(‘You really picked me to get knocked out in the first round? Aw, who am I kidding? I can’t stay mad at you. Come give poppa some sugar.’)
Here at Cage Potato, we know that much of the pleasure fans like us derive from MMA stems from the often misguided belief that we know more about it than your average jerk on the street. We even like to think that we know more about it than your average jerk on an internet forum. The trouble is, how do you prove this beyond all doubt? How do you rub your superior intellect in other people’s pathetic faces? After a lot of soul-searching and sleepless nights, we came up with an answer. Today we unveil that answer to you, our treasured readers.
We’ve been developing a one-of-a-kind MMA prediction game called MMA FightPicker, and we’re almost ready to unleash it on the world. The official launch date is next Monday, and the game is currently in the beta testing phase, which means we need you to play around with it and tell us what works and what doesn’t. Here’s what to do:
- Go to http://fightpicker.cagepotato.com and sign in with your CagePotato user info or your Facebook login. [Note: if you have trouble gaining access at first, you may need to log out and then log back in with your CP user info. Also try clearing your old cookies.]
- You’ll start with 20 "PotatoChips" (our virtual currency), which you can use to wager on the upcoming weekend’s big fights. Click on one of the open pools to start making your fight predictions. Heads up: Different pools have different buy-in fees and payout amounts for the winners; if not enough players join the pool in time, your chips will be refunded.
- After you join a pool, you’ll see a bunch of questions about the week’s matchups. Make selections on the ones you feel confident about — or just throw down guesses on all of them. The more questions you answer, the better chance you have of winning the pool, but keep in mind that wrong answers will lose you points. A full rundown of the scoring system can be found here. If you decide you’d like to remove a selection from your list of answers, just click the choice again.
- This week’s set of matchups deal with Saturday’s Strikeforce: Miami event. Pick the fight winners, score on prop bets about how certain fights will end, and prove that your MMA knowledge is far girthier than your fellow PotatoHeads. Answers will be tabulated by Monday morning, so please come back and see how you stack up.
- If you like FightPicker (and want to pick up some free PotatoChips), please invite your Facebook friends on this page.
- For now, the only reward will be bragging rights and the thrill of a job well done. But in the near future, we’ll be launching private tournaments for high rollers, with actual prizes at stake.
So please, leave your feedback — including questions about the game — in the comment thread below. We will answer all your queries in a timely fashion. Thanks for helping out.
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Mon, 01/25/10 - 06:54
Access denied You are not authorized to access this page.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 06:54
nice can't wait to destroy UFC Fan, and everyone from Boston who has no idea what there talking about.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 06:56
Access denied
Mon, 01/25/10 - 06:57
Yeah what the fuck! This is obviously the work of Elias Cepeda. I knew I shouldn't have stated the obvious about his dry writing style.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 06:58
@Bulldog (and everyone else): If you get that message trying to log-in with your CP user info, try clearing your cookies and then giving it another shot. Or, if you have it, sign in through Facebook. If that doesn't work, send us an email at feedback@cagepotato.com.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:01
Yeah whats this access denied bullshit?
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:01
when you go to "Invite" to do the whole facebook thing and you are logged into the CP login the link "connect to facebook" is not a link(no option to click it) Just trying to help. Awsome consept, now we can really see who knows what the hell they are talking about! Not that I do.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:04
i was not logged into CP when i logged into fightpicker and it worked but came back to Cp when i was done and got Access denied i just refreshed and it worked.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:05
no workie for me, access denied
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:11
log out of CP and then you can log into fightpicker
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:12
when you come back to CP you will be logged in. and ya the potato chips is a really nice touch
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:13
Couldn't we have gotten more Beta Chips? No biggie, since we get 'em for returning often, but i would've entered more than one pool.... +1 for "Potato Chips", BTW.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:16
How many Chips can we get daily? I'd like to jump into another pool by Friday....
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:21
Any reason why you couldn't show who is in which pool? I'm sure guys would love to be able to go head to head with people they talk shit to regularly...
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:21
All pool slots are full :(
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:22
Maybe I'm not doing it right, but it looks like all the pools are full and I can't enter any of them. There's one that isn't full, but I don't have enough chips to enter that one.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:22
Nice Idea Guys! How do you get more PotatoChips? I would like to Join another pool. I only got "Access Denied" when I logged into Fight Picker and then came back to CP to try to comment on this story. Once I logged out of Fight Picker, I just logged back into the comments section and everything was all good. Nice work Bens (or whoever is doing this and letting the Bens take all the credit). It needs a lil tweaking but it has tons of potenial.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:31
I was wondering why the general dearth of articles and surfeit of Elias Cepeda pieces--now we know. Fun idea guys, but i think you may be busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest for the next little while. Speaking of which, what's Kyle Maynard up to lately? Is this a new scheme to reward guys for comments with Potato Chips and not shirts? Obvious cost-saving measure is obvious. In other news, Herschel Walker is a surprise favorite, apparently.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:32
if you use the link on the side bar and not the hyperlink in the text you can move back and forth with no problem.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:39
all pools full, so I still don't know if I like it but I can't wait to try it.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:47
Please tell me how a pool has an initial bet of 50 chips when we only start out with 20? Bullcrap. Anyways, its about effing time CP has done this.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:48
If you get Access Denied, try logging out of CagePotato and back in to FightPicker. That should get you the new cookie, which will stop the Access Denied problem.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 07:48
Minor feedback point: after each selection, the page jumps back to the top. Would be slick if it stayed put, but not a big issue, obviously. Perhaps not save after each selection, and instead have a button to save your selections? Clinch-Smash tests Betas like it's his effin' job. Seriously, nice job dude. I understand why you'd need to keep the opening test population small, but i don't recognize many names. Was this open to FaceBook users early? If that is the case (and i suspect it was), BOO THAT CALL. (You guys are goddamned determined to get me on a social network, aren't you?) I want to see more of my Potato Nation brethren. Even the D-Bags. I'm assuming there are plans to increase functionality across the platforms, so users on FB and CP can choose to link their profiles? I'm sure there are some people in the pools with me that i know by their CP moniker.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:10
Hmm... all the pools are full so I can't join. I am wondering though: can you wager different amounts on different fights, with betting lines set by, say, bestfightodds. com (which would be cool)? Or will it be the standard 1 point for getting the winner correct, 1 point for the correct method of victory, etc. (which would be lame)?
