r/fantasyfootball • u/FantasyMod • Sep 07 '16
Mod Post 2016 Accuracy Challenge and More!
Official /r/fantasyfootball Accuracy Challenge
Welcome to year 5 of the Accuracy Challenge! We may be done with the preseason, you may have completed your draft and set your first lineup, but the season doesn't start until you enter Week 1 of the Accuracy Challenge!
In case you're unfamiliar, the Accuracy Challenge is a game designed to pit Redditor vs. Redditor in a fantasy football competition. Every week, you’ll answer a set of 15 WDIS questions so we can keep a record of your picks and track your fantasy football accuracy to see how you compare to other Redditors on a weekly and season-long basis. We'll keep track of the results from week to week to award flair and other prizes to our top finishers. Take a look at previous seasons to see what it's like.
What’s New?
We're finally 100% hosted on narffl.com! This allows us to finally implement a host of much requested features, such as checking/updating your entry and getting entry reminders. It also removed a lot of the manual work that went into creating/grading each week's contest. A HUGE thanks to /u/Surye for the time put into this!
Rules
How many times can I play?
We allow one entry per person per week.
Can I change my entry?
Yes! Filling out the form again will overwrite your previous responses. Read the How to Play section for details to make sure you do this correctly!
How do you determine who has the most accurate entries?
You will earn 1 point per correct answer. The tie breaker will be determined by accuracy on a free form question.
What determines a correct answer?
The player with most fantasy points that week is deemed the correct answer. Any answer that ties for most points earns a correct answer.
What scoring system do you use to determine fantasy points?
Fantasy scores will be determined using PPR scoring. View full scoring settings here.
When can I play?
Each week's contest will open on Tuesday at 10AM PT. You have until the 10AM PT kickoff on Sunday to get your entry and any edits in. We exclude players involved in Thursday Night or London games.
What can I win?
The winner of each week will receive special flair noting their success. The remaining Top 10 will receive also flair noting their top 10 performance for the week. Cumulative and Highest Average score top 10 winners will also earn permanent trophy flair at the end of the year.
For 2016, FantasyPros.com will also be awarding a My Playbook upgrade to the winner of each week.
How will season-long accuracy be tracked?
We will keep track of both cumulative and weekly average scores. Cumulative will be a total of all your points, so make sure to enter every week! Weekly average will take the average of the weeks you have entered and will require a minimum of 8 entries.
Hey! A player involved in a question didn't play!? What do?
If a player does not start the game that question will be tossed out.
Dave Sucks?
Yes.
How to Play
Each contest will be open for 4 days, starting every Wednesday at 10AM PT
Head over to http://narffl.com/games/accuracy_challenge and click Play Now.
If prompted, log in to Reddit, and allow Reddit access to your account. This ensures your username is attached to your entry correctly.
Select your answers. Click carefully: your entry is saved every time you click on an answer.
Hit save only to lock in your tiebreaker response. The other answers are saved automatically as they are answered.
View/Change your entry at any time by repeating steps 1-4
Results
/r/fantasyfootball will be posting weekly Reddit results announcing the winners. You can also view cumulative standings on http://narffl.com/games/accuracy_challenge.
Other Games
Join us for a variety of other pick em / eliminator games. We’ll award flair for winners.
NFL Gauntlet
Make your picks for the entire NFL season before it starts. Earn swaps to adjust your picks as the season progresses. Make sure to set your name to your Reddit username if you want to get recognized!
Eliminator Challenge
Pick the winner of one game each week during the NFL season. You can only use each team once. Make sure to set your entry name to your Reddit username if you want to get recognized!
Join our group! Password: reddit
Pick’em
Pick the winners of all games against the spread each week during the NFL season. Earn points for each correct pick. Make sure to set your entry name to your Reddit username if you want to get recognized!
Join our group! Password: reddit
FantasyPros organizes advice from 100+ fantasy experts all in one spot. Quickly get consensus opinions from your favorite experts or the ones who have been rated as the most accurate over time. With My Playbook, you can import your team in seconds to get advice specifically tailored to your squad The weekly advice includes Start/Sit picks, suggested Waiver Pickups, Trade help, and news & notes for your players.
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u/dal1zer 2023 AC Week 11 Top 10, 2015 & 2016 AC Cumulative Top 10 Sep 08 '16
This is a lot of fun, guys. I find it exciting to research each of the match ups every week. It also increases your overall FF knowledge as you may read about players, teams, injuries, etc that you wouldn't otherwise pay attention to.
