Wanderer

But the final tally will be memorable And I would like him to pass Sampras (before he tries new philosophies and start kissing everyone instead of giving love to them)

I like Delpo but sorry, I'll cheer for Novak. He lost godknowshowmany US Open finals so one more will be just too much. I will be happy with Delpo winning as well, he is simply too good to have only one GS, but will cheer for Novak more.

We'll definitely use the acronyms next time

Aaaaa, ages have passed since I laughed to this scene Brilliant

That's why we'll finally make a deal at the end of this year for the particular scoring systems. If there is no sufficient discussion, I'll make decision unilaterally

Cause I forgot to mention the equestrian contest to @Sindo

I thought so.

I agree it will be inspiring but I simply cannot say wow because I watched most of her matches and the level was mediocre with only flashes of good points. The opposition is simply weak. But nevertheless, it is still huge achievement I also believe she's gonna be major contender for the next year too, and would like actually to see Osaka winning. She'd repeat Serena's 1999 that way, with IW and USO titles (although Serena won another three too)

Мислиш да ће ово имати неки значајнији ефекат? Испраће Вучић народу мозак довољно, добиће и две године форе од Запада ако треба, а онда народ лепо на референдуму потпише.

Yes, it is WTA. Hence 1-6, 6-1, 6-0

No way. Osaka likes big scene and big matches. She'll be nervous and all, but I expect at least two games in each set. Obviously, if she allows 13 break points to Serena, Cause she'll use at least 1/3 of them

Osaka Win the title

Two Japanese players in a GS singles semifinals Curiousity - all three winners of men's quarterfinals lost the first set. Will Novak or Millman follow?

Cilic being Cilic

Looks like routine win for Cilic

It could be better option if there is greater number of matches where point differences go around and above 15 points... Are there let's say, more than 10 such matches? (I assume USA is going to take part in at least 5 such matches )

What a random run for Albot and Jaziri as alternates all the way into GS semifinals!

Looks like Francesca Schiavone has definitely retired

Women's basketball world cup prediction contest is not opened yet, but before I open it I wanted to see whether you agree (more or less) with the scoring system I am going to propose: With the old system, 10 points were reserved for correct winner and 20 for the point difference. Hypothetically: Team A beats Team B by 1. User WWW predicts Team A to win by 21, User QQQ predicts Team B to win by 1. So according to the rules, User WWW will get 10 points only for right predicted winner and User QQQ 18 points for the point difference only! This simply does not make sense to me, no matter how far from the real result User WWW was. Right predicted winner is still right predicted winner. And it is possible that clear favorites may struggle and win by 1 instead by 21. With new system I am proposing, 15 points are reserved for correct winner and 15 points the point difference. In the case from the above hypothetical prediction User WWW would get 15 points and User QQQ will get 13 points. I think both sides should be satisfied. What is your opinion on this?

