i'd like to continue lewis's tradition here:
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?
