Best Buy Debuts New Weekly Online Game (1 Viewer)

[Anonymous Internet User]

I'm terrible at this game all of a sudden.

 

[Tar Heel]

Just to add to the FBG Best Buy booty, I was just notified that I won EA XBOX prize pack for week 4 (5th prize).

I just joined the FBG group today, so it probably won't directly reflect on FBG...

 

[bigfishboy]

You made the competition look like a buncha tackling dummies.

Your 3901 point victory won you 586 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 650 overall against everyone else this week.

I am 6 for 6 at beating the celebrity! But 0 for life at getting prizes.

 

[slckrsmitty]

You put the fantasy in fantasy football.

Your 4186 point victory won you 871 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 136 overall against everyone else this week

that's 6-0 for the season. but, this was by far and away my best showing. 136 overall, 3rd on the FG group for the week. where do i pick up my prize?

 

[Pickle Rody]

I'm 6-0 so far this year and have accumulated 1966 points (253, 598, 6, 678, 141 & 290 respectively) or chances at prizes......have not won a thing as far as I can tell.

While I barely won in week 3, in Week 4, I did my best:

Winning isn't everything. Unless we're talking about you.

Your 3121 point victory won you 678 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 53 overall against everyone else this week.

I just joined the FBG Team today, so maybe some mojo will flow my way and I can win a prize like a few other lucky souls!Rody

 

[datonn]

I just joined the FBG Team today, so maybe some mojo will flow my way and I can win a prize like a few other lucky souls!

Rody

How'd you luck out? Or are you just talking about game recaps or something? At any rate, congratulations. I had hoped the News Blogger might lead to bigger and better things for me after 3-4 years...but alas, I am too much of a lightning rod, not knowing when to keep my big mouth shut.

 

[joetrow]

Week 6 Results - Victory You're a lean, mean, celebrity smackdown machine.Your 3763 point victory won you 448 entries to win this weeks prizes.You ranked 1040 overall against everyone else this week

Celeb has some good picks for week 7, hopefully not as good as mine though.

 

[BalcoBomber]

Winning isn't everything. Unless we're talking about you.

Your 3830 point victory won you 515 entries to win this weeks prizes.

You ranked 827 overall against everyone else this week.

First week in, can't wait for next week!

 

[Das Boot]

YOU PUT THE FANTASY IN FANTASY FOOTBALL.

Your 4116 point victory won you 801 entries to win this weeks prizes.

You ranked 214 overall against everyone else this week.

Fingers crossed for a visit from the Prize Fairy this week.

 

[Steel Dillo]

Its not a TV or an XBox, but...

Congratulations! Thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes sponsored by Best Buy Stores, L.P. and administered by Skybridge Marketing Group. We are pleased to inform you that you are a weekly winner of a $25 Best Buy Gift Card. Your prize will ship under separate cover in 4-6 weeks.

 

[slckrsmitty]

Its not a TV or an XBox, but...

Congratulations! Thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes sponsored by Best Buy Stores, L.P. and administered by Skybridge Marketing Group. We are pleased to inform you that you are a weekly winner of a $25 Best Buy Gift Card. Your prize will ship under separate cover in 4-6 weeks.

right on! congrats. at least now, we know it isn't a scam and people actaully do win things

 

[Pickle Rody]

I just joined the FBG Team today, so maybe some mojo will flow my way and I can win a prize like a few other lucky souls!

Rody

How'd you luck out? Or are you just talking about game recaps or something? At any rate, congratulations. I had hoped the News Blogger might lead to bigger and better things for me after 3-4 years...but alas, I am too much of a lightning rod, not knowing when to keep my big mouth shut.

Yo datonn, I meant the Best Buy FBG Team that was set up.And yes, you are too much of a lightning rod. Turn it down a wee bit, why don't you.

 

[datonn]

Ha, okay. It's just too hard to dial it back though...only got one go-around on this crazy planet we call Earth...so I gotta make as many King Kong sized positive dents in it while I can...

 

[youtim]

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.

Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

thanks for organizing this.change: prize structure (weekly high scores should get prizes, not more entries for randomly drawn prizes. i'd also emphasize prizes for the whole season rather than weekly winners)change: being able to start every player every week and being able to double up a player as many times as you want (i'd say start each player twice max, and can double any player twice max)

 

[FUBAR]

I'm 6-0 so far this year and have accumulated 1966 points (253, 598, 6, 678, 141 & 290 respectively) or chances at prizes......have not won a thing as far as I can tell.

