The FIFA World Cup tipping competition

[minionofmidas]

Or does this go into FC? I don't care. If so, move it.

Anyways, I was thinking of giving

2 points per correct tendency (win/draw/lose)
1 point per exact goal difference - not available in drawn games
1 point each for getting one side's # of goals right (so even if you think they'll win 1-0 and they get thrashed 1-4 you get a point!)
making 4-5 points for nailing the result in the group stage.

Tips in before game starts, of course.

No special "predict the world cup winner early and your suck at getting exact results won't matter much" bonus.

For the knockout stage, these rules require slight modifications:
We'll be predicting the score after 90 minutes, plus who'll advance in case that we predict a draw.
1 point per tendency (win/draw/loss)
1 point for getting the advancing team right
1 point per goal difference (not available in drawn games)
1 point each per team's scores
Still a total of up to 5.

And here comes the part I'm still very much open to suggestions on: The knockout stage provides only 1/4 of the games overall - should it be given higher weight? Say, double points? Double for the sweet 16 and triple after that? Or is that a bad idea?

[minionofmidas]

IMPORTANT BROADCAST FROM YOUR GAMEMASTER

Tipping all games at the same time is

a) imho an incredibly silly waste of time, but ymmv. Go 'head with your bad self.

b) really a different game from the one we're playing here. Please refrain from clattering this thread with such tripe, I need to keep track of the real tips in here. Put them in the general world cup discussion thread if you must. Thank you.

I shall accept NYE's tips for all the group stage matches because, while it's still very silly to not wait and see how teams are doing in their first match before tipping their second, at least he followed the format of the thread. If you're intending to change your tips later, NYE, please do so in new posts and not by editing the old one - I won't see it otherwise!

I shall be completely ignoring Tender's and Hamster's tips for games that may or may not end up existing and Simfan's link to tips in some other competition.

[minionofmidas]

Brazil - Croatia 2-1
Mexico - Cameroon 2-2
Spain - Netherlands 1-0
Chile - Australia 3-1

[minionofmidas]

I just accidentally deleted my post, but I had

Brazil 3-0 Croatia

You had that indeed - I have it entered in my calc spreadsheet.

[minionofmidas]

Scores after two games

Cris 10. Perfect score so far! Keep that up and you'll end this tournament on 400 points (and under suspicion of being an octopus)!
Franzl 8
Icehand Gino 8
Gmantis 8
Jas 8
Keystone Phil 8
morgieb 8
Gass 6
Goodwin 6
tender 6
Edu 5
bore 4
a person 4
Hugh 4
Lief 4
New York Express 4
Rod President 4
Snowstalker 4
Hamster 3 4
me 3
Gully Foyle 1

[minionofmidas]

Shouldn't I have 4 points?

2 for predicting Brazil winning
1 for predicting Brazil scoring 3
1 for predicting Mexico scoring 1

You're quite right; corrected. (Only error in the first two matches though - I just doublechecked. Phew.)

[minionofmidas]

France 3 - Argentina 0

Assuming this refers to France vs Honduras.

[minionofmidas]

End of day 2. We have a new leader.
GMantis 14
Cris 13
Franzl 13
Gass 12
Icehand Gino 12
Jas 11
Keystone Phil 11
morgieb 11
Lief 10
me 9
Snowstalker 9
a person 8
Edu 8
Rod 7
bore 6
Goodwin 6
Gully 6
Hamster 6
New York Express 6
Tender 6
Hugh 5

[minionofmidas]

Greece - Colombia 1-2
Uruguay - Costa Rica 3-0
England - Italy 0-2
Cote d'Ivoire - Japan 3-1
Switzerland - Ecuador 1-1
France - Honduras 1-1
Argentina - Bosnia 2-1

Also, all of the above discussion bar maybe the first couple of posts belongs in private messages or if you must in the official discussion thread, not here.
The occasional comment on another person's prediction or performance is A+ fine, of course, but don't let it get out of hand like these two gentlemen (or worse) please!

[minionofmidas]

Leaderboard after day 3
Cris 22
Gass 21
Keystone Phil 20
Icehand Gino 19
Jas 19
Franzl 18
Gmantis 18
bore 17
Lief 17
minion of midas 17
Rod 17
a person 16
morgieb 16
Snowstalker 15
Hugh 13
Edu 12
Gully Foyle 11
Simfan 11
Hamster 10
Tender 10
New York Express 9
Goodwin 7
Arturo Belano 6

Phil dethroned Gmantis with Italy vs England only to lose the lead again one match later.

[minionofmidas]

Sorry, the rule is that tips close with the start of the game, so both all three of your Switzerland-Ecuador tips are invalid.

Because if I agree to accept a few minutes' grace period in cases where nothing of relevance has happened in the game yet, as I'm emotionally inclined to, where exactly do I draw the line? Better, on balance, to take a strict xx:00:00 approach, I think.

[minionofmidas]

DIAF switzerland

Knocked me down from 5 points to 1 for that game.


