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

Congrats Baron. I thought you were a goner when I saw what you drew.

I'm in for the next one Stephen Terry!

Congratulations to

@Baron Von Rattus 

for pulling off what is probably the biggest underdog upset to win the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 17th Edition! This is now the 2nd time he's won after his previous win in the very first game and also gets the honour of being the poster boy for the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 18th Edition which is now open! I've added

@Cozstradamus 

and

@Troz 

to the game as they've already asked and as usual, the following lifetime pass holders have also been added to the game:
 

• AyyLmaonnaise
• Bellatrix
• BoomShakaLaka
• CangrejoRuiz
• CaptnKbec
• ccollins44
• Cheeseball
• DamienHandel420
• Drmaxis2
• Foghorn Sam
• Kkkomboo
• kushycake
• mulefloyd
• PiggyBank
• Rigno
• Schatte
• Xconchris

Anyone else who wants to enter, just say so in the thread! Come and have a go if you think you're lucky enough! 

Mr. Terry could I get included please sir.

@STi IN Please !

I shall be the luckiest of the bastards this time 

@Calfoth 

  you tell ah story. Your never supposed to give out the ending.

One of these weeks will be mine… Gratz rat!

I forgot to mention it in the previous post but obviously the first round will start with UFC 299 this week and I'll probably be making the first video for it on Friday evening.

@Stephen Terry 

How do i join?

I would like to join as well, but dunno how it works

I'll explain - it all begins with a fire ceremony.  You set some maple logs out and light the bonfire, then you must burn an effigy of Michael Bisping (Stephen is British).  After that you must recite, dare I say, chant, the song Wonderwall in 3 different languages coming from countries the UK has colonized (keeping with the British theme).

Next is the water ceremony, where you must go bathe yourself completely in the Thames river, and while you bathe you must drink an entire 6 pack of Strongbow Dark Fruits .  If you let a single drop of the magical British elixir fall into the river, you have failed and you must exile yourself on the Isle of Man.

Lastly, you must partake in the ink ceremony, where you get a tattoo of the Pink Panther saying 'Oi bruv innit'.  Once all those ceremonies are complete you will get the

@Stephen Terry 

approval to join the game.  Best of luck brothers.

* Edited at 03.03.2024, 8:16 PM ET *

@Cozstradamus 

Sounds cool brotha. I'M IN

I wanna be the luckiest bastard

* Edited at 03.04.2024, 12:09 AM ET *

@Cozstradamus 

 to know this now. Since I had to cancel my trip to London last year. It is back in the books. One question I have is. Do you think that if I brought a gallon of Lake Superior water over would that work or maybe change the ceremony even better? Me and Mr. Terry were just talking about Lake Superior water to. 

Sign me up

I just finished my  6 pack of Strongbow Dark Fruits and didnt spill a single drop. Hardest part was getting it shipped here to the US. 

@trig 

that was the hardest part of the challenge.  Congratulations good sir

also 

@Stephen Terry 

Trig is right we can't get Strongbow in the US.  I would do anything if you could ship some and a pack of VK Blue to me in Chicago.

Well ****! Now I want to try Strongbow Dark Fruits. 

@Stephen Terry 

I'm putting in another order to the US

@Schatte 

 guys are tempting me to want to try it when I go. I had a hard time finding Bud long neck bottles when I was there the last time.

Honestly guys, Strongbow dark fruit actually isn't worth it. It tastes alright but there are many better options in most pubs for a similar price. That and one work Xmas party a few years ago, I drank about 7 pints of the stuff followed up with some sort of whisky (obviously I can't remember exactly). What I do remember is falling down and when I came round again, I was in the pub toilets, in front of a sink that I'd just thrown up purple vomit into and had a nasty looking cut on the bridge of my nose from the fall. The lady at the bar was great about it, she just slapped a plaster on it and let me carry on with my night. She probably should've refused me service at that point but I certainly wasn't going to complain lol!

Anyway, about the game. All you need to do is say that you want to enter and that's it! That's pretty much all you can do as after that, I'll make a video (probably on Friday) where I'll go through the list of players one by one and spin a random online wheel that has a list of all the fighters for that upcoming UFC card on it. Whichever fighter you get randomly drawn with is your fighter for that round. If they win their fight then you go through to the next round. If they lose, draw or the fight is a no contest or gets cancelled then you are eliminated. Kinda like a UFC sweepstake on a week by week elimination basis! It goes on until there is only one person left. If everyone in the round is eliminated (everyone has a losing fighter) then the wheel itself is declared the winner!

@Stephen Terry 

VKs are the best thing ever.  and by best I mean worst.  I spent at year studying at the University of Exeter and got addicted to that stuff :)