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- LICENSE
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- PRO Football Picks is copyright (C) 1991 by ALC Software, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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- PRO Football Picks (C) is NEITHER public domain software NOR free software.
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- Non-registered users are granted a limited license to use PRO Football Picks
- (C) on a trial basis to determine whether PRO Football Picks (C) will meet
- their needs. Any further use of PRO Football Picks (C) requires registration.
- Use of non-registered copies of PRO Football Picks (C) by any person,
- business, or corporation or other entity is strictly forbidden.
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- The following rules also apply:
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- No user may modify PRO Football Picks (C) or its related data files in
- any way.
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- PRO Football Picks (C) must be copied in unmodified form, complete with
- this license and documentation.
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- No fee (greater than $9.00), charge or other compensation may be received
- for the distribution.
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- PRO Football Picks (C) may not be distributed with any other product
- without the express written consent of ALC Software.
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- WARRANTY
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- The author specifically disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
- including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and
- fitness for a particular purpose with respect to defects in the diskette and
- documentation. In no event shall the author be liable for any loss of profit
- or any other commercial damage, including but not limited to special,
- incidental, consequential or other damages.
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- ORDERING / REGISTRATION INFORMATION
-
- Individual PRO Football Picks (C) registration, licenses you to use this
- product on a single computer. It costs $28 to register, for which you will
- receive the most recent REGISTERED version and printed documentation. PLEASE
- SPECIFY 5 1/4" OR 3 1/2" DISKS. See Appendix B for further registration
- information.
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- Send all registrations to: ALC Software
- P.O. Box # 8481
- New York, New York 10116-4654
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- USING THE PROGRAM
-
- PRO Football Picks (PFP) was written in BASIC and designed purely for
- entertainment purposes and not with the intent to aid in breaking of any
- local, state or federal laws. The authors do love the game of football.
- PFP is user friendly and is designed to run without instructions, however,
- there are certain prerequisites to the proper running of PFP.
-
-
- Files Included with PRO Football Picks (C) - Version 3.0:
-
- PFPICKS3.EXE The PRO Football Picks main program Version 3.0.
- This is the non-registered version.
-
- FOOTBALL.DAT All current year data for teams is stored in this
- file. You must have this file present in the same
- directory or on the same disk for PFP to function
- properly.
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- SCHEDULE.91 Includes the schedule for the 1991 football season.
- You must have this file present in the same directory
- or on the same disk for PFP to function properly.
-
- 1990FOOT.DAT Includes the pertinent final statistics for the 1990
- football season. You must have this file present in
- the same directory or on the same disk for PFP to
- function properly.
-
- PFPICKS3.DOC PRO Football Picks documentation. (This file!)
-
-
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- GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
-
- You can exit PFP at any time during the program by pressing the "F10" key.
- Any data entered to that point will be saved by using the "F10" key. DO NOT
- press CTRL-BREAK or CTRL-ALT-DELETE to "get out" of the program for you will
- lose any data entered during that session. ALWAYS USE "F10".
-
- PFP is a football handicapping program designed to pick winning teams taking
- into account the "Betting Spread" (points). The additional data needed to
- properly use the program is usually published in the local daily newspapers.
- The required statistics are also published nationally each week (during the
- football season) in USA Today and The National Sports Daily newspaper.
-
- PFP has been used for the 1986 - 1990 football seasons with varied success.
- In 1986, PFP picked correctly an amazing 73% of the teams it determined to
- be a "play" (defined later). In 1987, the program picked 43% correctly and
- picked correctly 57% of the time in 1988. In the 1989 season PFP identified
- the correct team to bet 62% of the time. In the 1990 season PFP picked the
- correct team 54% of the time. For those who prefer under / over betting, the
- probable points scored is also provided. In 1990, ALC Software began
- tracking the under / over picks. PFP picked the correct under / over play
- an impressive 61% of the time. PFP will also provide useful statistical
- information based on the data provided.
