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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	2022 September Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"Apple shows off at least one iOS 16 feature that we haven’t seen before"	1
Stephen	Regular	"The Apple Watch SE, announced in 2020, moves down in price with no feature changes"	0
	Not graded: Series 7 or SE 2 takes the middle price point where the SE is now
Stephen	Risky	"iOS gets split-view support for multitasking to use 2 apps at once (reuse)"	-1
	Was originally "The Lightning port on the iPhone 14 Pro is upgraded to at least USB 3.0", but it turns out this has been rumored. This prompts a rule change. Stephen thought of a few options which became Flexies, but ultimately opts to reuse Federico's Risky pick from the last game, word for word (a legal choice under the Bill). Federico, oddly, argues for this being correct, with the Dynamic Island allowing multiple app use. But the others agree that, while funny, that isn't it.
Type	2023 Annual Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"WWDC 2023 follows the same format as WWDC 2022, with a small number of people invited in person"
	No convention center, no ticket lottery, just like in 2022.
Stephen	Regular	"No Intel Macs are left on sale (as new) at the end of 2023"
	"Does not include the refurbished or educational stores." Or, in other words, the Intel Mac Minis and Mac Pro are not sold as new anymore (and of course they don't introduce a new Intel Mac).
Stephen	Risky	"Apple releases an iPad Pro with a screen between 15.0 and 15.9999 inches which replaces the 11-inch model"
	Was originally just "15 inch" but a specific range was requested after Federico's pick was read.

Myke's Forbidden Picks

Type	2022 September Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"At least one iPhone will have the notch removed, replaced by a cut-out(s) for the camera and sensors, free-floating from the border"	1
	Or, as Stephen so poetically put it, "AKA an island of black glass in an ocean of pixels." Little did he know that Apple would actually call it "the Dynamic Island".
Myke	Regular	"At least one iPhone gets an upgraded main camera"	1
Myke	Risky	"AirPods Max 2 can be folded to store more compactly"	-1
	Myke doesn't seem to have much confidence in this risky pick, but his other choices were shot down as insufficiently risky in negotiations.
Type	2023 Annual Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"Apple releases a larger MacBook Air"
Myke	Regular	"An iPhone gets USB-C"
	Seems inevitable but it might be a bit ahead of its time. Ungraded: might just be the Pro phones, to advertise the improved transfer speeds.
Myke	Risky	"Apple shows off their headset in March, they announce developer tools at WWDC, then show it off again at an event in September. It ships to customers in October"

Federico's Forbidden Picks

Type	2022 September Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"At least one of the next 'Pro' iPhones will have an always-on display"	1
Federico	Regular	"There won't be a mini iPhone in the iPhone 14 family"	1
	Federico basically steals one of Myke's ongoing annual picks, which is allowed by the rules. 😭
Federico	Risky	"The iPhone 14 Pro Camera app introduces some kind of 3D capturing functionality"	-1
Type	2023 Annual Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"Apple releases a new Mac mini"
	Ungraded: Probably the same design but with an M2 chip. More Thunderbolt ports would be nice.
Federico	Regular	"There will not be an iPhone 15 mini"
Federico	Risky	"Apple will release its biggest iPad ever with a display of at least 16 inches..."
	"... It won't be OLED, it'll have the front-facing camera on the landscape side, and two USB-C ports at least. It'll be called iPad Studio."