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Race to Win the World Cup - Youth Experiment/Sign-Up

Sign-ups are closed, welcome to the game thread for this experiment and competition! We have 22 members in on this sign-up, and I'm excited for things to take off!

A quick reiteration of the important rules:

  • You each have taken control of a team. The teams are at various levels, so I have tried to take pre-cautions to balance the growth of each team to make it more fair. Poland is going to be better than Fiji for quite a while.
  • Every year, not including the first, the bottom three teams will take a player from the top three teams, although not all players are eligible. I will specify which players are.
  • Before each set of games, you will have the chance to bet on the outcomes and perhaps win a player to join your nation.
  • There is an all-in clause in which you wager that your nation will win the World Cup in that year. Winning grants you 100 points, anything else takes 50 points away from your score. You will get three high quality, but temporary, players to help you in your gambit.
  • Every year I will update each nation on its points, players, and general standing in the world.

Point additions have been covered in the sign-up thread, look there to find what gets you how many points. The initial, start of save, update is coming soon, still putting it together.

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I'll be doing these initial overlook updates in order of ranking...so let's begin with our first nation!

@Lenzar

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Up in 11th place, I've made minimal changes to Wales as a nation, so if they win the World Cup early on then the FM Gods will have spoken.

Squad

Players of note include Gareth BaleAaron RamseyJoe AllenDanny WardMatt Smith, and Tyler Roberts.

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@Stocke

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That's all the teams, updates from here on will be a little bit...shorter in length. I'm going to take a quick break and hopefully get a schedule of upcoming games and let the betting commence. Hopefully within the next 24 hours it should happen.

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USA - Trinidad & Tobago

St. Vincent - Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea - Samoa

Saint Lucia - Bermuda

Fiji - Cook Islands

Singapore - Pakistan

Guatemala - St. Vincent

Guatemala - USA

Uganda - Somalia

Angola - DR Congo

Guinea - Mauritius

South Sudan - Mauritius

Armenia - Kazakhstan

Myanmar - Nepal

Australia - Thailand

Mongolia - Hong Kong

Poland - Denmark

Wales - Serbia

Tahiti - Vanuatu

Cyprus - Estonia

Austria - Georgia

Oman - Indonesia

India - East Timor

Bonaire - Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba - Martinique

Bets are open, you have until around 5 pm CST to put in your bets. Good luck!

Forgot to mention how many you need to get right to win a player. For this round, we're going to go with 21 out of the 25 games.

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Ooft, didn't realise Indonesia was that far down the rankings. Not to worry, we have a huge population base to hopefully bring out some talented youngsters :D

My tips for this round of fixtures:

USA - Trinidad & Tobago - USA winners

St. Vincent - Trinidad & Tobago - T&T winners

Papua New Guinea - Samoa - PNG winners

Saint Lucia - Bermuda - Bermuda winners

Fiji - Cook Islands - Fiji winners

Singapore - Pakistan - Pakistan winners

Guatemala - St. Vincent - Guatemala winners

Guatemala - USA - USA winners

Uganda - Somalia - Draw

Angola - DR Congo - DR Congo winners

Guinea - Mauritius - Guinea winners

South Sudan - Mauritius - Mauritius winners

Armenia - Kazakhstan - Armenia winners

Myanmar - Nepal - Nepal winners

Australia - Thailand - Australia winners

Mongolia - Hong Kong - Hong Kong winners

Poland - Denmark - Poland winners

Wales - Serbia - Wales winners

Tahiti - Vanuatu - Draw

Cyprus - Estonia - Estonia winners

Austria - Georgia - Austria winners

Oman - Indonesia - Oman winners

India - East Timor - India winners

Bonaire - Turks and Caicos Is. - Turks and Caicos Is. winners

Cuba - Martinique - Cuba winners

 

Thanks for running this experiment, hopefully the Indonesian boys come out winners ;)

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5 hours ago, tastaiwan said:

USA 

Trinidad & Tobago

Samoa

 Bermuda

Fiji - Cook Islands (Draw)

