Welcome to Guess The Crowd for the 2019 / 20 season!Hello again, everybody!
Fresh from the fantastic Play Off Final and an even more fantastic pre-season than we’ve been used to for our beloved ASTON VILLA, the GTC teams are also collectively back up where we belong!
So, priorities beckon for all GTC team managers. Naturally, you’ll introduce the new players on your team to each other, arrange the WhatsApp group, Tweet the welcome Gifs and film all those jolly ‘ad lib’ Instagrams on the training pitch, to prepare for all the goals you’ll score during the season ahead!
The lads might also have to do a bit of running around in those little black crop tops, to get fit for a stunning 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 total attendance that AVFC releases to the press at the end of the match on the Guess thread and award points according to how close you are to the total.
GTC is played for every home game and all Cup games. This means there are some overlapping rounds.
Usual rules apply again, this season.
These are:
One guess only in a round, per team. Accidentally posting a second guess will not get you more points as only your first guess is counted.
No editing of your post.Editing means you get only 1 point that round. Aaaaaaargh!
You must post your guess before Kick Off.POINTS!!!What could you get?
11 Points for a
Brucie Bonus - which is for a spot- on dead accurate guess, usually early on - check the BB interval in my launch post of the round to win this.
10 points. For a spot- on accurate guess posted after the BB interval.
9 points. For a guess up to 10 away from the official attendance total.
And then...
8. For a guess up to 50 away
7. For a guess up to 100 away
6. For a guess up to 200 away
5. For a guess up to 300 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!
And!!!This season we have DEANO’s DOUBLE DIVIDEND, as well. Whatever the Villa goal tally is, the teams getting that number of points in that round get DOUBLE! Ooooh!
(Look at my post for more detail about this Bonus in the GTC trailer thread, posted yesterday. Thanks to Godfrey Brian for the DD inspiration and to wittonwarrior for suggesting that there was room in the competition to win extra points, as well!)
Other info if you have or haven’t played before, in the PL!Villa Park: 42, 682 ( FA Directory, 2019/20).
GTC rounds are posted about 10 days before a regular home league match and about a week before for a Cup Extra round. Overlapping rounds are usually shorter, to avoid overwhelming Heroes Discussion with multiple Guess threads!
Check the launch post for details of kick off and if it's a cup round, the capacity at the host ground when we're playing Away.
There will be fewer League matches to play in GTC than there were during the last 3 seasons. If a team has not posted a guess in 4 consecutive League GTC rounds, the team will be moved with their points so far, straight to Division 5. Guessing again will revive the team to Division 4!
Once there's a space in any Division, the top ranking team in the Division below is promoted immediately to fill it!
You can join in on any round in the season. Keep your team active and you’ll get promoted, as soon as possible.
It’s never too late to join in and Guess The Crowd!!!
And so...
...it's time to launch the first Guess thread of this season!
Look for, 'GTC 1 Villa v Bournemouth Saturday 17th August’, later this evening.
The very best of luck to us all, and here's hoping for a season ending in a Cup and Consolidation for our own, shared, wonderful and infinitely brilliant team, Aston Villa!
UTV!
Louzie0