User blog:Hogwild94/World Cup Predictions Game

So, the World Cup is less then a week away, all of a sudden. Our sweep for the tournament is complete, if you want to check it to see who you have. And now it's time to get the ball rolling on the other item I am running during it.

Based on a similar game we did on the Deal or No Deal forum for the last World Cup, and adapted with its runner's blessing, basically each of you must predict each score before the games happens; three points will be scored for getting the score exactly right, with one point for getting the outcome right but the score wrong. You will have two/three days before the match to get your predictions in.

You have 29 hours until midnight on the day of the game to get your predictions in. EG: you will have from 7pm today (12th) to midnight on Thursday (14th) to vote on the first match of the tournament. Also, for multi match days, please clearly signify which game you are predicting; either the full fixture or just the hashtag abbrev (#TUNENG for example) will be fine.

Russia vs Saudi Arabia
5-0 to Russia! Excellent start to the tournament, Russia played reasonably well, Saudis sadly just weren't up to it. No-one got the score right, but Rammingspeed, Harry Stormer and NJGW get a point each for forecasting a Russia win.

Egypt vs Uruguay
1-0 to Uruguay in the final minute of normal time! Didn't see much of this one, better team won, but it was harsh on Egypt who did admirably without Mo S. ToastUltimatum, NJGW, Rammingspeed, Combatwombat and Jimlaad all get a point for a Uruguay win, SpaceManiac got the score right too, so he gets the first THREE POINTS of this series!

Russia vs Egypt
Predictions are open until Tuesday 19th at 00:00.

Portugal vs Spain
3-3! Have we seen the game of the tournament already? Highly likely we have! And the goal of the tournament as well! As the only goal predictor, Jimlaad gets a point.

Morocco vs Iran
1-0 to Iran! Another very tepid match, very harsh on Morocco to lose it like that. Did anyone notice the Scotland flags amongst the Iran supporters?! Anyway, one point to Jimlaad and a full THREE to ToastUltimatum!

France vs Australia
2-1 to France! Hard on Australia, played very well indeed, France bit sloppy, but they got the job done. Hilarious handball too! No correct scores, but SpaceManiac, Jimlaad, Combatwombat, NJGW and Rammingspeed get a point for a France win.

Peru vs Denmark
1-0 to Denmark! Hard on Peru, they played very well, they'll certainly be no pushover in the remaining fixtures. Feared the worst for Cueva as soon as he starter pigeoning in his penalty run-up. SpaceManiac, Jimlaad, Combatwombat and Rammingspeed all get a point.

Argentina vs Iceland
1-1! Biggest result in Iceland's history? Bigger than England? I'd likely say so. Messi had a bit of a mare didn't he? Cue gloating from Ronaldoites everywhere! ToastUltimatum gets the only point of this fixture.

Croatia vs Nigeria
2-0 to Croatia! Pretty dull game, Nigeria poor, deserved win for Croatia. Someone on Twitter said you know its the last game of the day when you're forced to use Ally McCoist as the co-commentator! All predicted a Croatia win, but only one got the score right: so one point to SpaceManiac, Jimlaad, Combatwombat, NJGW, Harry Stormer and Rammingspeed, and a full THREE to ToastUltimatum.

Brazil vs Switzerland
1-1! Switzerland deserved that, dug in very well in second half, and, apart from that Coutinho cracker, Brazil were rather wasteful. A draw, which no-one forecast, so we have our first no score situation.

Costa Rica vs Serbia
1-0 to Serbia! Another rather tepid game, enlivened by a superb winning goal! Combatwombat and Jimlaad both earn a full THREE!

Germany vs Mexico
1-0 to Mexico! Well well well, who saw that one coming?! Well, SpaceManiac did, earning a full THREE to boot! Reminds me of four years ago on the DoND fourm when I was the only one to predict Chile would beat Spain!

Sweden vs South Korea
1-0 to Sweden! Another rather slow match, but at least VAR is finally doing what its meant to. Would've been harsh on Korea if it hadn't been a penalty though, they had a good attack going as the game was stopped to check. One point for ToastUltimatum and Combatwombat, and a full THREE to SpaceManiac!

Belgium vs Panama
3-0 to Belgium! Hard on Panama, they did very well to hold the Red Devils off in the first half, but they were probably always going to be too much in the end. As we all expected anyway: one point to SpaceManiac, Harry Stormer and Combatwombat, and THREE to ToastUltimatum, NJGW, Jimlaad and Rammingspeed!

Tunisia vs England
Predictions are open until Monday 18th at 00:00.

Poland vs Senegal
Predictions are open until Tuesday 19th at 00:00.

Colombia vs Japan
Predictions are open until Tuesday 19th at 00:00.

Leaderboard

 * SpaceManiac888 - 13
 * Jimlaad43 - 12
 * ToastUltimatum - 12
 * Combatwombat555 - 9
 * Rammingspeed - 8
 * NJGW - 7
 * Harry Stormer - 3