (reddit)     ---> 2 xmr   PAID

9 ) favorite-and-forget (reddit)     ---> 2 xmr    PAID

...

Current jackpot is: 14 XMR (18 XMR pending)

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Issues to be discussed:

1) Escrow? If so, who?

Yes. Jwinterm.

2) 2 xmr buy in?

Yes, for now...

Here's how to play:

Send 2 xmr to the following public address.


Public Address:
43AdCGvbC2fJZLaYh7GUqvXHCKjfJfqEW8vaGSDCsv3NJBZDg4o7j2yCTWh9gV7bvQgsJBYgWT8SxfX izXVpzFeeTHEasx9

Private View Key:
276c3aa01d0313c571943058579893f31fea5730b6cb936a0ea6f250a4793304

You can verify that you have paid by using http://xmr.llcoins.net/checktx.html

For example (using the link above), here is mine:

1. Transaction hash: c586906ebf198180578de6a3f46ed6042101cdb49b66f70eb82eb0130519341b

2. Private key (view key): 276c3aa01d0313c571943058579893f31fea5730b6cb936a0ea6f250a4793304

3. Recipients public address: 43AdCGvbC2fJZLaYh7GUqvXHCKjfJfqEW8vaGSDCsv3NJBZDg4o7j2yCTWh9gV7bvQgsJBYgWT8SxfX izXVpzFeeTHEasx9

...

Results:
This address owns output        0 with pubkey: 624799a1a5ac874295be634698e968ee905110cec84fe88dbad9c9ec71cf327f for amount: 2
This address doesn't own output 1 with pubkey: 259f9d759770caf99be034cc57685570e0fe97971678b5fedfd293f59310c1c4 for amount: 0

Total received: 2

Once, you have sent 2 XMR to the "Monero Madness" wallet, post your transaction hash here and I will update you to the list as well as send you a PM with your personal link to the pool website where you can make your picks.

This is a WINNER TAKE ALL event.  Whoever wins the most "points" at the end of the tournament wins.  It works like this:

Round of 64 = 1 point per game
Round of 32 = 2 points per game
Sweet Sixteen = 4 points per game
Elite Eight = 8 points per game
Final Four = 16 points per game
Championship = 32 points


Thanks everyone good luck!

[jwinterm]

Monero March Madness makes me mexcited!

[mambamanagement]

i wanna play

I WANNA PLAY!

[Febo]

I am not really sure what this is ( since it is in gambling section it did confirm my suspicions, but i stil have no ideas how will all go), but since I used to love basketball and I intend to do it again in future I am in.

[phishead]

GREAT. what happen?. wait and see!

GREAT. ... Wat?

i wanna play

I WANNA PLAY!

GREAT. ... You feel comfortable with a 2 xmr buy in?  Buy in is 2 as of now, but I'm willing to go down if the majority of people
wants it to go down. 

  You are added to the list 

I am not really sure what this is ( since it is in gambling section it did confirm my suspicions, but i stil have no ideas how will all go), but since I used to love basketball and I intend to do it again in future I am in.

GREAT. ... I'm sure you will be able to live stream the games somewhere like on ESPN if you live outside the US (I'm assuming that's what you meant by you not knowing what this is).  Are you comfortable with 2 xmr buy in?

  You are added to the list 

[mambamanagement]

2 is good with me boss! just need to know when brackets need to be turned in...am traveling right now

[phishead]

2 is good with me boss! just need to know when brackets need to be turned in...am traveling right now

Ok, sounds good... I will update the OP and post in the thread as well to give you the link to the pool.  Picks should start March 12th though since that is when all the teams will be picked to be able to play.  March 16th starts the first round, so you have about 4 days when the time comes around to get everything set.

[Pettuh4]

That's innovative and sounds like fun, guess I will need some XMR, is it still profitable mining Monero?

[jwinterm]

That's innovative and sounds like fun, guess I will need some XMR, is it still profitable mining Monero?

It can be, gonna need a pretty boss rig to mine 2 xmr in a week tho.

[phishead]

That's innovative and sounds like fun, guess I will need some XMR, is it still profitable mining Monero?

Well, I don't really mine Monero because I don't have 1) free electricity or 2) a super powerful CPU ... but if you have a AES-NI compatible system, then it's not like it will be "worthless" if you mine in a pool.

And yeah, I figured there might be some people who are interested in playing but don't have or want to run and locally run a node/wallet to store Monero for this.  I feel the best way to go about this will be to shapeshift (I'm assuming) some BTC --> XMR and send it to either an escrow, if we decide to escrow for all of the funds, or just wait until the end of the tournament and send it directly to the winner via shapeshift.

Either that or you could use a web wallet (mymonero.com) to hold your 2 xmr for the mean time... then again, I completely understand not wanting to and just shapeshift it later... totally up to you though and how you want to do it.

Shall I pencil you in?

[LennyCarl]

I'll play for 2 moneronis.

[phishead]

I'll play for 2 moneronis.

