[PREDICTION CONTESTS] Discussion Thread

[tuniscof 152]

il y a 36 minutes, Henry_Leon a déclaré:

 

Sorry but i'm not agree, haven't sense other daily/bonus.

We already have bonus for the knockout round (and some users asked to take them off ....)

 

We have daily bonus in Volley, but for who put all predictions right (or winner); this is more fair (than the top 3 of the day...)

 

However, if many users want, will be possible in the contests where there are many daily matches (at least 5/6) as Handball/Basket/Hockey, but only in group stage.

 

I agree with Henry_Leon, but also to come back to bestmen suggestion, we could have a bonus for the players who make perfect daily predictions in Group Stage only, because the more we advance in Knockout Round, matches will be fewer and chances to get perfect predictions will be higher for everyone for example it's easier to make 2 perfect prediction out of 2, than 4 out of 4, or 8 out of 8. 

 

Sur 28/01/2017 at 20:07 , dcro a déclaré:

I have an idea regarding the prediction contests. Maybe we can introduce the "Winners of the day" bonuses.

 

Users are ranked by points they've won in a single day of a contest. So for example we look at the first day of the current handball contest:

 

Gianlu33 - 88 (10)

heywoodu - 85 (5)

MCMXC - 81 (3)

bestmen - 77

ady48 - 75

...

 

Every winner of the day gets 10 pts, 2nd best gets 5 pts and 3rd best gets 3 pts. These points are summed at the end of the contest and they go straight to the general standings for the season. These bonuses might encourage lower ranked users to be more interested in the later stages of the contest.

 

Obviously it doesn't have to be 10-5-3, it can be set up differently. However, with the 10-5-3 system we would have the following current bonus points from the handball contest.

 

  Révéler contenus cachés

bestmen	33
Crolympic	31
Pavlo	23
vlad	20
hckosice	20
mihamiha	20
Ufilov	18
ady48	16
Agger	16
rybak	15
Dolby	15
SteveParker	10
Gianlu33	10
Dunadan	10
africaboy	10
dcro	10
heywoodu	8
amen09	8
Henry_Leon	5
MCMXC	3
vinipereira	3
wpwells	0
Federer91	0
tuniscof	0
titicow	0

 

 

it's a good idea, as long as they are counted straight on the general standing. At the end of a contest we would have a sum of bonuses which will be added to the points obtained in the general standing table  . However we should have more opinions about this .

[tuniscof 152]

il y a 45 minutes, Henry_Leon a déclaré:

Congratulatiuons to the winner ady48   and the medallists Ufilov   and bestmen  

 

Thanks at  tuniscof for re-open the prediction contests, good job!  well done!

 

you're welcome !  

[dcro 10,210]

37 minutes ago, Pavlo said:

what kind of bonus do you have in mind? It would be possible to make 1 bonus match per day with some extra points for users who will predict the exact result - good for handball, basketball, water polo, rugby and ice hockey - high score team sports. In football it could be which player scores first (field hockey the same), in volleyball maybe how much points the best scorer will have. Final points (without hundreds) of winners in figure skating etc.

 

But do we need it. Wouldn`t it turn more like to bet contests? For me the simpler the better

 

My suggestion was more like daily bonuses. Top 3 point scorers of every day get extra points (for example 10, 5 and 3) for the season's general standings only. That might keep things more fresh and get users more interested on a daily basis.

[Dolby 735]

I think the reason behind multipliers for knockout stages was to give users with low points in group stages a better chance of climbing the ladder. Plus, it can be argued that matches will be tougher to predict in knockout stages as compared to group stages, so more points for them. Hence, I am fine with them. But, having too many multipliers/bonuses will needlessly complicate things. We already have a high attrition rate for hosts. Let us run simple contests in a timely manner for some time and get back some stability. 

[africaboy 33]

14 hours ago, tuniscof said:

 

 

Final Standing available here.

 

 

 

 

Ufilov

ady48

bestmen

 

Congratulation to our first winner of the year ady48 and Romania for a deserved Gold Medal !

It was a big battle for top spot since Day 3 between ady48, Ufilov and Crolympic, joined on Day 7 by bestmen.

Unfortunately for him and Croatia, Crolympic missed the round of 16 , and dropped from top spot to the middle of the table losing a big chance for a medal  and leaving the lead to ady48 who secured his position until the finish.

 

There was another battle between Ufilov and bestmen for 2nd and 3rd spot, which was decided on the last day when Ufilov had better picks than the algerian ! so Congratulations to Silver Medalist Ufilov and Poland who proved once again how good he is with predictions almost never leaving top 4 except on Day 1 (7th place) and Day 8 (5th place).

Congratulations also goes to bestmen and Algeria who showed a great talent with his picks : he made 12 perfect prediction all tournament long and he is the only one to make a double perfect prediction for Semifinals , good job bestmen  ! (we'll see about your bonus idea  ) 

 

Italian Dunadan clinches 4th spot from Polish rybak who had a great tournament always being in top 5.
 

Great overall result for team Poland with all three players in top 10! though it could have been an impressive top 5 finish for them if only Pavlo didn't drop at the last day (if he didn't predict Norway to be new World Champions )  

 

Unfortunately some players left the contest  I hope that's not a bad sign here 

Thank you all who participated for this first contest of the year even if the number wasn't that large  we can certainly do better than 25 players for the coming contests .

