Wanderer 1,726 Posted August 26, 2018 #1 Share Posted August 26, 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 9 Host Cities Start Date September 9th, 2018 End Date September 30th, 2018 Participants 47 Gold thepharoah Silver Speedy Bronze Vojthas 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 in number of Sets won by each team for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cells a number of Sets each team you predict to win for every match of Prediction Design. Possible outcomes are 3-0, 3-1 and 3-2 for the winning team. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type "3" in appropriate Cell of T1 Column and either "2", "1", or "0" for Nation 2 in corresponding Cell of T2 Column. Similarly you can predict a win for Nation 2. Same you should do for every stage of the Championship. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th 2018, h. 19:30 Italy 3 2 Japan September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Dominican Republic 0 3 Slovenia Scoring System: - Correct Winner + Correct Set Score - 4 points - Correct Winner + Wrong Set Score - 2 points - Wrong Winner + Correct 5-Set Match - 1 point Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th 2018, h. 19:30 Italy 3 2 Japan September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Dominican Republic 0 3 Slovenia If Italy wins 3-2, you get 4 points If Italy wins 3-1 or 3-0, you get 2 points If Japan wins 3-2, you get 1 point If Japan wins 3-0 or 3-1 you get 0 points In the following rounds, points will be multiplied by: In the Third Round, 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: 12x4, 24x2, 3x1 Contestant 2: 12x4, 25x2, 2x1 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 Tournament - September 9th, h. 19:30 (GMT +2) which is 20:30 (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, ITA-ARG 3-2 means the Italy beats Argentina 3-2. ITA 3 ARG 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 September 30, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted August 26, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted August 26, 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] First RoundSeptember 9th - September 18th, 2018 24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Second Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th 2018, h. 19:30 Italy Japan September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Dominican Republic Slovenia September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 Belgium Argentina September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Dominican Republic Japan September 13th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy Belgium September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 Japan Slovenia September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 Argentina Dominican Republic September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Belgium Slovenia September 15th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy Argentina September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 Japan Belgium September 16th 2018, h. 21:15 Dominican Republic Italy September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Belgium Dominican Republic September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Argentina Slovenia September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 Japan Argentina September 18th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy Slovenia Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 12th 2018, h. 14:00 France China September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Netherlands Canada September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 Brazil Egypt September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Egypt Canada September 13th 2018, h. 20:30 Brazil France September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 China Netherlands September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 France Egypt September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Canada China September 15th 2018, h. 20:30 Netherlands Brazil September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 China Egypt September 16th 2018, h. 20:30 Netherlands France September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Egypt Netherlands September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Brazil Canada September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 China Brazil September 18th 2018, h. 20:30 Canada France Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 12th 2018, h. 14:00 Cameroon Tunisia September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Australia Russia September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 United States Serbia September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Australia United States September 13th 2018, h. 20:30 Cameroon Serbia September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 Australia Cameroon September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 Russia Tunisia September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Serbia Tunisia September 15th 2018, h. 20:30 United States Russia September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 Cameroon United States September 16th 2018, h. 20:30 Serbia Australia September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Russia Cameroon September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Australia Tunisia September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 United States Tunisia September 18th 2018, h. 20:30 Serbia Russia Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th 2018, h. 20:30 Bulgaria Finland September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Iran Puerto Rico September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 Cuba Poland September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Puerto Rico Poland September 13th 2018, h. 20:30 Iran Bulgaria September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 Finland Cuba September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 Bulgaria Puerto Rico September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Cuba Iran September 15th 2018, h. 20:30 Poland Finland September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 Puerto Rico Finland September 16th 2018, h. 20:30 Cuba Bulgaria September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Cuba Puerto Rico September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Iran Poland September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 Finland Iran September 18th 2018, h. 20:30 Bulgaria Poland [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Edited August 26, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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