Leaderboard after Switzerland-Ecuador
Cris 23
Gass 21
Keystone Phil 21
bore 20
Icehand Gino 20
Jas 20
Rod 20
Gmantis 19
morgieb 19
Franzl 18
minion of midas 18
Lief 17
a person 17
Snowstalker 15
Hugh 13
Tender 13
Edu 12
Simfan 12
Gully Foyle 11
Hamster 10
New York Express 9
Goodwin 7
Arturo Belano 6

[minionofmidas]

Portugal - Germany 3-2
Nigeria - Iran 1-0
Ghana - USA 2-1

Belgium - Algeria 2-0
Brazil - Mexico 2-1
Russia - South Korea 1-2

Feeling drawless for the time being. -_-

Also, while I don`t have my spreadsheet on me right now, the previous scoreboard includes an error - New York Express should have one point more.

[minionofmidas]

When will you be updating scores?

Right here, right now. Up to Belgium-Algeria.

Lief 40
Gass 37
a person 36
Cris 35
Icehand Gino 35
Franzl 34
morgieb 34
Rod President 34
Gmantis 31
Jas 31
Keystone Phil 31
Snowstalker 28
minion of midas 27
Edu 24
Tender Branson 24
Hughento 23
Simfan 23
Gully Foyle 22
New York Express 20
Hamster 16
Arturo Belano 15
Goodwin 14

[minionofmidas]

Netherlands - Australia 3-1
Spain - Chile 1-1
Cameroon - Croatia 1-2

[minionofmidas]

Netherlands 3-0 Australia
The Reigning Champions 2-0 Chile
Croatia 1-0 Cameroon

Worth pointing out that the last two European reigning champions promptly went out in the group stage four years on. -_-

[minionofmidas]

a person 41
Lief 41
Cris 39
Gass 39
bore 37 (sorry for missing you last time, when you were at 36)
Icehand Gino 37
Franzl 36
morgieb 35
Rod President 35
Jas 33
Keystone Phil 33
Gmantis 32
Snowstalker 32
Simfan 29
Edu 28
Minion of Midas 28
Hugh 25
Tender Branson 25
Gully Foyle 23
New York Express 22
Arturo Belano 18
Goodwin 16
Hamster 16 (we seem to have lost him)

[minionofmidas]

a person 44
Lief 44
Cris 42
Gass 42
bore 39
Icehand Gino 39
Franzl 38
morgieb 37
Gmantis 35
Jas 35
Keystone Phil 35
Rod President 35 (tipped all the first games in one go. Did very well. Hasn't been back since. )
Snowstalker 35
Edu 31
Minion of Midas 31
Simfan 31
Hughento 27
Tender 27
Gully Foyle 26
New York Express 24
Arturo Belano 20
Goodwin 18
Hamster 16

[minionofmidas]

Lief 50
a person 49
Gass 47
Icehand Gino 45
Cris 44
bore 42
Franzl 41
morgieb 40
Jas 38
Snowstalker 38
Gmantis 37
Keystone Phil 37
Rod President 35
Edu 34
minion of midas 33
Simfan 31
Hughento 30
Tender Branson 30
Gully Foyle 28
New York Express 25
Arturo Belano 23
Goodwin 21
Hamster 16

[minionofmidas]

Cote d'Ivoire - Colombia 1-1
Uruguay - England 1-1
Greece - Japan 2-1
Italy - Costa Rica 2-0
France - Switzerland 2-1
Ecuador - Honduras 2-0

[minionofmidas]

With Urugland:

a person 52
Bore 52
Lief 50
Cris 49
Gass 48
Icehand Gino 48
Franzl 46
Snowstalker 44
Jas 42
Keystone Phil 40
morgieb 40
Gmantis 37
Minion of Midas 35 (I could have sworn I predicted Col-CdI 2-1, but clearly I didn't. Odd.)
Rod President 35
Edu 34
Hughento 34
Simfan 32
Tender Branson 31
Gully Foyle 30
Goodwin 27
New York Express 26
Arturo Belano 25
Hamster 16

[minionofmidas]

The probable reason is that I'm a moron sometimes and transposing the order of teams while entering the tips in my spreadsheet was always the most likely source of error. Wait a mo'...

[minionofmidas]

Well, at least I have attentive readers - all three errors in pages 8 and 9 caught within a couple of minutes.

Lief 55
a person 52
Cris 49
Gass 48
Icehand Gino 48
Bore 47
Franzl 46
Snowstalker 44
Gmantis 42
Jas 42
Keystone Phil 40
morgieb 40
Minion of Midas 35
Rod President 35
Edu 34
Hughento 34
Simfan 32
Tender Branson 31
Gully Foyle 30
Goodwin 27
New York Express 26
Arturo Belano 25
Hamster 16

[minionofmidas]

I think the scores are

Lief 65
a person 60
Cris 56
Gass 54
Icehand Gino 54
Franzl 53
bore 52
Snowstalker 51
Jas 49
Gmantis 48
morgieb 45
Keystone Phil 44
Edu 41
Tender Branson 41
Hughento 40
minion of midas 40
Simfan 36
Goodwin 35
Gully Foyle 35
Rod President 35
Arturo Belano 33
New York Express 29
Hamster 16
Bacon King 5 (welcome our 24th participant, people!)

[minionofmidas]

Argentina - Iran 4-0
Germany - Ghana 1-1
Nigeria - Bosnia 0-3