The Lucky Bastard Game

WHAT IS IT?

In short, it works similar to the Tapology Survivor game in the sense that it continues every week until there's a winner (or in some cases in this game no winner) but instead of picking your fighters, get assigned a random fighter from the upcoming UFC card and hope they win. 


FORMAT:

1) To enter, simply say that you want to enter at the start of a new game. The length of the games depend entirely on how long it takes to either find a winner or eliminate everyone.

2) Then, you will randomly be assigned a fighter from the upcoming UFC card. This will be decided by me using this site I found wheeldecide.com and putting all the fighters names on a wheel and going through the list of players one by one and spinning the wheel to decide which fighter they get. I'll make a very low quality video of the draw and post it here to show I'm not deliberately messing with anyone in particular. It might mean that some people end up with the same fighter but that doesn't affect the game as it's more of an everybody fighting for themselves kinda game rather than a head to head game.

3) If your randomly assigned fighter wins their fight then you're through to the next round. If their fight get cancelled or postponed then I'll count it as a loss as it would be considered unlucky. Draws and no contests will also count as losses for the same reason. This happens every week until there is only one left and they will be the winner. In a unique twist to make the game as stupid as possible, if everyone eventually goes out, then nobody wins the game and the game will be marked in the record books as "nobody ******* won" or something like that. For example, if there are 2 or 3 people left and they all have losing fighters then nobody wins the game. I feel this also adds weight to the game as you have to be REALLY lucky to be a winner as you literally have to be luckier than every other competitor to be the only one left standing!


WHAT DOES THE WINNER GET?

A place on the list of winners that will be displayed on the opening post of every new game and their current AV put on the new game poster (see below) in the middle of the horseshow so they effectively become the poster boy/girl/other for the new game!

Any questions, just ask! And remember, please don't take this game too seriously! I mean, it's practically a satire of the Survivor Game when you think about it lol!

For the sake of record keeping and historical intrigue, here's the link to the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 1st Edition that was on a separate thread: https://www.tapology.com/forum/threads/68098

Here's the draw for the 4th round! Good luck everyone!

For those who can't/don't want to watch the video, the matchups are:

• Bellatrix - Joaquin Buckley
• CaptnKbec - Herbert Burns
• ccollins44 - Rhys McKee
• Themmahistorian - Virna Jandiroba
• UNDER SURVEILLANCE - Ibo Aslan

Good luck everyone!

Using the wheel in the link below and spinning again when it landed on a 4th or 5th round option for a 3 round fight, here are this week's wheely random picks!

https://wheeldecide.com/?c1=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%201&c2=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%201&c3=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%201&c4=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%201&c5=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%202&c6=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%202&c7=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%202&c8=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%202&c9=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%203&c10=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%203&c11=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%203&c12=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%203&c13=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%204&c14=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%204&c15=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%204&c16=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%204&c17=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%205&c18=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%205&c19=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%205&c20=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%205&c21=Home%20-%20Decision&c22=Away%20-%20Decision&col=pastel&t=UFC%20PICKS&time=5

* Edited at 03.29.2024, 8:13 PM ET *

Getting Herbert Burns here... The Wheel decided I wasn't worthy of another win in this one...

4th fight UNDER SURVEILLANCE has -125 slight favoritie and debutante Ibo Aslan vs. Anton Turkalj

then in the 6th fight CaptnKbec has +310 dog Herbert Burns vs. Julio Arce

7th fight Themmahistorian has +190 dog Virna Jandiroba vs. Loopy Godinez

9th fight ccollins44 has +115 dog Rhys McKee vs. Chidi Njokuani 

finally in the co-main Bellatrix has -105 dog(?) Joaquin Buckley vs. Vicente Luque 

5 entered the 4th round. Only 3 answer the bell for the 5th. A modest 40% elimination rate from 

@The Wheel 

The 3 remaining lucky bastards are:

• Bellatrix
• Themmahistorian
• UNDER SURVEILLANCE

Good luck to the remaining 3 lucky bastards!

there has never been round 6 here.

dis is the end probably

@PiggyBank 

Yep, no game has ever gone beyond the 5th round so statistically speaking, this will likely be the last round and hopefully with a winner that isn't

@The Wheel 

!

please god.. or rather... please

@The Wheel 

end the game this weeks so we can have everyone back for 300 

Here's the draw for the 5th round! Good luck to the remaining 3 lucky bastards!

For those who can't/don't want to watch the video, the matchups are:

• Bellatrix - Damon Jackson
• Themmahistorian - Charlie Campbell
• UNDER SURVEILLANCE - Germaine de Randamie

Good luck!

Using the wheel in the link below and spinning again when it landed on a 4th or 5th round option for a 3 round fight, here are this week's wheely random picks!

https://wheeldecide.com/?c1=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%201&c2=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%201&c3=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%201&c4=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%201&c5=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%202&c6=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%202&c7=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%202&c8=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%202&c9=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%203&c10=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%203&c11=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%203&c12=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%203&c13=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%204&c14=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%204&c15=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%204&c16=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%204&c17=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%205&c18=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%205&c19=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%205&c20=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%205&c21=Home%20-%20Decision&c22=Away%20-%20Decision&col=pastel&t=UFC%20PICKS&time=5

So fights #6, 8, & 12

3 entered the 5th. Only 2 survive to an unprecedented 6th round. A 33.33% elimination rate from 

@The Wheel 

The 2 remaining lucky bastards are:

• Bellatrix
• Themmahistorian

Good luck to the 2 remaining lucky bastards!

Nooooo! I wish we were all able to do UFC 300!!

Oh well, good luck to the both of you

Still not over! Two very lucks b's going neck to neck!

ST just make it a rare double win and open the game up for 300.  Pretty please! - from everyone

@Cozstradamus 

seems like the rest of us are unlucky bastards

Could you spin the wheel for the 2 people left and then spin the wheel again for everyone in a new game.