2022 CFB Week 3 Predict the Score Contest WINNER

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- 09/18/2022 at 5:34 PM #173187
  
  Tony (admin)
  Admin/Founder
  
  @admin
  
  In the SDSU at Utah predict the score contest we had an 11-way tie for first at 30 points. I’m up for suggestions on the point scheme on ways of setting it up so there aren’t as many ties. You can see how the scoring is currently setup here. I generated a random number from 1-22 and the ‘puter spit out number nine. Number nine number nine. Hats off to ChemUte for the win. Game sponsor @UteBacker will be reaching out to you via DM to get you your $25 Amazon gift card!
- 09/18/2022 at 11:37 PM #173216
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  alexsmith
  Ute Fan
  
  @alexsmith
  
  My thought is to just make it first come first serve! Whoever ties, the first to submit gets the win
  - 09/21/2022 at 7:51 PM #173420
    
    Tony (admin)
    Admin/Founder
    
    @admin
    
    That’s certainly easy for a tiebreaker.
- 09/19/2022 at 7:31 AM #173220
  
  dystopiamembrane
  Ute Fan
  
  @dystopiamembrane
  
  @admin abs([predicted Utah score] – [actual Utah score]) + abs([predicted opponent score] – [actual opponent score]) Lowest scores wins
  
  Tiebreakers
  
  1. Picked winner correctly
  2. Closest to Utah score
  3. Random draw
- 09/19/2022 at 9:54 AM #173236
  
  KLars04
  Ute Fan
  
  @klars04
  
  This might be more work but the scoring would be more precise, right now you give 15 points for predicting a team’s score correctly. That could be the same and from there you can give 10 points for being with 1 of a team’s score, 9 points within 2, 8 points within 3, 7 points within 4, etc. Doing it this way is more precise and would produce less tying. If there is a tie at the end of the week, tie breaker could be whoever got closer to Utah’s score wins. Just a thought I had!
  - 09/20/2022 at 7:57 AM #173324
    
    dystopiamembrane
    Ute Fan
    
    @dystopiamembrane
    
    How do you feel about the idea I posted, @klars04?
  - 09/21/2022 at 7:56 PM #173421
    
    Tony (admin)
    Admin/Founder
    
    @admin
    
    @KLars04 that’s quite a good idea. Same could be done with total points scored.
    
    Within 10 – 1 point
    9 – 2 points
    8 – 3 points
    7 – 4 points
    6 – 5 points
    5 – 6 points
    4 – 7 points
    3 – 8 points
    2 – 9 points
    1 – 10 points
    0 – 15 points
- 09/20/2022 at 7:54 AM #173323
  
  dystopiamembrane
  Ute Fan
  
  @dystopiamembrane
  
  @admin, have you decided upon a change to the scoring system?
  - 09/21/2022 at 7:57 PM #173422
    
    Tony (admin)
    Admin/Founder
    
    @admin
    
    Thanks for the bump. I really like KLars04’s concept. I haven’t looked at that code for a few years so not sure how easy or hard it will be to implement.
    - 09/22/2022 at 6:47 AM #173439
      
      dystopiamembrane
      Ute Fan
      
      @dystopiamembrane
      
      @admin, my concept is fundamentally the same thing, but far easier to calculate, no key needed.