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

@BoomShakaLaka 

Happy birthday mate! I'll make your one when I get back to my PC later tonight! Of course, I'll put the date issued as the 16th!

@BoomShakaLaka

Here you go! Happy birthday mate!

A day late, but Happy birthday @BoomShakaLaka!

Here's the draw for the 2nd round! Good luck everyone!

For anyone who can't/doesn't want to watch the video, the matchups are:

• AyyLmaonnaise - Roman Dolidze
• CangrejoRuiz - Malcolm Gordon
• CaptnKbec - Juliana Miller
• ccollins44 - Juliana Miller
• Cheeseball - Luana Carolina
• Kkkomboo - Justin Gaethje
• kushycake - Christian Leroy Duncan
• mulefloyd - Justin Gaethje
• Nuggetheel - Yanal Ashmoz
• PiggyBank - Christian Leroy Duncan
• Schwerindustrie - Christian Leroy Duncan
• Ubermacht - Sam Patterson

Good luck!

* Edited at 03.17.2023, 10:55 PM ET *

TOUGH ****!
signed Stephen Terry
and no one got Usman anyway

* Edited at 03.17.2023, 10:56 PM ET *

@Schatte

Believe me, there are loads of times I just want to sign off emails and texts at work like that lol!

As part of the ongoing experiment to see what the pick % would be for using the wheel method for picks, 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 03.17.2023, 11:10 PM ET *

THIS IS GREAT 😎

We shall see,  I feel more confident with Ashmoz than a couple fighters who have knocked me out. I think Patterson is a tough one though.

Thank you so much for the badge and for the birthday wishes! Looks like the wheel is going to cut half of the remaining field...

Awhh ****, I think Gaethje can win in this fight by lucky punch only

* Edited at 03.18.2023, 8:29 AM ET *

An early fight card and early finish for us.

We get right to it with CaptnKbec and ccollins44 riding with huge favorite Juliana Miller in the opener

3rd fight finds Cheeseball with slight underdog Luana Carolina 

4th contest has CangrejoRuiz sacrificing a live chicken to the MMA gods to give massive underdog Malcolm Gordon an upset win

5th fight has kushycake, PiggyBank, and Schwerindustrie attaching their Lucky Bastard destiny to debutante Christian Leroy Duncan 

after a 2 fight recess, we get our only head-to-head matchup of the day: Ubermacht (Sam Patterson) vs. Nuggetheel (Yanal Ashmoz) 

That's it for the prelims, leaving 3 of us for the main card. AyyL has underdog Dolidze in the main card opener then Kkkomboo and I have the underdog Gaethje in the co-main. 

Good luck everyone

Man I have money on vettori. If the wheel is right again man… 

not surprised Ashmoz won, definitely surprised in the manner, I knew I should have took him, damn.

Damn. 50%  ? 

* Edited at 03.18.2023, 7:19 PM ET *

12 entered round 2. After a Thanos snap by @The Wheel, only half answer the bell for the 3rd. The remaining 6 lucky bastards are:

• Kkkomboo
• kushycake
• mulefloyd
• Nuggetheel
• PiggyBank
• Schwerindustrie

Good luck to you remaining lucky bastards!

Here's the draw for the 3rd round! Good luck!

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

• Kkkomboo - Trevin Giles
• kushycake - Lucas Alexander
• mulefloyd - Nate Landwehr
• Nuggetheel - Cory Sandhagen
• PiggyBank - Lucas Alexander
• Schwerindustrie - Albert Duraev

Good luck you 6!

Let's see if this week's wheely random picks made using the wheel in the link below do better than last week's lol!



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