Let's predict the score at the FIFA World Cup!

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Popehoist: Feb 5, 2008; There you go rubens, all your fault! You went on the wrong side of the car!

It's summer, it's Brazil, and that means it's time for

The Talksport Predictor Game!

Here is the link to the site and FD35C-AEJ is the magic code you need if you know what you are doing. For those of you who don't!

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The predictor game is pretty loving simple really, once you've registered you just put in what you think the score of every game will be. Make sure to click the "mini-leagues" button at the top of the page and use that code to join the goon league!

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 Brazil, except for when they play Spain.

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 switzerland vs ecuador where the only good result is a meteor strike wiping out the stadium.

Just like in the EPL predictor league I am offering fabulous prizes to the winner!! Holy gently caress !! :holymoley:

Choose from the following:
-$20 of SA Forums Gift Certificates
-$15 of Gift Certificates, and choose a new avatar/text for Popehoist
-Romantic candle-lit dinner with Popehoist (travel expenses, dinner expenses, contraception expenses not included)

Since this is the WC it might get a bit bigger than the usual Predictor games and since the WC is only a month long we should avoid the issue of 3/4 of participants dropping out within a month. Since the mini-leagues only hold 50 people we might need more than one. If the league code in the OP doesn't work, make your own mini-league and post the code ITT!