 

For my part I tried to do my best to make this contest come true  even if it came a little late, I hope you enjoyed it!

See you soon for another contest !

 

Now please stand up for the national anthem of Romania !

 

Congratulations ADY 48 !Bravoo ROMANIA !!!   Congratulations for all the medalists!

[Pavlo 141]

well, are the play-offs more difficult to predict? Depends on how u look at it. In group stage not all teams play 100% (QAT), sometimes they have sure 1st place / progression so they play weaker (HUN with BLR) at the end of the group or they want to lose to play some weaker in their opinion team or they save fuel for next round (older teams like Poland in Rio). So maybe group stage is more difficult. And remember, before the start it`s harder to judge teams abilities, after 5 games it`s easier.

Play-offs are more black-and-white, all play 100%, pure knowledge wins so multipliers in play-offs are questionable for me. I accept them but not totally agree that play-offs are more difficult to predict. 

[tuniscof 152]

Working on prediction contests isn't that easy I admit it, it takes a lot of time and energy but at the end it's a good feeling of satisfaction  

 

Now we are (I am actually)  going to prepare for the next prediction contest which is coming soon , the first Rugby contest of the year :Six Nations Championships  so you can prepare yourself from now, the prediction design should be ready tomorrow morning, I hope the number of users will increase a bit more especially among Rugby fans .

 

Any help will be welcome  

[tuniscof 152]

I've been looking at the 2017 sports calendar with some help from MCMXC who gave an idea of a calendar here . So here is a long list of events I took the maximum
We are going to keep only half of them at maximum otherwise it would be infernal . What are your suggestions? some new sport to include? 

 

in Blue contest that are very likely to take place

in Red those which we are not sure about

 

#	Begins	Ends	Sport	Event
1	11 January	29 January	Handball	2017 Men's World Handball Championships
2	14 January	5 February	Football	2017 Men's Africa Cup of Nations
3	4 February	18 March	Rugby Union	2017 Six Nations Championship
4	9 February	19 February	Biathlon	World Championships 2017
5	22 February	5 March	Nordic Skiing	2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
6	18 March	26 March	Curling	2017 World Women's Curling Championship
7	31 March	7 April	Ice Hockey	2017 IIHF World Women's Championship
8	1 April	9 April	Curling	2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
9	12 April	16 April	Track Cycling	2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
10	27 April	7 May	Beach Soccer	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
11	5 May	21 May	Ice Hockey	2017 IIHF World Championship
12	28 May	11 June	Tennis	2017 French Open
13	29 May	5 June	Table Tennis	2017 World Table Tennis Championships
14	15 June	18 June	Golf	2017 U.S. Open
15	16 June	27 June	Basketball	Eurobasket Women 2017
16	17 June	2 July	Football	2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
17	22 June	30 June	Taekwondo	2017 World Taekwondo Championships
18	1 July	23 July	Road Cycling	2017 Tour de France
19	3 July	16 July	Tennis	2017 Wimbledon Championships
20	9 July	30 July	Football	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
21	14 July	23 July	Athletics	2017 World Para Athletics Championships
22	14 July	30 July	Aquatics	2017 World Aquatics Championships
23	16 July	6 August	Football	UEFA Women's Euro 2017
24	19 July	26 July	Fencing	2017 World Fencing Championships
25	24 July	1 August	Volleyball	2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
26	25 July	30 July	BMX	2017 UCI BMX World Championships
27	28 July	6 August	Beach Volleyball	2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
28	4 August	13 August	Athletics	2017 World Championships in Athletics
29	9 August	26 August	Rugby Union	2017 Women's Rugby World Cup
30	17 August	31 August	Basketball	Afrobasket 2017
31	21 August	27 August	Badminton	2017 BWF World Championships
32	28 August	4 September	Modern Pentathlon	2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
33	28 August	11 September	Tennis	2017 U.S. Open
34	29 August	3 September	Rhythmic Gymnastics	2017 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
35	31 August	17 September	Basketball	Eurobasket 2017
36	1 September	25 September	Chess	Chess World Cup 2017
37	2 September	10 September	Volleyball	2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
38	17 September	24 September	Road Cycling	2017 UCI World Road Championships
39	17 September	25 September	Volleyball	2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
40	24 September	1 October	Rowing	2017 World Rowing Championships
41	27 September	9 October	Artistic Gymnastics	2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
42	15 October	22 October	Archery	2017 World Archery Championships
43	17 October	25 October	Weightlifting	2017 World Weightlifting Championships
44	26 October	2 November	Rugby League	2017 Rugby League World Cup
45	12 November	19 November	Tennis	2017 ATP World Tour Finals
46	16 November	2 December	Rugby League	2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup
47	26 November	2 December	Squash	2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships
48	1 December	17 December	Handball	2017 World Women's Handball Championship

 

 

 

[tuniscof 152]

 

 

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[LDOG 2,418]

That's one ambitious schedule

 

If some indoor volleyball had to be included I'd like a return of the world league or grand prix instead of Norceca championships to be honest. Also I have no idea who here follows women's rugby union...

 

Anyway, if you can make 21 events, you're a god.