Good news, everyone! The Guru site is now 100% up to date and ready to rock!
http://thengamer.com/guru/
First off, a big round of applause for Angie, Menji, jose, and Colegreen, our tireless workers who helped me enter our brackets this season. All in all we gathered an impressive 220+ entrants for this season- a little down from our record of 250 for Game of the Decade, but still a great number considering the subject matter!
As for the features on the site, you're probably used to most of them by now, but here's a brief overview in case you want to refresh.
* click any user's name anywhere on the site to see their full bracket
* you can re-sort the main page by score (default), TB, risks, their pick in the current match, Dead/Alive status, or alphabetically (click the headers to do this)
* currently "Today's Pick" is pointing to Match 8, Subby vs Leon. if you'd rather see everyone's pick for the next match, change the dropdown to "9" and hit the button... or 63 to see their Finals pick, or anything else you want
* any pick anywhere on the site that goes against the Guru Cookie is rewarded with red text (red for "risky")
* speaking of which, the Guru Cookie is a bracket that makes the most "popular" choice for every matchup, based on all 220+ brackets. it's listed in the rankings as though it's an actual person, but that's just for fun (it doesn't actually cost you a position on the ranks if you're currently behind it)
But surely the most popular feature of all are those Guru Stats! You can check them at any time by clicking "Matchup Stats" on top, which takes you to
http://thengamer.com/guru/stats.php
Here we have the listing of every match along with how many brackets picked each possible winner.
* the handy color coded text on the left of this page reminds you whether that poll will be a Day Match, Night Match, or 24 hour poll
* click the "Who Picked Whom" button to see the complete listing of what users selected each winner in their brackets
* you can also get to this Who Picked Whom listing by clicking the "+" next to any matchup on a user's bracket page
Now it's time for everyone in the competition to complete the following VERY IMPORTANT 3 step process.
1. Click your name on the site. Is the bracket we have listed for you there 100% correct? If not, post back here with the changes you need to have made.
2. Tag this topic! LtK and others will be keeping you updated on results, Guru stats for upcoming matchups, and Eliminations all season long!
3. Post the link to your bracket in your sig, so everyone can see what a genius you are as you roll to this season's Guru Championship! Just take the URL from when you click your name on the home page- it's not going to change. For instance if you were Dr. Football you'd link to http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=140
Here's to another exciting season!
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Congratulations to BlAcK TuRtLe, the Guru champion for the 2010 GotD.