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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

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. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows:

If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message.

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games

"There are things that are uncertain for us, things more or less probable,

and we seek to compensate for the impossibility of knowing them

by determining their different degrees of likelihood.

So it was that we owe to the weakness of the human mind one of the most delicate

and ingenious of mathematical theories, the science of chance or probability."

Competition Details
City	Budapest
Start Date	August 28th, 2017
End Date	September 3rd, 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 medal winners for each event of the Prediction Design.

To do that, you have to write or Copy/Paste the names of Athletes/Nations from the Column named Athletes in appropriate Cells for each Event. Write or Copy/Paste one name you predict to be a Gold Medal winner in adequate Cell, and do the same for Silver Medal winner and Bronze Medal winner as well. Do the same for each Event of the Prediction Design.

IMPORTANT!

In Judo events you are predicting TWO Bronze Medal winners !

Examples

Event and Date	Gold Medal Winner	Silver Medal Winner	Bronze Medal Winner	Athletes
Men's Teams Day 7, September 3rd, 2017	Azerbaijan	Japan	Mongolia Russia	Azerbaijan Brazil France Georgia Hungary Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia Russia South Korea Turkey Uzbekistan Any Other

Points will be awarded as follows:

- For right predicted Gold Medal Winner - 4 points.
- For right predicted Silver Medal Winner - 3 points.
- For right predicted Bronze Medal Winner - 2 points.
- For right predicted Athlete/Nation but wrong place/medal - 1 point.
- Bonus points : 1 bonus point  will be awarded to predictor who predicted all FOUR medalists correctly, regardless of the order.

If you (by mistake or on purpose) picked two or more Athletes/Nations for the same place in one event, and if the total number of picked Athletes (options) for that event isn't over three, you'll get exactly 1 Point for each of them NO MATTER WHICH POSITION (and one bonus Point if you predicted all top 3 Athletes/Nations). If the total number of picked Athletes/Nations in one event is over three, you'll not get any Points for Athletes/Nations picked for the same position.

The first physical medal presentation is binding. If, for some reason no medals are presented for an event during the Games, this event will be eliminated in this contest.

Examples

Event and Date	Gold Medal Winner	Silver Medal Winner	Bronze Medal Winner	Athletes
Men's Teams Day 7, September 3rd, 2017	Azerbaijan	Japan	Mongolia Russia	Azerbaijan Brazil France Georgia Hungary Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia Russia South Korea Turkey Uzbekistan Any Other

Results:

1. Azerbaijan - 4 Points

2. Japan - 3 Points

3. Mongolia - 2 Points

3. Russia - 2 Points

Bonus Points: - 1 Point

Your Total: 12 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 correct Gold Medal Winners will be compared, then number of Silver Medal Winners and at the end number of Bronze Medal Winners. If players are still tied, answer on TB question will be taken into consideration. Contestant with closer answer on the question wins the Tie-Break.

Example

Contestant 1: 6x10, 12x4, 10x3, 7x2

Contestant 2: 6x10, 12x4, 8x3, 8x2

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 Events.

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 Events you predicted AND which haven't started. (Day-by-day posting is NOT ALLOWED !!!)

In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first Event of the Competition - August 28th, h. 10:00 (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 Event of the Prediction Contest. You can't remove a Jolly you have submitted after the start of the first Event of the Prediction Contest.

You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first event 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 events and the events that have started (heats included). Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words. (Day-by-day posting is 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, 1 - Japan, 2 - Russia, 3 - Kazakhstan, 3- Mongolia means Japan wins gold medal, Russia silver and both Kazakhstan and Mongolia bronze. 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:

If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message