🏆Cloudbet's Cloud 9 Predictor Competition! Free Entry + 0.47 BTC Prize pool! 🏆

[KingZee]

Evening all!

@Cloudbet, I'd recommend mentioning in your post that brand new accounts or newbies can't participate, if you don't want to get flooded with alt accounts trying to climb their way on top of the vine

@KingZee & @LTU_btc - It's a very valid point. Problem is i'm promoting this on Twitter as well and I recognise some of the usernames that have come from there, so it's hard to tell who are legit newbies and who are the alts.

I don't want to change the T&Cs on the fly as it seems a bit crappy after the competition has launched, but I'll factor this in to my next competition plans - maybe it's time to run something unique to reward our older Cloudbet players and BitcoinTalk friends specifically.

Hmm, I can understand how confusing it would be, maybe a rule like :

if(forum.rank < newbie)
   if(twitter.followers < 1000)
      bootFromCompetition();

Because I personally think this opens up room for abuse, one person would only need about 6 accounts to make it into cloud 3 with one of them. But I know it's a hard job to filter them, soo.. your competition your rules

For my pick I'll make it later today probably after I'm meeting up with my buddies I'm an Arsenal fan so it's really a pickle of a game for the first game.

[Pmalek]

Manchester United to win.

[KingZee]

Arsenal win!

I was going to call a draw, but Arsenal needs to get this title. Risky bet against win-streak united, but maybe it'll pay out. Cheers!

[nasifpa]

I predict it'll be a draw..  DRAW..

[Blind789]

Arsenal 1
Man u 1

[avlen]

Man Utd win 

[bigatenz]

Arsenal will win this match

[Cloudbet]

Don't have a clue about "real" Leyton Orient but it was my most successful Championship Manager job in the history. A long time ago, when I was an CM addict (and had free time) Leyton was the team that finally cured me I managed to bring them all the way to Premiership and win two consecutive Champions Leagues with them. After that the game just didn't have any challenges left.

And tomorrow I will write a 3 pages essay on "Why is Ronnie so awesome?" I propose that you make it part of the rules and demand everyone to quote parts of it whenever entering Cloudbet contests.

@Trofo - I can only dream of that kind of success for Orient, I'll just be happy if we can make it back into the football league this season! I used to love Champ Man, I'm running a Orient team on the 17/18 version of Football manager but I'm stuck in league one at the moment. I'll have to hit you up for some tips  

Hmm, I can understand how confusing it would be, maybe a rule like :

if(forum.rank < newbie)
   if(twitter.followers < 1000)
      bootFromCompetition();

Because I personally think this opens up room for abuse, one person would only need about 6 accounts to make it into cloud 3 with one of them. But I know it's a hard job to filter them, soo.. your competition your rules

@KingZee - I am just happy we have people who are providing great feedback on the rules, it makes things much easier when it comes to reviewing and planning for future competitions!  

Your suggestion could be a good idea for future comps, perhaps something like "Requires a BCT account over 7 days old OR post your first message with a link to a valid twitter account". I'll have a think about it and get back to you!


For all those still sitting on the fence (or wanting to change their prediction before the deadline ) our blog team have just published an article on the biggest games this weekend, which includes a breakdown of the Arsenal vs Man Utd game, and their pick for a winner: Check it out here.


I'm going to send round a message to forum members who have participated in our previous predictor comps this afternoon, I'm hoping to get to at least 100 entrants before the deadline!  

Have a great day all!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

[Pryanto_iseng]

MU wins!

[SyGambler]

Manchester UTD

[vit05]

Arsenal 3 vs 2 Man Utd FA Cup

I would also think that accept newbie is not a great idea. It is too easy to create an alt account. If they are from Twitter, you could ask for their nick there.

tks

[Cloudbet]

I would also think that accept newbie is not a great idea. It is too easy to create an alt account. If they are from Twitter, you could ask for their nick there.

@vit05 - Thanks for your input! Based on feedback from yourself and others I'll definitely include this in the rules for the next competition, I'm just not keen on changing the T&Cs for this one half way through the first round.

I've just had a look at the spreadsheet (you can view here) and the current numbers are:

Man Utd: 16
Arsenal: 9
Draw: 7

Looks like confidence in the Red Devils is high off the back of their run of good form! 

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

[QuadsPoker]

Arsenal- Man U draw 1-1

[buwaytress]

Holy crap @Trofo @Ronnie... Leyton Orient was MY team all those years ago too, playing on manager (I unfortunately played the defunct FIFA Manager) too but this was way, way long ago... before 2008 anyway! I don't remember anything about them now besides their crest, and I think I only chose them for their unique name. Seriously, brings back memories!

My pick: Arsenal. If I get to BTC Clouds, I might do a bet

[guybrushthreepwood]

I'll go for the draw.

Arsenal 1 - 2 Man. Utd.

I forgot to make it clear, but this competition is just for predicting the winner of each match (or a draw if that's your prediction), yours will count as a prediction for Man Utd to win unless you want to change your mind before the deadline 

Is it for just the 90 minutes or 90 plus any potential injury time? Does the FA cup games go into extra time / penalties? A draw might be impossible if so.

[sompitonov]

I think ARSENAL WIN

p.s. 1. nice event 
      2. newbie maybe have multi-account

[summonerrk]

Manchester Utd win

[edge777]

Arsenal- Manchester United
1-2

MU wins

[veleten]

Arsenal v Manchester Utd   2:1


p.s. got free spins from the competition to almost 0.2 btc at some point
failed to wager, haha
was super fun , thank you,Cloudbet for the awesome competitions

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Man Utd to win

This is really tough, I’ve gone for United because of their great recent form.