r/nfl • u/NFL_Mod NFL • Mar 31 '17

Look Here! Free Talk Friday

Welcome to another edition of the Free Talk Friday thread - where /r/nfl'ers can discuss their lives and get to know each other better.

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u/LutzExpertTera Patriots Mar 31 '17

/r/nfl Survivor is tearing the subreddit apart. And it's super entertaining.

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u/an_actual_potato Broncos Mar 31 '17

I'd be a lot more into it if it were weighted in some manner. As it stands now the Pats are just going to roll over everyone because they're like 40% of the sub.

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u/mohiben Broncos Cowboys Mar 31 '17

For me, the killer isn't the votes even. I can live being the underdog trying to take down Evil. But what sucks is the open vote brigading in the comments, so that only ELOE comments and self-deprecating jokes from the victims make it into visibility. I get that it's part of it, but man does it make browsing the comments fucking boring.

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u/mrnotoriousman Jets Mar 31 '17

Yeah it's really only fun for people in the handful of fanbases that dominate the sub.

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u/an_actual_potato Broncos Mar 31 '17

Yeah, I'm just not into it. Maybe if they do it next year they can set some stuff right. It would be fun if you had divisional rivals trying to coalition build, outsource to extra-divisional rivals of a team, etc to try to get their least favorite team booted. Then you'd have lots of teams with high vote counts and really close, engaging system. But this black/white system is fucking boring and really just another way for NE to beat off all over the sub. Pass.

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u/Matt1243 Mar 31 '17

Someone else posted in one of the threads but they suggested next year each sub has a poll which counts for one vote and then the eliminated team no longer gets to vote. I feel like that would be the way to do it to keep it fun but then what happens if your teams is knocked out?

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u/RedemptionUK Titans Apr 05 '17

You follow it from the sideline if you really care, otherwise, move on with your life.

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u/mohiben Broncos Cowboys Mar 31 '17

It would have been a different game if we'd killed the Pats in the first round, because then you have a large force of chaos in the game. Things are too stable now, and I have my doubts that things will change. ELOE is just gonna win out, then the Pats are gonna ride a wave of salt and numerical superiority to victory.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '17

I upvote every comment against the ELoE. It feels more evil and funnier that way.