AGS World Cup Prediction League 2014

[CaptainD]

Jun-28  1700 Brazil 3 vs 1 Chile (would love to see Chile win this and indeed the whole tournament, but I just feel Brazil will be too strong for them)
Jun-28  2100 Colombia 2 vs 1 Uruguay
Jun-29  1700 Netherlands 2 vs 2 Mexico - Mexico to win Penalty Shoot Out (maybe I'm crazy, just have the feeling this will go to penalties, and Ochoa might just get them through)
Jun-29  2100 Costa Rica 2 vs 0 Greece
Jun-30 1700 France 3 vs 2 Nigeria - this could be a classic...
Jun-30 2100 Germany 1 vs 1 Algeria - Germany to win Penalty Shoot Out
Ju1-01 1700 Argentina 3 vs 1 Switzerland
Ju1-01 2100 Belgium 1 vs 0 USA


So how does this Wildcard thing work then?

[Sinitrena]

Brazil 3 vs 2 Chile
Colombia 1 vs 2 Uruguay
Netherlands 3 vs 1 Mexico
Costa Rica2 vs 1 Greece
France 4 vs 0 Nigeria
Germany3 vs 0 Algeria
Argentina 3 vs 1 Switzerland
Belgium 1 vs 1 USA

Congrats to Cat for winning the group stage.

[Stupot]

So, we're at the three quarter mark and the end if the group stage. Well done to Cat for managing to maintain top spot for pretty much the duration.
The next round matches are all set, so feel free to make your predictions up until the respective games kick off.
Thanks to those who have already done that.

Remember, only the scores at the time of the normal full time whistle counts. Any extra time or penalties will not be a factor in this prediction league, so even though one team has to get knocked out, feel free to predict a draw.
From now on, points are doubled, so anything can happen.

Also I'm going to go ahead with the wildcard thing so here's how it works:
Every participant (you) have one wildcard. At any point you can use the wildcard if you are particularly confident about your prediction. You can even use it for the final, but the points will be the same, 5 for a correct Result or 10 for a correct score, on top of any other points you earn for that game.

To use it, just write in the forum along with your predictions, or separately is fine, just be clear which game you are using it for, and again, do it before the game starts.

You won't be penalized points for using your wildcard on a wrong prediction, but you will have wasted your wildcard so use it wisely

[Baron]

Jun-28        1700   Brazil 1 vs 1 Chile
Jun-28        2100   Colombia 4 vs 2 Uruguay
Jun-29        1700   Netherlands 2 vs 1 Mexico
Jun-29        2100   Costa Rica 2 vs 0 Greece   
Jun-30        1700   France 3 vs 1 Nigeria
Jun-30        2100   Germany 2 vs 1 Algeria ****WILDCARD*****
Jul-01        1700   Argentina 1 vs 0 Switzerland
Jul-01        2100   Belgium 1 vs 0 USA

Almost caught cat with that last game....  Congratulations, but don't stop looking over your shoulder!

[Khris]

Jun-30       1700 France 2 - 1 Nigeria
Jun-30       2100 Germany 1 - 1 Algeria Germany wins Shoot Out
Jul-01        1700 Argentina 3 - 1 Switzerland
Jul-01        2100 Belgium 1 - 0 USA

[miguel]

Brazil 2 - 1 Chile
Colombia 2 - 2 Uruguay
Netherlands 1 - 3 Mexico
Costa Rica 2 - 1 Greece
France 2 - 2 Nigeria
Germany 2 - 1 Algeria
Argentina 3 - 1 Switzerland
Belgium 2 - 0 USA

[Intense Degree]

Group stage time! At least one benefit to England going out so early is I don't have to make any "head v heart" decisions now. Well, not quite in the same way anyway!

Jun-28  1700 Brazil 2 vs 0 Chile
Jun-28  2100 Colombia 2 vs 1 Uruguay
Jun-29  1700 Netherlands 2 vs 0 Mexico
Jun-29  2100 Costa Rica 2 vs 0 Greece
Jun-30 1700 France 2 vs 2 Nigeria (France on pens)
Jun-30 2100 Germany 2 vs 1 Algeria
Ju1-01 1700 Argentina 2 vs 0 Switzerland
Ju1-01 2100 Belgium 1 vs 0 USA

[CaptainD]

At least one benefit to England going out so early is I don't have to make any "head v heart" decisions now.

I wish England were still in... I had a 66.6% accuracy of predicting scorelines involving England, compared to a 2.2% accuracy of predicting scorelines not involving them!!!

[Cassiebsg]

Brazil 2 vs 1 Chile
Colombia 2 vs 2 Uruguay
Netherlands 2 vs 1 Mexico
Costa Rica 1 vs 1 Greece
France 1 vs 0 Nigeria
Germany 3 vs 0 Algeria
Argentina 2 vs 1 Switzerland
Belgium 2 vs 1 USA

[Intense Degree]

I wish England were still in... I had a 66.6% accuracy of predicting scorelines involving England, compared to a 2.2% accuracy of predicting scorelines not involving them!!!

Whereas my accuracy with them was 0% I think!

[tzachs]

Jun-30 1700 France 1 vs 1 Nigeria
Jun-30 2100 Germany 3 vs 0 Algeria
Ju1-01 1700 Argentina 2 vs 0 Switzerland
Ju1-01 2100 Belgium 1 vs 0 USA

Congrats to Cat for winning the group stage.

Congrats Cat, but note that the fight is not over until the cat lady sings!

[Stupot]

Congrats Cat, but note that the fight is not over until the cat lady sings!

oh dear, that was a 'paw' joke...

[Vincent]

Ciao Stupot +
Sorry for the delay

Brazil 3 vs 1 Chile
Colombia 1 vs 2 Uruguay
Netherlands 2 vs 1 Mexico
Costa Rica 1 vs 1 Greece
France 3 vs 0 Nigeria
Germany 3 vs 0 Algeria
Argentina 3 vs 1 Switzerland
Belgium 1 vs 1 USA

[CaptainD]

Felt so sorry for Chile... that penalty shoot-out was heart-breaking.

[Stupot]

I fell asleep and missed both games. Curse this time zone.
Cracking result for Baron though, got just what he needed to knock cat off from her purrrrch...

...  What?

Unlucky Cat:~(

[Cassiebsg]

Guess it was a good thing I did not used my Wildcard on Brasil game, like I had thought to...

[CaptainD]

Congrats Baron - you were the only one brave enough to plump for Chile getting a draw!  (If it weren't for the woodwork... TWICE! - they could have got even more.)

[Baron]

Ah, now it's interesting!  No doubt we'll start swapping leaders regularly, though, now that there are a lot more points on the table for each game. 

But.... can anyone explain me the deductions?  Is that some sort of beauty tax on Khris, Selmiak, monkey and me? 

[Snake]

I just want to chime in and say how that every time I see the subject line of this thread I always think that, "AGS World Cup", is some new AGS sports game (like that football game someone was working on years ago) that we all play together through the online plug-in or something. Every time the answer is still the same. Nope

[monkey424]

Whoops! Missed the first two games!

29-Jun Netherlands 2 vs 1 Mexico
29-Jun Costa Rica 1 vs 1 Greece   
30-Jun France 2 vs 1 Nigeria
30-Jun Germany 2 vs 1 Algeria
01-Jul Argentina 3 vs 1 Switzerland
01-Jul Belgium 1 vs 0 USA