DEAR RIOT - For the 2,151 pickums players who have 0 Points!

Gene Hikaze·Oct 15, 2016·89 votes·4,262 views

Is it just me or does anyone else think that these folks deserve some recognition as well? I mean with the Groups stage being as crazy as it was how hard do you think it was to get 0 points in Groups? I'd venture it was pretty hard!

As a reward I think these players should get a Dunce Cap Poro Icon to show just how professional their skills of picking brackets COMPLETELY WRONG are.

And this isn't even a troll, I really think they deserve this. It's got to be pretty awesome knowing your part of only 0.11% of people (more exclusive than RANK 4 EVEN!) to get it that much wrong. I give them props! Keep up the... bad... work? XD

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

40 Comments

Its Scarce HereOct 15, 201624 votes

this is actually genius lol

QuahOct 15, 20165 votes

For real tho, it is kind of a braggable achievement. I mean, I would look at it like*[slayer-jinx-unamused]* but still, impressive.

TrolosaurusOct 15, 20165 votes

Couldn't you just not pick anything?

Gene HikazeOct 15, 20169 votes

The picks, if you accessed it at all, lock in their default order. So if you accessed it and it saved you have made 'choices', just those 'choices' are whatever the default location everyone was in at the start of the contest.

LankPantsOct 15, 20162 votes

You could however only pick for the finals and ignore groups. It's much easier to chose RNG, C9, ANX and EDG to most likely get crushed out of the elimination bracket than picking groups would be.

TFBaamOct 15, 20167 votes

aye, watch what ur saying bout our ANX they aint losing to no H2K

LankPantsOct 15, 20163 votes

3/0 for H2K

Edit: Called it, really wasn't that hard.

President Swa1nOct 15, 20163 votes

Now that NA is resting in peace, I'm sharing my energy with ANX

http://zifunny.com/content/uploads/images/201508/share-your-energy-with-me.jpg

LankPantsOct 17, 20161 votes

I'm sorry, what was that?

KinjishiOct 15, 20162 votes

There are players with 0 points every year. No, they shouldn't get anything just for making a pick'em. It isn't a troll? Sure sounds like one.

Some people just like to pick upsets and under dogs.

Gene HikazeOct 15, 20166 votes

Yeah, but there were all sorts of upsets that HAPPENED in groups this year. So this isn't even the truth. The proof is in the fact that there's only .11% That's not dumb luck that's intentionally picking this badly. It takes great... and frighteningly terrible... skill! I actually hope that number reduces with ANX winning.

QuahOct 15, 20162 votes

Especially since I get another 5 points if they do XD

KVbqbFsC8eOct 15, 20162 votes

There actually were people who legitimately had 0 points during the group stage, there were very few of them. Now you see a couple thousand because people never actually filled them out and they were added to the 0 point total when the bracket stage started.

SpeedphoenixOct 15, 20162 votes

i actually agree with you...

ThaurronOct 15, 20162 votes

I have exactly 33 points and forgot to pick for the knockout stage...can I get an icon that's half the cool one and half the normal one? :>

Gene HikazeOct 16, 20162 votes

That's a completely different type of failure; :P

[slayer-jinx-wink]

King of MongooseOct 15, 20162 votes

No lol

the 2k people you are talking about have 0 points because they didn't pick for group stages, only knockouts. There are 2k people who picked c9 and rng to win.

There were only 6-7 people who had 0 points from group stages. 2145 of them didn't even participate.

You just want an icon so you can be cool and unique, "oh ya lol XD i got 0 points im dumb XD XD," even though winners are clear in all of the knockout brackets.

Gene HikazeOct 16, 20161 votes

Well, looks to me like that number just dropped down to 1,003. Seems like the group is become even more exclusive as time continues.. also as I stated above, through showing my pick-ems, I NOW (updated) have 41 points. So I am not even in this group. lol

Im a BrushOct 15, 20161 votes

You actually do get one just for participating at the pick'em

http://pickem.na.lolesports.com/en-US#how-to-play

Gene HikazeOct 15, 201615 votes

I'm talking about on specifically for the people with ZERO points when all is said and done.

