Public forum discussion.
17 May 2010
The madness is about to start (less than four weeks). Let's have a prediction game to see who understands the beautiful game better than anyone else here.
How to play:
Copy and paste the list of the 32 teams below (and the tiebreaker).
Next to each team write "1R" if you think the team will be eliminated in the first round, "2R" if you think the team will exit in the second round, "QF" if you think the team will be eliminated in the quarterfinals, "SF" if you think the team will go out in the semifinals, "F" if you think the team will lose the final, or "C" if you think the team will be the 2010 World Champion.
You should indicate one C, one F, two SF, four QF, eight 1R, and sixteen 2R, but if you want to do something different because you have a different strategy, do as you please.
The teams are listed in the order of the groups they appear in: the first four teams are included in group A, the next four in group B, and so on.
How are predictions scored? If you guess rightly where a team ended you get 5 points for that team. For example, if you wrote "QF" next to XYZ and XYZ is actually eliminated in the quarterfinals you get 5 points for that team. If XYZ is eliminated one round earlier (second round) or one round later (semifinals) you get 5-1=4 points. If XYZ is eliminated two rounds earlier or later you get 5-2=3. And so on, of course. The maximum you can get for one team is 5 points. The least is 0 points. The maxim total points in the game is 160.
Don't forget to add your prediction in the tiebreaker at the end of the list: how many goals will be scored in all in the 2010 World Cup? The tiebreaker will be used to rank players with the same number of points.
The last day to turn in your predictions is June 8th. Have fun and good luck!
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France
Argentina
Nigeria
South Korea
Greece
England
United States
Algeria
Slovenia
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia
Brazil
North Korea
Cote d'Ivoire
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile
Tiebreaker: total number of goals scored in 2010 WC is
17 May 2010
Congrats quartastella , nice idea.
i will think about it.
17 May 2010
You mean eight 2R and sixteen 1R?
17 May 2010
Yes, I meant eight 2R and sixteen 1R. I checked the post three times before I posted it and still I missed it. Thanks for clarifying. And glad to see klaashaas posted everything correctly.
17 May 2010
South Africa 2R
Mexico 1R
Uruguay 1R
France SF
Argentina QF
Nigeria 2R
South Korea 1R
Greece 1R
England QF
United States 1R
Algeria 2R
Slovenia 1R
Germany QF
Australia 1R
Serbia 1R
Ghana 2R
Netherlands QF
Denmark 1R
Japan 1R
Cameroon 2R
Italy F
Paraguay 2R
New Zealand 1R
Slovakia 1R
Brazil C
North Korea 1R
Cote d'Ivoire 1R
Portugal 2R
Spain SF
Switzerland 1R
Honduras 1R
Chile 2R
Tiebreaker: total number of goals scored in 2010 WC is 150
17 May 2010
A
South Africa (1) 2R
Mexico 1R
Uruguay 1R
France (2) 2R
B
Argentina (1) SF
Nigeria (2) QF
South Korea 1R
Greece 1R
C
England (1) SF
United States (2) QF
Algeria 1R
Slovenia 1R
D
Germany (2) 2R
Australia 1R
Serbia (1) 2R
Ghana 1R
E
Netherlands (2) QF
Denmark 1R
Japan 1R
Cameroon (1) 2R
F
Italy (2) QF
Paraguay (1) 2R
New Zealand 1R
Slovakia 1R
G
Brazil (1) F
North Korea 1R
Cote d'Ivoire (2) 2R
Portugal 1R
H
Spain (1) C
Switzerland 1R
Honduras 1R
Chile (2) 2R
Obtained from:
2R:
S.A. - Nigeria -> Nigeria
England - Germany -> England
Cameroon - Italy -> Italy
Brasil - Chile -> Brasil
Argentina - France -> Argentina
Serbia - USA -> USA
Paraguay - Netherlands -> Netherlands
Spain - Côte d'Ivoire -> Spain
QF:
Nigeria - England -> England
Italy - Brasil -> Brasil
Argentina - USA -> Argentina
Netherlands - Spain -> Spain
SF:
England - Brasil -> Brasil
Argentina - Spain -> Spain
F:
Brasil - Spain -> Spain
Tiebreaker: total number of goals scored in 2010 WC is 128 (There are 64 matches.)
17 May 2010
South Africa 1R
Mexico 2R
Uruguay 1R
France QF
Argentina SF
Nigeria 1R
South Korea 1R
Greece 2R
England SF
United States 2R
Algeria 1R
Slovenia 1R
Germany SF
Australia 1R
Serbia 2R
Ghana 1R
Netherlands SF
Denmark 2R
Japan 1R
Cameroon 1R
Italy SF
Paraguay 1R
New Zealand 1R
Slovakia 2R
Brazil SF
North Korea 1R
Cote d'Ivoire 1R
Portugal 2R
Spain SF
Switzerland 2R
Honduras 1R
Chile 1R
Tiebreaker 159.78666666666666666666666666667!!
21 May 2010
Sorry I missed your sarcasm emoticon. Plus USA isn't known for being big on football, I don't hear much about the world cup on the american news.
21 May 2010
ok, but I'm german. Just living in the US. So I grew up with soccer everywhere right and left. And still I don't like it. 20 people get paid millions to run back and forth, and lose the ball after every third contact. Just booooring. :-| Like watching paint dry...