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- The names of the 28 National Football League teams are referred to in the
- program as follows:
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- 49ERS - San Francisco 49er's BEARS - Chicago Bears
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- COLTS - Indianapolis Colts BRONCOS - Denver Broncos
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- EAGLES - Philadelphia Eagles FALCONS - Atlanta Falcons
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- GIANTS - New York Giants CARDS - Phoenix Cardinals
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- BENGALS - Cincinnati Bengals JETS - New York Jets
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- RAMS - Los Angeles Rams LIONS - Detroit Lions
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- DOLPHINS - Miami Dolphins PATRIOTS - New England Patriots
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- OILERS - Houston Oilers PACKERS - Green Bay Packers
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- COWBOYS - Dallas Cowboys RAIDERS - Los Angeles Raiders
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- SEAHAWKS - Seattle Seahawks BUCS - Tampa Bay Buckeneers
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- BROWNS - Cleveland Browns VIKINGS - Minnesota Vikings
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- REDSKINS - Washington Redskins BILLS - Buffalo Bills
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- STEELERS - Pittsburgh Steelers CHARGERS - San Diego Chargers
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- SAINTS - New Orleans Saints CHIEFS - Kansas City Chiefs
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- To run PFP, four files are required: PFPICKS3.EXE, FOOTBALL.DAT,
- 1990FOOT.DAT and SCHEDULE.91. FOOTBALL.DAT is the file used to store the
- data for the current football season. 1990FOOT.DAT is a file containing the
- final statistics for the 1990 football season. SCHEDULE.91 holds the
- entire 1991 football season schedule. All four files must be on the
- same disk or in the same directory (on a hard disk) for the program to
- function properly.
-
-
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- USING A MOUSE
-
- A new feature of PFP Version 3.0 is the ability to use a Microsoft (R) (or
- compatible) mouse. To use a mouse, make sure the mouse driver software is
- loaded into memory BEFORE you run PFP. If it is properly loaded, the square
- mouse cursor will appear at the beginning of PFP. The manual will refer to
- pressing the left button on the mouse as (click left) and pressing the right
- button on the mouse as (click right). If pressing either the left button or
- the right button will produce the same result, then it will be referred to
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- as (click either). Generally, at the menu choices, click left will be the
- equivalent of pressing the enter key and click right will be the equivalent
- of pressing the escape key.
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- CHANGES IN THE 1991 FOOTBALL SEASON AND PFP
-
- PFP has been modified to be compatible with all the major changes made for
- the 1990 season and the few minor changes made for the 1991 season. The two
- major changes made for the 1990 season are still in effect for the 1991
- season. They are as follows:
-
- First, the 16 game regular season will be played over 17 weeks with each
- team having one open week when they do not play. The number of teams that
- have open weekends in 1991 and the week numbers when the open weeks occur
- are slightly different, as follows:
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- Week #5 - BENGALS, OILERS, STEELERS, BROWNS
- Week #6 - 49ERS, SAINTS, RAMS, FALCONS
- Week #7 - BEARS, BUCS, LIONS, PACKERS, BRONCOS, PATRIOTS
- Week #8 - GIANTS, EAGLES, REDSKINS, COWBOYS
- Week #9 - BILLS, DOLPHINS, COLTS, JETS
- Week #10 - RAIDERS, CHIEFS, SEAHAWKS, CHARGERS
- Week #14 - VIKINGS, CARDS
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- This means that after the fifth week, it is possible that teams playing
- one another, will have played a different number of games. This is
- considered by PFP in its analysis.
-
- Secondly, the post season championship playoff series has been expanded by
- the addition of two wild card teams. This means there will be 12 teams in
- the playoffs, instead of ten.
-
- The minor changes made in the 1991 season are:
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- 1) The open weeks are weeks 5 through 10 and 14. (The 1990 season was
- weeks 4 through 8, 10 and 14.)
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- 2) Six teams have an off in open week #7 and two teams have an open week in
- week #14. (Last year 4 teams had off in all open weeks.)
-
- 3) There are 2 weeks off between the league championships and the Super
- Bowl. (Last year there was 1 week off.)
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- BEGINNING PFP
-
- PFP can be run from a floppy diskette or a hard drive. To run PFP, make the
- drive (or directory) the current drive (or directory) on your computer and
- type PFPICKS3. At the very beginning of the program, a musical "Charge!"
- tune will be played. If you prefer not to hear the tune, start PFP as
- follows: PFPICKS3 /S. The /S switch will silence the tune.
