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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 June 3rd-June 14th, 2016 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals All times are Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4) Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 21:30, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara United States Colombia June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Costa Rica Paraguay June 7th 2016, h. 20:00, Soldier Field, Chicago United States Costa Rica June 7th 2016, h. 22:30, Rose Bowl, Pasadena Colombia Paraguay June 11th 2016, h. 19:00, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Paraguay United States June 11th 2016, h. 21:00, NRG Stadium, Houston Costa Rica Colombia Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 4th 2016, h. 19:30, CenturyLink Field, Seattle Haiti Peru June 4th 2016, h. 22:00, Rose Bowl, Pasadena Brazil Ecuador June 8th 2016, h. 19:30, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Brazil Haiti June 8th 2016, h. 22:00, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Ecuador Peru June 12th 2016, h. 18:30, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Haiti Ecuador June 12th 2016, h. 20:30, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Peru Brazil Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 5th 2016, h. 17:00, Soldier Field, Chicago Jamaica Venezuela June 5th 2016, h. 20:00, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Mexico Uruguay June 9th 2016, h. 19:30, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Uruguay Venezuela June 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Rose Bowl, Pasadena Mexico Jamaica June 13th 2016, h. 20:00, NRG Stadium, Houston Mexico Venezuela June 13th 2016, h. 22:00, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Uruguay Jamaica Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Panama Bolivia June 6th 2016, h. 21:30, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Argentina Chile June 10th 2016, h. 19:00, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Chile Bolivia June 10th 2016, h. 21:30, Soldier Field, Chicago Argentina Panama June 14th 2016, h. 20:00, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Chile Panama June 14th 2016, h. 22:00, CenturyLink Field, Seattle Argentina Bolivia [ /hide] End Copying Here

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games "There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery." Competition Details City Various Cities Start Date June 3rd, 2016 End Date June 26th, 2016 Participants 41 Gold LDOG Silver Pablita Bronze hukbrazil 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 infromation "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 (win of either team or draw) for each match. To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of goals each team will score in that particular match. If your prediction is that Team 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Quarterfinals onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result. Examples Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 21:30, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara United States 3 1 Colombia June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Costa Rica 1 1 Paraguay Points will be awarded as follows: - Right predicted outcome (winner or draw) + right score at the end of the regular time (at the end of the overtime/before penalties/ from quarterfinals onward) - 5 points. - Right predicted winner + wrong score but right goal difference - 4 points. - Right predicted draw but wrong score and right predicted winner + wrong score and wrong goal difference but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 3 points. - Right predicted winner + wrong score + wrong goal difference + wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 2 points. - Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 1 point. - Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) and wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 0 points. Examples Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 21:30, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara United States 3 1 Colombia If United States wins 3-1, you get 5 points If United States wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference) If United States wins 4-1 or 3-0 or 2-1 or 10-1..., you get 3 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, right number of goals for one of the teams) If United States wins 1-0 or 5-2 or 8-3..., you get 2 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, wrong number of goals for both teams) If Colombia wins 4-3 or 5-3 or 6-3... or if match ends 1-1 or 3-3, you get 1 point (wrong outcome, right number of goals for one of the teams) If Colombia wins and United States score more or less than 3 goals or if match ends with draw but not 1-1 or 3-3, you get 0 point (wrong outctome and wrong number of goals for both teams) Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Costa Rica 1 1 Paraguay If match ends 1-1, you get 5 points If match ends with draw but not 1-1, you get 3 points If match ends with winner and one of the teams scores exactly one goal, you get 1 point If match ends with winner and both of the teams score more or less than exactly one goal, you get 0 points In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5 In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 2 In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2.5 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. 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Wasn't Van Koeverden pretty bad at Toronto? did he get better afterwards?

Bowl Quarterfinals (9-16): Russia 33 - 0 Canada England 17 - 12 Wales United States 19 - 17 Portugal Scotland 38 - 14 Brazil Shield Semifinals & Final (13-16): Canada 12 - 17 Wales Portugal 24 - 5 Brazil Wales 19 - 24 Portugal Bowl Semifinals & Final (9-12): Russia 7 - 19 England United States 12 - 14 Scotland England 10 - 28 Scotland Cup Quarterfinals (1-8): New Zealand 17 - 19 Argentina South Africa 10 - 21 Samoa France 24 - 15 Kenya Fiji 17 - 15 Australia Plate Semifinals & Final (5-8): New Zealand 19 - 29 South Africa Kenya 7 - 26 Australia South Africa 17 - 7 Australia Cup Semifinals (1-4): Argentina 12 - 14 Samoa France 5 - 22 Fiji Third Place Match: Argentina 17 - 26 France Final: Samoa 29 - 26 Fiji

One of the best joke songs ever, had my 12 points

I can't believe the level Peru just played vs Dominican R. they even scored block points! I hope they can challenge Thailand and Korea for qualification.

