MLB Showdown Cards

MLB Showdown 2011 #Shotsfriday

            

         Welcome to the favorite day of the week #Shotsfriday. We had big week last week where the rich got richer. Bother Twitter-boarders who scored last week scored again. We got caught in the @quicksand3 again when Robinson Cano another Yankee went deep for him putting him in sole possession at first place with 3 and the first for Cano. We also stayed in the @Eddiezone44 when Pedro Alvarez went deep again. That puts the Twitter-board to 2 which is crowded now. Alvarez is tied with Teixeira for first on the player-board with 2. A pair of first timers with Mark Trumbo hitting a laser beam for @Gregleasure. Bother have one now. Hopefully other will join them this #shotsfriday. Make sure you get your picks in.

Today we are introducing a new feature to the blog to the blog to reward some of our more faithful followers. I have assembled my “Pro team” to help me with the blog and they have helped and been guest hosts and such. We want to give everyone out there a chance to work their way up to big leagues like us. This will be a combination of factors but mostly merit and point based to work your way up. Here are the examples we have now

Task	Points
Be retweeted by an approved Pro	1 point
Participate in #Shotsfriday on twitter	1 point
Comment on a blog with something deemed useful	2 points
Respond to someone else‘s comment on the blog	3 points
Request a player be spotlighted on the “play for the card” v-log and be successful	3 points
Be retweeted by @MLBShowdownguru on twitter	3 points
Get a shot on #Shotsfriday on twitter	5 points
Send in a picture of your player after a successful #Shotsfriday on twitter	5 points
Have your league draft order sent in for your league	10 points
Participate in a live mock draft	10 points
Champion of an approved 2011 Showdown league	10 points
Recruit a friend to follow @MLBShowdownguru on twitter	10 points
Recruit a friend to subscribe to MLBShowdown.blogspot.com	10 points
Participate on a v-log as a guest host	10 points
Follow @MLBShowdownguru on twitter	30 points
Subscribe to MLBShowdowncards.blogspot.com	30 points
Participate in an approved 2011 Showdown league	50 points

                The goal here is to try and build as much community as possible for the game we all love so much. We want to reward people for staying connected and being active. Activity can be the passive forms like following us and subscribing. We really want active community between fellow players where we reward comments on the blog and twitter using the hash tags. We also want people teaching their friends how to play the game and getting leagues set up. We also want to know all your information and stats so we can all become better players. Now how would rewards work? That is a good question and this is a shortened season so we will experiment with this for now and see how that goes. I think qualified members deserve to give input into cards. We want to give the people a voice and want you the people to use it.

Single A	1-99 points	On your way to the big league but don’t expect special treatment rookie
Double A	100-399 points	-          Preference on limited availability events such as mock drafts over single A players. -          You will be given an end of the year comment card for strategy cards you would like to see made
Triple A	400-999 points	-          Preference on limited availability events such as mock drafts over single A and double A players. -          You will be given an end of the year comment for strategy cards you would like to see made -          You will be the opportunity to be a certified scout for a team you follow closely. This means you give input on things like speed and OF defense and other decisions about card making for the 2012 set. -          You may have an article published on the blog if you wish to and it is deemed worthwhile
Pro	+1,000 points	-          Preference on limited availability events such as mock drafts over single A, double A and triple A players. -          You will be given an end of the year comment for strategy cards you would like to see made -          You will be the opportunity to be a certified scout for a team you follow closely. This means you give input on things like speed and OF defense and other decisions about card making for the 2012 set. -          You may have an article published on the blog if you wish to and it is deemed worthwhile -          You will be given a comment card for the bonuses that aging superstars earn.  -          You have the right to be immortalized in your own MLB Showdown card. -          You may re-tweet other players for points as a certified pro.

We can always add stuff. We are always open to suggestions around here. The best way to do that is to hit that little comment on the bottom and let me know. Heck you will start getting points for it and work your way toward whatever rewards we can possibly give you. I hope this has been a pleasant change of pace from talking about boring strategy cards every Friday. Remember to send in your #shotsfriday predictions and enjoy the rest of the year. 

Last weeks shots

                                               @Quicksand3 with Robinson Cano

                                               @Gregleasure with Mark Trumbo

@Eddiezone44 with Pedro Alvarez 

Twitter-Board

@Quicksand3:3

@Eddiezone44:2

@Markrom:1

@Kylevanpelt:1

@RuffRidinNole:1

Player-Board

Mark Teixeira:2

Pedro Alvarez:2

Jay Bruce:1

Adam Dunn:1

Jose Bautista:1 

Robinson Cano:1

Mark Trumbo:1