Buy Or Sell
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:12 am
If anyone has seen "Around the Horn" on ESPN then this will be familiar ground to you.
This is an on-going compeition game, where I'll be the moderator, judge, and score keeper, therefore won't be participating myself.
It'll work something like this. 4-5 people, more are welcome, will all respond to a statement such as "LeBron is the best player in the NBA right now." by either buying it or selling it (Agreeing or disagreeing) and saying why. You MUST state somewhere in your answer whether you are buying or selling, don't leave it up to me to decide. After everyone has posted their thoughts, or 5 days have passed, whichever occurs first, I'll award points, explainations to why I distubed like I did, and possibly my own thoughts on the issue. After which I'll delete all of the posts, and edit in the newly gained points in a permanent table and the new question, rinse and repeat.
Point system works like this:
-2 -- For not responding at all (without a reason, if you're out of town or whatever, it won't be counted against you)
-1 -- Not stating whether you're buying or selling and going completely offtopic with your explaination
1 -- Decent reasoning and points.
2 -- Good points to back up your choice.
3 -- Excellent points.
Also, please try not to feed off of the people who posted before you aka...don't just repost what they said, expand a little bit, and if all of what you wanted to say has already been stated....then reply faster next week.
If everyone cooperates, I think this can be a really fun game for everyone, and a great addition to the sports section of the forum.
This is an on-going compeition game, where I'll be the moderator, judge, and score keeper, therefore won't be participating myself.
It'll work something like this. 4-5 people, more are welcome, will all respond to a statement such as "LeBron is the best player in the NBA right now." by either buying it or selling it (Agreeing or disagreeing) and saying why. You MUST state somewhere in your answer whether you are buying or selling, don't leave it up to me to decide. After everyone has posted their thoughts, or 5 days have passed, whichever occurs first, I'll award points, explainations to why I distubed like I did, and possibly my own thoughts on the issue. After which I'll delete all of the posts, and edit in the newly gained points in a permanent table and the new question, rinse and repeat.
Point system works like this:
-2 -- For not responding at all (without a reason, if you're out of town or whatever, it won't be counted against you)
-1 -- Not stating whether you're buying or selling and going completely offtopic with your explaination
1 -- Decent reasoning and points.
2 -- Good points to back up your choice.
3 -- Excellent points.
Also, please try not to feed off of the people who posted before you aka...don't just repost what they said, expand a little bit, and if all of what you wanted to say has already been stated....then reply faster next week.
If everyone cooperates, I think this can be a really fun game for everyone, and a great addition to the sports section of the forum.