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

[slaman29]

I am not Top Seed! But I appreciate that, it means there's no pressure on me to perform.

BTW I got the PM from hilarious about the pool as well as the bracket, so I will look at all these options and make my winning predictions before the games begin!

I also got the message and the bracket and already put it all what I think will be in the FIFA extra mini prize.The boring thing about that thing is that once you predict the group stages and only a few games remain you have no choice of recovering and that is why Superbru excels,it gives you opportunities much further than FIFA predictor does and that is why the main event will be with Superbru to give us all an equal chance,even to those who do not start the event in the best possible way.

To be fair it's almost the same thing with Superbru pool prediction, when there are very few games left, there are times we already know who the winners are, just not sure of exactly who gets 1/2/3 and so on. Sort of like you already know who is going on the podium, but not sure the color of their medal

I believe this happened with Afcon and even Champions League last season.

Pros and cons, but in the end I think always more pros for all these formats

[casperBGD]

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I believe this happened with Afcon and even Champions League last season.

not sure from which position (but it was 10+), but I reached podium in Afcon i last two rounds, from SF, with prediction on Egypt at 0:0 in all knock-out matches

small number of matches, small number of total points, and all knock-out matches mattered, here in World Cup will be similar

in Champions league is different because you have two-match system in groups, and a lot more matches during group stage

[rohang]

thanks for accepting @trofo and @cryptofrka

I did pretty bad at recent contest like this (F1 and EPL predictions) but I will hopefully give the guys in my group some competition this time 

good luck everyone!

[swogerino]

I did pretty bad at recent contest like this (F1 and EPL predictions) but I will hopefully give the guys in my group some competition this time 

good luck everyone!

In F1 we were so few participants and of course it was much more difficult than the EPL,but I think in the EPL there is still a lot of time to improve,we are more than 60 persons there and thus just a couple of rounds can bring you up considerably if all others do not bode well in those rounds.

The World Cup is going to be a great event and the good thing is that this is a very short tournament compared to F1 and EPL so it is worth fighting for,for those great prizes that are on grab here for the winners.

[slaman29]

Does anybody else not see the World Cup promotions that are all available I saw posted in SB ANN and rev threads?

I just recently asked Steve to fix my account so hate to ask him so often, wish there's a way to permanently not get blocked from all the promos lol.

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I believe this happened with Afcon and even Champions League last season.

not sure from which position (but it was 10+), but I reached podium in Afcon i last two rounds, from SF, with prediction on Egypt at 0:0 in all knock-out matches

small number of matches, small number of total points, and all knock-out matches mattered, here in World Cup will be similar

in Champions league is different because you have two-match system in groups, and a lot more matches during group stage

You have an amazing memory, I actually can remember that, Egypt going to final but actually couldn't really score, IIRC Senegal also went every game almost the same score 1:0? My pick was Egypt actually and I at least got the freebets from all the outrights. So I'm hoping to capture that same magic with the outright promo again

[CLS63]

I still remember Afcon as it is the only pool I've won so far. I had good memories there. Frankly, even though I'm showing a better performance compared to the previous years my only goal for the World Cup is to be able to qualify from the groups. It seems very difficult for me to do more than that when we look at the valuable forum members. Before the draw I'm feeling myself like Club Brugge in this picture.

[darxiaomi]

Well finally im in, so many well know faces

I dont know what to expect, but its gonna be funny.

Congratulation to the top seeds.... what its your FIFA ranking for that

[Trofo]

Congratulation to the top seeds.... what its your FIFA ranking for that

Well we tried to emulate FIFA to the maximum so seed positions were for sale to the highest bidders. We only contacted the very richest among all of you of since seed positions don't come cheap

Kidding aside we gave seed positions to well known members that are playing Sportsbet sponsored pools every year. More or less on first come first serve basis, maybe one would have been yours if joined earlier

[darxiaomi]

Congratulation to the top seeds.... what its your FIFA ranking for that

Well we tried to emulate FIFA to the maximum so seed positions were for sale to the highest bidders. We only contacted the very richest among all of you of since seed positions don't come cheap

Kidding aside we gave seed positions to well known members that are playing Sportsbet sponsored pools every year. More or less on first come first serve basis, maybe one would have been yours if joined earlier

Yes man i know.

But you know what they said. " The good things make you wait "

Yes i was really undecided because im a little bit lost between all the tournaments and promotions, but well after all i remind when we have the World cup all the other competitions halt off, so well lets try this.

