tastaiwan Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSolidSnake Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Excited for this to finally be underway! Can't wait to see Papua New Guinea's rise to greatness! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 I'll be doing these initial overlook updates in order of ranking...so let's begin with our first nation! @Lenzar 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 Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Joe Allen, Danny Ward, Matt Smith, and Tyler Roberts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 @nie jem frytek I'm going to put just the pictures, I need to get these up so things get moving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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-Ironhide- Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Great to see this finally happening!! Can't wait to see how this progresses... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tastaiwan Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 @tastaiwan Well...this is awkward...we'll see how this goes. I couldn't access the Taiwanese leagues so I changed my nation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tastaiwan Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 @Stocke 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullem Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Shame I missed the sign up as this looks like it'll be an interesting game! Will be following! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Human Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Nahki Wells and Rai Simons, a strike partnership that strikes fear into the opposition defense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GryphonFlick Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 @GryphonFlick No problem, I've always loved seeing stuff like this happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weiry Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulius Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koetzer Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hessemte Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vossmaj Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Thanks to all who bet so far, and no worries, I have an excel spreadsheet to keep me relatively organized. This might take a bit of work but I'm so excited to see the youngsters turn up that I don't care much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sankalan Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terence123470 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 #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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Human Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ironhide- Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vossmaj Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 28 minutes ago, -Ironhide- said: Guatemala draw with St Vincent You must be kidding! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtiessen Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambi holt Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 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. @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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weiry Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I'll pick up the Norweigan please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSolidSnake Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Glad to see this is underway, and PNG have won their first game! Unfortunately I was too busy to make it in time for the betting, but oh well, it happens, not sure I would have won anyway. Can't wait for the next update! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullem Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 So Fredrik Oldrup Jensen will now be made Mauritian? Really liking the idea of this experiment and am excited to see how these changes will affect the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Barbados - Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago - Martinique (The Cuba Crushers ) 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 Malaysia - Nepal 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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