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The Shacknews "The Bigs" tournament starts tonight! Currently, we have 15 out of a possible 16 players signed up. The winner will receive a 4,000 point Xbox Live Card! How exciting!

I found a good little freeware bracket program which completely randomizes the bracket and creates a nifty little graphic, so here it is. Since we're one person short as it stands now one player will get a free pass to the second round.

http://fry.viscidity.com/shackbracket.jpg

Names shown are Xbox Gamertags. I'll post the shackname/gamertags list in reply so people can message their opponent and set up a time.

Home field advantage will be given to the player on "top" in their bracket. If your name is above your opponent's, you get home field advantage, which means Home game, away game, home game (if necessary). In round two it'll be the bottom player. You need to win two out of three nine inning games on medium difficulty against your opponent to win. The winner should send me a message after the contest is decided so I can scratch off their opponent. You cannot play as an All-Star team. Duh.

Round one of the tournament starts tonight at 7pm central and ends on Monday night at 7pm. This gives people a full three days to play a couple of games. If you must forfeit please send me a message so I can mark your opponent as advancing to the next round. But only a Giant Faggot would actually forfeit considering you have THREE FULL FUCKING DAYS TO PLAY AN HOUR'S OR SO.

Anyway, if you'd like to fill the one open slot just post up. Otherwise everybody should know exactly who they are playing so you should send them a message to get things rolling.

Also I may not be able to play in this tournament if the Pirates beat the Astros due to me fucking killing myself.

Jul 20, 2007 6:40am PDT

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- List of players shacknames with their gamertags: Shackname / Gamertag Deathlove / Deathlove panc : [fry]
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  my money is on Giggle McDeath.. just because of the name : Patch-e
  - :( : pancake humper
  - Yea, he sounds like a total hard ass. : Medster
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  fuck it, i'll join. : pandastrong
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    You're the first to reply so I guess you get the final spot. So this leaves NO slots open unless someb... : [fry]
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      Why can't you jut make the bracket bigger? If you have a program it should be able to handle more people? : mancide
      
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      well, think about it. with 16 you go from 16->8->4->2->1 how would you do 17, exactly? or 18? : [fry]
      
      Obviously it has more bye rounds... There are lots of ways http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tourn... : mancide
      
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      Play-in games if more people want to join. : pyrogen
      
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      That would work too... I will be available tonight so I'd even play panda for a spot to get in if I'm the... : mancide
      
      okay, you're in. bracket has been updated. it's full with nobody waiting to get in right now so this i... : [fry]
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  Im going to try to get the game today. I've been playing MLB2K7 for months with a friend and now Im compe... : bozer
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    Play me with the Yankees so Ortiz can hit 5 home runs off your shitty team! : pancake humper
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      Wouldn't that equal is current total for the year? :) : Tripps
      
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      he's in a slump ok. : pancake humper
      
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      He should start using his special bat like he gave Vlad at the HR derby... : Tripps
      
      Big Papi doesn't need a special bat to slam the shit out of a baseball like Vlad. : pancake humper
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      Fenway is a fucking cheap ass stadium in the game. A right handed power team will hit HR's almost every t... : sigpro
      
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      Faggot greenmonster : pancake humper
      
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      Fenway is a faggot stadium irl too. WTF is with the stupid outfield wall not being a uniform curve? Fucki... : sigpro
      
      YOU FUCKING TAKE THAT BACK! >:( : HojuSimpson
      
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      How dare you. Fenway is an awesome fucking stadium. Most stadiums don't have a uniform outfield wall curv... : pancake humper
      
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      They don't have a stupid fucking little thing like fenway does in right center. But in the bigs stadiums ... : sigpro
      
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      Lots of stadiums have unclimable walls. Up the difficulty. Play it on Hard or Super Hard, it's more fun a... : pancake humper
      
      I probably will do this now that I finally was able to pitch a perfect game. : Evil Benius
      
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      Poop on fenway. : sigpro
      
