Maybe we could include some kind of 'best 10 out of 12' or something similar so that if a person misses a week, they won't drop out of the comp all together.
It just seems a lot of people forgot to post their prediction on time one month, and then just decided to stop playing since they were completely out of the running. I'd be great if we could work out some way to encourage people to continue even if they miss a deadline.
Another option would be to give all non-predictors the same points (the lowest points after all the predictors have been awarded their points). For example in the last month of the last comp, everone who did not guess, gets 53 points for both gold and silver, so 106 for the month.
Of course i would have preferred the to drop my first months points. =D A rather average 65........ :O
Well done Hiho, when will you reveal your secret technique?