Wanderer 1,726 Posted May 13, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games "Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature" Competition Details City Paris Start Date May 22nd, 2016 End Date June 5th, 2016 Participants 35 Gold rybak OL Silver gvaisakh Bronze OlympicsFan 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 This Prediction Contest consists of two parts. In the first part of the Contest, you are predicting only winning players for First, Second, Third and Fourth Rounds, not scores. To do that, you have to Copy/Paste or Type the name of the Athlete from the first Column (named First Round) into appropriate Cells in Columns named First Round Winner, Second Round Winner, Third Round Winner and Fourth Round Winner. NOTE: When you Copy/Paste or Type the names, PLEASE, make it sure that the names you are entering in empty cells are THE SAME AS THE NAMES IN PREDICTION DESIGN TABLE. In other words, if you have "Petra Kvitova (2)" in first column, you should have "Petra Kvitova (2)" through your draw, and not "P. Kvitova" or only "Petra Kvitova". If you see only "Novak Djokovic (1)" PLEASE, don't write "Novak Đoković" or "Novak Djoković" Just copy/paste as you see it. Example Women's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka Petra Kvitova (2) Sabine Lisicki Petra Kvitova (2) Petra Kvitova (2) Marina Erakovic Scoring system for the first part of the Contest: For each correct First Round Winner you will earn - 1 Point For each correct Second Round Winner you will earn - 2 Points For each correct Third Round Winner you will earn - 4 Points For each correct Fourth Round Winner you will earn - 8 Points You don't need to have both players correct for a particular match in order to earn Points. If any match finishes with walkover - it won't be counted. If any match finishes with retirement of one player, it still will be counted. In the second part of the Contest, which starts with Quarterfinals, you are predicting both - a Winner and a Set Score for each match. From Semifinals onward, you will predict Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles matches as well. To do that, you have to write in empty Cells a number of Sets won by each Athlete (or Doubles Team). If your prediction is that Athlete 1 is going to win, you should type appropriate number of Sets won by that player (3 for Men's Singles, 2 for all other categories) in appropriate Cell of A1 Column and do the same for Athlete 2 of that match-up. If your prediction is that Athlete 2 is going to win, then do the same accordingly. Example Women's Singles Quarterfinals Date and Venue Athlete 1 A1 A2 Athlete 2 June 1st, h. 11:00, Philippe Chatrier, Paris Fatma Al Nabhani 2 1 Zarah Razafimahatratra June 1st, h. 13:00, Philippe Chatrier, Paris Lesedi Sheya Jacobs 0 2 Steffi Carruthers Scoring system for the second part of the Contest: Quarterfinals 10 Points - Correct Winner+Correct Set Ratio 6 Points - Correct Winner+Wrong Set Ratio 0 Points - Wrong Winner Semifinals 12 Points - Correct Winner+Correct Set Ratio 8 Points - Correct Winner+Wrong Set Ratio 0 Points - Wrong Winner Finals 14 Points - Correct Winner+Correct Set Ratio 10 Points - Correct Winner+Wrong Set Ratio 0 Points - Wrong Winner If any match finishes with walkover - it won't be counted. If any match finishes with retirement of one player - you will earn points only for correct winner. 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 from Quarterfinals to Finals will be compared for the involved contestants. If involved contestants are still tied, number of correct winners from Quarterfinals to Finals will be compared, then number of correct Fourth Round Winners, and so on. Example Contestant 1: 4, 8, 9, 3 Contestant 2: 4, 8, 8, 4 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. 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 Tournament - May 22nd, h. 11:00 (GMT +2). If you want to use Jolly in this Prediction Contest (which will double your Points for General Standings), Copy and Paste the following picture at the top of your Prediction Post. You can add Jolly in your Post until the start of the first Match of the Prediction Contest. You can't remove a Jolly you have submitted after the start of the first Match of the Prediction Contest. 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. Qualifiers: If it happens that the main draws are already known, but qualifiers are yet to be determined and their placement in the draw, you can fill in the draw according to the Rules (meaning - you are putting in Qualifier 10 if Qualifier 10 appears in the first Column). Once qualifiers are placed in the draw, I will put the names in Prediction Design post. If there is still time to edit your predictions, you are allowed to do so. In Tennis there is always possibility of Draw Changes because of late Withdrawals. If there will be such late changes, all "new" 1st Round Matches involving all moved Athletes will not be counted. It means you can receive Points for right predicted 1st Round winning Athlete only if the Match started with both Athletes from the Prediction Design Table. You will be allowed to edit your Predictions (if you want) for the 2nd to 4th Round Matches involving moved Athletes, but only before the start of the first Match of the 2nd Round. All other editing will be ignored.But please - before you edit, send a PM to the manager, otherwise editing will be ignored completely. You can fill in Men's and Women's Singles Draws in separate posts if you want to. 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, S. Williams 2-1 means Serena Williams wins 2-1. Williams 2 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: 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 May 14, 2016 Author #2 Share Posted May 14, 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. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN Start Copying Here [ hide] Men's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Novak Djokovic (1) Yen-Hsun Lu Marsel Ilhan (Q) Steve Darcis (Q) Gerald Melzer (Q) Aljaz Bedene Pablo Carreno Busta Federico Delbonis (31) Bernard Tomic (20) Brian Baker Borna Coric Taylor Fritz Paul-Henri Mathieu Santiago Giraldo Dmitry Tursunov Roberto Bautista Agut (14) David Ferrer (11) Evgeny Donskoy Denis Istomin Juan Monaco Victor Estrella Burgos Illya Marchenko Thomas Fabbiano (LL) Feliciano Lopez (21) Pablo Cuevas (25) Tobias Kamke (Q) Hyeon Chung Quentin Halys (WC) Malek Jaziri Florian Mayer Vasek Pospisil Tomas Berdych (7) Rafael Nadal (4) Sam Groth Facundo Bagnis Kenny de Schepper (Q) Nicolas Mahut Ricardas Berankis Marcel Granollers Fabio Fognini (32) Kevin Anderson (18) Stephane Robert (WC) Alexander Zverev Pierre-Hugues Herbert Thiemo de Bakker Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Inigo Cervantes Dominic Thiem (13) David Goffin (12) Gregoire Barrere (WC) Paolo Lorenzi Carlos Berlocq (Q) Rajeev Ram Jiri Vesely Nicolas Almagro Philipp Kohlschreiber (24) Joao Sousa (26) Damir Dzumhur Andreas Seppi Ernests Gulbis Gilles Muller Marcos Baghdatis Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6) Milos Raonic (8) Janko Tipsarevic Mikhail Kukushkin Adrian Mannarino Andrej Martin (LL) Daniel Munoz de la Nava Julien Benneteau (WC) Lucas Pouille (29) Jack Sock (23) Robin Haase Dudi Sela Dustin Brown (Q) Albert Ramos-Vinolas Horacio Zeballos Marco Trungelliti (Q) Marin Cilic (10) Gilles Simon (16) Rogerio Dutra Silva Diego Schwartzman Guido Pella Dusan Lajovic Denis Kudla Grigor Dimitrov Viktor Troicki (22) Jeremy Chardy (30) Leonardo Mayer Roberto Carballes Baena (Q) Adam Pavlasek (LL) Martin Klizan Taro Daniel Lukas Rosol Stan Wawrinka (3) Kei Nishikori (5) Simone Bolelli Andrey Kuznetsov Benjamin Becker Ivan Dodig Mikhail Youzhny Fernando Verdasco Steve Johnson (33) Nick Kyrgios (17) Marco Cecchinato Adrian Ungur (Q) Igor Sijsling (LL) Sam Querrey Bjorn Fratangelo (WC) Thomaz Bellucci Richard Gasquet (9) John Isner (15) John Millman Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) Kyle Edmund Teymuraz Gabashvili Donald Young Radu Albot (Q) Benoit Paire (19) Ivo Karlovic (27) Albert Montanes Laslo Djere (Q) Jordan Thompson (WC) Mathias Bourgue (WC) Jordi Samper-Montana (Q) Radek Stepanek (Q) Andy Murray (2) Women's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Serena Williams (1) Magdalena Rybarikova Teliana Pereira Kristyna Pliskova Samantha Crawford Timea Babos Francesca Schiavone Kristina Mladenovic (26) Elina Svitolina (18) Sorana Cirstea (Q) Taylor Townsend (WC) Amandine Hesse (WC) Kurumi Nara Denisa Allertova Oceane Dodin (WC) Ana Ivanovic (14) Carla Suarez Navarro (12) Katerina Siniakova (Q) Qiang Wang Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (WC) Arina Rodionova (WC) Ana Konjuh Saisai Zheng Dominika Cibulkova (22) Andrea Petkovic (28) Laura Robson Yulia Putintseva Aleksandra Wozniak Anastasija Sevastova Sachia Vickery (Q) Karin Knapp Victoria Azarenka (5) Angelique Kerber (3) Kiki Bertens Alize Lim (WC) Camila Giorgi Ipek Soylu (Q) Virginie Razzano (WC) Anna-Lena Friedsam Daria Kasatkina (29) Johanna Konta (20) Julia Goerges Monica Puig Olga Govortsova Daria Gavrilova Mariana Duque-Marino Donna Vekic Madison Keys (15) Venus Williams (9) Anett Kontaveit Louisa Chirico (Q) Lauren Davis Alize Cornet Kirsten Flipkens Tatjana Maria Jelena Jankovic (23) Monica Niculescu (31) Pauline Parmentier Irina Falconi Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund Eugenie Bouchard Silvia Soler-Espinosa (LL) Timea Bacsinszky (8) Roberta Vinci (7) Kateryna Bondarenko Annika Beck Maryna Zanevska (Q) Coco Vandeweghe Naomi Broady Bethanie Mattek-Sands Irina-Camelia Begu (25) Karolina Piskova (17) Shelby Rogers Elena Vesnina Madison Brengle Lara Arruabarrena Su-Wei Hsieh Danka Kovinic Petra Kvitova (10) Svetlana Kuznetsova (13) Yaroslava Shvedova Nicole Gibbs Heather Watson Cagla Buyukakcay (Q) Aliaksandra Sasnovich Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (24) Ekaterina Makarova (27) Varvara Lepchenko Yanina Wickmayer Alexandra Dulgheru Myrtille Georges (WC) Chirstina McHale Anna Schmiedlova Garbine Muguruza (4) Simona Halep (6) Nao Hibino Zarina Diyas Carina Witthoeft Mirjana Lucic-Baroni Daniela Hantuchova (Q) Naomi Osaka Jelena Ostapenko (32) Samantha Stosur (21) Misaki Doi Shuai Zhang Galina Voskoboeva Alison Riske Viktorija Golubic (Q) Vitalia Diatchenko Lucie Safarova (11) Sara Errani (16) Tsvetana Pironkova Johanna Larsson Magda Linette Veronica Cepede Royg (Q) Sabine Lisicki Margarita Gasparyan Sloane Stephens (19) Barbora Strycova (30) Lucie Hradecka (Q) Polona Hercog Lourdes Dominguez Lino Lesia Tsurenko Caroline Garcia Bojana Jovanovski Agnieszka Radwanska (2) [ /hide] End Copying Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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