The Syndicate

Welcome [mention]aflickering [/mention] and good luck. We're playing against each other in 2 places now. Do you intend to replicate RYM here or go bonkers

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:53 pm Can I post phase 2 predictions in batches? Like post Game 1 results first, then Game 2, etc.

Absolutely. Whatever you feel better about.

Denmark won Mexico in the WC friendly 2-0.

Charlie Blackmon wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:54 pm https://sports.yahoo.com/kenyan-world-c ... 44306.html

Actually feel sorry for the side referee even though what he was doing was unethical. How much would $600 go for us? He'd have to be desparate to accept so little. How awfully sad. I don't understand it tbh. He would have made $25k. I think there's something more to this one and we shouldn't paint every African team official with the same brush.

Why did the BBC go undercover to ruin this guys life by dangling the temptation? For the story.

I think I found Group G the hardest to predict between Belgium, Colombia and England.

I went with Belgium and Colombia in the end. I think. I have faith in Colombia.

I may go back to Sweden, because I know Mexico is amazing and all, but ye of little faith in the Swedish boys. They won France to be in this thing. Mexico seems easier than France.

y'know what, fuck it. Sweden over Mexico. Won't change my mind.

I also amended the points for the Pre Games Predictions to make them a little closer to the game scores so a 3 max for all those correctly guessed and 5 for correct trophy winner, golden boot, golden ball, and golden goalie.

went with Peru instead of Australia and Mexico instead of Sweden. I'm happy with them now.

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:50 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:47 pm when's the last time you saw a game with Sweden? I don't anticipate they'll make it beyond the Round of 16, but since Zlatan left, they've become a pretty adaptable team. You just wait and see.

I can't say that I've watched them play a game recently without Zlatan rip
Thats why I don't think they'll even get their socks on

you've not seen them eh? so you're talking out of your ass eh?

so many eggs in your face when they advance. muahahahaha.

when's the last time you saw a game with Sweden? I don't anticipate they'll make it beyond the Round of 16, but since Zlatan left, they've become a pretty adaptable team. You just wait and see.

laughing my ass off tho. I love you.

wow you're so cocky. at least our countries are competing unlike you know...YOURS.

I'd love to see Portugal vs Argentina tbh. but Portugal are shit these days. They're lucky they're in an easy group, but can't see them beyond Round of 16.

also, Russia sucks, but Egypt only has some individual good players---not the whole squad at all. Russia are the hosts, I feel like they are under a lot of pressure. It's historically proven that teams do better than expected when they are the hosts, so yeah, feel confident they're gonna get into Round of 16 but not beyond imo.

Oh shit, me and melatonii got real competition from wolbre04.

You forgot to predict who will come in first place from us playing this game.

I might replace Belgium with Colombia for my quarter finalists tbh. I have to think about that one.

I think Australia can beat Denmark and I'm gonna root for them to win Peru. Don't bet against your own country, man, that's not cool.

SO! I'm going to start our Phase 1 predictions off.

dunya's Phase 1 Predictions!

my Round of 16 winner predictions:

Group A: Russia, Uruguay
Group B: Portugal, Spain
Group C: France, Peru
Group D: Argentina, Croatia
Group E: Brazil, Costa Rica
Group F: Germany, Sweden
Group G: Belgium, England
Group H: Senegal, Colombia

quarter finalists:
From Groups A and B: Uruguay, Spain
From Groups C and D: France, Argentina
From Groups E and F: Brazil, Germany
From Groups G and H: Belgium and Colombia

semi finalists:
France, Argentina, Brazil, Germany

finalists:
4th place: France
3rd place: Brazil
2nd place: Germany
1st place: Argentina

Syndicator to win it all: Sloonei
Golden Ball winner: Messi
Golden Boot winner: Antoine Griezmann
Golden Glove winner: Willy Caballero

I'll do the bottom half later. These are subject to change before Wednesday.

