Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
In the case of home games it's not fussed with team names as long as the score is typed in x-x (or x:x) format because it's obvious with home games that Notts score will be typed first and not second. If he'd put Notts x Horrible Team x then that wouldn't be recognised. It's a piece of software and not a giant room full of equipment in Silicon Valley that's reading through the thread, if the obvious score format (x-x or x:x) isn't there then it's looking for 'home team x away team x', in which case the team ID's need to be easily recognised. If Notts are away then it needs to know which way around the score is, in which case x-x isn't enough unless the prediction is a draw.
You take the time and trouble to organise this competition which most of us really enjoy, so you are fully entitled to make the rules. I did it for a bit, so I know it's not easy and I get why you're using AI to make it less work. If you do it again next season I would suggest you should introduce something to make it clearer - if you want your prediction to be included in the competition then use team names, if you don't want the points type anything you want.