Wumo 2,793 Posted January 5, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (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 Bhubaneswar & Rourkela Start Date January 13th, 2023 End Date January 29th, 2023 Participants 28 Gold hoversaBR Silver Henry_Leon Bronze LDOG 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 (Win of either Team or Draw/Tie) for each match. To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of goals each team will score in that particular match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Cross-overs and onward, result at the end of Full time (BEFORE shootout) will count as final result. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 13:00 Argentina 3 1 South Africa January 13th 2023, h. 15:00 Australia 1 1 France Points will be awarded as follows: - Right predicted outcome (winner or draw) + right score at the end of the full time (before shootout from cross-overs and onward) - 5 points. - Right predicted winner + wrong score but right goal difference - 4 points. - Right predicted draw but wrong score and right predicted winner + wrong score and wrong goal difference but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 3 points. - Right predicted winner + wrong score + wrong goal difference + wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 2 points. - Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 1 point. - Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) and wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 0 points. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 13:00 Argentina 3 1 South Africa If Argentina wins 3-1, you get 5 points If Argentina wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference) If Argentina wins 4-1 or 3-0 or 2-1 or 10-1..., you get 3 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, right number of goals for one of the teams) If Argentina wins 1-0 or 5-2 or 8-3..., you get 2 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, wrong number of goals for both teams) If South Africa wins 4-3 or 5-3 or 6-3... or if match ends 1-1 or 3-3, you get 1 point (wrong outcome, right number of goals for one of the teams) If South Africa wins and Qatar score more or less than 3 goals or if match ends with draw but not 1-1 or 3-3, you get 0 point (wrong outcome and wrong number of goals for both teams) Group A Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 15:00 Australia 1 1 France If match ends 1-1, you get 5 points If match ends with draw but not 1-1, you get 3 points If match ends with winner and one of the teams scores exactly one goal, you get 1 point If match ends with winner and both of the teams score more or less than exactly one goal, 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 - January 13th, h. 13:00 (GMT +5:30). 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, ARG 3-1 RSA means Argentina wins 3-1 against South Africa. 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 January 29, 2023 by Wumo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,793 Posted January 5, 2023 Author #2 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (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] Group Stage January 13th - January 20th, 2023 16 Nations, The 1st-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Cross-overs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 13:00 Argentina South Africa January 13th 2023, h. 15:00 Australia France January 16th 2023, h. 17:00 France South Africa January 16th 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina Australia January 20th 2023, h. 13:00 Australia South Africa January 20th 2023, h. 15:00 France Argentina Group B Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium South Korea January 14th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany Japan January 17th 2023, h. 17:00 South Korea Japan January 17th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany Belgium January 20th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium Japan January 20th 2023, h. 19:00 South Korea Germany Group C Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 13:00 New Zealand Chile January 14th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands Malaysia January 16th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia Chile January 16th 2023, h. 15:00 New Zealand Netherlands January 19th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia New Zealand January 19th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands Chile Group D Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 17:00 England Wales January 13th 2023, h. 19:00 India Spain January 15th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain Wales January 15th 2023, h. 19:00 England India January 19th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain England January 19th 2023, h. 19:00 India Wales Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Edited January 5, 2023 by Wumo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,197 Posted January 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content Edited January 12, 2023 by LDOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ady48 2 Posted January 8, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 10:04 PM, Wumo said: PREDICTION DESIGN - START 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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Siddhartha Talukdar 117 Posted January 9, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 9, 2023 [ hide] Group Stage January 13th - January 20th, 2023 16 Nations, The 1st-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Cross-overs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 13:00 Argentina 4 0 South Africa January 13th 2023, h. 15:00 Australia 3 1 France January 16th 2023, h. 17:00 France 2 0 South Africa January 16th 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina 2 2 Australia January 20th 2023, h. 13:00 Australia 4 0 South Africa January 20th 2023, h. 15:00 France 0 3 Argentina Group B Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium 3 0 South Korea January 14th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany 3 1 Japan January 17th 2023, h. 17:00 South Korea 1 2 Japan January 17th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany 1 2 Belgium January 20th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium 3 0 Japan January 20th 2023, h. 19:00 South Korea 1 3 Germany Group C Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 13:00 New Zealand 4 0 Chile January 14th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands 4 1 Malaysia January 16th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia 2 0 Chile January 16th 2023, h. 15:00 New Zealand 1 4 Netherlands January 19th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia 1 2 New Zealand January 19th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands 6 0 Chile Group D Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 17:00 England 5 0 Wales January 13th 2023, h. 19:00 India 3 1 Spain January 15th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain 4 0 Wales January 15th 2023, h. 19:00 England 1 1 India January 19th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain 1 2 England January 19th 2023, h. 19:00 India 6 0 Wales Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Australia Belgium Germany [ /hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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