Remember to put in your prediction for Squall vs. Sora!
The Challenge
For each match in the GameFAQs Rivalry Rumble Contest (referred herein as "SC2k11"), you need to pick a winner and predict the percentage of the vote they will receive. New participants will always be accepted throughout the contest (please indicate that you are new and make a minimum of three picks).
Post your predictions in this topic, one prediction per line. Your prediction must start with the name of your winner and end with your predicted percentage. Do NOT put any extra fluff in your post (please use the Discussion Topic for that). Examples:
Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog with 80% Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog 80.8% Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog - 80.85%
Please use one of these formats, and always remember to include the % sign at the end. Please use the "full name" of the rivalry including all last names in your prediction (e.g. put Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Dr. Robotnik instead of Sonic/Robotnik) as indicated in our "copy paste" list at the bottom of the opening post. Predictions are entered into our database by a script, which may miss your predictions if you use some other weird format.
The Scoring
For each match you will earn points based on how close your guess was to the actual outcome. Scoring is cumulative and the winner of the SC2k11 Oracle Challenge will be the person with the most points at the end of the final match! For each match you can earn anywhere from 0 and 50 points. The scoring system works as follows:
Correctly choosing the winner earns you 50-x points. Incorrectly choosing the winner earns you 45-x points. (Where x is the difference between your guess and the rival's actual final percentage.)
Example:
Your guess: Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog with 55% My guess: Link vs. Cloud Strife with 55% Actual result: Mario/Sonic 60%, Link/Cloud 40% Your score: 50 - (60-55) = 45 points My score: 45 - (55-40) = 30 points
The Rules
It is necessary to have a few rules to keep the challenge running smoothly. Here they are:
1) A valid entry consists of a clear pick and prediction (i.e. Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog with 89.11%). One prediction per line per match. The prediction must be greater than or equal to 50.00%. 2) Your prediction does not need to be different from everybody else's. However, intentional and continuous prediction mimicry will NOT be allowed. 3) All predictions must be made before the usual start time of that match's poll (at exactly 12:00am ET, 11:00pm CT, 9:00pm PT). Predictions submitted after this time will NOT be counted. No predictions will be accepted after the poll has started, regardless of the start time. 4) You may change your prediction for any match at any time, subject to the other rules. 5) You may NOT delete or edit any post in a prediction topic (if you somehow do, please post immediately after to explain the deletion). This is to prevent abuse of the above rules and to reduce confusion. 6) If you post with an alt, you must clearly state the name of your main account on the post, or immediately after. Otherwise, your prediction may not count. (Exception: if the alt is listed on your user profile page [http://oraclechallenge.com/profiles.php?type=users], we already know about it). 7) You may predict matches for future divisions/rounds in advance if you need to. Please tell me beforehand in the Discussion Topic so we can arrange this. 8) I reserve the right to disqualify a pick for any justifiable reason.
The popular team challenge is returning for the eighth time! If you are not in a team, you're out of luck. Come back next contest and don't miss the sign-up! If you are in a team, this is how it's gonna work:
1. Make just one prediction per match subject to the rules above - it counts for the Oracle Challenge and the Oracle Team Challenge! 2. Your team score for the day is equal to both team members' scores added together. 3. If one player misses a prediction, the team will get either (partner's score * 2) or (partner's score + average score for the day), whichever is lower. This is to keep teams from being eliminated by one missed prediction, and this ONLY applies to the team scores.
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