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From: jvazquez on 10 Jun 2010 08:25 On 9 jun, 04:43, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Who will go further? > - Spain or Brazil? > - Argentina or England? > - Holland or Germany? > - Italy or France? > - Portugal or Ivory Coast? > - Serbia or Chile? > - USA or Mexico? > - Paraguay or Uruguay? > - Cameroon or Ghana? > - Nigeria or South Africa? > - Denmark or Australia? > - Greece or Switzerland? > - South Korea or Japan? > - Slovakia or Slovenia? > - Algeria or Honduras? > - North Korea or New Zealand? > > "Going further" means reaching a later stage in the following table: > - win > - final > - semi-final > - quarter-final > - 2nd stage > - 3rd in the group > - 4th in the group > > You get 1 point for each correct prediction; if both teams reach the > same stage, it's a "draw", and nobody gets points. I skipped 2 or 3 matches. Is it allowed? There's no rule against it, is there? JV
From: milivella on 10 Jun 2010 09:34 jvazq...(a)semavenca.com: > I skipped 2 or 3 matches. > > Is it allowed? There's no rule against it, is there? Yes, it is allowed. No, there is no rule against it. ....But you're just reducing your chances to win! (wrong prediction = no penalty) Maybe you think that you're so good at unsophisticated predictions that you can start with an handicap and win anyway? ;) -- Cheers milivella
From: jvazquez on 10 Jun 2010 09:53 On 10 jun, 09:34, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > jvazq...(a)semavenca.com: > > > I skipped 2 or 3 matches. > > > Is it allowed? There's no rule against it, is there? > > Yes, it is allowed. No, there is no rule against it. > > ...But you're just reducing your chances to win! (wrong prediction = > no penalty) > > Maybe you think that you're so good at unsophisticated predictions > that you can start with an handicap and win anyway? ;) > > -- > Cheers > milivella Not at all. I''ll send my reformulated prediction later today. Ta. JV
From: jvazquez on 10 Jun 2010 15:00 On 10 jun, 09:53, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote: > On 10 jun, 09:34, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > jvazq...(a)semavenca.com: > > > > I skipped 2 or 3 matches. > > > > Is it allowed? There's no rule against it, is there? > > > Yes, it is allowed. No, there is no rule against it. > > > ...But you're just reducing your chances to win! (wrong prediction = > > no penalty) > > > Maybe you think that you're so good at unsophisticated predictions > > that you can start with an handicap and win anyway? ;) > > > -- > > Cheers > > milivella > > Not at all. I''ll send my reformulated prediction later today. > > Ta. > > JV Spain Argentina Holland Italy Portugal Serbia USA Paraguay Cameroon South Africa Denmark Switzerland South Korea Slovakia Algeria North Korea Juan Vazquez
From: Jesper Lauridsen on 11 Jun 2010 06:41
On 2010-06-09, milivella <milivella(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Who will go further? > - Spain or Brazil? Spain > - Argentina or England? Argentina > - Holland or Germany? Holland > - Italy or France? France > - Portugal or Ivory Coast? Portugal > - Serbia or Chile? Chile > - USA or Mexico? Mexico > - Paraguay or Uruguay? Paraguay > - Cameroon or Ghana? Cameroon > - Nigeria or South Africa? South Africa > - Denmark or Australia? Australia > - Greece or Switzerland? Switzerland > - South Korea or Japan? Japan > - Slovakia or Slovenia? Slovenia > - Algeria or Honduras? Algeria > - North Korea or New Zealand? New Zealand |