First, let's establish the rules:
[Howard Finkel]
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for twelve falls, and it is for the 2014 TPWW Tipsters Championship! The rules of this contest are as follows:
For each match, you will predict the outcome. The usual things to predict are:
Winner: The winner of the match
How: Pinfall, Submission, DQ, etc.
Move: The move that determines how the match ends
Successfully predicting the Winner is worth 50 points. In addition to How and Move, some matches may have other predictions to make. Successfully predicting these other parts of the outcome are 25 points each, but only if you also predict the Winner correctly. Some matches will have additional "bonus" questions, and predicting the Winner correctly is not necessary to get these bonus points. For the "Big 4" PPVs, the points for the entire PPV will be doubled.
Miscellaneous details:
If you predict the winning move as "his finisher" or "her finisher" for someone who has multiple finishers, I'm going to randomly determine which finisher you meant.
If you think a match will end in disqualification by interference, "How: DQ; Move: Interference" is sufficient. If you think a match will end in a pin after interference, you still need to predict the move that ends the match.
If you want to edit your picks, then edit your post and send me a PM telling me what you changed.
The winner (highest scorer) of each PPV will pick a bonus match for the next PPV to be worth double points. If there are multiple previous winners, and therefore multiple bonus matches, the score multiplier will be split among the bonus matches (so with 2 bonus matches, each one would be x1.5 points). Also, multipliers will be additive, so a x2 bonus match on a Big 4 PPV will be worth x3 points, not x4.
Anyone is eligible to participate. However, it is recommended that you meet some of these criteria:
- You must have at least 750 posts.
- You must have been a regular contributor to the wrestling forum for the past nine months.
- You must have positive reputation.
- You must have fully participated (not missing a single PPV) in the previous season of Tipsters.
For each criteria you meet, you can miss one PPV. If you go over that limit, you'll be dropped from Tipsters. So, if you meet two of the criteria, you'll be dropped after missing three PPVs. If you meet no criteria, you'll be dropped after missing a single PPV. If you don't think you're going to have time to participate, then please don't sign up.
[/Howard Finkel]
Now that The Fink is done explaining the rules, let's do this.
Since the Royal Rumble is a Big 4 PPV, matches will have their points doubled. Since this is the start of a new season, both the winner of last season (Iginfest) and the winners of the last PPV (Vito Cruz and whiteyford) will each pick a bonus match for the Royal Rumble, assuming they sign up.
Submissions are done by going to this site and filling out the form:
http://tipsters.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/
The form will then provide some fully marked-up board code which you then copy & paste into this thread. You
must post this in the thread to confirm the picks are indeed legitimate.
Picks made in this thread without using the submission form will be ignored.
Match 1: WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena
Match 2: Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar
Match 3: Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt
Match 4: WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. The New Age Outlaws
Match 5: The 30-Superstar Royal Rumble Match
Deadline is Sunday, when the kickoff show starts. Good luck, have fun, and all that jazz.
01-23-2014, 03:22 AM
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