OK, I'll try to run this, or if anyone else wants to give it a go, take it. I'm thinking of using the system where you assign points (in this case, 16 to 1) for each game of the round, where the team you most think is going to win gets "16" (and if that team does win, you get 16 points), to the team that you think is least likely to win gets "1". So: Round 1 (Tuesday, June 10, 16 matches): points would go from 16 to 1. Round 2 (Tuesday, June 24, 8 matches): points would go from 16 to 2 by two's. Round 3 (Tuesday, July 1, 8 matches): same Round 4 (Tuesday, July 8, 4 matches): points would go from 16 to 4 by four's. Round 5 (Tuesday, August 12, 2 matches): points would be 16 and 8. Round 6 (Tuesday, August 26, 1 match): 16 points. I'm also thinking of: (a) partial points for a game that goes to PK's, which technically is a draw, so maybe picking a winner in this round would get you 0.8 of the your point value, while picking the loser would get you 0.2 (b) multiplying the base points by the round, so in effect R1 would be (16 to 1), R2 would be (32 to 4), R3 would be (48 to 6), etc (c) bonus points for picking upsets (where a lower-division team defeats a higher-division team) But I also have to keep in mind how to manage this in a spreadsheet. So these are just thoughts.
Sounds good to me. Thanks for taking this on. I'm fond of "A", but not necessarily "C." Keep it simple. That being said, here are my picks: Carolina Real MD Fredericksburg Western Mass Pittsburgh Michigan Minnesota Rochester Austin Charleston Charlotte Miami Seattle Harrisburg City LA Legends Portland
TruthCom, you have to assign a point value to each game, from 16 to 1, so your predictions should look like: Carolina (12 points) Real MD (9) Fredericksburg (1) Western Mass (7) Pittsburgh (16) Michigan (3) ... Where in this case, you say that Pitssburgh is most likely to win, while Fredericksburg is the least likely to win. (But then again, it might get too difficult to track 100+ poeple, predicting 16 games, with point values.... We'll see.)
I don't agree with that, each prediction should count for the same amount of points. How about just picking the team that advances?
The matchups: 1 Brooklyn Knights (PDL) at Carolina RailHawks 2 NY Pancyprian Freedom at Real Maryland Monarchs 3 Fredericksburg Gunners at Richmond Kickers 4 Boston Olympiakos at Western Mass Pioneers 5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds at AAC Eagles 6 Cleveland City Stars at Michigan Bucks 7 St. Louis Lions at Minnesota Thunder 8 RWB Adria at Rochester Rhinos 9 Atlanta Silverbacks at Austin Aztex 10 ASC New Stars at Charleston Battery 11 Clearwater Galactics at Charlotte Eagles 12 Bradenton Academics at Miami FC 13 Seattle Sounders at Arizona Sahuaros 14 Yakima Reds at Harrisburg City Islanders 15 Crystal Palace Baltimore at Los Angeles Legends 16 Hollywood United at Portland Timbers
Thanks for doing this. Hats off to you if you are calculating points, too - seems like a lot of work, though. Here are my picks. 1 Brooklyn Knights 2 Real Maryland Monarchs 3 Richmond Kickers 4 Boston Olympiakos 5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 6 Michigan Bucks 7 Minnesota Thunder 8 Rochester Rhinos 9 Austin Aztex 10 Charleston Battery 11 Charlotte Eagles 12 Miami FC 13 Seattle Sounders 14 Harrisburg City Islanders 15 Los Angeles Legends 16 Portland Timbers
1 Brooklyn Knights (PDL) 2(3):2(1) Carolina RailHawks 2 NY Pancyprian Freedom 4:2 Real Maryland Monarchs 3 Fredericksburg Gunners 1:4 Richmond Kickers 4 Boston Olympiakos 0:5 Western Mass Pioneers 5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1:4 AAC Eagles 6 Cleveland City Stars 3:2 Michigan Bucks 7 St. Louis Lions 2:1 Minnesota Thunder 8 RWB Adria 2:1 Rochester Rhinos 9 Atlanta Silverbacks 3:1 Austin Aztex 10 ASC New Stars 1:5 Charleston Battery 11 Clearwater Galactics 2:3 Charlotte Eagles (OT) 12 Bradenton Academics 3:4 Miami FC 13 Seattle Sounders 3:1 Arizona Sahuaros 14 Yakima Reds 2:5 Harrisburg City Islanders 15 Crystal Palace Baltimore 4:1 Los Angeles Legends 16 Hollywood United 3(4):3(3) Portland Timbers
