PTBF 2020 - RULES & STANDINGS THREAD - FINAL

[armageto]

Thanks JCS for running the contest. With it gone, another reason not to visit the site. Soon I'll be a ghost.

dont make me cry man

I mean, I'll probably pop my head in randomly. Like a lot of people, my "love" of the sport died. I still like it, and watch, but nowhere near to what I used to. I also think working in the sport killed some of my gusto. Social media apps, like Twitter and FB, helped kill forums as well.

[armageto]

CONGRATS to LeeSanders for winning PTBF 2020...

I'm happy getting a Top 10 position! You'd think I could win my own competition, but have never placed Top 3.. at least since my records started way back in 2005. Ring Anncr (Joe Antonacci) started the competition a little before that.. but got banned around that point... so there may have been a year or two lost due to poor recordkeeping. Not saying I won any of those.. just giving a little bit of history!

As previously talked about in the thread... interest has waned in the competition and also in boxing. Blame HBO dropping coverage... blame a ton of big names retiring... blame the evil Covid-19, but it is undeniable. Even as you look through the 2020 PTBF stats, we had roughly 40 picks per fight out of the gate, which quickly dropped to about 20.

All good things come to an end.. and this seems to be a good time to retire the competition. I'll never say never in bringing it back, but just looking at the schedule for the next couple months leaves me as disinterested as I've ever been in the sport.

Let's see where the sport is in a few months, but as of now.. it is goodbye to PTBF!

Don't blame you at all for this decision. I certainly hope Boxing picks back up, but I like you find myself as disinterested in the sport now as I've ever been since I started following it nearly 20 years ago.

Thanks for all the years at the helm JCS. I've always enjoyed this game, and hope to enjoy it again someday if Boxing returns to it's previous Glory somehow.

Like you say. You can never say never.

Your love for the sport died when Robinson introduced Greb's face to hands.....

[gilgamesh]

Greb is the greatest Sim Boxer of all time. The ONLY Super Six Million Dollar Champion in the Sports' History

[JCS]

So, I've contemplated a flavor of the game w/ MMA tossed into it.

People have shunned this in the past. Any thoughts?

[oogiebe]

So, I've contemplated a flavor of the game w/ MMA tossed into it.

People have shunned this in the past. Any thoughts?

Not for me, but thanks for everything else.

I'd say yes if it were WWE!

[JCS]

So, I've contemplated a flavor of the game w/ MMA tossed into it.

People have shunned this in the past. Any thoughts?

Not for me, but thanks for everything else.

I'd say yes if it were WWE!

I actually thought about that too... a WWE/MMA/Boxing hybrid.

[oogiebe]

So, I've contemplated a flavor of the game w/ MMA tossed into it.

People have shunned this in the past. Any thoughts?

Not for me, but thanks for everything else.

I'd say yes if it were WWE!

I actually thought about that too... a WWE/MMA/Boxing hybrid.

Well, including MMA would make me get more into the sport. So I'd be in regardless!

[armageto]

I don't know much about MMA, but it's a free game, so why not.

Fucks WWE, go with AEW! Or a rotation of both.

[PredatorHayds]

Great competition.
Thankyou for doing it.

[warpninehulk]

Thanks for all the work over the years, JCS. I know it was a thankless job. I admit that the past couple of years, I have been bad about forgetting to pick, for whatever reason. The usual family, work etc. But it's always been a fun pastime. Hell if I hadn't miss so many this year I could have made a run! Thanks again. I'd be happy to join in on any future contests.

[ldlamb]

So, I've contemplated a flavor of the game w/ MMA tossed into it.

People have shunned this in the past. Any thoughts?

I just want a picks game...so I’ll take anything.

[Duran1970]

It's called boxrec.... Not mmarec

[ldlamb]

I mean, there is an MMA board in the forum section.

[ironbeard]

So, I've contemplated a flavor of the game w/ MMA tossed into it.

People have shunned this in the past. Any thoughts?

If it keeps the game going, I will do my homework on the mma matches.