The Syndicate

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:46 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:25 am

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:18 pm okaayyyyyyy heere we gooooooo I'm gonna feel like my picks are lame/cookie-cutter/easy aghh

I always go for wild upsets, it's much more fun and much less successful.

I'm still waiting on Golden Ball/Boot/Goalie and Syndicate member to win from you.

I am an american, I know like 4 international players. Can I just copy melatonii’s picks and say that he’ll be the Syndicate champion?

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

Round of 16:
Russia over Uruguay
France over Denmark
Brazil over Costa Rica
Belgium over England
Spain over Portugal
Argentina over Croatia
Germany over Mexico
Senegal over Colombia

Quarter-finals
France over Russia
Brazil over Belgium
Spain over Argentina
Germany over Senegal

Semi-finals
France over Brazil
Germany over Spain
Spain over Brazil (3rd)

Finals
France over Germany

Syndicator to win it all: JaggedJimmyJay
Golden Ball winner: Paul Pogba
Golden Boot winner: Marco Reus
Golden Glove winner: Hugo Lloris

I don't quite understand the Syndicator to win it all thing. Let's say the following happens for all scoring other than that specific award:

1. Player 1 - 100 points
2. Player 2 - 98 points
3. Player 3 - 89 points
4. Player 4 - 78 points
etc

Let's say Player 2 correctly predicted that Player 1 would win it all, but Player 1's prediction was incorrect. This means Player 2 gets 5 points, and totals at 103 -- enough to take over first place.

But then Player 2 wins it all, meaning their original prediction was then wrong, so they don't get the 5 points. But then Player 1 wins, so their prediction was right, so they...

There's that, and also I think this part should just be for fun. It puts people who haven't watched football for 4 years at a bigger disadvantage so I'm thinking of doing the main thing for the score predictions and this could be a separate thing. so 2 different scores.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:16 am

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:46 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:25 am

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:18 pm okaayyyyyyy heere we gooooooo I'm gonna feel like my picks are lame/cookie-cutter/easy aghh

I always go for wild upsets, it's much more fun and much less successful.

I'm still waiting on Golden Ball/Boot/Goalie and Syndicate member to win from you.

I am an american, I know like 4 international players. Can I just copy melatonii’s picks and say that he’ll be the Syndicate champion?

That's fine. (:

Ok, so I have decided to get rid of points in Phase 1 because things can get messy. 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.

I'll update the rules soon. please don't hate me, this is the first time I host one of these on a forum based platform. I usually just play them.

naturally, Argentina are struggling atm but I fully believe that if there is a God, he will want Messi to win a World Cup in his career so....Argentina to win it all imo.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:47 pm naturally, Argentina are struggling atm but I fully believe that if there is a God, he will want Messi to win a World Cup in his career so....Argentina to win it all imo.

God is Polish.

Here come my totally madcap predictions:

Group A: Uruguay, Russia
Group B: Portugal, Spain
Group C: France, Denmark
Group D: Nigeria, Croatia
Group E: Brazil, Serbia
Group F: Germany, Mexico
Group G: Belgium, England
Group H: Colombia, Poland

quarter finalists:
From Groups A and B: Uruguay, Portugal
From Groups C and D: France, Denmark
From Groups E and F: Brazil, Serbia
From Groups G and H: Belgium and Colombia

semi finalists:
France, Portugal, Brazil, Serbia

finalists:
4th place: Serbia
3rd place: Brazil
2nd place: Germany
1st place: Portugal

Golden Ball winner: Sergej Milinković-Savić
Golden Boot winner: Mbappé
Golden Glove winner: Neuer

you all might want to get your predictions for the first game tomorrow in!

Russia vs Saudi Arabia


I'll have it a 3-0.

[mention]BuckarooBanzai[/mention] wow, so rude. You didn't even predict Argentina to make it out of the group stages. we're not friends anymore.

Do we have to say which side has which score?

yes of course, lmao. it's Russia 3 - 0 Saudi Arabia.

Russia 2-1

Sampaoli's predicted starting XI scared my pants off tbh, Salvio at right back and Mascherano expected to singlehandedly dominate midfield as if he's 20 years old? What the hell is he thinking about.

I'm going for Russia 2- Saudis 0 tomorrow

Saudi Arabia 2 Russia 1

Argentina were lucky to even qualify. They should be sitting back home with Italy and the Netherlands.

What's more, if they'd done that, they wouldn't have left us having to beat Peru to qualify (we'd have had Chile), and New Zealand would have beaten Chile and be in the World Cup right now, losing to France, Denmark AND Australia, so Argentina can lose in the group round and I'll be fine with that.

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:25 pm Sampaoli's predicted starting XI scared my pants off tbh, Salvio at right back and Mascherano expected to singlehandedly dominate midfield as if he's 20 years old? What the hell is he thinking about.

I want Mercado instead of Salvio. Mascherano is a king, but yea, he's a grandpa these days

anyway, I don't believe rumors. if they start with that, they'll just slowly tear away my soul.

Golden wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:34 pm Argentina were lucky to even qualify. They should be sitting back home with Italy and the Netherlands.

What's more, if they'd done that, they wouldn't have left us having to beat Peru to qualify (we'd have had Chile), and New Zealand would have beaten Chile and be in the World Cup right now, losing to France, Denmark AND Australia, so Argentina can lose in the group round and I'll be fine with that.

I hope you come in last. You deserve it.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:35 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:34 pm Argentina were lucky to even qualify. They should be sitting back home with Italy and the Netherlands.

What's more, if they'd done that, they wouldn't have left us having to beat Peru to qualify (we'd have had Chile), and New Zealand would have beaten Chile and be in the World Cup right now, losing to France, Denmark AND Australia, so Argentina can lose in the group round and I'll be fine with that.

