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

[slaman29]

Semifinals are on Mon/Tue so expect the questions some time during tomorrow.

You really celebrate a bit too hard if you don't even know when we play our next game Semi finals are on Tuesday/Wednesday at 7PM GMT.


Congrats to all that qualified for our final four. Be sure to check the deadline for answers when questions become live. This time we will have deadline a couple of hours before first game, so we are sure official line ups aren't available. Only 2 games so we need all possible angles for our questions. I am still missing a lot of BTC addresses so please send them to me trough PM.

Thank you both again, the fact no one got more than 5 points shows you made an amazing set of questions Take the break, well deserved.

I'm honestly very surprised and happy to make it, without a tiebreaker as well, not that I was even awake to see it, this whole day at office even I was so curious, I know I got 3 points, wasn't sure what the rest of my answers even were of if I got Portuguese lineup correct.

Anyway, it was nice, inthelongrun, and now I come up against CasperBGD, one of the most experienced forum users.

[casperBGD]

feels good to be in semi-finals, and we have some parallel to WC as well, Croatia and Morocco went to SF from same group, and here only two groups are in SF, Harkorede and slaman29 were in group A, and Kanapka and me in group G

good fight with CLS63, both getting five points, another decider to went through, and have to say luck, Kane penalty missed and Rashford inched over the bar in last minute, but that is history now, and off to SF with slaman29

congrats to all SF participants, but also to those that went out, it is mostly a matter of luck in these roulettes

[cryptofrka]

This is the final, official semi-finals draw:






Also, the questions for the semifinals are here!



The deadline is 2 hours before the 1st semifinal, please no funny business. We will check according to timestamps.

Good luck, I think these questions are the hardest ones so far.

Code:

slaman29
Harkorede
casperBGD
Kanapka

[buwaytress]

Hey well, done, I did get the slaman-Harko semi correct, but missed on the other 2. Harko my pick for the winner takes all, pressure?

Nice questions, Messi all the way for me, whether or not he actually scores or assists will be tough against Cro. Battle of Lusail is now the most carded game in World Cup history, but before that, it was actually another Dutch game (who can forget the boot-to-chest on Alonso?) so I have a feeling it's actually the Dutch who instigates all these cards haha, I wouldn't be surprised if Argentina-Croatia ends with very few cards and goals.

What do you say, Trofo, another big money down on Croatia to qualify? I got a fantastic 55/10 odds last time around, it's "only" 33/10 this time around, so not tempting enough for me, honestly. Maybe a pre-match on Argentina and then hedge it with fantastic live odds if/when they get ahead?

[Harkorede]

Hey well, done, I did get the slaman-Harko semi correct, but missed on the other 2. Harko my pick for the winner takes all, pressure?

Maybe we should petition Sportsbet to have a special odds on our semis, as well as outright, what do you think the odds will be ?

I just checked the questions and why does it have to get harder every time huh ?! We still have all of Monday, so I'll definitely have it in by tomorrow. I just need to do a lot of dice throwing to arrive at an answer for each question.

What do you say, Trofo, another big money down on Croatia to qualify? I got a fantastic 55/10 odds last time around, it's "only" 33/10 this time around, so not tempting enough for me, honestly. Maybe a pre-match on Argentina and then hedge it with fantastic live odds if/when they get ahead?

While I still want to Messi to win the trophy because of what it would mean to him, I actually have second thoughts now because of how it would stir some other social media debate of Messi vs Ronaldo, the most annoying debate of all time, and one needing to be considered mediocre just to hype the other, when in reality they're both football legend, the best to have ever graced the football pitch... I'm sure the media will lose all it's billions of baits click with just because Messi or Ronaldo is the headline.

[Trofo]

Maybe we should petition Sportsbet to have a special odds on our semis, as well as outright, what do you think the odds will be ?

Your wish is our command  I just had initial chat about it and I am quite confident we will organize betting on the semi final games and outright winners. Have to work it out a bit more and handle odds and liability but it should be manageable. I'll do my part and they expect a bunch of you to actually bet on it. It could work as a nice pilot project to gauge the interest and maybe include some other forum happenings or yellow cap winner bets in the future.

[Harkorede]

Maybe we should petition Sportsbet to have a special odds on our semis, as well as outright, what do you think the odds will be ?

Your wish is our command  I just had initial chat about it and I am quite confident we will organize betting on the semi final games and outright winners. Have to work it out a bit more and handle odds and liability but it should be manageable. I'll do my part and they expect a bunch of you to actually bet on it. It could work as a nice pilot project to gauge the interest and maybe include some other forum happenings or yellow cap winner bets in the future.

Brilliant initiative!

Of course I definitely will bet on it and I think it will be an interesting feature to have honestly, and it spice up all our other pools too, honestly.

[Shaha98]

Ronaldo was very disappointed when Portugal lost in the quarter-finals with Morocco.  And he went off alone in anger and was taken off after half-time.  It was Ronaldo's last World Cup as he would not be able to participate again as age would act as the biggest barrier.  Because there is no way that his youth and running speed can be sustained till 2026.  That's why I think this World Cup is Ronaldo's last World Cup because no player has played as a striker at the age of 41.

