⚽⚽⚽ Sportsbet's Bitcointalk World Cup 2022 - discussion ⚽⚽⚽

[LTU_btc]

Congrats @Harkorede with deserved win and good luck in the next round. You had best performance from all participants in this round with 7 points, so din't had chance against you.
As I said already, I reached my minimal goal to get out of group, so, I'm not really disappointed to get eliminated now. Now I'm going home together with Spain and now will watch this competition as neutral spectator .
And thanks to Cro2 guys for making these difficult questions, it was really fun to play.

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[Woodie]

Tough loss for Kanapka with 6 points, but that's football.

thought this should have read, " Tough loss for famososMuertos with 6 points, but that's football." considering Kanapka proceeded to the next round of games

@buwaytress great comeback that was really close and for a second I thought I was packing when I saw Ronaldo score not until the offside flag was raised...and the Portugal match kept me on the edge of my seat looking at how easy goals were flying in, otherwise love the sportsmanship keep it up  

[Trofo]

I see drama in our round of 16 was comparable to the real thing Did not cover it live, was actually playing football with my mates rather then watching Portugal. Now when I see the result I sort of regret it but I needed a proper running in this month of just watching football and eating/drinking.

Congratulations to all that passed to quarter finals. I am still missing a lot of BTC addresses by the way.

[ralle14]

Glad I made it to the quarterfinals and good thing we have a breather this time as the next match is scheduled in a few days and I wonder how tricky the questions will be for this round.

I also have to say that those AET losses are brutal though but at the same time, it's necessary and entertaining as the matchups go down the wire.  

[famososMuertos]

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⚽⚽⚽⚽Congratulations!⚽⚽⚽⚽

When Ronaldo scored... for a few seconds I was in the Quarter Finals! YES!! Quarter Finals!   ... if CR7 had been a starter I think he would have scored his goal against this weak Switzerland.

CrO2; were the 10 most interesting questions of the 40, great definition Kanapka! I hope to say that I lost in the round of 16 against the champion of Sportsbet's Bitcointalk World Cup 2022.

[Harkorede]

When Ronaldo scored... for a few seconds I was in the Quarter Finals! YES!! Quarter Finals!   ... if CR7 had been a starter I think he would have scored his goal against this weak Switzerland.

"Should've been, could've been, ain't, so why bother with ?"

I think Ronaldo just isn't accepting that he's approaching the end of his career, If they scored 6 goals in the group stages and the only one he could afford was that one from the penalty spot, why should we think it would have been different today ? Because Switzerland conceded 6 goals ? That could easily have been attributed to the fact that the coach dropped him and every other player on the pitch isn't worried about not picking out Ronaldo when he's making a run because he would definitely display complaining gestures, but yes! that's as some other players will as well. Ramos were picked out 3 different times and the goals all counted because he was able to time his runs very perfectly, and the first one Ronaldo gets was offside because he couldn't do the same, If Rafael Leao was able to get on the scoresheet despite been brought on 13 minutes after Ronaldo was and just 3 minutes away from the initial 90, then I don't think there is any justification for Ronaldo, It either wasn't meant to be, or he's just lost his pro touches and finesse, perhaps both.

[casperBGD]

congrats to all passing through to QF

had my luck with Morocco, since vd309 nailed exact minute first goal against Swiss, did not expected that show from Portugal like last night, will be interesting to see them against harsh team as Morocco

seems that here is as interesting as in Qatar regarding passing into next round, two overtimes

off to duel with CLS63

[slaman29]

Drama for you guys, I was happy to pass through before the final questions, but I know it gets tougher!!

I remember mentioning a while back, I guess not here but in another thread, that if Ronaldo only knew how to just shut up and play, he would be doing so much better. He only has himself to blame for not making it this game except a long cameo but anyway, the better team still went through.

Unfortunately even supporting Spain I have to say that they deserved to go well out.

Good luck, Inthelongrun! May you make many mistakes

And guys if you haven't sent your BTC address, tell Trofo I can keep your prize. I promise I put in on good 3x bets

[buwaytress]

@buwaytress great comeback that was really close and for a second I thought I was packing when I saw Ronaldo score not until the offside flag was raised...and the Portugal match kept me on the edge of my seat looking at how easy goals were flying in, otherwise love the sportsmanship keep it up  

Yeah same here, I tried not to react but I did when the ball hit the back of the net, and with replays I hoped he was somehow still in his half but it was so offside I laughed. The last corner too, I said if he scores, I'm going to not shit on him so much.

Well done, though, I want you to win it all so I can say you knocked me out

[cryptofrka]

The questions for the quarter finals are here!


Some general rules:

- most of you submit betslips on time but so far we have tolerated if somebody was a day late. Now a day late means knowing answers to half of the questions so betslips need to be submitted before the 1st games, no exceptions.
- there is no deadline, but you lose the points for all questions that started before your submission. That includes questions 9 and 10 so make sure to submit on time

We tried to be creative but it is becoming harder and harder, and some questions are bound to repeat. We are trying to put this at a minimum.
Please let us know if some mistakes have been made, we did triplecheck it but you never know

Other than that, have fun and good luck!