Third Place game: Belgium 2 - 0 England
Final: France 4 - 2 Croatia



Golden - 2 pts final games total Sloonei - 1 pt final games total dunya - 2 pts final games total DDL - 3 pts final games total JJJ - 2 pts final games total wolbre - 3 pts final games total aflickering - 1 pt final games total melatonii - 0 pts final games total nutella - 1 pt final games total Buckaroo - 2 pts final games total

QUARTER FINALS FINAL RESULTS
Uruguay 0 - 2 France
Brazil 1 - 2 Belgium
Sweden 0 - 2 England
Croatia 2 - 2 Russia (Croatia on pens)

SEMI FINALS FINAL RESULTS
France 1 - 0 Belgium
England 1 - 2 Croatia


JJJ - 3 pts QFs total / 2 pts SFs total dunya - 2 pts QFs total / 1 pt SFs total Golden - 5 pts QFs total / 1 pt SFs total nutella - 4 pts QFs total / Buckaroo - 3 pts QFs total / 3 pts SFs total DDL - 5 pts QFs total / 0 pts SFs total Sloonei - 4 pts QFs total / 4 pts SFs total aflickering - 4 pts QFs total / 0 pts SFs total (missed predictions) Iai - 1 pt QFs total / 0 pts SFs total (missed predictions) wolbre - 7 pts QFs total / 0 pts SFs total melatonii - 3 pts QFs total / 1 pt SFs total

Games in Chronological Order

Saturday 30 June
France vs Argentina - (Match 50) - 4 - 3
Uruguay vs Portugal - (Match 49) - 2 - 1

Sunday 1 July
Spain vs Russia - (Match 51) - 1 - 1 (Russia on pens)
Croatia vs Denmark - (Match 52) - 1 - 1 (Croatia on pens)

Monday 2 July
Brazil vs Mexico - (Match 53) - 2 - 0
Belgium vs Japan - (Match 54) - 3 - 2

Tuesday 3 July
Sweden vs Switzerland - (Match 55) - 1 - 0
Colombia vs England - (Match 56) - 1 - 1 (England on pens)


wolbre - total 6 pts DDL - total 12 pts Iai - total 7 pts melatonii - total 8 pts Buckaroo - total 8 pts dunya - total 5 pts JJJ - total 9 pts aflickering - total 6 pts Golden - total 6 pts nutella - total 4 pts Sloonei - total 8 pts

Please post your score predictions for the following games. I have included dates when the games are being played and indicated what group the games are a part of. You may edit your score predictions for this phase up until the game starts. To edit, please quote your previous prediction and make a new prediction. DO NOT EDIT YOUR INITIAL PREDICTION. For starters, I might not see it. And secondly, we'd like to make sure they were posted before the whistle blew.

The Group Games


The Group Games in Chronological Order




dunya Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 35 points
JaggedJimmyJay Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 26 points
BuckarooBanzai Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 29 points
Golden Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 36 points
nutella Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 34 points
wolbre04 Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 36 points
melatonii Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 31 points
Sloonei Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 32 points
aflickering Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 40 points
Iai Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 39 points
Choutas Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 10 points
DDL Group Stage Locked in Predictions - total 39 points

Please post your predictions for the following BEFORE 1st game on June 14th starts. I will not accept any entries after that point.

round of 16 player predictions: there are 8 groups of 4 players to start with. Round of 16 predicts which 2 teams from each group will advance. The teams you choose in this section are the teams you expect will advance from their group.
quarter finalists: in the round of 16, the winner and runner up of Group A will play with the winner and runner up of Group B, and the winner and runner up of Group C will play with the winner and runner up of Group D and so on. In this stage you are predicting which 2 teams advance from the advanced 4 of two groups-- AB, CD, EF, GH -- to make it to quarter finals.
semi finalists: 3the the quarter finals, will see 4 advance to semi finals. Who are these teams?
finalist: 5 points for correct winner. You have 4 teams: what are the final rankings-- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.