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:15
Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. i got the same warning and btw i can see this on the bottom of the page ;D "# Allowed HTML tags: # Lines and paragraphs break automatically."
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:23
"skeletor Says: Mon, 01/25/2010 - 06:54 nice can't wait to destroy UFC Fan, and everyone from Boston who has no idea what there talking about." HA! the only thing you can destroy is a dick in your mouth. Game on!
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:26
Arg! Too late, no open pools. Will more be added? Also, what measures, if any, are in place to keep people from creating multiple accounts and betting every scenario?
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:31
I made a racist comment and was compare to UFC fan but he seems gay to me not a racist. Fight picker is lame. I cant do shit.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:45
bummer no open pools.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:46
clear your cookies before you try to login. worked for me. IT'S FUCKING BETA TESTING everybody so be nice
Mon, 01/25/10 - 08:49
new pools coming momentarily...working on it as fast as we can...sorry for the confusion!
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:02
Who ya got? Scott Smith or Mark Coleman in terms of who scares the shit out of their kids more by bringing them to their fights.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:03
New pools now available! A bunch of them, in fact. Come one, come all.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:09
Ditto: Access denied You are not authorized to access this page.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:16
To get onto the fightpicker, log out, then log back in via the fightpicker @bfowlkes This is going to be awesome. This thing will bring so much good attention to CP.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:17
To get onto the fightpicker, log out, then log back in via the fightpicker To get onto the fightpicker, log out, then log back in via the fightpicker To get onto the fightpicker, log out, then log back in via the fightpicker To get onto the fightpicker, log out, then log back in via the fightpicker
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:24
Yeah, but how do you get into FightPicker?
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:33
Two issues for me. First, can log into fight picker, but once in fight picker I can't comment on blog. Second, the comments under each betting option run into the comments link, so something like, "3 Comments" will be overlapping the comment itself. Not a huge issue, but it really uglies up the page.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:33
all you have to do is click on the link on the right side of the page above(after you have logged into CP), NOT THE HYPERLINK IN THE TEXT, it workes no problem @ all i have tried it diff comps and it works with out a doubt. CP you guys are all over this with the changes and makeing it happen fast, great work, really thanks this will be cause for so much more shit talking to take up my day i'm very greatful!!!!!
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:44
Yay, good shit!
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:44
Log out of CP....Log into Fightpicker.....save Fightpicker as a Favorite or Bookmark....What do ya know....you are logged into both and can see both at the same time... ;)
Mon, 01/25/10 - 10:25
Will our beta chips carry over after the official launch, or should we bet with reckless abandon?
Mon, 01/25/10 - 10:32
OMG I CAN'T LOG INTO FIGHTPICKER! HOW DO I FIX THIS TRAVESTY!?!?!!?!??!?!!? BTW, all your chips are belong to me...
Mon, 01/25/10 - 10:55
Aight I'm in! I've got Shogun, Vera, and Tom Lawlor FTW. You guys are SCREWED! ***Constructive Criticism*** Hide the voting percentages until you make a pick. You wouldn't want to be influencing picks now would you? The page reloads and jumps back to the top after every pick made. (in FF anyway). Pretty annoying.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 11:30
Sweeeet, just made my picks. Had to go through my facebook but oh well. This kind of thing has a lot of promise. Especially for shit talking on this site haha.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 11:52
@superflat Your chips will carry over after we come out of beta. We are definitely taking any criticisms/bugs/ideas into consideration that are being posted so keep commenting! Thanks
Mon, 01/25/10 - 12:52
Omifuggingawd. This Fightpicker is pretty badass. I love the UFC Fantasy League and am pretty pleased with my succes there but now I have been praying to my Fonzy statue for a way to make picks on more than simply the UFC fights- without risking money until I am more certain I can do this well. Fonzy be with you- MMA Fightpicker has arrived...! Now I must pray to my Joan Rivers statue that I don't fuck this up worse than a Tara Reid implant job. As if I need another reason to look forward to the weekend. Fonzy be praised.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 01:03
wtf make more slots.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 01:12
You fools are about to get fucked up. Nice work CP.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 01:29
There are so many idiots on there already. Some of the comments belong on a place like sherdog, not this. Incompetence at its best.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 02:13
I had to use facebook to get on it. CP didn't work. Ummm, it would be nice to detail the pools a bit better. For example, are ALL of the current pools for SF: Miami? I didn't know, and there was no way to find out until I registered for my second pool, which was the same as the first. I guess people could register more than once, but meh. Just include a description of them so people know what they are going to bet on prior-to joining. Also, what is the difference between the Journeyman pool and the Palooka pool? Just the size and amount won? Last but not least, maybe there should be incentive to vote for upsets, like a few extra potato chips. With the odds posted as they are, I imagine we're going to see some very similar picks.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 02:49
yeah palloka pool 10 #17 and palooka pool 30 #21 are tha freaking same, woulda liked to have known that before I spent my last 10 chips on the same fucking thing. that needs fixing.
Mon, 01/25/10 - 09:00
Very nice work Bens...another good way to enable our gambling monkeys
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