Congratulations to Catapotamus, who dashed out to an early lead and never looked back at
the herd of cats following him. His owner explains his method thus:
When the red dot is at or near the top end (position 1) or the bottom end (position 24)
there is higher scoring potential for the next match compared to when the red dot is at or near
the middle (positions 12 and 13.) For example, if the red dot is at position 1 or 24 the maximum
possible score for the next match is 23, if the red dot is at position 2 or 23 the maximum possible
score for the next match is 22, and so on, down to when the red dot is at position 12 or 13
(the middle) where the maximum possible score for the next match is 12. To capitalize on scoring
potential as much as possible I put the best teams at or near the ends and the worst teams at or
near the middle. I don't know much about women's football so I looked up the bookmaker odds for
each country to win the cup and ranked the teams accordingly. To improve my chances of a good start
I looked at the first few scheduled matches and arranged the teams so that, match by match, the
teams more likely to win their match alternated between the top half (positions 1 to 12) and the
bottom half (positions 13 to 24). This would get the red dot pinging back and forth between the
top half and bottom half. I put contenders France at position 24 because they played in the first
game and the red dot started at position 0.
Times indicate the end of each match as recorded at the stadium; all stadiums are in the same time zone (GMT+2).
Jun 7 10:54PM
France
4
Korea, South
0
Jun 8 4:55PM
Germany
1
China
0
Jun 8 7:58PM
Spain
3
South Africa
0
Jun 8 11:57PM
Norway
3
Nigeria
0
Jun 9 2:55PM
Italy
2
Australia
1
Jun 9 5:25PM
Brazil
3
Jamaica
0
Jun 9 7:53PM
England
2
Scotland
1
Jun 10 7:55PM
Argentina
0
Japan
0
Jun 10 8:51PM
Canada
1
Cameroon
0
Jun 11 4:52PM
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
0
Jun 11 8:38PM
Sweden
2
Chile
0
Jun 11 10:52PM
United States
13
Thailand
0
Jun 12 4:53PM
Nigeria
2
Korea, South
0
Jun 12 7:53PM
Germany
1
Spain
0
Jun 12 10:53PM
France
2
Norway
1
Jun 13 7:56PM
Australia
3
Brazil
2
Jun 13 8:53PM
China
1
South Africa
0
Jun 14 4:50PM
Japan
2
Scotland
1
Jun 14 7:54PM
Italy
5
Jamaica
0
Jun 14 8:54PM
England
1
Argentina
0
Jun 15 4:52PM
Netherlands
3
Cameroon
1
Jun 15 10:55PM
Canada
2
New Zealand
0
Jun 16 4:54PM
Sweden
5
Thailand
1
Jun 16 7:54PM
United States
3
Chile
0
Jun 17 7:52PM
Germany
4
South Africa
0
Jun 17 7:53PM
China
0
Spain
0
Jun 17 10:54PM
Norway
2
Korea, South
1
Jun 17 11:00PM
France
1
Nigeria
0
Jun 18 10:50PM
Australia
4
Jamaica
1
Jun 18 10:54PM
Brazil
1
Italy
0
Jun 19 10:52PM
England
2
Japan
0
Jun 19 10:53PM
Argentina
3
Scotland
3
Jun 20 7:54PM
Netherlands
2
Canada
1
Jun 20 7:56PM
Cameroon
2
New Zealand
1
Jun 20 10:57PM
United States
2
Sweden
0
Jun 20 10:57PM
Chile
2
Thailand
0
Jun 22 7:27PM
Germany
3
Nigeria
0
Jun 22 11:51PM
Norway
1[4]
Australia
1[1]
Jun 23 7:35PM
England
3
Cameroon
0
Jun 23 11:38PM
France
2
Brazil
1
Jun 24 8:00PM
United States
2
Spain
1
Jun 24 10:59PM
Sweden
1
Canada
0
Jun 25 7:57PM
Italy
2
China
0
Jun 25 10:55PM
Netherlands
2
Japan
1
Jun 26 10:53PM
England
3
Norway
0
Jun 28 10:54PM
United States
2
France
1
Jun 29 4:58PM
Netherlands
2
Italy
0
Jun 29 8:26PM
Sweden
2
Germany
1
Jul 2 10:55PM
United States
2
England
1
Jul 3 11:40PM
Netherlands
1
Sweden
0
Jul 6 6:57PM
Sweden
2
England
1
Jul 7 6:55PM
United States
2
Netherlands
0
397
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
France
2
Spain
•
3
Argentina
•
•
•
4
England
•
•
•
5
Canada
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
6
Sweden
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
7
Korea, South
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
8
Italy
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
9
Netherlands
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
10
Australia
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
11
Nigeria
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
12
Scotland
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
13
South Africa
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
14
Thailand
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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•
15
Cameroon
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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16
France
•
•
•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
•
•
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•
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17
Chile
•
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•
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•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
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•
•
•
•
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18
England
•
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19
China
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20
United States
•
•
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•
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21
Japan
•
•
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•
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•
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•
•
•
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22
Brazil
•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
23
Norway
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
24
Germany
•
25
*
Tiebreaker: 148
Fluffy and anxious Incineroar entered the contest May 26, 2019, at 11:53 AM. Phasellus ac porttitor est, elementum aliquam nibh. Aenean cursus vulputate condimentum. Vivamus vitae dictum nibh. Vivamus vulputate condimentum odio, non consectetur metus cursus at. Aliquam erat volutpat. Aliquam consectetur velit mauris, vel suscipit nibh facilisis et. Vivamus justo lacus, tristique vel ipsum id, pretium condimentum tellus. Nunc hendrerit auctor ex, vitae ultrices nisl hendrerit in.