      Poop on YOU! : pancake humper
      
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      anybody else really impressed with the stadiums in this game? they fucking NAILED minute maid park. it... : [fry]
      
      yeah I was just saying to my roommate the other night how well done the stadiums are. They really nailed ... : pancake humper
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  My game is at 11pm EST tonight! About time you posted a new fucking thread [fry] ugh. So when I w... : pancake humper
  - Hell yeah it's on! I'm probably going to get crushed, but I'm pumped shacktourneys/leagues are the best.... : gargy
- I'm getting the game today, I want in as well! : mancide
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  HEY NORMALITY ANSWER YOUR SMs : cookblaze
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    HEY I DID DO WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO DO. : Normality
    - Gah DONT BE SO HAPPY IT WILL BE SO EASY >:( : Normality
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  also, if you're in the tournament and don't think you'll be able to play PLEASE gracefully drop out befo... : [fry]
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    im pretty positive i wont have any issues playing my games, but just in case go ahead and give mancide my... : pandastrong
    - Karma +10 : h o s t i l e
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  I know Lunatic is out of town for the weekend, but I don't know when he gets back. He was talking about b... : sigpro
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    Sweet, easy win for me! : Medster
    - Yeah, I'd consider skipping Lunatic a very good thing. He's a good player. : [fry]
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  Should we post up what teams we're going to be using? : pancake humper
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    I got the Cubs! : Degenerate
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      You're not even playing! *I* have the Cubs! >:( : Deathlove
      
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      curse you Deathlove! : Degenerate
      
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      buy a good game instead of those gay military shooters so we can make a game : Deathlove
      
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      I have Links 2004! But I'll have The Bigs next week. : Degenerate
      
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      you better get APF2K8, too : Deathlove
      
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      ummmm...yeah.... : Degenerate
      
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      joining the madden camp, are you. the new shiny gang tackles got you all wet? >:( : Deathlove
      
      I was avoiding the fooseball all together actually. :[ : Degenerate
      
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      being gang tackled is degenerate's lifelong dream : mikecyb
      
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      only if its a clone army made from you : Degenerate
      
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      I just shuddered :( : mikecyb
      
      with glee : Degenerate
      
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      youre going to be pretty sour when the shackhype runs dry on the only 2 games youre getting for your shin... : maulla
      
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      I dont think he has to worry. As an active SAS'r he'll have plenty of opponents for any sports game on th... : Degenerate
      
      oh damn i didn't think about that. Does SAS have any league for APF 2k8 going? : cltcprd
      
      god damn right! : cltcprd
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    o{Astros}o here, so I should be out in the first round. : [fry]
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      o{ sounded like a good guess for orange :( : [fry]
      
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      it's n{ : pancake humper
      
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      actually its n [ : Degenerate
      
      so it is! : pancake humper
  - Red Sox here. : pancake humper
  - Braves here, so I should be easy to beat down. : Normality
  - i'll be using the A's so I'll get rocked most likely. : cltcprd
  - I plan on being the tigers : Umbr
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    Dibs on the Yankees : sigpro
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      i'm pretty sure you can play yanks vs yanks or whatever : [fry]
      
      yes I know you can. I just like fucking with Bozer. : sigpro
    - Yanks vs Sox in the finals. I can feel it. : pancake humper
  - Jays : cookblaze
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  Is it going to force us to update rosters for online play or should we just manually do it from the downl... : gargy
  - It doesn't force you to update. : pancake humper
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  Bigs = acquired thanks to the fine folks at 2K. I will be practicing all weekend and then the Yankees sh... : bozer
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    You can't use them. : sigpro
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      huh? why? no yankees? : bozer
      
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      Because they're my team duh. : sigpro
      
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      I dont see where anybody claimed them. Maybe I will use them since Deathlove stole my Cubs! : Degenerate
      
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      Besides Wolfanoz I think I'm known as the resident Yankees fan here. I have actually thought about not us... : sigpro
      
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      we should play by which state you live in, therefore I get to be the Yankees! : bozer
      
      his state doesn't have a baseball team I guess he could be the Blazers : mikecyb
      
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      We should play I'm the yankess and you aren't neeener neener neener. : sigpro
      
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      see http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14793090#itemanchor_14793090 : sigpro
      
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      Well we could just play Yankees vs Yankees no?? If we ever even had to play each other anyway... Im no... : bozer
      
      Nope sorry you must play as the Red Sux. : sigpro
      
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      you are like the older retarded brother i hope my mom aborted : Deathlove
      