  You are added to the list 

[phishead]

Update:

In order to make sure no one potentially feels the need to opt out of paying whoever the lucky winner may be, I feel the best option will be to make this a pay to play event.  So here's what we will do:

Jwinterm has created a pool wallet for us to send our bets too.  If none of you guys are familiar Jwinterm either here on this forum or on IRC, I can personally attest to him being a stand up guy who will not bamboozle any of us out of our hard earned monerojes.  He has given me a public address to send too and a private view key to go along with it.  If you wish to participate, you need to post here saying that you have paid, and also need to provide your transaction hash to go along with it.

Public Address:
43AdCGvbC2fJZLaYh7GUqvXHCKjfJfqEW8vaGSDCsv3NJBZDg4o7j2yCTWh9gV7bvQgsJBYgWT8SxfX izXVpzFeeTHEasx9

Private View Key:
276c3aa01d0313c571943058579893f31fea5730b6cb936a0ea6f250a4793304

You can verify that you have paid by using http://xmr.llcoins.net/checktx.html

For example (using the link above), here is mine:

1. Transaction hash: c586906ebf198180578de6a3f46ed6042101cdb49b66f70eb82eb0130519341b

2. Private key (view key): 276c3aa01d0313c571943058579893f31fea5730b6cb936a0ea6f250a4793304

3. Recipients public address: 43AdCGvbC2fJZLaYh7GUqvXHCKjfJfqEW8vaGSDCsv3NJBZDg4o7j2yCTWh9gV7bvQgsJBYgWT8SxfX izXVpzFeeTHEasx9

...

Results:
This address owns output        0 with pubkey: 624799a1a5ac874295be634698e968ee905110cec84fe88dbad9c9ec71cf327f for amount: 2
This address doesn't own output 1 with pubkey: 259f9d759770caf99be034cc57685570e0fe97971678b5fedfd293f59310c1c4 for amount: 0

Total received: 2

With the brackets, I will set a password in order to be able to enter.  When you have provided a txid here in this thread, I will (as soon as I can) send over the password via PM.

Thanks and good luck!

[Febo]

I am not really sure what this is ( since it is in gambling section it did confirm my suspicions, but i stil have no ideas how will all go), but since I used to love basketball and I intend to do it again in future I am in.

GREAT. ... I'm sure you will be able to live stream the games somewhere like on ESPN if you live outside the US (I'm assuming that's what you meant by you not knowing what this is).  Are you comfortable with 2 xmr buy in?

 You are added to the list  

Mayn days latter

I meant I dont know what are we betting here. On overall winner or, ..  

I will try to pay my share, am just not sure if I can do direct from poloniex. will try to ask to be sure and pay fast.


Txid: 824996362b96c949271df937ab9bbaf0f760c62cd669d24c73b54295f972e14b

[phishead]

I am not really sure what this is ( since it is in gambling section it did confirm my suspicions, but i stil have no ideas how will all go), but since I used to love basketball and I intend to do it again in future I am in.

GREAT. ... I'm sure you will be able to live stream the games somewhere like on ESPN if you live outside the US (I'm assuming that's what you meant by you not knowing what this is).  Are you comfortable with 2 xmr buy in?

 You are added to the list  

Mayn days latter

I meant I dont know what are we betting here. On overall winner or, ..  

I will try to pay my share, am just not sure if I can do direct from poloniex. will try to ask to be sure and pay fast.


Txid: 824996362b96c949271df937ab9bbaf0f760c62cd669d24c73b54295f972e14b

Oh yeah, I'm sorry I guess I forgot to clarify in the OP... but yeah, this will be a "winner take all" kind of event.  Usually with brackets, there is usually a point system you go off of based on each round.  So for example:

Round of 64 = 1 point per game
Round of 32 = 2 points per game
Sweet Sixteen = 4 points per game
Elite Eight = 8 points per game
Final Four = 16 points per game
Championship = 32 points

Kind of like that... and whoever wins the most points, wins the pot.

I will mark you down as paid in the OP.  Just make sure to check back with me around March 12th or so, so I can give you the link and password to join the pool and then you can make your picks.  Good luck!

[phishead]

Alright everyone! 

Brackets are out, that means it's that time to fire up those nodes and break out those wallets.  As of right now, it's just Febo and me that are paid up.  Jwinterm contacted me on IRC to let me know he will be paying soon (syncing issues with his blockchain), but as for everyone else I haven't heard anything, and will be contacting people soon™.

I have already created the group on ESPN.com, so once you pay I will send you think link with the password to enter.

[LennyCarl]

2 xmr sent.

txid: 22c2c42721c6ff1fae9027e87430dda457f63df40fb4c8cefe713927c3c56692

[Stedsm]

This game looks exciting, I want to know that how can I participate in this?
I mean, I am not too much aware of NCAA, and what this concept is all about, so can you please clear me up a few things?
And is this an XMR only participation or we can participate through bitcoins too?

[jwinterm]

This game looks exciting, I want to know that how can I participate in this?
I mean, I am not too much aware of NCAA, and what this concept is all about, so can you please clear me up a few things?
And is this an XMR only participation or we can participate through bitcoins too?

It is XMR only for now. If I can't get syncing issues sorted by tonight I might pass escrow duties off to phishead - he is a very trustworthy shitcointalker and I totally vouch for him.

[cengsuwuei]

how is play, this tread is long write iam not understand
iam must sending 2 monero to you, so how to choose winner can get 12 monero, all participan can get 12 monero, or only one winner