Wanderer 1,726 Posted January 5, 2019 #1 Share Posted January 5, 2019 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 January 10th, 2019 End Date January 27th, 2019 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 A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany 2 Korea January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Serbia 8 Russia 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 A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany 2 Korea January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Serbia 8 Russia If Russia wins by 8, you will earn 20 points [10 pts for correct winner + 10 pts for point difference: (10-(8-8))] If Russia wins by 3, you will earn 15 points [10 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference: (10-(8-3))] If Russia 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 Serbia wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference: (10-(8+1))] If Serbia 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 - January 10th, h. 18:15 (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, SRB-RUS 2 means the Russia beats Serbia by 2. SRB 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 January 5, 2019 Author #2 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (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] Preliminary RoundJanuary 10th - January 17th, 2018 24 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 January 10th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany Korea January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Serbia Russia January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Brazil France January 12th 2019, h. 15:30 Russia Korea January 12th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany Brazil January 12th 2019, h. 20:30 France Serbia January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Serbia Brazil January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Russia Germany January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 France Korea January 15th 2019, h. 15:30 Russia Brazil January 15th 2019, h. 18:00 Korea Serbia January 15th 2019, h. 20:30 Germany France January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Brazil Korea January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Germany Serbia January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 France Russia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2019, h. 15:00 Japan Macedonia January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Iceland Croatia January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Bahrain Spain January 13th 2019, h. 14:00 Macedonia Bahrain January 13th 2019, h. 16:30 Croatia Japan January 13th 2019, h. 19:00 Spain Iceland January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Iceland Bahrain January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Croatia Macedonia January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain Japan January 16th 2019, h. 15:30 Japan Iceland January 16th 2019, h. 18:00 Croatia Bahrain January 16th 2019, h. 20:30 Macedonia Spain January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Bahrain Japan January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Macedonia Iceland January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain Croatia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2019, h. 20:15 Chile Denmark January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Saudi Arabia Austria January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Tunisia Norway January 12th 2019, h. 15:00 Austria Chile January 12th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway Saudi Arabia January 12th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark Tunisia January 14th 2019, h. 15:00 Tunisia Chile January 14th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway Austria January 14th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark Saudi Arabia January 15th 2019, h. 16:15 Saudi Arabia Tunisia January 15th 2019, h. 18:30 Norway Chile January 15th 2019, h. 20:45 Austria Denmark January 17th 2019, h. 15:00 Chile Saudi Arabia January 17th 2019, h. 17:30 Austria Tunisia January 17th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark Norway Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2019, h. 15:30 Angola Qatar January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Argentina Hungary January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Egypt Sweden January 13th 2019, h. 15:30 Qatar Egypt January 13th 2019, h. 18:00 Hungary Angola January 13th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden Argentina January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Hungary Qatar January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Argentina Egypt January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden Angola January 16th 2019, h. 15:30 Angola Argentina January 16th 2019, h. 18:00 Hungary Egypt January 16th 2019, h. 20:30 Qatar Sweden January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Egypt Angola January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Qatar Argentina January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden Hungary [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Edited January 5, 2019 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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