LDOG 2,418 Posted July 22, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 22, 2016 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 Rio de Janeiro Start Date August 6th, 2016 End Date August 19th, 2016 Participants 58 Gold OlympicIRL Silver rybak 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 goal difference for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - goal difference for each 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. If your prediction is that the match will end in a draw, then type a 0 in either T1 or T2 Cell (or in both, if you wish). For Knockout Round matches you must always pick a winning Nation (result AFTER Overtime/Penalties will count as final result). Examples Men's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2 Netherlands August 6th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India 0 Ireland 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 A Men's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2 Netherlands If Argentina wins by 1, you will earn 9 points [5 pts for correct winner + 4 pt for goal difference: (5-1)] If Argentina wins by 2, you will earn 10 points [5 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for goal difference] If Argentina wins by 8, you will earn 5 points [5 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-6) - no negative points] If Netherlands wins by 1, you will earn 2 points [0 pts for correct winner + 2 pts for goal difference: (5-3)] If Netherlands wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-5)] Example B Men's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India 0 Ireland If the match ends in a draw, you will earn 10 points automatically. If either team wins by 1, you will earn 4 points [0 pts for correct winner + 4 pts for goal difference: (5-1)] If either team wins by 5 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference] 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: 3x10, 2x9, 2x8, 2x7 Contestant 2: 3x10, 2x9, 2x8, 1x7 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 6th, h. 10:00 (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, ARG - NED 3 means Netherlands beats Argentina by 3. ARG 2 NED 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...
LDOG 2,418 Posted July 23, 2016 Author #2 Share Posted July 23, 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 Tournament - Preliminary Round August 6th - August 12th, 2016 12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Men's Tournament - Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Belgium Great Britain August 6th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia New Zealand August 6th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain Brazil August 7th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain New Zealand August 7th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Belgium August 7th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia Spain August 9th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand Spain August 9th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Great Britain August 9th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Belgium Australia August 10th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand Brazil August 10th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain Australia August 11th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain Belgium August 12th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain Spain August 12th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Belgium New Zealand August 12th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia Brazil Men's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina Netherlands August 6th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India Ireland August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Canada Germany August 7th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands Ireland August 8th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany India August 8th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Canada Argentina August 9th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina India August 9th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany Ireland August 9th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands Canada August 11th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands India August 11th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Ireland Canada August 11th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina Germany August 12th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India Canada August 12th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany Netherlands August 12th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Ireland Argentina Women's Tournament - Preliminary Round August 6th - August 13th, 2016 12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Women's Tournament - Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 7th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand South Korea August 7th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands Spain August 7th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro China Germany August 8th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand Germany August 8th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands South Korea August 8th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain China August 10th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain New Zealand August 10th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany South Korea August 10th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro China Netherlands August 11th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany Spain August 12th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro South Korea China August 12th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand Netherlands August 13th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands Germany August 13th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro South Korea Spain August 13th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro China New Zealand Women's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina United States August 6th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain Australia August 7th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Japan India August 8th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia United States August 8th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India Great Britain August 8th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina Japan August 10th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India Australia August 10th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain Argentina August 10th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro United States Japan August 11th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia Argentina August 11th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro United States India August 11th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Japan Great Britain August 13th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina India August 13th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain United States August 13th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia Japan [ /hide] End Copying Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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