621
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
United States
•
2
Germany
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
3
Japan
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
4
Brazil
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
5
Canada
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
6
Norway
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
7
China
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
8
New Zealand
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
9
Korea, South
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
10
Nigeria
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
11
Thailand
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
12
Jamaica
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
13
South Africa
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
14
Cameroon
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
15
Chile
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
16
Argentina
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
17
Scotland
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
18
Italy
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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•
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•
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•
•
19
Spain
•
•
•
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•
•
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•
•
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•
•
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•
•
•
•
20
Sweden
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
21
Australia
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
22
Netherlands
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
23
England
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
24
France
•
25
*
Tiebreaker: 151
Wild and anxious Catapotamus entered the contest May 30, 2019, at 3:52 PM.
607
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
United States
•
2
Germany
•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
•
3
Japan
•
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•
4
Brazil
•
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•
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•
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•
•
5
Canada
•
•
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•
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•
•
•
•
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•
6
Norway
•
•
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•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
7
Argentina
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
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8
Nigeria
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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•
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9
South Africa
•
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•
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•
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10
Cameroon
•
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11
Jamaica
•
•
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•
•
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•
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12
Thailand
•
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•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
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13
Argentina
•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
•
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•
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14
Nigeria
•
•
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15
South Africa
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16
Cameroon
•
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•
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•
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17
Jamaica
•
•
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18
Thailand
•
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19
Spain
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20
Sweden
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21
Australia
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22
Netherlands
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23
England
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24
France
•
25
*
Tiebreaker: 142
Fluffy and serious Exploding Atomic Kitten entered the contest June 2, 2019, at 2:40 PM. This cat is named after the band Atomic Kitten and the card game Exploding Kittens. He was going to be known as IPressedPaws but his owner thought better of it.
235
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
Argentina
•
2
Australia
•
3
Brazil
•
•
•
•
4
Cameroon
•
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•
•
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5
Canada
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6
Chile
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7
China
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8
England
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9
France
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10
Germany
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11
Italy
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12
Jamaica
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13
Japan
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14
Korea, South
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15
Netherlands
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16
New Zealand
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17
Nigeria
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18
Norway
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19
Scotland
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20
Argentina
•
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21
Australia
•
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22
Brazil
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23
Cameroon
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Canada
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25
*
Tiebreaker: 60
Fluffy and affectionate Alphabeticat entered the contest June 2, 2019, at 2:54 PM.
145
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
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52
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France
2
Germany
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South Africa
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Nigeria
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5
Italy
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6
Brazil
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7
Germany
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8
Brazil
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Cameroon
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10
Chile
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11
United States
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12
Brazil
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13
England
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14
Nigeria
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15
Germany
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16
Jamaica
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17
Chile
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18
Brazil
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19
Cameroon
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20
United States
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21
Chile
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22
Brazil
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23
Brazil
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24
Brazil
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25
*
Tiebreaker: 264
Fluffy and dependable King Louie entered the contest June 3, 2019, at 12:54 PM. King Louie mostly spends his days ruling the kingdom from his regal throne also known as the green recliner. But he never misses an opportunity to do a few laps chasing the illusive red dot. He thinks the contest theme is perfect as the odds of King Louie capturing a victory are about the same as him actually capturing the red dot.
