BuffaloPhil 958 Posted January 1, 2021 Well I nailed it with Captain Tom at #50 - that's the "we don't really want to include them but we kind of have to" position - see Attenborough last year. Pity the rest of my picks were a way off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Vaagheid said: No results yet but, seeing the list, I have a feeling I did pretty well this year. Yes, it's gonna take some time to do my maths on New Year's Day... But the result can be expected today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 1, 2021 So... we have got the first winner of 2021... and after 2019 it is @Vaagheid again, the creator of the DL Prediction Game! Woohooo!!! Well done, won by a large margin. This is the scoreboard; the teams are also updated in post No.2: +129 Vaagheid +107 Prophet +105 TomTomTelekom +96 Annami +92 RoverAndOut +88 chilean way +87 msc +86 14:22 +83 WEP +74 Book +68 Etushispushingupdaisies +67 ThereWillBeDeaths7 +53 Buffalo Phil +49 gcreptile +49 Joey Russ +44 CaptainChorizo +40 The Daredevil +33 Great Uncle Bulgaria +25 The Old Crem -1 Steve -17 Bibliogryphon -21 theoldlady -23 Elephant -38 The Quim Reaper I'd like to say Thank You for playin' again or maybe for the first time! I'll try to note every hit in every team, just take a look if you like. Have a great year! 6 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,157 Posted January 1, 2021 Wow, well done to Vaagheid, that is a skill! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,932 Posted January 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Vaagheid said: No results yet but, seeing the list, I have a feeling I did pretty well this year. You are the winner Vaagheid, Congrats!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,762 Posted January 1, 2021 Astonished by that result at my first attempt! Did better than I suspected when I looked at the new list last night but was let down by a few of the carry overs from 2020 by the Committee and I made poor choices on new names for the list. Captain Tom at #50 was an inspired punt it turns out and that really helped my score. Not complaining (it won't make any difference to anything) but I think I should maybe have 3 more points? You've given me 1 for Pru Scales at 30 when she was at 20 - should that not be 4 for being within 10 positions? I may well have misunderstood. But either way, a score of 90+ is way above what I could have hoped for. Thanks for doing the hard work @Book and congratulations on another superb victory @Vaagheid! 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaagheid 141 Posted January 1, 2021 Really happy with this victory 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 1, 2021 I fixed it, sorry @RoverAndOut. Too much numbers and calculation for New Year's Day, haha!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,762 Posted January 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Book said: I fixed it, sorry @RoverAndOut. Too much numbers and calculation for New Year's Day, haha!!! No problem, a few small mistakes are highly likely - it's impressive you've got the results out so quickly! I'd tried roughly calculating my own score this morning and yours was still more accurate (and generous) than mine was! Thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 1, 2021 But I totally overlooked Stanley Baxter, hahaha! Fixed it, no big harm to anybody! If something is still wrong or missing or messed up - please tell me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,480 Posted January 1, 2021 Yes! I’m last! Next year I might actually try to predict it properly. Grats to Vaagheid 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,740 Posted January 1, 2021 Wow, well done, Vaagheid. 129 points are amazing ! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,352 Posted January 2, 2021 Congratulations Vaagheid! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annami 85 Posted January 2, 2021 Congrats for Vaagheid! I have to say I'm pretty proud of my score since this was the first time I participated and I was expecting to do much worse. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,200 Posted January 2, 2021 On 30/11/2020 at 01:28, Book said: 37. Vanessa Redgrave +1 +2 @Book I was exactly 10 positions away with this one, so shouldn’t I get 6 points for her in total? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,200 Posted January 2, 2021 On 30/11/2020 at 01:28, Book said: 31. Jimmy Greaves +1 @Book Shouldn’t chilean way get 7 points in total for this one, as Greaves is a returnee, in position no. 28. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 2, 2021 Oh dear, so many mistakes I should calculate a day later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,762 Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Book said: Oh dear, so many mistakes I should calculate a day later Last night I was perusing msc's list (because I recognised a lot of names from my own list and was curious why I'd got quite a few more points than him) and I noticed that he was given -3 for David Crosby, who is very much on the DL and also within 10 places (19th on the list, 29th on msc's) - that's a net gain of 7 for msc! That would make us considerably closer. Good job Vaagheid has an unassailable lead! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 2, 2021 Seems like we have our first hit here: Michael McKevitt for theoldlady! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,762 Posted January 2, 2021 Erm... @Book - I seem to have dropped back down to 92 points for some reason? I was on 95 yesterday?! When I said msc was closer to me, I didn't mean quite THAT close! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,200 Posted January 2, 2021 On 30/11/2020 at 01:28, Book said: 13. Tony Bennett +1 @Book TomTomTelekom should get four points in total for this one. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 3, 2021 After checking the lists an estimated four to eleven times, with the numbers and letters popping up before my eyes like in the "Matrix", I think everything is fine now. I'm annoyed about the mistakes myself, that shouldn't happen, of course, but, for example, I have overlooked several times in one case that I gave Shannen Doherty 10 points, even though she was placed 48th on this team not on No.49. At some point you go blind, I think For the next time I should use excel or maybe only count the positive votes, I don't know yet. But I think that you all should deserve a correct result without any problems, which unfortunately only worked semi-well this year, haha Sorry for the mess but thank you for your help, patience, support and understanding. Lists and scoreboard are updated, the changes do not affect the winner. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annami 85 Posted January 3, 2021 The first time I checked mine and I still found some errors: I'm getting +4 for Bob Dole although my list and DL has him in the same position (4th), shouldn't it be +10 then? Dick van Dyke is also giving me +4 although there's only 2 positions difference between my list and DL (in mine 5th and in DL 3rd), so it's +5, right? Same with Emperor Akihito (6th in mine and 5th in DL), so it should be +5 instead of +4. And with Murray Walker (7th in mine and 9th in DL, so I think it's +5 instead of +4. There is also a mistake with Shannen Doherty since she's in 48th in mine and 49th in DL, so I should be given +5 +3 instead of +10 +3. My score should be 96 with these corrections. Sorry, @Book. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,600 Posted January 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Annami said: The first time I checked mine and I still found some errors: I'm getting +4 for Bob Dole although my list and DL has him in the same position (4th), shouldn't it be +10 then? Dick van Dyke is also giving me +4 although there's only 2 positions difference between my list and DL (in mine 5th and in DL 3rd), so it's +5, right? Same with Emperor Akihito (6th in mine and 5th in DL), so it should be +5 instead of +4. And with Murray Walker (7th in mine and 9th in DL, so I think it's +5 instead of +4. There is also a mistake with Shannen Doherty since she's in 48th in mine and 49th in DL, so I should be given +5 +3 instead of +10 +3. My score should be 96 with these corrections. Sorry, @Book. I hang myself up right now! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,157 Posted January 3, 2021 Book, I think my score misses a zero at the end. Should be +490, instead of +49. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
