Six Nations Competition - Final Leaderboard

With GloriousEmpire fumbling near the line, it allowed for the rest of the pack to pick up the ball an run. The competition then came right down to the wire and had an even closer finish than the real thing with Norfolklass coming out on top just one point ahead of GunsGerms in second. GloriousEmpire hung on for third, four points behind, with Biltong and Ineffable making up the top five.

So congratulations goes to Norfolklass   

Norfolklass called the most games with an impressive 14 out of the 15 games right with only the Italy v Scotland game going the wrong way. No-one got a correct score this year. GloriousEmpire had the chance to gain the record total score but blew it in the last week. Norfolklass' winning socre of 392 was 86 points better off than last year's winning total.

The weekly winners were:-
Week 1 - Scratch 96 pts
Week 2 - demosthenes 94 pts
Week 3 - GloriusEmpire 88 pts
Week 4 - AsLongAsBut100ofUs & Cyril 97 pts
Week 5 - Riskysports 91 pts

Week 5 Table

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Overall Leaderboard

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Week 1 Table

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Week 2 Table

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Week 3 Table

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Week 4 Table

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Top 50 (just) reads just like my old school reports must to better.

Thanks Sportform!   

wow second! the only way is down from there probably! .;-)

The tables have been updated for week 2. I managed to make the top 50 this week.

I'm 4th. Told you that you should listen to me

GloriousEmpire wrote:I'm 4th. Told you that you should listen to me

so are wales, its nothing to be proud of

Thanks a lot sportform for all the work.   

Hit the top 30, on my way up after a poor start in week one.   

Thanks for doing this sportform.   

    top job sport form

next round gonna be make or break, not the time to play safe anymore

Second?  That is pure luck, not judgement!

Odds when I start thinking about it, it will all fall apart.

And a big well done to Sportform for all the effort.

Sport, mo chara.   

Nice little jump but still must do better.

I have updated the tables and leaderboard for week 3.

Wow, I'm usually so crap at these but second place in week three gives me real hope!  

15th   

sportform wrote:I have updated the tables and leaderboard for week 3.

Excellent work, thanks.

Well done sports form! One of the best posts ever on 606, really getting to the bottom of who's opinions are trustworthy and who's aren't. Top skills by you and thanks for the effort!

Yeah thanks sportform - 3rd for me this week - thanks again for all the work it must take.

Tables are up for week 4.

Thanks dude! Top effort.

Thanks sportform. Looks like I might have to employ the "predict the opposite of everyone else" strategy to have a 2% chance of no.1 instead of a 100% chance of just top 5

Is GEs winning streak going to beat the All Blacks record?

Great stuff - thanks. Into the top 10 overall for me!!   

The top four have already beat last year's winning total and GloriousEmpire needs 77 points to beat the record total of 426 points.

sportform wrote:Tables are up for week 4.

Moran taing, sportform

mikeygnfl wrote:The top four have already beat last year's winning total and GloriousEmpire needs 77 points to beat the record total of 426 points.

Well, my points tally had increased each week so far...and last week was 91.

Gur raibh a mhaith agat  Sportform.

Gotta catch that Asbo.

Any more subplots in these? ASBO and I are fighting it out for best Scottish predictor with Risky not far behind ...

yes...GE just got himself tinned for something completely innocuous. hope he put his prediction in already...

Ineffable wrote:Any more subplots in these? ASBO and I are fighting it out for best Scottish predictor with Risky not far behind ...

There is someone even closer to you than Risky...

Surprised you couldn't tell - predicting a Scotland win! If not for that, I think I would still be in the top half-dozen.

I have updated the tables with provisional results. They should be right.

Am I glad GE's final predictions (I hear he had a pretty good run at it) didn't come through. I think he predicted a loss for Ireland in Paris? I worried last week about his ...em boasting...that he hadn't been wrong yet.

I didn't win.......  

Cant believe it. Lost by a point!!!!

And beaten by a woman too... Man.   

I feel I can say this as I reckon I'm in the 1st 20. Maybe.  Does that qualify me for Yurop?

