Hi, I'm going to run a Guess the Score contest this season. Express your interest here. More details to follow.
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I will play to lose
Edit: people might be more interested if you explained the GameLast edited by Joe Norris; 10-27-17, 01:43 PM.
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since Gooner has disappeared, I can sort of explain cause we played it years ago, I don't know how exactly he scores it
basically, you submit your score predictions before the game and you try to get the closest margin of victory, but also the closest score
so, say I predicted
95-90 in favor of KU, and they won 90-85, I got the margin of victory right, but the scores wrong, so I'd get a low score, but I'd still have some points
you want the lowest score possible
if you get the score exactly right, that's worth -500 (which I think is a bit steep, but I don't recall how quickly points add up)
gooner can explain the exact scoring methodology, but that's a very quick take on the game
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So here's the rules/setup:
Each game, I will open up a thread for anyone who wants to play to guess the score of the game.
For an example to help explain the rules, we will use the KU/Memphis game.
Let's say I guess that KU will win 84-71. I would write my guess in the thread like this:
KU - 84
Memphis - 71
Difference between KU predicted/actual score + Difference between Opponent predicted/actual score + 2 x Difference in predicted/actual margin of victory.
(84-75) + (71-68) + 2 x (13-7) = 9 + 3 + 12 = 24
If you guess the incorrect winner of a game, you get an automatic 100 points.
If you guess the exact correct score of both KU and the opponent, you get -500 points.
ETA: If you miss a game or if you join late, it is 100 points per missed game. But don't let that deter you from playing, there are times where people pick the correct winner and have a score greater than 100 points because of the margin of victory, so it's pretty easy to get back in the running.Last edited by Gooner; 10-29-17, 02:27 PM.
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