421
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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52
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United States
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2
Australia
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3
Canada
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4
England
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5
France
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6
Germany
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7
Brazil
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8
Korea, South
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9
Japan
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10
Sweden
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11
Spain
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12
China
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13
Chile
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14
Argentina
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15
Italy
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16
Netherlands
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17
South Africa
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18
New Zealand
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19
Cameroon
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20
Norway
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21
Nigeria
•
22
Thailand
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23
Jamaica
•
24
Scotland
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25
*
Tiebreaker: 147
Sleek and devious Lazy Lazercat entered the contest June 5, 2019, at 1:44 PM.
271
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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14
15
16
17
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20
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31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
Italy
•
2
Norway
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•
3
China
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4
Canada
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5
Brazil
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6
Spain
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7
Germany
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8
Argentina
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9
England
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•
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•
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10
United States
•
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11
Australia
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12
France
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13
Netherlands
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14
Japan
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15
Germany
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16
England
•
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17
Argentina
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18
France
•
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19
Sweden
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20
United States
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21
Australia
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22
France
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23
Netherlands
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24
United States
•
25
*
Tiebreaker: 135
Wild and devious Morpheus entered the contest June 5, 2019, at 11:23 PM.
283
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
England
•
2
Korea, South
•
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•
•
•
3
China
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4
Sweden
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5
Netherlands
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6
Australia
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7
Scotland
•
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•
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8
Chile
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•
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•
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9
Argentina
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•
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•
10
Norway
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11
Jamaica
•
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•
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•
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12
United States
•
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•
13
France
•
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14
Germany
•
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15
Japan
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16
United States
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17
Spain
•
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18
Italy
•
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19
United States
•
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20
England
•
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21
France
•
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22
Germany
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•
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23
Netherlands
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24
Australia
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25
*
Tiebreaker: 129
Sleek and suspicious Schroedinger entered the contest June 5, 2019, at 11:28 PM.
135
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
United States
•
2
Germany
•
3
Norway
•
•
•
•
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4
United States
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5
England
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6
Sweden
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7
Japan
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8
Spain
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9
Nigeria
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10
United States
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11
France
•
12
England
•
13
Sweden
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14
United States
•
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15
Nigeria
•
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16
Norway
•
•
17
Sweden
•
•
•
18
United States
•
•
•
19
New Zealand
•
•
•
20
Cameroon
•
•
21
United States
•
•
22
Japan
•
•
•
23
Germany
•
24
United States
•
25
*
Tiebreaker: 173
Fluffy and eager Fuzzy Yarn Ball entered the contest June 6, 2019, at 10:28 PM.
487
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
1
Brazil
•
2
Chile
•
•
•
•
•
3
England
•
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•
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•
4
Germany
•
•
•
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5
United States
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6
Norway
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7
Australia
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8
Thailand
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9
South Africa
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10
China
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11
Canada
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12
Italy
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13
Cameroon
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14
Sweden
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15
Japan
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16
New Zealand
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17
Scotland
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18
Korea, South
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19
Jamaica
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20
Spain
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21
Italy
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22
France
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23
Netherlands
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24
Argentina
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25
*
Tiebreaker: 87
Fluffy and contented The Great Unmover entered the contest June 6, 2019, at 10:54 PM.
365
Countries
Laser Movements and Points per Match
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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17
18
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26
27
28
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31
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34
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37
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52
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Sweden
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Chile
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United States
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Jamaica
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New Zealand
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China
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Korea, South
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Spain
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Norway
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10
South Africa
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11
England
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12
England
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13
Scotland
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14
Brazil
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15
Korea, South
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16
Brazil
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17
Germany
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18
Italy
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19
France
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20
Cameroon
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21
Canada
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22
France
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23
Nigeria
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24
Australia
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25
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Tiebreaker: 136
Wild and sly L'Anti-Dôt entered the contest June 6, 2019, at 11:59 PM. I am the French crime-fighting cat and chief inspector of La Boucherie. My arch enemy is Le Dôt Rouge. This malefactor has been seen capering across floors, walls, furniture, and even les pantalons! Sacré bleu! In the daytime he hides, and I conserve my strength, napping yet ever alert to movement. At night he emerges; the sight of him is my signal to go. Sometimes I call him the Go Dôt. Oh, you were waiting for that one, n'est-ce pas? So far the rapscallion has eluded me, although many times I have nearly had him in my grasp. One day I will catch you, my crimson foe, and when I catch you I will eat you. Excusez-moi, I mean arrest you. I look forward to this day with relish. Or maybe catsup. À bientôt!
L'Anti-Dôt is also an agent of Laughton.org and ineligible to receive a prize.
