Sports result prediction module?

sjohnston - June 17, 2007 - 04:36

Hi all,

I'm looking for a module (hopefully it exists) where my members can predict results from a predetermined set of fixtures. It would work as follows.

[Short Version]
I the administrator would be able to create a list of games each week (football/soccer) for my members to predict the results of. I would then feed in the actual results (after the actual games have played) and my members predictions would then be calculated, scored and ranked accordingly. The predictions would go on with new game fixtures and lasting for several weeks.

[Long Version]
As the administrator I would be able to set the number of games to be played say from 1-20 fixtures and set out how many weeks the competition will last. I enter the team names for each fixture with a time limit as to when the fixtures have to be made by. In addition to my members predicting the result they would also have to enter a time for when they think the game winning goal will be scored.

eg for one fixture:

Drupal Superstars Vs Wordpress Nancy boys

I the member predict that the score will be Drupal Superstars 3-1 Wordpress Nancy boys and the game winning goal will be scored in the 66th minute.

The fictitious match of course is played with the actual result being a 4-1 win for the Superstars and the game winning goal scored in the 62nd minute. As administrator I enter the correct score and my result is calculated.
(By correct result I mean that the team you predicted to win does so, the more accurate the number of goals you predicted determines how many points you are awarded.)

* Correct result predicted and both home and away correct goals scored: 10 points
* Correct result predicted and correct number of goals for one of the teams: 6 points
* Correct result predicted and correct goal difference: 6 points
* Correct result predicted and wrong number of goals for both teams: 4 points
* Incorrect result predicted but correct number of goals for one team: 2 points
* Game winning goal time correctly predicted: 5 points
* Game winning goal time predicted with 5 minutes: 3 points
* Game winning goal time predicted within 10 minutes: 1 points

Based on the scoring format my prediction would have been awarded 6 points for my result and 3 points for my game winning goal time. 9 points in all.

I realise that the above being already available is asking a lot and ultimately I may have to figure out how to design something like that myself, although I wish I had the skills to do so. I figure a module like this would suit any sports community orientated site and be a fun tool for any developer wishing to add some interactivity for their members.

Any help would be most grateful.

Bookmaker module

bestknight - June 17, 2007 - 08:08

The Bookmaker module seems to be relevant...

There was a module of sorts

chlobe - June 17, 2007 - 10:05

There was a module of sorts (it was functional at the time) which enabled tipping competitions for the Football World Cup last year. Someone took up the running and there was some discussion of taking it further http://drupal.org/node/65199 but as far as I can see http://drupal.org/project/tipping it is not near a release.

If you can access the original and know your way around php it mighn;t be too hard to tweak in the direction you want.

Thanks for the replies guys.

sjohnston - June 18, 2007 - 02:12

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll be sure to check them out and let you know how I get on.

 
 

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