Wanderer 1,726 Posted May 21, 2018 #1 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Various Cities Start Date June 14th, 2018 End Date July 15th, 2018 Participants 57 Gold thephaorah Silver crovitlaci Bronze chrischi08 Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances) Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button Rules For this Prediction Contest you are predicting the result (Win of either Team or Draw/Tie) for each match. To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of goals each team will score in that particular match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Quarterfinals onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result. Example Group A Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 14th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Russia 3 1 Saudi Arabia June 15th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+5) Egypt 1 1 Uruguay Points will be awarded as follows:- Right predicted outcome (winner or draw) + right score at the end of the regular time (at the end of the overtime/before penalties/ from quarterfinals onward) - 5 points.- Right predicted winner + wrong score but right goal difference - 4 points.- Right predicted draw but wrong score and right predicted winner + wrong score and wrong goal difference but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 3 points.- Right predicted winner + wrong score + wrong goal difference + wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 2 points.- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 1 point.- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) and wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 0 points. Example Group A Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 14th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Russia 3 1 Saudi Arabia If Russia wins 3-1, you get 5 points If Russia wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference) If Russia wins 4-1 or 3-0 or 2-1 or 10-1..., you get 3 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, right number of goals for one of the teams) If Russia wins 1-0 or 5-2 or 8-3..., you get 2 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, wrong number of goals for both teams) If Saudi Arabia wins 4-3 or 5-3 or 6-3... or if match ends 1-1 or 3-3, you get 1 point (wrong outcome, right number of goals for one of the teams) If Saudi Arabia wins and Russia score more or less than 3 goals or if match ends with draw but not 1-1 or 3-3, you get 0 point (wrong outcome and wrong number of goals for both teams) Group A Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 15th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+5) Egypt 1 1 Uruguay If match ends 1-1, you get 5 pointsIf match ends with draw but not 1-1, you get 3 points If match ends with winner and one of the teams scores exactly one goal, you get 1 point If match ends with winner and both of the teams score more or less than exactly one goal, you get 0 points In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.25 In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5 In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2 TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 10x5, 5x4, 5x3, 10x2 Contestant 2: 10x5, 5x4, 4x3, 11x2 Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2. Contestant with most points wins the competition. The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches. You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started. In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the second match of the Tournament - June 14th, h. 18:00 (GMT +3). You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words. If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread only. If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, RUS-KSA 3-1 or RUS 3 1 KSA means Russia beats Saudi Arabia by 3-1. RUS 2 KSA means nothing. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions. Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of prediction post too. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows: This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message. Edited July 15, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted May 21, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Preliminary RoundJune 14th - June 28th, 2018 32 Nations, 8 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 14th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Russia Saudi Arabia June 15th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+5) Egypt Uruguay June 19th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Russia Egypt June 20th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Uruguay Saudi Arabia June 25th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+4) Uruguay Russia June 25th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Saudi Arabia Egypt Group B Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 15th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Morocco Iran June 15th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Portugal Spain June 20th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Portugal Morocco June 20th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iran Spain June 25th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iran Portugal June 25th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+2) Spain Morocco Group C Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2018, h. 13:00 (GMT+3) France Australia June 16th 2018, h. 19:00 (GMT+3) Peru Denmark June 21st 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+4) Denmark Australia June 21st 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+5) France Peru June 26th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Denmark France June 26th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Australia Peru Group D Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+3) Argentina Iceland June 16th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+2) Croatia Nigeria June 21st 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Argentina Croatia June 22nd 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Nigeria Iceland June 26th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Nigeria Argentina June 26th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iceland Croatia Group E Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+4) Costa Rica Serbia June 17th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Brazil Switzerland June 22nd 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Brazil Costa Rica June 22nd 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+2) Serbia Switzerland June 27th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Serbia Brazil June 27th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Switzerland Costa Rica Group F Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Germany Mexico June 18th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Sweden South Korea June 23rd 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) South Korea Mexico June 23rd 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Germany Sweden June 27th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) South Korea Germany June 27th 2018, h. 19:00 (GMT+5) Mexico Sweden Group G Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 18th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Belgium Panama June 18th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Tunisia England June 23rd 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Belgium Tunisia June 24th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) England Panama June 28th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+2) England Belgium June 28th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Panama Tunisia Group H Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 19th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Colombia Japan June 19th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Poland Senegal June 24th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+5) Japan Senegal June 24th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Poland Colombia June 28th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Japan Poland June 28th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+4) Senegal Colombia [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Edited May 21, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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