crowe

Hey crowe! Thanks for the friend invite. I hope you're still enjoying Hubdub - I see you've been around almost since the beginning. Give me a shout if i can ever help you with anything.
Lesley.

Thanks dude. Now you know how I have been spending my Thanksgiving break.

Mark,

Thanks for the thoughtful response. As always, you do a FANTASTIC job as category editor. I was just disappointed in this interpretation of the rule.

My feeling is that voiding predictions after-the-fact takes away from the enjoyment of the Hubdub experience and is unfair to those who spent a lot of time invested in watching the market move. I understand cutting off predictions on a game before kickoff (i.e. "who will win between OU and OSU") but on long-range questions such as "who will be the first to beat the Titans", I feel there should be a different rule for this. When I was making my predictions, it was not certain that the Titans were going to lose. As you said, "it was not 100% known whether [he] would win". It seems that if this rule is to be enforced correctly, than predictions should be suspended prior to kickoff, like any other head-to-head matchup, correct? Otherwise, why let people bet on the market while a game is going on?

Sorry for the long shouts... thank you for the clarification. Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents! ;-) Keep up the great job!

Hey Jeff.
Got your shout and wanted to respond to your question about thet settlement of this market:
http://www.hubdub.com/m21551/Which_occurs_first__Titans_lose_or_Lions_win
While there is not currently a rule listed on the rules page which specifically adresses this (hopefully will be updated soon), it has been a general rule and one that we've tried to be as consistent as possible with that a question should settle (with a cut-off time) based on when an outcome was known.

http://www.hubdub.com/public/rules#sports
2.3.2 Sports Category
In general sports questions will be suspended prior to the start of the game in question. Any predictions made on a question accidentally left open during a game will be voided on settlement.

So, on questions that involve a number of games or events, it would be the start of the determining game (and one that made the outcome of the question known). This is different from a question such as the Heisman trophy question (which contains a number of different candidates). You are correct that Harrel's chances went down significantly after Saturday's loss, but there has been no report nor is it 100% known that he cannot still win. However, it does change the odds significantly and the outcome of the question is still unknown (thus that question remains open and you can make changes in your wagers).

I hope this makese sense and helps answer your question.

I'm going to post the same response on my page, as others may have the same question.

Thanks for your shout and suggestion on the in-play market. It would probably be a good game for it. A little too short of notice though. We're working on getting the in-plays more visible, so should have some more soon!

Sorry I am just reading your shout (I'm Alt. Certified, remember).
Thanks for bowing at my alter.

$500? isn't that a little steep for you? Are you hearing the footsteps?

Thanks for the challenge on the in-play sports question. Obviously, I am not able to wager on it as I have influence on it. So, if I don't respond to a challenge, that's probably why. Good luck with it though!

Believe it or not, I've already bet on the Simpson one. I saw it a couple days ago and thought it would be fun to bet on. :)

mine is more of a facebook/iphone-driven generation more than anything.
though texting is a v e r y large part of it. :P

jc0llins33@hotmail.com

I never check it
:D

Teddy said that? Excellent :) Those are new for me; except for Mr. Franklin's...and his goes nicely with
'...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...' - FDR
On a cheerier note ;)
'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' - Martin Luther King Jr.

Well, that Jefferson quote gave *me* more hope when I first read it on the Internets...
I think some of the US Founding Fathers were prescient :)
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
- James Madison

Hey, I was gonna 'friend' you :) Thanks, crowe.

Tag! You're it!

What is that photo about? Is that the one you use on manhunter.com ?!

Caughtcha!
You a friend of Jason's?

Hi Bud... How was your three day weekend?