tuniscof 152 Posted May 3, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (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 Cities Cologne - Paris Start Date May 5th, 2017 End Date May 21st, 2017 Participants 26 Gold Dunadan Silver Henry_Leon Bronze ady48 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. Every match ends with a winner (there are no ties, draws). 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. Examples Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 5th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Sweden 2 Russia May 5th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne United States 1 Germany 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 Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 5th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Sweden 2 Russia If Sweden wins by 4, you will earn 8 points [5 pts for correct winner + 3 pts for goal difference: (5-2)] If Sweden wins by 2, you will earn 10 points [5 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for goal difference] If Sweden wins by 8, you will earn 5 points [5 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-6) - no negative points] If Russia wins by 1, you will earn 2 points [0 pts for correct winner + 2 pts for goal difference: (5-3)] If Russia wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-5)] 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 - May 5th, h. 16:15 (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. 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 your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, USA - GER 2 means Germany beats United States by 2. USA 2 GER 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: You don't have permission to view this hidden 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 May 22, 2017 by tuniscof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuniscof 152 Posted May 3, 2017 Author #2 Share Posted May 3, 2017 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 May 5th - May 16th, 2017 16 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th from each Group qualify to Quarterfinals. Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 5th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Sweden Russia May 5th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne United States Germany May 6th 2017, h. 12:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Latvia Denmark May 6th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Slovakia Italy May 6th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Germany Sweden May 7th 2017, h. 12:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Italy Russia May 7th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne United States Denmark May 7th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Latvia Slovakia May 8th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Germany Russia May 8th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne United States Sweden May 9th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Italy Latvia May 9th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Slovakia Denmark May 10th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne United States Italy May 10th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Slovakia Germany May 11th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Russia Denmark May 11th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Sweden Latvia May 12th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Sweden Italy May 12th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Denmark Germany May 13th 2017, h. 12:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Latvia United States May 13th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Russia Slovakia May 13th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Italy Germany May 14th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Slovakia United States May 14th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Denmark Sweden May 15th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Denmark Italy May 15th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Russia Latvia May 16th 2017, h. 12:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Sweden Slovakia May 16th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Russia United States May 16th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Germany Latvia Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 5th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Finland Belarus May 5th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Czech Republic Canada May 6th 2017, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Switzerland Slovenia May 6th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Belarus Czech Republic May 6th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Norway France May 7th 2017, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Slovenia Canada May 7th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Finland France May 7th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Norway Switzerland May 8th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Belarus Canada May 8th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Finland Czech Republic May 9th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Slovenia Norway May 9th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Switzerland France May 10th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Switzerland Belarus May 10th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Finland Slovenia May 11th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Czech Republic Norway May 11th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Canada France May 12th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Czech Republic Slovenia May 12th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France Belarus May 13th 2017, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Norway Finland May 13th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Slovenia Belarus May 13th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Canada Switzerland May 14th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France Czech Republic May 14th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Switzerland Finland May 15th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Canada Norway May 15th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France Slovenia May 16th 2017, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Belarus Norway May 16th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Czech Republic Switzerland May 16th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Canada Finland [ /hide] End Copying Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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