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Amy and Brady's Baby Guessing Game

Thanks for stopping by! My official due date is: April 29, 2010.

Landon was 9 lbs. 3 oz, 19.5 inches. and EIGHT DAYS over his due date.

If you guess any bigger or overdue than that, we can't be friends.

Just kidding.
Sort of.

 






 
 
Entered Sort by EnteredPerson Sort by PersonEmail Sort by EmailBirth Time Sort by Birth TimeLength Sort by LengthWeight Sort by WeightComments/ Congratulations Sort by Comments/ Congratulations
2009-12-02 19:48:52Vanessa 20:1718.7507.875
7 lbs 14oz		You're going to have a little GIRL!!!!
2009-12-02 20:09:20Jacob 21:0019.0008.500
8 lbs 8oz		A boy, that is unless its a girl (its hard to guess on things that have already happened)
2009-12-02 20:23:24Brady 22:0020.5007.500
7 lbs 8oz		I hope that maybe this child will look like me.
2009-12-02 20:26:14Alicealicebcare
y@???.com		11:0020.5009.625
9 lbs 10oz		I think you're going to have another boy :)
2009-12-02 21:55:27Emilie 17:3420.2508.063
8 lbs 1oz		A boy
2009-12-03 19:01:43Emilyemilycake8
4@???.com		12:3519.0007.500
7 lbs 8oz		I think it's a girl! (Then we can have girl baby buddies!)
2009-12-05 09:00:39Linzi 14:3120.0008.313
8 lbs 5oz		dude, its def a boy, and all future babies will be boys, its ur fate.
2009-12-10 19:41:38Staceysnsanchez8
4@???.com		13:5119.0008.313
8 lbs 5oz		I am hoping for a girl for ya. But ya never know....
2009-12-12 03:03:39Sara 00:0045.00028.000
28 lbs		The thing is, this is all true.
2009-12-17 00:20:46Linzi's Friend 15:3020.5009.375
9 lbs 6oz		 
2010-01-18 13:31:48Megan  10:0618.0008.000
8 lbs		 
2010-01-19 13:02:00Adrianetweety78@?
??.net		06:1219.0008.250
8 lbs 4oz		Good Luck!
2010-01-20 19:45:41Judy 06:0020.5007.625
7 lbs 10oz		What does the winner get?
2010-01-22 22:22:31leslie mleslieamos
s@???.com		09:0519.5008.800
8 lbs 13oz		Good luck with baby 2!
2010-01-25 15:16:25Mom 15:3020.0007.875
7 lbs 14oz		Does this seem more reasonable?
2010-02-17 15:10:56Brittney Foy 04:0020.0008.875
8 lbs 14oz		 
2010-04-01 10:20:30Janellejanellepev
ans@???.co
m		09:0120.5008.875
8 lbs 14oz		Full moon on the 28th.
2010-04-22 22:47:37ACTUAL RESULTS 09:2019.0007.313
7 lbs 5oz		 

Statistics:

Guesses:    17
 
 
Average Length:    19.69 in
 
Average Weight:        8.34 lbs
 
   







Scores (low score wins):

Emily
1
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.39
Length: 0
Weight: 0.187
Total: 0.577
Data
Birth Time: 12:35
Length: 19.000
Weight: 7.500
Adriane
2
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.376
Length: 0
Weight: 0.937
Total: 1.313
Data
Birth Time: 06:12
Length: 19.000
Weight: 8.250
Stacey
3
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.542
Length: 0
Weight: 1
Total: 1.542
Data
Birth Time: 13:51
Length: 19.000
Weight: 8.313
Megan
4
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.092
Length: 1
Weight: 0.687
Total: 1.779
Data
Birth Time: 10:06
Length: 18.000
Weight: 8.000
leslie m
5
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.03
Length: 0.5
Weight: 1.487
Total: 2.017
Data
Birth Time: 09:05
Length: 19.500
Weight: 8.800
Vanessa
6
 
