World Cup Contest!

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Ok people! It's on! I am so excited about the World Cup beginning on June 11 that I can hardly contain myself! I have decided to put together a little contest / competition on the board. I got the idea from a friend and I have tailored it a little bit.

Here we go:

First you need to get familiar with the game schedule. It is easily found on the FIFA website. The contest itself is very simple.

Each player gets to pick the team they think will win each match. If you pick correctly, you get 1 point. It is optional to also guess what the outcome will be. For example, the first match is Mexico vs. South Africa. I can pick Mexico as the winning team AND predict that they will win by 2 goals. So, if the final score is 3-1 (Mexico), I get 1 point for picking the winning team and 1 point for guessing the spread. Simple as that. You get no points for choosing the losing team or if the spread is wrong.

If you see the schedule, you will notice that the teams are divided into groups. These groups are ideantified as A-H with four teams per group. You also have the option of choosing which team you think will end up in the #1 spot of that group after all games are played. If you choose correctly, you get 3 points. NOTE: You must choose your team BEFORE the first match of that group is played or it will be invalid.

The contest keeps going in the same way after the first round with the exception that there will be no more groups (see the schedule on the fifa website). After the first round though, you may pick the team you think will win the whole enchilada. If you choose correctly, you get 5 points added in the end. If you choose to participate in picking the World Champion, you must post your pick BEFORE midnight CST June 25.

So, rules in summary:

Pick each winning team = 1 pt.
Pick the spread of each game = 1 pt.
Pick the Winner of each group = 3 pts.
Pick the Champion after the first round = 5 pts.

NOTE: Edits to your posts will render your choices invalid and no points will be awarded.

The prize:

Each participant submits 5 cigars. To keep this fun and inexpensive, each cigar has to be a minimum of $3.00. Please post your puts. Cigars must be sent to me before June 10. I will keep them all together is a cooledor until the end of the tournament and a winner is determined. Winner gets all. I will incur the cost of shipping the prize to the winner.

Participants:

Any member in good standing who has a minimum of 100 posts by June 10th and has had recent activity within the last 30 days.

A list of participants and their scores will be kept on this post and updated after every game. This should be a fun and LONG contest. I am open to any questions or suggestions you might have or if any senior members believe that someone else should be in charge of this, thats cool too. The more people that participate in this, the larger the prize and the closer the competition. Let the Sign-Up begin!

Nelson

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