2020 September Rickies

jbiatek 9th April 2024 at 6:52pm

▶️ Episodes

🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Regular	"Apple unveils a new Apple Watch"	1
	While Federico had some criticism of a couple of Myke's picks in the previous game along the same lines, this was the very first time that Federico specifically called out a lack of "passion" in a pick.
Stephen	Regular	"The Apple Watch Series 6 uses the Series 4 & 5 design"	1
Federico	Regular	"At least one of the new non-Pro iPads will have an iPad Pro inspired design"	1
	"(the flat sides are key)"
Myke	Regular	"Apple unveils a new iPad, not Pro"	1
Stephen	Regular	"At least one new non-Pro iPad will switch to USB-C"	1
Federico	Regular	"Apple introduces a new, lower end Apple Watch model in addition to the higher end Series 6"	1

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Risky	"A non-Pro iPad gets a LIDAR sensor"	-1
Stephen	Risky	"The iPad mini will be updated with a new design inspired by the iPad Pro's design"	-1
	Stephen was almost exactly one year too early, as this would finally come true in 2021.
Federico	Risky	"A new Apple Watch has at least one new built-in app because of an exclusive feature not found on existing watches"	2

🏆 Scores

Federico: 4
Myke: 1
Stephen: 1

Myke wins the coin flip for second place, again.

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Flexie	"Details of a new iPad mini"	0
	Also one year too early.
Myke	Flexie	"Someone washes their hands during the presentation"	0
Myke	Flexie	"New non-Pro iPad gets second generation Apple Pencil"	1
Myke	Flexie	"watchOS 7 gets a software feature we haven't seen yet"	1
Myke	Flexie	"No specific date for iOS 14's release"	0
	Originally a candidate for Myke's Risky Pick.
Stephen	Flexie	"Joz wears a non-solid-color shirt"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Event looks mostly like WWDC"	1
	"Not all on stage in a theater but using different parts of the campus or outside world"
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple somehow sets expectations for when the iPhone will be announced"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"The removal of Force Touch on watchOS is framed as the inclusion of Haptic Touch"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Preview of fall Apple TV+ content"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple will not unveil additional details about the release of the first Apple Silicon Macs"	1
	Myke challenged Stephen to make this a sixth Flexie in the discussion of his previous pick.
Federico	Flexie	"The new iPad Air supports the Magic Keyboard"	1
Federico	Flexie	"Apple launches a new subscription service for virtual fitness classes"	1
Federico	Flexie	"Apple showcases at least one new feature coming in iOS or iPadOS 14.1"	0
	The version number wasn't stated explicitly, otherwise Fitness+ would have counted.
Federico	Flexie	"At least one segment of the keynote is shot inside Apple's own fitness labs"	1
	It isn't quite clear if what they showed was the lab, but it doesn't matter to the scoring anyway so the point is given.
Federico	Flexie	"iOS 14 launches in September"	1

💸 Flexie Scores

Federico: 80.0% (4/5)
Myke: 40.0% (2/5)
Stephen: 33.3% (2/6)

The rule about ties and ratios comes into play, dropping Stephen into last place.

This is the first Flexies with donations to charity. As such, Stephen donates $100 to Fur Kids.

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