Well done Norfolklass! Consistency and rugby-wisdom all the way through.   

Nice little yearly tradition Sportform. Top work my man. Keep it going bro.  

I was absolutely certain quinsforever would win.   

YEAHHHHH podium (well, enough to get mentioned in provisional leaderboard). And best Scottish predictor; in line with my thread predicting Scottish rugby destruction this season I hope I get a little respect around here for the next year

Two suggestions for next year's comp if I can lend any wisdom:

1. (silly one) people have an option of putting their supported nation beside their name (e.g. Ineffable SCO) so we can see what countries supporters are the wisest. Dangerous territory but it doesn't have to be - just a bit of banter. And you don't *have* to do it.

2. About the scoring mechanics - I feel that getting close to a team's final score is important and of course who wins overshadowing that, but isn't the winning margin just as important as a team's final score? If you predict, say, 35-29 and it comes out 41-35 have you done a worse job than the guy (or lass) that predicted 38-37? I would say no.

Also I'd suggest that you get double points (40 instead of 20) for correctly predicting a draw to reflect the odds baked into that. It's just *too* risky to do otherwise. I didn't want to predict a draw this time around but if I did, I probably wouldn't have.

Finally - AMAZING job Sportform, thanks so much. This must take ages to do. Do you use spreadsheet functions to help you along?! One-time setup = very easy stats forever, just need to input each round's data - predictions and final score. No working out numbers.

Yes I was once an analyst *shudder*

3-22 is quite different to a prediction of 22-41 though. So winning margins can be a way-off measurement of predictive ability

Top work sportform. In the tense madness of the 6N, it's nice to have an oasis of light relief. This thread is great value so thanks for all your hard work.

Respect to norfolklass.   Showing us mere mortal men that we have much to learn about rugby is not such a bad thing.

Felt sure I'd been pipped by GunsGerms. Bad luck GG. Chuffed to have won. Thanks for your kind words Gibson and Kia. Victory a little devalued by GE's decision not  to enter properly in round 5.
Thanks very much for all your efforts Spotform.
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Norfolklass wrote:Felt sure I'd been pipped by GunsGerms. Bad luck GG. Chuffed to have won. Thanks for your kind words Gibson and Kia. Victory a little devalued by GE's decision not  to enter properly in round 5.
Thanks very much for all your efforts Spotform.
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You deserved it, GE is a drama queen always has to make a fuss

SecretFly wrote:3-22 is quite different to a prediction of 22-41 though.  So winning margins can be a way-off measurement of predictive ability

I guess I'm suggesting measuring both things, so just throwing in an extra criterion of 10 points for getting the winning margin correct and one point off for each point away, as is done with each team's score. It wouldn't upset the balance too much

Norfolklass wrote:Felt sure I'd been pipped by GunsGerms. Bad luck GG. Chuffed to have won. Thanks for your kind words Gibson and Kia. Victory a little devalued by GE's decision not  to enter properly in round 5.
Thanks very much for all your efforts Spotform.
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Thanks Norfolk, congrats. I won the ESPN fantasy rugby 606 league so can console myself with that win. GE didnt put proper predictions for the last round but Im pretty sure he thought Ireland would lose so you may have won anyway.

Cheers Scratch. Congrats GG.

Ok the full final tables are now up. Well done once again to Norfolklass.

Only played 4 weeks, 1st and 3rd too.   

Well done Lass. No English in 2nd is surprising.

Thanks very much Sportform - lot's of work but much appreciated. Congratulations to Norfolklass for a very impressive showing. Unlucky 13 for me but I'm not too unhappy about that.   

Just realised in week 1 I came in 52nd place!!! What a turnaround in the end.

Forgot to say - congrats Lass & unlucky GGs (GunsGerms &   )

Ineffable wrote:Just realised in week 1 I came in 52nd place!!! What a turnaround in the end.

Forgot to say - congrats Lass & unlucky GGs (GunsGerms &   )

I was 50th after week one, so I am quite stoked to end so well.

Very upset though that I didn't win.