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Hey kids it's time to play the loving Talksport Predictor Game! This year I am going to offer a Prize to the winner of the TYK mini-league. Upon securing first place this year, you may select one of the following options: -$20 SA Forums Gift Certificate -$15 Gift Certificate, and choose a new avatar/text for Popehoist -Select a thread of your choosing and ban Popehoist from posting in it for the entire 2014 off-season If you know what you are doing then go log-in and use code FC7CF-OPC to enter the TYK mini-league. Otherwise: The predictor game is pretty loving simple really, once you've registered you just put in what you think the score of every EPL game will be. The scoring system is essentially 10 points for the correct outcome, 15 points for the correct goal difference, 20 points for accurately predicting a draw, and 30 points if the score is identical to what you entered. You lose 10 points if you get it wrong. You can play your "banker" chip on any result you feel really confident about, which will triple your score (or only double it if the fixture involves a top 4 team). Be careful though, banking on a failed prediction could turn your -10 points into -30 points! Generally you should put your bankers on Man U every week, except for when they play Everton (probably not true anymore this season). The insurance chip ensures the lowest you can get for a game is 0 points, making it essentially a freebie. Put it on any result you feel reaaallly unsure about, which is usually some tepid loving garbage like sunderland VS norwich where the only good result is a meteor strike wiping out the stadium. Let me cover some questions that are likely to be asked: Why are we using talksport, this other predictor game is way better blah blah blah - We used talksport last year and I, as well as plenty of other goons, already have an account and poo poo set up on it. It's also IMO the cleanest, nicest predictor game without a bunch of horrid flash bullshit or awkward score inputs like some others (last year a goon suggested a predictor site with drop-down menus for predictions jesus christ). Also, talksport are now offering a £1m prize for correctly predicting 10 games, which is probably better odds than winning the lottery, so this should shut up some of you guys who wanted to use sky sports' one for the cash prizes. Will there be a Lawro this year?- Up to you guys, I sure as gently caress don't feel like transcribing Lawro's predictions into the prediction game every week. But to make things interesting, if someone does add a Lawro bot to the mini-league, I, the Original Poster, will gift a $5 SA voucher to everyone who finishes above it (maximum 5 people, excluding first place winner). Can I be really funny and just put down a 2-1 home result for every game because statistics and probability blah blah- Yeah sure but gently caress you Tsaedje and you lose all entitlement to prizes if you don't play with the spirit of the game in mind
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Aug 13, 2013 12:46
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I assume I've still got Lawros account from last year, so I can put his predictions in. If I remember. Fridays tend to be a bit frigging busy for me, so if anyone else is better placed to do it, feel free to shout. e; if Lawro wins a million loving quid, I'm not giving it to him. Pipski fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Aug 13, 2013 |
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Aug 13, 2013 19:49
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Pipski posted:I assume I've still got Lawros account from last year, so I can put his predictions in. If I remember. Fridays tend to be a bit frigging busy for me, so if anyone else is better placed to do it, feel free to shout. You aren't eligible to win the prize unless you put down your address and a bunch of other contact details, so I would do that on the Lawro account if I were you (it will be really funny if lawro gets 10 correct predictions because there are probably quite a lot of lawro bot accounts)
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Aug 13, 2013 22:51
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Can't wait to get every prediction wrong and finish below Lawro
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Aug 13, 2013 23:25
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Nice, already got my predictions for Week 1 filled out. Seems you can't put the insurance and banker chips on the same match anymore.
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Aug 14, 2013 03:27
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Simonh posted:Nice, already got my predictions for Week 1 filled out. It was a really abusable tactic tbf.
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Aug 15, 2013 11:37
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In again, finished 2nd last year after blowing it in the final week, determined to go one better this time 
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Aug 15, 2013 11:54
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welp I'm in lets see how this goes
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Aug 15, 2013 15:39
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Doing my stupid gimmick again this year, 2-1 home win in every fixture. Lightning won't strike twice for Lawro
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Aug 16, 2013 17:37
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The first Lawro predictions of the season: Liverpool v Stoke 1-0 Arsenal v Aston Villa 2-0 Norwich v Everton 2-1 Sunderland v Fulham 1-1 West Brom v Southampton 2-1 West Ham v Cardiff 2-0 Swansea v Man Utd 1-1 Crystal Palace v Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea v Hull City 2-0 Man City v Newcastle 2-0 Mock or worship, your choice.
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Aug 17, 2013 00:13
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I see Lawro still hasn't discovered the "3" key on his keyboard.
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Aug 17, 2013 09:29
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I'm back in on this, I can't do any worse than last year. Here are my predictions, feel free to mock them: Home Team Prediction Away Team Liverpool 1 : 1 Stoke City poo poo Arsenal 2 : 1 Aston Villa 2:1 Special Norwich 1 : 2 Everton 2:1 Special Sunderland 1 : 0 Fulham Fulham are meh West Brom 2 : 0 Southampton Because West Ham 1 : 1 Cardiff Clueless on this one Swansea 2 : 2 Man Utd SAFETY...I actually think (and bet real money) on this being a 1:1 or 2:2 draw, but I have a feeling it's going to be 1-3 Crystal Palace 1 : 2 Tottenham AVB will deliver the win but Spurs will leak a sloppy goal Chelsea 3 : 0 Hull Momentum, early season game at the Bridge....every CFC season lately starts off as a goalfest Man City 2 : 0 Newcastle Clean win but will not be as convincing as they've been before Chelsea 4 : 1 Aston Villa Chelsea loves to beat up on the Villians almost as much as Wigan (RIP Wigan, you were my favorite) So far Arsenal is looking promising for a 2:1, but the other 3 games need to step it up a bit and get it together. I'm off to put down my first official punts at Ladbrokes, I'll let you know how much I lose tomorrow.