Singapore - Pakistan (Draw)

Guatemala

USA

Uganda

Angola - DR Congo (Draw)

Guinea

Mauritius

Armenia

Myanmar - Nepal (Draw)

Australia

Mongolia

Poland

Wales

Tahiti

Estonia

Austria

Oman

India

Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba 

My predictions 

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6 hours ago, tastaiwan said:

USA 

Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea

Bermuda

Fiji 

Singapore

Guatemala

USA

Uganda

DR Congo

Guinea

Mauritius

Armenia

Myanmar

Australia

Hong Kong

Poland 

Wales

Tahiti

Cyprus

Austria

Oman

India

Bonaire

Cuba

my bets :) 

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6 hours ago, tastaiwan said:

USA 

Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea - Samoa - Draw

Bermuda

Fiji

Singapore - Pakistan - draw

Guatemala 

USA

Uganda

Angola - DR Congo - draw

Guinea

 Mauritius

Kazakhstan

Myanmar - Nepal - draw

Australia

Mongolia - Hong Kong draw

Poland - Denmark draw

Wales

Tahiti - Vanuatu draw

Estonia

Austria

Oman - Indonesia draw

India 

Bonaire

Cuba

Thanks for having me, my tips are above. Might be easier to do a spreadsheet as it might be a bit challenging to gather the tips from several posts...

Funny as my free agents are better than the players on contract:)

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USA

Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea

Bermuda

Fiji

draw

Guatemala

USA

Uganda

draw

Guinea

Mauritius

Armenia

draw

Australia

Hong Kong

Poland

draw

Tahiti

draw

Austria

draw

India

Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba

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8 hours ago, tastaiwan said:

USA - Trinidad & Tobago Draw

St. Vincent - Trinidad & Tobago T&T

Papua New Guinea - Samoa PNG

Saint Lucia - Bermuda Bermuda

Fiji - Cook Islands Fidji

Singapore - Pakistan Draw

Guatemala - St. Vincent Guatemala

Guatemala - USA Draw

Uganda - Somalia Somalia

Angola - DR Congo Draw

Guinea - Mauritius Draw

South Sudan - Mauritius Mauritius

Armenia - Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Myanmar - Nepal Nepal

Australia - Thailand Australia

Mongolia - Hong Kong Hong Kong

Poland - Denmark Poland

Wales - Serbia Draw

Tahiti - Vanuatu Tahiti

Cyprus - Estonia Estonia

Austria - Georgia Draw

Oman - Indonesia Indonesia

India - East Timor India

Bonaire - Turks and Caicos Is. T&CI

Cuba - Martinique Cuba

Maybe a Googledoc or something like that would be helpful for you.

