tuniscof 152 Posted July 23, 2017 #1 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games "Forecasting is the art of saying what will happen, and then explaining why it didn't" Competition Details City Surabaya Start Date July 24th, 2017 End Date August 1st, 2017 Participants TBD Gold TBD Silver TBD Bronze TBD 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 result in sets (win of either team) for each match. To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of Sets each team will win in that particular match. Possible outcomes are 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2. If your prediction is that Team 1 is going to win, you should type number "3" in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to win a set or two or will end the match without winning a set, then type the number "1" or "2" or "0" in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. Do the opposite if your prediction is that Team 2 is going to win. Examples Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 July 24th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Indonesia 3 2 Saudi Arabia July 24th 2016, h. 16:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Qatar 3 0 Kazakhstan Points will be awarded as follows:- Right predicted winner with right set score - 4 points.- Right predicted winner with wrong set score - 2 points.- Right predicted score 3-2 (or 2-3), in other words predicted five sets match, but wrong predicted winner - 1 point.- Wrong predicted winner - 0 points. - During Preliminary Round (Group Stage) 3 bonus points will be awarded to predictors who make all perfect predictions in one day (right predicted winner and right predicted set scores). 1 bonus point will be awarded to predictors who predicted winners correctly in one day, regardless of set scores. You either win a bonus of 1 or 3 points. - Bonuses won't be awarded if any of the scheduled matches for the particular day is not played (for whatever reason). No bonuses for Knockout Round. In the Further Rounds, points will be multiplied by: In the Classification Round, points will be multiplied by 1.25 In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5 In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.75 In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2 Examples Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 July 24th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Indonesia 3 2 Saudi Arabia If Indonesia wins 3-2, you get 4 points If Indonesia wins 3-1 or 3-0, you get 2 points If Saudi Arabia wins 3-2, you get 1 point If Saudi Arabia 3-1 or 3-0, you get 0 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 second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 6x4, 6x4, 2x4, 2x4 Contestant 2: 6x4, 6x4, 2x4, 1x4 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. Day-by-day Predictions are NOT ALLOWED ! In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first match of the Tournament - July 24th, h. 11:30 (GMT +7). 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. Day-by-day Predictions are NOT ALLOWED ! 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, JPN 3 1 KOR or JPN 3 KOR 1 means Japan beats South Korea by 3-1. JPN 2 KOR 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 July 23, 2017 by tuniscof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuniscof 152 Posted July 23, 2017 Author #2 Share Posted July 23, 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 July 24th - July 26th, 2016 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Classification Round Pool A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 July 24th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Indonesia Saudi Arabia July 24th 2016, h. 16:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Qatar Kazakhstan July 25th 2016, h. 14:00, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Saudi Arabia Qatar July 25th 2016, h. 16:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Indonesia Kazakhstan July 26th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia July 26th 2016, h. 16:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Indonesia Qatar Pool B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 July 24th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Chinese Taipei Pakistan July 24th 2016, h. 14:00, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Iran Iraq July 25th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Iraq Chinese Taipei July 25th 2016, h. 14:00, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Iran Pakistan July 26th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Pakistan Iraq July 26th 2016, h. 14:00, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Iran Chinese Taipei Pool C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 July 24th 2016, h. 19:00, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya South Korea Vietnam July 24th 2016, h. 19:00, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Japan Sri Lanka July 25th 2016, h. 19:00, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Japan Vietnam July 25th 2016, h. 19:00, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Sri Lanka South Korea July 26th 2016, h. 19:00, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Japan South Korea July 26th 2016, h. 19:00, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Vietnam Sri Lanka Pool D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 July 24th 2016, h. 14:00, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya China Thailand July 24th 2016, h. 16:30, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Australia Hong Kong July 25th 2016, h. 11:30, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Australia Thailand July 25th 2016, h. 16:30, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Hong Kong China July 26th 2016, h. 14:00, Petrokimia Stadium H1, Surabaya Thailand Hong Kong July 26th 2016, h. 16:30, Petrokimia Stadium H2, Surabaya Australia China [ /hide] End Copying Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Federer91 2,793 Posted July 23, 2017 #8 Share Posted July 23, 2017 51 minutes ago, tuniscof said: 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 This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content End Copying Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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