Wumo 3,002 Posted October 15, 2020 #1 Share Posted October 15, 2020 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 Various Cities Start Date October 20th, 2020 End Date November 8th, 2020 Participants 17 Gold Pablita Silver africaboy Bronze Henry_Leon 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 Top 3 results for each stage. To do that, you have to write the names and nations of the riders from the list of selected riders in the Riders column or pick a rider, nation and name, that you believe will be in Top 3 which is not listed. Notice! It's not an option to write, "Any Other Rider". This will not count and the score of the prediction will be 0 points. Users must pick/predict three riders, name and nation, for each stage. Users are allowed to change their predictions for an upcoming stage after the provisional standing of the most recent stage has been published and before the start of next stage. Example: User A is allowed to change his/her Top 3 prediction for Stage 4 when the Provisional Standing of Day 3/Stage 3 has been published and before the start of Stage 4. Example Stage Top 3 Riders Irun - Arrate. Eibar Stage 1 October, 20th 1st: David Gaudu 2nd: Davide Formolo 3rd: Alexey Lutsenko Michael Woods Esteban Chaves Daniel Felipe Martínez Rigoberto Uran Ricardo Carapaz David Gaudu Guillaume Martin Thibaut Pinot Chris Froome Dan Martin Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko Tom Dumoulin Wout Poels Rui Costa Primoz Roglic Enric Mas Mikel Nieve Alejandro Valverde Sepp Kuss Points will be awarded as follow: - For right predicted 1st Place - 4 points - For right predicted 2nd Place - 3 points - For right predicted 3rd Place - 2 points - For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 1 point - Bonus points: 1 bonus point will be awarded to users who predicted all the riders in Top 3 correctly, regardless of order Example Stage Top 3 Riders Irun - Arrate. Eibar Stage 1 October, 20th 1st: David Gaudu 2nd: Davide Formolo 3rd: Alexey Lutsenko Michael Woods Esteban Chaves Daniel Felipe Martínez Rigoberto Uran Ricardo Carapaz David Gaudu Guillaume Martin Thibaut Pinot Chris Froome Dan Martin Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko Tom Dumoulin Wout Poels Rui Costa Primoz Roglic Enric Mas Mikel Nieve Alejandro Valverde Sepp Kuss Results: 1. David Gaudu - 4 points 2. Davide Formolo - 3 points 3. Alexey Lutsenko - 2 points Bonus point: - 1 point Your total: 10 points 1. David Gaudu - 4 points 2. Alexey Lutsenko - 1 point 3. Davide Formolo - 1 point Bonus point: - 1 point Your total: 7 points 1. David Gaudu - 4 points 2. Enric Mas - 0 points 3. Davide Formolo - 1 point Bonus point: - 0 points Your total: 5 points 1. David Gaudu - 4 points 2. Rui Costa - 0 points 3. Enric Mas - 0 points Bonus point: - 0 points Your total: 4 points Classification Predictions Users/predictors will predict the Top 3s for the General, Points, Mountains and Young Rider Classifications. Users will come with their predictions for the Top 3s thrice during the prediction contest. Before Stage 1, on the rest day between Stage 9 and 10 and on the rest day between Stage 15 and 16. Points will be awarded as follow: Week 1 (Before Stage 1) - For right predicted 1st Place - 20 points - For right predicted 2nd Place - 19 points - For right predicted 3rd Place - 18 points - For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 5 points Week 2 (After Stage 6 and Before Stage 7) - For right predicted 1st Place - 13 points - For right predicted 2nd Place - 12 points - For right predicted 3rd Place - 11 points - For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 3 points Week 3 (After Stage 12 and Before Stage 13) - For right predicted 1st Place - 8 points - For right predicted 2nd Place - 7 points - For right predicted 3rd Place - 6 points - For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 2 points Users do not have to post their Top 3 predictions every week. If a user doesn't post a Top 3 prediction before Stage 10 or Stage 16, their predictions from the start of the contest or the previous week will count as their offical Top 