The Lone Ranger - Week 1
Jul 5, 2019 13:48:28 GMT
Post by northwesthoop on Jul 5, 2019 13:48:28 GMT
Welcome to the start of our new prediction game for 2019/20... The Lone Ranger!
Entry is free and couldn't be simpler. All the rules are below!
You start the game with 10 lives and the aim of the game is to ensure you don't lose all your lives to avoid elimination. If you are the last player standing when all others have fallen by the wayside you will be crowned “The Lone Ranger” and you will win a small QPR prize!
All you have to do it pick a team from The Premier League or Championship you think will win from the fixtures each week (available fixtures depends on which teams are playing). They can be playing at home or away, you simply pick a team you think will win.
So entry literally consists of typing 1 team name each week.
Each player who enters starts the season with 10 lives.
If the team you picked wins you breathe easily and gain half a life
If they draw you lose half a life. If the team you picked lets you down and gets defeated you lose 2 of your lives.
Lose all of your lives at any stage and you are out of the game. So players will drop out at various stages but it will be a month or two before anybody is eliminated.
The catch is you can only select each team once for the duration of the game. So if you choose QPR in Round 1 you can never select them again. You effectively have a choice of 44 teams at the start of the season, then 43, then and so on from the Premier League/Championship selection pool. You can only select Man City and Liverpool once! There will be a separate thread in 'The Lone Ranger' section of the site that will be updated across the season to remind you which teams you have already selected but please try to avoid selecting the same team twice.
If you forget to enter a week or enter a team you have already chosen in the past you will lose 2.5 lives and have the highest placed team you have yet to select removed from your future selection pool.
The game could end at any point later in the season but in the event that a number of players have avoided elimination by the last round of the season the winner will be the player with the highest remaining total of lives - so you need to keep totting up the wins regardless of whether you are close to elimination or not.
In the event that players are tied on lives the player with the longest consecutive winning streak at any stage of the season will win. If that is still tied it will be the number of wins predicted and then fewest defeats predicted.
ENTERING THE GAME:
If you are not already a member you simply need to become a site member to play The Lone Ranger; it is free and takes literally a minute to get logged in by clicking HERE. Once registered you stay logged in whenever you visit the site in future and can also post your QPR views across the site. You will also be able to take part in our other prediction games... the QPR Prediction League, Win, Lose & Draw and Dream R's.
Below are the fixtures available fixtures for Week 1. You simply need to choose a team you think will win, hit 'reply' above and post the team name to complete your entry. You'll need to repeat this each week throughout the season; each week of the competition will have it's own thread with available fixtures.
Some rounds may have less teams available depending on the dates of fixtures and which leagues are active - for example Round 1 only has Championship teams available and Friday night matches will never be available to allow for a later entry deadline which will usually be on Saturday lunchtime. There will be a week off each time it is the international round of fixtures.
I will usually put up a few weeks ready for entry in advance.
Here we go then...
Week 1 fixtures: - simply select one team you think will win and post their name below to enter
Barnsley v Fulham
Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic
Brentford v Birmingham City
Millwall v Preston North End
Reading v Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers
Swansea City v Hull City
Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion
Bristol City v Leeds United
Huddersfield Town v Derby County
Entries to be received by 14:00 on Saturday 03 August 2019
Rule breakdown:
Entry is free and couldn't be simpler. All the rules are below!
You start the game with 10 lives and the aim of the game is to ensure you don't lose all your lives to avoid elimination. If you are the last player standing when all others have fallen by the wayside you will be crowned “The Lone Ranger” and you will win a small QPR prize!
All you have to do it pick a team from The Premier League or Championship you think will win from the fixtures each week (available fixtures depends on which teams are playing). They can be playing at home or away, you simply pick a team you think will win.
So entry literally consists of typing 1 team name each week.
Each player who enters starts the season with 10 lives.
If the team you picked wins you breathe easily and gain half a life
If they draw you lose half a life. If the team you picked lets you down and gets defeated you lose 2 of your lives.
Lose all of your lives at any stage and you are out of the game. So players will drop out at various stages but it will be a month or two before anybody is eliminated.
The catch is you can only select each team once for the duration of the game. So if you choose QPR in Round 1 you can never select them again. You effectively have a choice of 44 teams at the start of the season, then 43, then and so on from the Premier League/Championship selection pool. You can only select Man City and Liverpool once! There will be a separate thread in 'The Lone Ranger' section of the site that will be updated across the season to remind you which teams you have already selected but please try to avoid selecting the same team twice.
If you forget to enter a week or enter a team you have already chosen in the past you will lose 2.5 lives and have the highest placed team you have yet to select removed from your future selection pool.
The game could end at any point later in the season but in the event that a number of players have avoided elimination by the last round of the season the winner will be the player with the highest remaining total of lives - so you need to keep totting up the wins regardless of whether you are close to elimination or not.
In the event that players are tied on lives the player with the longest consecutive winning streak at any stage of the season will win. If that is still tied it will be the number of wins predicted and then fewest defeats predicted.
ENTERING THE GAME:
If you are not already a member you simply need to become a site member to play The Lone Ranger; it is free and takes literally a minute to get logged in by clicking HERE. Once registered you stay logged in whenever you visit the site in future and can also post your QPR views across the site. You will also be able to take part in our other prediction games... the QPR Prediction League, Win, Lose & Draw and Dream R's.
Below are the fixtures available fixtures for Week 1. You simply need to choose a team you think will win, hit 'reply' above and post the team name to complete your entry. You'll need to repeat this each week throughout the season; each week of the competition will have it's own thread with available fixtures.
Some rounds may have less teams available depending on the dates of fixtures and which leagues are active - for example Round 1 only has Championship teams available and Friday night matches will never be available to allow for a later entry deadline which will usually be on Saturday lunchtime. There will be a week off each time it is the international round of fixtures.
I will usually put up a few weeks ready for entry in advance.
Here we go then...
Week 1 fixtures: - simply select one team you think will win and post their name below to enter
Barnsley v Fulham
Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic
Brentford v Birmingham City
Millwall v Preston North End
Reading v Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers
Swansea City v Hull City
Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion
Bristol City v Leeds United
Huddersfield Town v Derby County
Entries to be received by 14:00 on Saturday 03 August 2019
Rule breakdown:
Everybody starts with 10 lives | Score |
Win | +0.5 |
Draw | -0.5 |
Lose | -2 |
Fail To Enter | -2.5 |
Enter a previously used team | -2.5 |