Wanderer 1,726 Posted November 16, 2018 #1 Share Posted November 16, 2018 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 Various Cities Start Date November 29th, 2018 End Date December 16th, 2018 Participants TBD Gold TBD Silver TBD Bronze TBD 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. In case you think the match is going to end with a tie (draw), type 0 in any of the corresponding Cells. There cannot be 0 as point difference in the Semfinals and Medal Matches, and result after overtime/penalties will be counted as final result. Example Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 29th 2018, h. 18:00 France 2 Russia November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Montenegro 8 Slovenia Scoring System: Basic number of points is 10 If you predict right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 10 points regardless of the goal difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 10+10=20 points. Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ. Example Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 29th 2018, h. 18:00 France 2 Russia November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Montenegro 8 Slovenia If Montenegro wins by 8, you will earn 20 points [10 pts for correct winner + 10 pts for point difference: (10-(8-8))] If Monetengro wins by 3, you will earn 15 points [10 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference: (10-(8-3))] If Montenegro wins by 19, you will earn 10 points [10 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: 10-(8-19) - no negative points] If Slovenia wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference: (10-(8+1))] If Slovenia wins by 2 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: (10-(8+4))] In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: 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: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 2x17 Contestant 2: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 1x17 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 Championship - November 29th, h. 18:00 (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, FRA-RUS 2 means the Russia beats France by 2. FRA 2 RUS 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted November 16, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted November 16, 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 RoundNovember 29th - December 5th, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 30th 2018, h. 18:00 Denmark Sweden November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Serbia Poland December 2nd 2018, h. 15:00 Poland Denmark December 2nd 2018, h. 18:00 Sweden Serbia December 4th 2018, h. 18:00 Sweden Poland December 4th 2018, h. 21:00 Denmark Serbia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 29th 2018, h. 18:00 France Russia November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Montenegro Slovenia December 2nd 2018, h. 15:00 Slovenia France December 2nd 2018, h. 18:00 Russia Montenegro December 4th 2018, h. 18:00 Russia Slovenia December 4th 2018, h. 21:00 France Montenegro Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 1st 2018, h. 15:00 Hungary Netherlands December 1st 2018, h. 18:00 Spain Croatia December 3rd 2018, h. 18:00 Croatia Hungary December 3rd 2018, h. 21:00 Netherlands Spain December 5th 2018, h. 18:00 Netherlands Croatia December 5th 2018, h. 21:00 Hungary Spain Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 1st 2018, h. 15:00 Norway Germany December 1st 2018, h. 18:00 Romania Czech Republic December 3rd 2018, h. 18:00 Czech Republic Norway December 3rd 2018, h. 21:00 Germany Romania December 5th 2018, h. 18:00 Germany Czech Republic December 5th 2018, h. 21:00 Norway Romania [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Speedy 93 Posted November 19, 2018 #5 Share Posted November 19, 2018 [hide] Preliminary RoundNovember 29th - December 5th, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 30th 2018, h. 18:00 Denmark 2 Sweden November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Serbia 3 Poland December 2nd 2018, h. 15:00 Poland 1 Denmark December 2nd 2018, h. 18:00 Sweden 6 Serbia December 4th 2018, h. 18:00 Sweden 3 Poland December 4th 2018, h. 21:00 Denmark 4 Serbia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 29th 2018, h. 18:00 France 5 Russia November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Montenegro 4 Slovenia December 2nd 2018, h. 15:00 Slovenia 8 France December 2nd 2018, h. 18:00 Russia 2 Montenegro December 4th 2018, h. 18:00 Russia 4 Slovenia December 4th 2018, h. 21:00 France 3 Montenegro Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 1st 2018, h. 15:00 Hungary 5 Netherlands December 1st 2018, h. 18:00 Spain 5 Croatia December 3rd 2018, h. 18:00 Croatia 3 Hungary December 3rd 2018, h. 21:00 Netherlands 2 Spain December 5th 2018, h. 18:00 Netherlands 6 Croatia December 5th 2018, h. 21:00 Hungary 3 Spain Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 1st 2018, h. 15:00 Norway 4 Germany December 1st 2018, h. 18:00 Romania 5 Czech Republic December 3rd 2018, h. 18:00 Czech Republic 9 Norway December 3rd 2018, h. 21:00 Germany 4 Romania December 5th 2018, h. 18:00 Germany 3 Czech Republic December 5th 2018, h. 21:00 Norway 5 Romania [/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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