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- At the onset of PFP you will be asked to enter this Sunday's date (the date
- most of the games will be played). PFP reads the system date set on
- your computer and based on that date, displays a chart of four Sunday dates,
- and their corresponding week numbers to choose from. PFP then suggests the
- most probable upcoming Sunday date. If this is the correct date, just press
- enter. If not, change the date and press enter. Mouse users (click either)
- on the correct date and both the date and week number will be entered.
-
- You will then be asked the week of football that is being played. PFP is
- looking for what week of the football season the date represents. For the
- 1991 season, 09/01/91 would represent week number 1, 09/08/91 would represent
- week number 2, 09/15/91 would represent week number 3, etc..
-
- The Monday following the week of football is still considered as part of the
- previous week. It is important to keep the week number the same as the
- previous week WHEN RUNNING PFP ON MONDAY. For example, Monday, September 2,
- 1991 is still considered week number 1. This is done because Monday Nights
- game is still part of previous Sunday's games and PFP treats it that way.
- THE CORRECT WEEK NUMBER IS VERY IMPORTANT. It is used throughout the
- program as well as for determining statistical averages.
-
- Once the date and week number are confirmed, PFP will remember them for
- subsequent running of PFP until the date is changed. This is helpful if you
- run the program more than once a week as all you will have to do is hit the
- Enter key to use the same date or (click either) on the date.
-
- Since PRO Football Picks (C) Version 3.0 will track and record bets made
- by the user, it is necessary to know if a vigorish or "vig" will be charged
- upon losing bets. For those of you unfamiliar with this term, professional
- oddsmakers who take bets (where it is legal) usually charge a percentage if
- the bet you make with them is a losing one. This percentage is called
- vigorish and is almost always 10%. This is how they make their money.
- Should the user be making bets with friends (who usually don't charge a
- percentage!) then the vigorish would be set to 0% or even money bets.
-
- Next, PFP will ask if you want to include the previous years final statistics
- to your calculations. The pertinent final statistics of the 1990 football
- season are included as part of the PFP program files. It is recommended for
- the first four to five weeks of the 1991 football season that these statistics
- be used in the program to help increase the accuracy of the prediction given
- by PFP. This is ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT for the accuracy of the under/over
- prediction. If you respond "YES" then PFP will automatically add the 1990
- season final numbers into its calculations.
-
-
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- PFP MAIN MENU
-
- The PFP main menu is divided into four major sections. Each will be
- discussed in length. The sections and corresponding function keys are as
- follows:
- [F1] Data Section
- [F2] Game Selection Section
- [F3] Run This Weeks Games
- [F4] The Week In Review
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- When you press the function key or (click left) for the section you want to
- run, a second menu briefly explaining that section will appear. If you have
- pressed the wrong key in error, at that point, press the escape key (Esc) or
- (click right) to return to the Main Menu.
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-
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- DATA SECTION
-
- The Data Section menu offers three section choices. Each will be discussed
- in length. The sections and corresponding function keys are as follows:
-
- [F1] Data Entry
- [F2] Teams vs. The Spread
- [F3] Team Schedules
-
- When you press the function key or (click left) for the section you want to
- run, a second menu briefly explaining that section will appear. If you have
- pressed the wrong key in error, at that point, press the escape key (Esc) or
- (click right) to return to the Data Section Menu.
-
-
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- DATA ENTRY SECTION
-
- Upon entering the Data Entry Section, just press the letter of the team for
- which you wish to enter data and enter the yardage (or points) asked for.
- This is the TOTAL yards (or points) YEAR TO DATE for that specific team.
- Repeat this for all teams. If the number in parentheses is correct, it
- has either BEEN UPDATED BY PFP (see The Week In Review) or hasn't changed
- since last data entry; just press enter to retain that number.
-
- Note for mouse users: In the Data Entry Section (and any section where
- numeric data must be entered, a numeric "keypad" will appear on the screen
- for you to enter the data. This "keypad" is similar to the keypad on your
- keyboard with a few additions. The bottom right square is the enter symbol
- (─┘). With the mouse cursor on this symbol, (click either) to press enter.
- To the left of the enter sign is the backspace key (─), (click either) for
- the equivalent of pressing the backspace key. Also included is the decimal
- point and the minus sign. These are used for the entering of the spread
- where 1/2 points are necessary (Ex: .5) and negative numbers for teams that
- are favorites (Ex: -3.5).
