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The 19th FIFA World Cup is coming, and with it this contest, which offers 19 BP to the person who better predicts its matches.

Contest’s rules:

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1) Every person can participate with one character only. I will request a mod to verify this before I give out the BP.

If two or more characters (alts) from the same person participate, all their posts will be considered null and void.

No trolling. Feel free to talk about World Cup matches or events related to it but remember it’s Civil Discussion.

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2) To participate you have to reply to this thread with your predictions.

For each round of matches presented, you can submit one (1) unedited post with your results before the established deadline.

Your post will contain one result per line, stating match number and outcome.

Here’s an example of a round (actual rounds will be posted later on, so don’t use this example to participate):

Match 1: South Africa – Mexico
Match 2: Uruguay – France
Deadline: 11 June 2010 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

For results purposes, winning team on the left will be Home, winning team on the right will be Away, and a tie between them will be a Draw.

Thus, if you think Mexico (Away) will defeat South Africa while Uruguay and France will tie (Draw), your post should be like this:

1 Away
2 Draw

For each correct result you will get half point (0.5) added to your score. There will be no points (0) for incorrect results.

Edited posts and posting on or after the established deadline will render those results null and void.

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3) Contest’s winner will be the contestant who scores 19 points first, or

the one that has more points than anyone else on July 11 2010 9:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

In the event of a points tie, the contestant who scored them in the least number of matches will be the winner.

If tie still persists (i.e. equal points and matches,) BP will be awarded to more than one contestant by these criteria:

A tie of two: 10 and 9 BP. A tie of three: 7, 6 and 6 BP. A tie of four: 6, 5, 4 and 4 BP.

BP tie-breaker: in the round where the contest reaches its conclusion, results posted earlier get higher amount of BP.

If there is a tie of five or more: a RNG will select one (1) contestant among all valid contestants who participated in the contest.

Numbers from one (1) to total number of valid contestants will be bumigned to contestants in alphabetical order based on their characters names.

The contestant matching the number picked by the RNG will receive 19 BP.

######################### Round 1 #########################

Match 1: South Africa – Mexico
Match 2: Uruguay - France
Match 3: Korea Republic – Greece
Match 4: Argentina – Nigeria
Match 5: England – United States
Match 6: Algeria – Slovenia
Match 7: Serbia – Ghana
Match 8: Germany – Australia
Match 9: Netherlands – Denmark
Match 10: Japan – Cameroon
Match 11: Italy – Paraguay
Match 12: New Zealand – Slovakia

Deadline: 11 June 2010 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

######################### Round 3 #########################

Match 25: Ghana – Australia
Match 26: Cameroon – Denmark
Match 27: Slovakia – Paraguay
Match 28: Italy – New Zealand
Match 29: Brazil – Côte d'Ivoire
Match 30: Portugal – Korea DPR
Match 31: Chile – Switzerland
Match 32: Spain – Honduras
Match 33: Mexico – Uruguay
Match 34: France – South Africa
Match 35: Nigeria – Korea Republic
Match 36: Greece – Argentina

Deadline: 19 June 2010 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

######################### Round 5 #########################

Match 49: Uruguay – Korea Republic
Match 50: United States – Ghana
Match 51: Germany – England
Match 52: Argentina – Mexico
Match 53: Netherlands – Slovakia
Match 54: Brazil – Chile
Match 55: Paraguay – Japan
Match 56: Spain – Portugal

Deadline: 26 June 2010 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

######################### Round 7 #########################

Match 61: Uruguay – Netherlands
Match 62: Germany – Spain

Deadline: 6 July 2010 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

######################### Round 1 #########################

Match 1: Away
Match 2: Home
Match 3: Home
Match 4: Home
Match 5: Home
Match 6: Away
Match 7: Home
Match 8: Home
Match 9: Away
Match 10: Away
Match 11: Away
Match 12: Home

Ricket Posted:

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All I know is that the Spanish/Portuguese speakers always win and the US always loses.

######################### Round 1 #########################
Match 1: Away
Match 2: Away
Match 3: Away
Match 4: Home
Match 5: Home
Match 6: Draw
Match 7: Home
Match 8: Home
Match 9: Home
Match 10: Away
Match 11: Home
Match 12: Home

I refuse to participate in any contest with a BP reward that is a prime number.

######################### Round 1 #########################

Match 1: Home
Match 2: Away
Match 3: Away
Match 4: Home
Match 5: Home
Match 6: Draw
Match 7: Away
Match 8: Home
Match 9: Away
Match 10: Home
Match 11: Home
Match 12: Draw