Inter-Forum PREMIER Positions Game 2014-15

Inter-Forum PREMIER Positions Game 2014-15


Firstly: GUESTS CAN GET INVOLVED AND POST IN THIS GAME - YOU WILL NEED TO GO HERE TO DO THAT - http://www.blackcatchat.info/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5491 Any individual - although not a member here or on the Sunderland or Reading boards - can post a selection too. We'll just need - a user/identifying name for you + which TEAM you support.

The game is already well established, several seasons running now – and it’s back!! The Sunderland ‘Black Cat Chat’ forum (and Hakuna Matata to be precise) does the real hard mathematical donkey work all during the season, whilst I am the representative from the Reading’s Royals Rendezvous forum and do more the ‘public relations’ type stuff as many already know. These are going to be the points of reference for all this coming season.

And it’s dead easy! You simply guess ONCE (now!) what you think will be the final league positions for the Premier League 2014-15 (that’s all teams, in order 1st to 20th), leave them on this thread, and then sit back and enjoy! Nothing more!!

This is an ideal way to keep fans from many different clubs all together…

This game will initially take you a couple of minutes, and then enjoy without having to make updates at all, all season. Right, below are the current 20 Premier teams in alphabetical order – BEST IDEA is simply copy these onto your PC and re-arrange them in your finishing order come the end of the 2014-15 season. The Sunderland computer handles them in an alphabetical order initially so please help us with accurate spelling, as laid out below:

Arsenal
Aston Villa (please don’t write only ‘Villa’!!)
Burnley
Chelsea
Crystal Palace (please don’t write only ‘Palace’!!)
Everton
Hull City
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Queens Park Rangers
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur (please don’t write only ‘Spurs’!!)
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United



Try not to give any nicknames – putting the ‘Hammers’ or ‘Gunners’ is simply a headache for us at our end. Please!!


According to your choices you score lots of, or better still few, points. And how do you score points?

Scoring is as follows:

For each team you score one point for each place away from its predicted position. Example - if you predict Sunderland to finish 9th and they finish 9th, you score 0 points (excellent predicting). If they finish 13th you score 4 points or if they finish 7th you score 2 points. Therefore, the nearer you get to the exact position and have less points mounting up the better. I will endeavour to make updates at least at the beginning of every month during the season out of interest, but all leaderboards during the season are given for interest.
IMPORTANT! - The big winners are the people who have LEAST points after the final game has been played.


The table positions won’t change position so much in the later stages of the season so … how can we maintain interest to the end you might be thinking?! Well, this season we have MONTHLY rewards for those in the top positions! That’s points rewards for the highest positions at the end of every month (calculating from the REAL table on the 31st at 11.59pm!!).
Here's the idea:
1st spot - take off 3 bonus points from score, so score dips even lower /
2nd - take off 2 bonus points /
3rd - take off 1 bonus point
Bonus Points are for the most successful - Positions 1 to 3 – and includes tied points so there may well be far more than 3 people involved. Their position for the deduction will be based on their (true) teams' score, not taking any previous deductions into account which you do keep all season of course on your overall total.


Also, where forums have an entry of a minimum of five people there will be a ‘board average’ too, thus you’ll be able to see how your forum copes against many of the others. It is set against an single initial average entry taken from your forum entries, and not a simple add up and divide by x members, but the order of forums will always be correct. We’ll also have some notable entries from media, press and public figures to spice it up too.