-
- One nice addition to the Data Entry Section that was requested by many
- registered users is the ability to make changes in specific line items
- instead of having to re-enter all the teams data if one mistake were made.
- At the end of entering the data for each team, PFP will ask if all the above
- data is correct. If the user responds negatively then PFP will ask for the
- specific line item to be corrected and allow you to do so.
-
- A clock is provided in the lower right corner of the Data Entry Screen. If
- you are like many users and wait until late Sunday morning to enter the data
- required to run PFP, the clock is there to let the user know just how much
- time is left until opening kickoff!
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- Note For The Post-Season: In weeks 18 through 21, (the playoffs weeks and
- the super bowl) it is not recommended that the user add playoff data in the
- Data Entry Section. PFP has been VERY successful in the playoffs by just
- using the data from the regular season. PFP will allow you to enter data in
- the post-season however it is not advised as different teams have played
- different number of games (Ex: wild card teams will have played 1 more
- game than the other teams) yet PFP does not take this into consideration when
- doing it's analysis. PFP is designed to decide playoff games and the super
- bowl based on the regular season data.
-
-
- TEAMS VS. THE SPREAD
-
- Team Vs. The Spread section is a database of all 28 teams' performance vs.
- the spread, for the years 1988 through 1990. The teams are listed in two
- charts, by conference. In the registered version, PFP will update this
- database throughout the 1991 season as the user runs The Week In Review
- Section. In the Shareware version, dashes are printed for the user to fill
- in the blanks during the season.
-
-
- TEAM SCHEDULES
-
- The 1991 Team Schedules section is a database of all 28 teams' schedules.
- They may be displayed (or printed in the registered version) for any or all
- teams. PFP gives you a choice of which team schedule you want displayed.
- Certain games will have an "m" next to the date of the game being played,
- this indicates that this is a Monday date and a Monday night game.
-
-
-
- GAME SELECTION SECTION
-
- In this section, PFP will display the games of the week. The user chooses
- the game to analyze. It does not matter what order the games are chosen
- in. This allows for the user to run the games in any order he/she desires.
- The most convenient way is to run the games in the order printed in the
- newspaper. PFP will store the games in the order you specify, making running
- the program again in the same week easier. PFP will verify that the game
- chosen is correct so that if you had accidently chosen the wrong letter, you
- can correct this before continuing. Throughout PFP program, the home team is
- always displayed in all capital letters and the visiting team is always in
- lower case letters.
-
- Following team selection, the user will be asked to enter the spread for the
- Home team. PFP will accept 1/2 point spreads which should be entered as .5.
- (Ex: 7 1/2 point spread should be entered as 7.5) If the Home team were a
- 7 1/2 point favorite, you would enter the spread as -7.5. If the Home team
- were a 7 1/2 point underdog, you would enter the spread as 7.5. Note for
- Mouse users: A convenient "keypad" will appear to the right of the screen
- for numeric entry, (click either) on this "keypad" to enter the spread.
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- Next is the Home Field Advantage (HFA). This is a totally arbitrary number
- of points assigned by the user as an advantage for the home team. This
- number can be as high as 10 points but usually is 3. Since the professional
- oddsmakers use many variables when determining the point spread, this is the
- opportunity for the user to use his/her own handicapping experience to
- influence the analysis by PFP. Most times, the HFA will be either 3 or 0.
- A zero can be entered by just pressing the Enter key or (click either) on the
- enter symbol in the "keypad". PFP will verify the HFA before continuing.
-
- Note On Post-Season Play:
-
- In weeks 18 through 21, (the playoffs weeks and the super bowl) PFP will
- display the names of all the teams as it does not know what teams will be in
- the playoffs. (imagine if it did!) The user will have to choose the VISITING
- team first. PFP will know how many playoff games there are for that week.
- The remaining procedures are exactly the same.
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- UNDERSTANDING THE ANALYSIS SCREEN
-
- After all information has been entered, PFP will give you its analysis of the
- game. On top will be the names of the teams and the game spread entered.
-
- Following will be all of the information entered for each team.