3 predictions. User are not allowed to change their Classification predictions outside these abovementioned stages and timeframes. Example Classification Predictions General 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-9) David Gaudu Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko If David Gaudu wins Vuelta a España and a user predicts this before Stage 1, he/she will be awarded 20 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 correct 1st Places will be compared, then number of 2nd Places and at the end number of 3rd places. If players are still tied, the number of correct predicted places in the Classification prediction will be taken into consideration. Example Contestant 1: 6x10, 12x4, 10x3, 7x2 Contestant 2: 6x10, 12x4, 8x3, 8x2 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 Stages and Classification 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 stages 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 stage of Giro d'Italia - October 20th 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. For instance, 1 - David Gaudu, 2 - Davide Formolo, 3 - Alexey Lutsenko, means David Gaudu becomes 1st, Davide Formolo becomes 2nd and Alexey Lutsenko becomes 3rd. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 3,002 Posted October 15, 2020 Author #2 Share Posted October 15, 2020 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 the prediction post. Do the same at the end of the prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Week 1 - Stages 1-6 Stage Top 3 Riders Irun - Arrate. Eibar Stage 1 October, 20th 1st: 2nd: 3rd: Michael Woods Esteban Chaves Daniel Felipe Martínez Rigoberto Uran Ricardo Carapaz David Gaudu Guillaume Martin Thibaut Pinot Chris Froome Dan Martin Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko Tom Dumoulin Wout Poels Rui Costa Aleksandr Vlasov Primoz Roglic Enric Mas Mikel Nieve Alejandro Valverde Sepp Kuss Pamplona - Lekunberri Stage 2 October, 21st 1st: 2nd: 3rd: Tim Wellens Michael Woods Esteban Chaves Daniel Felipe Martínez Rigoberto Uran David Gaudu Guillaume Martin Thibaut Pinot Chris Froome Dan Martin Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko Tom Dumoulin Wout Poels Rui Costa Aleksandr Vlasov Matej Mohoric Primoz Roglic Alex Aranburu Enric Mas Jesus Herrada Mikel Nieve Alejandro Valverde Lodosa - La Laguna Negra Stage 3 October, 22nd 1st: 2nd: 3rd: Tim Wellens Michael Woods Esteban Chaves Daniel Felipe Martínez Rigoberto Uran David Gaudu Guillaume Martin Thibaut Pinot Chris Froome Dan Martin Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko Tom Dumoulin Wout Poels Rui Costa Aleksandr Vlasov Matej Mohoric Primoz Roglic Alex Aranburu Enric Mas Jesus Herrada Mikel Nieve Alejandro Valverde Soria - Ejea de los Caballeros Stage 4 October, 23rd 1st: 2nd: 3rd: Alexandr Riabushenko Jasper Philipsen Dylan Teuns Magnus Cort Lorrenzo Manzin Emmanuel Morin Pascal Ackermann Sam Bennett Jakub Mareczko Matteo Moschetti Alberto Dainese Dion Smith Jon Aberasturi Huesca - Sabiñánigo Stage 5 October, 24th 1st: 2nd: 3rd: Tim Wellens Michael Woods Esteban Chaves Daniel Felipe Martínez Rigoberto Uran David Gaudu Guillaume Martin Thibaut Pinot Chris Froome Dan Martin Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko Tom Dumoulin Wout Poels Rui Costa Aleksandr Vlasov Matej Mohoric Primoz Roglic Alex Aranburu Jesus Herrada Mikel Nieve Alejandro Valverde Biescas > Col du Tourmalet Stage 6 October, 25th 1st: 2nd: 3rd: Michael Woods Esteban Chaves Daniel Felipe Martínez Rigoberto Uran Ricardo Carapaz David Gaudu Guillaume Martin Thibaut Pinot Chris Froome Dan Martin Davide Formolo Alexey Lutsenko Tom Dumoulin Wout Poels Rui Costa Aleksandr Vlasov Primoz Roglic Enric Mas Mikel Nieve Alejandro Valverde Sepp Kuss General 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-6) Points 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-6) Mountains 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-6) Young Rider 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-6) [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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