      I'm gonna tell >:( : Degenerate
    - oh dear god plz explain .. i always use the yanks =( : bozer
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  Cool prize. Who is paying for the card? : razlebol
  - big daddy fry : Degenerate
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  ugh, you guys suck. anyone know what the trade in value of mlb2k7 is? : maulla
  - $5 in tears. : pancake humper
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    Major League Baseball 2K7 - $20 - 5/27/07 : Deathlove
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      fuck that, you guys aren't worth it. : maulla
      
      The game is honestly REALLY good though, I doubt you'd regret it. Most fun I've had with a Baseball Game ... : Bantis
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  Fry is going to decimate me :( I could try to psych him out by reading SPAZER posts from Stoofoo! : Bantis
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    ur so fucking ded tonight. : [fry]
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      plz take it easy on me :( : Bantis
      
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      sorry, got my game face on. nothing personal. punched my own mother in the face last night. had my game f : [fry]
      
      I'm imagining the scene in hot fuzz where he kicks the old lady in the face, and now I'm intimidated : Bantis
      
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      you wanna play some practice games around 5:30-6pm est before I have to go to Kickball? : pancake humper
      
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      looks like i'm playing bantis just about as soon as i get home. we can try if you're online and he's n... : [fry]
      
      aight. i'll be on. : pancake humper
      
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      Been practicing the last couple of hours on Medium; just beat the Cardinals 7-4 as the Cubbies! : Bantis
      
      You've got three hours left to live because u r so fuckin ded : [fry]
      
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      LOL the Cardinals in The Bigs are pretty awful. Thats not an accomplishment :) : pancake humper
      
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      oh wait, The Cubs LOL in that case, good job. : pancake humper
      
      Exactly! : Bantis
      
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      Beat the cubs is as much about on the level of beating a retard in a footrace. : sigpro
      
      much like reading this sentence. : Degenerate
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  Hey, they have wireless internet AND 6 point bucks up here on my front 20 acres... stop eating my lawn f : Lunatic Angelic
  - ahaha couldn't resist the Forza auction house could you? : sigpro
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  Good games cltcprd : Umbr
  - I thought you were going to get me that last game. I couldn't hit for shit. It seems to me that the tim... : cltcprd
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    damn you guys played already? : [fry]
    - check your shackmessages. : cltcprd
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      Yup we are both out of work losers. So we took advantage of it. : Umbr
      
      Hey! I'm unemployed on purpose! stupid 100 day mandatory break from MS Though I'm not complaining ye... : cltcprd
- I played the demo and lost 5876478564 to zero. : skunk_ape
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  Congrats to Medster the fricking Braves pitching hosed me for 314 foul balls and 5-3 4-3 wins. I deman : Lunatic Angelic
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    damn, i'm surprised you lost. medster must be good. : [fry]
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      Take nothing away from him but holy shit I had like 6 hits total and only 3 hits that I meant to hit. Du : Lunatic Angelic
      
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      ... and oh yeah I had a 3 run homer robbed thanks to him getting a B B B B Y combo to bring it back. =P ... : Lunatic Angelic
      
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      Haha yea, I've never seen a 5 button combo before for a homerun rob. That Y almost threw me off there ;)... : Medster
      
      the buttons depend on your fielders glove skill. Higher amount of stars, less buttons to mash. : pancake humper
      
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      I just won my first game 18-1. In his defense he's only had it for like two days. I told him we should... : [fry]
      
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      Wait, how "random" was your bracket generator again? :) : Medster
      
      Totally random, if by random you mean "Specifically engineered by me in such a way that I was most likely... : [fry]
  - Go Giggles McDeath! : Degenerate
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  D45His when do you want to play? I'm at work from 10-5 pst tomorrow but able to play pretty much any othe... : sigpro
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    I could play tomorrow night. Check my profile for contact info. : D45hiz
    - Ok sounds good. I'll free some space up on my friends list for some invites. : sigpro
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  pancake humper and the Red Sox were the winners! Great games, had some crazy pitching action going on. ... : gargy
  - Yeah man, awesome games. That first one had me REAL nervous. If this is what the competition is like, thi... : pancake humper
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    Giggles McDeath versus Ole Gravy Legs! Match of the century! : Degenerate
    - Should be fairly epic. : pancake humper
    - sounds like their division is going to be tough :P : [fry]