While I barely won in week 3, in Week 4, I did my best:

Winning isn't everything. Unless we're talking about you.

Your 3121 point victory won you 678 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 53 overall against everyone else this week.

I just joined the FBG Team today, so maybe some mojo will flow my way and I can win a prize like a few other lucky souls!Rody

I was top 50 this week, mostly due to tagging Brady. How do you join a group? The big link on groups isn't working for me.

And how do you check if you've won a prize? i assume I'd get an email, but you never know

 

[FUBAR]

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

thanks for organizing this.change: prize structure (weekly high scores should get prizes, not more entries for randomly drawn prizes. i'd also emphasize prizes for the whole season rather than weekly winners)change: being able to start every player every week and being able to double up a player as many times as you want (i'd say start each player twice max, and can double any player twice max)

I like your suggestions, but if the selling point is to beat a celebrity each week, your suggestions don't jive with that concept too well.

 

[FUBAR]

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

I'd go with more of a salary cap approach. It's almost too easy to pick the top 3 players with good matchups each week. Don't always get them right, but a salary cap would bring some sort of strategy to this without losing the initial concept of it being a weekly contest.You could also add a seasonal contest incorporating AIU's suggestions.

 

[Monty Burns]

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

THANKS....I'm having a lot of fun with this....I agree that the weekly top dog should get a nice prize as it would go to more of a long shot entry rather than a consensus entry, and encourage risk taking....some type of rating system/salary cap....rating system might be something like, PICK 3 QB's: pick 1 of these 4 QB's (1 of the top 4 rated) and 1 of these 8 QB's (1 of the 5-12 rated) and 1 of these 16 QB's(1 of the 13-28 rated)....maybe make the scoring system a little more standard....

 

[Jobber]

I'd also make it so you can only TAG a particular player once during the season.

It'll force us to think more about matchups and if , for example, somone like Adrian Peterson is a better TAG in week 12 vs week 1.

Oh, and thank you very much for offering this game!! Keep it going please!

 

[Pickle Rody]

I was top 50 this week, mostly due to tagging Brady.

How do you join a group? The big link on groups isn't working for me.

And how do you check if you've won a prize? i assume I'd get an email, but you never know

Group name is FBG. Access code is noguppies. (Found this posted earlier in the thread and it's how I joined the FBG Best Buy Group.)

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.

Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

THANKS....I'm having a lot of fun with this....I agree that the weekly top dog should get a nice prize as it would go to more of a long shot entry rather than a consensus entry, and encourage risk taking....

some type of rating system/salary cap....rating system might be something like, PICK 3 QB's: pick 1 of these 4 QB's (1 of the top 4 rated) and 1 of these 8 QB's (1 of the 5-12 rated) and 1 of these 16 QB's(1 of the 13-28 rated)....

maybe make the scoring system a little more standard....

The weekly winner already gets a custom Titlecraft Trophy and a $100 Best Buy gift card.

 

[Das Boot]

I was top 50 this week, mostly due to tagging Brady.

How do you join a group? The big link on groups isn't working for me.

And how do you check if you've won a prize? i assume I'd get an email, but you never know

Group name is FBG. Access code is noguppies. (Found this posted earlier in the thread and it's how I joined the FBG Best Buy Group.)

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.

Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

THANKS....I'm having a lot of fun with this....I agree that the weekly top dog should get a nice prize as it would go to more of a long shot entry rather than a consensus entry, and encourage risk taking....

some type of rating system/salary cap....rating system might be something like, PICK 3 QB's: pick 1 of these 4 QB's (1 of the top 4 rated) and 1 of these 8 QB's (1 of the 5-12 rated) and 1 of these 16 QB's(1 of the 13-28 rated)....

maybe make the scoring system a little more standard....

The weekly winner already gets a custom Titlecraft Trophy and a $100 Best Buy gift card.

Yeah, I like knowing that anyone can win the weekly grand prize, not just the high scorer.I really wouldn't change much with the game, I've become a fan of it.

I wouldn't want to see it made more complicated by only being able to use a player once per season (for 2x tagging or otherwise), or any other kind of complications... I'm in enough contests already, I appreciate the nice simple ones a lot now. Plus from Best Buy's perspective, I'd think they'd want to keep it simple to maximize the number of participants... the goal here isn't really to find who is King of fantasy picks each week.

The funky scoring benefits those who take the time to analyze it, and casual players don't care about the scoring anyway, they'll just pick the big name players.

The celebrity angle is fun and adds weekly variation to the game.

