Nobody has to chair it, or the op of the thread could. A thread is created and anyone can ask a question in there. People can read the thread to see if there's any dupes. Whoever is nominated can either choose to answer as many as they want or all if necessary and they can answer them when they're ready. As with AMAs not all questions get answered but just ones they feel penitent and they certainly wouldn't be an obligation to do so. I think this would be better than an reddit AMA actually as questions likely won't get lost amongst the melee and instead of answering them on the fly and in a rush the person in question can take some time to think about their answers or what questions they even want to answer at all.  

Depends on what sort of contract they have though. They could have a termination upon relegation clause or significantly reduce their payment. It would make sense for Sportsbet to do that as the drop off in terms of viewership and sponsorship deals between the PL and Championship is staggering.

PS. Can you PM your address for the winnings. Still a couple of users who need to do so.


Just keep an eye on this thread or Games and Rounds as I'll post it both here and there soon once I've paid out all the winners and sorted the sponsorship deal out.

This seems just like a reddit AMA aka Ask Me Anything. I don't think it would be a bad idea, though I think it should be voluntary. It would be interesting if a nominated user could set a day where they have a few hours to answer questions 'live' from any user, or maybe even better just let users post their questions in advance maybe over a week and that person could answer the ones they want at some point when they have time. Theymos isn't that active in posting especially of late and it's often difficult to get an answer from him on certain things either in public or private (though I haven't tried in a while) so maybe this sort of AMA would be a good idea for forum users to get answers to certain questions they have. I'm sure there are many things users would want to know like what's the eta on the new forum, or will new ranks ever be added etc and there were plenty of suggestions that both I and other users made in the Community generated suggestions thread and it would be interesting to know if he's thought any more about these or even changed his mind, but maybe theymos doesn't want to answer these questions as to not put a deadline on himself etc. Still, it would be nice to get updates or clarifications on some things.

I've enjoyed reading all the interviews. I don't know if zasad@ does it to everyone but he gave me the option of posting it myself. I think it would be better it users posted their own so you can merit them if you like their answers. If you wanna merit zasad@ for the questions then just toss some in the op.


At least two  , just like me. He's mostly abandoned that account probably because there's no money in it for him but he's happily still posting away from PrimeNumber7.


Well he was last active a little over month ago so he probably pops in from time to time. I think some people won't ever leave this forum no matter how many bans they get or accounts get tarnished. For some people it's just too lucrative to give up and I can't really blame them. PrimeNumber7 has risen through the ranks quite quickly but people like QS know what to do to achieve that efficiently. I'm sure aTriz would too.

Well, unless they've got a clause in the contract that says they can terminate the deal upon relegation, or significantly reduce payments. A lot of sponsorship deals and even players contracts have clauses like this. There's a huge drop off in terms of viewership between the PL and the Championship so that is often reflected in the various deals and deals can be lost upon relegation or payments significantly reduced. It would kinda be silly on the sponsors part not to have them really. The PL is the most watched league in the world, whereas the Championship probably doesn't get much attention in the grand scheme of things, so that's a lot of eyeballs missing and less eyeballs means less exposure for your brand.

Real shame about Watford going down. I was kinda rooting for them to stay up as it was nice seeing the BTC logo on their sleeve, but they just didn't have the quality to stay up. Ended up watching the Man U game but it was shit. Wish I'd have gone with my first choice of the Watford game as they nearly came back to grab a point but with Villa getting a point it would have been futile anyway.


Told you it wasn't worth it. Went for a draw on the Spurs game on the predictor pool but at 0-0. Didn't do great on the rest myself though  . If anyone wants to join the upcoming 2020/21 Premier League Pool look out for it in Games and Rounds next week or PM me and I'll send you a reminder once it goes live.

Goddammit, fifth all the way down to 8th. Yellow cap was won by DeathAngel but by only 14 points so not enough to clinch a consolation prize so at least I won something:

hilariousandco          20.5          7

examplens               19.5          24

tomahawk9              18.5          20

bigdaddy                  17.5          11

famLFC                    17            12

Shame about Watford going down. I'll miss seeing the BTC logo on their shirts. I wonder if it'll still be there next season in the Championship.