I guess I owe my own picks, if I am going to be running this. Since everyone didn't want the "rate-the-games-1-to-16," we're not doing that. Although this will be kind of a dud if only five of us participate. Brooklyn Knights (PDL) Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2) Richmond Kickers (USL-2) Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2) AAC Eagles (USASA) Michigan Bucks (PDL) St. Louis Lions (PDL) RWB Adria (USASA) Austin Aztex (PDL) Charleston Battery (USL-1) Clearwater Galactics (USASA) Bradenton Academics (PDL) Seattle Sounders (USL-1) Yakima Reds (PDL) Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) Portland Timbers (USL-1)
Ok, SJJ, here's my picks. Six makes it less of a dud, right? Carolina RailHawks Real Maryland Monarchs Richmond Kickers Western Mass Pioneers AAC Eagles Michigan Bucks St. Louis Lions RWB Adria Atlanta Silverbacks Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Bradenton Academics Seattle Sounders Harrisburg City Islanders Crystal Palace Baltimore Portland Timbers SJJ, you should come join us in the Herd tomorrow night. It'll be a lot of fun.
Ill make it seven Carolina RailHawks Real Maryland Monarchs Richmond Kickers Western Mass Pioneers AAC Eagles Michigan Bucks Minnesota Thunder Rochester Rhinos Austin Aztex Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Miami FC Seattle Sounders Harrisburg City Islanders Crystal Palace Baltimore Portland Timbers
Do I hear eight? Carolina RailHawks NY Pancyprian Freedom Richmond Kickers Western Mass Pioneers AAC Eagles Michigan Bucks Minnesota Thunder RWB Adria Atlanta Silverbacks Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Miami FC Seattle Sounders Harrisburg City Islanders Los Angeles Legends Portland Timbers
Carolina RailHawks Real Maryland Monarchs Richmond Kickers Western Mass Pioneers Pittsburgh Riverhounds Michigan Bucks Minnesota Thunder Rochester Rhinos Austin Aztex Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Miami FC Seattle Sounders Harrisburg City Islanders Los Angeles Legends Portland Timbers
Almost a dozen... 1 Brooklyn Knights (PDL) at Carolina RailHawks 2 NY Pancyprian Freedom at Real Maryland Monarchs 3 Fredericksburg Gunners at Richmond Kickers 4 Boston Olympiakos at Western Mass Pioneers 5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds at AAC Eagles 6 Cleveland City Stars at Michigan Bucks 7 St. Louis Lions at Minnesota Thunder 8 RWB Adria at Rochester Rhinos 9 Atlanta Silverbacks at Austin Aztex 10 ASC New Stars at Charleston Battery 11 Clearwater Galactics at Charlotte Eagles 12 Bradenton Academics at Miami FC 13 Seattle Sounders at Arizona Sahuaros 14 Yakima Reds at Harrisburg City Islanders 15 Crystal Palace Baltimore at Los Angeles Legends 16 Hollywood United at Portland Timbers
Closer still to a dozen... 1 Carolina RailHawks 2 NY Pancyprian Freedom 3 Richmond Kickers 4 Boston Olympiakos 5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 6 Michigan Bucks 7 Minnesota Thunder 8 Rochester Rhinos 9 Atlanta Silverbacks 10 Charleston Battery 11 Charlotte Eagles 12 Miami FC 13 Seattle Sounders 14 Harrisburg City Islanders 15 Los Angeles Legends 16 Portland Timbers
Carolina RailHawks Real Maryland Monarchs Richmond Kickers Boston Olympiakos Pittsburgh Riverhounds Michigan Bucks Minnesota Thunder RWB Adria Austin Aztex Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Bradenton Academics Arizona Sahuaros Harrisburg City Islanders Los Angeles Legends Hollywood United
The simplest way to score it is just picking the winners; and with 1 left to be played... Pts Name 11...GIO17 11...Mikey mouse 11...cleazer 11...jimmyco 10...The Truth Commission 10...Epikoinos 9....Revolt 9....opal347 9....brianasher 8....Eckstoss 5....SJJ
I'm humbled right now. This is the first time I can remember being at the top or at least a group at the top of the Prediction league. This is cool.
