Manaus
06-01-2013, 21:20
Bubble Gap Championship 2013
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Oh hey everyone. Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Hope you've all had a nice holiday. :)
As you can see I'm busy getting everything ready for Bubble Gap 2013. Rondun was supposed to help but he's dumped everything on me :rolleyes:. Anyway, hope you're all ready for the (hopefully exciting) tennis season and the many races ahead.
Rules of the competition
The competition was created and originally run by Rondun. The aim is to guess the 'bubble gap' at the end of a tournament which is either:
The no. of points between Andy and the player in 9th place in the rankings (if Andy is in the top 8) or
The no. of points between Andy and the player in 8th place (if Andy is outside the top 8).
Note that the ATP rankings are not used for this competition but race rankings. In the past the ATP would keep track of rankings based on current year results in addition to the normal ATP rankings (which is based on results from the previous 12 months). These were known as the race rankings. They did away with it however, and nowadays it only appears when the WTF is approaching. It was this reason that prompted Rondun to create and run this competition.
With each competition you have to guess what you think the bubble gap will be and the person closest to the correct answer is the winner. Only positive numbers are allowed – there's no need to guess negative values. For example if you think Andy will be 500 points behind the 8th ranked player then your guess is 500, not -500. If Andy ends up 500 points ahead of the 9th ranked player then you still win.
Note that no 2 entrants can guess the same number and you can't change your guess once you've posted it.
Bubble Gap competitions run at all the Slams and Master tournaments, so a total of 13.
Scoring
The scoring used for this competition is the same as the one used in F1 racing. The top 10 entrants will get the following points:
1st
25
2nd
18
3rd
15
4th
12
5th
10
6th
8
7th
6
8th
4
9th
2
10th
1
Also if somebody correctly guesses the exact bubble gap a 10 point bonus will be awarded in addition to the 25 points.
In the event of a tie (for example, one person guesses 50 points below the bubble gap and another guesses 50 above it), the one who posted first gets higher precedence.
The overall winner of the Bubble Gap Championship will be the player who has the most points at the end of the year. Tiebreaks in the leaderboard are settled by the following:
1st place finishes -> Exact bubble gap guesses -> 2nd place finishes -> 3rd place finishes -> Points earned in slams -> No. tournaments scored
General deadlines
The first bubble gap will be for the Australian Open which starts on the 14th January. Generally deadline for entries will be just before the 1st match of the tournament. You're free to enter as many of the competitions as you like so feel free to join in at any time!
You may have also seen in previous bubble gap competitions that sometimes Rondun (and others) post 'commentary' during a competition. Seeing as the points system is based on F1 and the comp is based on race rankings, Rondun sometimes provided racing commentary as the comp was running. After each round in a tournament updates would be made to the leaderboard along with what's happening in the 'race'. All just fun banter - feel free to join in!
Best of luck to all who take part and may the best driver win!
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/jobs/mechanic-smiley-emoticon.gif
Oh hey everyone. Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Hope you've all had a nice holiday. :)
As you can see I'm busy getting everything ready for Bubble Gap 2013. Rondun was supposed to help but he's dumped everything on me :rolleyes:. Anyway, hope you're all ready for the (hopefully exciting) tennis season and the many races ahead.
Rules of the competition
The competition was created and originally run by Rondun. The aim is to guess the 'bubble gap' at the end of a tournament which is either:
The no. of points between Andy and the player in 9th place in the rankings (if Andy is in the top 8) or
The no. of points between Andy and the player in 8th place (if Andy is outside the top 8).
Note that the ATP rankings are not used for this competition but race rankings. In the past the ATP would keep track of rankings based on current year results in addition to the normal ATP rankings (which is based on results from the previous 12 months). These were known as the race rankings. They did away with it however, and nowadays it only appears when the WTF is approaching. It was this reason that prompted Rondun to create and run this competition.
With each competition you have to guess what you think the bubble gap will be and the person closest to the correct answer is the winner. Only positive numbers are allowed – there's no need to guess negative values. For example if you think Andy will be 500 points behind the 8th ranked player then your guess is 500, not -500. If Andy ends up 500 points ahead of the 9th ranked player then you still win.
Note that no 2 entrants can guess the same number and you can't change your guess once you've posted it.
Bubble Gap competitions run at all the Slams and Master tournaments, so a total of 13.
Scoring
The scoring used for this competition is the same as the one used in F1 racing. The top 10 entrants will get the following points:
1st
25
2nd
18
3rd
15
4th
12
5th
10
6th
8
7th
6
8th
4
9th
2
10th
1
Also if somebody correctly guesses the exact bubble gap a 10 point bonus will be awarded in addition to the 25 points.
In the event of a tie (for example, one person guesses 50 points below the bubble gap and another guesses 50 above it), the one who posted first gets higher precedence.
The overall winner of the Bubble Gap Championship will be the player who has the most points at the end of the year. Tiebreaks in the leaderboard are settled by the following:
1st place finishes -> Exact bubble gap guesses -> 2nd place finishes -> 3rd place finishes -> Points earned in slams -> No. tournaments scored
General deadlines
The first bubble gap will be for the Australian Open which starts on the 14th January. Generally deadline for entries will be just before the 1st match of the tournament. You're free to enter as many of the competitions as you like so feel free to join in at any time!
You may have also seen in previous bubble gap competitions that sometimes Rondun (and others) post 'commentary' during a competition. Seeing as the points system is based on F1 and the comp is based on race rankings, Rondun sometimes provided racing commentary as the comp was running. After each round in a tournament updates would be made to the leaderboard along with what's happening in the 'race'. All just fun banter - feel free to join in!
Best of luck to all who take part and may the best driver win!