From: vicky on
Bound to be some mistakes and impossibilities in here, but frankly, I don't care. :-)

1 - Teh Winnerzzzzz!!1111
Spain

2 - Runners-up (aka Teh Looserz)
Germany

3 - Winners of the Turd Place playoff
Brazil

4 - Looserz of the Turd Place playoff
Portugal

QF - Losing quarter-finalist (you should have 4 of these)
France
Australia
Nigeria
Italy

16 - Losers in the Round Of Teh Sweet Sixteen (you should have 8 of these)
South Africa
Argentina
England
Slovenia
Cameroon
Netherlands
Paraguay
Switzerland

FR - Muppets who didn't progress beyond teh Group Stage (you should have 16 of these)
Mexico
Uruguay
Greece
South Korea
Algeria
USA
Ghana
Serbia
Denmark
Japan
New Zealand
Slovakia
Ivory Coast
North Korea
Chile
Honduras

From: vicky on
nigel <useweb(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>> Tell you what, I'll post mine without looking at the fixtures, and I'll have
>> a side bet with you that I do better than you, no matter how much research
>> you do. 10 quid to the winner's choice of charity?
> No. I don't mind betting against bookies (did alright this weekend) but
> I never ever bet against friends(?) for money.

That's silly. It adds interest and competitiveness. I'd much rather my
money came or went to someone I knew instead of an anonymous bookie

> Joe and I had a sort of bet that Rooney wouldn't get 30 league goals
> this season. As it turned out he didn't deserve to lose and I wouldn't
> have wanted him to lose money as a result of Rooney's unfortunate
> injury. Unless his full name was Joe Paddy-Power.

But this won't be fair or unfair, it will be based on yours or my own
prediction power, not the ability of Mr Potato Head to kick a ball and the
(sir) drunken scotsman's mind games.
From: Mister M on
nigel wrote:

[snip]

Thanks, that's very helpful.

M
From: nigel on
vicky(a)dinky.vm.bytemark.co.uk wrote:

> nigel <useweb(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>>Tell you what, I'll post mine without looking at the fixtures, and I'll have
>>>a side bet with you that I do better than you, no matter how much research
>>>you do. 10 quid to the winner's choice of charity?
>>
>>No. I don't mind betting against bookies (did alright this weekend) but
>>I never ever bet against friends(?) for money.
>
>
> That's silly. It adds interest and competitiveness. I'd much rather my
> money came or went to someone I knew instead of an anonymous bookie
>

I see taking money from bookies as a 'victimless crime', except that
it's not a crime. If I take money from friends, that's less they've got
to buy me drinks with. :)

>
> But this won't be fair or unfair, it will be based on yours or my own
> prediction power, not the ability of Mr Potato Head to kick a ball and the
> (sir) drunken scotsman's mind games.

I've looked at your entry and it seems quite strong to me. I've decided
on my tictacs, I just haven't had the time to work through the fixtures
yet. I'm going to submit an entry which IMO is more likely to win the
competition than yours, but simultaneously likely to finish lower than
yours.

From: vicky on
nigel <useweb(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> I've looked at your entry and it seems quite strong to me. I've decided
> on my tictacs, I just haven't had the time to work through the fixtures
> yet. I'm going to submit an entry which IMO is more likely to win the
> competition than yours, but simultaneously likely to finish lower than
> yours.

Don't feel like you have to sit on the fence at all, Nige!