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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Forecasters Challenge 2010 - Latest Update

By Tangotiger, 10:17 AM

There are four different setups, one is official, and the other three unofficial.  Depending on how you see things, feel free to choose the setup that makes the most sense to you. 

John Eric Hanson is the only forecaster to finish in the top 5 in all four setups.  Hanson also won the official competition last year, and I think finished fairly high up in the other unofficial competitions I ran.  So, yeah, he done good.

The baseline comparison point should be Marcel.  Marcel finished middle of the pack in 3 of the competitions, and IS LEADING in one of the competitions (the head-to-head one… the setup that was the official competition last year).

The results.  First the three unofficial setups:

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