The Syndicate

So I did one of these during the Euros one year or was it world cup 4 years ago??? Lol

Anyone interested in a point based game by game ff prediction game where we predict scores again?

Every week, we'll have the games posted and people are to guess the winner of the game and the final score in that game before the game starts. predictions can be changed at any time BEFORE the game starts. once the whistle blows, no changing.

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.

Gauging interest so I set it up in a kinder way this year.

players:

DaughterofOmega
davebob
DDL
Dolby
dunya
dunya's mom (ola)
G-Man
johanna
justplayingitcool
Macdougall
Master Radishes
NANOOK
NotAnAxehole
nutella
Raskolnikov
Sloonei

Which team is the one Jason sudeikis coaches?

Will there be a bonus round to guess

NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:10 am Will there be a bonus round to guess

Spoiler: show

how many slaves will die in Qatar during the World Cup? I'm not sure if this stat has reliable tracking, so we might need to individually seek out articles to adjust that stat.

sad but where's the joke

CMON INGURLAAAAAAAND

feel free to invite anyone interested in the world cup to this!

this is the year messi wins it

ha ha haaaa


come on FRANCE

ok

thank you dad

Hey, I remember this from a few years back, but I couldn't join then. If this is just for the World Cup later this year, then I'm interested.

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 4:23 pm Hey, I remember this from a few years back, but I couldn't join then. If this is just for the World Cup later this year, then I'm interested.

Yep just for the world cup!

dunya wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 5:11 pm

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 4:23 pm Hey, I remember this from a few years back, but I couldn't join then. If this is just for the World Cup later this year, then I'm interested.

Yep just for the world cup!

Nice. Sure, why not.

Since Canada actually qualified (!) I'll say yes too.

Sports are one of the things keeping my brain on earth, although when I watch the US not make it out of groups I will consume some sort of drugs.

Also The Dob is participating in this, and he is one of my favorite human beings who hates me. Must play with him

nice! we got 13 already. gonna be a competitive game!

@Sloonei @Dragon D. Luffy

My interest for world cups is at an all time low but these are fun on their own so sure.

added DDL and dunya's mom

Sign me up

Watching the draw right now, yay

USA vs England

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:56 pm USA vs England

sorry USA.

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:57 pm

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:56 pm USA vs England

sorry USA.

England is who I preferred to see. Several teams way worse for us to draw

spain x germany gonna be super fun.

USA fighting England and the Middle East, can history get some new match-ups

the war for oil ;p

Group A the dream to be in

yeah @NotAnAxehole is hoping canada go into group a

Poor Tunisia

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:08 pm Poor Tunisia

i dunno, i could see them advancing ahead of denmark by luck!

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:10 pm

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:08 pm Poor Tunisia

i dunno, i could see them advancing ahead of denmark by luck!

But not beating France by luck?

Group B will be Ghana I bet

Nope, even worse

Group E is fun

group f are like phew, we didn't get into group e, but they're playing group e in round of 16 ;p

At least USA vs England and likely Wales are going to be fun to watch. I'm rooting for the boys to make it out a tougher group

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 7:51 am added DDL and dunya's mom

Dunya's final objective is to have her entire family creating syndicate accounts.

Early, non-official group predictions by someone who has been paying zero attention to national team football lately (or football for that matter) but knows world cup history decently:

A

Group A is always fun because it's the host country's group, who sucks more often than not so there isn't a clear favorite. This time there's Netherlands, though. That's world cup's perpetual "should have won but never did" country. Sometimes they are great, sometimes they just suck. But the competion is kinda bad. Ecuador fights Senegal for 2nd place, and I'll bet Ecuador for SA bias. Qatar's objective is to suffer a single digit number of goals overall.

Netherlands > Ecuador

B

England is the most consistent country ever: they always finish 1st place in ther group then lose at either final 16 or final 8. This is is no exception. Iran is just happy to be here. Gonna pick European Playoffs for second place because USA being bad at football is a meme that needs to stay alive.

England > European Playoff Winner

C

Argentina > Mexico > rest. Next. Ok Argentina is so dramatic I could see them managing to get behind Mexico, but they probably won't.

Argentina > Mexico

D

France. Then there are some playoff countries but none of them seem impressive. Denmark isn't impressive either, but they are like a bargain bin England in that they always finish somewhere near the middle so I'll pick them. Yes I'm Europe-biased but let's be honest Europe has ruled this sport for a while.

France > Denmark

E

What the fuck, FIFA. Germany not heading a group? I don't know if what events transpired to cause this but they probably don't matter, it's Germany, they are as consistent as England but better. But there's Spain. Spain is like Netherlands in that they aren't that good as their fame except they've actually won once. I think I'm gonna go with the German efficiency here. I like Japan and I'm sad they have to wait another 4 years, such a bad draw. Costa Rica (yes, let's not pretend New Zealand even comes here) makes a good fight for 3rd place and might even get it.

Germany > Spain

F

Belgium is the new sexy underdog of world cups. I'm not sure if that's going to last, but if Spain has taught us anything, there's a good chance it does. Croatia is a mainstay in quarterfinals and beyond. Morocco tries hard but it's probably out of its league. I wasn't aware Canada played football. I guess they probably got told that's a new type of hockey.

Belgium > Croatia

G

Brazil is here once again to overhype Neymar, overhype results against group phase and final 16 opponents, then either lose at quarterfinals to a B-tier European team (if they're lucky) or run into Germany (if they're not). So what I mean is they will steamroll those poor chaps who landed in group G. 2nd place is a fun race, though.I want to pick an African team but Cameroon isn't the place to start doing that. I don't remember Switzerland ever doing anything, and Serbia is Iugoslavia, I guess. Eh, not really but I need a criterium.

Brazil > Serbia

H

The weaksauce group. Meaning it's one of the most fun. Korea isn't that bad but... yeah ok they are. Uruguay is a ghost of an ancient past, but every once in a while they remember they are supposed to be good. Is it finally the time? Probably not. Portugal is ok. Hey, I still need to pick an African country, right? And Ghana is one of the strongest ones so let's be fun and do that.

Ghana > Portugal

I played this last world cup and ended with more points than dodo

Bump

Sup.