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USA 

Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea 

Bermuda

Fiji 

Singapore - Pakistan  DRAW

Guatemala 

Guatemala - USA  DRAW

Uganda

Angola 

Guinea – 

 Mauritius

Armenia

Myanmar - Nepal  DRAW

Australia

Mongolia

Poland 

Wales 

Tahiti - Vanuatu  DRAW

Cyprus

Austria

Oman

India 

Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba

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USA# - Trinidad & Tobago

St. Vincent -# Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea - Samoa#

Saint Lucia - Bermuda#

Fiji #- Cook Islands

Singapore# - Pakistan

Guatemala# - St. Vincent

Guatemala - USA#

Uganda #- Somalia

Angola# - DR Congo

Guinea - Mauritius

South Sudan# - Mauritius

Armenia - Kazakhstan#

Myanmar #- Nepal

Australia# - Thailand

Mongolia - Hong Kong#

Poland# - Denmark

Wales #- Serbia

Tahiti -# Vanuatu

Cyprus# - Estonia

Austria - Georgia

Oman #- Indonesia

India# - East Timor

Bonaire# - Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba# - Martinique

#marked to win

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#USA - Trinidad & Tobago

St. Vincent - #Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea# - Samoa

Saint Lucia - #Bermuda

Fiji# - Cook Islands

Singapore# - Pakistan

Guatemala# - St. Vincent

Guatemala - #USA

Uganda# - Somalia

Angola - #DR Congo

Guinea# - Mauritius

South Sudan - Mauritius*

Armenia - Kazakhstan*

Myanmar - Nepal*

Australia# - Thailand

Mongolia - #Hong Kong

Poland# - Denmark

Wales# - Serbia

Tahiti# - Vanuatu

Cyprus - Estonia*

Austria# - Georgia

Oman# - Indonesia

India# - East Timor

Bonaire - #Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba# - Martinique

 

#marked to win, *marked for draw

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USA to beat Trinidad & Tobago

St. Vincent to lose to Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea to draw with Samoa

Saint Lucia to draw with Bermuda

Fiji to beat Cook Islands

Singapore to draw with Pakistan

Guatemala to beat St. Vincent

Guatemala to lose to USA

Uganda to beat Somalia

Angola to beat DR Congo

Guinea to beat Mauritius

South Sudan to beat Mauritius

Armenia to draw with Kazakhstan

Myanmar to beat Nepal

Australia to beat Thailand

Mongolia to lose to Hong Kong

Poland to lose to Denmark

Wales to draw with Serbia

Tahiti to beat Vanuatu

Cyprus to lose to Estonia

Austria to beat Georgia

Oman to draw with Indonesia

India to beat East Timor

Bonaire to draw with Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba to beat Martinique

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13 hours ago, tastaiwan said:

USA - Trinidad & Tobago

St. Vincent - Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea - Samoa

Saint Lucia - Bermuda

Fiji - Cook Islands

Singapore - Pakistan

Guatemala - St. Vincent

Guatemala - USA

Uganda - Somalia

Angola - DR Congo

Guinea - Mauritius

South Sudan - Mauritius

Armenia - Kazakhstan

Myanmar - Nepal

Australia - Thailand

Mongolia - Hong Kong

Poland - Denmark

Wales - Serbia

Tahiti - Vanuatu

Cyprus - Estonia

Austria - Georgia

Oman - Indonesia

India - East Timor

Bonaire - Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba - Martinique

Bets are open, you have until around 5 pm CST to put in your bets. Good luck!

Forgot to mention how many you need to get right to win a player. For this round, we're going to go with 21 out of the 25 games.

USA beats T&T

T&T beats St Vincent

New Guinea beats Samoa

Saint Lucia beats Bermuda

Fiji beats Cook Island

Singapore draw with Pakistan

Guatemala draw with St Vincent

USA beat Guatemala 

Uganda beat Somalia

DR Congo beat Angola

Mauritius beat Guinea

Mauritius draw with South Sudan

Armenia beat Kazakhstan

Nepal beat Myanmar

Australia beat Thailand

Mongolia draw with Hong Kong

Poland beat Denmark

Wales beat Serbia

Tahiti beat Vanuatu

Estonia beat Cyprus

Austria beat Georgia

Indonesia beat Oman

India beat East Timor

Bonaire draw with Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba beat Martinique

  

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USA - Trinidad & Tobago - USA winners