* LAST SEASON

Top individual entries

HONORARY GOLD MEDAL POSITION –
• trigger_ehc Holmesdale Forum Crystal Palace

HONORARY SILVER MEDAL POSITION –
• TheMajor North Stand Chat Brighton and Hove Albion

HONORARY BRONZE MEDAL POSITION –
• Oddschecker MEDIA & COMMUNICATION All Teams

HONORARY DIPLOMA I POSITION –
• TonyP The Official Posh Forum Peterborough United

HONORARY DIPLOMA II POSITION –
• John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Not 606 Hull City Hull City


Top forums

HONORARY GOLD MEDAL POSITION –
• Planet Swans Swansea City

HONORARY SILVER MEDAL POSITION –
• Liverpool FC Forum Liverpool

HONORARY BRONZE MEDAL POSITION –
• Not 606 Norwich Norwich City

HONORARY DIPLOMA I POSITION –
• Cardiff City Forum Cardiff City

HONORARY DIPLOMA II POSITION –
• The Toon Forum Newcastle United

Last season in all, we had nearly 40 forums in on this and 694 entrants in on this, which meant I was spending hours and hours every week on these forums. We’ve slim-lined it rather this season, some of the forum sites where comeback was very sparse have not finally been re-invited this season. Often, I’ll be giving you a link directly to a neat presentation on ‘Royals Rendezvous’ or ‘Black Cat Chat’ rather than copying and pasting individually on every forum. It’s to make it more smoothly running! But any individual can enter too, without being affiliated to any football forum, no problem there, in which case go to Sunderland's Black Cat Chat Forum where just in the 'Competition Zone' part any non-registered member is able to post. But over 90% of entries will probably come from well-known sites like this ... which is what I encourage.


IMPORTANT -

ENTRIES IN BY 15TH AUGUST 2014 – late entries are not accepted, for they would have an undue advantage once games have commenced!!

 

Entries like this, with your own order of teams of course!

daib0

Liverpool
Manchester City
Everton
Chelsea
Manchester United
Arsenal
Swansea City
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United
Burnley
Queens Park Rangers
Hull City
Crystal Palace
Stoke City
Aston Villa
Southampton

 

Chelsea
Manchester City
Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
Everton
Newcastle United
Swansea City
Sunderland
Aston Villa
Stoke City
Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion
Southampton
West Ham United
Crystal Palace
Leicester City
Hull City
Burnley

 

Chelsea
Manchester City
Arsenal
Manchester United
Liverpool
Everton
Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United
Swansea City
Stoke City
West Ham United
Sunderland
Crystal Palace
Southampton
Hull City
QPR
Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion
Aston Villa
Burnley

 

that's the stuff!
20 entries in already in total ...




EDIT: now 32!

 

Arsenal
Manchester United
Liverpool
Manchester City
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
Everton
Newcastle United
Stoke City
West Ham United
Sunderland
Hull City
Southampton
Swansea City
Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City
QPR
Crystal Palace
Burnley

 

The Gunners
The Red Devils
The Blues
The Sky Blues
The Reds
The Toffees
Spurs
Palace
The Toon
The Black Cats
The Swans
The Potters
The Tigers
Villa
The Baggies
The Saints
The Foxes
The Hammers
The Hoops
The Clarets

 

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Burnley
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Hull City
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Queens Park Rangers
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United

 

Everton
Manchester United
Manchester City
Liverpool
Arsenal
Leicester City
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton
Swansea City
Sunderland
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke City
Burnley
Hull City
Crystal Palace
West Bromwich Albion
Aston Villa

 

fun. but just gives me extra work, the computer only recognizes the alphabetical order. I had to change each one by hand :doom:

Uhem, and shouldn't you have written 'fake hoops' ?!! :]]

 

The chances of it being alphabetical at end are 1,000,000 to 1, but a valid entry!!!

 

Did you actually do that? I feel bad I was gonna redo it myself.

 

as it's you there's no problem!

But of course Reading are the real hoops, ha-ha!!!

 

Reading are tinpot.

 

suppose that's why we rely on phantom goals :doh:

No seriously, all the best this season boys, you're a good bunch and ... we're very much of a pairing really!

 

Chelsea
Manchester City
Liverpool
Manchester United
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
Everton
Newcastle United
Sunderland
Crystal Palace
West Ham United
Swansea City
Aston Villa
Leicester City
Hull City
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers
Southampton
Burnley

 

Hurry up Carlos I want to enter.

