Forum Game The Predictions Game - Rules, Prizes, Q&A

GrandpaBlaze's Blazer Predictions Game

To (hopefully) increase the amount of fun in our Blazer season for us fans, the Blazer predictions game, started in the 1999/2000 season, returns for the fourteenth year. The predictions game works as follows:

Prior to the start of each game, predict the final score for the game. For example, Blazers 104, Lakers 99. Predictions made after the start of the game will not be accepted.

Once the game is complete, the results are calculated as follows:
1. You picked the right team to win
2. Total difference in score
3. Difference from team you predicted to win's actual score

Using the above prediction (Blazers 104, Lakers 99), if the actual score turned out to be Blazers 107, Lakers 106 the results would be as follows:

1. Pick the right team? Yes
2. Total Difference = 10 (Diff between Blazer actual and predicted of 3 + diff between Laker actual and predicted of 7)
3. Difference from Blazer actual = 3

Assume the following predictions for the actual 107-106 game:

A. Blazers 104, Lakers 99
B. Blazers 103, Lakers 100
C. Blazers 94, Lakers 90
D. Lakers 106, Blazers 105
E. Lakers 101, Blazers 90
F. Blazers 114, Lakers 87

The ranking for the game would be as follows:
1. A (right team, tot diff 10, Blazer diff 3)
2. B (right team, tot diff 10, Blazer diff 4)
3. F (right team, tot diff 26, Blazer diff 7)
4. C (right team, tot diff 29, Blazer diff 13)
5. D (wrong team, tot diff 2, Laker diff 0)
6. E (wrong team, tot diff 22, Laker diff 5)

Cumulative Results are calculated as follows:
1. Average individual game rank
2. Average total difference
3. Average Predicted Team difference
4. Number of games predicted.

Cumulative results are posted for the month (October is combined with November), first and second half of the season, and full season. In order to appear in the cumulative results, you must have predicted at least two-thirds (66%) of the games played in the time period for the cumulative ranking AND must have predicted at least 7 of the past 10 games (i.e., you must stay active in order to appear in the cumulative standings).

Seasons:
There are at least two and potentially three distinct seasons. Preseason stands independent of the regular season. How you do in the preseason has no impact on how you do in the regular season. The potential third season is if the Blazers make the playoffs. The playoffs predictions are separate from the regular season predictions and all series are rolled together for one post-season predictions game.

Additional Info:
- This game is open to anyone (Blazer fan or not)
- All predictions should be in the prediction thread for a given game.
- If you do not see a prediction thread, create one.
- Multiple game predictions can be made at once.
- For extended predictions lists (i.e., you are going on a vacation, etc.) PM the predictions to me.

One final note. I will not accept predictions from anyone I ignore (in other words, don't be a troll).

Another final note: One and only one prediction will be accepted. You can edit you prediction and the edit may, or may not, be taken. If you edit the prediction after it has already been recorded, the edit change will not be counted (I'm not going to go back through all the posts to see if anyone changed their mind); if you edit the prediction before I record it, then the new prediction will be recorded. When I record the predictions is arbitrary, sometimes it will before the game and at other times after the start of the game. If you "edit" a prediction by posting a new prediction in another message, the first post seen will be the one counted - so if you change your prediction, edit your first post.

If you edit a prediction AFTER the game has started or even worse, after the game has ended, I will edit your prediction such that you will be last in the results for that game and by a VERY large margin (i.e., damage your average total and picked team values).

Prediction Timing: Keep in mind that all predictions must be posted prior to game start or they will be ignored. As I don't always know the exact time a game starts, plan on getting all predictions in prior to scheduled game start.

Enjoy!

Gramps...

 

This is great! I think I am just going to attach the game tickets to each month winner of your prediction game. Is that okay with you?

I was thinking 1st and 2nd place gets tickets 1-2 for each month.

I will purchase pairs for November, December, January and February.


Update:

Here is the list of the season prediction rewards:

I have purchased 4 pairs of tickets in section 113 for the 1st and 2nd place winners of the prediction game:

Pre-Season 1st and 2nd place winners: 2/19/14 Blazers vs. San Antonio (Section 122, Row F, Seats 13-14) Winners Vanilla Gorilla and e_blazer

November 1st and 2nd place winners: 2/26/14 Blazers vs. Brooklyn (Section 102, Row L, Seats 15-16) Winners Gramps and Maris61

December 1st and 2nd place winners: 3/16/14 Blazers vs. Golden State (Section 111, Row G, Seats 13-14) Winners Darkwebs, and BlazerBeachBum

January 1st and 2nd place winners: 3/30/14 Blazers vs. Memphis (Section 122, Row F, Seats 9-10) Winners Treaty_of_Batum, and Darkwebs

The tickets will be purchased, and I will have the winners be put on "Will Call" for the ticket.

You can view the seats on this link… http://www.seats3d.com/nba/portland_...122_4/p_111_3/ ​

 

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Appreciate you doing this again, Gramps. And Mags, thanks for your willingness to provide a prize. Should be a fun season.

 

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That is a great offer Mags! It will be much appreciated by those who win (and incentive for those of us who virtually never do).

Gramps...

 

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Yeah I was thinking about the incentive for getting people to vote. Those that are out of town can just give their ticket to whomever they choose. Gonna purchase the tickets and you can coordinate with sly; since I'm gonna give him tee tickets to hand out.

Anything for this bad ass community!

 

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There should be a prize for the best record/points of posters that always pick the Blazers to win. Being a true fan I'll never pick against the Blazers.

 

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I see - "The Most Accurate Homer" award.

I will consider such an item - not necessarily a prize but separating out the full-on homer standings.

Gramps...

 

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Thanks Gramps!

 

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How dare you start a thread before something happens

 

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I kept waiting for you to start the thread but you let me down so I had to make it happen.



Gramps...

 

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I have learned my lesson.

I don't play this game, but it's very nice of you to do this for the forum.

 

Gramps Predictions Awards:

Here is the list of the season prediction rewards:

I have purchased 4 pairs of tickets in section 113 for the 1st and 2nd place winners of the prediction game:

Pre-Season 1st and 2nd place winners: 2/19/14 Blazers vs. San Antonio (Section 122, Row F, Seats 13-14) Winners Vanilla Gorilla and e_blazer

November 1st and 2nd place winners: 2/26/14 Blazers vs. Brooklyn (Section 102, Row L, Seats 15-16)

December 1st and 2nd place winners: 3/16/14 Blazers vs. Golden State (Section 111, Row G, Seats 13-14)

January 1st and 2nd place winners: 3/30/14 Blazers vs. Memphis (Section 122, Row F, Seats 9-10)

The tickets will be purchased, and I will have the winners be put on "Will Call" for the ticket.

You can view the seats on this link… http://www.seats3d.com/nba/portland_trailblazers/#/p_122_4/p_111_3/

 

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One point of clarification - The preseason stands on its own. Any regular season October games are lumped in with November.

Much gratitude to Mags for providing rewards and greater incentive for predictions game participants.

Of course, the way some of us play the game, we'll never partake of the rewards.

Gramps...

 

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Thanks brother. You Rock

 

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Awe…. Thanks brother

 

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Yeah. Thanks for being awesome, Mags.


Certainly didn't have too!

 

Re: Gramps Predictions Awards:

I never saw this sticky.

Mags, that is super awesome. Thanks for showing the board the love above and beyond what is expected. That is great.

 

Re: Gramps Predictions Awards:

You're all right, for a white guy...


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