I get the same numbers, JimCo, so I guess my spreadsheet is validated. Also, I guess I am relegated after the first round, with the low score. Shows what I get for predicting upsets. I would like to introduce another player to the game. Player "Composite" chooses whichever team was picked most in each matchup. Composite is 11-4 with one to play. To read this listing, "Brooklyn:Carolina (3:8) 1" means that three people chose Brooklyn and eight chose Carolina, with a "1" at the end if the prediction was right, "0" if wrong, and "-2" for TBD. (Congrats to all of us for correctly picking Charleston, and 10-for-11 with both Richmond and Charlotte. Our biggest miss was Michigan with 10 of us getting that wrong; only GIO got that one.) (And, opal, I am usually involved in the TV taping at each Bucks game, so I can't sit with the Herd. Last Tuesday I was doing the game announcing from the press box. Usually, I just tape the game with my single camera from the stands. Keep watching the CMN web site to see when it is broadcast; the Michigan-West Virginia game [the stadium's opener] is currently on the broadcast schedule. http://www.cmntv.org/saturday.html ) Brooklyn:Carolina (3:8) 1 NYPancFree:RMaryland (3:8) -2 Fred'burg:Richmond (1:10) 1 BostonOly:WMass (4:7) 1 Pittsburgh:AACEagles (6:5) 1 Cleveland:Michigan (1:10) 0 St.Louis:Minnesota (4:7) 1 RWBAdria:Rochester (5:6) 1 Atlanta:Austin (5:6) 0 ASCNewStar:Charleston (0:11) 1 Clearwater:Charlotte (1:10) 1 Bradenton:Miami (4:7) 1 Seattle:Arizona (10:1) 1 Yakima:Harrisburg (2:9) 1 CPBaltimore:LALegends (5:6) 0 Hollywoodortland (2:9) 0
With the final match of the round in the books... Pts...Name 12....Mikey mouse 12....cleazer 11....The Truth Commission 11....GIO17 11....jimmyco 10....Revolt 10....opal347 10....Epikoinos 10....brianasher 9.....Eckstoss 6.....SJJ
Re: 2008 Open Cup Prediction League (round 2) Tuesday, June 24th. (I'm not quite ready to stick my neck out) Crystal Palace Baltimore at Harrisburg City Islanders Skyline Sports Complex - Harrisburg, PA - 7:05 PM Richmond Kickers at Western Mass Pioneers Lusitano Stadium - Ludlow, MA - 7:30 PM Real Maryland Monarchs at Carolina RailHawks WakeMed Soccer Park - Cary, NC - 7:30 PM Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Rochester Rhinos PAETEC Park - Rochester, NY - 7:30 PM Charlotte Eagles at Charleston Battery Blackbaud Stadium - Charleston, SC - 7:30 PM Atlanta Silverbacks at Miami FC Tropical Park - Miami, FL - 8:00 PM Cleveland City Stars at Minnesota Thunder National Sports Center - Blaine, MN - 8:05 PM Hollywood United at Seattle Sounders Starfire Sports Complex - Tukwila, WA - 11:00 PM
Re: 2008 Open Cup Prediction League (round 2) My picks for the 2nd Round Winners Crystal Palace Baltimore Richmond Kickers Real Maryland Monarchs Rochester Rhinos Charleston Battery Blackbaud Stadium Miami FC Cleveland City Stars Hollywood United
Re: 2008 Open Cup Prediction League (round 2) My picks. Harrisburg City Islanders Richmond Kickers Carolina RailHawks Rochester Rhinos Charleston Battery Atlanta Silverbacks Minnesota Thunder Seattle Sounders
Harrisburg City Islanders Richmond Kickers Real Maryland Monarchs Rochester Rhinos Charleston Battery Miami FC Minnesota Thunder Hollywood United