Hi folks! With the Clash of the Titans Round Robin stage on the cusp of beginning play, there's been plenty of talk, build-up, and debate about how each player will fare in such a big event. So I thought it would be fun to offer $100 to whoever can make the most accurate predictions on the outcome of the round robin stage.
Since there's a relatively small number of permutations for order of finishing, let's make this a bit harder by trying to predict the exact outcome of each match. Rather than just predict the order of finishing of each player, try to predict the exact outcome of all 15 matches!
Rules
Note: I'm setting the deadline to submit an entry to Saturday, November 30 at 5 GMT. Please submit all entries and make any edits desired before that time. Do not edit your post after this time.
- An entry consists of a score prediction for every round robin match. Entries without every match or with invalid scores will be disqualified.
- Entries must be submitted using the template below. I am lazy and using a different format will probably cause me to skip your entry.
- Multiple entries will result in disqualification
- The 6 players in the tournament are not allowed entry :P
- The deadline to submit an entry is Saturday, November 30 at 5 GMT.
- You are allowed to edit your entry up until the entry deadline. Please mark on your entry somewhere that you made an edit. Any edits made after the deadline will void that entry.
- Rules are subject to change as deemed necessary.
- You must have PayPal to receive your prize.
Scoring
Each entry will receive points based upon accuracy of their predictions and such. The entry with the highest total at the conclusion of the tournament is the winner. In case of a tie, the prize will be split amongst the winners.
Scoring will work as follows:
- For predicting the exact outcome of a match, receive 3 points.
- For a prediction off by one game, receive 1 point (e.g. Prediction is 4-1, Actual is 3-2 or 5-0).
- For correctly predicting winner of the match, receive 1 point.
- For correctly predicting final placement of a player, receive 2 point (e.g. Predicted player X to finish 2nd and player X actually does finish 2nd)
- For correctly predicting a players exact final point total, receive 2 point.
- For correctly predicting tournament winner, receive 6 points (in addition to the 2 point received from rule 4)
Example:
A "perfect" entry is worth 90 points broken down as follows:
45 points from rule (1) with 15 perfect predictions of matches
0 points from rule (2) with 0 predictions 1 game off
15 points from rule (3) for correctly predicting winner of 15 matches
12 points from rule (4) for correctly predicting final placement of 6 players
12 points from rule (5) for correctly predicting exact final point total of 6 players
6 points from rule (6) for correctly predicting tournament winner.
Each match is worth up to 4 points (with a perfect prediction; 3 from rule (1) and 1 from rule (3)). The other possible outcomes are:
2 points: Predicted correct winner but off by one game in final score
1 point: Predicted correct winner but off by two games in final score OR off by one game in final score but predicted incorrect winner (e.g. predicted 3-2 but actual was 2-3)
0 points: Did not predict correct winner and was off by two or more games in final score.
At the conclusion of the tournament, up to 30 more "bonus" points can be gained based on final standings from rules 4-6.
Entry Template
Please use the template in the box below exactly to submit an entry. Change the numbers only, please do not rearrange the order of the matches or add extra spaces or whatever.
Code:
[TyRanT]TheViper 0 : 0 [TyRanT]RiuT
[TyRanT]TheViper 0 : 0 [TyRanT]JorDan_23
[TyRanT]TheViper 0 : 0 VNS_thuongthoi
[TyRanT]TheViper 0 : 0 [TyRanT]_DauT_
[TyRanT]TheViper 0 : 0 [RVK]Lojza_
[TyRanT]RiuT 0 : 0 [TyRanT]JorDan_23
[TyRanT]RiuT 0 : 0 VNS_thuongthoi
[TyRanT]RiuT 0 : 0 [TyRanT]_DauT_
[TyRanT]RiuT 0 : 0 [RVK]Lojza_
[TyRanT]JorDan_23 0 : 0 VNS_thuongthoi
[TyRanT]JorDan_23 0 : 0 [TyRanT]_DauT_
[TyRanT]JorDan_23 0 : 0 [RVK]Lojza_
VNS_thuongthoi 0 : 0 [TyRanT]_DauT_
VNS_thuongthoi 0 : 0 [RVK]Lojza_
[TyRanT]_DauT_ 0 : 0 [RVK]Lojza_
Note that the entry does not include the final standing or points total. I'll calculate it based on your match results. If you feel the need to include it yourself to make it easier to understand your predictions, feel free, but please put it before or after your match predictions so they can still be easily parsed.
You can submit an entry by either replying here in this thread or by sending me a PM. However, please note if you send me a PM that it's possible my PM inbox will be full. I will do my best to delete entries and save them elsewhere as they are received, but I will have limited internet access from wednesday through friday and may not be able to do so.
Use this thread for submitting entries only. For discussion or questions, please see this thread
Good luck!