Wumo 3,002 Posted September 12, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 12, 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 Various cities Start Date September 23rd, 2022 End Date October 15th, 2022 Participants 29 Gold ady48 Silver africaboy Bronze George_D 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 the result in number of Sets won by each team for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cells a number of Sets each team you predict to win for every match of Prediction Design. Possible outcomes are 3-0, 3-1 and 3-2 for the winning team. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type "3" in appropriate Cell of T1 Column and either "2", "1", or "0" for Nation 2 in corresponding Cell of T2 Column. Similarly you can predict a win for Nation 2. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 2 Kenya Scoring System: - Correct Winner + Correct Set Score - 4 points - Correct Winner + Wrong Set Score - 2 points - Wrong Winner + Correct 5-Set Match - 1 point - Wrong Winner + Wrong Set Score - 0 point Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 2 Kenya If Netherlands wins 3-2, you get 4 points If Netherlands wins 3-1 or 3-0, you get 2 points If Kenya wins 3-2, you get 1 point If Kenya wins 3-0 or 3-1 you get 0 points Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow: Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 5 points Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 4 points Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 3 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: 3x4, 2x2, 2x1 Contestant 2: 3x4, 2x2, 1x1 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 first match of the Championship - September 23rd, h. 18:00 (GMT +2). 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 the Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread. 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, NED 3-2 KEN means Netherlands wins 3-2 in sets against Kenya. 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 26, 2022 by Wumo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 3,002 Posted September 12, 2022 Author #2 Share Posted September 12, 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 23rd - October 2nd, 2022 24 Nations, The Top 4 Nations from each Pool will qualify for the Second Round. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands Kenya September 24th 2022, h. 14:00 Belgium Puerto Rico September 24th 2022, h. 15:00 Italy Cameroon September 25th 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium Kenya September 25th 2022, h. 16:00 Netherlands Cameroon September 26th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy Puerto Rico September 27th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy Belgium September 27th 2022, h. 20:00 Cameroon Kenya September 28th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands Puerto Rico September 29th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy Kenya September 29th 2022, h. 20:00 Puerto Rico Cameroon September 30th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands Belgium October 1st 2022, h. 16:00 Puerto Rico Kenya October 2nd 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium Cameroon October 2nd 2022, h. 16:00 Netherlands Italy Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 Poland Croatia September 24th 2022, h. 13:00 Turkey Thailand September 24th 2022, h. 18:30 Dominican Republic South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 Turkey South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Dominican Republic Croatia September 27th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland Thailand September 28th 2022, h. 14:00 Thailand Croatia September 28th 2022, h. 17:30 Turkey Dominican Republic September 28th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland South Korea September 29th 2022, h. 14:00 South Korea Thailand September 29th 2022, h. 17:30 Turkey Croatia September 29th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland Dominican Republic October 1st 2022, h. 14:00 Dominican Republic Thailand October 1st 2022, h. 17:30 South Korea Croatia October 1st 2022, h. 20:30 Poland Turkey Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 24th 2022, h. 19:30 United States Kazakhstan September 25th 2022, h. 19:00 Germany Bulgaria September 25th 2022, h. 20:00 Serbia Canada September 26th 2022, h. 15:30 Germany Kazakhstan September 26th 2022, h. 16:00 Serbia Bulgaria September 26th 2022, h. 21:00 United States Canada September 29th 2022, h. 13:00 Canada Kazakhstan September 29th 2022, h. 16:00 Serbia Germany September 29th 2022, h. 19:00 United States Bulgaria September 30th 2022, h. 13:00 Serbia Kazakhstan September 30th 2022, h. 16:00 Bulgaria Canada September 30th 2022, h. 19:00 United States Germany October 1st 2022, h. 13:00 Germany Canada October 1st 2022, h. 16:00 Bulgaria Kazakhstan October 1st 2022, h. 19:00 United States Serbia Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 24th 2022, h. 20:30 Brazil Czech Republic September 25th 2022, h. 14:00 China Argentina September 25th 2022, h. 14:15 Japan Colombia September 26th 2022, h. 14:15 Japan Czech Republic September 26th 2022, h. 18:30 Brazil Argentina September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 China Colombia September 28th 2022, h. 14:15 China Japan September 28th 2022, h. 15:00 Brazil Colombia September 28th 2022, h. 18:00 Argentina Czech Republic September 30th 2022, h. 14:00 China Czech Republic September 30th 2022, h. 14:15 Brazil Japan September 30th 2022, h. 18:00 Colombia Argentina October 1st 2022, h. 14:00 Brazil China October 2nd 2022, h. 18:00 Colombia Czech Republic October 2nd 2022, h. 14:15 Japan Argentina Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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