Participation is one thing, strategic failure of this nature is a gift!

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

CrazyBear1987Oct 15, 20161 votes

You get an summoner icon for participation. Thats it. better luck next time buddy.

Gene HikazeOct 15, 20167 votes

I'm not even in this group. I actually have 36 points: http://pickem.lolesports.com/share/series/3/user/2906183/my-picks

wiggywonkaOct 15, 20162 votes

we have the exact same knockout pickem s lol

Gene HikazeOct 16, 20162 votes

[{quoted}](name=Opposite mama,realm=NA,application-id=9hBQwnEU,discussion-id=jm7orVzw,comment-id=000500000000,timestamp=2016-10-15T05:45:36.580+0000)

we have the exact same knockout pickem s lol

It's the most logical path for the knockouts to go; though maybe I am fanboying ANX a bit too much? lol

[slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

Eclipse1337Oct 15, 20161 votes

After RNG Vs. SKT T1 there's only one person with a perfect Pick'Em..

QuahOct 15, 20162 votes

Not the topic, buuuuut....

There were 6 left going into quarterfinals. It dropped to one after SSG vs C9. Those five that picked C9 also picked RNG to win tonight.

Eclipse1337Oct 15, 20162 votes

Oh, okay. Thanks for the correction

AeszarckOct 15, 20161 votes

{quoted}

Not the topic, buuuuut....

There were 6 left going into quarterfinals. It dropped to one after SSG vs C9. Those five that picked C9 also picked RNG to win tonight.

They might have just not picked for Knockouts.

QuahOct 15, 20162 votes

True, but I would find it hard to believe that the 6 people who had perfect brackets going into knockouts would just ignore Pick'ems after groups.

iLimitsOct 15, 20161 votes

im part of that 2151, I didnt participate at all and was counted, strange. I didnt get that poro icon either.

If im in the 2151 that should mean I participated lol, weird how this works.

QuahOct 15, 20161 votes

If you accessed the pick'ems page at all, you have picks locked in. The icon may have not arrived to your account yet. Riot specifically said that the icons may not arrive until early November.

iLimitsOct 16, 20161 votes

very interesting, thanks. Ill keep an eye out for it. Yeah I did access to see how well the casters do.

BlakiepugOct 15, 20161 votes

There were actually only 6 players at the end of the groups stages who still had 0 points. The other 2000 something players with 0 points that you mention are players who did not make any picks for the group stages and have gotten every knockout round pick wrong so far.

Gene HikazeOct 16, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=King of Mongoose,realm=NA,application-id=9hBQwnEU,discussion-id=jm7orVzw,comment-id=000e,timestamp=2016-10-15T16:08:50.477+0000)

No lol

the 2k people you are talking about have 0 points because they didn't pick for group stages, only knockouts. There are 2k people who picked c9 and rng to win.

There were only 6-7 people who had 0 points from group stages. 2145 of them didn't even participate.

You just want an icon so you can be cool and unique, "oh ya lol XD i got 0 points im dumb XD XD," even though winners are clear in all of the knockout brackets.

{quoted}

There were actually only 6 players at the end of the groups stages who still had 0 points. The other 2000 something players with 0 points that you mention are players who did not make any picks for the group stages and have gotten every knockout round pick wrong so far.

Ok so then perhaps this needs to only go out to the people who have only picked all the way through the pick-ems. Wouldn't be that hard for them to determine. Either way In response to King, I've already posted my pick-ems earlier. I don't have 0 points.

ElikainOct 15, 20161 votes

I'm curious (since i didn't participate in pick 'em), what were the scores for the group stage? Did anyone got it right?

QuahOct 15, 20162 votes

6 people got groups 100% correct

gekyùmeOct 15, 20161 votes

they didn't pick, therefore, they didn't participate.

RakvirOct 16, 20161 votes

I don't feel Riot did a very good job promoting the pick-em contest this year. I completely forgot about last year and how even then, I only found out about it in a rather out-of-the-ordinary way.

I'd have liked to participate, even if I didn't get anything out of it. It feels bad to have missed out entirely.