LDOG 2,418 Posted July 1, 2016 Author #31 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Window for suggestions is now closed. Thank you for your cooperation! Selection process will start today and in a few days the contest will be open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,418 Posted July 11, 2016 Author #32 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Rio 2016 Olympic Bet Contest Rio de Janeiro (BRA) - 5 August 2016 - 21 August 2016 is now open. Remember, for this contest there aren't points to earn for General Standings. And please, take a good look at the rules before posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,164 Posted July 12, 2016 #33 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Quote Only african nations will win medals in both Marathon events. African should be with a capital letter and marathon shouldn't but of course that's not my main comment about it: shouldn't it be better to formulate things in such a way that there is no doubt possible? Because now one can read it as "The only nation(s) that will win at least one medal in both marathon events will be from Africa." or as "All six marathon medals will be won by African nations." . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,418 Posted July 14, 2016 Author #34 Share Posted July 14, 2016 On 12/07/2016 at 11:39, heywoodu said: African should be with a capital letter and marathon shouldn't but of course that's not my main comment about it: shouldn't it be better to formulate things in such a way that there is no doubt possible? Because now one can read it as "The only nation(s) that will win at least one medal in both marathon events will be from Africa." or as "All six marathon medals will be won by African nations." Sorry, but I don't understand your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,164 Posted July 14, 2016 #35 Share Posted July 14, 2016 1 minute ago, LDOG said: Sorry, but I don't understand your point. "Only African nations will win medals in both marathon events." Men's marathon: 1. Kenya 2. USA 3. Italy Women's marathon: 1. Brazil 2. Portugal 3. Kenya If these are the marathon results, the question can be interpreted as both Yes and No. Yes --> The only nation that won a medal in both marathon event is Kenya, thus an African nation. No --> Non-African nations won medals as well. My point is that there are questions for which certain results can cause both yes and no to be the correct answer, because the way the question is formulated leaves room for interpretation for both answers to be correct. Trying to explain it as good as I can . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 1,205 Posted July 14, 2016 #36 Share Posted July 14, 2016 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: "Only African nations will win medals in both marathon events." Men's marathon: 1. Kenya 2. USA 3. Italy Women's marathon: 1. Brazil 2. Portugal 3. Kenya If these are the marathon results, the question can be interpreted as both Yes and No. Yes --> The only nation that won a medal in both marathon event is Kenya, thus an African nation. No --> Non-African nations won medals as well. My point is that there are questions for which certain results can cause both yes and no to be the correct answer, because the way the question is formulated leaves room for interpretation for both answers to be correct. Trying to explain it as good as I can No its specific, read carefully. "Only African nations will win medals in both marathon events." = all medals will be won by african countries (gold, silver and bronze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,164 Posted July 14, 2016 #37 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) 3 minutes ago, George_D said: No its specific, read carefully. "Only African nations will win medals in both marathon events." = all medals will be won by african countries (gold, silver and bronze) Yes, but, read carefully: " "Only African nations will win medals in both marathon events." = The only nations that will will a medal in both events are African nations. Just trying to avoid future problems with users claiming they should have more poitns because questions leave room for more than one correct answer.. for example in this case, if your interpretation is the correct one, it would be much better (in my opinion) to write "All six marathon medals will be won by African nations", because then there is no possibility of both yes and no being correct. Edited July 14, 2016 by heywoodu . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zob79 189 Posted July 14, 2016 #38 Share Posted July 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, George_D said: No its specific, read carefully. "Only African nations will win medals in both marathon events." = all medals will be won by african countries (gold, silver and bronze) That's how I see it too If the lights light up exactly at the correct moment, he was definitely first, since his light went on first. Not sure if those lights are 100% accurate though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,418 Posted July 14, 2016 Author #39 Share Posted July 14, 2016 hace 3 minutos, heywoodu said: My point is that there are questions for which certain results can cause both yes and no to be the correct answer, because the way the question is formulated leaves room for interpretation for both answers to be correct. Trying to explain it as good as I can Oh, now I see. Yes, you're right it's ambiguous. Obviously it should be interpreted as "all medals in both marathon events will be won by african nations" Also this one suffers from something similar: "80- At least 4 matches, in both the Women's and Men's Tournament, will be decided in a penalty shoot-out." Obviously it means 4 between both tournaments, not 4 in each one, but it could be taken that way. I'll try correct both now. Sorry for the two users that already posted their bets (but anyway vlad will have to edit his post at some point because he used more than double the points available). heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted July 14, 2016 #40 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I noticed one error in sprint canoeing, It says lane 9, but there is no lane 9 in Olympics. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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