--Ptenisnet , TW Contributing Writer
Hey folks,
Just a reminder that the TAT US Open Suicide Pool has been announced.
For those who are not familiar with the game, here is a brief description. For each day of the US Open you pick the winner of one match from the scheduled matches for the day from the men's draw and one from the women's draw. If you were correct in your prediction, you do the same thing the next day. If you are wrong, you are eliminated. The object of the game is to progress to the last day and pick the champion accurately. There is a catch, which is that you are not allowed to pick the same player twice. A certain amount of strategy is, therefore, warranted in your picks (like not picking Nadal or Djokovic or Federer too early).
There is a separate contest for the Men's draw and the Women's draw.
A more detailed description is available at the link above.
To play the Suicide Pool, you need to be registered as a TAT member. If you have not yet registered, registration is free and quick! Just go to TAT.
In addition to the general contest, TW will be conducting it's own competition in the suicide pool, like we have in the past. If you want to be part of the TW sub-contest, you need to follow a couple of additional rules.
1) To enter, you must include the letters "TW" in your first pick posts. If you are participating in both pools (men and women), you must include "TW" in both the Men's and Women's Day 1 picks posts.
2) If your screen-name on TAT is different from the name you use at TennisWorld, you must include your TennisWorld name.
So, your first -day pick will look like this (Please make sure your pick and your name are on separate lines):
Kristof Vliegen
TW, mmmm8
(it will help the site administrators to leave some white space between your pick for the day and ID as Tribe member)
3) Include "TW" (and, if applicable, your TW name) only in your Day 1 picks. Please do not add the "TW" indicator for the remaining days.
You can ask questions about the Suicide Pool here .
If you have questions about the TW part of the contest, you can send a message to mmmm8 through TAT's Private Message system.
Please note, there will be a new Picks thread opened for each day of the tournament after the Order Of Play for that day is announced. Look for the day 1 threads (at TAT ), late tonight or early tomorrow morning (depending on when the OOP is announced).
Enjoy.