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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	2025 WWDC Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"The new version of macOS drops support for some Intel Macs"	1
	"Not all, but some."
Stephen	Regular	"iPadOS gets updated window management tools"	1
Stephen	Regular	"The Google Gemini logo is shown on screen as part of a partnership announcement"	0
Stephen	Risky	"Apple announces an updated Mac Pro"	-1
	"The starting price remains at $6,999." "The starting system on a chip is the Apple M3 Ultra chip with 32-core CPU, 80-core GPU, and 32-core Neural Engine." "There is a build-to-order option that exceeds the unified memory available on the Mac Studio, which currently tops out at 512 GB." Like a previous pick, this pick was prophesied in a dream, and one detail of the dream (the size of the Mac Pro wheels) was already confirmed, so it's basically a lock.
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."

Myke's Forbidden Picks

Type	2025 WWDC Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"Significantly new OS design on at least one platform"	1
Myke	Regular	"New features are announced that are powered by Apple Intelligence"	1
Myke	Risky	"Apple has a new app for gamers"	0
	"It's called Apple Games." "It creates new, specific developer terms for games." "It features a partnership with Microsoft for Xbox Game Pass."
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."

Federico's Forbidden Picks

Type	2025 WWDC Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"Apple rebrands version numbers of its operating systems"	1
Federico	Regular	"The updated visionOS gets an eye scrolling feature"	1
Federico	Regular	"At least one visionOS app in compatibility mode becomes a native one"	0
Federico	Risky	"Apple opens up AFM (Apple Foundation Model) to developers"	1
	"It's a 3B parameter version only that runs on device." "It's designed in a way that only specific "endpoints" can be used with a native API, like summarization or writing or prioritizing content." (In other words, developers won't be able to prompt the API with arbitrary text, they only have access to particular tasks like summarization.) "Apple shows off examples of how they're using the same tech in its own system apps."
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."