Godamn superbru:



I guess the site is lagging as everyone is on it right now trying to check their final scores. I did pretty shit from what I can tell but there was a lot of unexpected results so I might have still held on to 5th place but I'm not so sure. I was still there when I last checked shortly after full time but I'm not sure if all the games had finished and superbru had updated. It's often a bit behind. Mbit got the score right on the Man U game so he might have overtaken me. The Man U game was shit. Wish I'd had switched over at half time.

There might be some players who need another game to collect a medal as well. There's some minimum games played I think required to be eligible.


Why even put this on for such a small return. I agree those teams should win and I would back most of them if I had to, but look at what's to play for. Liverpool have already won the league and they're playing away. Spurs are also playing away and I wouldn't really trust them to win comfortably right now. Chelsea are playing Wolves who are trying to hold onto their Europa spot. Man City should stuff Norwich but maybe they might field an alternative team to give some other players a game. Even so they'll still likely thrash them but maybe Norwich will want to give a good performance for their fans for their final performance in the Premier League.  Too risky for not enough return for me.

I'm sure we can get at least 30. Most players will probably return and a few will naturally drop out, but there's over two months to recruit new sign-ups. Maybe the sponsor will push the pool a bit as well I dunno.


I think 40-50 users would be ideal. 40 players at 0.005 is 0.2 plus the 0.1 sponsorship so that would be nice. I don't think it would be great if there were too many players as that would obviously decrease your chances of winning but if the pool did get much bigger I suppose I could pay for the top ten spots. 5-10 would probably only be essentially smaller consolation prizes though. I'd like to bump up the highest round consolation prizes if I can as well though for a little more incentive to keep playing your best.


Well it will likely be between £25-£37.50 with the latter being 0.005 currently. Ideally I'd like to try keep it at 0.0005 as it's nice figure and makes it less complicated to split the prizes nicely.

But wasn't the discussion between £25 vs £100 last time. I don't really want to have numerous pools running for one comp so would prefer to just find a middle ground which I think £37 or whatever 0.005 is at the time is fair enough. First year it was £25, then last year I think it was closer to £30 (27 maybe). £37 is only an extra tenner and shouldn't be an issue for most I think but I don't really want to go the full £50 either, though it is a nice number in cash but the prizes will be denominated in btc so I'd prefer that to be the nice round figure hence trying to go for the 0.005. It's still really cheap for what it is. Far bigger sponsorship this year as well and I think there should be more interest in the pool this season and probably will grow from year to year as more people find out about it and want to get on board.

Theymos technically is in charge. You can donate though: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html

Or buy a Copper Membership from here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=credit;promote

Most of the revenue is from the paid advert auctions but theymos has previously said donations are not necessary.

If you have something to advertise you can bid on forum adverts here if you wish: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262483.0

But I'd just keep your money or give it to charity if you want to help out.

Nah, not yet. Last season I didn't start collecting funds until a week or two before the start of the season, but I may do it earlier this time. It depends on how much interest we get. I'll see how many users apply and what price bitcoin is at and if we get a lot of interest pretty swiftly I might start taking in funds asap.


I'd personally be ok with £50 but I know a few existing users wouldn't be so I'd like to keep it reasonable as to not price people out just for the sake of a little extra. 0.005 is a really nice number though and I'm sure £37 isn't going to break the bank for most. I'd like to keep it at a nice round number in bitcoin so we'll just see what the price is like when I start collecting it, but it will be between £25-40 most likely. People have to remember it's an entire season of fun and entertainment so it's good value and there is some pretty big prizes if we can collect over 0.2. I'll try up the consolation prizes a little as well so there's more to play for on that front.


I'd prefer to keep this thread as the more views and posts it gets the better it looks to potential advertisers in the future. Maybe one day we could get a big jackpot put in. Imagine a whole bitcoin or something. I'll just keep the op updated straight away next time along with the thread in Games and Rounds which is where I'll announce the next one after Sunday.

