Can You Outpredict Paul the Octopus in the 2014 PF World Cup League?

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The forum discussion revolves around predictions for the upcoming World Cup, encouraging participants to vote on potential winners and match outcomes. Users can post their predictions for the tournament winner and runner-up, with points awarded based on accuracy. The scoring system allows for points for correct match outcomes and scores, with specific rules regarding penalties and extra time. Participants express their predictions, with many favoring teams like Brazil, Germany, and Argentina, while discussing the competitiveness of various groups. The conversation also touches on the potential for upsets and the implications of group placements on knockout rounds. Additionally, there are mentions of FIFA's controversies and corruption, reflecting a broader skepticism about the integrity of the tournament. Overall, the thread is a lively mix of predictions, strategies, and football-related banter as the World Cup approaches.
  • #91
For June 18:

Australia - Netherlands: 0-3
Spain - Chile: 1-1
Cameroon - Croatia: 2-0
 
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  • #92
For June 18:

Australia - Netherlands: 0-4
Spain - Chile: 2-0
Cameroon - Croatia: 0-2
 
  • #93
18th June
Australia - Netherlands: 0 - 4
Spain - Chile: 1 - 2
Camaroon - Croatia: 1 - 1

19th June
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 2 - 0
Urugay - England: 3 - 1
Japan - Greece: 1 - 0
 
  • #94
D H said:
For June 18:

Australia - Netherlands: 0-3
Spain - Chile: 1-1
Cameroon - Croatia: 2-0
Strike that! I had a dyslexic moment there!


For June 18:

Australia - Netherlands: 0-3
Spain - Chile: 1-1
Cameroon - Croatia: 0-2
 
  • #95
18th June
Australia - Netherlands: 0-4
Spain - Chile: 1-2
Cameroon - Croatia: 1-2
 
  • #96
Ok, here are my predictions for 18th & 19th June:

18th June
Australia - Netherlands: 0 - 3
Spain - Chile: 2 - 1
Cameroon - Croatia: 1 - 2

19th June
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 2 - 1
Uruguay - England: 2 - 1
Japan - Greece: 1 - 2
 
  • #97
Australia v Holland: 0-3
Spain v Chile: 1-1
Cameroon v Croatia: 1-3
 
  • #98
Every team has played at least once now. I want to congratulate montadhar for being in the lead! But the game isn't over by far! :biggrin:
 
  • #99
18th June
Australia - Netherlands: 1-2
Spain - Chile: 3-1
Cameroon - Croatia: 1-2

Thanks micromass :biggrin: DennisN is rising very quickly though, considering that he didn't vote for some games. I predict that he will be a good first by the time each team has played their second matches.
 
  • #100
By the way, I hope I'm not asking for too much, but can you add the results to the prediction post (above our predictions) when every match is over ?
 
  • #101
montadhar said:
By the way, I hope I'm not asking for too much, but can you add the results to the prediction post (above our predictions) when every match is over ?

Sure.
 
  • #102
18th June
Australia - Netherlands: 0 - 5
Spain - Chile: 0 - 2
Cameroon - Croatia: 0 - 2
 
  • #103
micromass said:
Every team has played at least once now. I want to congratulate montadhar for being in the lead!
Me too, congratulations, montadhar!

montadhar said:
DennisN is rising very quickly though, considering that he didn't vote for some games.
I think I've been pretty lucky :smile:.

montadhar said:
I predict that he will be a good first by the time each team has played their second matches.
I hope there will be competition! I really like this thread, the idea, setup and point system is very good and fun, I think.

We could start a new thread, PF World Cup Futbol League2, where members could predict the outcome of this thread. And then we can start another thread in which members predict the outcome of the previous thread. Micromass...? o:) (only kidding, of course)
 
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  • #104
For June 19:

Columbia v Côte d'Ivoire: 1-0
Uruguay v England: 0-1
Japan v Greece: 1-0
 
  • #105
D H said:
Uruguay v England: 0-1

Yaaay! :)
 
  • #106
cristo said:
Yaaay! :)
I took the weather into account this time. Had I done that last time I would have predicted a loss for England. England trained to lose against Italy in Manaus. Tomorrow will be wet, dreary, and cool in Sao Paulo. Perfect English weather!
 
  • #107
D H said:
Tomorrow will be wet, dreary, and cool in Sao Paulo. Perfect English weather!

And the nasty Brazilian Agriculture Department officials have confiscated Uruguay's "magic weapon" :biggrin:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27889343

Still, England might as well get it over with and exit the tournament as fast as possible, preferably in a way that they can blame on everybody except the players.
 
  • #108
19TH JUNE
Columbia v Côte d'Ivoire: 2-1
Uruguay v England: 1-2
Japan v Greece: 2-0
 
  • #109
19th June
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 1 - 1
Urugay - England: 1 - 2
Japan - Greece: 1 - 0
 
  • #110
19th June
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 3 - 1
Uruguay - England: 0 - 2
Japan - Greece: 2 - 1
 
  • #111
PhysicsGente said:
19th June
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 3 - 1
Uruguay - England: 0 - 2
Japan - Greece: 2 - 1

You have no guess for the overall winner? It's a lot of points!
 
  • #112
Colombia v Ivory Coast: 2-1
Uruguay v England: 0-5
Japan v Greece: 3-0
 
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  • #113
Going to try my hand at this.
June 19:
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 3-0
Uruguay - England: 1-1
Japan - Greece: 1-0
 
  • #114
micromass said:
You have no guess for the overall winner? It's a lot of points!

Alright.

Winner: Germany of course!
 
  • #115
Matterwave said:
Going to try my hand at this.
June 19:
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 3-0
Uruguay - England: 1-1
Japan - Greece: 1-0

No overall winner?
 
  • #116
20th June:
Italy - Costa Rica: 3 - 1
Switzerland - France: 0 - 2
Honduras - Ecuador: 0 - 1
 
  • #117
19th June
Colombia - Côte D'Ivoire: 3 - 1
Uruguay - England: 1 - 2
Japan - Greece: 2 - 1
 
  • #118
Important notice!
We have had a lot of predictions made after the deadline. I have ignored the situation until now, but it's a bit unfair towards the people who make their predictions tomorrow. Since I am posting so short before the deadline (5 hours), I will let tomorrow's matches pass too. But after that, I expect the predictions on time (i.e. before midnight GMT). Any posts after the deadline, even 1 minute, will not be accepted
 
  • #119
For June 20:
Italy v Costa Rica: 2 - 1
Switzerland v France: 0 - 2
Honduras v Ecuador: 0 - 1
 
  • #120
20th june
italy v costa rica: 3-1
switzerland v france: 1-2
honduras v ecuador: 0-1
 

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