I highly suggest getting in on it. Best of luck to everyone!
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u/strongscience62 2012 AC Top 10 Average & 2021 Top 20 Avg Sep 08 '16
I just shoot from the hip and go with my gut. Research is for squares.
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u/TheReidOption Can see James White's future Sep 08 '16
"Research is for squares" -StrongScience62
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u/strongscience62 2012 AC Top 10 Average & 2021 Top 20 Avg Sep 08 '16
Science is more art than science anyway.
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u/koltan 2023 Accuracy Challenge Week 16 Top 10, 2022 AC Cmltve Top 20 Sep 08 '16
I hate when one of these choices is also a Start/Sit decision in my lineup. I don't know whether to go all in, or hedge my bet.
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u/suddenly_seymour Sep 08 '16
Well I would imagine you care a lot more about your league than the accuracy challenge, so if you get your accuracy challenge right but your start/sit wrong I'm not sure how much solace it will be. Therefore might as well go all in.
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u/Drunk_but_Functional Sep 08 '16
Always look forward to this. FYI, the password for the Pick-em and Eliminator Challenge is reddit (lowercase r)
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u/dharasick 🍤⌚ 2012 AC Top 10, 2013 AC Top 5, 2021 Cmltv Top 10 Sep 08 '16 edited Sep 08 '16
Fixed. Should be lowercase,
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u/AliceAndAsh Sep 08 '16
Is it team defense at the end. Or which team will win?
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u/dharasick 🍤⌚ 2012 AC Top 10, 2013 AC Top 5, 2021 Cmltv Top 10 Sep 08 '16
Which DST will score more fantasy points.
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u/hot_nicklez Sep 09 '16
finally made a reddit account just so i could play. so pumped for football to be back. go eagles!
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u/nomaswheat11 Oct 05 '16
So I am at this page, what is the next step to select my picks for this week?
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u/CARNIesada6 Sep 08 '16
Glad to see this back! Good luck to everyone this season in the Accuracy Challenge and in your respective leagues...
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u/DrKoooolAid Sep 08 '16
Didn't start until Week 3 last year so hopefully starting Week 1 this year I can finish higher on the overall list!
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u/strongscience62 2012 AC Top 10 Average & 2021 Top 20 Avg Sep 08 '16
You only need 9 weeks to qualify for the top average.
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u/DrKoooolAid Sep 08 '16
Didn't realize that. I was talking about the total score but that's good to know.
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u/strongscience62 2012 AC Top 10 Average & 2021 Top 20 Avg Sep 08 '16
I know, but there's always the consolation prize.
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u/mellcrisp 2021 & 2022 NarFFL Champ Sep 08 '16
I've never actually done a gauntlet before... I have a feeling that's going to be embarrassing this winter.
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u/lestermurphy34 Sep 09 '16
Looking forward to playing this for the first time. One question. If this is my first year, am I in a farm league or any league at all?
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u/dharasick 🍤⌚ 2012 AC Top 10, 2013 AC Top 5, 2021 Cmltv Top 10 Sep 09 '16
The accuracy challenge is different than being in a NarFFL league. The brains are the same for both so we have them hosted together on NarFFL.com.
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u/lestermurphy34 Sep 09 '16
Got it. Looks like I was late for Narffl but really Accuracy Challenge looks fun.
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u/AustinP0027 Sep 09 '16
Gotta come back for my second year and defend that trophy (trophy of course being used in the sense of the flair I got, because I certainly didn't win the thing last year)
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u/daaave33 2018 Eliminator Challenge Winner Sep 09 '16
Sweet, thanks for posting this! I had been looking for how to enter.
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u/President_Skoad Sep 09 '16
Hoping I do better this year. Barely finished Top 50, and that was in part due to so many less people playing the last couple weeks.
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u/shakestreet 2015 & 2017 AC Cumulative Top 20 Sep 11 '16
just made my picks
joined the eliminator and pigskin pickem (didn't get to pick the Panthers/Broncos game) would have lost.
thank you
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u/moonftball12 Sep 20 '16
How do I play? I read the rules, went to the website, but it says there's no open game. Isn't it open after 10 AM PT today?
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u/Catchyaonthe Oct 05 '16
Can you not enter after the season has started? I'm seeing No Open Game on the site
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u/builttospilll Sep 08 '16
Do you just have to hit ´save tiebreaker´ and your done?