First, read this thread to understand what a prediction market is:

fuckfrance.com . . .

Then visit:

www.fuckfrance.com . . .

Remember that a mod will need to approve each new event before it goes live.

Also note that this is alpha-level code, so please report any bugs or suggestions. It may be necessary to reset the standings if we discover a significant bug or abuse, etc.

Otherwise, have fun!

p.s. The deadline time is based on the server's time, which is US Central Time which (I believe) corresponds to GMT -6. A future update will let you use your own timezone.

I predict this site will crash before Summer.

I predict that Wily will die of heart disease.

Is this going to improve cache file ?

I think I should post this in the prediction market

I predict that Wily will die of heart disease.

Waana bet on that one Gaul?

I predict Clitz will finally grow hair on his nuts!

I predict a riot

In France

I predict that Wily will die of heart disease.

Amen, brother. Fuck that fat bastard with a dagger in the heart.

So far, there are two crappy entries:

Prediction entry by WilyB:

I predict this site will crash before Summer. 20K

This is too vague. You'd need to define crash (eg., unplanned server outage that lasts at least six hours, not a network outage). And even if it wasn't vague, it still fails the interesting event test.

Prediction entry by USA_uber_alles:

I predict this is the first prediction game ever submitted to mods approval

May 18, 2007, 6:00pm FF time

Well, Wily's entry beat yours, but neither were approved, so your prediction has already failed before it got out of the gate.

Lame, lame! Neither of these were approved.

Let's try for some quality for the inaugural launch! First person to come up with a good prediction that is approved will be absolutely famous!

Try picking a good sports game that will happen soon and will interest people. Or something political that is bound to happen. Remember that if no one takes the opposing side(s), the winners won't get any karma. So the event has to be somewhat controversial to work.

Also, you need to define the pro/con conditions rigorously if it's not immediately clear.

I predict frenchlover of cocks will be banned within a week

OK, I created a couple of events: Israel vs Iran, and the Tour de France. Buy your contracts now: www.fuckfrance.com . . .

I just threw 20 down for the US to win the tour de France.

Try picking a good sports game that will happen soon and will interest people.

like competitive suBurBQ? I predict that in this late spring/summer session, Strassburg will crush Paris.

Four years ago when I stressed that mejicoons and beaners should be kicked out of the US, everyone made fun of my face.

When I posted that self-defence extends to the right to use lethal force when a home is trespassed, eveyone said I was wrong. But now it's a Law in Texas.

Next prediction? I must work on it!

Your Captain predict that Madame Ngo will
kick her son out of the house before summer.

I feel for the poor lady, it took us 35 years
to get rid of our sons!

Now, after a few short years, they all have
a wife, a job, a house and three cars in the parking.

MADAME!!!! Stop cooking with cheese!!!
youtube.com . . .
www.metafilter.com . . .

Stop cooking with cheese!
December 17, 2006 7:23 AM
Here in Canada, the dairy farmers' association had been promoting
the buying of cheese and cooking with cheese, running a series
of reverse-psychology TV commercials.
www.cossette.com . . .

The most memorable part from the commercials, the crotchety
granny screaming "Can't get your kids to leave home?
Stop cooking with cheese!", had already gone viral,
as evidenced by these two fan-videos on youtube.
youtube.com . . .
But, alas, it looks like the Screaming Cheese Lady's days are
numbered. Canada's dairy farmers have halted their
"Stop cooking with cheese" advertising campaign
www.theglobeandmail.com . . .
after a wave of complaints about their latest TV ad.
posted by Quiplash (78 comments total)

www.cossette.com . . .

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Shon, I just put down 5 K on JLS's Boeing prediction and all my fucking karma dissappeared. WTF! Karma disappearance is not a rare occurence anymore. Fix it!

blitz, he said in the referenced link that it would cost all your karma. Is that for creating a prediction, or buying into one?

Buying, but I only put down 5 ks.

I have a couple of questions:

- Can we add and view comments on those predictions threads?
Where do the predictions details appear?
Can we see who predicted what?

- About the deadline, if the prediction deadline matches with the event's date (787 rollout or Tour de France final stage) it will be possible to bet when the outcome is almost certain?

Damn, is it Uncle_Meat dealing with the calculations?

I had 41 K to bet, I used only one, and then it tells me I used fourty and that I have minus-one left!!! ROFL

41 - 1 = -1

Damn metric system!

Illustration

I posted a market for today's FA Cup final - the English equivalent of the Superbowl. Presumably, SimpleFrench has fallen asleep. If he doesn't OK it soon the game will be over.

It took 30 of my karma for starting a new prediction.

This prediction thing is a rip off

The way I see it, this speculative karma market is going to kill all creativity on FF. Why bust your ass making photoshops when you can get easy karma over a bet, or when people won't have any ks left to rate you for a funny post?