Topic: Palpatine Crystal Ball 2020
Do you think you know who will win and be runner-up in the Grand Slams this year?
Join us for the inaugural ...
PALPATINE CRYSTAL BALL
Want to play?
Here's how ....
1) pick a winner and runner up for each slam before the friday of the first week of the season...Friday January 10th, midnight UTC for both men and women. These picks will stand as the "initial predictions" for the rest of the year and will reward the most points. A bonus of 5 points is available for correctly predicting the 4 slam winner(s) initially for men or women, this bonus is called the Calendar Slam Bonus.
2) before a slam, people are allowed, in ADDITION to their initial picks, make "last minute predicitions". People get to choose the winner and finalist of the slam with the deadline being the beginning of the first main draw match. As the draw will be out and current form will be known, points to grab are lower than the initial predictions. The winner and runner up can be the same or different than the initial picks, you can choose your strategy to maximize or diversify.
3) for the last minute pick, you can pick an additional player called your "dark horse". To be eligible, a player must be outside the top 20 in the atp/wta rankings in the week before the slam. (the top 20 ranked players will be posted here so you'll know which ones are ineligible). You will be rewarded 1 point for each match the player wins. You can pick 1 man and 1 women per slam.
4) a bonus is offered for a correct final match prediction, whether the predicted winner is correct or not.
5) points system:
Initial correct slam winner:
ATP: 5 (if Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer) or 7 (if any other player)
WTA: 6 (for any player)
Initial correct slam RU: 3
Initial correct final match prediction: 2
Last minute slam winner: 3
Last minute slam correct RU: 2
Last minute correct final match prediction: 1
Dark horse: 1 point per match won (max. 7)
Bonus for a calendar slam (atp or wta): 5
6) picks can be either (1) posted publically here or (2) sent in a PM or email to Milo. You choose.
milomilo3@hotmail.com
Example of initial 2020 picks:
AO:
Djokovic d. Federer
Barty d. Osaka
RG:
Nadal d. Djokovic
Halep d. Barty
WM:
Federer d. Djokovic
S.Williams d. Pliskova
US:
Djokovic d. Medvedev
S. Williams d. Osaka
For the last minute picks, same format for each slam and adding your two dark horses, example:
AO 2020 last minute :
Djokovic d. Federer
dark horse: Kyrgios
Barty d. S.Williams
dark horse: Wozniacki
Clean off that crystal ball and ...
COME PLAY WITH US DOWN UNDER!
Last edited by Milo (Jan. 7, 2020 8:37am)
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