722 participants. By far the biggest pool. There were 139 participants when the announcement was made. It's safe to assume there would have been quite a few on the last day (when the schedule goes up). Let's estimate 222 (210 last season). This means the announcement added 500 participants to the pool.
596 have never played the game before. 126 are returning players. I'd say it is about 75/25 on a returning player winning.
As for our celebrities . . .
All 7 of our past winners are back!
All 13 of our perennial participators are back!
Of our top performers only g-bay-be and Moondog19 are not back (although Moondog22 is participating . . .).
Of our bottom performers only Arcadic, Jiddy78 and tobewon did not return.
Originally posted by Abstract Actuary
History of winners
Season 12 - Out of 80 participants kanaan won 3,000 flex by surviving through week 18 and winning on a tiebreaker over Lazer Noble.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=3353477
Season 13 - Out of 102 participants cowtesticles2001 won 5,000 flex by surviving through week 15.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=3568518
Season 14 - Out of 103 participants GuruMan88 won 5,000 flex by surviving through week 19 and winning on a tiebreaker over RMiller517.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=3754926
Season 15 - Out of 138 participants byrongame21 won 10,000 points by surviving through week 14.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=3902435
Season 16 - Out of 167 participants spoons04 won 20,000 points by surviving through week 16.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4059727
Season 17 - Out of 210 participants ryan_grant-25 and Static Roar won 15,000 points each by surviving through week 16.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4189924Originally posted by Abstract Actuary
A little history:
13 participants have participated in all 6 seasons.
Ws 12 13 14 15 16 17 Player
49 2 3 17 10 16 7 coachviking
40 12 3 1 14 5 11 NiborRis
39 1 16 16 4 1 7 cowtesticles2001
36 2 3 13 5 2 17 ryan_grant-25
33 1 14 11 4 5 4 .spider.
33 1 1 16 8 2 11 Kingdan23
25 5 2 8 2 1 13 Voltron
22 4 3 4 9 6 2 kurieg
21 3 5 4 7 3 5 boomer82
20 5 1 7 5 2 6 Phil Jackson
20 5 3 7 4 1 6 vike fan 4 life
6 2 1 4 1 2 2 Gart888
3 1 1 1 4 1 1 Timetoshine-Beta
Here are the top ten and bottom ten average wins (minimum 3 seasons)
Avg 12 13 14 15 16 17 Player
10.7 N/A N/A N/A 1 14 17 StaticRoar
10 N/A 15 N/A 12 6 7 fool
9.2 2 3 17 10 16 7 coachviking
9.2 5 10 11 13 N/A 7 Dpride59
9 N/A N/A 8 N/A 6 13 jpjn94
8.7 N/A 9 6 11 N/A N/A g-bay-be
8.3 N/A N/A 14 3 11 5 jdros13
8 N/A N/A 12 4 2 14 Balls Models
8 N/A 3 N/A 10 N/A 11 diphatpat2000
8 N/A 5 16 6 5 N/A Moondog19
8 5 N/A 11 9 7 N/A Outlaw Dogs
8 N/A N/A N/A 1 17 6 spoons04
Avg 12 13 14 15 16 17 Player
1.5 1 1 1 4 1 1 Timetoshine-Beta
1.7 N/A N/A N/A 2 1 2 Arcadic
1.7 N/A N/A N/A 2 2 1 BaseballGuyCAA
1.7 N/A N/A N/A 1 2 2 bobdakota
2 2 1 4 1 2 2 Gart888
2 N/A N/A N/A 4 1 1 P@nda
2.2 4 1 N/A 1 1 4 GP1
2.3 N/A 2 4 N/A N/A 1 Jiddy78
2.3 N/A N/A N/A 2 1 4 The Greatest DTD
2.7 N/A N/A 2 N/A 1 5 arteryman
2.7 N/A N/A N/A 4 2 2 baumusic
2.7 N/A N/A 4 N/A 2 2 blazzinken
2.7 N/A N/A N/A 3 1 4 husker4life
2.7 2 5 1 N/A N/A N/A sunshineduck
2.7 N/A N/A 4 2 2 N/A tobewon