I hope you come in last. You deserve it.

You don't need hope for that. I would think it would be abundantly evident that I probably will based on my complete haplessness.

I know we have it impossible, but who would have guessed Greece winning Euro 2004 or Portugal winning Euro 2016 so sometimes the teams least likely to win, win it all. and messi will have his world cup.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:47 pm naturally, Argentina are struggling atm but I fully believe that if there is a God, he will want Messi to win a World Cup in his career so....Argentina to win it all imo.

Argentina is not a real country and Messi is not a real player

Golden wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:09 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:47 pm naturally, Argentina are struggling atm but I fully believe that if there is a God, he will want Messi to win a World Cup in his career so....Argentina to win it all imo.

God is Polish.

love this

Everyone predicting Germany to win are taking the easy way out. a country hasn't won 2 consecutive world cups since Brazil in 1962. and before that, only once by Italy in the 30s. I believe if there is a God.......he won't fucking let Germany win this year. Yuck.

I feel this is the world cup in which dunia loses faith and becomes an atheist.

Above all I want a new champion, even if it's rather unlikely to happen. Seeing a country like Colombia win in Russia would be kind of amazing.

For game 1, let's say Russia 2-0

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:56 pm Above all I want a new champion, even if it's rather unlikely to happen. Seeing a country like Colombia win in Russia would be kind of amazing.

I agree. That’s really why I backed Belgium over Brazil.

I think Brazil probably will win, but there’s definitely options out there for a new winner. Even a new finalist would be grand.

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:56 pm Above all I want a new champion, even if it's rather unlikely to happen. Seeing a country like Colombia win in Russia would be kind of amazing.

so that's why you want portugal to win...

I just want to party like it's 2016

[mention]Choutas[/mention] ! I saw you signed up to the thread. Get those early game predictions in before the first game and what you predict score of Russia vs. Saudi Arabia will be.

For some reason no-one is picking me to win it all.

don't feel bad. No one predicted me to win it all either. I call sexism.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:54 pm don't feel bad. No one predicted me to win it all either. I call sexism.

Definitely, I agree.

I would have picked you to win if it wasn't for that Australia pick. I had to hold that against you.

Anyone would be a fool to pick me to win, but I still think someone should.

I changed that. You can vote for me and I'll vote for you.

I'm not sure how I can pick either of you to win when I am obviously picking me to win.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:00 pm I'm not sure how I can pick either of you to win when I am obviously picking me to win.

You predicted Spain to win over Argentina to advance to the semis. You're out of the running.

... and Russia over Uruguay

OK, I change my pick for syndicateer to win it all to dunya

and I'll pick Golden to win.

it's funny me and you had picked Sloonei to win it all, Golden. If he ends up winning... *shakes fist*

Russia 3 - 1 Saudi Arabia

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:10 pm it's funny me and you had picked Sloonei to win it all, Golden. If he ends up winning... *shakes fist*

I guess we’re still even relative to each other in that case.

Group A: Uruguay, Russia
Group B: Spain, Morocco
Group C: France, Denmark
Group D: Croatia, Nigeria
Group E: Brazil, Serbia
Group F: Germany, Mexico
Group G: England, Belgium
Group H: Colombia, Senegal

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

semi finalists:
Uruguay, Brazil, Spain, Germany

finalists: Brazil and Spain
4th place: Uruguay
3rd place: Germany
2nd place: Spain
1st place: Brazil

Syndicator to win it all: aflickering if he actually submits anything
Golden Ball winner: Isco
Golden Boot winner: Neymar
Golden Glove winner: David De Gea

Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Egypt 1-2 Uruguay
Morocco 1-0 Iran
Portugal 0-2 Spain
France 3-1 Australia
Peru 1-2 Denmark
Argentina 1-1 Iceland
Croatia 2-2 Nigeria
Costa Rica 0-0 Serbia
Brazil 3-0 Switzerland
Germany 2-0 Mexico
Sweden 2-0 Korea Rep
Belgium 3-0 Panama
Tunisia 0-1 England
Columbia 2-0 Japan
Poland 1-2 Senegal

wow [mention]Iai[/mention], not much faith in the Euro 2016 winners, huh?

The hosts get the referee bias. For me
Russia 2 - 0 Saudi Arabia

Choutas wrote: ↑Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:00 am The hosts get the referee bias. For me
Russia 2 - 0 Saudi Arabia

yeah, I think everyone but Sloonei has predicted a Russia win (he predicted a draw).

I think I'm the only one who predicted a 3-goal difference.

also, Chout, do you wanna predict 2018 world cup winner for extra points? and Golden Boot, Golden Ball and Golden Glove. if you like.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:52 pm Everyone predicting Germany to win are taking the easy way out. a country hasn't won 2 consecutive world cups since Brazil in 1962. and before that, only once by Italy in the 30s. I believe if there is a God.......he won't fucking let Germany win this year. Yuck.

I feel this is the world cup in which dunia loses faith and becomes an atheist.

So 4 world cups out of a total of 20. Doesn't sound unlikely to me.

Especially since Brazil, Italy and Germany are the Big 3 of world cups and Germany happens to be the only one who hasn't done that.

Russia 2-1 Arabia

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:02 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:00 pm I'm not sure how I can pick either of you to win when I am obviously picking me to win.

You predicted Spain to win over Argentina to advance to the semis. You're out of the running.

... and Russia over Uruguay

Spain is the crazy pick. They just fired their coach.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:10 pm it's funny me and you had picked Sloonei to win it all, Golden. If he ends up winning... *shakes fist*

Why on earth would you pick me? You must really believe in Iceland.

I swear I postsd my score prediction last night, but I’m not seeing it now. 1-1 draw for the first game.

Russia is the country that just got caught in a huge doping scandal.

I'm not betting against them.