I just watched the replay of the whole final (couldn't watch live), I was completely unaware of this new voting system but I accidentally read an article that said "Ukraine eurovision winner" before watching. So I started watching and thought, as the countries were voting, "how the hell did Australia lose this?" The winner was very average, I can't see any reason why it got such a high televote other than for political reasons. Australia was so much better... but oh well, last two years the best song didn't win either (Netherlands 2014, Italy 2015), this is euroshitision after all. And I CANT BELIEVE how that weirdo from Poland got 3rd place in televote wtf (nothing against Poland, I liked their songs the two previous years). The televote is garbage, but we live in the age of social media and "the spectator is King", so there's nothing we can do.

ha, today I read "argentinian record for 3000m broken" and I got excited. Then I saw the new record is 9:42 and we should put higher standars in all athletics events.

Bowl Quarterfinals (9-16): Russia - Canada England - Wales United States - Portugal Scotland - Brazil Cup Quarterfinals (1-8): New Zealand - Argentina South Africa - Samoa France - Kenya Fiji - Australia

Paris Sevens (Stage 9/10) Day 2 Results Pool A: Kenya 22 - 7 Russia New Zealand 31 - 0 Portugal Portugal 10 - 17 Russia Kenya 17 - 19 New Zealand Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts New Zealand 3 3 0 0 85 27 +58 9 Kenya 3 2 0 1 68 40 +28 7 Russia 3 1 0 2 34 67 -33 5 Portugal 3 0 0 3 24 77 -53 3 Pool B: Fiji 33 - 14 Wales Samoa 17 - 12 Scotland Scotland 35 - 7 Wales Fiji 42 - 5 Samoa Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Fiji 3 3 0 0 113 31 +82 9 Samoa 3 2 0 1 74 64 +10 7 Scotland 3 1 0 2 59 62 -3 5 Wales 3 0 0 3 31 120 -89 3 Pool C: South Africa 30 - 7 Brazil Australia 24 - 19 England England 38 - 12 Brazil South Africa 31 - 0 Australia Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts South Africa 3 3 0 0 85 12 +73 9 Australia 3 2 0 1 62 50 +12 7 England 3 1 0 2 62 60 +2 5 Brazil 3 0 0 3 19 106 -87 3 Pool D: Argentina 28 - 7 Canada France 24 - 12 United States France 26 - 14 Argentina United States 33 - 12 Canada Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts France 3 3 0 0 92 31 +61 9 Argentina 3 2 0 1 78 33 +45 7 United States 3 1 0 2 45 72 -27 5 Canada 3 0 0 3 24 103 -79 3

Probably Kosovo will go into the group of Croatia and Gibraltar to the group of Belgium. That way all groups will have equal number of teams and it won't be necessary to exclude results vs the bottom teams for second placed teams table.

I caught some of the rugby sevens, and now will try to watch as much as I can of women's volleyball without sleeping too late (I have to wake up early tomorrow ).

Paris Sevens (Stage 9/10) Day 1 Results Pool A: Kenya 29 - 14 Portugal New Zealand 35 - 10 Russia Pool B: Fiji 38 - 12 Scotland Samoa 52 - 10 Wales Pool C: South Africa 24 - 5 England Australia 38 - 0 Brazil Pool D: Argentina 36 - 0 United States France 42 - 5 Canada

Paris sevens started today, our team luckily is with two super rugby players Moroni and Cordero who help increase the level. The results already showing: 36-0 to USA Anyway for me the greatest news is that Juan Imhoff will play in London Stage and probably olympics too. He's probably the best argentine winger in history we could use his help too.

And he made a good time, he could be top 16 in Rio with that. He seems to be the only male swimmer in form unfortunately, all others Grabich, Grassi,etc are doing bad this year. In other news Lucenti lost places in ranking and it seems we'll have only 2 judocas in Rio this sport is a disaster, I think in Tokyo we could be without any representation after Pareto and Lucenti retire. I read that the federation doesn't even have a Facebook page

I can't believe it She was the best of the night for me. Also, Greece doesn't make the final for the first time?

Songs that get my approval seal in semi1: Czech, Cyprus, Austria, Iceland. I hope they can all pass.

Malta ---> more cliché for the pile.

Balcan ballads perform well usually (but not always). Bosnia could pass,

nice song and choreo/visuals. First song that does the combo for me this night.

Montenegro not that bad (not great either). I'm surprised they got so much negative comments prior, from them I thought it was going to be something like that euro neuro guy some years ago.

Azerbaijan hot girl and nothing more. Same artificial cliche song as every year.

Good Austria, awful Estonia.

Czech fine Cyprus, finally something different from the general tone (and decent).

nah, the only original thing was the old ladies, the rest is always the same artificial ballad or pop song.