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 Tenerife Start Date September 22nd, 2018 End Date September 30th, 2018 Participants 34 Gold rybak Silver Wanderer Bronze Pablita 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 point difference for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - point difference for each match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type point difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to win, then type point difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. There cannot be 0 as point difference. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 17 France September 22nd 2018, h. 17:30 Greece 2 Canada Scoring System: Basic number of points is 20 If you predict right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 20 points regardless of the goal difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 20+20=40 points. Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 17 France September 22nd 2018, h. 17:30 Greece 2 Canada If France wins by 17, you will earn 40 points [20 pts for correct winner + 20 pts for point difference: (20-(17-17))] If France wins by 10, you will earn 33 points [20 pts for correct winner + 13 pts for point difference: (20-(17-10))] If France wins by 38, you will earn 20 points [20 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: 20-(17-38) - no negative points] If South Korea wins by 1, you will earn 2 points [0 pts for correct winner + 2 pts for point difference: (20-(17+1))] If South Korea wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: (20-(17-20))] In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.25 In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5 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: 3x40, 2x39, 2x38, 2x37 Contestant 2: 3x40, 2x39, 2x38, 1x37 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 second match of the World Cup - September 22nd, h. 11:00 (GMT +1). 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 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 your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, KOR-FRA 2 means the France beats South Korea by 2. KOR 2 FRA means nothing. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions. Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. 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[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Individual Endurance Day 1 September 12th, 2018 Mohamed Aida Any Athlete from Argentina Any Athlete from Bahrain Any Athlete from France x Any Athlete from Italy Any Athlete from the Netherlands x Saleh Al-Balushi Any Athlete from Qatar Sulaiman Mohammed Almhaimidy Mario Hoffmann Jaume Punti Dachs Any Other Athlete from Spain Jahan Perlyasamy Barbara Lisarrague Hamdan bin Mohd Al-Maktoum x Any Other Athlete from UAE Isha Judd Any Other Athlete Team Endurance Day 1 September 12th, 2018 Argentina Australia Bahrain France x Germany x Italy Netherlands Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Spain Switzerland United Arab Emirates x United States Uruguay Any Other Nation Team Reining Day 1 September 12th, 2018 Australia Austria Belgium x Brazil Canada France x Germany Italy Netherlands United States x Any Other Nation Team Dressage Day 2 September 13th, 2018 Canada Denmark Germany x Great Britain x Netherlands Portugal Russia Spain Sweden x United States Any Other Nation Individual Special Dressage Day 3 September 14th, 2018 Daniel Bachmann Andersen Sönke Rothenberger Dorothee Schneider Isabell Werth x Charlotte Dujardin x Carl Hester Edward Gal Inessa Merkulova Therese Nilshagen Juliette Ramel Laura Graves x Kasey Perry-Glass Any Other Athlete Individual Reining Day 4 September 15th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia Any Athlete from Austria Cira Baeck Bernard Fonck Franco Bertolani Any Athlete from Canada Mathieu Buton Glen Arthur Estival Grischa Ludwig Gennaro Lendi Daniel Huss x Jordan Larson x Cade McCutcheon x Any Other Athlete from the USA Any Other Athlete Individual Freestyle Dressage Day 5 September 16th, 2018 Daniel Bachmann Andersen Sönke Rothenberger