Prediction League Fixture - 20

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  1. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    Locked until tonight

    Coming close to a free midweek, but before then one final round before Christmas...

    FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER
    • Preston North End - Bristol City (20:00)
    SATURDAY 19TH DECEMBER (15:00)
    • Norwich City - Cardiff City (12:30)
    • Birmingham City - Middlesbrough
    • Brentford - Reading
    • Huddersfield Town - Watford
    • Luton Town - AFC Bournemouth
    • Millwall - Nottingham Forest
    • Rotherham United - Derby County
    • Sheffield Wednesday - Coventry City
    • Stoke City - Blackburn Rovers
    • Swansea City - Barnsley
    • Wycombe Wanderers - Queens Park Rangers
     
  2. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    DRAW INSURANCE NOTE

    The draw insurance is to protect your accumulator, two people tried to use it in round 19 when they'd lost in round 18.

    In future I will ignore the draw insurance request if the player isn't on a streak, even of 1.

    Also note that if you haven't used them by the final round in May, they are also useless as there will be no further weeks to protect your accumulator.
     
  3. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    Current standings

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  4. Teide1

    Teide1 Squad Player

    Wycombe
     
  5. K9 Hornet

    K9 Hornet Border Collie Dog

    Sheffield Wednesday please
     
  6. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

  7. WatfordÉire

    WatfordÉire Squad Player

    Derby County
     
  8. Dreadnought

    Dreadnought MMC 2010/11 Prediction league 3rd 2011/12

    Middlesbrough
     
  9. nornironhorn

    nornironhorn Administrator Staff Member

  10. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    Brentford please
     
  11. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator Staff Member

    Quarter Pounder Rubbish
     
  12. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

  13. goldpapaya

    goldpapaya First Year Pro

    wycombe pls
     
  14. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    This is a tough one for me this week because of the way the fixtures have fallen, so I am going to use my 2nd draw insurance: -

    QPR
     
  15. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Wycombe with draw insurance
    Ps Otter I chose Cov last game with draw insurance see post #24 of fixture 19 thread which doesn't seem to be reflected above. Not that it makes much difference to my form :-(
     
    Last edited: Dec 17, 2020
  16. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Wycombe and draw please.
     
  17. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    Otter please note that I have changed my mind about my selection #14 shown above so please disregard it, and I will enter a new selection before the deadline.
     
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  18. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    The draw insurance is to protect your accumulator, it doesn't gain you any points in case of a draw, mine is shown and all it did was keep my accumulator at two wins which were from rounds 17 & 18.

    See second post in this thread.
     
  19. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    Birmingham please.
     
  20. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Thanks Otter. I've never really been sure how this works and how you get points - no idea what what the accumulator is and why it needs protecting, just enjoyed guessing who'd win. Think I'll drop out at this stage.
     
  21. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    Derby and draw please
     
  22. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    The scoring system is that you get the square of the number of matches you guess correctly in a row. Then you sum the sets of runs of correct guesses.

    Feel free to continue if you wish.
     
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  23. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    It's explained well in here.

    http://wfcforums.com/index.php?threads/prediction-league-scoring-system.57731/

    As Otter says, for the number of points square the number of correct guesses in a row (1=1 point, 2=4 points, 3=9, 4=16, 5=25 etc). If you select draw insurance and it is a draw, then you don't break the chain of correct guesses but it also doesn't count as a win. So win, win, draw (draw insurance), win, would count as 3 guesses in a row (3x3=9 points). If you correctly called the 5th match, then it would then count as 4 in a row (4x4=16 points). If you then lost the 6th match, you'd keep the 16 points, and would then try to go on another streak.

    As the points you get are the number of guesses correct in a row times by itself, you want to maximise your chain of correct wins. For example, 4 correct in a row and then a loss would give you 16 points (4X4)+(0), whilst 2 correct, one wrong, 2 correct would only get you 8 points (2x2)+(0)+(2x2).

    So essentially, the aim of this game is still to pick the correct team, but you just rewarded for going on a streak and getting a few right in a row (which is much more of a challenge and makes it more fun).
     
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  24. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Cheers chaps for the explanations - yes probably should have read this before as I'd have played it very differently so think I'll give it a miss now but thanks for organising Otter.
     
  25. foxywfc

    foxywfc Reservist

    Birmingham city (draw insurance)


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  26. BusheyOrn

    BusheyOrn Reservist

    Millwall please
     
  27. Watford Gav

    Watford Gav First Year Pro

    Derby plse
     
  28. Manatleisure

    Manatleisure Squad Player

    Derby County
     
  29. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

  30. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    Bristol City please
     
  31. HappyHornet24

    HappyHornet24 Crapster Staff Member

    Wycombe please - with draw insurance to protect my massive winning streak of 1 match
     
  32. Wazza's Rams please.
     
  33. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

  34. Derby game postponed can I take Brentford instead please.
     
  35. WatfordÉire

    WatfordÉire Squad Player

    Handy pick when they're 3-0 up at that stage!! :rolleyes:

    Few of us picked Derby and game was postponed, what happens there?
     
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