Wumo 3,002 Posted January 3, 2022 #1 Share Posted January 3, 2022 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 Multiple Cities Start Date January 9th, 2022 End Date February 6th, 2022 Participants 32 Gold ady48 Silver vinipereira Bronze Pablita 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 Round of 16 and onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon 3 1 Burkina Faso January 9th 2022, h. 20:00 Ethiopia 1 1 Cape Verde 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 (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon 3 1 Burkina Faso If Cameroon wins 3-1, you get 5 points If Cameroon wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference) If Cameroon 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 Cameroon 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 Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso wins and Brazil 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 (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2022, h. 20:00 Ethiopia 1 1 Cape Verde If match ends 1-1, you get 5 points If 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 Finalists Prediction points will be awarded as follow: Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 10 points Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 7,5 points Corrected Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 5 points Corrected Predicted Nation in Top 3, but wrong place will be awarded 2 points 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 first match of the Championships - January 9th, h. 17:00 (GMT +1). 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, CMR-BUR 3-1 or CMR 3 1 BUR means Cameroon beats Burkina Faso by 3-1. CMR 2 BUR 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: You cannot see this If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 3,002 Posted January 3, 2022 Author #2 Share Posted January 3, 2022 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 RoundJanuary 9th - January 20th, 202224 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nation from each Group + the 4 best 3rd-placed Nations will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon Burkina Faso January 9th 2022, h. 20:00 Ethiopia Cape Verde January 13th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon Ethiopia January 13th 2022, h. 20:00 Cape Verde Burkina Faso January 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Cape Verde Cameroon January 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Burkina Faso Ethiopia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2022, h. 14:00 Senegal Zimbabwe January 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Guinea Malawi January 14th 2022, h. 14:00 Senegal Guinea January 14th 2022, h. 17:00 Malawi Zimbabwe January 18th 2022, h. 17:00 Malawi Senegal January 18th 2022, h. 17:00 Zimbabwe Guinea Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Morocco Ghana January 10th 2022, h. 20:00 Comoros Gabon January 14th 2022, h. 17:00 Morocco Comoros January 14th 2022, h. 20:00 Gabon Ghana January 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Gabon Morocco January 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Ghana Comoros Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2022, h. 17:00 Nigeria Egypt January 11th 2022, h. 20:00 Sudan Guinea-Bissau January 15th 2022, h. 17:00 Nigeria Sudan January 15th 2022, h. 20:00 Guinea-Bissau Egypt January 19th 2022, h. 20:00 Guinea-Bissau Nigeria January 19th 2022, h. 20:00 Egypt Sudan Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2022, h. 14:00 Algeria Sierra Leone January 12th 2022, h. 20:00 Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast January 16th 2022, h. 17:00 Ivory Coast Sierra Leone January 16th 2022, h. 20:00 Algeria Equatorial Guinea January 20th 2022, h. 17:00 Ivory Coast Algeria January 20th 2022, h. 17:00 Sierra Leone Equatorial Guinea Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2022, h. 14:00 Tunisia Mali January 12th 2022, h. 17:00 Mauritania Gambia January 16th 2022, h. 14:00 Gambia Mali January 16th 2022, h. 17:00 Tunisia Mauritania January 20th 2022, h. 20:00 Gambia Tunisia January 20th 2022, h. 20:00 Mali Mauritania [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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