tuniscof 152 Posted August 28, 2017 #1 Share Posted August 28, 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 City Various Cities Start Date August 31st, 2017 End Date September 17th, 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 points 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 - points difference for particular match. If your prediction is that Team 1 is going to win, you should type points difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to win, then type points difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. Examples Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 31st 2017, h. 13:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Slovenia 5 Poland August 31st 2017, h. 16:30, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Iceland 15 Greece Scoring system: Basic number of points is 10 If you predict right winner for a match, you will get 10 points regardless of the goal difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference) you will earn 10+20=30 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 August 31st 2017, h. 13:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Slovenia 5 Poland If Slovenia wins by 10, you will earn 25 points [10 pts for correct winner + 15 pt for points difference: (20-5)] If Slovenia wins by 5, you will earn 30 points [10 pts for correct winner + 20 pts for points difference] If Slovenia wins by 30, you will earn 10 points [10 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for points difference: (20-25) - no negative points] If Poland wins by 1, you will earn 14 points [0 pts for correct winner + 14 pts for points difference: (20-6)] If Poland wins by 15 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for points difference: (20-20)] In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Round of 16, 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 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: 3x30, 2x29, 2x28, 2x27 Contestant 2: 3x30, 2x29, 2x28, 1x27 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 31st, h. 13:45 (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, SLO - POL 3 means Poland beats Slovenia by 3. SLO 2 POL 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. 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tuniscof 152 Posted August 28, 2017 Author #2 Share Posted August 28, 2017 (edited) 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 31st - September 7th, 2017 24 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for Round of 16. Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 31st 2017, h. 13:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Slovenia Poland August 31st 2017, h. 16:30, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Iceland Greece August 31st 2017, h. 20:00, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki France Finland September 2nd 2017, h. 13:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Poland Iceland September 2nd 2017, h. 16:30, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Greece France September 2nd 2017, h. 20:00, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Finland Slovenia September 3rd 2017, h. 13:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki France Iceland September 3rd 2017, h. 16:30, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Slovenia Greece September 3rd 2017, h. 20:00, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Finland Poland September 5th 2017, h. 13:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Iceland Slovenia September 5th 2017, h. 16:30, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Poland France September 5th 2017, h. 20:00, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Greece Finland September 6th 2017, h. 14:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Slovenia France September 6th 2017, h. 17:30, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Greece Poland September 6th 2017, h. 20:45, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Finland Iceland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 31st 2017, h. 15:45, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Germany Ukraine August 31st 2017, h. 18:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Lithuania Georgia August 31st 2017, h. 21:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Italy Israel September 2nd 2017, h. 15:45, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Georgia Germany September 2nd 2017, h. 18:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Ukraine Italy September 2nd 2017, h. 21:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Israel Lithuania September 3rd 2017, h. 15:45, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Georgia Ukraine September 3rd 2017, h. 18:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Lithuania Italy September 3rd 2017, h. 21:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Germany Israel September 5th 2017, h. 15:45, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Ukraine Lithuania September 5th 2017, h. 18:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Italy Germany September 5th 2017, h. 21:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Israel Georgia September 6th 2017, h. 14:45, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Germany Lithuania September 6th 2017, h. 17:30, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Georgia Italy September 6th 2017, h. 20:45, Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Israel Ukraine Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 September 1st 2017, h. 15:00, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Hungary Croatia September 1st 2017, h. 17:45, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Spain Montenegro September 1st 2017, h. 20:30, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Romania Czech Republic September 2nd 2017, h. 15:00, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Montenegro Hungary September 2nd 2017, h. 17:45, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Czech Republic Spain September 2nd 2017, h. 20:30, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Croatia Romania September 4th 2017, h. 15:00, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Hungary Czech Republic September 4th 2017, h. 17:45, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Montenegro Croatia September 4th 2017, h. 20:30, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Spain Romania September 5th 2017, h. 15:00, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Czech Republic Montenegro September 5th 2017, h. 17:45, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Croatia Spain September 5th 2017, h. 20:30, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Romania Hungary September 7th 2017, h. 14:30, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Czech Republic Croatia September 7th 2017, h. 17:15, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Hungary Spain September 7th 2017, h. 20:45, Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Montenegro Romania Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 September 1st 2017, h. 14:15, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Belgium Great Britain September 1st 2017, h. 17:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Serbia Latvia September 1st 2017, h. 21:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Turkey Russia September 2nd 2017, h. 14:15, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Latvia Belgium September 2nd 2017, h. 17:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Russia Serbia September 2nd 2017, h. 21:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Great Britain Turkey September 4th 2017, h. 14:15, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Latvia Great Britain September 4th 2017, h. 17:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Belgium Russia September 4th 2017, h. 21:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Serbia Turkey September 5th 2017, h. 14:15, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Russia Latvia September 5th 2017, h. 17:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Great Britain Serbia September 5th 2017, h. 21:00, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Turkey Belgium September 7th 2017, h. 14:30, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Russia Great Britain September 7th 2017, h. 17:15, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Belgium Serbia September 7th 2017, h. 20:45, Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Latvia Turkey [ /hide] End Copying Here Edited August 28, 2017 by tuniscof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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