Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread

[hilariousetc]

I’ve had a paid finishing position every pool we’ve done, pretty sure I was even top at around Xmas this season but I’ve been awful ever since. I will obviously be taking part next season (which is announced today as starting 12th September).

Suppose we might have to start paying to enter soon, hilarious?

Nah, not yet. Last season I didn't start collecting funds until a week or two before the start of the season, but I may do it earlier this time. It depends on how much interest we get. I'll see how many users apply and what price bitcoin is at and if we get a lot of interest pretty swiftly I might start taking in funds asap.

I'd be happy with anything up to £50

Let's do it!
Only 20 players is going to give us a pool of £1000 (0.1340BTC) with 0.1BTC from the sponsor. It's already looking exciting.

I'd personally be ok with £50 but I know a few existing users wouldn't be so I'd like to keep it reasonable as to not price people out just for the sake of a little extra. 0.005 is a really nice number though and I'm sure £37 isn't going to break the bank for most. I'd like to keep it at a nice round number in bitcoin so we'll just see what the price is like when I start collecting it, but it will be between £25-40 most likely. People have to remember it's an entire season of fun and entertainment so it's good value and there is some pretty big prizes if we can collect over 0.2. I'll try up the consolation prizes a little as well so there's more to play for on that front.

I posted them in the thread somewhere shortly after the pool started but they're not coming up in search.

Next time may be considering a new thread will be better instead of continuing on this one?

I'd prefer to keep this thread as the more views and posts it gets the better it looks to potential advertisers in the future. Maybe one day we could get a big jackpot put in. Imagine a whole bitcoin or something. I'll just keep the op updated straight away next time along with the thread in Games and Rounds which is where I'll announce the next one after Sunday.

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[Trofo]

I'd be happy with anything up to £50

Let's do it!
Only 20 players is going to give us a pool of £1000 (0.1340BTC) with 0.1BTC from the sponsor. It's already looking exciting.

I'd personally be ok with £50 but I know a few existing users wouldn't be so I'd like to keep it reasonable as to not price people out just for the sake of a little extra. 0.005 is a really nice number though and I'm sure £37 isn't going to break the bank for most. I'd like to keep it at a nice round number in bitcoin so we'll just see what the price is like when I start collecting it, but it will be between £25-40 most likely. People have to remember it's an entire season of fun and entertainment so it's good value and there is some pretty big prizes if we can collect over 0.2. I'll try up the consolation prizes a little as well so there's more to play for on that front.

We already had that conversations before this pool and I also remember something like there was maybe 10 us willing to pay 50 and 25-30 of us willing to pay 25 pounds. When you take all the numbers in account it usually works better with smaller amounts.

If there is few of wanting to bet more we can always make a side pool. Best position among us takes whole side pool reward. Very simple and works well regardless of how many interested participants there is. If nothing like that gets organized I am always for a side bet with somebody.

I posted them in the thread somewhere shortly after the pool started but they're not coming up in search.

Next time may be considering a new thread will be better instead of continuing on this one?

I'd prefer to keep this thread as the more views and posts it gets the better it looks to potential advertisers in the future. Maybe one day we could get a big jackpot put in. Imagine a whole bitcoin or something. I'll just keep the op updated straight away next time along with the thread in Games and Rounds which is where I'll announce the next one after Sunday.

Good thinking. Longer thread is a small price to pay if it gets us even few $ better sponsor deal. Maybe just include rewards in OP as well so it is easy to find.

[hilariousetc]

We already had that conversations before this pool and I also remember something like there was maybe 10 us willing to pay 50 and 25-30 of us willing to pay 25 pounds. When you take all the numbers in account it usually works better with smaller amounts.

If there is few of wanting to bet more we can always make a side pool. Best position among us takes whole side pool reward. Very simple and works well regardless of how many interested participants there is. If nothing like that gets organized I am always for a side bet with somebody.

But wasn't the discussion between £25 vs £100 last time. I don't really want to have numerous pools running for one comp so would prefer to just find a middle ground which I think £37 or whatever 0.005 is at the time is fair enough. First year it was £25, then last year I think it was closer to £30 (27 maybe). £37 is only an extra tenner and shouldn't be an issue for most I think but I don't really want to go the full £50 either, though it is a nice number in cash but the prizes will be denominated in btc so I'd prefer that to be the nice round figure hence trying to go for the 0.005. It's still really cheap for what it is. Far bigger sponsorship this year as well and I think there should be more interest in the pool this season and probably will grow from year to year as more people find out about it and want to get on board.

