Games and Prizes: Winter Games 2020
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Good afternoon Nerds happy Leap Day.
Damn does it feel good for tour to start up again. I need to get out of this funk. Being off 3 weeks made me rusty. I got a big old goose egg with my picks last night. Lets hope that changes tonight.
I was thinking we may get a show similar to the Bloomington show, but I'm only going to guess one jam. Here are my picks for tonight as always:
Set One: Jam
Set Two: It's A Bunch
Encore: Beautiful DayPlease have your picks in to me by 9PM CENTRAL TIME.
Enjoy your Saturday Nerds!
Thanks,
Blaise
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FWIW, @BlaiseStafford "JAM" will never be scored on the official spaffnerds setlists. You might want to replace that one.
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@damian I know. If an improv jam is played I will name it appropriately so I can get points and the other people who guessed an improv jam will get points as well.
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@BlaiseStafford Sounds good. How will you score that? I mean, what defines "an improve jam." That's really why we don't score them here on the setlists.
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@damian so if it was something like the Bloomington jam or bluebird jam I would add that name to the criteria for excel to match it towards the jam guess. It didnt happen so I didnt have to do any formula updates which is easier for me then haha.
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Good evening Nerds!
My apologies for such a late update and reminder today. I was super busy in the garage this morning doing a woodworking project for a client and it was also the warmest day of the year here in Northeast Illinois (58°) so i went golfing with some friends.
Let's get down to business I again had another 0 point night and need to step it up.
Here are my picks as always:
Set One: Dirtbath
Set Two: Eternity
Encore: FuelPlease have your picks in by 8PM CENTRAL TIME.
Thank you for everyone who was ahead of the game and had their picks in before I sent out this reminder email. Good job Nerds looks like you're all dedicated to the game. That makes me happy you guys are havng fun with this as much as I am.
Thanks again,
Blaise
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Good morning Nerds!
I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I had a great one besides the fact that I got skunked and went 0-9 on all my picks. Hopefully that will change on Wednesday.
Here are my picks as always:
Set One: Red's Jam
Set Two: Dirtbath
Encore: The RemedyPlease have your picks in by 9PM CENTRAL TIME on Wednesday 3/4. I will also send out a reminder email the morning of the show just incase.
Have a nice day.
Thanks,
Blaise
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Good evening Nerds!
Sorry for the late email for the leaderboards and reminder for picks tonight. I had a super busy day.
I am in a drought with 0 points the last 5 shows. Idk whats going on I have to get one soon right?
Well here we go with my picks as usual:
Set One: Dirtbath
Set Two: Red's Jam
Encore: Ain't That WrongPlease have your picks in by 10PM CENTRAL TIME tonight.Thank you everyone who already submitted picks. You guys are on top of your game. Keep Killin' It!
Everyone enjoy their night and rest of the short weekend since we loose an hour tomrrow.
Thanks,
Blaise
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Wow. Dirtbath hasn’t been played in a month. Only 7 show gap but still...
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@BushCow said in Games and Prizes: Winter Games 2020:
Wow. Dirtbath hasn’t been played in a month. Only 7 show gap but still...
It's gotta be coming on Tuesday
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Good morning Nerds!
Another night is in the books and it did not include a Dirtbath once again. It feels like its been forever and I know if I decide not to pick it then they're going to play it. So I'm just going to keep it rolling.
Jeff Stewart is still holding strong in 1st place by 5 POINTS. Will anyone be able to pass him? We only have 16 shows left and that is plenty of time to even jump out of the bottom and right to the top so don't loose hope. Anything can happen in this game.
As always here are my picks for tonight:
Set One: Night After Night
Set Two: Dirtbath
Encore: After MidnightPlease have your picks in by 10PM CENTRAL TIME TONIGHT.
Have a nice day.
Thanks,
Blaise
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Good afternoon Nerds!
If you haven't already heard I am sorry to inform you that tour has been postponed because of Covid-19.
This means that the first ever tour games has sadly come to an end, but I had so much fun while it lasted and hope you Nerds enjoyed it too.
That being said we have the first ever winners!
1st Place: Jeff Stewart 53 points
2nd Place: Jesse Firestone 49 points
3rd Place: Angie Casey 48 pointsThe winners listed above have the choice of their prize. 1st place picking first, 2nd place picking second, and 3rd place has no choice but to take the remaining prize haha.
Prizes:
2 tickets to any upcoming show (non-festival)
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Artist Edition (One of only Ten printed) of Ryan Kerrigan's print from Spafford's show in Portland 2019
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John Rose's incredible Giraffimal thanks to a generous donation from the Uber Nerd @mccuem. This is 1 of only 30 that were printed and this is a rare and highly coveted work of art.
Seriously, Martin is the living embodiment of "Killing It." Make sure you address this when you see him. Hugs, high fives, and even buying the guy a beer are suggested methods of expressing appreciation.Jeff Stewart please send me an email with your selection so I can then inform 2nd place on what they can choose from.
I will be talking to Damian to see how we can aquire the tix for the show of your choosing.
Tour was a blast and I really enjoyed how the game went.
I would like for everyone (if they want) to send me an email on what they liked or disliked and give any suggestions to what can be taken away or added for upcoming tours.
I have been discussing with some fellow Nerds on ideas for next tour. I'm thinking we may implement a multiplier for the more rare songs that only get played once or twice a tour to reward you with more points for a rare pick. Let me know your thoughts.
I also have some new super exciting ideas for more prizes next tour game I just need to speak with the band first to see if they approve. If they approve everyone will be fighting to win these 2 prizes because they will be super special and an opportunity for something never done before.
Once again I can not thank you Nerds enough for participating in this and hope that you will continue to play and tell other Nerds to join in on the fun for future tours. I plan on doing this until we can not do it anymore.
Attached are the final standing.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE SPAFFORD COMMUNITY EVEN GREATER!
Thanks,
Blaise Stafford
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Good morning Nerds!
I hope everyone is healthy and doing well during this pandemic.
I have exciting news!
We may have a Quarantine Tour Games!
I have been collaborating with the Band and Damian. We are possibly going to have a Quarantine Tour Games with the upcoming live streams Spafford has been talking about.
I need to figure out if they will be doing actual sets and encore first to structure it correctly first.
If this does happen this will be a way for us Nerds to help the band out financially in this tough time.
If we do get confirmation with the go ahead it will be a "Pay To Play" game. It will be a $3 buy in for each live stream in order for you to submit picks. Damian is going to set up a $3 purchase item on Spaffnerds.com. If you decide to play you would do the $3 purchase on the website and then screenshot your confirmation receipt and forward the screenshot and your picks to this email.
The band could really use this income to continue to do live streams for us.
Prizes have not been discussed yet, but if there are no prizes who cares we get Spafford streams in return and that's more than enough of a prize for me.
To get a jump start on this I need your help. If you are interested please respond to this email with your full name so I can set up a new spreadsheet. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY ALL. If this kicks off we will have more people than the winter tour games and its hard to go through the Reply All emails and make sure I didn't miss anything.
Tell your family, Tell your friends. Let's try to help out the band financially and have some fun doing it.
Thanks again, more details to come as we figure out how this is going to roll out.
Thanks,
Blaise
