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- J & D NO-SPREAD FOOTBALL POOL v1.1
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- The J & D No-Spread Football Pool was created from an idea that was
- picked up from Arizona. Most people I have talked to don't even like
- playing in pools because they do not like messing with the point spread.
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- Here is an interesting way to play without worrying who's spotting who
- and by how much. Our pool started out with just 20 people and within 3
- weeks were over 50! Most everyone we have talked to were really interested
- in playing but to figure out everything by hand took a few hours. That's
- when I decided to write a program that would take care of most everything
- for me and keep everyone posted on how well they were doing with a touch of
- a button. The idea of the J & D No-Spread Pool is that you just pick the
- winner. Each game is WORTH a certain amount of points determined by the
- following factors:
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- 1. Head to Head Competition by 1st Place Teams 10 pts.
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- 2. Monday Night or Holiday Game 7 pts.
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- 3. Interdivisional Game 5 pts.
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- 4. All other Games 3 pts.
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- ALL POINT VALUES CAN BE CUMULATIVE. For example: If Cleveland and
- Pittsburgh played on a Monday night, the point total would be 12 ( 7 pts for
- being on Monday night and 5 pts for being in the same division ). Another
- example ( which made for a very interesting week ) was the Philadelphia and
- Dallas game that was on Monday night when both teams were 3-0. The total
- point value for that game was 22 pts ( 10 pts for both teams in 1st place,
- 7 pts for being on Monday night, and 5 pts for being interdivisional ).
- Most games are worth 3 and 5 pts but as you can see there are a variety of
- different combinations.
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- Let's say the first game on the list is Pittsburgh at Cleveland for 5 pts
- and you naturally chose Cleveland to win. If you win ( and naturally you
- should ) you gain +5 on your point total. If for some reason you lose, you
- get -5 off your point total. Yes it is possible to end up with a negative
- total number. In fact, the record in our pool is -65 ( although we won't
- mention any names for sake of embarrassment but Dan does come to mind ).
- The person with the highest point total after all games are played takes 75%
- of the pot and second highest person takes the remaining 25%. In case of a
- tie ( believe it or not doesn't happen to often ) the person who is closest
- to the TOTAL SCORE of Monday Night's game is declared the winner. We
- normally play for 2 a sheet and it is going very well.
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- To make this game more interesting, we also threw in 3 options that can
- be used. You can use one, none, or all of these options but you can NOT use
- any one option more than once on any one sheet. Also, only one option is
- allowed on any one game.
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- The options are:
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- 1. Double - 2 times the point value of the game if you win, 2 times the
- point value subtracted if you lose.
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- 2. No Choice - Skip any ONE game. No points taken off or added on.
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- 3. Free Choice - Adds point total if you win, does not subtract point
- total if you lose.
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- When writing options on the pool sheet I recommend writing down the
- number of the option next to the point value instead of the name. It makes
- it easier when inputing sheets and there is no confusion between a 2 and a
- 2x or double.
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- The program is set up to accommodate up to 14 games in a given week.
- Selecting 'A' from the menu allows you to create a worksheet to distribute.
- You will also need a schedule and the latest standings to determine the
- point value for each game ( A sample pool sheet is included so you can
- compare how it was done ).
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- The first question asked is "Enter the number of games to be played: "
- If there are 12 games on the schedule for this week, type 12. ( This version
- is only set up to accommodate up to 14 games. Future release will expand on
- this ). "Enter the Week Number: " - Enter the week number of the season.
- If it is the 7th week, type 7. "Enter the WeekEnding MONTH and DAY
- separated by a space: " - Enter the month and the day of Sunday the games
- are played on. NOTE: The space between the Month and the day is very
- important! ' Example: October 18 '. The next section is entering the
- Visitor Team, Home Team, and the Point Value for each game. ALL TEAM NAMES
- MUST BE ENTERED WITH NO SPACES! For example: San_Francisco or L.A.Rams is
- correct, but typing in San Francisco or L.A. Rams will cause problems. The
- LAST GAME ENTERED will be the Monday Night game. So if you have a 12 game
- week, game 12 is the Monday Night game. When you are finished, Selecting
- 'B' from the menu will print a copy of the sheet for you or you can 'G' quit
- back to the prompt and type print sheet.dat.