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Aug 18, 2013 14:36
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I'm at +70
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Aug 18, 2013 20:44
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Damnit I forgot about this. I'm in.
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Aug 18, 2013 20:46
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+75 with 3-0 to city and 3-2 to chelsea
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Aug 18, 2013 20:48
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Top of the league! (it won't last)
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Aug 21, 2013 21:46
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Can't get on the site just now to see how badly I did, so here's a look ahead. 5 results and 3 perfect scores for Lawro last week, let's see what his top tips are this week. Also he went for 2-0 Chelsea in the Villa Game. Fulham v Arsenal 1-1 Everton v West Brom 2-1 Hull v Norwich 1-1 Newcastle v West Ham 2-1 Southampton v Sunderland 2-0 Stoke v Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa v Liverpool 1-2 Cardiff v Man City 0-2 Tottenham v Swansea 2-0 Man Utd v Chelsea 1-1
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Aug 22, 2013 20:25
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Forgot to join the league, in now at #3 with +120 
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Aug 23, 2013 13:27
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sebzilla posted:Forgot to join the league, in now at #3 with +120 Can you join after this has all started? I had the Chelsea - Villa game right and doubled or w/e, I haven't checked my score in a bit but I should be right around you and I'd love to go head to head with some TRP bros
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Aug 24, 2013 01:10
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tbp posted:Can you join after this has all started? I had the Chelsea - Villa game right and doubled or w/e, I haven't checked my score in a bit but I should be right around you and I'd love to go head to head with some TRP bros Yep, just enter the code on the mini-leagues tab or whatever. FC7CF-OPC
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Aug 24, 2013 01:20
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belgend posted:Top of the league! (it won't last) Well, gently caress e: -10s all across the board. gently caress me belgend fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Aug 24, 2013 |
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Aug 24, 2013 16:59
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mind the gap lads
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Aug 27, 2013 03:36
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How do I join the league again like where do i put that code in the op
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Aug 27, 2013 03:38
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http://predictor.talksport.com/minileagues/home.htm
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Aug 27, 2013 12:22
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Modus Trollens posted:mind the gap lads I see watching my predictions has brought you to the top. I've taught you well, but I want that top spot again.
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Aug 27, 2013 12:31
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thanks city loving killed me this week
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Aug 27, 2013 17:58
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Slighty late but here's your Lawro update. Last week saw Lawro get four results right but no correct scores. His tips for this week: Man City v Hull 3-0 Cardiff v Everton 1-1 Newcastle v Fulham 2-1 Norwich v Southampton 2-0 West Ham v Stoke 2-1 Crystal Palace v Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool v Man Utd 1-1 West Brom v Swansea 2-0 Arsenal v Tottenham 2-1
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Aug 31, 2013 13:34
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Ha I totally forgot to predict the scores this week, what happens to my precious points?
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Sep 1, 2013 18:53
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sebzilla posted:Ha I totally forgot to predict the scores this week, what happens to my precious points? You just get 0 for this week iirc.
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Sep 1, 2013 18:54
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belgend posted:You just get 0 for this week iirc. Ah, not bad. Annoying though, I was doing reasonably well.
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Sep 1, 2013 18:55
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scores haven't come through but pretty sure I'm negative on the week
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Sep 1, 2013 18:59
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Modus Trollens posted:scores haven't come through but pretty sure I'm negative on the week I'm positive that I'm positive, I'm taking you down
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Sep 1, 2013 19:02
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belgend posted:I'm positive that I'm positive, I'm taking you down its a marathon not a sprint mate
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Sep 1, 2013 20:13
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Modus Trollens posted:its a marathon not a sprint mate Actually it's a 1500m race and I want to be in front of you before the bend.
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Sep 1, 2013 20:15
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belgend posted:Actually it's a 1500m race and I want to be in front of you before the bend. the bend is xmas fixtures it always gets wonky around then imo
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Sep 1, 2013 20:21
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There's the gap.
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Sep 2, 2013 09:47
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Check out my super cool loving predictions
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Sep 2, 2013 12:42
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How the gently caress do you not see City - Hull and go "I'm putting all of my money on this". Like West Brom winning is pretty much the worst place to put that banker coin on.
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It's been a dodgy start, and of course the week I forget to put in scores (which would have all been 2-1 except for Chelski and City) I would have maybe been back in black. That 2x and 3x multiplier is mighty tempting to those of us negative players man. Not to mention that if we'd gone "Oh gently caress City - Cardiff putting all my money on this poo poo  " we'd all be so, so wrong.Quite bitching about our lovely picks, parade yours around or something, it's not very entertaining.
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