2010 World Cup Prediction Competition

[Locutus]

Ouch, Zoid was shooting nothing but blanks today, allowing chegel to grab a 4-point lead and BirraImperial and Loppan Torkel to draw even with him.

Ranking after day 4 (Google doc):

 1. chegel    		22 (+6)
 2. Zoid   		18
 2. BirraImperial    	18 (+6)
 2. Loppan Torkel    	18 (+6)
 5. Weik    		16 (+6)
 5. azzaman333    	16 (+2)
 5. SuperBeaverInc.    	16 (+8)
 5. Kitschum     	16 (+4)
 9. Solver   		14 (+2)
 9. North King    	14 (+2)
 9. Darth_Pugwash    	14 (+8)
 9. warpus    		14 (+6)
13. Arwon    		12 (+2)
13. Echse    		12 (+4)
13. Dauphin     	12 (+6)
13. OneFootInTheGrave	12 (+2)
13. MikeH     		12 (+4)
13. C0ckney     	12 (+6)
13. RobWorham   	12 (+4)
20. Locutus   		10 (+2)
20. Wernazuma III     	10 (+2)
22. Victor Galis     	 8 (+2)
22. Serb     		 8 (+2)
22. Imran Siddiqui     	 8 (+2)
22. joncha     		 8 (+2)
22. Maquiladora   	 8 (+4)
22. Robert Plomp     	 8 (+4)
28. classical_hero    	 6 (+2)
28. sonorakitch    	 6 (+2)
28. Bantams   		 6 (+2)
28. Red Door    	 6 (+2)
32. siron     		 4 (+2)
33. Infantry#14    	 2 (+2)
34. El_Cid   		 0
34. Proviisori   	 0
34. OzzyKP     		 0

 

[Locutus]

For tomorrow, I need predictions from Darth_Pugwash, warpus and Infantry#14.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Awesome, most points gained today for me.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

@chegel: With 8 out of 9 correct outcomes, I hope you've bet some money on the games.

 

[chegel]

No, I have not. I would have put more thought into my predictions if money was involved. And this would have ruined it. I do not really know too much about the most teams. It's pure luck.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

15 June picks:

New Zealand 0-1 Slovakia
Ivory Coast 1-0 Portugal
Brazil 3-0 Korea DPR

 

[North King]

Crap, Italy-Paraguay came so close to that upset I predicted.

 

[Infantry#14]

June 15:

New Zealand-Slovakia: 0-0
Ivory Coast-Portugal: 0:2
Brazil-North Korea: 5-0

 

[warpus]

New Zealand-Slovakia: 0-0
Ivory Coast-Portugal: 2-1
Brazil-North Korea: 6-0

 

[Dudemeister]

new zealand - slovakia 0-2
ivory coast - portugal 1-3
brazil - north korea 7:0

 

[warpus]

i'm changing one of my predictions

New Zealand-Slovakia: 0-2

 

[warpus]

haha sorry dudemeister, it totally looks like i'm stealing your prediction there

 

[Locutus]

Hey Dudemeister, nice to have you join. Note that if you want, you can still predict the world champions and top scorer from countries that haven't played yet (e.g. Brazil, Spain), as well as winners/runners-up from groups G and H.

 

[Dudemeister]

ah, i'll just sporadically post matchday predictions...

 

[classical_hero]

What happens if you get the result right but the wrong team wins?

 

[azzaman333]

Dammit New Zealand why'd you have to score that last minute goal.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

Gonna nip in and change my Brazil - Korea prediction:

Brazil 4-0 Korea DPR

 

[chegel]

16 June
Honduras vs Chile 1:1
Spain vs Switzerland 3:1
South Africa vs Uruguay 0:2

17 June
Argentina vs Korea Republic 4:0
Greece vs Nigeria 0:1
France vs Mexico 2:1

 

[Locutus]

Not a lot of points today, everyone got at least 2 off the Brazil game, but almost no one got more than that. Echse and C0ckney lead the day with 6 points each though, and chegel also scored 4, increasing his lead to a growing group of runners-up right behind him to 6 points.

Ranking after day 5 (Google doc):

 1. chegel    		26 (+4)
 2. Zoid   		20 (+2)
 2. Weik    		20 (+4)
 2. BirraImperial    	20 (+2)
 2. azzaman333    	20 (+4)
 2. Loppan Torkel    	20 (+2)
 7. Echse    		18 (+6)
 7. C0ckney     	18 (+6)
 7. SuperBeaverInc.    	18 (+2)
 7. Kitschum     	18 (+2)
11. Solver   		16 (+2)
11. North King    	16 (+2)
11. Darth_Pugwash    	16 (+2)
11. warpus    		16 (+2)
11. RobWorham   	16 (+4)
16. Arwon    		14 (+2)
16. Dauphin     	14 (+2)
16. OneFootInTheGrave	14 (+2)
16. MikeH     		14 (+2)
16. Wernazuma III     	14 (+4)
21. Locutus   		12 (+2)
22. Victor Galis     	10 (+2)
22. Serb     		10 (+2)
22. Imran Siddiqui     	10 (+2)
22. joncha     		10 (+2)
22. Maquiladora   	10 (+2)
22. Robert Plomp     	10 (+2)
22. Red Door    	10 (+4)
29. classical_hero    	 8 (+2)
29. sonorakitch    	 8 (+2)
29. Bantams   		 8 (+2)
32. siron     		 6 (+2)
32. Infantry#14    	 6 (+4)
34. OzzyKP     		 2 (+2)
34. Dudemeister    	 2 (+2)
36. El_Cid   		 0
36. Proviisori   	 0

 

[Locutus]

What happens if you get the result right but the wrong team wins?

You mean if you predicted 2-0 and it ended up being 0-2? Then you didn't get the result right