- Abbreviations are as follows:
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-
- RYF - Rushing Yards For (Offence)
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- RYA - Rushing Yards Against (Defense)
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- PYF - Passing Yards For (Offence)
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- PYA - Passing Yards Against (Defense)
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- PTF - Points Scored For (Offence)
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- PTA - Points Scored Against (Defense)
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- TYF - Total Yards For (Calculated By PFP)
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- TYA - Total Yards Against (Calculated By PFP)
-
- #WP - Number Of Weeks Played (Supplied By PFP)
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- HFA - Home Field Advantage (Entered By User)
-
-
- The number of weeks played (#WP) is the number of weeks that team has played,
- year to date, INCLUDING the current week. This number may be different
- between teams, because different teams may have open weeks at different times
- in the season. (see CHANGES IN THE 1991 FOOTBALL SEASON AND PFP)
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- Next is an under/over prediction. Under/over, for those who are not familiar
- with it, is the sum of the points scored by both teams at the end of the
- game. For example, if the final score is 21-14, the under over for that
- game is 35 points. If the under/over line is over the number predicted, bet
- under. If the under/over line is under the number of points predicted,
- bet over. If the numbers are the same, good luck! Note: When running PFP
- in the first 5 weeks, it is STRONGLY suggested that you include the previous
- years statistics to improve the accuracy of the under/over prediction.
-
- The next line will give PFP's estimate of the final score base on a Points
- per Yard calculation. Directly under that will be PFP's final score estimate
- based on a Sum of the Averages calculation. In order for there to be a play,
- one team must "cover" (that is when the spread is added to the score of the
- underdog or subtracted from the score of the favorite, that team must beat
- the predicted score in both calculations) for PFP to pick that team. If a
- game does not meet this criteria, a "No Play" prediction will be rendered. In
- this instance, the user can use these scores to determine which team to pick.
-
- In the box to the right of these final score estimates, is PFP's game
- prediction. A "No Play" prediction, as mentioned above, is issued if PFP
- feels that with the current spread entered it is "too close to call". A
- different spread may yield a different recommendation. PFP usually picks
- between 8 and 12 picks per week. It is very rare that all 14 games will be
- determined a play. Underneath the final score estimates is the betting
- section. This section will be explained in great detail below.
-
- At the bottom of the screen will be five choices. Press the corresponding
- letter or (click either) for the following choices: "B" to place a bet.
- "P" will print the game information as it appears on the screen. "R" will
- run the same teams again (usually to change the point spread or HFA). "N"
- will to go on to the next game and F10, as always, to quit PFP.
-
- NOTE: In this, the non-registered version of PRO Football Picks, all
- reports have been greatly simplified. When pressing the key required
- to print, you will get the equivalent of pressing the Print Screen
- key(s) on your keyboard. The registered version contains attractively
- formatted, detailed reports.
-
- Should the user decide to place a bet, a box will appear with the names of
- the teams for that game. If you have made a mistake and do not want to bet,
- press Esc or (click right) and choose another letter. To choose a team,
- press "1" or (click either) if you want to bet on the home team and press "2"
- or (click either) to bet on the visiting team. After choosing the team, that
- team name will appear in the box with the spread for that team. PFP will
- then ask how much you want to bet on that team. You may bet as little as
- $1 up to $99,999. This should be is a sufficient betting range for all users!
- If the user does not want to bet, but just pick a team as his/her opinion,
- you may bet $0 by hitting the enter key.
-
- Once the betting box has disappeared, the current betting information will
- be displayed underneath the area where the betting box was. If you
- want to change the team you bet on, change the bet amount or cancel
- your bet, choose "B" for bet and now a "C" for cancel choice is available.
- Press or (click either) on "C" to cancel, or to change teams, just pick the
- other team.
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- The amount of your bet, the team you bet on and the amount you have bet this
- week so far NOT including the current bet. The number in parenthesis
- represents the amount you will have bet this week INCLUDING the current bet.
- You may change your bet (or team you would like to bet on) by pressing the
- "B" key again BEFORE going on to the next game. PFP will remember the LAST
- bet entered for the Week In Review Section.
-
- At the end of running all the games for that week, PFP will save all
- the games to disk which will allow your to use the Run This Weeks
- Games Section. (explained below) Should the user press F10 before
- entering game data for all that weeks games, the data to that point
- will not be saved. PFP will provide a summary of the games that were a
- "play". The spread used in that display will be the last one entered before
- continuing on to the next game. The user will be given the option to press
- "P" to print this screen.