Code:

Woodie
Harkorede
ralle14
Kanapka
slaman29
inthelongrun
CLS63
casperBGD

[KTChampions]

Final results of the R16 are as follows:

Harkorede - LTU_BTC 7-4
Woodie - buwaytress 5-3
Renato297 - ralle14 3-6
Kanapka - famososMuertos 6-6 (AET)

Slissy - slaman29 3-6
slackovic - inthelongrun 4-5
KTChampions - cls63 4-4 (AET)
vd309 - casperBGD 3-4
~

Congratulations to everyone who made it to the next round and personally to my opponent in the 1/8 finals CLS63.

The Spanish national team naturally takes me away from the World Cup, but unfortunately not to Spain 

Many thanks to the organizers of the contest, a very interesting and adrenaline format. I'm ready to start competing in the next contest 
But first I need to take a break from this tournament. I'm even glad that today/tomorrow we have a day off from football, as I began to spend too much time watching games and thinking about bets.

[Trofo]

But first I need to take a break from this tournament. I'm even glad that today/tomorrow we have a day off from football, as I began to spend too much time watching games and thinking about bets.

It really was an overload of football in last couple of weeks. This 2 days of break will come very handy to recharge the batteries and enjoy it to the maximum once again. It is also much easier for us to organize this contest when we have a break between the games. We can wait to see all the results and then do proper research and post questions. Much better than rushing it and guessing how things will develop.

[darxiaomi]

To no suffer so much in this rounds ahead i go out of the competition in the group stage (making excuses  cof cof).

What a shit new for a few that Ronaldo doesnt start the game.

Now we can say, the really fun beguns, the big prizes are ahead. So lets keep pushing guys, good luck to all the participants, but more for the Bitcointalk natives, destroy that foreing asses.

[casperBGD]

The questions for the quarter finals are here!

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just to confirm one question, for number 5, Morocco - Portugal, regular time is counted?
at least for "no goals are scored", since other questions are related to half-times as well, so could be concluded that it is only regular time

interesting questions, will put my answers tomorrow, thanks for organizing all this competition, since Serbia was fast gone, helps keeping me close to whole WC tournament

[LTU_btc]

I didn't realized until now that there is prize for reaching Round of 16 . Sent my BTC to PM now.
I checked questions for the next round and I see that you guys have done great job again. Just my opinion about one question - I think that question about winners of games, like you have for England - France game isn't needed. Basically, it's repeat what we're doing in prediction pools.
Good luck to all guys who are still in the game!

[cryptofrka]

just to confirm one question, for number 5, Morocco - Portugal, regular time is counted?
at least for "no goals are scored", since other questions are related to half-times as well, so could be concluded that it is only regular time

interesting questions, will put my answers tomorrow, thanks for organizing all this competition, since Serbia was fast gone, helps keeping me close to whole WC tournament

Only regular time, yes. If the goal is scored in extra time, it won't be counted.

I didn't realized until now that there is prize for reaching Round of 16 . Sent my BTC to PM now.
I checked questions for the next round and I see that you guys have done great job again. Just my opinion about one question - I think that question about winners of games, like you have for England - France game isn't needed. Basically, it's repeat what we're doing in prediction pools.
Good luck to all guys who are still in the game!

You're kinda right about that, didn't cross my mind that most of you participate in that pool as well.
It isn't a question we had so far and it isn't the one we feel we'll have again, but for this particular game it made sense because the game really does not have a clear favorite.

[Harkorede]

But first I need to take a break from this tournament. I'm even glad that today/tomorrow we have a day off from football, as I began to spend too much time watching games and thinking about bets.

It really was an overload of football in last couple of weeks. This 2 days of break will come very handy to recharge the batteries and enjoy it to the maximum once again. It is also much easier for us to organize this contest when we have a break between the games. We can wait to see all the results and then do proper research and post questions. Much better than rushing it and guessing how things will develop.

It feels awkward to me though, at first the adjustment from 4 matches a day, catching almost no break, it felt good and it was pretty addictive within that short period of which it lasted for and now taking a two-day break, it's due as the players needs to catch a break themselves too.

