Let's Play A Game! SPG For Avalanche Fans
by Joe Dunman on Oct 9, 2008 12:11 PM MDT
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PrintEver heard of SPG? Before today, I hadn't either. But it's an online game in which you guess the player who takes the first shot, is assessed the first penalty and scores the first goal for your favorite team each time they play a game.
Why do this? Because it's stupid fun, that's why.
Last season Japer's Rink and Pension Plan Puppets had a contest between their readers/members to see who could amass the most points over a season. It was so much fun they passed the word along to the rest of the SBN kids, including myself. I figured it would be fun for us, too, so let's give it a try.
All you have to do is go to the website Pickspg.com and sign up---it's free of course. Be sure to choose the Colorado Avalanche as your favorite team and I'll add everyone to the MHH league. Then make your picks! I'd very much like to dole out prizes as the season progresses, but as of right now nothing is definite. Let's just see if it's as much fun as I've been told it is.
For more info, check out the site's FAQ:
How do I Play?
When you first create your account on the site, you must choose which team (of those shown above) to follow. This establishes your team loyalty. You are allowed to play SPG only for that team's games.
For each game, you should predict which player on your team will: 1. Take the first shot on goal, 2. Get called for the first penalty, and 3. Score the first goal...
... for every period, including overtime and the shootout.You can make picks for every game in the regular season and playoffs for your chosen team. You cannot pick SPG for teams that are not tracked by the site, or those which you have not chosen to follow. If two tracked teams are playing in the same game, you can make SPG picks for yours only.
If, for example, you don't think the team will get a penalty in the 2nd period, you can select the "Won't happen this period" (a.k.a. WNH) option when making your picks.
Note: You are not asked to guess who gets the first penalty in the shootout. That just doesn't happen.
You can edit your picks any time before the league-published start time.
Now, hurry up! Log in and start making your picks RIGHT NOW!
Also, I'll be posting the scores from each game, so I'd recommend using your MHH user name, just to make things easier. Wooooo!
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and the key, under “BobinBoulder,” for tonight’s game has been entered.
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
Other than the one from the site? Is there another step to joining your league? Haven’t received another one yet. In my rwss… account?
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on Oct 9, 2008 2:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Bob you’re in, no worries.
For anyone else the process is as follows:
You sign up for an account and choose the Avs as your team.
I then click a checkbox on the administrator page to “invite” you.
You then receive some sort of invite notification and confirm it.
You’re in the league.
Go Avs! Let's get some goals!
And my name is “MikeA” but I have no idea how that ‘A’ got in there at the end, I didn’t want it there. Weird…
Go Avs!
by Mike, (Avs Fan) on Oct 9, 2008 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions
The only email I got was the verification email from the site, that’s it…
Go Avs!
by Mike, (Avs Fan) on Oct 9, 2008 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I never got any email, but I’m in nonetheless. Sweet.
Go Avs!
by Mike, (Avs Fan) on Oct 9, 2008 5:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Quit ragging on Mike like that.
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on Oct 9, 2008 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Friggin Jersey Drama
My Avs jerseys have been quarantined in Detroit upon entering the US from Canada.
It’s a goddamned conspiracy. Damn Wings fans don’t want me to have my jerseys.
Red Wings Suck.
2 down, 1 to go... Gettin' the band back together 08-09
That's harsh
I had a Patrick Roy framed photo sent to Florida instead my house in Australia the first time, I thought the Panthers were going to put the photo in net to help the team win. It’d probably do better than Vokuon and Anderson.
"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977
"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
I disagree. Vokoun is a stud. The team in front of him on the other hand…
Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!
Haven’t seen much of the Panthers but i didn’t think Vokuon was that great since he lost the starting job to Mason and was traded form Nashville.(I think) Obviously the team itself is pathetic.
"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977
"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
Vokoun, if I recall, didn’t lose the starting job. He got hurt. Mason filled in for him (very well) and then Vokoun took over when he came back. He was a victim of Nashville’s off-season payroll dump last summer, when they were trying to make the team more attractive to bidders looking to move them to another city.
Go Avs! Let's get some goals!
My bad
I should probably pay more attention to other teams, All i know is Vokoun is a beast for the panthers in my Be A Pro on NHL 09. I randomly picked Florida for my skater and the Avs for my goalie.
"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977
"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
League Invitations
Sorry, guys.
When MHH invites you to join the league, the site doesn’t send you an email. It will display a yellow nag widget on the right side of any page. That means you have to go back to the site to accept/decline the invitation.
If you didn’t join the MHH league before tonight’s game, no worries. Once you accept the invite, you’ll bring your current points total with you.
Any questions, comments, suggestions, etc. are welcomed. Check the site’s FAQ page & shoot me an email. Thanks for playing!
-Gary (SPG nerdboy)
I'm in
But more than likely to stop other people occupying the basement (i’m a nice guy like that) due to living in Australia/lazy/short attention span leading me to pick the first guy on the list, take your pick.
"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977
"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
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