Laser pointers were invented to amuse cats, or more accurately, to amuse cat owners.
If you've never zig-zagged a red dot across a floor and watched a cat chase it, you are missing
one of the true joys of modern technology. This contest lets a player zig-zag a virtual laser
across a hypothetical floor while a simulated cat - your very own Laser Cat - chases it.
The player whose Laser Cat moves the fastest is the winner!
This is a fantasy sports competition based on the 2019 Women's World Cup tournament in France.
Competition begins June 7, and the championship game will be held on July 7.
As in all contests at Laughton.org, instead of simply predicting winners, participants engage
in a little mental prestidigitation by constructing an otherwise meaningless list to utilize an
arbitrary and capricious scoring formula devised by the contest staff whose minds tend to wander when
they see a silly cat video like the one at right provided by
GIPHY.com.
Just look at that wacky cat go! Oh, sorry, back to the contest. In this competition we're
being even more arbitrary and capricious than ever before: scores not only depend on the results
of each match but also on the order in which the matches are played, so you'll want to familiarize
yourself with both the
team rankings
and the
tournament schedule before crafting your entry.
Use the Official Entry Form below to enter the contest.
Your entry is an ordered list of 24 countries chosen from those participating in the Women's World
Cup tournament. You may use all 24 participating countries, but once you see the byzantine scoring
formula, you'll probably want to leave a few out and repeat a few others. Your entry also includes
a tiebreaker prediction and some identifying information, neither of which should inspire any angst.
As stated above, the key part of your entry is the ordered list of 24 countries.
Any country may appear in more than one position.
A red laser dot is positioned at the top of the list in position 0.
There's no need to provide your own laser; we take care of this.
Each time a Women's World Cup match ends, the red dot moves to the level of the winning country
(special scoring rules apply to matches that end in ties).
Points are gained depending on the distance the dot moves.
If the target country appears more than once in the list, the dot moves to the closest location to the dot's current position.
If two eligible entries are equidistant from the laser, it moves up if it is in the lower half of the list, down if it is in the upper half.
Losses have no effect; they do not move the laser and do not alter the score.
Ties are scored as follows:
If both countries appear in the list, no points are awarded.
If only one country appears in the list, the score is computed the same as a victory for this country.
Here are some scoring examples:
Player Entry
Match 1: Germany 2 Scotland 1
Match 2: Sweden 4 Nigeria 0
Match 3: USA 1 France 0
Match 4: USA 2 South Africa 2
Match 5: France 2 Jamaica 1
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Argentina
2
France
3
Brazil
4
Cameroon
5
Canada
6
Chile
7
China
8
England
9
France
10
Germany
11
Italy
12
Jamaica
13
Japan
14
Korea, South
15
Netherlands
16
New Zealand
17
Nigeria
18
Norway
19
Scotland
20
USA
21
Spain
22
Sweden
23
Thailand
24
USA
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• 10
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• 12
• 2
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• 4
• 15
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In the example above,
Germany wins the first match of the tournament,
the dot moves from position 0 to position 10, and the player gains 10 points.
Sweden wins the second match, the laser moves to position 22,
and its move from position 10 to 22 adds 12 more points.
USA wins the next match; USA appears in two positions equidistant from Sweden,
so the dot moves from 22 to 20, adding 2 points. It moves up rather than down because
the dot began its motion in the lower half of the list.
The next match is a tie between South Africa and USA. If both countries appeared in the list,
the dot would not move, and no points would be scored. However, South Africa was omitted,
so the match is scored as if it were a victory for USA, which means that the dot moves to the
closest USA position other than the one it's currently on.
France wins the last match in the example. France appears twice in the list;
the dot moves to the closer location.
Total points scored in the example: 43. Come on, you can beat that!
It's possible for the same country to win two matches in a row in the late stages
of the tournament. Should this happen, the laser will not move (and add no points) if
the victorious country appears only once in the list. If the country appears in two positions,
the laser will move from its current position to the other and score points.
If the country appears in more than two positions, the laser will move to one of the others
according to the movement rules above.
Matches will be scored in the order that they finish.
For this reason you'll want to be familiar with the tournament schedule before composing your entry.
In the highly unlikely event that two matches end simultaneously, the one that started first will be
scored first. In the even-more-highly-unlikely event that two matches begin and end at exactly the
same time, the one held in the stadium closer to the Church of Saint Sulpice (Paris, Left Bank) as
determined by Google Maps will be scored first. The Laughton.org contest staff tries to think of
everything, although it makes our heads hurt sometimes.
After the last match has ended and been scored, the laser dot will drop to position 25
(not shown) and score accordingly.
