Wanderer 1,726 Posted October 20, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 20, 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 Doha Start Date October 25th, 2018 End Date November 3rd, 2018 Participants 28 Gold Dunadan Silver CiroMennella99 Bronze titicow 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. ForAthlete/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 Team Day 1 October 29th, 2018 Brazil China x France Germany Japan x Russia x South Korea Switzerland 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 Team Day 1 October 29th, 2018 Brazil China x France Germany Japan x Russia x South Korea Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Results: 1. China - 4 Points 2. Russia - 3 Points 3. Japan - 2 Points Bonus Points: - 1 Point Your Total: 10 Points 1. China - 4 Points 2. Japan - 1 Point 3. Russia - 1 Point Bonus Points: - 1 Point Your Total: 7 Points 1. China - 4 Points 2. Great Britain - 0 Points 3. Russia - 1 Point Bonus Points: - 0 Points Your Total: 5 Points 1. China - 4 Points 2. Any Other - 0 Points 3. Great Britain - 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 Artistic Gymnastics FIG World Championships - October 25th, h. 09:30 (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 - China, 2 - Russia, 3 - Japan, means China wins gold medal, Russia silver and Japan 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 November 16, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted October 20, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted October 20, 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 Team Day 1 October 29th 2018 Brazil China France Germany Great Britain Japan Russia South Korea Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Women's Team Day 2 October 30th 2018 Belgium Brazil Canada China France Great Britain Japan Netherlands Russia United States Any Other Nation Men's All Around Day 3 October 31st 2018 Lin Chaopan Sun Wei Xiao Ruoteng Kakeru Tanigawa Kenzo Shirai Kohei Uchimura Artur Dalaloyan Nikita Nagornyy Sam Mikulak Yul Moldauer Any Other Athlete Women's All-Around Day 4 November 1st 2018 Ellie Black Chen Yile Mel. de Jesus dos Santos Mai Murakami Aliya Mustafina Angelina Melnikova Simone Biles Morgan Hurd Riley McCusker Grace McCallum Any Other Athlete Men's Floor Day 5 November 2nd 2018 Tomas Gonzalez Rayderley Zapata Dominick Cunningham Frank Baines Max Whitlock Artem Dolgopyat Kenzo Shirai Kohei Uchimura Artur Dalaloyan Dmitrii Lankin Any Other Athlete Women's Vault Day 5 November 2nd 2018 Shallon Olsen Liu Jinru Coline Devillard Ellie Downie Boglarka Devai Pyon Rye-yong Yeo Seo-jeong Angelina Melnikova Simone Biles Oksana Chusovitina Any Other Athlete Men's Pommel Horse Day 5 November 2nd 2018 Max Whitlock Rhys McClenaghan Lee Chih-kai Alec Yoder Sun Wei Zou Jingyuan Sam Mikulak Robert Seligman Saso Bertoncelj Harutyun Merdinyan Any Other Athlete Women's Uneven Bars Day 5 November 2nd 2018 Nina Derwael Chen Yile Liu Tingting Luo Huan Becky Downie Elizabeth Seitz Aliya Mustafina Angelina Melnikova Daria Spiridonova Riley McCusker Any Other Athlete Men's Rings Day 5 November 2nd 2018 Vahagn Davtyan Dennis Goossens Arthur Zanetti Manrique Larduet Courtney Tulloch Kohei Uchimura Fabian de Luna Nikita Nagornyy Ibrahim Colak Igor Radivilov Any Other Athlete Men's Vault Day 6 November 3rd 2018 Christopher Remkes Manrique Larduet Loris Frasca Courtney Tulloch Dominick Cunningham Andrey Medvedev Artur Dalaloyan Dmitrii Lankin Igor Radivilov Thanh Tung Le Any Other Athlete Women's Balance Beam Day 6 November 3rd 2018 Flavia Saraiva Chen Yile Luo Huan Marine Boyer Mel. de Jesus dos Santos Sanne Wevers Grace McCallum Kara Eaker Morgan Hurd Simone Biles Any Other Athlete Men's Parallel Bars Day 6 November 3rd 2018 Xiao Ruoteng Zou Jingyuan Jossimar Calvo Manrique Larduet Kohei Uchimura David Belyavskiy Artur Dalaloyan Nikita Nagornyy Oliver Hegi Sam Mikulak Any Other Athlete Women's Floor Day 6 November 3rd 2018 Flavia Saraiva Brooklyn Moors Mel. de Jesus dos Santos Lara Mori Mai Murakami Denisa Golgota Angelina Melnikova Grace McCallum Morgan Hurd Simone Biles Any Other Athlete Men's Horizontal Bar Day 6 November 3rd 2018 Deng Shudi Xiao Ruoteng Tin Srbic Manrique Larduet Marios Georgiou Andreas Toba Kohei Uchimura Epke Zonderland Oliver Hegi Sam Mikulak Any Other Athlete [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Edited October 20, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 1,205 Posted October 21, 2018 #3 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Edited October 22, 2018 by George_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,423 Posted October 21, 2018 #4 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Edited October 25, 2018 by thiago_simoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titicow 39 Posted October 21, 2018 #5 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Edited October 23, 2018 by titicow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy 93 Posted October 21, 2018 #6 Share Posted October 21, 2018 This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad 359 Posted October 21, 2018 #7 Share Posted October 21, 2018 This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablita 185 Posted October 21, 2018 #8 Share Posted October 21, 2018 This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 949 Posted October 21, 2018 #9 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Edited October 24, 2018 by Vojthas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,976 Posted October 21, 2018 #10 Share Posted October 21, 2018 This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts