Wanderer 1,726 Posted July 17, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games "There are things that are uncertain for us, things more or less probable, and we seek to compensate for the impossibility of knowing them by determining their different degrees of likelihood. So it was that we owe to the weakness of the human mind one of the most delicate and ingenious of mathematical theories, the science of chance or probability." Competition Details City Various Cities Start Date August 3rd, 2016 End Date August 19th, 2016 Participants 65 Gold bestmen Silver Pabloffo Bronze OlympicIRL 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 the result (win of either team or draw) 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 Team 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Quarterfinals onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result. Examples Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Sweden 3 1 South Aftica August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1 1 China Points will be awarded as follows:- Right predicted outcome (winner or draw) + right score at the end of the regular time (at the end of the overtime/before penalties/ from quarterfinals 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. Examples Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Sweden 3 1 South Africa If Sweden wins 3-1, you get 5 points If Sweden wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference) If Sweden 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 Swedene 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 Sweden 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 E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1 1 China If match ends 1-1, you get 5 pointsIf 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 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: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3 Contestant 2: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2 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 - August 3rd, h. 13:00 (GMT -3). 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. 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, SWE 4 1 RSA or SWE 4 RSA 1 means Sweden beats South Africa by 4-1. SWE 4 RSA 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. 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Wanderer 1,726 Posted July 17, 2016 Author #2 Share Posted July 17, 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] Preliminary Round August 3rd - August 9th, 2016 12 Nations, 3 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 2 best 3rd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for Quarterfinals Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Sweden South Africa August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil China August 6th 2016, h. 19:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro South Africa China August 6th 2016, h. 22:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Sweden August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus South Africa Brazil August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia China Sweden Group F Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada Australia August 3rd 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Zimbabwe Germany August 6th 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada Zimbabwe August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Germany Australia August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador Germany Canada August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia Australia Zimbabwe Group G Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 19:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States New Zealand August 3rd 2016, h. 22:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte France Colombia August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States France August 6th 2016, h. 20:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte Colombia New Zealand August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus Colombia United States August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador New Zealand France [ /hide] End Copying Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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