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Baseball if I am not too late!!!

I hope the server switch tomorrow doesn't cause any problems. 

I'd like to join if i'm not too late. Hockey is my choice.

I am late but hope to be able to play. Football is my sport of preference and I have given my first answer already. 

Thanks.

   Most of you have made your choices, with about 13 left to respond & only a couple hours to go before the "Chapter 1" deadline of midnight EST.

   Donaldhino, since you missed Sunday's midnight deadline by just 9 minutes, you can take my spot as player #50.  As for the others who missed the initial signup cutoff, I may allow those of you who chose correctly today to take the spot of someone who doesn't respond tonight - if any are vacated.

   Everyone else is welcome to play along for fun.  Even those who have signed up, but end up choosing wrong, can continue to play - however your prize stake will remain unchanged.

   At the end of the night, I'll post the consequences of both choices in this thread, open the responses to "Chapter 1" in the giveaway link & reprint the standings with updated prize pool shares.  Then, early Tuesday morning the adventure continues with the posting of the "Chapter 2" link.

Wow, it looks like a lot of you had "a case of the Mondays"!  There were only 16 survivors just one day into the adventure.  Nine people did not submit choices, but I have to stick to the rules & my schedule for those actively participating.  Only 30% made the cut, even with the addition of four late comers - three of whom survived, but one did not.

Here's the conclusion & consequences of Chapter 1 - a look at both page endings - followed by the new prize standings.  Thanks to everyone taking part.

If you choose to save your money for other wants, turn to page 2.

If you choose to risk entering a bidding war, turn to page 33.

Page 2:

   As other buyers swooped in, the ticket once again eluded my grasp.  A bit disappointed, but still in possession of all my spending money, I continued to wend my way through the labyrinth of vendors. 

   Later, I noticed a short line forming at a table where someone was signing & handing out cards.  Not knowing who it was, I joined because the price was right – free!  However, when I left the table, I still had no idea who he was but at least the card was cool.  A chrome Conan the Barbarian promo depicting him locked in battle with a tiger.  On the back, the mystery man had scrawled what looked like an elongated, cursive “Q”.

(WRONG) “If saving money is wrong, I don’t want to be right!”  For you, and William Shatner – your adventure is over.

Page 33:

   I quickly pulled a Jackson from my wallet and parroted the offer, “Twenty dollars?!”  A second scalper agreed, and I finally got my ticket.  The queue wasn’t too long, ascending some stairs to the autograph loft. 

   Manon sat at a table, actively signing special versions of her 1992 Classic Draft card in gold ink.  She was flanked by security, overseeing the signing & keeping the riffraff at arm’s length.  I was greeted with a smile from Manon and handed a signed card by a Classic Games rep.  At the end of an escalator ride which brought me back down to the convention floor, another enterprising soul was coincidentally offering to pay $20 for the signed card.  From the looks of the partially filled plastic case in his hands, he already had a dozen or more takers, but I kept mine.

(RIGHT) “Et c’est la l’histoire de Manon…”, an end to an opera, but not your story – continue with your adventure!

Well, fiddlesticks!  On the bright side, this was a fun change in the normal giveaways on here, and I like the fact that there is at least one person left in each of the categories.  Good luck to those still competing, and may you all choose the correct path.

I'm reminded of a lyric that goes "if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all."

I'm going to keep playing though. Maybe you could give a booby prize for going nil. (Guessing wrong every day.)

Interesting that five of 11 hockey entrants got that correct, a far greater percentage than any of the other categories.  How many of you have Manon autos of your own?

Didn't see I picked wrong before picking today. Myself being a hockey I would have spent the $20 but choose to save since there was a budget. But o well. This is a nice change to the normal. Good luck to all that is left