Erepublik Comeback - NFL Pick Em

Day 3,625, 15:08 Published in USA USA by Carlos3652

So I took a break from Erepublik for about 3 years. Upon my return, everything is different, and the community is not as active as when I left. I have over 2000 + "friends" due to how active I was in IRC and the black market - always trying to make deals, and work with the economic engine that was broken, but you could always make money. Unsure if I should go through them and clean out all the dead ones or not yet.

So, how do I become active, participate and socialize? How do I get those 1000 subs on my newspaper feed to earn that medal? I thought to myself what would be the best way to start meeting new people that are wanting to be more active and actually have fun on a game that lets you unwind and forget about the real world for a couple hours a day (or more).

And I decided to start an NFL Pick Em. Starting this week after Monday night. If I can get 10 people to say yes on this article and commit to playing - I will do it.



This is how I envision it:

Every person gets to pick the winner of every NFL game as well as the total score of the Monday Night game via in game mail and sends it to me prior to the first game of the NFL week along with 1 Gold (typically Thursday night 7 pm central).

The tie breaker is decided on the Score Total of the Monday Night Game. If there is a tie, the closest to the actual score wins.

1 entry per person.
Cost: 1 Gold per person. (so newbies can play too)

Payout to top 3
50% for 1st
30% for 2nd
20% for 3rd

So, if I get a minimum of 10 people to play, winner gets 5 gold, 2nd gets 3 and 3rd would get 2.


Tuesday Night - Article with the week's schedule.
1 gold due prior to game on Thursday (or first game of the week)
Sunday Night - Article with update on who is in the lead and who has a chance of winning.
Monday Night - Article with winner and payout.

Does anyone you know do this already in the game? Is this worth doing and trying? Let me know your thoughts. I figured 1 Gold would not scare anyone away, and screwing everyone would not be beneficial to me or my playing experience either.

Oh, and I wont play, I will just run things, so there is no issue of transparency and keeping the money. I really just want this to be a social experiment and see how big this could become. If it becomes cumbersome labor, I might take donations 🙂 (Tip the hand that feeds)

Thanks again for reading as I value your time.