[slaman29]

Maybe we should petition Sportsbet to have a special odds on our semis, as well as outright, what do you think the odds will be ?

Your wish is our command  I just had initial chat about it and I am quite confident we will organize betting on the semi final games and outright winners. Have to work it out a bit more and handle odds and liability but it should be manageable. I'll do my part and they expect a bunch of you to actually bet on it. It could work as a nice pilot project to gauge the interest and maybe include some other forum happenings or yellow cap winner bets in the future.

Of course I will bet, on myself lol. I believe in football you're not allowed to bet in most other sports, you are allowed to bet, but only on yourself right? I think boxing for example there are guys who bet on themselves.

Anyway, that's going to be super interesting to see who the favorites are. I honestly don't consider myself a big chance, of course everybody would say that about themselves, but interestingly, Spanish football which is my most followed, is usually the worst performer in pools and betting.

I'll put my picks in for sure 2 hours before the 1st game but most likely earlier. The good thing for me is game starts almost midnight for me, so it's the last thing for me to do before I go out to watch

[famososMuertos]

Kanapa I think that according to the readings in this thread you represent Morocco.     Anyway, good luck to the 4 finalists.

...//....  That's why I think this World Cup is Ronaldo's last World Cup because no player has played as a striker at the age of 41.

His goal against René Higuita is mythical (WC '90), and his call to the '94 World Cup was controversial, but he managed to score a goal, Roger Milla (42).

There are so many factors involved that the unique situation of him (CR7) being around starts with first knowing if Portugal can qualify.

[Trofo]

Maybe we should petition Sportsbet to have a special odds on our semis, as well as outright, what do you think the odds will be ?

Your wish is our command  I just had initial chat about it and I am quite confident we will organize betting on the semi final games and outright winners. Have to work it out a bit more and handle odds and liability but it should be manageable. I'll do my part and they expect a bunch of you to actually bet on it. It could work as a nice pilot project to gauge the interest and maybe include some other forum happenings or yellow cap winner bets in the future.

Brilliant initiative!

Of course I definitely will bet on it and I think it will be an interesting feature to have honestly, and it spice up all our other pools too, honestly.

Ok I have an update on Sportsbet's Bitcointalk World Cup 2022 betting markets

There will be head to head markets for both semi finals with even odds @1.9. Markets will be under Sportsbet Specials and they will become live 4 hours before first match starts and be alive for usual 2 hours. Keep in mind that deadline for our questions is 2 hours before the game so the markets will effectively time out with our deadline.

I am expecting to see some action on these pairs. It isn't every day occurrence that you can bet on somebody from forum doing well/poor on official bookie Big thanks to
Steve and Sportsbet.io

[inthelongrun]

I'm honestly very surprised and happy to make it, without a tiebreaker as well, not that I was even awake to see it, this whole day at office even I was so curious, I know I got 3 points, wasn't sure what the rest of my answers even were of if I got Portuguese lineup correct.

Anyway, it was nice, inthelongrun, and now I come up against CasperBGD, one of the most experienced forum users.

Thanks for the match mate. I think we only had like 3 different answers. You were correct in the under 3.5 Croatian on target which was my original answer too but I changed it before submitting it. I was still banking on to tie because I seemed very confident that you will be wrong on Lotauro to start but well, I guess nobody expected Argentina to go 5-3-2. Morocco-Portugal was like 50/50. In the end, it was a clear victory for you even if the lead was only 1 point since you would've smashed me again in the tiebreakers. Good luck mate. Hopefully, you'll win it all.

Thank you to cryptofrka, Trofo, Sportsbet, and everyone for this fun but very competitive tournament.

[buwaytress]

Man, totally love the fact that Sportsbet listens and makes these specials, was definitely hoping to get some sidebet action going on, and I like the way it's done. You know, it might even be something of an ongoing thing once this one's done and dusted, and with the pools, you can almost sort of sense who's really good and who's really shite Like a preseason outright market

Good going, gang, as I already said previously, my bet was on Harkorede to win it all (no offence, slam and casper but feel free to prove me wrong haha), so I'm going to prep my coins for that. 4 hours before is just about when I can come online too.

[casperBGD]

great initiative from Harkorede, and Sportsbet with Trofo and cryptofrka done their part to make it happen
did not had a chance to be an option for betting earlier , but I would probably avoid betting on my pair, maybe on rivals, equal odds are best option IMO

have to check questions, tough day at work today, and winter/snow coming in, but will probably enter my answers tonight, will be an interesting Wednesday night (hopefully it will not end with too much difference in Tuesday)

[cryptofrka]

We were really excited to be able to offer this, we have some future plans around such events as well.

I'm interested to see who the forum members perceive as the favorite, we'll ask for some statistics from Sportsbet once the bets are closed.

