2014 FIFA World Cup discussion and prediction game

[Slhoka]

Anyone here is gonna watch the FIFA World Cup ? Are you rooting a team in particular ?
While the political aspects of the organization leave many doubts about the choice of Brazil as host country, when it comes to the game itself, it should be interesting!

Also, some of you may remember that four years ago, I organized a small prediction game among smashers in order to see who was the best at giving the right winner and score for each game. It had a fairly good success, with about 50 Smashers participating, including well known ones like Aniolas (3rd), Cyr (6th) or Armada (19th).

Well, this game is back, so prepare yourself!

The concept is simple : for each game, I will ask you to predict a score. If you find the right winner (or accurately predict a draw), you will earn points. And if you predict the right score you get bonus points !

Also, there are two more ways to get bonus points : first, by guessing the top 3 teams of the event. Getting them in the right order obviously gets you more points. And then, by guessing which team will make it out of each pool. Order doesn’t matter for this one.


How do I play ?
I will use Google forms to gather answers. To play, it’s simple : just fill the the form with your predictions, and voilà !

Obviously, you will need to fill the forms before the games begin. Make sure not to be late, every score received after the game started will not count.

NB : The forms are in both English and French, because as a member of the French Smash community, quite a few players from there are participating.


The forms
Pool winners and top 3 predictions
Deadline: Thursday, June 12, 5pm Rio de Janeiro time (10pm GMT+2, 4pm EST, 1pm PST)

First day of pools
Deadline: Thursday, June 12, 5pm Rio de Janeiro time (10pm GMT+2, 4pm EST, 1pm PST)

Second day of pools
Deadline: Tuesday, June 17, 4pm Rio de Janeiro time (9pm GMT+2, 3pm EST, 12pm PST)

Third day of pools
Deadline: Monday, June 23, 5pm Rio de Janeiro time (10pm GMT+2, 4pm EST, 1pm PST)

Top 16 : Not ready yet
Deadline : Saturday, June 28, 1pm Rio de Janeiro time (6pm GMT+2, 12pm EST, 9am PST)

Quarter Finals : Not ready yet
Deadline : Friday, July 4, 1pm Rio de Janeiro time (6pm GMT+2, 12pm EST, 9am PST)

Semifinals : Not ready yet
Deadline : Tuesday, July 8, 5pm Rio de Janeiro time (10pm GMT+2, 4pm EST, 1pm PST)

Finals : Not ready yet
Deadline : Saturday, July 12, 5pm Rio de Janeiro time (10pm GMT+2, 4pm EST, 1pm PST)


I don’t know anything about football !

It doesn’t matter, if can still be fun! Last time, Doraki decided to play, and the definitelyt doesn’t know anything about football. He used a statistic approach, and enter 1-0 for every single game. Including North Korea-Brazil, which was quite hilarious. And statistics got him far, as the managed to get 10th place out of 50 in the final ranking !


I missed the beginning, but I wanted to enter
That isn’t a problem, you’ll just play hard mode : all the games you missed will not count, but if your predictions are good, you can still rank well !


Where can I get more information about the squads and the pools ?
Wikepedia is fine.


I call that sport soccer!
Don’t worry, we still like you.


Good luck to everyone !

 

[Teran]

I'm happy as long as the Germans don't win.

 

[Slhoka]

I'm happy as long as the Germans don't win.

Haha. Despite being French, I'm actually rooting for Germany !

 

[Teran]

Haha. Despite being French, I'm actually rooting for Germany !

How could you? Never forget the war!

Mort aux Allemnds terribles.

 

[Slhoka]

How could you? Never forget the war!

Mort aux Allemnds terribles.

Hahaha

But actually, I like the way they've played for the last years. They really play as a team, instead of focusing on a few individuals' skill.
Also I love Berlin ever since I lived there.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

For some reason I thought this was about the video game and in the wrong section

 

[~ Gheb ~]

I'm already taking part in a different prediction game. I have Argentina as winner, Brazil as 2nd, France as 3rd and Spain a 4th. Italy, Germany, Belgium and either England or Colombia [don't remember which] are the remaining quarter-finalists.

 

[Yomi-no-Kuni]

I'm in ^^

not very well informed though, just a couple of guesses ^^
also, germany is going to win!

 

[Tottenham]

Definitely my favorite player of the WC.


By the way, joined the prediction game as Rutger (my real life nickname) a few days ago but I forgot there was already a member with that name around the boards. So sorry for any confusion.

 

[~automatic]

 

[Slhoka]

^hahahahaha

Second round of pools starts tomorrow, so make sure to fill the second form !
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12CfsBepVUTyzCTqBHY0MMdT68xsfBMLbfqdawGlNwRU/viewform?usp=send_form

Also, I'll make a first update tomorrow as soon as the games from group H are over. But I already know one thing : Armada is free :D

 

[~automatic]

Armada is free :D

Would you go as far as to say that the Swedish aren't even competing in this???

Also, I guess I'm doing hard mode.

 

[Slhoka]

Would you go as far as to say that the Swedish aren't even competing in this???

Actually no. Two others Swedes (Aniolas and Hara) are taking part in the game and they are actually legit. But so far, it's true that Armada is on par with his country's football team haha

Also, I guess I'm doing hard mode.

