***Auto-Bid Madness 2026***

[ImJustKCClone]

Congratulations, @CoachHines3!

@ImJustKCClone, if you could list the final standings so I can save accurate version to my archive, that'd be great.

Not that I WANT to save it. Worst performance to date for me in the contest. (Violins)

Funny you should ask - just finished it.

Coach Hines 14
ClonesTwenty1 13
Cyclone Eggie 12
August 11
Cascade Clone 11
Coolerifyoudid 11
Cyclonsin 11
Forty Six and Two 11
Gipper2001 11
Mushroom Pinball 10
riceville 10
Farmerbill5 9
KC 9
cyclones500 8
ScottyP 8
Rulzzz 7
1UNI2ISU 6
AlaCyclone 5
2nd Round Only:
CyintheNorth 7

Congrats, @CoachHines3

 

[cyclones500]

I don't keep track year-to-year specifically, but purely by memory, I think there were more seeds 3 and below that won auto-bid compared to 2025. That might have contributed an overall drop in win %.

My stumbling point this time seemed to be I had quite a few 1 vs. 2 alive in multiple leagues, then managed to choose the wrong one a majority of the time.

But enough about me.

If anyone has suggestions for ways we might improve the contest, such as scoring, tiebreakers and deadline organization, let us know.

Thanks to everyone for participating, it's always a blast. Congratulations again to @CoachHines3 and, as always, thanks to @ImJustKCClone for doing the heavy lifting.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I have one suggestion - if you're like me and often don't see the announcements, sometimes it's easier for me to find game threads when I get a notification.
So, if you request it here in this thread, I will be happy to put a notification in next year's threads if you haven't responded to that thread within the first day or so.