How about a Scratch "Betting" Pool? (*Spoilers up to 35-3)

**scbubba** · Nov 27th, 2012, 07:31 PM

Thanks to my friend, Christian (http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/m...xTheLastJumper), I got the idea that it might be a fun time to start a "betting pool" for who finally settles the score with our favorite bad girl, Scratch.

This is still a newly formed idea so I dont have all the details and, who knows, this might become a moot point after Chapter 36 (we shall soon see...) if Scratch doesn't make it. So, here goes nuthin'

The basic idea is that each person placing a bet will pick a character and a chapter (or maybe an episode?). The character wil be their pick for the one that kills Scratch and the chapter/episode will be their pick for when it will happen.

Just for Osiris and Deacon_Tyler, we will have a "Nobody/Never" option.... (I've already registered your bet, fellas).

Some things we will need to work out:

- What is at stake for the bet?
- Can people get more than one bet?
- When will betting close? If it doesn't do later bettors have more at stake?
- Other stuff...?

Let's have some discussion about the idea and if/how it could work in this thread. We can make a different thread (if needed) for the actual pool.

Chime in with your thoughts!

Thanks,
Bubba

**FelixTheLastJumper** · Nov 27th, 2012, 07:44 PM

Closing has to be the week before season 4 starts. The stakes I'm lost.

**Osiris** · Nov 27th, 2012, 08:04 PM

Stakes would have to be either ban bets or user points.

**FelixTheLastJumper** · Nov 27th, 2012, 08:14 PM

Oh, I like the user points! I don't have many!

**7oddisdead** · Nov 27th, 2012, 10:16 PM

Ban bets....its like a game of Russian roulette

**FelixTheLastJumper** · Nov 27th, 2012, 10:36 PM

That's for the late people!

**scbubba** · Nov 28th, 2012, 04:22 AM

Thought about it some more and maybe betting isn't the right way to think of it. It could be more like a contest. You don't have to put anything on the table but the winners will get to split some prize. Maybe a pool of user points based on the number of entries we have.... Would we need to get an Admin/Mod to approve that and set it up/hand them out?

Another option would be that everyone agrees that they will rep the winners at least once when it's all over.

Just spit balling here.... Keep it coming....

**nikvoodoo** · Nov 28th, 2012, 07:12 AM

You guys may most certainly engage in a friendly "rep point wager." I can't get anything together in terms of an actual prize for this aside from winner gets a Ringtone pack.

You don't have to worry about participants repping a winner. I can adjust that behind the scenes. Y'all feel free to organize it, set the stakes, and we can post two threads with the poll (sadly, I can't adjust it to be higher than 20 options and we'll need about 33-36 options if you decide to pick chapter parts as well as chapters).

Keep brainstorming. When you finalize the contest rules/rewards, shoot me a PM and I'll set it up.

Now watch it's in the Season 3 finale and we don't get this organized in time....

**scbubba** · Nov 28th, 2012, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by nikvoodoo

You guys may most certainly engage in a friendly "rep point wager." I can't get anything together in terms of an actual prize for this aside from winner gets a Ringtone pack.

You don't have to worry about participants repping a winner. I can adjust that behind the scenes. Y'all feel free to organize it, set the stakes, and we can post two threads with the poll (sadly, I can't adjust it to be higher than 20 options and we'll need about 33-36 options if you decide to pick chapter parts as well as chapters).

Keep brainstorming. When you finalize the contest rules/rewards, shoot me a PM and I'll set it up.

Now watch it's in the Season 3 finale and we don't get this organized in time....

Thanks nik! I like the idea of you being able to award the points instead of relying on everyone to go do it.

I was thinking about the poll idea but figured we might run into an issue with the number of options based on the combination of characters and chapters. Hell, maybe just on characters with the number of hit lists that Scratch is on already.

Instead of a poll, I wonder if we could have people just post to a thread with their votes... Is there a way to lock the posts or the thread so that, after a certain point in time, users cannot edit their posts? Then we have a historical record of the entries.

I'll be happy to "moderate" (read: do all the tallying and record keeping) the contest if need be....

**yarri** · Nov 28th, 2012, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by scbubba

Thanks nik! I like the idea of you being able to award the points instead of relying on everyone to go do it.

I was thinking about the poll idea but figured we might run into an issue with the number of options based on the combination of characters and chapters. Hell, maybe just on characters with the number of hit lists that Scratch is on already.

Instead of a poll, I wonder if we could have people just post to a thread with their votes... Is there a way to lock the posts or the thread so that, after a certain point in time, users cannot edit their posts? Then we have a historical record of the entries.

I'll be happy to "moderate" (read: do all the tallying and record keeping) the contest if need be....

That's a good idea as it could be anyone that takes her out. K.c. Is just twisted enough to have planned it for someone totally unexpected.