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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 Annual Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"Apple ships the Apple Watch Ultra 3"
Stephen	Regular	"The M1 MacBook Air is not for sale at the end of 2025"
	Wal-Mart selling the M1 counted for it still being "on sale" moments before this, so one would assume they must stop selling it in 2025.
Stephen	Risky	"Apple replaces the "Plus" iPhone with an all new model..."
	"It's the thinnest iPhone ever, but is made of titanium to remain strong." "It has no Camera Control and/or Action Button." "It does not offer an always-on display."
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.

Myke's Forbidden Picks

Type	2025 Annual Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"Apple introduces its own LLM to power Siri"
	It does not have to ship in 2025, though.
Myke	Regular	"Apple introduces the thinnest iPhone ever"
Myke	Regular	"Mac Studio is updated with a new chip"
	The first ever bonus pick, thanks to a pick coming true after it was graded false. Before the hosts remembered that bonus picks were a thing now, this was a Flexie.
Myke	Risky	"Apple introduces a new smart home product that features a screen..."
	"It will be in the HomePod line of products." "It will feature eye or hand tracking as a way to control the interface without needing to touch the screen." "And it will feature support for third party apps to run on the device." Apps may not necessarily come from a dedicated App Store, it may be more like CarPlay or some form of mirroring. Just widgets or Live Activities will not count, there has to be UI that you interact with.
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."

Federico's Forbidden Picks

Type	2025 Annual Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"A new "iPhone SE" is introduced with a new design"
	Or something in its place, the name doesn't have to be "SE". Ungraded, Stephen thinks this may be the first pick to come true in 2025.
Federico	Regular	"A new AirTag is introduced with better tracking capabilities"
Federico	Risky	"Apple announces a new standalone "Siri app" based on a new LLM that will..."
	"Be multilingual and support multiple languages at the same time." "Support multiple modalities – e.g. text input, voice input, or image attachments in the same conversation." "Display content from third-party apps inline based on a new developer framework." If the overall pick about a "Siri app" is wrong, all the details will be counted as wrong as well. But that won't be a problem because Federico thinks that this approach is "so obvious".
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."