Wanderer 1,726 Posted March 24, 2016 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games "There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery." Competition Details City Kamloops Start Date March 28th, 2016 End Date April 4th, 2016 Participants 26 Gold Ufilov Silver rybak Bronze Henry_Leon 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 infromation "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 goal difference for each match. Every match ends with a winner (there are no ties, draws). To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - goal difference for particular match. If your prediction is that Team 1 is going to win, you should type goal difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to win, then type goal difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. Example Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 3 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 1 Canada Scoring system: Basic number of points is 5 If you predict right winner for a match, you will get 5 points regardless of the goal difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference) you will earn 5+5=10 points. Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ. Example Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 3 Finland If Russia wins by 9, you will earn 5 points [5 pts for correct winner + 0 pt for goal difference: (5-|9-3|) - no negative points] If Russia wins by 3, you will earn 10 points [5 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for goal difference: (5-|3-3|)] If Russia wins by 1, you will earn 8 points [5 pts for correct winner + 3 pts for goal difference: (5-|1-3|)] If Finland wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pt for goal difference: (5-|-1-3|)] If Finland wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-|-3-3|)] In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.25 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: 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 7 Contestant 2: 10, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8, 8 Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2. Contestant with most points wins the competition. There are no Points to earn concerning General Standings at this Prediction Contest 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 - March 28th, h. 13:00 (GMT -7). 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 2016 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, RUS 4 means Russia wins by 4. RUS 4 FIN 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. 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 March 24, 2016 Author #2 Share Posted March 24, 2016 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. PREDICTION DESIGN Start Copying Here [ hide] Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden Switzerland [/hide] End Copying Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 4,600 Posted March 24, 2016 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 2 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 3 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 4 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 2 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 3 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 3 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 3 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 4 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 2 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 4 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 1 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 2 Switzerland End Copying Here Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted March 24, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted March 24, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 2 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 4 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 1 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 1 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 3 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 4 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 2 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 1 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 2 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 3 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 4 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 3 Switzerland End Copying Here Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,875 Posted March 24, 2016 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 2 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 1 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 3 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 2 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 2 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 4 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 2 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 2 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 1 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 3 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 1 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 3 Switzerland Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ufilov 3 Posted March 25, 2016 #6 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 2 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 2 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 5 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 3 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 7 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 2 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 1 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 3 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 1 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 2 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 1 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 2 Switzerland Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,952 Posted March 25, 2016 #7 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 4 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 2 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 2 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 2 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 1 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 3 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 2 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 3 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 2 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 4 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 2 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 2 Switzerland Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad 369 Posted March 25, 2016 #8 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 5 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 3 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 7 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 2 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 1 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 3 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 5 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 1 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 2 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 6 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 4 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 1 Switzerland Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoversaBR 441 Posted March 25, 2016 #9 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 1 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 2 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 4 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 3 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 7 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 4 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 1 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 2 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 1 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 3 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 2 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 1 Switzerland Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk12points 434 Posted March 25, 2016 #10 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Spoiler Preliminary Round March 28th-March 31st, 2016 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for Semifinals, 3rd and 4th Nations group Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals, 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for Relegation Play-Offs Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 2 3 Finland March 28th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 2 4 Canada March 29th 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 1 2 United States March 29th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 4 1 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 3 2 Russia March 31st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Canada 4 2 Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 28th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 5 1 Japan March 28th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 4 2 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Switzerland 4 1 Czech Republic March 29th 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Japan 2 6 Sweden March 31st 2016, h. 13:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Czech Republic 2 3 Japan March 31st 2016, h. 17:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Sweden 2 1 Switzerland Edited March 29, 2016 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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