St. Vincent - Trinidad & Tobago - DRAW

Papua New Guinea - Samoa - PNG winners

Saint Lucia - Bermuda - Bermuda winners

Fiji - Cook Islands - DRAW

Singapore - Pakistan - Pakistan winners

Guatemala - St. Vincent - Guatemala winners

Guatemala - USA - USA winners

Uganda - Somalia - Uganda winners

Angola - DR Congo - DR Congo winners

Guinea - Mauritius - DRAW

South Sudan - Mauritius - DRAW

Armenia - Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan winners

Myanmar - Nepal - Nepal winners

Australia - Thailand - Australia winners

Mongolia - Hong Kong - Hong Kong winners

Poland - Denmark - Poland winners

Wales - Serbia - Serbia winners

Tahiti - Vanuatu - Draw

Cyprus - Estonia - Estonia winners

Austria - Georgia - DRAW

Oman - Indonesia - Oman winners

India - East Timor - India winners

Bonaire - Turks and Caicos Is. - Turks and Caicos Is. winners

Cuba - Martinique - Cuba winners

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Usa wins

Trinidad wins

Png  wins

Bermuda wins

Fiji wins

Pakistan wins

Guatemala wins

USA wins

Uganda wins

Angola wins

Guinea mauritius draw

Mauritius wins

Armenia wins

Nepal wins

Australia wins

Hong Kong wins

Poland wins

Wales wins

Tahiti wins

Estonia wins

Austria wins

Oman wins

India wins

Draw

Cuba wins

 

 

 

 

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Betting has closed, results incoming. I'm also changing the rules. Whoever performs best in the betting wins a player. Although one better performed extremely well and almost achieved the guidelines I set, I want to make it a little more competitive.

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USA 4-0 Trinidad & Tobago

St. Vincent 1-3 Trinidad & Tobago

Papua New Guinea 4-0 Samoa

St. Lucia 1-3 Bermuda

Fiji 6-0 Cook Islands (2 points awarded)

Pakistan 0-2 Singapore (no link available, possibly because I had to add the league late. We'll see if this resolves itself)

Guatemala 3-0 St. Vincent

Guatemala 0-2 USA

Uganda 3-2 Somalia

Angola 2-1 DR Congo

Guinea 4-0 Mauritius

South Sudan 2-2 Mauritius

Armenia 2-1 Kazakhstan

Myanmar 2-0 Nepal

Australia 3-0 Thailand

Mongolia 0-3 Hong Kong

Poland 3-0 Denmark

Wales 1-2 Serbia

Tahiti 3-0 Vanuatu

Cyprus 2-1 Estonia

Austria 2-1 Georgia

Oman 1-0 Indonesia

India 1-2 East Timor

Bonaire 1-2 Turks and Caicos Islands

Cuba 0-3 Martinique

There are a few in there that surprised me a ton, and apparently it surprised everyone here too.

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@Weiry wins the first round, correctly predicting 19 games. Not a single person thought Martinique or East Timor could win their respective games, and only @jtiessen correctly identifies Serbia as the conquerer of Wales. @terence123470 was only one game off from being level with Weiry. Pardon my ridiculous spelling in this graphic, I'm trying to be efficient and didn't mind slight spelling errors as long as I could identify what it was supposed to say.

@Weiry

Here are the players available for your picking. I based my selections largely on the currently ability level of your squad, and there aren't enough regens yet so this selection will feature potential first team members. Don't take too long with your selection.

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Barbados - Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago - Martinique (The Cuba Crushers :D)

Papua New Guinea - New Caledonia

American Samoa - Papua New Guinea

Bermuda - Guyana

Jamaica - Bermuda

Fiji - Tuvalu

Fiji - New Zealand

Bahrain - Singapore

Singapore - Bahrain

Grenada - Guatemala

Guatemala - Mexico

Seychelles - Somalia

Swaziland - Angola

Algeria - Angola

Djibouti - Mauritius

Mauritius - Djibouti

Kazakhstan - Montenegro

Kazakhstan - Romania

MalaysiaNepal

U.A.E. - Thailand

Thailand - Iraq

Yemen - Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Palestine

Romania - Poland

Armenia - Poland

Ireland - Wales

Wales - Austria

New Zealand - Tahiti

Tahiti - Cook Islands

Estonia - Greece

Estonia - Bosnia & Herzegovina

Georgia - Moldova

Ireland - Georgia

Indonesia - Cambodia

India - Tajikistan

East Timor - India (oof, again?)

Turks and Caicos - Cayman Islands

Montserrat - Turks and Caicos

St. Vincent - Cuba

Cuba - Guadeloupe

Nepal and Indonesia have their own little tournaments coming up, I don't think I'll have anything to win there, I'll just cover it quickly. I'm going to highlight my bets in red.

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