Mario Kart Euro 2012 Pool


With my 2000th 'Legendary' post it is my pleasure to announce the official Euro 2012 pool!
Predict the results and win fantastic prizes! (*)

(*) Prizes may disappoint

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New!


Not good with predictions? Don't know anything about the teams? No problem!
There will also be a side event in which all predictions of all contestants are random. Just pick your favorite number!

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Participate


Main competition

Send me your predictions for the group matches (the knockout matches will follow later). For my and your own convenience, please use this form. Fill in your predictions, click the "Create message" button and send the result in a PM to me.

Please include your full name; I want to use names rather than pseudonyms.
Also, make sure you enter your predictions the right way around! Quite a lot of people made mistakes in previous editions.
After sending your predictions for the group stage in, you may still change some, but only until the start of the tournament. There will be no more changes after that!
Note that you will also be asked to predict the results of the knockout stage (8 matches) when the time comes. I will provide more details by then.


Random competition

Just pick a number (integer) between 100 and 999 (inclusive). I will use this as the 'seed' for a random number generator, with which I will generate predictions for you. Of course you cannot pick a number that someone else has already chosen! Check the list below to see what numbers are taken; I'll update it regularly.
No need to PM me in this case; just make a post. Again, don't forget to put down your name as well!


Note: you are free to participate in both competitions!


Entry fee

None.


Deadline

The start of the first match (Poland - Greece starts Friday June 8th, 18:00 CET).

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Scoring system


It's the same as before:


Group stage

A correct prediction gains you 5 points. If you're only correct about which team wins (or tie), you get 2 points.

Example:
Team A - Team B: 1-0

Prediction	Points
1-0	5
2-0	2
1-1	0
0-1	0

Knockout stage

Predict the results of the knockout matches (when the teams are known). Your prediction will be compared to the result after full time; this includes extra time but excludes goals from a penalty shootout.
A correctly predicted tie gives one extra point (since ties are less likely when including extra time). If you predicted a winner and this team wins on penalties, you get 1 point.

Example:
Team A - Team B: 1-1 (Team A wins on penalties)

Prediction	Points
1-1	6
0-0	3
1-0	1
0-1	0

More about the knockout stage when the time comes.

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Prizes


1st place: Have your name mentioned every two years

2nd place: Permission to cry
3rd place - penultimate place: Relief that there's someone who is a bigger loser than you
Last place: Telephone number for a suicide hotline

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Participants


Main competition

Chris Clark (Zarkov)
Patrick Hewson (PLH)
Guillaume Leviach (Mario86)
Tom Gaffikin (Tom1)
Timur Ahmad (Zwiebel)
Florian Chollet (flo233)
Florian Valandina (F@nt0m@s)
David Moll (Danger Moll)
Thomas Jordet Larsen (ThomasJL)
Stephen Meakings (SM)
Stacy Needham (Stacy)
Ivo van der Stap (Ivootjes)
Stefan Glosby (Glozboy)
Brett Edwards (Brett)
Alex Penev
Karel van Duijvenboden (KVD)
Trystan Pugh
Robert van Zanten (RVZ)
Zack Weber (thewebinator)
Arnaud Teil (Gyara)
Tyler Worley (Sportsguy001)
Tom van Kessel (TvK)
Frederick Hutchington (Mr.Nosey)
Zoran Tintor (no control)
Abel Marques
Gavin Price (Wheelism)
Robert Lee (robman60)
Paul Tanney (Paul.)


Random competition

121 - Ivo van der Stap (Ivootjes)
132 - Stefan Glosby (Glozboy)
207 - Zack Weber (thewebinator)
227 - Tom van Kessel (TvK)
233 - Florian Chollet (flo233)
275 - Arnaud Teil (Gyara)
314 - Guillaume Leviach (Mario86)
333 - Robert Szabo (Etch)
343 - Frederick Hutchington (Mr.Nosey)
356 - Florian Valandina (F@nt0m@s)
412 - Robert van Zanten (RVZ)
420 - Abel Marques
572 - Chris Clark (Zarkov)
666 - Aron Langerak
706 - Robert Lee (robman60)
748 - Trystan Pugh
777 - Zoran Tintor (no control)
882 - Karel van Duijvenboden (KVD)
945 - Brett Edwards (Brett)
999 - Timur Ahmad (Zwiebel)


Last update: 06/08/12 at 09:15:52

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Old pools


World Cup 2006: http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1147614410 - winner: Steve Meakings
Euro 2008: http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1212500147 - winner: Thomas van Leeuwen (TvL)
World Cup 2010: http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1273945154 - winner: Timur Ahmad (Zwiebel)

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TL;DR


Click here to enter your predictions, and/or post your favorite number between 100 and 999, and join the fun!

nice wr topic

Just sent you a PM.

Sent my PM

Also for the random competition: I want number 999

It was only at the point of submitting that I realised I was being overly optimistic and hadn't predicted any 0-0 draws

Done.

I'll take 132 for my random number please!

Done, number 666 please

@Glozboy
@Aron
(@Everyone planning to join)
You posted "done", but I haven't received a PM from either of you! Please note that the form does not automatically send the message to me! (My site has no php-capabilities unfortunately, otherwise I could've set something up). The message is generated, but you need to copy-paste it and submit it yourself!
If you did, then something went wrong with the PM. Please try again.

no control wrote on 05/29/12 at 03:06:23:

I planned to publish all random predictions at the start of the tournament; the predictions for the main competition will only be revealed a day before each match (like last time).
There would of course be little harm in revealing your random predictions now already, so if you are really curious, I'll see about getting this set up earlier (still have some coding to do).

Ivootjes wrote on 05/29/12 at 02:40:44:


Actually I have some surprises predicted this year...and I hope I will beat you again with that

I'm American and participating in this despite knowing nothing

Also my number that I want is 945.

Send my pool form.  

For random competition I'd like 882 please. It's the chrono of my VL2 flap WR, might prove a lucky charm.  

412 for me

Let's do this!

Hi !

I would like to use 275 for the random competition.

Thank you !

Those of you who have already picked their number for the random competition can admire their predictions here: Random competition
When I see new participants, I will update the list of participants in the first post, but I won't update this site as regularly.