The number of prizes are good plus they are good prizes... who wouldn't want a big screen?

And having a good number of $25 gift cards each week is also a great idea... I don't like contests with one huge grand prize... I'd rather see lots of medium and small prize winners than a few big prize winners.

Thanks Best Buy... a fun game that I look forward to each week. :(

 

[Patoons]

First year I've done this. Gotta say, I really enjoy it.

 

[SlaX]

Nice to see the FBG group starting to rake in the prizes.Now that we are 1/3 through the season what things would you keep about the game and what things would you change?

Thanks for the game. It's been a blast. I've noticed that Matt Stover isn't an available option from the kickers, although he is starting for an injured Adam Vinatieri.I'm not sure I'd limit the tag feature, given that a different celebrity may tag the same player on week 4 than the other celebrity on week 7, although they didn't mean to. Therefore it keeps it an even field. Otherwise, it was a nice idea.

 

[zed2283]

Winning isn't everything. Unless we're talking about you.

Your 3337 point victory won you 614 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 492 overall against everyone else this week.

 

[perry147]

Winning isn't everything. Unless we're talking about you. Your 3601 point victory won you 878 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 123 overall against everyone else this week.

 

[fatkid]

Adding to the loot.

Congratulations! Thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes sponsored by Best Buy Stores, L.P. and administered by Skybridge Marketing Group. We are pleased to inform you that you are a weekly winner of a Panasonic Viera 50" TV. You will be receiving Affidavit paperwork via Fed-EX in the next few days. Once your Affidavit paperwork has been received back to our offices and verified, your prize will ship under separate cover in 2-4 weeks.

The week I won I finished 2,045th, so I thank the random gods of chance, plus the all american rejects for starting 3 players who scored 0.

 

[red stripe]

I'm terrible at this game all of a sudden.

this.not quite sure how

 

[red stripe]

Adding to the loot.

Congratulations! Thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes sponsored by Best Buy Stores, L.P. and administered by Skybridge Marketing Group. We are pleased to inform you that you are a weekly winner of a Panasonic Viera 50" TV. You will be receiving Affidavit paperwork via Fed-EX in the next few days. Once your Affidavit paperwork has been received back to our offices and verified, your prize will ship under separate cover in 2-4 weeks.

The week I won I finished 2,045th, so I thank the random gods of chance, plus the all american rejects for starting 3 players who scored 0.

hifive

 

[Das Boot]

Adding to the loot.

Congratulations! Thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes sponsored by Best Buy Stores, L.P. and administered by Skybridge Marketing Group. We are pleased to inform you that you are a weekly winner of a Panasonic Viera 50" TV. You will be receiving Affidavit paperwork via Fed-EX in the next few days. Once your Affidavit paperwork has been received back to our offices and verified, your prize will ship under separate cover in 2-4 weeks.

The week I won I finished 2,045th, so I thank the random gods of chance, plus the all american rejects for starting 3 players who scored 0.

Wow... congrats! I usually end up with hundreds of entries per week and each week when I check my inbox :

 

[zed2283]

You put the fantasy in fantasy football.

Your 3245 point victory won you 794 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 2184 overall against everyone else this week.

Maybe I can win something one of these days!! When are the drawings?

 

[PatrickT]

Your 3921 point victory won you 1470 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 37 overall against everyone else this week.

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Whooped some celebrity ### this week, 37th overall, #1 in FBG group. Picking out a spot for my TV...

 

[FUBAR]

Maybe I can win something one of these days!! When are the drawings?

I just know I've missed an email where I've won a TV.

 

[FFdork]

Maybe I can win something one of these days!! When are the drawings?

I just know I've missed an email where I've won a TV.

Assuming people aren't full of crap, there have already been 2 TV winners on this board. I would say that's probably all we'll see unless: 1. We're that good or 2. FBGs represents a really high % of the people playing.

 

[CommuterMan]

Your 3921 point victory won you 1470 entries to win this week's prizes.You ranked 37 overall against everyone else this week.-----Whooped some celebrity ### this week, 37th overall, #1 in FBG group. Picking out a spot for my TV...

Your 3926 point victory won you 1475 entries to win this weeks prizes.You ranked 34 overall against everyone else this week.ha, just outscored you to finish a few spots ahead of you!! By far this is the best showing that I have had this season!! Received one email that I won a $25 gift card a few weeks back but I have yet to receive that. I am not holding my breath that this week's win will turn into any prizes but I am hoping for Christmas...