Your theoretical cat, whose purpose - like that of real cats - is mostly decorative,
chases the laser as it moves. You'll have to rely on your imagination and the image at left
provided by GIPHY.com for this effect;
the Laughton.org contest staff doesn't have any animators who can actually draw such a thing.
Assuming that the cat moves the same distance as the laser, points gained indicate how fast it
moves during the tournament. The player whose cat moves the fastest is the winner.
The Official Entry Form provides a field to predict the total number of goals that will be scored during the
entire Women's World Cup tournament. Only goals scored during regular and overtime play count; shootout goals do not.
In the event that multiple players have the same number of points at the end of the competition, the one
whose prediction is closest to the correct tally will win. If players are tied after applying the
tiebreaker, the winner will be the one whose entry arrived earlier at Laughton.org. Note that if you
change your entry and resubmit it, the official arrival time will be the one associated
with the revised entry.
The 2015 Women's World Cup saw a total of 146 goals scored. This was the first year that
the field was expanded to 24 teams. Previous tournaments allowed a maximum of 16 teams.
The top scorer will receive a Tangoes puzzle game.
According to legend, the game is based on an event that occurred thousands of years ago in China:
a man broke a porcelain plate, and instead of cleaning up his mess he played with the pieces
making odd shapes. Then - according to which version you believe - he was either struck and killed
by an oxcart because he was playing in the middle of the road, or he was executed because the plate
belonged to the emperor. Not only does the contest staff subscribe to this legend, but we also
believe that the Loch Ness Monster beat Sasquatch in the first Tangoes tournament.
Use the Official Entry Form below to submit your entry no later than 11:59pm (US Eastern Time)
on June 6, 2019. No late entries will be accepted. Your e-mail address will be the unique identifier
for your entry. It will only be used to contact you to confirm acceptance of your entry, to notify
you if your entry is rejected, or to contact you regarding prize delivery should you be so
lucky skillful. It will not appear anywhere on this website or be used for any
other purpose. If you want to change your entry after submitting it, simply submit another using
the same address; the new entry will overwrite the previous one as long as it is submitted before
the deadline.
Only one entry per e-mail address will be accepted. If you have more than one address,
you may submit an entry from each.
The fields for country names are formatted as menus to prevent any misspellings or
misunderstandings. Simply click on the country name that you want to select for each position.
In addition to the basic information needed to enter the contest, the Official Entry Form
includes a couple of items to guide us in drawing your Laser Cat and an area for freeform text.
This area is provided so that you may describe your Laser Cat for the amusement of other players
(and the contest staff, who can hardly believe what some players write). Feel free to describe
your Laser Cat's country, island, region, city, or town of origin, his/her likes and dislikes,
political views, sleeping habits, waking habits (if any), favorite foods, musical preferences,
or anything else you suspect/hope/fear that others want to know. Other comments may be included
in this area as well, but don't ramble endlessly; at about the 200-word mark the contest staff
tends to start cutting. Furthermore, racist, sexist,or otherwise scurrilous comments are prohibited.
Laughton.org is a family-friendly site, so we cannot go into detail here about what happens when
someone submits offensive comments, but we can assure you that such players do not win contests at
Laughton.org.
This is a fantasy sports competition based on the 2019 Women's World Cup tournament in France.
Competition begins June 7, and the championship game will be held on July 7.
As in all contests at Laughton.org, instead of simply predicting winners, participants engage
in a little mental prestidigitation by constructing an otherwise meaningless list to utilize an
arbitrary and capricious scoring formula devised by the contest staff whose minds tend to wander when
they see a silly cat video like the one at right provided by
GIPHY.com.
Just look at that wacky cat go! Oh, sorry, back to the contest. In this competition we're
being even more arbitrary and capricious than ever before: scores not only depend on the results
of each match but also on the order in which the matches are played, so you'll want to familiarize
yourself with both the
team rankings
and the
tournament schedule before crafting your entry.
After the last match has ended and been scored, the laser dot will drop to position 25
(not shown) and score accordingly.
The top scorer will receive a Tangoes puzzle game.
According to legend, the game is based on an event that occurred thousands of years ago in China:
a man broke a porcelain plate, and instead of cleaning up his mess he played with the pieces
making odd shapes. Then - according to which version you believe - he was either struck and killed
by an oxcart because he was playing in the middle of the road, or he was executed because the plate
belonged to the emperor. Not only does the contest staff subscribe to this legend, but we also
believe that the Loch Ness Monster beat Sasquatch in the first Tangoes tournament.
