Euro 2024's are officially almost here. Time for the official "Forum Pool". First 12 people to sign up will be added to the game. You will get two teams. One from the top 12 teams and one from the bottom 12 teams. I will have ChatGPT randomly assign everyone one team from the "Good List" and one from the "Crap List". The Good teams (these were from pots 1 and 2): Germany Portugal France Belgium Spain England Hungary Turkey Denmark Albania Romania Austria The Crap teams (these were from pots 3 and 4): Netherlands Scotland Croatia Slovenia Slovakia Czechia Italy Serbia Switzerland Poland Georgia Ukraine How this will work. You will be assigned points based on two factors. 1) How your teams finish. 2) How you predict your team finishes 3) Getting Top Scorer For part 1, for each team will grant you: 10 Points if they win the competition. 8 Points if they are runners up. 6 Points if they get knocked out in the semis 3 Points if they get knocked out in the qtrs. 2 Points if they get knocked out in the round of 16 1 Point if they are eliminated in the Group stages. For part 2 you can earn 10 bonus points if you can predict exactly where your teams will finish. You get zero points for not predicting exactly. So if you predict your team will be runners up, but they win the whole thing- you get 10 points for winning, but 0 points for not predicting it exactly. The prediction is an all-or-nothing thing. If you predict your team won't make it beyond the Group stages, and they don't... you get 1 point for being eliminated in the group stages- and 10 for correctly predicting that- for a total of 11 points. (which would get your more points than if your team won but you didn't predict it). For part 3 you will also get 5 bonus points for the tournament top scorer being in one of your teams. If multiple players share the same number of goals- each of those players will earn their respective teams 5 points, unless they play for the same team. You can only get the part 3 5 point bonus once per team. Your final score will be the combined result of part 1, part 2, and part 3 for BOTH your teams. Maximum points for one team: Winning, predicted to win, and having top scorer is 25. Sign ups end and I will get ChatGPT to assign teams when we have 12 people sign up. If we don't get 12 people sign up before the 12th, I will close the sign-ups anyway... YOU MUST POST A PREDICTION FOR YOUR TEAM before your team play their first match (or any team in their group play their first match)- so I recommend you come online on the 12/13th to post your predictions after the list is given, but before the tournament start). Predictions that are too late will get you zero points. *EDIT: Rulechange No longer limiting to 12 people. If more than 12 people sign up- I'll start the assignments again... so first 12 people will be assigned teams as described above. Next 12 will work the same way HOWEVER- I will make sure the same two teams can't be combined for the second group of 12. The pairing of Good/Crap will be unique. No two people will have the same Good and Crap team. Note, this only comes into play if more than 12 people sign up. TLDR: Sign up, you'll be randomly assigned two teams- come back on the 12th or 13th and post a prediction how you think those teams will do.
Sign Ups First Twelve: * Nozzer * Saint Klopp * IBWT * Zanjinho - adding him since he suggested this I assume he will want a spot reserved * MITO - since he suggested having two teams each and a top goalscorer for points I assume he wants a spot * JB2 * Organic Red * MILK * Sir Kenny Klopp King * Solid Air * Roger is on the Hunt * Bumps
Official Predictions @Turbia Milk : Turkey- round of 16 Serbia- round of 16 Score: Turkey: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3 Serbia: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1 Total Score: 4 @Zanjinho Belgium - QF Slovenia - group stage Score: Belgium: 2+0+0=2 Slovenia: 2+0+0=2 Total Score 4 @moreinjuredthanowen Spain quarter finals Slovakia put in the group phase. Score: Spain: ? Slovakia: 2 + 0 + ? @RogerisontheHunt Georgia - group stage Romania - round of 16 Score: Georgia: 2 + 0 + 0= 2 Romania: 2 + 10 + 0 = 12 Total Score 14 @saintPort&Ginger Portugal- Semis Scotland- round of 16 Score: Portugal: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3 Scotland 1 + 0 + 0 = 1 Total Score: 4 @InFrancroatiaWeTrust Croatia - out in round of 16 France to win it Score: Croatia: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1 France: 6 + 0 Total: 7 @Engliababy England to get to semis. Czechia - to get to quarters Score: England: TBD Czechia: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1 @Sauerkraut Inia Austria out group stages Ukraine out group stages Score: Austria: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2 Ukraine: 1 + 10 + 0 = 11 Total Score: 13 @Solid Alboland Albania Group Stages Poland round of 16 Score: Albania: 1 + 10 + 0 = 11 Poland: 1+ 0 + 0 = 1 Total Score: 12 @SIR_KENNY_KLOPP_KING Swiss Group Stages Denmark round of16 Score: Swiss: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3 Denmark: 2+ 10 + 0 = 12 Total 15 @Germlands Nozzer Germany Semis Netherlands Semis Score: Germany: 3 + 0 Netherlands: 6 + 10 Total: 19 @organic red Hungary last 16 Italy Semis Score: Hungary: 1+ 0 + 0 = 1 Italy: 2+ 0 + 0 = 2 Total Score = 3 Eliminations by Stage: Predicted Group: Slovenia, Slovakia, Austria, Ukraine, Albania, Switzerland, Georgia (7) Actual: Scotland, Albania, Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Ukraine, Czechia Predicted 16: Turkey Serbia, Romania, Croatia, Poland, Denmark, Hungary, Scotland (8) Actual: Italy, Slovakia, Georgia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia, Romania, Austria Predicted QF: Belgium, Czechia, Spain (3) Actual: Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey Predicted SF: Portugal, England, Germany, Netherlands, Italy (5) Actual: France, Netherlands Predicted F: -- (0) Actual: Predicted Winner: France (1) Actual:
It does seem wrong Italy and Netherlands being on the crap list... but that's the pots they were in. Those are strong teams to be your number 2s. I wonder how many people's crap teams will beat their good teams.
You said first twelve but why not leave it and see if we can get 24? If not, revert to the first twelve
You know what... since everyone gets two teams, if we get more than 12 sign up I can start the signups again and just make it so they can't have the exact same pairing as Good and Crap team. So two people might get the same good team... but they won't get the same pairing of good and bad team- and I won't repeat any good and crap teams until each have been assigned once.
Well that filled the first 12 quickly... as noted above- no longer limiting to 12 so still open to more signups.
