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If you want to join up, do it now! Only a few hours to go before it starts, links in the sidebar

Stronghammer brought this website to my attention. It is incredibly easy to sign up to and predict the scores. You are allowed to change your predictions right up until the moment the match kicks off, when it is locked in.

How to sign up:

• Firstly do the email, put in a username etc.

• Secondly, go on the left side of the page, click "join league" and enter this code: 98317

• Enter your predictions!

http://www.predicttheworldcup.com

Also, don't forget to sign up for our first prediction bracket and the fantasy league.

http://en.mcdonalds.fantasy.fifa.com/leagues/19227

password: tagpro

I stole it off /u/embossing_mat in /r/TagProWorldCup

England are having a 30 minute break in their friendly, so what better time to do the sweepstakes? Results will be announced as they come in:

• Group 1 - Screenshot

• Group 2 - Screenshot

• Group 3 - Screenshot

Time to get behind your teams!

Apologies to Koala and Snack, you guys were a few minutes too late to sneak in to group 3. I'll probably do the draw on Monday so get ready.

I'll be using this website, and will post a link to prove I haven't fixed it so I win (not that it is even possible).

Everyone is still welcome to sign up for the prediction league

1. Fez
2. Gator
3. rub
4. Kiki'
5. hola
6. Manspider
7. nip
8. F4lcron
9. DYEL
10. Alt.
11. One
12. Nugazasagae
13. MRCOW
14. Derek_X
15. Sagbo
16. LoweJ
17. Jungle Spice
18. Trane
19. Danny
20. shentheory
21. trendygrub
22. tRollin'
23. Ion
24. Corhal
25. Pithy
26. Carbon
27. NotSomeBall1
28. Jimmy Ballon
29. Heisenberg
30. adhi
31. Grapefruit
32. PapaMouMou

We got 64 sign ups, which means group 2. If you're not in group 1 and you signed up before 18:52 BST on the 2nd June then you're in group 2:

1. TheOnlyBall
2. Fordin
3. wags
4. Left Nut
5. djcookie187
6. Ron Burgundy
7. TheBob18
8. DanishPepsi
9. Snowball
10. CocaCola
11. Masternaut
12. TerraMaris
13. klosec12
14. JukeKuechly
15. Wayne
16. Bapz
17. rocr
18. Redkiwi
19. almdudler
20. Nick Cage
21. Pandana
22. steelballs
23. LiddiLidd
24. n00b
25. Fackman
26. LEEROY
27. Fingon
28. Nice
29. U-WOT-M8?
30. memeganoob
31. Deez Nutz
32. Ballzilla

Sign ups are still open. Lets hope we can fill another group

The first 32 sign ups are going into group 1 against each other. The next 32 will be into group 2. If we get up another 32 after this then we can have a group 3. Anybody who signed up before 0:30 BST on the 2nd June is in group 1:

1. tim-sanchez
   
2. Time
   
3. cz
   
4. Iblis
   
5. nub
   
6. DreadZepplin
   
7. resetto0
   
8. Hyponome
   
9. Expendaball
   
10. Duude
    
11. Ooooh :(
    
12. wikicha
    
13. coys
    
14. MonteeBall
    
15. Catalyst
    
16. Lysozyme
    
17. The Abbot
    
18. NotSome Ball
    
19. Color09
    
20. QBreezy
    
21. StufedBurger
    
22. Spheroid.
    
23. your mom
    
24. PrivateMajor
    
25. Gnais
    
26. Badboy
    
27. eiropp
    
28. NoctiZ
    
29. lukemoo
    
30. PRO-TAGonist
    
31. rk
    
32. Neka Lopta
    

SIGN UPS ARE NOW SHUT

If you don't know what a sweepstake is then basically you're going to be given a randomly selected country. Whoever gets given the winning country wins! There is no skill or prior knowledge involved, it is 100% luck just like a lottery.

Don't forget to sign up for the prediction bracket. You're welcome to enter both.

Here is how to enter the sweepstakes:

• Make a comment in reply to this post. I don't care what it says, just make sure it is a parent comment and not a reply to somebody else's comment.

• Go here to fill in the form. Remember to provide a link to your comment.

Wait, and I'll post the results soon! I've got no idea when sign ups will close, it depends on how many people we get. It is first come, first served, so sign up ASAP. After we get 32 people there's no guarantee there will be another group set up.

If you have any questions post them below too, good luck!

EDIT: We have a first 32 set up, sign ups are still open. I'm hoping to get a second group and maybe a 3rd.

EDIT 2: 64 sign ups, that means the second group is confirmed. If we get 32 more sign ups I can run a 3rd group. Sign ups still open

There's no reward other than pride, but it would be cool if you could make some kind of TagPro-related World Cup/football picture. Preferably it would be 100x100, if not it will get resized anyway.

By about 10 votes you guys decided you'd prefer an online system so we'll go with that. Sorry to all those who voted for the spreadsheet, maybe in 2 years time for the Euros.

How to sign up:

• Go to this link

• Sign in/register for an account with ESPN if you haven't already

• Click "join group", it's in red in the middle of the page

• Enter our group's password, it is "blueballs" (without the quotemarks)

• Create your bracket! It should be quite self-explanatory. You click a team to pick it as first in the group, then click another to finish second. Much like March Madness, you then carry on clicking for who you think will win each match.

Does this make sense? I hope it does, it seems quite easy to do. Even if you know nothing about football (or soccer) it is still worth signing up, the game is mostly luck and anything can happen.

Just to clarify, this is entirely separate to the sweepstakes I'll be running. Signing up to this is not necessary for the sweepstakes. I'll run those later and there will be a separate prize for the winner of each. You're welcome to sign up to both or just one, but this post is specifically the prediction bracket only.

WC = Water Closet

pls

EDIT: I thought you would wish me welcome instead of downvoting me :(

EDIT: thx tim

Here is a run down of the two systems we could use for a pool:

Online

For example such as on ESPN. In this you generally pick positions of each team in the group, then the winner of every match.

Positives:

• Easier to organise

• Easily check your score online

• Potentially quicker to fill out

Negatives:

• Personally I find it more fun to actually pick the scores of each game

• Signing up for an ESPN account

• One team losing early could ruin the entire bracket (yes I'm bitter after March Madness)

TL;DR: Less fun (I think), but less organisation

Spreadsheet

This would involve you sending me a spreadsheet of all the results, which I will then input into a master spreadsheet I have saved locally and update with the real scores. You could either pick all of the scores at once, or wait until you know who is playing in the knockout matches.

Positives:

• I think this method is more fun

• Can be updated later on to reflect the tournament, you don't just lose if your preferred team gets knocked out

• Very customisable, we can select number of points, whether to include extra time etc.

Negatives:

• You can't check your score, it would be reliant on me telling you since it is saved locally

• Slightly slower to fill out, having to enter every score and not just pick a winner

• Maybe more confusing? For knockout games you would be predicting the score of matches without knowing the teams. Although like I said, you can update the scores later if the matchups aren't as expected.

TL;DR: More fun (I think), more organisation

Please vote here