The GamePretty simple game format, most of you have filled out brackets before. This is just a one time thing, you fill out, and submit your picks now and just watch the tournament and see how you are doing by the end. The Pick 'em game on the other hand is more up-to-date and exciting. Nonetheless this is a great game to see what each of us feels before the start of the tournament.
Picks are due before play begins on Monday
How To Play:1. Pick your 8 QFists true to the draw and rank them C,F,SF,SF,QF,QF,QF,QF
2. Format: follow Pawan's lead--last name only; no comments*, emoticons,
puncuation and do not indicate their rank--it's understood they are in order (see 1 above).
*place all comments at the bottom of your list
3. Regardless of a player's actual result, he's only credited with points according to your pick.
For example, assume you pick Roddick to reach the QF, but he actually advances to the F. In this example, Roddick will only be credited for reaching the QF, or 50 pts. Similarly, assume you pick Federer to win the title (C), but he only reaches 2R. Fed's score, then, is 7 pts (see scoring below).
ScoringGrand Slam scoring system will be employed.
C - 200 pts
F - 140 max pts
SF - 90 max pts
QF - 50 max pts
4R - 30 max pts
3R - 15 max pts
2R - 7 max pts
Main Entry - 1 pt
Example (based on actual 2005 US Open results):
……………….. Picks………. Pts
Champion… Roddick…………... 1
Finalist…… Federer…………… 140
SF…………. Hewitt…………….. 90
SF…………. Grosjean…………. 15
QF…………. Agassi……………. 50
QF…………. Ljubicic…………… 15
QF…………. Nalbandian………. 50
QF…………. Hrbaty…………….. 30
Total Points………. 391
Notice, Federer is limited to 140 pts, even though he won;
similarly, Agassi is limitted to 50 pts , even though he reached the final;
So, had Federer been picked to win, he would have received 200 pts;
had Agassi been picked to reach the F, he would have received 140 pts ;
Roddick lost 1R, so even though he was picked as champion, recieved only 1 pt.
How To Win
The person with the most Total Points wins.
Tie-breakerPick 3 additional players and rank them 1-3. If your #1 advances further than his/her #1, you win; similarly for #2 and #3.
This is to avoid the identical picks submitted for 2007 USO, where the game ended in a tie for 1st because we didn't have a final tie-breaker in place.
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/ws/wsdraw.pdf
