Heh, that's part of the reason I'd like to see a "true" oracle challenge one day, where people are locked in to their picks before the start of the contest. The biggest complication would be handling later round matches where people would have impossible picks based on earlier eliminations, but with a fair penalty system, it could work.

*ponders*

The Ultimate Oracle Challenge
The idea went through the usual comitees back last winter, didn't pull through. Possibly a side-contest at some point, but it'll never replace the main challenge, the last-minute rush, etc...

That would be interesting. I don't see anything wrong with making the deadline for Round 2's predictions right before Round 2 starts, and so forth. Hm...better yet, require everyone to send their picks through email on top of that. :p

Someone doesn't like the hosts getting some sleep =P
Processing through e-mails would kill the very soul of the contest. Plus everything that was said above =P

Picking them all before the contest starts wouldn't be any fun for me. I wouldn't really have any reason to check up on the contest until the very end.

I do, however, think a modified version where a person's first prediction is their final one, no changes allowed, would be interesting.

That would be tough to pull, but we'll add it on the suggestions list.

More on-topic, I'm looking (once again) like a pretty sad idiot...
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