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 latest offering from everyone's favourite wheel spinning, pronunciation butchering, MMA themed video series!

Just to confirm the match ups for anyone that can't/doesn't want to watch the video:

• AyyLmaonnaise - Hyun Sung Park
• Casual008 - Adam Fugitt
• kushycake - Toshiomi Kazama
• Schwerindustrie - Denis Tiuliulin
• TARTARA - Jesus Aguilar
• WastelandWanderer - Derrick Lewis

Good luck!

Using the wheel in the link below, I got these random picks! For the 3 round fights where it landed on a 4th or 5th round option, I spun it again.
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

Welp, I had a good run. 

Don't feel bad @Casual008!  I've never made it out of the first round

Not confident

6 entered. 2 remain. A 66.66% elimination rate from the wheel! The 2 lucky bastards going through are:

• AyyLmaonnaise
• Casual008

Good luck you two!

Let’s go

I'd love to see in the future 1 vs. 1 finals like this resolved with even more ''bastardiness'' i.e. the wheel is spinned to choose a single fight (Volk vs. Islam) in the card then it's spinned once again so that ''user 1'' gets one fighter (Volk) and ''user 2'' the other one (Islam)

I know that it'd diminish the odds of the fantastic ''nobody ******* won'' scenario, but...I don't know, it felt like a good idea in my head

* Edited at 02.06.2023, 6:23 AM ET *

@BoomShakaLaka 

That would certainly make it more intense but as you said, if we did that then it would eliminate the "nobody ******* won!" scenario and if that happened then the wheel would be declared the winner. The thing with this game is that the players aren't just competing against each other, they are also competing against the wheel itself! 

Plus there is also the scenario that @AyyLmaonnaise and @Casual008 could get drawn winning fighters every single week for eternity that would would also be rediculous, especially if they kept going through for years and years.... until one week they both lose and the wheel ******* wins!

I'm busy tomorrow so I'll be making the video later tonight instead! In the meantime, here are the spoilers for UFC 284 as determined by the wheel in the link below!
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 02.09.2023, 6:21 PM ET *

Here's the draw for the 4th round! Will there be a 5th round or will there be a winner? Or will the wheel win?

For those who can't be arsed to watch a 3 minute video, the matchups are:

• AyyLmaonnaise - Francisco Prado
• Casual008 - Alonzo Menifield

Good luck!

underdog vs underdog. 

What happens if we both get eliminated? 

@Casual008

The wheel wins!

well, well, well. 

All hail the wheel!

For the first time in this game's history, the ridiculous yet inevitable has finally happened! The Wheel has won the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 5th Edition due to everyone else being knocked out! The Wheel gets to be the poster boy for the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 6th Edition which is now open for entry and will start with the UFC Fight Night: Andrade VS Blanchfield card!

* Edited at 02.12.2023, 9:08 PM ET *

Let me get in on this next one

I’m in