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Ineligible Picks

26th August 2022 at 9:36am

Each host is currently forbidden from reusing the specified picks in any upcoming Keynote Games. They also cannot use the Annual picks in the next Annual Games. Each list is specific to each host, so while Stephen may not reuse from his own list, Federico could reuse a pick from Stephen's list.

Stephen's Forbidden Picks

Type	2026 Annual Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"Tim Cook's job title changes in 2026"
Stephen	Regular	"The iPhone 17e ships in 2026"
Stephen	Risky	"Apple announces a Mac with a touch screen"
	"It is an update to an existing notebook." (in other words, not a new line like "MacBook Touch") "macOS does not radically change to accommodate touch." (Specifically, the macOS on this machine does not have a custom UI compared to a non-touch Mac.) "The product comes with the Apple Polishing Cloth in the box."
Type	2026 September Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"The foldable is called the iPhone Ultra (2)"	0
	Not mentioned during picking that this is an exact duplicate of an active Annual pick from Stephen, but luckily that one is a Flexie, so it is a legal pick.
Stephen	Regular	"The Apple Watch Series 12 includes a ceramic option"	1
Stephen	Regular	"The ceramic Apple Watch Series 12 starts at $799 ($100 more than the Series 11 Titanium)"	0
Stephen	Regular	"The iPhone Air is not updated"	0.5
Stephen	Risky	"Apple introduces a new, expanded Home initiative"	-1
	A "HomePod with a display" is introduced at $249 The Apple TV is updated with a remote that supports Find My Apple talks about improved Thread support Stephen's first Risky Pick candidate was about John Ternus introducing himself as CEO, but they got demoted to Flexies.

Myke's Forbidden Picks

Type	2026 Annual Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"Apple ships a folding iPhone"
Myke	Regular	"A Google LLM is powering Siri's features by default"
	This might not be verifiable if Apple keeps the details close, but Myke is confident that if it's true, we'll know.
Myke	Risky	"By the end of the year, Apple will not have shipped equivalent features for the Apple Intelligence features shown at WWDC 2024"
	"Craig Federighi will talk at least once more about there being '2 architectures.'" "Apple will once again promise that the missing features will be shipping by the end of the next year." "Actions across apps is one of the features that will not ship."
Type	2026 September Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"John Ternus introduces the folding iPhone by saying "We have one more thing...""	1
Myke	Regular	"At least one iPhone has a variable aperture camera"	1
Myke	Regular	"The starting price of the 18 Pro is higher than the 17 Pro"	0.5
	Ungraded: $100 more, at least is the consensus.
Myke	Risky	"The folding phone has Touch ID"	-1
	But also offers a new version of Face ID powered by just cameras Apple says this is powered by Apple Intelligence and is a beta They publish information later that shows it's less secure than standard Face ID, but close enough to Touch ID

Federico's Forbidden Picks

Type	2026 Annual Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"Apple updates the MacBook Air with the M5"
Federico	Regular	"Apple ships some of the AI features previously seen in 2024"
Federico	Regular	"MacBook Pro is refreshed with a new chip"
	There is some question as to whether a pick from 3 games ago includes the 2025 game that was graded moments ago, and it is decided that it does. Now that ahead of their time picks grant bonus picks, this throwback from 2023 can now be used.
Federico	Risky	"Apple ships a foldable phone that:"
	"Is called 'iPhone Duo.'" "Runs both iOS and iPadOS apps and seamlessly switches between them." "Has a feature that operates both the outer and inner screens at the same time."
Type	2026 September Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"The new foldable iPhone does not have Face ID"	1
Federico	Regular	"There is no telephoto camera in the foldable"	1
Federico	Regular	"We do not see the base model iPhone 18"	0.5
Federico	Regular	"There is a new color on the iPhone 18 Pro line"	0.5
	Federico applying strategy rather than passion.
Federico	Risky	"The foldable's software goes beyond simple "open" and "closed" states"	2
	There will be support for "tabletop" mode with specific UIs for it Users can "peek through" at one side of the inner display by slightly opening the device StandBy will support a "tent" mode when the iPhone is charging Federico also had a backup Risky Pick about the iOS dock, but it was demoted to Flexies. The "open" and "close" animations are deemed to fulfill the second point.