Level 2 - Pick an underdog
7Deuce86
Articuno2001
Axalon0
BakusaiTenketsu*
BBallman7
bbbtime*
BFairfield
blindhobo13*
BrettEagles*
Camden*
Chronic1000
Cokes*
CommodoreTN
Crono801*
crazyisgood
daverath*
davidponte*
Dilated Chemist*
dowolf
Eternal_Debate
Evil_REmade
ExquisiteSamurai*
fortybelowsummer*
GunMage*
Hannyabal
hockeydude15
JaKyL25*
Jukkie
KCF0107
Kirby Driver Reborn*
KommunistKoala*
Luster_Myst*
MajinZidane
MartinFF7*
masterplum*
MaxedOutRyu*
mccheyne*
Menji76*
Meow1000
MrsFrisby
Ngamer64*
Paratroopa1
RappinHobo9292*
Regaro_Ukiera
resistance_pro*
SmartMuffin*
sonten1*
SpeedYoshi*
Suprak the Stud
theawesomestevr
thekitchensink
TheKnightOfNee*
WalrusJump
warning_crazy*
WiggumFan267
Xuxon
Yonex
Level 1 - Pick a winner
Chrono1219*
DpOblivion
Dr Football*
meche313
MMXcalibur
MSS*
Pondos
RPGLord95*
Runemistress*
Seginustemple
Sir Chris
thel3fty
The Raven 2
Vcharon*
Vengeful_KBM*
War*
Wizardsfan1000
DISCUSSION TOPIC: The Ladder Contest provides a lot of fun challenges throughout the NFL season, but one area of controversy has been the Broken Rung challenge (Level 7: Pick just one game with the spread, but if you're wrong, you go back down to Level 6). Some have been outspoken about it in the past. I had actually been in support of it in the past, but now that I'm running the contest, I got to thinking about it and I really don't like it.
Spreads are set with the goal of making the chances for either side to win to be as close as possible. So in theory, you are making an educated guess on a ~50/50 opportunity. Most likely those are better odds of success than the surrounding levels, but there's the risk of dropping back down to Level 6 which was already cleared, in some cases taking several weeks to do so. At best, you spend a week on a relatively easy, boring, and repetitive challenge (having already dealt with spreads to a more difficult degree in Levels 3 and 5) instead of attempting one of the more fun and challenging levels.
Now, some of you may like the risky nature of the level, or like it as a bridge to the really difficult levels. Or maybe you just don't want to see such a change made as you compare your performance to previous years. So I would like to see where everyone stands on this issue, whether you are for or against this level and how you might like to see it changed.
Some general possibilities are: Leave it as is; leave the challenge but remove the risk; alter the challenge but keep the risk; remove it and create a new challenge in its place; or skip it and move onto what's usually Level 8.
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Booyah, Grandma. Booyah.