[LTU_btc]

Wow, 0.1 BTC from sponsor looks nice. Personally, I'll join, no matter what signup fee you will pick - £25, £50 or 0.005 BTC, difference isn't big anyway. And it would be nice to get at least 30 players. It would make pot really solid and pool would be very competetive. I see that some people stopped playing during the season, but maybe we can get some new faces to the pool. Big pot would bring more interest.

[buwaytress]

@hilarious Great job to you and Hhampuz for nabbing that offer! Not that I am able to "try any harder" but yeah that's great incentive to join for those who didn't before. My thoughts on the entry fee are the same: I'd be game for a bigger amount, but I also remember how it would have been an issue for many others, so my preference is a lower entry fee to have more people. It's kind of what I like about the pool, all this crappy camaraderie;) As I've said before, not my first pool, but the one with the discussion I look forward to the most.

@LFC: Don't worry I'm joining you next season for a paying spot. I note that for a time, I was the one with the most exact scores but after lockdown I went crazier than usual. Have to be much more prudent with picks.

I've signed up already for next season (Superbru asks you now if you login).

[cryptofrka]

Also playing next season, whether buy-in is 10$ od 100$. I'd prefer an option with more players, it's better fun when there's 30 people instead of 10.

I liked it this season, was good for a while but had a really bad patch mid-season, finishing 5 rounds in a row in the bottom 10 or so. Looking forward to improve on that

[panjul07]

I’ve had a paid finishing position every pool we’ve done, pretty sure I was even top at around Xmas this season but I’ve been awful ever since. I will obviously be taking part next season (which is announced today as starting 12th September).

Suppose we might have to start paying to enter soon, hilarious?

We did it great on the first competition last year mate but we did it really bad this year (out of top 10 now).
Let me congrats to @tokeweed, I'm sure you will stay on top unless you miss to put the prediction for the last round.
The other 4 winning spots is still unpredictable, some participants still have the chance to overtake other positions. Good luck guys.
Not really sure if I will participate on the next one, depends on the buy in. If it remains the same then I'll participate.
Not forget to say thanks for hilarious for managing the competition.

[hilariousetc]

Wow, 0.1 from sponsor looks nice. Personally, I'll join, no matter what signup fee you will pick - £25, £50 or 0.005 BTC, difference isn't big anyway. And it would be nice to get at least 30 players. It would make pot really solid and pool would be very competetive. I see that some people stopped playing during the season, but maybe we can get some new faces to the pool. Big pot would bring more interest.

I'm sure we can get at least 30. Most players will probably return and a few will naturally drop out, but there's over two months to recruit new sign-ups. Maybe the sponsor will push the pool a bit as well I dunno.

Also playing next season, whether buy-in is 10$ od 100$. I'd prefer an option with more players, it's better fun when there's 30 people instead of 10.

I liked it this season, was good for a while but had a really bad patch mid-season, finishing 5 rounds in a row in the bottom 10 or so. Looking forward to improve on that

I think 40-50 users would be ideal. 40 players at 0.005 is 0.2 plus the 0.1 sponsorship so that would be nice. I don't think it would be great if there were too many players as that would obviously decrease your chances of winning but if the pool did get much bigger I suppose I could pay for the top ten spots. 5-10 would probably only be essentially smaller consolation prizes though. I'd like to bump up the highest round consolation prizes if I can as well though for a little more incentive to keep playing your best.

Not really sure if I will participate on the next one, depends on the buy in. If it remains the same then I'll participate.

Well it will likely be between £25-£37.50 with the latter being 0.005 currently. Ideally I'd like to try keep it at 0.0005 as it's nice figure and makes it less complicated to split the prizes nicely.

[tokeweed]

I'm with hilarious.  I think it's better to make the buy in something that you don't mind losing than making it unattractive to some users.  We're just having fun here anyway...

And..  How about making a new rule.  Anybody who finishes just outside the money wears an avatar of the pool members' choosing.  

Something funny, like...



Edit:  I hope I don't offend anybody...  People these days are so sensitive.  But yeah, something funny.

Edit:  Changed pic.  I don't wanna offend anybody.  Lmao.

[Trofo]

Edit:  Changed pic.  I don't wanna offend anybody.  Lmao.

Damn, didn't see the original. Please bring it back or PM me if it is really that spicy. I promise I will not get offended but I may retaliate with some horror of my own. Viber group of my fellow veteran football players gets daily dosage of truly gross images. I had to mute it in order not to accidentally open the messages during work, when with kid or having a meal.

We could make it that every week a player who gets the spoon has to wear that avatar. Could be problems with sig campaigns though.

