SAPL Discussion Thread

[masterofnaiads]

So how do things work over here from now on?

Albion Tifo still there or retired?

[David]

ulladullau is the new SAPL moderator.

[masterofnaiads]

Originally Posted by David

ulladullau is the new SAPL moderator.

Great!

Congrats Ulladullau!

[ulladullau]

Hi Everyone

Welcome to the 2012-13 version of the Serie A Prediction League.

First of all thanks to albion tifo for his great job in running the comp for the last few seasons, and to David for trusting me with the moderation job.

The games for the first week are now up, I will try to post the new games and the results from previous games every Monday. If I make a mistake with your score please pm me or post in this thread, do not post in the prediction thread.

The most important rule I have copied below:

"3. Predictions MUST be entered before the start of the weekends games. Any post that is received after the start of the games will be discounted. Also, any post edited after the start of the games will also be discounted and will not count towards the overall total. Members who persistently post after the start of the games might be excluded from the game."

Good Luck

[ulladullau]

Week 2 games posted early, I will be away until Wednesday, will post week 1 scores then.

[derpu]

Surprisingly, I'm doing pretty good so far

[benjamin]

Didn't post for week 3, you guys are still in sight. Gonna work harder brahsss

[derpu]

If i throw away my sentiment for Milan (not predicting Milan win every game), perhaps i could get additional 1 or 2 points

[benjamin]

Originally Posted by Izanagi

If i throw away my sentiment for Milan (not predicting Milan win every game), perhaps i could get additional 1 or 2 points

I am past that stage bro. I wouldn't predict Milan victory in the early part of the season. We lose/draw more than we will win, until we hit that winning streak, but this year ........

[derpu]

Sorry if i counted it wrong, but shouldn't i get 5 points from the UCL game? I got udine's match right to the score (3), and then lazio (1) and Napoli (1)

[ulladullau]

Originally Posted by Izanagi

Sorry if i counted it wrong, but shouldn't i get 5 points from the UCL game? I got udine's match right to the score (3), and then lazio (1) and Napoli (1)

Only 1 point is given for correct score, so you get 2 from the Udinese match, plus the other 2 --> 4 all up

[derpu]

Ah ok thanks.

[justhope]

where I can see the rules?

[ulladullau]

These are the rules originally set by Seamus in 2003
Some things have changed slightly, changed in red

RULES for the Serie A Prediction League

RULES for the Serie A Prediction League including UEFA Cup, Champions League and Coppa Italia games.

1. Each week a new thread will be started on Monday by the moderators with a list of the upcoming weeks games. In this thread you should post your predictions on the what you think the actual out comes of the games will be. The easiest way is to copy/paste the list of games and to just insert the results that you think will happen.

Example: Milan 3-1 Udinese
Empoli 4-0 Inter, and so on... Listing all of the games and scores you predict.

Note: Do NOT start a thread if one does not yet exsist! A moderator or site admin will do it each week on Monday for the games for the upcomming week and weekend games.

2. Scoring: Scoring will be based on correct winner and correct result, being added up weekly until the end of the season. One point will be awarded for the correct winner and one extra point will be awarded for the correct result.

Example:
If you predict Milan 3-1 Udinese and Empoli 4-0 Inter
and actual results are Milan 3-1 Udinese and Empoli 5-0 Inter.
You would receive 3 points - 2 for picking Milan as the winner and
predicting the correct score and you would get 1 point for getting the correct winner, but not the correct result of the Empoli/Inter Game.

(you may predict ties as well, 1 point for the game actually resulting in a tie, and 1 extra point if you predict the correct score of the tie)

3. Predictions MUST be entered before the start of the weekends games. Any post that is received after the start of the games will be discounted. Also, any post edited after the start of the games will also be discounted and will not count towards the overall total. Members who persistently post after the start of the games might be excluded from the game.

4. A Sticky Thread will be inserted into the Forum Seria A Prediction League with a running total of how each member is doing overall for predictions in Seria A. We will also be doing predictions for the Champion League and Coppa Italia weekly in seperate threads later in the season, and these predictions will also count towards the overall results (more below). The overall results will be a combination of league games, UEFA, CL, and Coppa italia. In this thread there will also be the overall standing for CL and Coppa Italia predictions and these points will be included each week in the oover all total.
Note: we do not have separate standing anymore, just overall. The overall total will be updated after each weekeds games and is just there to show the overall point total each participant has. This thread is not for discussions, just to show how everyone is doing overall.