I think we are at a stage where almost no amount of research will come in very handy and as it would have in the earlier stages, there are so many decisions to made that more like a mind games, where you're making a pick simply because you're expecting the opposite to happen, just like choosing between Brazil Over/Under 6.5 goals on target and Croatia Over/Under 3.5 goals, according to my own interpretation and experience of what's likely to happen is going to be dependent on who scores the first goal and how early it is, imagine Brazil taking a lead from 10-20 minutes, Croatia are very much likely to have Over 3.5 shots on target, while Brazil imo will likely come short of the 6.5 threshold, and if it's Croatia with the first lead during the game, I don't see Brazil not making as many as Over 6.5 shots on goal, and then there's the chance of both teams playing it conservatively and trying to catch each on a sudden break and at such both teams not getting any where near those tallies and finally there's that very fine margin of both teams getting explosive and go with an attacking minded approach and going way beyond what's expected of both of them, so how exactly is one supposed to navigate this intertwined fates carefully while avoiding all these booby traps 

[slaman29]

It feels awkward to me though, at first the adjustment from 4 matches a day, catching almost no break, it felt good and it was pretty addictive within that short period of which it lasted for and now taking a two-day break, it's due as the players needs to catch a break themselves too.

I think we are at a stage where almost no amount of research will come in very handy and as it would have in the earlier stages, there are so many decisions to made that more like a mind games, where you're making a pick simply because you're expecting the opposite to happen, just like choosing between Brazil Over/Under 6.5 goals on target and Croatia Over/Under 3.5 goals, according to my own interpretation and experience of what's likely to happen is going to be dependent on who scores the first goal and how early it is, imagine Brazil taking a lead from 10-20 minutes, Croatia are very much likely to have Over 3.5 shots on target, while Brazil imo will likely come short of the 6.5 threshold, and if it's Croatia with the first lead during the game, I don't see Brazil not making as many as Over 6.5 shots on goal, and then there's the chance of both teams playing it conservatively and trying to catch each on a sudden break and at such both teams not getting any where near those tallies and finally there's that very fine margin of both teams getting explosive and go with an attacking minded approach and going way beyond what's expected of both of them, so how exactly is one supposed to navigate this intertwined fates carefully while avoiding all these booby traps 

I'm fully expecting all players to be fully rested, anyone with injuries to be fully healed (like Neymar's ankle). So we should be getting an awesome set of 4 games. I will probably miss the 2 biggest ones even though it's weekend since I work anyway on those days, so it's a little bit disappointing for me, but on the other hand the early games are also nice to watch, so nothing to complain about

Amazing questions that are breaking my logic even just reading, thank you Cro2!

I agree no/little research is useful except maybe for lineup selection considering injuries and arguments with coaches lol but even so, it's impossible to predict what coaches will do or which players will end up getting selected as we cannot see behind training and selection meetings.

Brazil and Croatia are the biggest traps. If Brazil score early, your scenario could be right IF Croatia then try to get the equaliser rightaway but they also could be tempted to sit back and wait for 1st half to restrategize, and then just try counters all second half, but desperation can also mean shots off target or from outside box. Sit back and absorb then Brazil gets many shots. But if both sides somehow try a lot we get many shots, but probably low accuracy.

So in the end, we are picking outcomes that depend entirely on how the first goal is scored, if at all.

Maybe a more complicated but research-based question would be on is like "How will a team start a game, sit back and try to counter on first half?" or "How will a team react after scoring, or letting in a goal?" or "except injury, what will the first substitution be, defence for offence, offence for defence, or no change"? but even so, teams can play differently depending on coach and then it's luck all over again.

[buwaytress]

Still going to enjoy watching this thread. Definitely looks like Bitcointalk natives are having a strong showing! My prediction (and no offense guys haha):

harkorede v woodie
slaman29 v itlongrun
ralle14 v kanapka
cls63 v casperbgd

then, it'll be a Harkorede v CLS63 final, with Harko taking it all.

Feel free to share winnings with me for my 100% accurate prediction

What a shit new for a few that Ronaldo doesnt start the game.

Now we can say, the really fun beguns, the big prizes are ahead. So lets keep pushing guys, good luck to all the participants, but more for the Bitcointalk natives, destroy that foreing asses.

Yeah, as mentioned didn't at all know about the coach bustup he had after the last game, or I'd never have gone for him, not that it mattered for me as my challenger had "No" and I'd still have ended up losing. Lineups mistakes cost me (but still, it was luck). Have said it often, if he doesn't start, the stars will shine and they absolutely did.

[Trofo]

Maybe a more complicated but research-based question would be on is like "How will a team start a game, sit back and try to counter on first half?" or "How will a team react after scoring, or letting in a goal?" or "except injury, what will the first substitution be, defence for offence, offence for defence, or no change"? but even so, teams can play differently depending on coach and then it's luck all over again.

Those are nice questions if you are playing with your mates for fun. But in competition like this you have to have official site backing the answers or something that isn't subjective. For instance who will hit the post first is legit since there can be no doubt but the question you proposed could easily have two different answers for two people watching the game.

When you ask about substitutions what would you base your grading? In this world cup in particular if 2 subs are made they are often exchanged. For instance attacker comes for defender and then defender for attacker. Both are done in the same window. Would you say that correct answer is "attacker for defender" since that is how it is written or would you go with what actually happened - 2 fresh players brought on for the same positions. We need to cover every possible outcome of every question in verifiable way, not that easy, trust me