Well I think some people have forgotten about them and feel like they have nothing left to play for so you can at least try claw your entry fee back.


I think these are them:

0.04 1st
0.03 2nd
0.02 3rd
0.01 4th
0.005 5th

Consolation prizes:

0.005 1st
0.0025 2nd
0.0025 3rd
0.0025 4th
0.0025 5th

I posted them in the thread somewhere shortly after the pool started but they're not coming up in search.

Always appreciate the offer but Hhampuz managed to hook us up with a tasty 0.1 for the pot from Roobet so thanks to him for that. Hopefully we can get the pot to at least 0.2 with user contributions. As long as we get 30 sign-ups it should be doable. Currently 30 players are in this seasons pool but a handful will naturally drop out but I know there was a few people who wanted to join the pool after it started and with the pot being boosted with 0.1 that might attract a bit more interest. I'll announce the new pool after I've paid out the winners next week so we can maximise the sign ups before the new season apparently starts on 12th September. It'll probably be around £25-30 again. I'd like to raise the price a bit ideally but I don't know how many people would drop out because of it. £37.5 is currently 0.005 which is a nice number to have and we'd only need 20 users for another 0.1. 0.004 is currently £30 but 0.005 is a nice round number. I'll see what the price of bitcoin is at when I announce the thread and take into consideration what price users are ok with.


Consolation prizes are still up for grabs for everyone so don't give up.

They only have theirselves to blame. They could have won a lot of other silverware this year but threw them away pointlessly by fielding weak teams full of kids. I can't help but think they could have achieved so much more this season including beating the points record.


They're hardly consistent. They drew their last game at home with shitty West Ham and lost to Chelsea 3-1 in the FA Cup. Playing Leicester away isn't going to be easy and they will probably have more drive for success as the underdog. It's the game to watch either way. Anything could happen but I may go with a score draw.

Well there's that game but also the relegation battles which is arguably a bigger deal. Arsenal don't really have anything to play for whereas Watford are fighting for survival and it's an uphill battle away to the Gunners. West Ham are also safe but are playing Villa who aren't and really need a point or ideally three. Bournemouth could technically stay up with a win if Watford and Villa lose and they can get a better goal difference so there's a lot of iffs and butts. I'll probably watch the Leicester/Man U game and maybe the Watford one if I can split screen it decently.

Well perhaps it would be greed if they have have a car but want five more, of have enough food to eat but want a feast. For some it's not greed but necessity, and some others probably just want to earn financial freedom. Would you rather be unemployed or 'work' on bitcointalk to earn money. For some the money isn't a lot and to others it is vast. Also, the reason why some people 'cheat' campaigns and multi-account is because it's not that profitable unless you do. $50 a month isn't much to most, but if you times that by ten accounts then that's $500 which isn't a bad amount, and certainly not for a developing country. 


What did he ask you? Not the questions in the OP? That's why I suggested having maybe 15 standard questions that everyone gets asked like all the ones in the OP minus the fourth one and then maybe 5 personalised question which you can choose to answer or not if appropriate. Asking a base set of questions at least gives you everyone's perspective on things and I think there's a lot of good questions there.

Well maybe not for toke. He could probably forget to do his picks and still come out number one. Maybe someone will get a high score though to grab a consolation prize so get studying the fixtures as you still have something to play for.


If Chelsea lose and Leicester win then the latter will end up in third place. Is there an extra CL place because Liverpool get automatic entry for winning last year or did they get that this year? The break has me confused.


I'm talking to a couple of sites trying to get as much as I can to bolster the pot, but if they fall through you can certainly have it again.

Well, not if they lose. I don't think they will but don't discount Wolves. If they lose then they'll likely lose their Europa league play off spot as well. If they win they could get the automatic spot depending if Leicester lose.



Yeah. I was gonna watch Watford/Arsenal match to see if Watford can grab something from that in order to stay up, but I'll probably watch Man U and Leicester battle it out for the Champions League instead. Could probably split screen the action though.