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Charles I can't edit my even after doing what you said.

Hi Charles, I have a suggestion for a new fantasy gaming category you could add to GSFT. For the people who play all four grand slam tournaments in the year, there could be a side contest of your overall rank for the year.

Hey Charles, I could not get online to make my most recent match picks and I have my options set to choose the higher seed if no choice was made, but the system did not do that for me and "no selection" was made and no points awarded for both my men's and women's teams. Can ypu look into this for me? I should have been awarded winning points for Murray over Isner // Nadal iover Roddick // Novak over Roger // Nadal over Murray and on the Women's side - Stosur over Kerber // Stosur over Serena. These were the matches that the higher seed won, and I assumed the system would pick for me.

I checked my Account Options and I've always had that option checked, too. However, since I've never missed making a pick, I don't know whether it works or not. However, I'm guessing we ALL have it checked. If so, Wolmas didn't get the benefit of it either.

I'm saying it definitely has never worked based on probability theory alone. You're the first one to realize that fact and complain. I didn't even know I had the option checked: I suspect most others are in my boat.  I wouldn't have known to complain and neither does the vast majority of players here IMO.

To be perfectly honest, I don't like the existence of the option at all.  I think you should have to make a pick while the picks are open, which is how I always thought it worked.

If there IS going to be an option to pick the higher seeded (or higher ranked) player automatically (ugh!!!), however, people need to be able to rely on it.  I'd rather see the option disappear completely, but that's just my opinion and I'm only one guy.

Still, consider this.  Only a fool or a genius -- or a person for whom it was the only way to catch up with the person(s) ahead of him -- would have taken Stosur over Serena in his match picks.  So only idiocy, genius or smart game play could get you there.  Oops!  Add another one: inadvertence. 

I don't mind being beaten in that situation by idiocy, genius or smart game play.  I very strenuously object to losing to inadvertence.

Last edited by Don (Sep. 12, 2011 2:09pm)

What I meant to suggest was that there should be no automatic picks period.  Make your pick while the picks are open, or get 0 points.

I used the example of Stosur v. Serena because Stosur was higher ranked.  If you don't make a pick and there is an automatic pick, it picks Stosur for you.  But for people who actually picked Stosur for real, they were all either geniuses or idiots or just good game players in a situation where they HAD to pick Stosur to have a chance.

In that situation, I personally have no problem losing to geniuses, idiots and good game players.  I DO object to losing to somebody who simply failed to make a pick -- and who therefore gets credit for picking a great huge upset just because the lower ranked player was the prohibitive favorite.  That is a very stupid result IMO.

Last edited by Don (Sep. 12, 2011 2:36pm)

I have "No" checked.  If I don't make my picks in time, I will suffer the consequences.  I will use the option in the future if I am either without power, or away from home without my laptop.

Hi backhandpass - all fixed. You are now 3rd in the Yoda cup - not bad at all!