World Cup Starting Squad Prediction Contest
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From: milivella on 19 May 2010 04:19 Mark V.: > Oh, you picked Argentina. I may choose England or France, then, as I > know *something* of those sides. Why? We are able to pick a NT even if somebody else has picked it, aren't we? Or are you just afraid to confront my superior football knowledge of Argentinian football? :P (BTW, I can pass it to you quite easily: they won 2 WCs; Maradona scored with his hand; Gago is not in the squad.) -- Cheers milivella
From: Mark V. on 19 May 2010 04:45 On May 19, 1:19 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mark V.: > > > Oh, you picked Argentina. I may choose England or France, then, as I > > know *something* of those sides. > > Why? We are able to pick a NT even if somebody else has picked it, > aren't we? > > Or are you just afraid to confront my superior football knowledge of > Argentinian football? :P (BTW, I can pass it to you quite easily: they > won 2 WCs; Maradona scored with his hand; Gago is not in the squad.) > > -- > Cheers > milivella No. I still may go with Argentina. You can pick whomever you want, no matter who else has made a prediction for that side. But yes, I figured you might know more than I!
From: milivella on 19 May 2010 05:24 Mark V.: > No. I still may go with Argentina. You can pick whomever you want, no > matter who else has made a prediction for that side. OK, thanks for the clarification. > But yes, I > figured you might know more than I! Are you serious? It seems I need this gadget: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-05/computer-algorithm-can-recognize-sarcasm-which-soooo-cool -- Cheers milivella
From: Futbolmetrix on 19 May 2010 06:04 On May 12, 2:15 pm, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Deadline for submission: May 20 (this to avoid too many revised > submissions based on tune-ups) > Let's try Brazil: Julio Cesar Maicon Lucio Juan Michel Bastos Felipe Melo Gilberto Silva Elano Kaka Luis Fabiano Robinho subs: Ramires Gilberto Nilmar That was almost trivial, since Brazil has already announced the list of shirt numbers, and I just picked the players with numbers 1 to 11. Let's see if Dunga sticks to his plan. Italy: Buffon Zambrotta Cannavaro Chiellini Criscito De Rossi Marchisio Camoranesi Pirlo Gilardino Iaquinta Subs: Gattuso Pepe Di Natale Did I ever mention that this team sucks?
From: milivella on 19 May 2010 07:19
Mark V.: > List 11 players that you predict will be starting for the national > side(s) you choose. > You will be awarded one point per correct starter. I had an idea for a similar game involving predictions of the 23 or 30 players called up for the WC squads. But the mechanics were a bit different, since you could name as many players as you want, and just one wrong prediction would have nullified your score. I.e. I thought of a sort of bid: A asserts he's sure that Lippi will call Cannavaro; B replies "sure, too easy: I guess that he'll call Cannavaro and Buffon"; then C writes "are you kidding? I can name at least 10 sure players"; etc. (of course one could disagree with the prediction of another contestant and list less players than him, as long as at least one of them is different) Don't know which version of the game is funnier, but I guess that they're substantially similar. -- Cheers milivella |