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33rd Annual Boston Area Tournament
2014 BAT Rotisserie
The division breaks and roto pick links will
be made live once Premier solidifies. Keep your eye out!
Ganked from Chris Lipe's 2012 BAT Roto announcement, but now with 50%
less humor! The rotisserie returns for this year's Boston Area
Tournament. I guarantee that this will be the best BAT Roto held this
year! Join the fun and enter early and often!
The rules are the same as last year. To wit:
- Choose two players in Premier, two players in Division A, two
players in Division B, and two players in the CSW division. Those
eight players form your entry, or "team."
- In each division, one of your selections must be from the "top
portion" of the division, and one from the "bottom portion." These
portions will be clearly marked on the entrant list.
- For each game won by one of your players, your team earns 1 point.
- The team with the most wins wins. It's as simple as that. Ties are broken by spread.
- Profit, hopefully!
FAQ:
- I'm not playing at the Boston Area Tournament this year. Can I
still participate in the Rotisserie?
Of course! The more people cheering on at home and discussing on the
interwebs#, the more the roto has a truly national, and even
international feel. Last year, we had entries from Norway and the vast expanse that is the land of ISC. If your friends or family want to enter, they're
welcome to join us as well -- no Scrabble experience required! Of
course, you are heartily encouraged to play in the tournament if you
can! You are also encouraged to partake in the Saturday night entertainment.
- What is the cost and how do I pay?
Each entry costs $10, in US funds please. The strongly preferred
method of payment is via PayPal, a simple and secure way to transmit
funds electronically (www.paypal.com; my paypal address is
orangejkel@gmail.com). Please use the personal payment option, and ensure that you have sent me a full $10 per entry. (You are responsible for any fees incurred.) If you will be attending the BAT, you may pay
in person prior to the event if absolutely necessary. If you are a
remote entry, acceptable arrangements must be made to pay in advance.
Seriously, any unpaid entries at the time the first tile of the main
event is drawn, will be void.
- When are my picks due?
THIS IS IMPORTANT:--The roto closes at 9 pm Eastern Daylight Time
(that's GMT-4) on Thursday May 1. The E-mail should be in my Inbox
by 9 PM that evening. I'm expecting about eleventy billion entries and
don't want to be frantically putting everything together late at night
on Thursday. If you know prospective roto players who are not online,
please make them aware that players may NOT enter the roto at the site
on Friday! Your understanding is much appreciated.
- How much of the entry fees are going towards prizes?
Ninety percent. I'm super-involved between the roto and the best
trivia event at BAT this year, which you should all check out and play
in on Saturday night. But back to the roto, the work that goes into
making the roto run smoothly and handling E-mail questions is worth
taking a 10% cut for organizing, and probably a lot more since a
Z-list celebrity is running things.
- Speaking of prizes, how many places will you pay out?
It all depends on the number of entries. The more entries that I have, the larger the prize pool. The larger the prize pool, the more prizes I can pay. Last year, there were 69 entries, and the top six teams plus the last place team won prizes.
- Do I have to pick myself?
No, but when I last competed, rather than run the roto, I picked myself on a team that finished in eighth place,
which was worth 25 big ones! If you feel you've got the game, pick
yourself for as many entries as you like.
- Can I have more than one Rotisserie entry (sheet)?
In past years, players have often picked two sheets, allowing them to
cover more bases and root for more players. Playing twice is still a
bargain at $20. Even three entries is still pretty cheap at $30. Plus,
the more teams you have, the more freedom you have to experiment with
how you pick your teams. You can pick players that have the same
initials, or players that have beards, or players that you think would
emerge victorious in a street fight, or minor TV and Internet celebrities (that's totally innocent; I'm not trying to get more people to pick me, or anything). There are plenty of options out
there!
- Ok, so how will I know how my team is doing?
Regular updates at the site will be available courtesy of the
directors who will be using John Chew's TSH program. I'll also have
results available to remote players via a CGP post after every full
day of completed play.
- When and how will the winners be paid?
Even though the scorekeeping has become infinitely more efficient with
John Chew's TSH program on board (many thanks, JJC), there will be a
72-hour waiting period before the winners will be paid. I want to be
100 percent sure we have the right teams and scores in place. If you have won, I will contact you and ask you for a preferred method of payment. Again, PayPal is encouraged.
- Why are the upper and lower halves of this division not equal in size?
We will set an arbitrary line for each division so that people may
submit entries early. Hopefully, early entries will encourage later
entries as BAT draws closer, which will bulk up the prize fund.
- What if one of my picks drops out late or changes divisions late?
If one of your players can't make it to the event via some last-minute
mishap or change of plans, that Rotisserie selection will
automatically default to the highest-seeded player in that pool of
players (per the April 21 ratings). However, if you learn that one of
your picks has been forced to cancel and you can notify me of a
re-pick *before the tournament starts*, I'll allow you to alter your
team in this way. Once the tournament begins, no one will be allowed
to change rotisserie selections.
The above guideline will also be followed if players switch
divisions. If you pick Sally Scrabbler and she happens to move up or
down divisions, your individual pick of her is no longer valid and
will be deleted in favor of a default selection (or you can contact me
and make an alternate pick yourself if you do it before the beginning
of the tournament). Note that this rule applies no matter which
direction the player in question may be moving, up or down.
One other key rule to be aware of--if one of your picks starts the
tournament (plays at least one complete game) but does not finish the
tournament for any reason, your roster will not be adjusted to another
player. Handicap carefully!
- Do I need to phrase my roto picks in the form of a question?
I know I'm going to get this question in dozens of E-mails if I don't
put it here, but no, you do not.
Questions? Contact Jason Keller at
orangejkel@gmail.com
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