21 May 2010
As a consequence, I know next to nothing anymore about who is who in the soccer world.
Maybe that's a good starting point to win this though.
21 May 2010
The game is called football, even in Germany it is Fußball I believe. The creator has naming right unless trademark or patent would be infringed.
The money is ridiculously high even for the average players, should go to board gamers instead ;)
The right games aren't like watching paint dry?
21 May 2010
Tried to include a german eszett letter that this site didn't like it :(
21 May 2010
to make an ß, use this sequence without the blanks: ' & sz lig;' - the ';' is part of it! (it comes from 'sz', which is what germans call that letter, speak 'ess-zet'; and 'ligature'.
So it's called Fußball in german.
22 May 2010
SORRY i meant tiebreaker 144
25 May 2010
Some interesting predictions so far. Argentina and Italy are given as low as first rounders and as high as finalists. England, Germany, and Brasil are picked as low as second rounders and as high as champions. But the greatest gap belongs to Chile: from first round to champion.
I wanted to warn Huw Rees that he has picked three SF's and three QF's. I'm not sure if this is strategy or an error, but he can change his pick if he wants.
Last day to turn in predictions is June 8th. Hope you're watching those warm-up games closely (yesterday England beat Mexico 3-1, Australia beat New Zealand 2-1, South Korea won away in Japan 2-0, and Portugal was stopped 0-0 by Cape Verde Islands).
25 May 2010
oops, forgot tiebreaker: 159.
1 Jun 2010
Ten days before the World Cup starts. Today we'll know all the official rosters. Last day to play our game is July 8th.
1 Jun 2010
I know nothing about football, I just want to see how well this does:
Italy C
France F
Portugal SF
Germany SF
Brazil QF
Argentina QF
England QF
Netherlands QF
Spain R2
Australia R2
Switzerland R2
Mexico R2
Paraguay R2
South Korea R2
Japan R2
United States R2
Nigeria R1
South Africa R1
Uruguay R1
Honduras R1
Greece R1
Algeria R1
Denmark R1
Cameroon R1
Slovenia R1
North Korea R1
New Zealand R1
Slovakia R1
Chile R1
Serbia R1
Ghana R1
Cote d'Ivoire R1
Tiebreaker: 147
Based on last years results. Tweaked to be consistent.
2 Jun 2010
Who knows? Your system could be the right one. After all this promises to be a very uncertain world cup due to so many factors:
\* first WC played in Africa
\* first WC in 32 years played in winter
\* some games played at sea level and some games played well above sea level
\* first WC ever without a debutant (Slovakia played before as Czechoslovakia)
\* a weird syntetic ball that reminds the plastic balls we used as kids
Anything can happen.
3 Jun 2010
change my tiebreaker to 166
5 Jun 2010
Only three days left to leave your predictions. Thanks to all who are playing.
7 Jun 2010
Micco, your predictions should have 16 1R, 8 2R, 4 QF, 2 SF, 1 F, and 1 C. Of course maybe you are using a different strategy.
Same thing with Huw Rees.
Last few hours to make your predictions. A bunch of crucial injuries (Drogba, Robben, Pirlo, etc.) in the last few days have added more uncertainty to an already very uncertain World Cup.
8 Jun 2010
Just a reminder: today is the last day to make your predictions.
Latest news:
Portugal's midfielder Nani is the latest casualty in a long series of injuries.
USA's goalie Tim Howard criticizes Jubilani ball.
Blatter promises no fans stampede at 2010 World Cup.
8 Jun 2010
An now, the weather:
Pretty much everywhere it's gonna be hot.
8 Jun 2010
Actually it's going to be cold everywhere. It's winter in South Africa.
9 Jun 2010
South Africa 1R
Mexico 1R
Uruguay QF
France 2R
Argentina QF
Nigeria 1R
South Korea 2R
Greece 1R
England SF
United States 1R
Algeria 1R
Slovenia 2R
Germany F
Australia 1R
Serbia 1R
Ghana 2R
Netherlands C
Denmark 1R
Japan 1R
Cameroon 2R
Italy QF
Paraguay 2R
New Zealand 1R
Slovakia 1R
Brazil QF
North Korea 1R
Cote d'Ivoire 1R
Portugal SF
Spain 2R
Switzerland 1R
Honduras 1R
Chile 2R
Tiebreaker: total number of goals scored in 2010 WC is 177
9 Jun 2010
'today' where on the world? where I live it is still the 8th, but some people have already the 9th, like this server. But as you live on the west coast, you should be still ok with it.
Anyway, here is my wild guess:
South Africa 2R
Mexico 1R
Uruguay 1R
France QF
Argentina QF
Nigeria 2R
South Korea 1R
Greece 1R
England QF
United States 1R
Algeria 1R
Slovenia 2R
Germany F
Australia 1R
Serbia 1R
Ghana 2R
Netherlands 1R (lol !)
Denmark 2R
Japan 1R
Cameroon 2R
Italy C
Paraguay QF
New Zealand 1R
Slovakia 1R
Brazil SF
North Korea 1R
Cote d'Ivoire 1R
Portugal 2R
Spain SF
Switzerland 1R
Honduras 1R
Chile 2R
Total Goals: 145
9 Jun 2010
OK, no more predictions or changes after this message. Thanks to all participants. I'll post the results as the World Cup progresses. And, of course, forza azzurri!
Little Golem