Guess The Crowd 2017/18; Divisions, points and bonuses!
Hello, everybody!
Well, it's come around again, so get your teams to put down their pints, extinguish their woodbines and get their trackies on, to jog casually around the pitch in the sunset. They have to get fit for a fabulous season of Guess The Crowd, which kicks off later on this evening.
If you're new to this:
The idea in every round is to guess what you think the official attendance figure will be, for that match. I post the figure that AVFC releases to the press at the end of every round, on the Guess thread and award points accordingly.
GTC is played for every home game and all Cup games. This means there are overlapping rounds. Take care as you may guess only once in a round.
Usual rules apply again, this season.
These are:
One guess only in a round, per team.
No editing of your post.
Editing and / or guessing twice results in getting only 1 point that round. Aaaaargh!
What could you get?
10 points for a Brucie Bonus - spot on guess, usually early on - check the BB interval in the first post of the round to win this.
9 points. For a spot- on accurate guess posted after the BB interval.
8. For a guess up to 10 away from the official attendance total.
7. For a guess up to 50 away
6. For a guess up to 100 away
5. For a guess up to 200 away
4. For a guess up to 400 away
3. For a guess up to 500 away
2. For a guess up to 1000 away
1. For entering that round!
The Brucie Bonus is usually offered for an early guess, but check the intro post as it is often all week for a cup match. GTC rounds are posted about 10 days before a regular home league match.
Check the launch post for details of kick off, extra capacity at VP ( Upper Trinity is usually closed) and if it's a cup round, the capacity at the host ground when we're playing Away.
If a team has not posted a guess in 7 regular consecutive GTC rounds, the team will be relegated with their points so far, straight to Division 4. Inactive teams in Division 4 will be encouraged to post again but may end up having an early bath.
Once there's a space in any Division, the top ranking team in the Division below is promoted immediately to fill it!
A note about capacity
VP capacity is still a bit of a mystery without the UT, but with it, it is 42,640 odd, from a figure published a couple of years ago. Since then, there have been various alterations to the ground so it probably isn't what it used to be!
Championship League games tend to be played without it. Opinion last season thought that current capacity could be anywhere between 32K - 35K +.
Good luck with that.
And so...
...it's time to launch the first Guess thread of this season!
Look for, 'GTC 1 Villa v Hull' and the date and time of the match.
The very best of luck to us all, and here's hoping for a season ending in promotion for our own, shared, wonderful team, Aston Villa!
UTV!
Louzie0
