Wanderer 1,726 Posted September 5, 2018 #1 Share Posted September 5, 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 Tenerife Start Date September 22nd, 2018 End Date September 30th, 2018 Participants 34 Gold rybak Silver Wanderer 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 point difference for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - point difference for each match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type point difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to win, then type point difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. There cannot be 0 as point difference. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 17 France September 22nd 2018, h. 17:30 Greece 2 Canada Scoring System: Basic number of points is 20 If you predict right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 20 points regardless of the goal difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 20+20=40 points. Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 17 France September 22nd 2018, h. 17:30 Greece 2 Canada If France wins by 17, you will earn 40 points [20 pts for correct winner + 20 pts for point difference: (20-(17-17))] If France wins by 10, you will earn 33 points [20 pts for correct winner + 13 pts for point difference: (20-(17-10))] If France wins by 38, you will earn 20 points [20 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: 20-(17-38) - no negative points] If South Korea wins by 1, you will earn 2 points [0 pts for correct winner + 2 pts for point difference: (20-(17+1))] If South Korea wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: (20-(17-20))] 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: 3x40, 2x39, 2x38, 2x37 Contestant 2: 3x40, 2x39, 2x38, 1x37 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 World Cup - September 22nd, h. 11:00 (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, KOR-FRA 2 means the France beats South Korea by 2. KOR 2 FRA 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 September 11, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted September 11, 2018 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 RoundSeptember 22nd - September 25th, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 2nd and the 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Play-Offs Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea France September 22nd 2018, h. 17:30 Greece Canada September 23rd 2018, h. 11:30 Canada South Korea September 23rd 2018, h. 17:30 France Greece September 25th 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea Greece September 25th 2018, h. 20:30 Canada France Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 11:30 Australia Nigeria September 22nd 2018, h. 14:00 Turkey Argentina September 23rd 2018, h. 11:00 Argentina Australia September 23rd 2018, h. 20:30 Nigeria Turkey September 25th 2018, h. 11:30 Australia Turkey September 25th 2018, h. 17:30 Argentina Nigeria Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 20:00 Japan Spain September 22nd 2018, h. 20:30 Puerto Rico Belgium September 23rd 2018, h. 13:30 Belgium Japan September 23rd 2018, h. 20:00 Spain Puerto Rico September 25th 2018, h. 11:00 Japan Puerto Rico September 25th 2018, h. 20:00 Belgium Spain Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 11:00 Latvia China September 22nd 2018, h. 18:00 United States Senegal September 23rd 2018, h. 14:00 Senegal Latvia September 23rd 2018, h. 18:00 China United States September 25th 2018, h. 14:00 Senegal China September 25th 2018, h. 18:00 Latvia United States [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 1,205 Posted September 11, 2018 #3 Share Posted September 11, 2018 [hide] Preliminary RoundSeptember 22nd - September 25th, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 2nd and the 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Play-Offs Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 22 France September 22nd 2018, h. 17:30 Greece 13 Canada September 23rd 2018, h. 11:30 Canada 20 South Korea September 23rd 2018, h. 17:30 France 18 Greece September 25th 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 11 Greece September 25th 2018, h. 20:30 Canada 6 France Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 11:30 Australia 40 Nigeria September 22nd 2018, h. 14:00 Turkey 3 Argentina September 23rd 2018, h. 11:00 Argentina 18 Australia September 23rd 2018, h. 20:30 Nigeria 23 Turkey September 25th 2018, h. 11:30 Australia 14 Turkey September 25th 2018, h. 17:30 Argentina 18 Nigeria Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 20:00 Japan Spain September 22nd 2018, h. 20:30 Puerto Rico Belgium September 23rd 2018, h. 13:30 Belgium Japan September 23rd 2018, h. 20:00 Spain Puerto Rico September 25th 2018, h. 11:00 Japan Puerto Rico September 25th 2018, h. 20:00 Belgium Spain Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 11:00 Latvia China September 22nd 2018, h. 18:00 United States Senegal September 23rd 2018, h. 14:00 Senegal Latvia September 23rd 2018, h. 18:00 China United States September 25th 2018, h. 14:00 Senegal China September 25th 2018, h. 18:00 Latvia United States /hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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