Locutus
King of the Collective
Hey guys,
I organised this for the last few incarnations on Apolyton (but before I got involved it's been running in some form almost since that site's inception). Now I've moved to WePlayCiv and sadly there's not much of a sports community there, so I figured I'd take it cross-site this time, running a contest across WePlayCiv, Apolyton and CFC -- that allows for some cross-site competition as well.
The concept is simple: we have a competition to predict the outcome of matches and the overall tournament winners and top scorer for the upcoming World Cup. I will maintain one ranking for the three sites (I can colour-code people by site though) but will run separate threads everywhere so people don't have to go beyond their comfort zone to participate.
Of course, I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, if you guys want to run your own internal competition that's fine by me. But as nothing seems to have been started yet with only 75 hours to go to the opening match kick-off (other than a fantasy league, which is very different), and considering you gotta give people enough time to make their initial predictions, I reckon I'm not getting in anyone's way.
The rules, based on previous runs on 'Poly, are the following (I'm happy to discuss changes but there's not much time to debate them):
Things to Predict
1) The new World Champions.
2) The top scorer in the tournament.
3) The 8 group winners in the first round.
4) The 8 second-placed countries in the first round.
5) The scores for each match.
Scoring System
1) 10pts for predicting the World Champions, 3pts if they are runner-up.
2) 10pts for predicting the top scorer, 3pts if they are runner-up.
3) 5pts for predicting the winners in each group. 2pts if they actually finish second.
4) 5pts for predicting the second-placed countries in each group. 2pts if they actually finish first.
5) For each match, the following number of points is awarded. Format: 2+2 means 2pts if the outcome (win/draw/loss) is correctly predicted + 2 points if the exact score is predicted.
In the group stage: 2+2
In the last 16: 3+3
In the quarter finals: 4+4
In the semi finals: 5+5
In the final and 3rd place play-off: 6+6
Other Rules
1) Predictions can be made or changed up to 5 minutes before kick-off.
2) Predictions for group winners can be made or changed up to 5 minutes before kick-off of the opening match of the group in question.
3) Predictions for champions and top scorer can be made or changed up to 5 minutes before kick-off of the opening match of the (player's) country that you are making a prediction for. In other words, you can predict as World Champions any country that hasn't played their first match yet, and for top scorer you can pick any player from a country that has yet to play.
4) If you wish to change your prediction, you must do so in a new post. Do not edit posts in which you make predictions for this competition.
6) The result used is the result after 90 minutes (+ injury time). That means extra time and penalty shoot-outs DO NOT count.
7) In the group stage, should lots need to be drawn for placing teams, the final placings are the placing as per the draw of lots.
8) The top scorer is the player who receives the FIFA Golden Shoe award, which includes goals scored during extra time but does not include goals scored during penalty shoot-outs.
Note: rules 2 and 3 were instituted to allow late entries to still participate in as many predictions as possible, and not be screwed out of predicting the World Champions or top scorer just because they missed say the opening day matches.
I organised this for the last few incarnations on Apolyton (but before I got involved it's been running in some form almost since that site's inception). Now I've moved to WePlayCiv and sadly there's not much of a sports community there, so I figured I'd take it cross-site this time, running a contest across WePlayCiv, Apolyton and CFC -- that allows for some cross-site competition as well.
The concept is simple: we have a competition to predict the outcome of matches and the overall tournament winners and top scorer for the upcoming World Cup. I will maintain one ranking for the three sites (I can colour-code people by site though) but will run separate threads everywhere so people don't have to go beyond their comfort zone to participate.
Of course, I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, if you guys want to run your own internal competition that's fine by me. But as nothing seems to have been started yet with only 75 hours to go to the opening match kick-off (other than a fantasy league, which is very different), and considering you gotta give people enough time to make their initial predictions, I reckon I'm not getting in anyone's way.
The rules, based on previous runs on 'Poly, are the following (I'm happy to discuss changes but there's not much time to debate them):
Things to Predict
1) The new World Champions.
2) The top scorer in the tournament.
3) The 8 group winners in the first round.
4) The 8 second-placed countries in the first round.
5) The scores for each match.
Scoring System
1) 10pts for predicting the World Champions, 3pts if they are runner-up.
2) 10pts for predicting the top scorer, 3pts if they are runner-up.
3) 5pts for predicting the winners in each group. 2pts if they actually finish second.
4) 5pts for predicting the second-placed countries in each group. 2pts if they actually finish first.
5) For each match, the following number of points is awarded. Format: 2+2 means 2pts if the outcome (win/draw/loss) is correctly predicted + 2 points if the exact score is predicted.
In the group stage: 2+2
In the last 16: 3+3
In the quarter finals: 4+4
In the semi finals: 5+5
In the final and 3rd place play-off: 6+6
Other Rules
1) Predictions can be made or changed up to 5 minutes before kick-off.
2) Predictions for group winners can be made or changed up to 5 minutes before kick-off of the opening match of the group in question.
3) Predictions for champions and top scorer can be made or changed up to 5 minutes before kick-off of the opening match of the (player's) country that you are making a prediction for. In other words, you can predict as World Champions any country that hasn't played their first match yet, and for top scorer you can pick any player from a country that has yet to play.
4) If you wish to change your prediction, you must do so in a new post. Do not edit posts in which you make predictions for this competition.
6) The result used is the result after 90 minutes (+ injury time). That means extra time and penalty shoot-outs DO NOT count.
7) In the group stage, should lots need to be drawn for placing teams, the final placings are the placing as per the draw of lots.
8) The top scorer is the player who receives the FIFA Golden Shoe award, which includes goals scored during extra time but does not include goals scored during penalty shoot-outs.
Note: rules 2 and 3 were instituted to allow late entries to still participate in as many predictions as possible, and not be screwed out of predicting the World Champions or top scorer just because they missed say the opening day matches.
(Not quite as fancy as I'd like but the best I can do with Google's limited controls.)
