Wanderer 1,726 Posted October 25, 2019 #1 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (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 Shenzhen/London Start Date October 27th, 2019 End Date November 17th, 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 set score for each match. Prediction contest has two parts - WTA Finals and ATP Finals later in November. To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - number of sets won for each player for each match. If your prediction is that Athlete 1 is going to win 2 sets, you should type "2" in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. and if your prediction is that Athlete 2 is going to 1 set, you should type 1 in Cell of T2 Column. Example Red Group Date & Time (GMT +8) Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 October TBD, 2019, h. TBD Ashleigh Barty 2 0 Belinda Bencic October TBD, 2019, h. TBD Naomi Osaka 1 2 Petra Kvitova Scoring System: - Correct Winner + Correct Set Score - 5 points - Correct Winner + Wrong Set Score - 3 points - Wrong Winner - 0 points Example Red Group Date & Time (GMT +8) Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 October TBD, 2019, h. TBD Ashleigh Barty 2 0 Belinda Bencic October TBD, 2019, h. TBD Naomi Osaka 1 2 Petra Kvitova If Barty wins 2-0, you get 5 points If Barty wins 2-1 you get 3 points If Bencic wins 2-0 or 2-1, you get 0 points 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: 3x5, 2x3 Contestant 2: 3x5, 2x3 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. If any Athlete withdraws after the start of the tournament, predictions involving that player will not be counted. 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 WTA Finals - October 27th, h. 16:30 (GMT +8). 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. 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. Edited October 25, 2019 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted October 25, 2019 Author #2 Share Posted October 25, 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] WTA Finals - Preliminary RoundOctober 27th - November 1st, 20198 Athletes, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Athlete from each Group will qualify for the Semifinals Red Group Date & Time (GMT +8) Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 October TBD 2019, h. TBD Ashleigh Barty Belinda Bencic October TBD 2019, h. TBD Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitova October TBD 2019, h. TBD Ashleigh Barty Petra Kvitova October TBD 2019, h. TBD Naomi Osaka Belinda Bencic October TBD 2019, h. TBD Ashleigh Barty Naomi Osaka October TBD 2019, h. TBD Petra Kvitova Belinda Bencic Purple Group Date & Time (GMT +8) Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 October TBD 2019, h. TBD Karolina Pliskova Elina Svitolina October TBD 2019, h. TBD Bianca Andreescu Simona Halep October TBD 2019, h. TBD Karolina Pliskova Simona Halep October TBD 2019, h. TBD Bianca Andreescu Elina Svitolina October TBD 2019, h. TBD Simona Halep Elina Svitolina October TBD 2019, h. TBD Karolina Pliskova Bianca Andreescu [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Edited October 25, 2019 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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