Psychic Octopus Predicts World Cup Match Results

[Danpascooch]

Who says they didn't just falsify this data?
Film him a few times, it's just an animal doing random things.
Or just behaving naturally, sure they can make him go to some box by changing light or adding something to the clam etc.

Relax, there's a 12.5% chance of a coincidence, that's obviously what happened, everyone is freaking out over nothing, lol.

If he gets it right two more times (bringing the chance of coincidence down to 3.125%) then maybe I'd expect foul play.

EDIT: Also, making sure he goes in one box over another wouldn't help too much, since he does this BEFORE the match takes place.

 

[masterblaze0]

Well, I guess I know what i'm going to name my cephalopod companion when I live with my girlfriend in a year.

Clairvoyant cephalopods FTW.

Also, if your avatar referenes the Pandemic game, you are awesome.

 

[Danpascooch]

It's a funny coincidence, but unless he like, knocks over a box and then that team dies in a horrible explosion the next day, It's bull.

 

[nick n stuff]

i want a psychic squid. it's like a magic 8 ball but cooler

 

[dalek sec]

It's the Germans using the UK's ingrained fear of Dalek's against them, pure and simple. It could be just pure dumb luck that he's picking the right choices, wonder what will happen to him if he picks the wrong team and they lose?

 

[Lauren Admire]

Does Paul know much about American football? What's he think about the Lions this year? Will he sit in their box?

Also, Lauren- would that avatar happen to be President Madagascar?

It would indeed. I've been having a hard time in Pandemic 2.

 

[dekkarax]

I hardly doubt it...Its just a squid. Get it in the pan and be done with it!

Octopus, actually.

 

[HK_01]

It seems like he'll be right a fourth time, because England's going down on Sunday. Especially now that we have a psychic octopus on our side!

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Does Paul know much about American football? What's he think about the Lions this year? Will he sit in their box?

Also, Lauren- would that avatar happen to be President Madagascar?

It would indeed. I've been having a hard time in Pandemic 2.

Oof. My condolences- that is a tough little island to invade. The one time I managed, I held the lowest profile I possibly could until the disease had spread to at least a few countries with ports, then upped the infectivity factors some and hoped for the best. I managed to get a foot in the door in Madagascar just before they shut down the ports, and by then I'd had Cuba as well, and from there the rest of the world is relatively easy. I even managed to get the Kongregate achievement for wiping out the population in under 100 days in Realistic.

I hope this helps you in your bid to wipe out the human species!

 

[VanityGirl]

So basically, he has sat in the German box every time and they happen to have won... correlational evidence anybody?

Well no, he sat in the Serbia box when Serbia beat Germany. The octopus "predicted" both wins and the loss Germany had; it's very impressive, even if it is luck.


Many he'll be right, we shall see, shan't we?

 

[GamerLuck]

Duetschland fur das Cup!!

 

[blinkgun96]

What is this...
I don't even...

 

[KDR_11k]

I'm gonna go throw a coin 10 times, and it's going to land on heads every time. If it does and these guys don't appoint me psychid leader of the world or something, i'm going to sue somebody.

No, you'll get executed instead of Hamlet.

 

[soapyshooter]

So basically, he has sat in the German box every time and they happen to have won... correlational evidence anybody?

Germany lost to Serbia, look at whose box he is sitting on. haha this is pretty cool but probably a hugeee coincidence

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

That bastard better be wrong. Every time World Cup season starts up, I keep saying "pfft, I don't care" and it couldn't be further from the truth.

England might have been playing like ass this time round, but they better get further than this.

 

[Volucer]

I'm with the octopus on this one. England's been playing pretty poorly this year and I can't see them winning this weekend. If they do win then I guess the only option left is to eat the octopus to teach it a lesson, can't be too different from calimari.

 

[AngelofDarrkness]

There communist it could have been rigged

 

[Mersadeon]

Even though it is only coincidence - I like it. It's funny. And it says that Germany wins. That is enough for me to like it! ^^

Also, about Pandemic 2: I once got lucky and got Madagascar as my starting position. Still, New Zealand was closing it's ports before I got in. I was soooo angry xD Also, Lauren, that Avatar is AWESOME. And by the way, danpascooch? Your comment made me laugh my ass off. I mean, I don't really like soccer, but I have to watch it because all of my friends won't shut up about it and I'm getting free booze (win-win!). But I still hope for some deadly accident to make soccer exciting. The thing I love most about soccer is when someone gets a ball in his face so hard he cries, like in Germany - Ghana. That was funny.

 

[DubMan]

You don't really need a psychic octopus to predict the outcome of a Germany v. England match, just sayin'.