Also i have to put in weight the overall spend in promotions killing my poor wallet.

I dont know if im going to put some outrights at $100 usdt catching that great promo.

[Lolojones]

I had never heard of bitcointalk existence before. I am actively betting on Sportsbet. When I saw that you wrote on buwaytress clubtalk, I wanted to participate in this contest. Before the 1st round matches start, I think it's enough for that round that we get a $10 bet on any world cup match. I'm also 33rd on the list. I want to be in this competition. Any competitor did not bet $10 before, say, the first round. In this case, will I be able to participate in the competition? I wish everyone good luck.

[slaman29]

I had never heard of bitcointalk existence before. I am actively betting on Sportsbet. When I saw that you wrote on buwaytress clubtalk, I wanted to participate in this contest. Before the 1st round matches start, I think it's enough for that round that we get a $10 bet on any world cup match. I'm also 33rd on the list. I want to be in this competition. Any competitor did not bet $10 before, say, the first round. In this case, will I be able to participate in the competition? I wish everyone good luck.

Welcome to the forum, explore it and you'll see that this is a huge gambling community even though it's crypto, for sure in my eyes bigger than anywhere else I know (in terms of having regulars).

So are you saying buwaytress showed you this on clubtalk? He and Trofo are among the power users I know since the beginning, actually, he is the one who told me about the forum and helped me out when I first joined and even sent me my first BTC

I sent you first merit also to allow you some forum progress, just keep active and you'll never leave this Hotel Bitcoinforniatalk lol

[cryptofrka]

I had never heard of bitcointalk existence before. I am actively betting on Sportsbet. When I saw that you wrote on buwaytress clubtalk, I wanted to participate in this contest. Before the 1st round matches start, I think it's enough for that round that we get a $10 bet on any world cup match. I'm also 33rd on the list. I want to be in this competition. Any competitor did not bet $10 before, say, the first round. In this case, will I be able to participate in the competition? I wish everyone good luck.

Hey there, welcome to BTT forum.

The competition is primarily for active forum users, but in coordination with Sportsbet we will fill the remaining spots with users that are active in clubtalk.
Remaining spots will be given on a first come first served basis, meaning that the players that applied before you have priority.

If a registered forum user applies in the next few days, he is automatically in and goes on the list before jocoser, pushing you further down.

We will let you participate in the 1st round and yes, if someone fails to provide their betslip he will be disqualified and next one on the list will take his place - and his points for that round will be calculated.

[buwaytress]

I had never heard of bitcointalk existence before. I am actively betting on Sportsbet. When I saw that you wrote on buwaytress clubtalk, I wanted to participate in this contest. Before the 1st round matches start, I think it's enough for that round that we get a $10 bet on any world cup match. I'm also 33rd on the list. I want to be in this competition. Any competitor did not bet $10 before, say, the first round. In this case, will I be able to participate in the competition? I wish everyone good luck.

Welcome to the forum! Glad you decided to come in and check it out, love seeing your bets on Clubtalk, so I know you'd fit right into this forum (it's not at all weird many crypto people seem to be into gaming too). Hope cryptofrka explained it well to you about chances of participation. My advice? Stick around on the forum, keep active, join pools next season (also plenty of SB promos here).

So are you saying buwaytress showed you this on clubtalk? He and Trofo are among the power users I know since the beginning, actually, he is the one who told me about the forum and helped me out when I first joined and even sent me my first BTC

Are you sure you got the right guy, cause I don't remember that at all haha. Definitely spent my first year or so on forum really looking for newbies like myself. Found the fastest way to learn was to help fix Bitcoin problems (especially wallets in those days when there weren't really good apps). Also, I got my first Bitcoin for free too, from a random guy who wanted to show me how txs worked on Electrum. I remember how generous people were to spread the word, just passed it on. Hope you've found the opportunity to do the same =)

[Lolojones]

Thank you very much everyone. I will continue to be active on this forum. I enjoy participating in competitions and being in the game. I usually spend time in forums like family. When you're active on Clubtalk, it's an incredible pleasure to win together by making my safest bets. Thanks for this nice welcome.

[slaman29]

My World Cup bracket final Feel free to not follow because this will be the surprise tournament winner plus super sad day for Messi!