5. The weekly total will be found in the thread for that week after the games have been finished and the weekly threads will remain open after the scores have been calculated so that people can talk about how they did the previous week. Note: The weekly results is not posted anymore, threads are locked and discussion can happen in this thread.

6. The Champions League and Coppa Italia will also be added to the contest when the reach the appropriate stages of the competitions. The UEFA Cup will start from the beginning Note: of the group stage., the UEFA Champion's League will begin starting in the group stages and the Coppa Italia will begin in the Quarter Finals. Because these games are during the week they will have a separate thread each week in the same Seria A Prediction League Forum. This makes it easier for the mods and participents to enter their predictions and to calculate the results. (This will be done to prevent people from posting their CL and Coppa Italia predictions on Monday, the games happen on Wednesday, the results are added up then in the same thread later they post the Sera A prediction for the same week. If this occurs the mods will have to go back and check everything for correct times and edits. To prevent this the CL and Coppa Italia will be included, but just in a different thread each week than the league games for that week. All of the predictions league, CL, and Coppa Italia will be located in the Seria A Prediction League Forum)

7. If the SAPL ends in a tie, we will decide as to what should be the tie breaker at that time.

8. Prizes: Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 winners of the overall Seria A Prediction League (including the UEFA Cup, CL and Coppa Italia). The member who has the highest number of points will be given 1st pick of the prizes. The member with the second highest number of points will get second pick, and third places get last pick. Prizes are yet to be determined. Note: Prizes are no longer awarded

Below is an short example of how the game will be set up:

Week one league results (which would be posted in the thread of that week)
scharatz 15 points
seamus 10 points
david 12 points

So the 1st sticky (after the 1st week) would read:
scharatz 15 points
seamus 10 points
david 12 points

week 2 league results (which would be posted in the thread of that week)
scharatz 15 points
seamus 13 points
david 15 points

Then the mods would edit the post in the 1st stickey accordingly to:
scharatz 30 points
david 27 points
seamus 23 points

Week three league results (which would be posted in the thread of that week)
seamus 15 points
David 12 points
Scharatz 13 points

Week three CL & Cup results (which would be posted in the thread of that week)
David 6
Scharatz 6
Seamus 3

Then the mods would edit the post in the 1st stickey accordingly to:
scharatz 47 points
david 45 points
seamus 41 points
*****************************
Another post in this thread would say:
CL & Cup overall results (this points have already been added to the SAPL overall point total)
David 6
Scharatz 6
Seamus 3

An so on, and so on...
Note: Scores are posted differently now, one thread is used for all the socres, with a new post updating scores after each round.

9. Please post your prediction is the following manner. Let say you think Milan (away team) win beat Modena (home team) 3 to nothing. It should be posted in the following manner:

Modena 0-3 Milan [2]

Home Team then Predicted Score then Away Team, then the Winner # (home team is always 1 and away team is always 2)

If you predict a tie it should be like:

Modena 1-1 Milan [X]

10. Please only post your prediction once each week! If you would like to change your prediction BEFORE the weekends games just edit your previous post. Any member who posts 2 predictions in 1 week for that competition, their prediction points will not be counted for that week. Note: First post will be counted, second deleted
Some weeks there will be two threads, one for the league games and one for the Coppa Italia/UEFA Cup/Champion's League games as stated before, it is fine to post a 1 prediction in the league games thread and 1 prediction in the Coppa Italia/CL thread. Just do not post more that 1 prediction per thread, edit your 1st tread if you would like to change it. Also, please try to post your predictions before Friday if at all possible. Any predictions recieved after the start of the the games will not count.

If you have any questions about the rules or any questions in general about the game please PM either scharatz or Seamus and we would be glad to clairify and questions you may have.

Good Luck!!!

.

[benjamin]

Derp toppppsssss of the prediction league ????

[derpu]

I warned you guys last season that the new boy in town will own this season's game.

[derpu]

this is getting more intense that i thought it would be.

[seveners]

And getting more interesting and challenging.

[derpu]

Originally Posted by seveners

And getting more interesting and challenging.

tough season for the defending champion?

[seveners]

Indeed, but it's gonna be back to back for me.