 

Chelsea
Manchester City
Manchester United
Arsenal
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur
Everton
Newcastle United
Swansea City
Stoke City
Hull City
Crystal Palace
Sunderland
West Ham United
Aston Villa
Queens Park Rangers
West Browmich Albion
Leicester City
Southampton
Burnley

 

Chelsea
Manchester City
Liverpool
Manchester United
Arsenal
Everton
Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United
Swansea City
Sunderland
Aston Villa
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers
Crystal Palace
Leicester City
Hull City
Burnley
Southampton

 

Chelsea
Manchester City
Manchester United
Arsenal
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur
Everton
West Ham United
Swansea City
Sunderland
Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United
Leicester City
Burnley
Hull City
Crystal Palace
Southampton
Stoke City
Queens Park Rangers

 

:smiley-sport029:

 

Manchester City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Liverpool
Manchester United
Everton
Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United
Sunderland
Swansea City
Stoke City
Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion
Crystal Palace
Leicester City
West Ham United
Hull City
Burnley
Queens Park Rangers
Southampton

 

You have no idea what an exciting season the Barclays Premier League ® will be if my table becomes reality.

 

Great start lads!!





FORUMS WITH 5 ENTRIES FOR FORUM ENTRY, APART FROM INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS


23 - Leicester City – Foxes Talk

12 - Watford – WFC Forums

9 - Man City – MCFC Forum

8 - Everton – Toffee Talk

7 - Hull – Not 606 Hull Board

7 - Newcastle Utd – The Toon Forum

6 - Blackpool – Back Henry Street

6 - Derby County – DCFC Fans

5 - Peterborough – The Posh Forum



SITES NOT YET UP TO 5 ENTRIES


4 - QPR – Not 606 QPR Board

3 - Reading – Royals Rendezvous

3 - West Bromwich Albion – BaggiesZone

2- Man Utd – United Lounge



Awaiting first entry –



Bournemouth – Court Offside

Burnley – The Longside

Chelsea FC Forums

Leeds United – Dirty Leeds

Tottenham – Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site

West Ham – Cockney Boys

 

Chelsea
man city
arsenal
man utd
liverpool
everton
tottenham
newcastle utd
stoke
sunderland
west ham
crystal palace
leicester city
qpr
southampton
hull city
aston villa
west brom
swansea
burnley

 

Does this make us non tinpot?

 

Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man Utd
Liverpool
Everton
Tottenham
Newcastle Utd
Stoke City
Sunderland
West ham
Swansea City
Crystal palace
Leicester city
QPR
Southampton
Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion
Hull City
Burnley

 

We're upgraded to ****pot.

 

Leicester are ****ing huge!!!!

 

Liverpool
Man City
Chelsea
Man Utd
Everton
Arsenal
Tottenham
Newcastle Utd
Stoke City
Aston Villa
Sunderland
West ham
Swansea City
Leicester city
Hull City
Southampton
Crystal palace
Burnley
West Bromwich Albion
QPR

 

Are you going to do a Championship version of this?

 

there is one, but different, only positions 1-6 and 22-24. But that one is all done manually, no computer programming, so there are barely half a dozen forums and closing date is tomorrow, sorry, should've thought ...

 

Chelsea
Arsenal
Manchester United
Manchester City
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspurs
Everton
Sunderland
Hull City
Stoke
Aston Villa
Newcastle
West Bromich Albion
Crystal Palace
West Ham
Queens Park Rangers
Southampton
Swansea
Leicester City
Burnley

 

Chelsea
Manchester City
Manchester United
Arsenal
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspurs
Everton
Stoke
Sunderland
Newcastle United
Aston Villa
Hull City
West Ham United
Crystal Palace
Southampton
Swansea
Queens Park Rangers
West Bromich Albion
Leicester City
Burnley