So are you saying buwaytress showed you this on clubtalk? He and Trofo are among the power users I know since the beginning, actually, he is the one who told me about the forum and helped me out when I first joined and even sent me my first BTC

Are you sure you got the right guy, cause I don't remember that at all haha. Definitely spent my first year or so on forum really looking for newbies like myself. Found the fastest way to learn was to help fix Bitcoin problems (especially wallets in those days when there weren't really good apps). Also, I got my first Bitcoin for free too, from a random guy who wanted to show me how txs worked on Electrum. I remember how generous people were to spread the word, just passed it on. Hope you've found the opportunity to do the same =)

Yeah I know you don't remember, we talked about it a few years ago and you already forgot, it was from a freelancer platform, and then also in Bitvest chat long ago, you were also doing Pizza day promos around that time if I can remember correctly.

I've sent people tips online when I like them also for contributions, I never forget to pass the goodwill!!

[Trofo]

We plan to close applications by the end of this week and than work on the draws and questions for the 1st round.

It wasn't specifically worded here so let me be more precise. Applications for this competition will be officially closed on Sunday 11:59 AM. Basically we are accepting new applicants for one more full day. After that I will make group draw and my colleague will post it in the thread.

Then we will have a small test round on Monday. That is not obligatory but I am sure most of you are eager to see how it will work. We will just put up few test questions and test all the stuff.

Real thing will begin on 18th or 19th this month with first round of questions. Really pissed I can't be part of this competition since it looks damn fine 
 

[Woodie]

How are you going to be drawing players to play against each other and secondly with the Google form questionnaire is this going to be time dependent to answer to kind of give it some fairness to it.

And btw one of the rules say we need to place a 0.5mBTC bet, does this bet have to be on those games in that round and is there any minimum odds requirements to validate a bet entry.

My World Cup bracket final Feel free to not follow because this will be the surprise tournament winner plus super sad day for Messi!

Let me guess, we have a Messi fan in the house ::)but unfortunately Mexico doesn't have the fire power to beat the competition which writes them off and theoretically Argentina does stand a good chance of getting to the finals & I have them in my last 4 teams to get into the semi's. But a final is likely to consist of any of these 4: Argentina, Senegal, Brazil and Germany.

[Trofo]

How are you going to be drawing players to play against each other and secondly with the Google form questionnaire is this going to be time dependent to answer to kind of give it some fairness to it.

And btw one of the rules say we need to place a 0.5mBTC bet, does this bet have to be on those games in that round and is there any minimum odds requirements to validate a bet entry.

I believe we answered all those questions in detail. Least you can do is read trough the rules and few posts after OP. Complete rules are in the games and rounds thread. But here it goes once again:

1. I will draw players using one of random draw generators online. Was considering even streaming or making a video but decided against it since video can be edited and doesn't really prove anything. Draw will be made all the way to the finals so group stage isn't that important.
2. Questions will not be time dependent other than you have to answer them before first game starts. Why would they be? They are all about future games, it isn't like the more time will help you much. You can google some stats, but if that was that was we would all be millionaires and there wouldn't be betting sites.
3. 0.5 mBTC bet has to include at least one selection from that match day on world cup with odds of at least 1.5, other then that it is your choice how many other games you add, if any

[darxiaomi]

My World Cup bracket final Feel free to not follow because this will be the surprise tournament winner plus super sad day for Messi!

Are you high not?

I can guarantee you if that pass immediately here in Argentina the people its going to burn the Tata Martino family house.

And im 100% sure if that final happen Martino itself want to lose that one.

I explain myself, Martino is from Newells old boys the same with Messi and the same with Scaloni (actual manager of Argentina) all are from my city and i know how its the life here.

Plus also Di Maria its from here but he is from Rosario Central all they families are closely friends here, plus Lo Celso and Correa also from Rosario and fans of Rosario Central.I know this last two finally cant go to the WC, one for an injury and the other was down for convocatory, but still being part of the group.

And everyone here knows where they live.

And for final you are more high thinking of Mexico going trought round of 16, they not reach round quarter finals since 1970.

[buwaytress]

Then we will have a small test round on Monday. That is not obligatory but I am sure most of you are eager to see how it will work. We will just put up few test questions and test all the stuff.

Real thing will begin on 18th or 19th this month with first round of questions. Really pissed I can't be part of this competition since it looks damn fine 

The prestige of holding it is cool too, but we can do one just for the 2 of you in return in a fun sideway, who knows haha. Count me in for the test, curious to see how it might look like actually (in practice I mean).

Teams announced for all countries (I think). I haven't done anything in terms of predicting results of brackets elsewhere, should probably do it before the week ends though in case I forget or mess in a rush.