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Getting 0 comments on the game page however...

Yeah, seriously guys. I guarantee anyone who has made a game obsesses over checking the download number and the rating box and the comments. It's disheartening when you see the download number going up but nobody comments or rates, isn't it?

Well if you recognize that description in yourself, then repay the favour. Rate some games and leave some comments. Somebody might just do the same for you.

Day 12. Bad day for everybody. Nobody scored more than one point.

The good news is that the first round-of-16 fixtures are confirmed:
Uruguay v Portugal
Spain v Russia

Get your thinking caps on. You will be able to start sending your new predictions soon after all 8 fixtures have been decided.

Hannibal?

[What if the league finishes with a tie at the top?]

These are the standings at the halfway point of the tournament:


32/64 games played.

Haggis still dominating. But that could change easily. Remember that points are doubled in the knockout stages and tripled for the final.

This would be a good time to address:

What if the league finishes with a tie at the top?

There is a protocol which the table itself isn't set up to calculate automatically, so if the league does end up with two players on the same points, we may have to follow these steps.

If they have the same points, who has the most correct results
If they have the same number of correct results, who has the most correct scores (these could be different because of the double/triple points in later stages)
If the have the same number of correct scores, then the winner is the player who got s correct result FIRST. If that still happens to be equal then it's the first person to send a SWAT team to the other person's house.

It does seem a bit unfair.

You can appeal by messaging Andail:

Can a particular rating be appealed?
Yes, you can PM me, Andail, and state your case. As with any jury, judge or similar instance, it's unlikely that the Panel will revise their rating, but you're welcome to voice your opinion.

You can also demand that the Panel give you a more specified motivation for a particular rating. The Panel will try to formulate a longer comment to justify the rating.

I thiiink I've fixed it. Sorry for the inconvenience. Let me know if you find any other inconsistencies.

@Cassiebsg. I'm not sure what you mean by the slow loading. It's fine on my computer.

Am I missing a point for getting the Germany result right?

hmm yeah. Damn. It seems you are. And so are a few other people. I'll need to wait until I can get on my laptop to work out where I've cocked up and make the changes without destroying the rest of the table.

Cheers for the heads up and apologies for the temporary glitch.

[update]I've worked out where the cock-up happened. Bad copypasting job. It's a bit fiddly to mend it on my phone but I'll sort it out tonight.

Someone posted this picture of a sign with a funny mistake on it. So I've provided the corrected version.

I much prefer a human cashier to serve me... and I don't even like people.

Also you live in a country where cashiers almost never deviate from the script.

oh god yeah. Don't get me started on the cashiers here. They'll ask a question and then don't even listen to my answer before moving onto the next step of the transaction. Or they'll tell me the total price of the shopping before I've had a chance to tell them I want to buy a coffee and pay some bills when I'm clearly waving a handful of utility bills and looking at the coffee menu going 'ummmm'

I've worked in a corner shop, for six years. I know it can get repetitive but damn me Japan does repetition very very well. It's how they learn everything in school. It's why they can listen to the same peice of music, or even the same 10-second jingle over and over and over again all day long. I would go mental if I worked in “Bicu bicu bicu Bic Camera”

This is a fun exercise.

Before I sent Andail my pitch I messaged him worried that my entry possibly sounded too much like a press release or the blurb on the back of the box, as opposed to a pitch you might give a prospective producer in an elevator. What are everyone's thoughts? Should we be trying to “sell” our ideas with exciting, suspenseful, press-releasey language or just let the ideas speak for themselves?

By the way, thanks for the two people who voted for my pitch :-)

Self-checkout machines grind my gears too. I know the it's become a bit cliché to joke about ‘unexpected item in the bagging area' but when the only item in the bagging area is a frigging bag you know something is wrong with this technology. I much prefer a human cashier to serve me... and I don't even like people.

It just goes to show how crucial it is for someone doing this for real to both practice the pitch and actually test it before going live.

Yeah. It also goes to show that in real life, if you are pitching an idea and some producer doesn't like it, just keep trying, coz someone else will like it.

At first I thought it was something to do with Aladdin.

Here's one.

If you have me, you have less. But you look better. What am I?

Spoiler

A haircut!

[close]

Yep.

Spoiler

I had just had my hair cut about 30 minutes before I set that riddle.

[close]

At first I thought it was something to do with Aladdin.

Here's one.

If you have me, you have less. But you look better. What am I?

I can show you the world,
And yet hide it from you.
I can preserve a beautiful sunset forever,
So that you won't have to watch it.
I can give you contact with everyone you know,
But you'll rarely notice a new person again.
I can make waiting hours for a taxi not matter,
Because you're already home if you have me.

What am I?

Spoiler

a Smartphone?

[close]

This must be one of the longest MAG competitions ever

Yeah, I secretly added one more week of voting than usual. It is dragging a bit. But it's close at the top, so some more votes would be useful.

Yeah man. Give the rest of us a chance, Haggis.

If anyone's interested, I'm closing the doors to new players today at 18:00 (BST) basically after all teams have played their first games.

Well done England! Well done ‘Arry Kane, my son (it's okay to call footballers your son, apparently).

Privateer Puddin' (Custard) wins Day 5 with a FULL HOUSE! 9 points out of 9. Well done that man.

Haggis sitting pretty at the top of the table. Myself and Bicilotti are just keeping warm at base camp.

Day 4 goes to Cat, who was the only one to predict a Germany loss to Mexico. Well done 👍

@Andail Yeah, it's pretty much just luck at the moment. On one hand it makes things more exciting but on the other hand it takes something away from actually trying to think about each result.