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Firkinvald
07-24-2021, 05:38 AM
Fellow Legionnaires,

This contest will carry through the Gold Medal.

Winner will receive 100 tech, 9 million (6 million) CN cash or 10 million PnW cash.

First round starts July 27th and your predictions are due on that day before 8pm EDT:

There are 6 teams in the Group stage and there is a Repechage round.

You are to predict which 4 teams will play for the medals.

You will receive 1 point for each correct prediction.

In the next phase of this contest, you will predict the winner of the gold medal, with a prediction of the bronze medal as the first tiebreaker.

The correct prediction for the gold medal will be worth 2 points.

The teams in this contest are:

Group A:

Dominican Republic
Mexico
Japan

Group B:

Israel
Rep. of Korea
USA

My choices to play for the medals are:

USA
Japan
Rep of Korea
Mexico

jacka
07-24-2021, 03:16 PM
Dominican Republic
Japan
Rep. of Korea
USA

king qaz
07-24-2021, 03:22 PM
Mexico
Japan
Rep. of Korea
USA

HEDENSK
07-26-2021, 11:49 AM
Hello,
Thanks for the chance to play!

My predictions are:

USA
Korea Rep
Japan
Mexico

:globe:

happy5214
07-27-2021, 03:52 PM
Mexico
Japan
Rep. of Korea
USA

Firkinvald
07-28-2021, 10:12 AM
Predictions for the first round are:

Ruler Firkinvald jacka happy5214 king qaz HEDENSK
Japan X X X X X
Dominican Rep X
Mexico X X X X
Israel
Rep of Korea X X X X X
USA X X X X X

happy5214
08-04-2021, 02:57 AM
When do we pick the medal winners?

Firkinvald
08-04-2021, 05:20 AM
What a logistical mess.

The first semi-final begins today at 6:00am EDT

Japan vs Rep of Korea

The second semi-final begins tomorrow at 6:00am EDT and the teams have yet to be determined.

The bronze medal game is August 6th and the gold medal game is August 7th.

I will post the results of the first round by the end of the day tomorrow.



I am goign

jacka
08-04-2021, 02:36 PM
missed the 1st game picking

USA for the 2nd game

king qaz
08-04-2021, 02:41 PM
usa in second game

happy5214
08-04-2021, 07:34 PM
Are we supposed to pick the semifinal games?

I looked it up, and the four teams playing for the medals have already been determined. Game 8 is the USA vs. South Korea. Japan will play the winner of Game 8 for the gold, and the Dominican Republic will play the loser of Game 8 for the bronze.

jacka
08-05-2021, 10:42 AM
Gold medal game
Game #10: Japan vs. USA — Aug 7, 6 a.m.

Bronze medal game
Game #9: Dominican Republic vs. Korea — Aug 6, 11 p.m.


my picks

USA

Dominican Republic

total runs both games 12

Firkinvald
08-06-2021, 05:28 AM
Gold medal game
Game #10: Japan vs. USA — Aug 7, 6 a.m.

Bronze medal game
Game #9: Dominican Republic vs. Korea — Aug 6, 11 p.m.


my picks

USA

Dominican Republic

total runs both games 12

jacka is correct and I thank him for his post.

Current standings:

Ruler Round 1
jacka 4
Firkinvald 3
happy5214 3
king qaz 3
HEDENSK 3


Please pick the gold medal winner and as the first tiebreaker, pick the bronze medal winner and as the second tiebreaker pick the total runs to be scored in both games.

Your prediction is worth 2 points and is due by 11pm EDT today.

As jacka has already picked, our only chance is to pick Japan for the gold. I will pick Japan to win the gold and Dominican Rep to win the bronze, with a total score for both games of 14 runs.

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Are we supposed to pick the semifinal games?

I looked it up, and the four teams playing for the medals have already been determined. Game 8 is the USA vs. South Korea. Japan will play the winner of Game 8 for the gold, and the Dominican Republic will play the loser of Game 8 for the bronze.

We will not pick the semifinal games as there are too many logistic issues.

king qaz
08-06-2021, 11:10 AM
Japan


Korea

11 runs

happy5214
08-06-2021, 06:31 PM
Japan

South Korea

13 runs

Firkinvald
08-07-2021, 05:40 AM
Predictions for the Gold with tiebreakers (Bronze and total runs):

Ruler Firkinvald jacka happy5214 king qaz

Japan X X X
USA X

Rep of Korea 13 11
Dominican Rep. 14


Japan won the Gold (2-0) and Dominican Rep won the Bronze (10-6).

Final Standings:

Ruler Round 1 Final Total
Firkinvald 3 2 5*
happy5214 3 2 5
king qaz 3 2 5
jacka 4 0 4
HEDENSK 3 0 3


* winner of the tiebreaker

A surprising win for me. Thanks for the competition.

I am going to suggest for the next olympics that we predict entire brackets. This round by round stuff is very taxing.

happy5214
08-13-2021, 06:49 PM
Baseball won't be in the Paris Olympic program. It's expected to be back for Los Angeles in 2028, but it's not official yet. But agreed, this format was terrible.

Of all people, I lost the contest because of my MLB team's (Cardinals) former closer, Seung-hwan Oh, giving up 5 runs to the Dominican Republic in the 8th inning of the bronze medal game. Had he kept it clean, I would have had the exact total and team on the tiebreaker. Oh no!

1 slot of tech ordered for Firkinvald.