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

Damn.

Ok, fights 2, 3, 4 from the prelims and the 1st one on the "main" card 

Our first contest is a head-to-head: Calfoth with slight favorite Jake Hadley vs. CangrejoRuiz with hometown underdog Charles Johnson

Then trig gets favorite Trey Waters vs. Billy Goff 

and the 4th fight is our 2nd h2h - Ayy has the favorite Tabitha Ricci vs. FresnoMMA and Tecia 

and finally when the main card starts, Kkkomboo has Robelis Despaigne vs. Waldo

I'm not surprised:) good luck to survivors!

6 entered the 3rd round. Only 3 survive to the 4th. A 50% elimination rate from 

@The Wheel 

The 3 remaining lucky bastards are:

• AyyLmaonnaise
• CangrejoRuiz
• trig

Good luck to the remaining lucky bastards!

The the draw for the 4th round! Good luck everyone!

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

• AyyLmaonnaise - Kleydson Rodriguez
• CangrejoRuiz - Tuco Tokkos
• trig - Ramiz Brahimaj

Good luck!

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

https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=Home+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+1&c2=Away+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+1&c3=Home+-+Submission+-+Round+1&c4=Away+-+Submission+-+Round+1&c5=Home+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+2&c6=Away+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+2&c7=Home+-+Submission+-+Round+2&c8=Away+-+Submission+-+Round+2&c9=Home+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+3&c10=Away+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+3&c11=Home+-+Submission+-+Round+3&c12=Away+-+Submission+-+Round+3&c13=Home+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+4&c14=Away+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+4&c15=Home+-+Submission+-+Round+4&c16=Away+-+Submission+-+Round+4&c17=Home+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+5&c18=Away+-+KO%2FTKO+-+Round+5&c19=Home+-+Submission+-+Round+5&c20=Away+-+Submission+-+Round+5&c21=Home+-+Decision&c22=Away+-+Decision&col=pastel&t=UFC+PICKS&time=5

Fights 2, 6, & 10 out of 12 

First up Ayy has slight favorite? (-150) Kleydson Rodrigues vs. The Mongolian Knight 

Middle contestant is CangrejoRuiz with moderate? dog Tuco Tokkos vs. Oumar Sy

and in the co-main, trig has (+110) Carlston Harris vs. (-130) Khaos Williams 

hehehe, that damn wheel at it again.

THE WHEEL HAS TAUGHT US ALL A LESSON IN HUMBLENESS. WE THOUGHT WE COULD COMPETE WITH THE WHEEL AND IT WIPED OUT OUR TOP THREE LUCKIEST BASTARDS!!

MAY WE NEVER MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE AGAIN!!

MAKE SURE TO SAY 3 BLOODY WHEELS IN THE MIRROR TONIGHT!!

* Edited at 05.18.2024, 9:44 PM ET *

Oh well let’s go again

Well, 

@The Wheel 

has won it again! At least

@The Wheel 

didn't play with his food and drag it out to 6 rounds this time! This is now the 7th time overall that

@The Wheel 

has won it and is now the 2nd time in a row! This of course means that

@The Wheel 

is once again the poster boy for the next game! I know I shouldn't despise a sentiment wheel winning these things but let's hope that a human can win it next time! 

Speaking of next time, The Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 20th Edition is now open! It will start with UFC 202: Makhachev VS Poirier and the deadline for entering will be some point on Friday night when I make the first video for the game! The following people have lifetime passes and have been entered automatically:

• AyyLmaonnaise
• Bellatrix
• BoomShakaLaka
• Calfoth
• CangrejoRuiz
• CaptnKbec
• ccollins44
• Cheeseball
• CoolHandPuke
• Cozstradamus
• DamienHandel420
• Drmaxis2
• Foghorn Sam
• Kkkomboo
• kushycake
• mulefloyd
• PiggyBank
• Rigno
• Schatte
• Themmahistorian
• trig
• Troz
• Xconchris

Anyone else who wants to enter can do so simply by saying so in the thread! Do you think you've got what it takes to dethrone

@The Wheel 

? Come and have a go if you think you're lucky enough!

I would like to join this wild west debauchery you have created 

@Stephen Terry 

seems like a good bit of fun

@Taisumagomenov 

Great to have you in the game! I've added you into the next game so now just sit back and let 

@The Wheel 

determine your fate! Good luck!

I know I said that I'll be making the video on Friday but I meant the Friday before UFC 302, not this Friday so there's still about 2 weeks or so to enter!

Hey terry could I get a life time pass? I will be on a work trip the next few cards and don't want to miss a week!

@Trail Allman 

Of course mate! Your spot in every future game is guaranteed for all time!

Let’s go new game! 

@Stephen Terry

  Knock, knock, knock out the wheel's heaven's door. I'm the lucky bastard.