Custer,

Can you quote what you wrote about what would be acceptable for the mystery shot?

I'd like to take a look at that and if necessary share (with grear's approval) the shot with another trusted forum member to make sure there won't be any gametime dispute.

Of course.

OMG I just had a hilarious thought but I don't want to poison the well.

Looking forward to the competition!

I never clarified anything about the mystery shot. The original quote he made was something:

"100 from ft, 100 from 3 pt, 100 from another spot on the court" I said booked to that.

This, to me, implies the standard shooting motion(or a natural basketball motion), which I am pretty confident this is not the case. Basically I think any requirements forcing me to perform a certain action during my shot are against the spirit. This excludes standard basketball things like layups, hooks, etc.

I don't remember my original language in terms of unknown athetlic competition though.

The only thing I do know is that I said something about it not having an inherent bias towards certain types physicallities

I specifically informed you that the mystery shot met diablos approval, you then accepted. You're wiggling like a worm on a hook right now, this is ****ing hilarious lol.

I accepted your proposal which pretty much met said what I said above. Lol you

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL SHOOK

Grear, Custer:

I made my statement based on thinking Custer had only put this condition on it: "something about it not having an inherent bias towards certain types physicallities"

Based on that, the shot pretty clearly qualifies imo.

If it was: "100 from ft, 100 from 3 pt, 100 from another spot on the court"

Based on that, I wouldn't say the shot qualifies.

I am confused what your point is.

Someones confidence/cockiness went from 100 to 0 real quick. Real ****ing quick.

Custer, if you want out of our 300 totals bet, because the mystery shot has you #SHOOK I'll let you under the condition that...

We can just wager the full 2k on my 97.5 over/under. LMK.

This offer is only good for the next 2 business days.

So the shot is not "on the court"?

It supposedly was made during a game, so it would have to be, correct?

Yes, it's on the court. Custer is acting like such a scared pussy right now lol.

Custer,

Any action on Greear vs. 40 year old woman shooting contest is contingent on your OK.

Kind of like when you offered 500-2000 max with him and insta declined the max 2k, right? Pussy

wasn't I in that conversation too?

that was in the late winter/early spring when I was staying 2 or 3 nights a week at school in the small gym by myself and shooting a couple hundred 3's and ft's.

can't remember if g10 and I pm'd about it or if the convo happened here, but I do distinctly remember thinking that he was probably underestimating how many from both spots he would make.

towards the end of when I was staying (once the weather started to get nice I wouldn't stay as much) I would say if I was strictly staying at the top of the key (I kept #'s on top of the key and 'wherever the ball went' random 3's separately) i was hitting 40/100. so if they don't have to go to both corners and wings and can just sit at the top, if he hits 40 then he only has to make 58/100 ft's.

how many ft's I'd make out of 100...I don't really want to talk about. lol started to be a mental thing I think, combined with not having the patience to go through the same routine 100 times in a row. then, when I started coming up short, using "muscle memory" as a term is kinda lame but there is something to be said about your form and constant repetition taking over, whether good or bad.

like I said, I can't remember where the convo took place, but I def remember questioning him if he really only thought he would make X/100 bc when I was playing 3x a week his numbers seemed really low.

I'm def taking over 30/100 hypothetically for both of them if they're shooting 100 from the top. now, if g10 makes say 35, going 63/100 from the ft line isn't as out of the question right?

p.s. (lol at 'irregardless')

"Another spot" doesn't get at the issue of exactly how a shot is made. For example, what if the mystery shot is an around-the-back-one-pump-left-handed layup? Sure, the layup portion of it is fine, but are those fair qualifiers? I suppose that might have an inherent bias against people with big bellies and no hops, but that's a pretty traditional HORSE-style shot and is probably legitimate.

In a historical aside, my brother crushed me with that shot. I could do it righty, no problem, but never got good at it lefty.

Plus, what if you're not amphibious?

wiper, are you going to watch this live?

FWIW, this was the original post by Custer as booked by G10:

It seems like this clearly means it can't be a left handed shot, amongst other similar things, but it also wasn't originally booked as "another shot," or anything specifically basketball, at all.

Edit, this is also where the bet gets updated by G10:

Emphasis added by me. This really does seem to imply an actual basketball shot from actually on the court that is "not absurd." I kind of sort of leave it to El Diablo to make that decision, as the participants have. (left the "haven't made up my mind yet" because it's just funny.)

Wiper here you go.

Here are the bets I booked:



Even includes a bonus of g10 backing out of his suggested ground balls.

To me it directly implies the only thing changing is location.

CCuster,

Since things like these haven't been specified in the terms of the bet, you should probably consider taking advantage of them while G10 is shooting:

1. Cutting electricity to the lights in the buildling
2. Multitabling $15 sngs
3. Crushing beercans
4. Shooting him in the face with a water gun
5. Having Babs read posts aloud over skype
6. Installing a "you must be this tall to play basketball" prop next to the foul line