If you have any questions, please ask! I'll be happy to help. If you need to visualize a little better, Wikipedia is our friend again.

extra fun in Phase 1:
Syndicator to win it all:
Golden Ball winner (best player overall in the world cup): 3 points
Golden Boot winner (who scores most goals in the world cup): 3 points
Golden Glove winner (best goalie of the world cup): 3 points



dunya's Phase 1 predictions:
wolbre's Phase 1 predictions:
melatonii's Phase 1 predictions:
DDL's Phase 1 predictions:
Sloonei's Phase 1 predictions:
Golden's Phase 1 predictions:
nutella's Phase 1 predictions:
JaggedJimmyJay Phase 1 predictions:
BuckarooBonzai Phase 1 predictions:
Iai Phase 1 predictions:
aflickering Phase 1 predictions:
Choutas Phase 1 predictions:

Please note that this is the game thread for predictions and scores -- and talk about predictions, scores and rankings and also shit posting to the other players. There is a separate thread for World Cup 2018 general game chat.

Player rankings:

1. [mention]Dragon D. Luffy[/mention] - 59 points - 1st place winner 2018 World Cup Prediction Game
2. [mention]Golden[/mention] - 53 points - 2nd place runner up 2018 World Cup Prediction Game
3. [mention]wolbre04[/mention] - 52 points - 3rd place 2018 World Cup Prediction Game
4. [mention]Sloonei[/mention] - 51 points -
5. [mention]aflickering[/mention] - 51 points -
6. [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] - 49 points -
7. [mention]dunya[/mention] - 47 points -
8. [mention]Iai[/mention] - 47 points -
9. [mention]BuckarooBanzai[/mention] - 45 points -
10. [mention]melatonii[/mention] - 44 points -
11. [mention]nutella[/mention] - 44 points -
12. [mention]Choutas[/mention] - 10 points -


Player isos



For Phase 1 of this game--the final predictions of all categories and bonus bets (Golden Boot, Syndicate Player to Win, etc): I'd need all predictions in and locked by Wednesday, June 13. No editing of these predictions will be allowed at any time after that.

For Phase 2 of this game: I will post all group games (alongside the date they are playing) as they have all been announced already and you can make predictions up until the whistle blows for that game. I recommend making predictions for the entire phase 2, and editing those predictions when you like. This will ensure you won't miss out on any because of silly time zones or games starting when you didn't know they were starting. You are permitted to edit prediction scores until that game whistle blows. NO EDITING SCORES AFTER THE GAME STARTS, even if you haven't seen the score/game being played.

Phase 3 will be the round of 16. These will be posted after the knock out round is complete. Editing will be permitted until the game whistle blows.

Phase 4 will be the quarter finals. These will be posted after the round of 16 is completed. Editing will be permitted until the game whistle blows.

Phase 5 will be the semi finals. These will be posted after the the quarter finals are completed. Editing will be permitted until the game whistle blows.

Phase 6 will be the final and third/fourth place game. These game will be posted once the semi finals are played. Editing will be permitted until the game whistle blows.

Points:

For Phase 1
They're just for fun --- to see how close to those predictions we stayed in our match predictions throughout the competition and whose initial predictions was closest. but I'll give some extra points for the correct winner predicted, 5 extra points to everyone who predicts the 2018 World Cup winner. Also 3 points extra for each correct answer in Golden Glove, Boot and Cup winners.

(you can check out Wikipedia for past years winners in these categories for inspiration)

For Phase 2-6:
for correct winner, you get 1 point.
for correct winner and a correct sore margin (for example, you guess 1-2 but it's 2-3, or you guess 1-1 and it's 2-2), you get 2 points.
for correct winner and exact score, you get 3 points.

Rules:

1. Have fun!
2. Shit talking other players is allowed (keep it light, no personal :crossing that line: attacks). It's football season; playing people's minds is part of the game!
3. No editing Phase 1 predictions after Wednesday, June 13th. The sooner you lock them in, the better.
4. No editing any game predictions after the game starts. Always check if a game has started before you edit your predictions.
5. To edit a prediction, quote your old prediction and make a note of a new prediction. I want everything with a time stamp to be fair.
6. Everyone who finishes ahead of melatonii gets a postcard from me. Your goal this game is to ensure he finishes last.
7. I'm not perfect and I may make a mistake when tallying up points (though I'll be counting a couple of times and have gotten help from melatonii too), please feel free to point it out to me so I can correct it.
8. I may add more rules if I think of something between now and when I finish making this game.

If you break any of these rules, you'll get a yellow card as a first warning, then a red and sent off for your second offence (except for rule 6, that's not really a rule as much as an incentive )