CONCACAF Qualifying For World Cup 2018 Prediction Contest: Round 2 [R]

I'm traveling during some of the Group Stage, and I don't want to evaluate score predictions quickly. Maybe I'll do something for bracket predictions for the Quarterfinals on. If somebody else wants to do a prediction contest you are welcome to do it. Only 9 people predicted Gold Cup 2013, which is fewer than the amount of people who predicted WCQs for 2018 so far.

 

http://www.fifa.com/governance/news...d-for-fielding-ineligible-player-2654185.html says Barbados had to forfeit their second leg due to using a player who was suspended. Aruba was given a 3:0 forfeit win and advanced on aggregate 3:2. Because of this, the second leg predictions and the predictions of who would win the aggregate between those teams will be taken out of the prediction contest. The first leg win by Barbados will remain in. As a result, the aggregate winner predictions now result in scores that are exact to the nearest tenth rather than repeating decimals. You got 0.5 per aggregate winner you got correct:

1. bartecky: 4.0
Tied 2. EvanJ: 3.5
Tied 2. IASocFan: 3.5
Tied 2. PaulieJay: 3.5
Tied 5. dynamo_zagreb: 3.0
Tied 5. ChaChaFut: 3.0
Tied 5. drt2k3: 3.0
Tied 5. Outburstz: 3.0
Tied 5. jagum: 3.0
Tied 5. chec: 3.0
Tied 11. blacksun: 2.5
Tied 11. SetPeace: 2.5
Tied 11. Dr. Gamera: 2.5
Tied 11. Sebsasour: 2.5
Tied 11. ioppolo: 2.5
Tied 11. italiancbr: 2.5
Tied 11. zenryan: 2.5
Tied 11. barnabyjonez: 2.5

I have more scores to post later. I deleted the Round 2 Google Docs spreadsheet.

 

Here are Round 2 score prediction results out of 4 points with the top person automatically given a perfect score (the same was true for the aggregate winners in my previous post):

1. bartecky: 4.000
2. dinamo_zagreb: 3.778
Tied 3. ChaChaFut: 3.000
Tied 3. ioppolo: 3.000
Tied 5. jagum: 2.778
Tied 5. chec: 2.778
Tied 7. IASocFan: 2.667
Tied 7. SetPeace: 2.667
Tied 9. blacksun: 2.556
Tied 9. Sebsasour: 2.556
Tied 9. drt2k3: 2.556
12. EvanJ: 2.444
13. zenryan: 2.222
Tied 14. Dr. Gamera: 2.111
Tied 14. PaulieJay: 2.111
Tied 14. italiancbr: 2.111
17. barnabyjonez: 2.000 (only predicted some of the round)
18. Outburstz: 1.889

Here are the results for both parts of Round 2 combined out of 8 points:

1. bartecky: 8.000
2. dinamo_zagreb: 6.778
3. IASocFan: 6.167
4. ChaChaFut: 6.000
5. EvanJ: 5.944
Tied 6. jagum: 5.778
Tied 6. chec: 5.778
8. PaulieJay: 5.611
9. drt2k3: 5.556
10. ioppolo: 5.500
11. SetPeace: 5.167
Tied 12. blacksun: 5.056
Tied 12. Sebsasour: 5.056
14. Outburstz: 4.889
15. zenryan: 4.722
Tied 16. Dr. Gamera: 4.611
Tied 16. italiancbr: 4.611
18. barnabyjonez: 4.500 (only predicted some of the round)

In the cumulative standings out of 12.2 points, Barbados forfeiting their second leg knocked me out of the lead. The new leader, who didn't even predict all of Round 1, is bartecky. Here are the standings (a * means you didn't predict the whole contest):

1. bartecky: 9.836*
2. EvanJ: 9.826
3. dinamo_zagreb: 9.723
4. ChaChaFut: 9.500
5. jagum: 9.405
6. blacksun: 9.256
7. drt2k3: 9.247
8. chec: 9.214
9. ioppolo: 9.127
10. Sebsasour: 8.874
11. PaulieJay: 8.666
12. Dr. Gamera: 8.366
13. italiancbr: 8.175
14. Outburstz: 7.344
15. IASocFan: 6.167*
16. SetPeace: 5.167*
17. zenryan: 4.722*
18. barnabyjonez: 4.500*

Congratulations @bartecky