Playing the Virtual competition is easy. Once you’ve registered, all you need to do is log in each week or day during the competition and predict the winning teams and correct margins for each of the games in the round.
Earning Points
For each game, you’ll earn 5 points for correctly predicting the winning team and an extra 3 points if you get the right margin range too. Predicting a draw is worth 20 points if you pick this correctly.
Bonus Games (team supported)
In each pool round the game the team you support is playing in is deeemed a Bonus game (games will be highlighted in blue) on the Make Your Picks page. Correctly pick the winning team and margin of the bonus games and you’ll earn 16 points ! If you correctly pick a draw on bonus game you get 25 points!
Team Supported Bonus games are not available in Knockout stages (Quarter,Semi and Final games.) However Bonus games may be selected by the game admin (these will be the same for everyone)
Make Your Picks
It couldn’t be easier. When you log in, go from your personal home page straight to the Make Your Picks area where all you need to do is make one selection for each match. Your options are to select either side to win by 1-10,11-20,21-30,31 points or more or a draw. The result of the game is based on the final result, so if extra time is required ,the score at the end of extra time will be the result. In the event a game is cancelled – no points will be awarded. You may jump to any round that has not happened yet and place picks for those games up until the closing date and time of the round. In knockout play a Draw will only be the result if the game goes to a kicking competition or similar ie that is after all extra time and golden point opportunities are exhausted.
Scoreboard
You can see what points you have scored each round by clicking on Scoreboard. The rounds are broken up into weeks of the year, with the current week displayed by default. All competitions you are currently entered in will show here.
Team Supported
The team you support only effects the bonus game, which gives you a chance at scoring more points, that means each round people may have different bonus games. You select the team you want to support through the Competition page.
Cut off times
Editing in each round is only allowed up till 1 hour New Zealand time before the game starts. The exact dates and times are listed on the make your picks page. The current round will display by default. Once the game has reached the 1 hour deadline it can no longer be edited. You may place picks or change any picks for any game up until the 1 hour deadline. If you fail to place your picks by the cut-off time random picks will be placed for you for the first 3 times.
User/Team Names
The site organisers reserve the right to refuse to accept team names or player names that are felt in their sole opinion to be inappropriate or offensive. Unsuitable names will be deleted and replaced with the players name or something deemed appropriate.
Email notification
You will receive one email showing your results for the round, and another email reminding you to make your picks before the deadline if you haven’t already made your picks. If you do not wish to receive the emails you may opt-out at any time. Please email remove@nzvirtualsport.com.
General conditions
The rules and points structure is ©Blackwell.co.nz. All efforts will be made to ensure the results are correct. Results will be entered into the system as they become available. Registering for this competition is deemed as acceptance of these rules and conditions.
