Wanderer 1,726 Posted September 3, 2018 #1 Share Posted September 3, 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 Plovdiv Start Date September 9th, 2018 End Date September 16th, 2018 Participants 34 Gold suchyy7 Silver Dunadan Silver vlad 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 medal winners for each event of the Prediction Design. For Athlete/Nation you are predicting to win Gold Medal, write X in the Cell which belongs to the Gold Medal Column. For Athlete/Nation you are predicting to win Silver Medal, write X in the appropriate Cell and do the same for a Bronze Medal winner. Do the same for each Event of the Prediction Design. Example Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Day 1 September 9th, 2018 Czech Republic Denmark Germany X Hungary X Ireland Italy X Norway Spain Turkey United States Any Other Nation Points will be awarded as follows:- For right predicted Gold Medal Winner - 4 points.- For right predicted Silver Medal Winner - 3 points.- For right predicted Bronze Medal Winner - 2 points.- For right predicted Athlete/Nation but wrong place/medal - 1 point.- Bonus points: 1 bonus point will be awarded to predictor who predicted all medalists correctly, regardless of the order (1-2-3, 1-3-2, 2-1-3, 2-3-1, 3-2-1, 3-1-2). If you (by mistake or on purpose) picked two or more Athletes/Nations for the same place in one event, and if the total number of picked Athletes (options) for that event isn't over three, you'll get exactly 1 Point for each of them NO MATTER WHICH POSITION (and one bonus Point if you predicted all top 3 Athletes/Nations). If the total number of picked Athletes/Nations in one event is over three, you'll not get any Points for Athletes/Nations picked for the same position. The first physical medal presentation is binding. If, for some reason no medals are presented for an event during the Games, this event will be eliminated in this contest. Example Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Day 1 September 9th, 2018 Czech Republic Denmark Germany X Hungary X Ireland Italy X Norway Spain Turkey United States Any Other Nation Results: 1. Italy - 4 Points 2. Germany - 3 Points 3. Hungary - 2 Points Bonus Points: - 1 Point Your Total: 10 Points 1. Italy - 4 Points 2. Hungary - 1 Point 3. Germany - 1 Point Bonus Points: - 1 Point Your Total: 7 Points 1. Italy - 4 Points 2. Spain - 0 Points 3. Germany - 1 Point Bonus Points: - 0 Points Your Total: 5 Points 1. Italy - 4 Points 2. Any Other Nation - 0 Points 3. Spain - 0 Point Bonus Points: - 0 Points Your Total: 4 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 correct Gold Medal Winners will be compared, then number of Silver Medal Winners and at the end number of Bronze Medal Winners. If players are still tied, answer on TB question will be taken into consideration. Contestant with closer answer on the question wins the Tie-Break. Example Contestant 1: 6x10, 12x4, 10x3, 7x2 Contestant 2: 6x10, 12x4, 8x3, 8x2 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 Events. 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 Events 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 Event of the Rowing FISA World Championships - September 9th, h. 9:30 (GMT +3). You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first event 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 events and the events that have started (heats included). 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 you predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, 1 - ITA, 2 - GER, 3 - HUN, means Italy wins gold medal, Germany silver and Hungary bronze. 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 16, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted September 3, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted September 3, 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] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 Algeria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Norway Spain Turkey United States Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 China Denmark Great Britain Germany Italy Ukraine United States Men's Lightweight Single Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 Hamish Parry Sun Man Hugo Beury Jason Osborne Samuel Mottram Peter Galambos Martino Goretti Alexis Lopez Garcia Michael Schmid Andrew Campbell Jr. Any Other Athlete Women's Lightweight Single Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 Alice Arch Alena Furman Laura Tarantola Marie-Louise Draeger Imogen Grant Clara Guerra Marine Veldhuis Katarzyna Welna Anastasia Lebedeva Emma Fredh Michelle Sechser Any Other Athlete Women's Pair Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Canada China France Great Britain Italy Netherlands New Zealand Romania United States Any Other Nation Men's Pair Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Belarus Croatia Czech Republic France Great Britain Italy New Zealand Romania Serbia Spain Any Nation Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Canada China Netherlands New Zealand Poland Romania South Africa Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Belgium Canada Denmark France Great Britain Ireland Italy Norway New Zealand Poland Any Other Nation Women's Four Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Canada China Denmark Great Britain Netherlands Poland Romania Russia United States Any Other Nation Men's Four Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Belarus France Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands Romania South Africa United States Any Other Nation Women's Quadruple Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia China France Germany Great Britain Netherlands Poland Romania Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Men's Quadruple Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Estonia Germany Great Britain Italy Lithuania Netherlands New Zealand Poland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's Double Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 France Germany Great Britain Italy Lithuania Netherlands New Zealand Romania Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Women's Double Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Canada Czech Republic France Germany Greece Italy Lithuania Netherlands New Zealand United States Any Other Nation Men's Single Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Aleksandar Aleksandrov Trevor Jones Angel Fournier Rodriguez Ondrej Synek Sverri Nielsen Oliver Zeidler Harry Leask Mindaugas Griskonis Robert Manson Kjetill Borch Marko Marjanovic Nico Stahlberg Any Other Athlete Women's Single Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Madeleine Edmunds Magdalena Lobnig Fie Udby Erichsen Annekatrin Thiele Sanita Puspure Lina Saltyte-Masilionis Hannah Osborne Ekaterina Kurochkina Jeannine Gmelin Diana Dymchenko Kara Kohler Any Other Athlete Women's Eight Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Australia Canada China Great Britain Netherlands New Zealand Romania United States Men's Eight Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Australia Canada Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands New Zealand Romania United States [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Edited September 3, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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