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- When ALL tickets are gathered, you are ready to enter them. ONLY RUN
- THIS OPTION ONCE ALL TICKETS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. Every time this option is
- run it initializes the players ticket file!
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- Once again you must "Enter the Number Games to be Played: ". This should
- be the same number entered when creating the pool sheet. If you forgot,
- just look at a ticket and count them. The next step is entering the name of
- the 1st person. Again, ALL PLAYERS NAMES MUST BE ENTERED WITH NO SPACES
- LIKE THE TEAM NAMES! Example: JOHN_DOE OR J.DOE is correct but do not try
- JOHN DOE or J DOE or you will have problems. Try to be consistent with
- upper or lower case names. Any of the following is acceptable as long as
- you are consistent each week - John_Doe JOHN_DOE or j.doe. The reason being
- is that this program keeps a record of the people who have played and gives
- you a percentage on how well everyone does each week. The program is case
- sensitive and it would not recognize JOHN_DOE and John_Doe as the same
- person. The safest thing to do would be to leave the CAPS LOCK ON when you
- start the program.
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- If you type in a name that is NOT in the data file, it will ask you if
- the name was spelled correctly. If it was and it is a new person just type
- 'Y' and it will add the name to the data file. If it was spelled
- incorrectly type 'N' and you get a second chance ( This is also a good safe
- guard in case you forget to put the CAPS LOCK ON ). Next you are asked to
- enter the persons PICK NUMBER for each game. Just type in the NUMBER of the
- team they choose. Then it will ask for the OPTION NUMBER for that game. If
- they did not have an option next to the point value of that game ( and most
- will not ) enter a 0.
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- You will be asked their pick and option number for every game, then at
- the end you will be asked for the total points for Monday Nights game in
- case there is a tie. The last question asked is "Are all Entries for this
- person correct?" If so, type a 'Y' or type 'N' if there was a mistake. If
- there was a mistake it will ask "Enter Game Number to Change", "Enter the
- Pick Number", then "Enter the Option Number for that game". Again, if there
- was no option for that game, type a '0'. Then it will ask "Are All Changes
- Now Correct?" 'Y' if correct or 'N' if more changes need to be made. You
- can only go back and make changes to the ticket you are currently working
- on. So please be careful when entering pool sheets. The last question is
- if you have any more entries. Type 'Q' if you have no more tickets to
- enter.
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- Select 'D' when all games have been played, or if you want to see who is
- in the lead after so many games. Doing this after Sunday Nights game builds
- up the suspense to see who is in the running till after the Monday Night
- game.
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- Again, enter the number of games that were played. Then enter the number
- of the winner and the point value for each game. If they haven't played
- yet, and you are just seeing who is in the lead, enter zero for the two
- spots. You are then asked to enter the total points of Monday Nights game.
- If the score ended up 20-15, type 35. If Monday's game wasn't played yet,
- enter a '0' and it will print out everyone's Monday Night total on the
- report.
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- Selecting 'E' from the menu will print everyone's name, the point total,
- the difference off between the Monday Night game, how many games correct
- from games participated in, the percentage, and their percentage accumulated
- from weeks past. At the bottom displays how many played and the percentage
- correct from everyone playing.
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- Selecting 'F' should ONLY be done AFTER everything is final. This will
- post all players and their statistics for future use by the program. Doing
- this more than once in a given week could cause players statistics to be
- off.
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- Select 'G' to exit the program.
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- I now have a lot of respect for people who take the time and all the
- hours to write programs and to share their ideas with others. I have done
- play testing after play testing to make sure everything is accurate and for
- the time span I believe it has come out pretty well. If you do like the
- program and you use it, I would appreciate a donation of $15.00. I do have
- in the works many other enhancements to add into future versions and with
- your donation I will send you a copy of a upgrade version. A couple of
- the enhancements in the works or planned are automatic sorting for points in
- descending order, the ability to go beyond 14 games in a week to allow
- college games as well, to allow more than 100 people on file during a year,
- an interesting way of handling the playoffs ( which is having a very good
- response from ), and for next year, automatic tracking for the football
- schedule and point value so you can print out the pool sheet with no data
- entry.
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- I would greatly appreciate any comments and or ideas that you may have
- and to send them to the address below. For upgrades and donations, let me know what type
- of disk drive you have and they can be sent to the address below.
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- Jody Overmier
- 10835 W. TR #41
- Fostoria, OH
- 44830
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