-
- NOTE: In this, the non-registered version of PRO Football Picks, all
- reports have been greatly simplified. When pressing the key required
- to print, you will get the equivalent of pressing the Print Screen
- key(s) on your keyboard. The registered version contains attractively
- formatted, detailed reports.
-
-
-
- RUN THIS WEEKS GAMES
-
- It is not uncommon for the spread to change during the week prior to the game.
- For this reason, the user may want to run PFP again using a different spread
- or HFA without having to re-enter all of the data. It was for this reason the
- Run This Weeks Games Section was created. PFP will allow you into the Run
- This Weeks Games Section once you have gone through the Game Selection Section
- previously that week.
-
- Upon entering the Run This Weeks Games Section, PFP will go right into
- the first game. The order of the games will be the order you previously
- entered them in. The procedure will be exactly the same as in the Game
- Selection Section, however the previous spread will appear in a white box to
- the right of PFP's request for the spread. If you want to use the same
- spread as in the box, you must ENTER the spread again just as it appears to
- the right. If you just hit enter, PFP will assume it is a pick 'em game and
- ask for confirmation as a pick 'em game. For the HFA, by hitting enter, you
- will use the same HFA as previously entered. That HFA appears in the [ ]
- parenthesis before the "?" to enter the HFA.
-
- In the Analysis Screen while running the Run This Weeks Games Section, bets
- will be listed as they were placed when PFP was previously run. A change in
- the bet amount will automatically adjust the $ Bet This Week total.
-
-
-
- THE WEEK IN REVIEW
-
- PFP assumes that the user will use PFP the program regularly. Upon selecting
- the Week In Review Section, if you have not run the Week In Review Section
- for more than one week, PFP will warn you that you are reviewing a week other
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- than the previous one. PFP will still allow you to review that week and
- continue to function properly however, if you do receive the warning, you
- will know that you have missed at least one week in the Year To Date (YTD)
- totals. (This is explained later.)
-
- The Week In Review Section will review the previous weeks games and UPDATE
- the YTD information in the Points For and Points Against section of the Data
- Entry Section as well as the 1991 Win-Lose-Tie Column in the Teams Vs. The
- Spread Section. Note: Playoff scores will not be updated in the Data
- Entry Section. This is because playoff teams do not all play the same number of
- games (wild card teams play an additional game). Therefore the YTD
- information will not be the same for all teams, this would cause PFP to make
- inaccurate decisions.
-
- Once you are in the Week In Review Section, PFP will show you the names of
- the teams in the first game from the previous week. The home team will
- always be first and in capital letters, the visiting team will be in lower
- case letters. ONLY FINAL SCORES should be entered in the Week In Review
- Section.
-
- Underneath the names of the teams will be the users bet, if any, the spread
- for the game, as well as PFP's play for the game. (if any) This is followed
- by the Vig percentage and a shaded box in "result box" directly underneath
- the bet and play line. The box will display the results after each score is
- entered.
-
- When the first final score has been entered, PFP will ask for verification
- of the score. Press "Y" or (click either) if they are correct and PFP will
- analyze the game, calculate the results and update YTD information. Press
- "N" or (click either) and PFP will again ask you for the FINAL score of each
- team in the game. The final choice is "S" for skip. You may skip the game
- by pressing enter twice (leaving zeros in the scores) and then pressing "S"
- or (click either). This is designed for the user to review the games before
- all have been completed. Examples of this would be Sunday afternoon after
- the "early" games are over, Sunday night or Monday afternoon.
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- Underneath the result box the information is divided into two sections:
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- 1) The left side gives you information on the your betting. How many games
- were bet last week and the total amount of money bet on those games.
- The number of correct bets for the past week. The next two lines give
- you the information on you profit/loss for the week as well as the
- profit/loss year to date. The profit/loss for the week is included in
- the profit/loss year to date figure.
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- 2) The right side gives you information on PFP's picks. How many picks PFP
- had last week and how many games have been reviewed so far (had you run
- the Week In Review this week and skipped some games as mentioned above).
- The number of correct picks for PFP for the past week as well as the
- percentage correct for PFP last week and the percentage correct for PFP
- year to date.