Dorothee Schneider Isabell Werth x Charlotte Dujardin x Edward Gal Madeleine Witte-Vrees Severo Jurado Lopez Patrik Kittel Therese Nilshagen x Laura Graves Kasey Perry-Glass Any Other Athlete Individual Eventing Day 5 September 16th, 2018 Christopher Burton Shane Rose Karin Donckers x Selena O'Hanlon Any Athlete from France Ingrid Klimke Julia Krajewski Rosalind Canter x Kristina Cook Piggy French Any Athlete from Ireland Yoshiaki Oiwa Jonelle Price Tim Price x Sara Algotsson-Ostholt Phillip Dutton Marilyn Little Any Other Athlete Team Eventing Day 5 September 16th, 2018 Australia Belgium Canada France Germany x Great Britain x Ireland Italy New Zealand x Sweden United States Any Other Nation Individual Championship Grade V Para-Dressage Day 6 September 18th, 2018 Ciska Vermeulen x Estelle Guillet Regine Mispelkamp Sophie Wells x Tomoko Nakamura Frank Hosmar x Any Other Athlete Individual Championship Grade III Para-Dressage Day 7 September 19th, 2018 Emma Booth Barbara Minneci Lauren Barwick x Tobias Thorning Joergensen Angelika Trabert Steffen Zeibig Natasha Baker x Erin Orford Rixt van der Horst x Rebecca Hart Any Other Athlete Individual Championship Grade I Para-Dressage Day 7 September 19th, 2018 Eveline van Looveren Sergio Oliva Winona Hartvickson Line Munk Madsen Katja Karjalainen Elke Philipp Sara Morganti x Rihards Snikus Laurentia Tan x Roxanne Trunnell x Any Other Athlete Team Vaulting Day 7 September 19th, 2018 Austria Canada Germany x Italy Switzerland x United States x Pas-de-Deux Vaulting Day 8 September 20th, 2018 Jasmin Lindner/Lukas Wacha x Theresa Thiel/Stefan Csandl Any Athletes from Canada Theresa-S. Bresch/Torben Jacobs x Janika Derks/Johannes Kay Lorenzo Lupacchini/Silvia Stopazzini Syra Schmid/Zoe Maruccio Selina Walder/Svenja Lehmann x Any Athletes from the United States Any Other Athlete Team Para-Dressage Day 9 September 21st, 2018 Belgium Brazil Canada Denmark Finland Germany x Great Britain x Italy Netherlands x United States Any Other Nation Team Jumping Day 9 September 21st, 2018 Belgium Brazil Canada Egypt France Germany x Great Britain Ireland Italy Mexico Netherlands x Sweden Switzerland United States x Any Other Nation Individual Freestyle Grade IV Para-Dressage Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Manon Claeys Rodolpho Riskalla Susanne Jensby Sunesen x Jose Letartre Sanne Voets x Louise Etzner-Jakobsson Angela Peavy x Kate Shoemaker Any Other Athlete Women's Individual Vaulting Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Katharina Luschin x Lisa Wild Sheena Bendixen Kristina Boe Janika Derks x Sarah Kay Lucy Phillips Anna Cavallaro x Silvia Stopazzini Nadja Büttiker Ilona Hannich Elizabeth Osborn Any Other Athlete Men's Individual Vaulting Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Dominik Eder Juan Martin Clavijo Thomas Brüsewitz Jannis Drewell x Jannik Heiland Vincent Haennel Lambert Leclezio x Clement Taillez x Balazs Bence Lorenzo Lupacchini Lukas Heppler Any Other Athlete Individual Freestyle Grade II Para-Dressage Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Pepo Puch x Stinna Tange Kaastrup Jaana Kivimäki Celine Gerny Lee Pearson x Maurilio Vaccaro Nicole den Dulk x Any Other Athlete Squad Vaulting Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Argentina Austria Brazil Canada Germany x Italy x Netherlands x Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Individual Driving Day 11 September 23rd, 2018 Boyd Exell x Glenn Geerts Edouard Simonet Benjamin Aillaud Mareike Harm Christoph Sandmann Georg von Stein Bram Chardon Ijsbrand Chardon Koos de Ronde x Jerome Voutaz Chester Weber x Misdee Wrigley-Miller Any Other Athlete Team Driving Day 11 September 23rd, 2018 Belgium France Germany x Netherlands x United States x Individual Jumping Day 11 September 23rd, 2018 Any Athlete from Belgium Any Athlete from Brazil Eric Lamaze Carlos Lopez Kevin Staut Marcus Ehning x Any Other Athlete from Germany Cian O'Connor x Shane Sweetnam Danielle Goldstein Any Athlete from Italy Harrie Smolders Peder Fredricson Henrik von Eckermann x Steve Guerdat Devin Ryan McLain Ward Any Other Athlete [/hide]

