Wumo 3,002 Posted September 9, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2022 (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 Sydney Start Date September 22nd, 2022 End Date October 1st, 2022 Participants 24 Gold Ufilov Silver owenp_23 Bronze neveritt84 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. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd, 2022, h. 10:30 Bosnia & Herzegovina 10 Puerto Rico 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 point difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct point difference or a draw) you will earn 10+15=25 points. Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd, 2022, h. 10:30 Bosnia & Herzegovina 10 Puerto Rico If Bosnia wins by 10, you will earn 25 points [10 pts for correct winner + 15 pts for point difference] If Bosnia wins by 5, you will earn 20 points [10 pts for correct winner + 10 pts for point difference] If Bosnia wins by 26, you will earn 10 points [10 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference] If Puerto Rico wins by 2, you will earn 3 points [0 pts for correct winner + 3 pts for point difference] If Puerto Rico wins by 5 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference] Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow: Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 12 points Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 9 points Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 6 points Corrected Predicted Nation in Top 3, but wrong place will be awarded 2 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 second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 3x25, 2x24, 2x23, 2x22 Contestant 2: 3x25, 2x24, 2x23, 1x22 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 and Top 3 Predictions. 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. 10:30 (GMT +10). 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, 10 BIH-PUR means Bosnia and Herzegovina beats Puerto Rico by 10. BIH 2 PUR 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: You cannot see this If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message. Edited October 7, 2022 by Wumo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 3,002 Posted September 9, 2022 Author #2 Share Posted September 9, 2022 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 Round September 22nd - September 27th, 2022 12 Nations, Top 4 from Group A and Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2022, h. 10:30 Bosnia & Herzegovina Puerto Rico September 22nd 2022, h. 11:30 United States Belgium September 22nd 2022, h. 17:30 South Korea China September 23rd 2022, h. 10:30 Puerto Rico United States September 23rd 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium South Korea September 23rd 2022, h. 14:30 China Bosnia & Herzegovina September 24th 2022, h. 14:30 United States China September 24th 2022, h. 18:00 Bosnia & Herzegovina South Korea September 24th 2022, h. 20:30 Puerto Rico Belgium September 26th 2022, h. 11:30 Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina September 26th 2022, h. 14:00 South Korea United States September 26th 2022, h. 17:30 China Puerto Rico September 27th 2022, h. 11:30 Puerto Rico South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 13:30 China Belgium September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 United States Bosnia & Herzegovina Group B Date & Time (GMT +10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2022, h. 13:00 Canada Serbia September 22nd 2022, h. 14:00 Japan Mali September 22nd 2022, h. 20:30 Australia France September 23rd 2022, h. 12:00 Serbia Japan September 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 France Canada September 23rd 2022, h. 20:30 Mali Australia September 25th 2022, h. 14:30 Mali France September 25th 2022, h. 18:00 Australia Serbia September 25th 2022, h. 20:30 Japan Canada September 26th 2022, h. 13:30 Serbia Mali September 26th 2022, h. 16:00 France Japan September 26th 2022, h. 20:30 Canada Australia September 27th 2022, h. 16:00 Mali Canada September 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Serbia France September 27th 2022, h. 20:30 Australia Japan Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ady48 2 Posted September 18, 2022 #10 Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 7:30 PM, Wumo said: 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 ---> 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...
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