[CLS63]

feels good to be in semi-finals, and we have some parallel to WC as well, Croatia and Morocco went to SF from same group, and here only two groups are in SF, Harkorede and slaman29 were in group A, and Kanapka and me in group G

good fight with CLS63, both getting five points, another decider to went through, and have to say luck, Kane penalty missed and Rashford inched over the bar in last minute, but that is history now, and off to SF with slaman29

congrats to all SF participants, but also to those that went out, it is mostly a matter of luck in these roulettes

I have been busy during this week so I can newly congratulate you now, casperBGD. Even though I played my best stage I'm saying goodbye to the tournament in the quarter finals. If Kane's penalty ended up with a goal things were going to be very different. From now on, I'm supporting you in the tournament. I hope that you can manage to show a good performance in the semi finals as well.

Cro2 team are giving us lessons every day about how an organization should be made. Congrats! As I've lost a lot of money in the World Cup so far, I won't be able to bet on casperBGD. However I believe in him.

[Igebotz]

Ok I have an update on Sportsbet's Bitcointalk World Cup 2022 betting markets

There will be head to head markets for both semi finals with even odds @1.9. Markets will be under Sportsbet Specials and they will become live 4 hours before first match starts and be alive for usual 2 hours. Keep in mind that deadline for our questions is 2 hours before the game so the markets will effectively time out with our deadline.

Man, this is huge, how did you guys do it in such a short period of time, and I love how there are no underdogs and the odds are similar to that of the odd/even market because it's a 50-50 game, what's the odd for X result? Unfortunately, this is coming at a time when we can only have two max selections on our slip; I wish it came sooner from the R16.

Good going, gang, as I already said previously, my bet was on Harkorede to win it all (no offence, slam and casper but feel free to prove me wrong haha), so I'm going to prep my coins for that. 4 hours before is just about when I can come online too.

Your wish for us to bet on the remaining games has finally come true, man. Harkorede represents France, Kanapa represents Morocco, CASPERBGD represents Croatia, and Slaman represents Argentina, so I'll be betting on Kanapa and Slaman29 at 3.80 odds.

Kanap - Slaman final and Slaman to win the cup

Do not try my little tricks at home unless you have a few dollars to lose.

[slaman29]

Man, I have not been able to confirm lineups for the quiz and Saiss is my biggest issue. He seems like he is coming on, but maybe it's just psychological warfare!

But I don't want to overthink even though it's too late I changed my answers so many times, augh, good luck casp!

Thanks for the match mate. I think we only had like 3 different answers. You were correct in the under 3.5 Croatian on target which was my original answer too but I changed it before submitting it. I was still banking on to tie because I seemed very confident that you will be wrong on Lotauro to start but well, I guess nobody expected Argentina to go 5-3-2. Morocco-Portugal was like 50/50. In the end, it was a clear victory for you even if the lead was only 1 point since you would've smashed me again in the tiebreakers. Good luck mate. Hopefully, you'll win it all.

Thank you to cryptofrka, Trofo, Sportsbet, and everyone for this fun but very competitive tournament.

Thank you also, I can definitely say it was luck, I was confident with Brazil and Croatia picks, but if it had been about winning, I would have gone for Brazil so I guess this was definitely luck that Croatia had 0 shots on target in the game. This semifinal quiz is pretty tough and just looking at it I am not even certain for more than 2 of the questions.

Your wish for us to bet on the remaining games has finally come true, man. Harkorede represents France, Kanapa represents Morocco, CASPERBGD represents Croatia, and Slaman represents Argentina, so I'll be betting on Kanapa and Slaman29 at 3.80 odds.

Kanap - Slaman final and Slaman to win the cup

Do not try my little tricks at home unless you have a few dollars to lose.

I would see myself as representing Morocco but kanap already literally does so I will happily take Argentina lol

If I win the cup, I will ask SB to give me a badge on Clubtalk lol (guys ask Steve maybe that can be the super prize, like everyone will see and ask, and the story will always be told, so it's like a permanent attraction for users to ask about it, then to talk about bitcointalk/Sportsbet competitions for Clubtalk users!).

[Trofo]

Man, I have not been able to confirm lineups for the quiz and Saiss is my biggest issue. He seems like he is coming on, but maybe it's just psychological warfare!

But I don't want to overthink even though it's too late I changed my answers so many times, augh, good luck casp!

That was actually the idea behind that question. Without doing research on my part I was only sure Hakimi starts at the moment we wrote the question. There was always a chance manager would say something on press conference but still there should be plenty of room for different answers in this one.

Good luck guys, don't forget to take the bets as well, I know I will 

[cryptofrka]

If I win the cup, I will ask SB to give me a badge on Clubtalk lol (guys ask Steve maybe that can be the super prize, like everyone will see and ask, and the story will always be told, so it's like a permanent attraction for users to ask about it, then to talk about bitcointalk/Sportsbet competitions for Clubtalk users!).

There might be something cooking for the winner of the competition.
Sportsbet really cares about you guys - that's the most I can say at this point.

There will definitely be a badge as well - a permanent memento for the winner of our 1st competition.