[hilariousandco]

I didn't see the original either but I'm not changing my avatar unless you pay me  . And as trofo said it will cause issues with the various deals people have for them. If you guys without one want to do so then feel free  .

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

And..  How about making a new rule.  Anybody who finishes just outside the money wears an avatar of the pool members' choosing.  

Would like you to do it if you are with a paid sig which needs the avatar too 🤪
The only unpaid avatar i wear is the WO hat I have for me so there are no way I am going to wear anything unless you are paying good money for this LOL

By the way Toke, do you think you need to make your picks for this round? 😝

[BitSat19]

I’ve had a paid finishing position every pool we’ve done, pretty sure I was even top at around Xmas this season but I’ve been awful ever since. I will obviously be taking part next season (which is announced today as starting 12th September).

Suppose we might have to start paying to enter soon, hilarious?

We did it great on the first competition last year mate but we did it really bad this year (out of top 10 now).
Let me congrats to @tokeweed, I'm sure you will stay on top unless you miss to put the prediction for the last round.
The other 4 winning spots is still unpredictable, some participants still have the chance to overtake other positions. Good luck guys.
Not really sure if I will participate on the next one, depends on the buy in. If it remains the same then I'll participate.
Not forget to say thanks for hilarious for managing the competition.

Last year we have this table
1. LFC_Bitcoin
2. panjul07
3. oeleo
4. BitSat
5. Mattle40
sadly this year no one from here able to reach in top five I am also feeling sad as missing few matches cost very badly but still ok now happy I was part of this competition for two seasons and try to join again in future if able because right now this Corona is still hurting very badly and fighting hard for survive Thanks @hilariousandco for this and congrats to @tokeweed for this years win good luck to all.

[tomahawk9]

just finished making my picks, and i'm not expecting many draws tomorrow, i think the teams that have nothing to play for will try to go out with a bang, and those playing for something will prolly speculate about X or Y result and that will cost them the match (holy smokes! i should start charging VIP fees for these big brain analysis  )

Something funny, like...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/84/9b/63/849b636ec25a4f8badbf66acfff2d0c7.jpg

that's hella creepy, bruh lol 

By the way Toke, do you think you need to make your picks for this round? 😝

heh! but there's a few users who haven't made their picks yet, for example MoSala (#2 in the leaderboard)...Btw, took me until the last matchweek to finally ask but, who is MoSala? does anyone know? =P

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

who is MoSala? does anyone know? =P

Haha! Good question. There are a lot of users I still do not know their handles in superbru. But whoever he is, I hate MoSala and Toke. May be I have a chance to overtake MoSala but Toke is out of reach. F Toke!

By the way, whoever is this MoSala, it's pretty sure that he is LFC fan so I am okay with him. But again F Toke 😜

[buwaytress]

who is MoSala? does anyone know? =P

Haha! Good question. There are a lot of users I still do not know their handles in superbru. But whoever he is, I hate MoSala and Toke. May be I have a chance to overtake MoSala but Toke is out of reach. F Toke!

By the way, whoever is this MoSala, it's pretty sure that he is LFC fan so I am okay with him. But again F Toke 😜

It's been mentioned before in here, but can't seem to find it (does anyone actually know a good way to search bitcointalk properly?). And yeah I hate all them bastards. Bloody, bloody bastardos.

@toke come on, why are you always afraid of offending people these days? Haha. Show us the ORIGINAL man,

[Mbitr]

Last day of the season ! Less than 4 hours to go  Get your final rounds of picks in !
I’ll probably miss all the matches as I’m off down the beach - arghhh! I’ll have to catch up later - fingers crossed for me , but good luck all 

[big_daddy]

the last round to grab some more points
do your best today, there is an interesting battle on the top of the leader-board, I'm in 16th position, the only I can do is grab another yellow cap as a consolation prize  

btw, will update the yellow cap stats tomorrow

[Trofo]

It seems I did well after the restart. I have already written this one off as a failure, I think I was around 15th or 20th place. Now I see I have a chance for paid positions, small one but a chance non the less.

Look out guys here I come, 4th position and best round result award coming up 

[tokeweed]

I didn't see the original either but I'm not changing my avatar unless you pay me  . And as trofo said it will cause issues with the various deals people have for them. If you guys without one want to do so then feel free  .

Yeah I know..  I was just thinking it would be fun.  The original pic was two gay men on horse back, kissing each other.  I pulled it down.  I didn't want to be me too'd or something like that. 

Anyway, great matches tonight for LCFC, United and Chelsea.