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- Upon answering "Y" at the decision box, PFP will update the user and PFP
- information and present the user with a menu of choices on the bottom of the
- screen.
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- The "N" key (or just pressing the enter) will take you to the next game for
- game to review. The "Tab" key will display the percentage correct for the
- user last week and the percentage correct for the user year to date. If you
- prefer this information to be displayed instead of the dollar amounts, leave
- this information on the screen and PFP will display it instead of the dollar
- information. Pressing "Tab" again will display the dollar amounts again. To
- exit PFP press "F10".
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- After the last game has been reviewed, an additional choice of "P", for
- print, will appear on the menu. Press this key to print all of the
- statistical information on the screen. This includes all user dollar
- amounts and percentages as well as PFP's percentages.
-
- NOTE: In this, the non-registered version of PRO Football Picks, all
- printing (except for the registration form) has been disabled.
- When pressing the key required to print, nothing will happen.
-
- Finally, at the end of the program, you will be asked if you want to print
- an OFFICIAL registration form to send for an ENHANCED REGISTERED version of
- PFP. The registration is also printed at the end of this documentation. If
- you enjoyed using PRO Football Picks, (or made money doing so), please
- register. Press "P" or (click either) at the final screen to print the
- registration form. If your printer is not ready for printing when you go to
- print the registration form, press Esc to return to the final menu screen.
- This is the same form that appears at the end of this documentation.
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- COMMENTS
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- We are very interested in your comments on how to improve PRO Football Picks.
- If you send us your suggestions and we use them in a revision, we will send
- you a free REGISTERED upgrade to that revision when it's issued. (Provided
- you register for this version). We are constantly upgrading and
- improving PFP. See Appendix A for planned future enhancements.
-
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- NOTE: If you enjoy using PFP, Please Register! PRO Football Picks (C) is
- the product of years of programming and fine tuning. Your registration will
- help fund future versions and motivate us to continue to write programs that
- are enjoyed by the public. Besides, it's greatly appreciated!
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- APPENDIX A
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- Planned future Enhancements For Registered Version 3.0: (Ship Date 07/01/91)
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- Best Bet Of The Week Prediction
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- Betting Summary Screen & Report
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- Automatic Data File Backup (FOOTBALL.DAT)
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- Ability to run data entry in more than one session
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- Planned future Enhancements For Version 4.0: (Planned Ship Date 07/01/92)
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- Team Power Ratings For Offense & Defense
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- Individual Team Vs. One Another Analysis
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- Ability To Change Monday Night Bet Only (On Sunday & Monday)
-
- Shell To DOS
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- Bulletin Board (BBS) To Call In For Support As Well As Download
- Statistics Weekly
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- On-Line Help Screens
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- Betting On Under/Over
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- "Betting Sheet" Type Printout For Dot Matrix And Laser Printers
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- PFP Version 4.0 for the 1992 Season
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- Anticipated Release Dates
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- Shareware Version 05/01/92
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- Registered Version 07/01/92
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- APPENDIX B
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- Notes On Registering:
-
-
- 1) During the 1991 football season, save time by sending either a money
- order, cash or certified check. We will ship the same day we receive
- the order. Otherwise...
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-
- 2) Please allow 2 weeks for your personal check to clear.
-
-
- 3) We offer overnight delivery, please add $9.00 for postage.
-
-
- 4) Canadian orders must be either postal money orders in United
- States funds, or checks drawn on a United States Bank.
-
-
- 5) After the 14th week of the season, (December 1, 1991) you have
- the choice of which REGISTERED version of PRO Football Picks you
- will receive. If you request Registered Version 3.0 for the 1991
- Season it will be sent according to the terms above. Should you
- request Registered Version 4.0 for the 1992 Season, then you will
- be among the first to receive Registered Version 4.0 whose
- anticipated ship date is July 1, 1992. No specification will
- receive Registered Version 3.0 for the 1991 Season.
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- To Register, Send The Completed Registration Form and $28.00 to:
-
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- ALC Software
- P.O. Box # 8481
- New York, New York 10116-4654
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- PRO Football Picks (C) 1991
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- Registration/Comments Form Version #3.0x
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- Send To: ALC Software Today's Date ______________
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