[hide] First Round September 9th - September 18th, 2018 24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Second Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th 2018, h. 19:30 Italy 3 0 Japan September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Dominican Republic 0 3 Slovenia September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 Belgium 2 3 Argentina September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Dominican Republic 1 3 Japan September 13th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 0 Belgium September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 Japan 0 3 Slovenia September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 Argentina 3 1 Dominican Republic September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Belgium 1 3 Slovenia September 15th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 1 Argentina September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 Japan 0 3 Belgium September 16th 2018, h. 21:15 Dominican Republic 0 3 Italy September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Belgium 3 1 Dominican Republic September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Argentina 1 3 Slovenia September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 Japan 1 3 Argentina September 18th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 1 Slovenia Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 12th 2018, h. 14:00 France 3 0 China September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Netherlands 1 3 Canada September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 0 Egypt September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Egypt 0 3 Canada September 13th 2018, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 2 France September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 China 0 3 Netherlands September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 France 3 0 Egypt September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Canada 3 0 China September 15th 2018, h. 20:30 Netherlands 0 3 Brazil September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 China 1 3 Egypt September 16th 2018, h. 20:30 Netherlands 1 3 France September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Egypt 2 3 Netherlands September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 0 Canada September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 China 0 3 Brazil September 18th 2018, h. 20:30 Canada 1 3 France Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 12th 2018, h. 14:00 Cameroon 0 3 Tunisia September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Australia 0 3 Russia September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 United States 2 3 Serbia September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Australia 0 3 United States September 13th 2018, h. 20:30 Cameroon 0 3 Serbia September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 Australia 3 1 Cameroon September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 Russia 3 0 Tunisia September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Serbia 3 0 Tunisia September 15th 2018, h. 20:30 United States 1 3 Russia September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 Cameroon 0 3 United States September 16th 2018, h. 20:30 Serbia 3 0 Australia September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Russia 3 0 Cameroon September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Australia 3 2 Tunisia September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 United States 3 0 Tunisia September 18th 2018, h. 20:30 Serbia 1 3 Russia Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th 2018, h. 20:30 Bulgaria 3 1 Finland September 12th 2018, h. 17:00 Iran 3 0 Puerto Rico September 12th 2018, h. 20:30 Cuba 1 3 Poland September 13th 2018, h. 17:00 Puerto Rico 0 3 Poland September 13th 2018, h. 20:30 Iran 1 3 Bulgaria September 14th 2018, h. 17:00 Finland 3 2 Cuba September 14th 2018, h. 20:30 Bulgaria 3 0 Puerto Rico September 15th 2018, h. 17:00 Cuba 1 3 Iran September 15th 2018, h. 20:30 Poland 3 0 Finland September 16th 2018, h. 17:00 Puerto Rico 1 3 Finland September 16th 2018, h. 20:30 Cuba 0 3 Bulgaria September 17th 2018, h. 17:00 Cuba 3 1 Puerto Rico September 17th 2018, h. 20:30 Iran 1 3 Poland September 18th 2018, h. 17:00 Finland 1 3 Iran September 18th 2018, h. 20:30 Bulgaria 3 1 Poland [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 Algeria Czech Republic Denmark x Germany x Hungary Ireland Italy x Norway Spain Turkey United States Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 China x Denmark Great Britain x Germany x Italy Ukraine United States Men's Lightweight Single Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 Hamish Parry x Sun Man Hugo Beury Jason Osborne Samuel Mottram x Peter Galambos Martino Goretti Alexis Lopez Garcia Michael Schmid x Andrew Campbell Jr. Any Other Athlete Women's Lightweight Single Sculls Day 1 September 14th, 2018 Alice Arch Alena Furman x Laura Tarantola x Marie-Louise Draeger x Imogen Grant Clara Guerra Marine Veldhuis Katarzyna Welna Anastasia Lebedeva Emma Fredh Michelle Sechser Any Other Athlete Women's Pair Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Canada x China France Great Britain Italy Netherlands New Zealand x Romania x United States Any Other Nation Men's Pair Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Belarus Croatia x Czech Republic France Great Britain Italy x New Zealand x Romania Serbia Spain Any Nation Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Canada China Netherlands x New Zealand x Poland Romania x South Africa Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Belgium Canada Denmark France Great Britain x Ireland x Italy Norway x New Zealand Poland Any Other Nation Women's Four Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia x Canada China Denmark Great Britain x Netherlands x Poland Romania Russia United States Any Other Nation Men's Four Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia x Belarus France Germany Great Britain x Italy Netherlands Romania x South Africa United States Any Other Nation Women's Quadruple Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia China France Germany x Great Britain x Netherlands Poland x Romania Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Men's Quadruple Sculls Day 2 September 15th, 2018 Australia Estonia Germany x Great Britain x Italy Lithuania x Netherlands New Zealand Poland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's Double Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 France x Germany x Great Britain x Italy Lithuania Netherlands New Zealand Romania Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Women's Double Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Canada Czech Republic France Germany Greece Italy Lithuania Netherlands x New Zealand x United States x Any Other Nation Men's Single Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Aleksandar Aleksandrov Trevor Jones Angel Fournier Rodriguez Ondrej Synek x Sverri Nielsen Oliver Zeidler x Harry Leask Mindaugas Griskonis Robert Manson x Kjetill Borch Marko Marjanovic Nico Stahlberg Any Other Athlete Women's Single Sculls Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Madeleine Edmunds Magdalena Lobnig x Fie Udby Erichsen Annekatrin Thiele Sanita Puspure x Lina Saltyte-Masilionis Hannah Osborne Ekaterina Kurochkina Jeannine Gmelin x Diana Dymchenko Kara Kohler Any Other Athlete Women's Eight Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Australia Canada China Great Britain Netherlands New Zealand x Romania x United States x Men's Eight Day 3 September 16th, 2018 Australia Canada Germany x Great Britain x Italy Netherlands x New Zealand Romania United States [/hide]