Buggie's Galaxy Cup Adventure

[Master Buggie]

I was speaking with Raphael Xandir about the upcoming FIFA World Cup (let's call it the Galaxy Cup from now on to avoid complications) and, while I still plan on opening up general means of betting on the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the galaxy, we are also planning to do a more "pick 'em" styled version of betting on the tournament using in-game currency. To be clear, this idea ONLY is being offered in the context of wagering using in-game currency.

What I am proposing is that we do a snake draft of the 32 teams in the tournament and offer rewards for the teams that win their group, as well as teams that progress to 3rd place, 2nd place, and the biggest reward will be for the person who picked the team that wins the tournament. Specific payouts have yet to be determined; this thread is only to gauge interest, but we can talk money once I have an idea of who wants to play.

I referenced a "snake draft" earlier, and if you're not familiar with the term it's a process of picking teams where, for example, if we had four people drafting, each person would pick in order 1 through 4. Once the fourth person makes their selection, the order is reversed and the fourth person selects again, then the third, then the second, then the first, who makes two picks in a row as the order reverses yet again.

The structure of the tournament is that there are eight groups with four teams each in them. After the group stage, the top two teams of each group move on and play for the championship in the knockout stage of the tournament. We would require 2, 4, or 8 people participating if we wanted to split the teams evenly.

Do you need knowledge of sports in order to participate? No, not necessarily. I didn't know anything about the Galaxy Cup last time the tournament was held, but it's such a big event that it's easy to get into it, especially if you have something at stake, which I did. I will urge you that you should not be afraid to participate because you don't know about sports. It's more of an opportunity to do something fun and to participate with other people around the site during an event that only takes place once every four years. I would recommend that everyone participating do some basic research on the teams and who has the best odds of winning so that you're giving yourself a fair crack at winning the big money.

Let me know if you have questions or if I didn't explain what we're doing here clearly enough. I'd be happy to walk anyone through this more closely if it means that we can have more bodies participating.

[Raphael Xandir]

Count me in as stated in Discord. For those who do not follow events like this, the Galaxy Cup is very unpredictable and there are a lot of sleepers, anyone can really win and you can win some credits!

To add my bit of information to the pot. Here are the odds to win it all as reported by CBS Sports:

Germany 7-2
Brazil 4-1
France 6-1
Spain 6-1
Argentina 6-1
Belgium 10-1
England 20-1
Portugal 25-1
Uruguay 30-1
Colombia 40-1
Russia 50-1
Croatia 30-1
Poland 40-1
Mexico 50-1
Denmark 100-1
Switzerland 125-1
Sweden 150-1
Serbia 200-1
Senegal 200-1
Egypt 200-1
Iceland 200-1
Peru 200-1
Nigeria 250-1
Japan 300-1
Costa Rica 300-1
Australia 500-1
Morocco 500-1
Iran 500-1
South Korea 500-1
Tunisia 500-1
Panama 1000-1
Saudi Arabia 1000-1

[Raphael Xandir]

So its just Buggie and I on this one. Groups decided as of June 11th.

Terms:
200k Put up from both parties for a prize total of 400k credits.

1st Place Team: 200K
2nd Place Team: 50k
3rd Place Team: 25K
Overall Group Stage Winner: 15,625

Team Buggie:
Russia, Uruguay, Portugal, Iran, France, Peru, Denmark, Iceland, Costa Rica, Serbia, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Tunisia, Poland, and Japan.

Team Raphael:
Brazil, Spain, Argentina, England, Colombia, Croatia, Mexico, Switzerland, Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria, Australia, Morocco, Korea, Panama, Saudi Arabia

[Raphael Xandir]

Group Stage Bets:

Large Bet = 1,000 Credits
Small Bet = 500 Credits

Group A:
Egypt v Uruguay - 6/15 - Small Bet Egypt + Draw (Raphael)
Russia v Egypt - 6/19 - Small Bet

Group B:
Morocco v Iran - 6/15 - Large Bet
Portugal v Spain - 6/15 - Large Bet

Group C:
France v Australia - 6/16 - Small Bet + draw (Raphael)
Denmark v Australia 6/21 - Small Bet
Australia v Peru - 6/26 - Small Bet

Group D:
Nigeria v Iceland - 6/22 - Large Bet
Croatia v Iceland - 6/26 - Large + Draw (Buggie)

Group E:
Serbia v Switzerland - 6/22 - Large Bet
Switzerland v Costa Rica - 6/27 - Small + Draw (Buggie)

Group F:
Germany v Mexico - 6/17 - Large Bet
Mexico v Sweden - 6/27 - Large Bet

Group G:
England v Belgium - 6/28 - Large Bet
Panama v Tunisia - 6/28 - Large Bet

Group H:
Poland v Senegal - 6/19 - Large Bet
Japan v Senegal - 6/24 - Small bet + Draw (Buggie)
Poland v Colombia - 6/24 - Large Bet

[Raphael Xandir]

For purposes of looking back and seeing who I have left:

Team Buggie:
Russia, Uruguay, Portugal, France, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and Japan.

Team Raphael:
Brazil, Spain, Argentina, England, Colombia, Croatia, Mexico, and Switzerland.

We tied! Even odds in the knockout round.