Get 'em'
I you want, you can also add your predictions for the last two games of the first round (Belgium - Algeria and Russia - South Korea), since they haven't started yet.

 

[~automatic]

Cool! I got those last round 1 predictions in.

 

[Hara]

I said Japan would win its first match 9-0. So legit Swede.

 

[Teran]

Japan aint Japan withou based god Nakata. ;__;

Dat Mexican goalie though.

 

[~automatic]

tumblr is blowing up with Memo Ochoa fan art. @_@

 

[~ Gheb ~]

 

[Teran]

Kinda thinking Germany will won this one, but hoping based van Gaal cam save us.

 

[Slhoka]

That Mexican goalie ! That was really impressive !

Anyway, the first day of pools is over, so it's time for a first look on the contest's ranking.

The point system works this way :
Guess the right winner : 1 pt
Guess the right winner, and the right goal difference : 2 pts
Guess the accurate score : 4 pts

Cyr has a decent lead thanks to five accurate guesses and is consistent with his high placing at the last edition.
Behind, Yultan and Aniolas, who were respectively 1st and 3rd in 2010, seem to have some trouble, but that's nothing compared to the bad start of Armada and giggs (the latter being second in 2010).

1. Cyr le Bienheureux 27
2. Meljin 24
3. Dax 23
4. Zyx 20
5. Slhoka 19
5. Scuzz 19
7. Hara 18
8. yultan 17
9. Rutger 16
9. Eiko 16
9. Qlex 16
9. Aniolas 16
13. seya 15
13. Zephyr 15
15. Yomi 14
16. Vincent 13
17. giggs 11
17. Armada 11
19. MissEclipse 9
19. Cpt.Love 9
21. Maxattack 8
22. Isaac 3

Find more details in this pdf file

 

[Morrigan]

lolspain .

 

[Slhoka]

Hahahaha, I really find it hilarious !
It's funny though, because it arrived 3 times in the last 4 world cups.

 

[~automatic]

The Basque country and Catalunya would have passed on to the next round, lol.

 

[Teran]

Eta bombing the dressing rooms for added effect ofc

 

[Slhoka]

Third round is starting today, don't forget to fill the last pool form !
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13Pjekzj4zqHliqwIJS44OYFsTA0T-1WcegoftnZvTcE/viewform?usp=send_form

I'll update the ranking tomorrow.

 

[~automatic]

For a team that is vastly superior to Mexico, according to Modric, Croatia sure got outplayed. And outscored.

 

[King Funk]

Dear goodness Italy vs Uruguay was awful.

 

[Morrigan]

I'm pretty happy with the results so far.

 

[Slhoka]

Same here. Italy and Spain being out in group stage makes it the best world cup ever :D

 

[~automatic]

European powers out of America!

 

[Slhoka]

Group stage is over !

Here's the ranking so far :
1. Cyr le Bienheureux (74)
2. Slhoka (67)
3. Zephyr (66)
4. Dax (64)
4. Qlex (64)
4. Aniolas (64)
7. Vincent (63)
7. Scuzz (63)
9. Meljin (62)
10. Zyx (61)
11. Hara (59)
12. Maxattack (58)
13. Rutger (57)
14. yultan (56)
15. seya (55)
16. giggs (54)
17. JiM (52)
18. Eiko (48)
18. Armada (48)
20. Poilon (45)
21. Yomi (42)
22. automatic (32)
23. Usleon (23)
24. MissEclipse (19)
25. Isaac (15)
25. Cpt.Love (15)
27. YoloSwag420Blazeit (8)
28. Bico (7)

Find more details here : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10722276/2014WC/2014_WC_predictions-ranking_after_pools.pdf

Cyr keeps a solid lead, but behind him, there's a big battle : 13 players are separated by only 10 points. Yultan and giggs, excellent performers last time are now having difficulties. Also, The brother's battle battle between Armada and Aniolas simply doesn't exist, Armada having by far the lowest score of those who didn't miss matches.

The next form is here, and it is to be filled before saturday ! Make sure to read the instructions, some things change for the bracket.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xUpuBWATVXsFCQjOAFx4TL8Dooox3vBaWF0HmbHTY-A/viewform?usp=send_form

 

[Teran]

Algeria to kidnap Müller and send his execution tape to Al Jazeera. Called it first!

 

[Aayla]

I just noticed your cute instruction paragraph.

**** you, Slhoka.

 

[Slhoka]

I just noticed your cute instruction paragraph.

**** you, Slhoka.

Thanks, I'm happy you like it. Contextualization is always important :D

 

[Dax]

damn, Shloka, I had forgotten to put Brazil - Chile in time.
I submitted it now, I was going to put 2-1 anyway, so please count it, since it's a mistake anyway.

 

[~ Gheb ~]

Algeria to kidnap Müller and send his execution tape to Al Jazeera. Called it first!

Algeria ain't Qatar though.

 

[Teran]

A toothless Uruguay going into this one!

 

[~automatic]

I literally felt something break inside me when Chile missed that last PK; I'm Mexican.

At least I predicted the winner.

 

[Teran]

Sexy Rodriguez runnin this ****

 

[~ Gheb ~]

Toothless indeed.

Edit: Babyface Rodriguez going HAM