 

[PatrickT]

Your 3921 point victory won you 1470 entries to win this week's prizes.You ranked 37 overall against everyone else this week.-----Whooped some celebrity ### this week, 37th overall, #1 in FBG group. Picking out a spot for my TV...

Your 3926 point victory won you 1475 entries to win this weeks prizes.You ranked 34 overall against everyone else this week.ha, just outscored you to finish a few spots ahead of you!! By far this is the best showing that I have had this season!! Received one email that I won a $25 gift card a few weeks back but I have yet to receive that. I am not holding my breath that this week's win will turn into any prizes but I am hoping for Christmas...

Cool, let's hope we both win something, that's a lot of entries.

 

[perry147]

You put the fantasy in fantasy football.

Your 3677 point victory won you 1226 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 364 overall against everyone else this week.

 

[FFdork]

Not to be the downer, but I placed 1008 and still had 1029 entries. Our odds will be better when the celeb makes good picks instead of LT and Reggie Bush.

 

[perry147]

Not to be the downer, but I placed 1008 and still had 1029 entries. Our odds will be better when the celeb makes good picks instead of LT and Reggie Bush.

I agree, better picks by the celebs would benefit the knowledgeable fantasy players having a better chance to won.

 

[The_Wolfman]

You put the fantasy in fantasy football.Your 3936 point victory won you 1485 entries to win this week's prizes.You ranked 32 overall against everyone else this week.

My first top 50 finish this year! Does anyone have any idea when they generally send out e-mails notifying prize winners?

 

[fatkid]

You put the fantasy in fantasy football.Your 3936 point victory won you 1485 entries to win this week's prizes.You ranked 32 overall against everyone else this week.

My first top 50 finish this year! Does anyone have any idea when they generally send out e-mails notifying prize winners?

I got my notice of winning a couple of weeks after the actual week I won. The day after I got the email, the prizes web page was updated. Currently, they have winners listed for week 8, so I think they have caught up with the drawings.

 

[The Future Champs]

Could someone send me an invite to the FBG group please? I promise not to suck.

update:

joined - thanks

 

[FreeBaGeL]

We've now had two different people in our league finish in the top 2 for a given week. Pretty crazy.

 

[PatrickT]

Could someone send me an invite to the FBG group please? malc@neelyphoto.com I promise not to suck.

Sent.

 

[slckrsmitty]

You're a lean, mean, celebrity smackdown machine.

Your 3890 point victory won you 1439 entries to win this week's prizes.

You ranked 61 overall against everyone else this week.

3rd place in the FBG group. YIPPPIE!!

 

[snellman]

Got this email today:

Congratulations!Thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes sponsored by Best Buy Stores, L.P. and administered by Skybridge Marketing Group.We are pleased to inform you that you are a weekly winner of a Logitech Harmony One. Once the product is available, your prize will ship under separate cover in 6-8 weeks.If you have any questions in regards to your prize, feel free to email me.On behalf of Best Buy, thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes .Sincerely,Eloise SumptionEloise SumptionAccount CoordinatorSweepstakes, Games & ContestsSkybridge Marketing GroupOn behalf of Best Buy739-049-consumer

Don't know what I need a $250 remote for, but I did win something.

 

[PatrickT]

Got this email today:

Congratulations!Thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes sponsored by Best Buy Stores, L.P. and administered by Skybridge Marketing Group.We are pleased to inform you that you are a weekly winner of a Logitech Harmony One. Once the product is available, your prize will ship under separate cover in 6-8 weeks.If you have any questions in regards to your prize, feel free to email me.On behalf of Best Buy, thank you for participating in the Best Buy "Weekly Football Challenge" Sweepstakes .Sincerely,Eloise SumptionEloise SumptionAccount CoordinatorSweepstakes, Games & ContestsSkybridge Marketing GroupOn behalf of Best Buy739-049-consumer

Don't know what I need a $250 remote for, but I did win something.

I would love to have that, but I'm a total geek. Congrats! If nothing else, you can craigslist it.

 

[FUBAR]

Could someone send me an invite to the FBG group please? malc@neelyphoto.com I promise not to suck.

Sent.

same here por favor. I promise to suck so you can all beat me.

 

[FUBAR]

nice to see I'm still in the top 50 high scores for the season.

everyone on there did it during week 6, just looks weird - but that is the week the big boys exploded.

 

[snellman]

Could someone send me an invite to the FBG group please? malc@neelyphoto.com I promise not to suck.

Sent.

same here por favor. I promise to suck so you can all beat me.

Would like one also to finish out the season please.