Points
Birth Time: 1.314
Length: 0.25
Weight: 0.562
Total: 2.126
Data
Birth Time: 20:17
Length: 18.750
Weight: 7.875
Judy
7
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.4
Length: 1.5
Weight: 0.312
Total: 2.212
Data
Birth Time: 06:00
Length: 20.500
Weight: 7.625
Mom
8
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.74
Length: 1
Weight: 0.562
Total: 2.302
Data
Birth Time: 15:30
Length: 20.000
Weight: 7.875
Jacob
9
 
Points
Birth Time: 1.4
Length: 0
Weight: 1.187
Total: 2.587
Data
Birth Time: 21:00
Length: 19.000
Weight: 8.500
Linzi
10
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.622
Length: 1
Weight: 1
Total: 2.622
Data
Birth Time: 14:31
Length: 20.000
Weight: 8.313
Emilie
11
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.988
Length: 1.25
Weight: 0.75
Total: 2.988
Data
Birth Time: 17:34
Length: 20.250
Weight: 8.063
Janelle
12
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.038
Length: 1.5
Weight: 1.562
Total: 3.1
Data
Birth Time: 09:01
Length: 20.500
Weight: 8.875
Brittney Foy
13
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.64
Length: 1
Weight: 1.562
Total: 3.202
Data
Birth Time: 04:00
Length: 20.000
Weight: 8.875
Brady
14
 
Points
Birth Time: 1.52
Length: 1.5
Weight: 0.187
Total: 3.207
Data
Birth Time: 22:00
Length: 20.500
Weight: 7.500
Alice
15
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.2
Length: 1.5
Weight: 2.312
Total: 4.012
Data
Birth Time: 11:00
Length: 20.500
Weight: 9.625
Linzi's Friend
16
 
Points
Birth Time: 0.74
Length: 1.5
Weight: 2.062
Total: 4.302
Data
Birth Time: 15:30
Length: 20.500
Weight: 9.375
Sara
17
 
Points
Birth Time: 1.12
Length: 26
Weight: 20.687
Total: 47.807
Data
Birth Time: 00:00
Length: 45.000
Weight: 28.000
 
 

Scoring Explanation:

A pool entry/guess entails up to 9 components. The pool administrator chooses which components to include (in dark text below). An exact match results in a zero (0)—a perfect score—for that component. The overall score is the total points of all the active components.

Points are determined as follows:

Birth Date
1 point for each day of the week before or after actual (for instance, off by two weeks means 14 points).

Birth Time
A value ranging roughly between 0 - 1½ points for time of day (for instance, plus or minus 4 hours is approximately a half point).

Gender
1 point if guess is wrong.

Length
1 point for every inch (or 0.3937 points per cm) greater or less than actual (technically, if the actual is 20 inches and the guess is of 19.999, then 1/1000 of a point is added, for example).

Weight
1 point for every lb (or 2.2 points per kg) greater or less than actual (technically, if the actual is 7 lbs and the guess is of 7.001, then 1/1000 of a point is added, for example).

Hair
1 point if guess is wrong.

Eyes
1 point if guess is wrong.

First Name & Middle Name
On average, one will gain 2 to 4 points for an incorrect guess.

The characters of a name are analyzed for similarity. Character parity, order, and count determine how close the guess is to the actual; phonetic distance is also taken into account. For example, if the actual name is "Bart", then:

"Barry" scores better than "Bartholomew" (count: Bart [4], Barry [5], Bartholomew [11]).
"Brad" scores better than "Jill" (parity: Brad contains the 'a' & 'r', but Jill contains neither).
"Marli" scores better than "Keira" (order: both contain the 'a' & 'r' of Bart, but in Keira it occurs in the wrong order).

If the actual name is "Stu", then:
"Stew" scores better than "Stan" (phonetic: pronunciation usage of 'u' more closely related to 'ew' than 'an').

Case matters ('A' is not equal to 'a')!

There's also significant penalty points for a guess that looks like a non-guess: "?" or "???", for instance.

Note: When the administrator of the baby pool enters the Actual Results, some, but not all components may be filled in. Actual Results components of numeric type which are left blank will default to zero (0). Blank multiple choice components will display blank and 1 point is applied equally to all participants for that component. If the Actual Results are removed and re-entered (for the sake of corrections/additions), scores will be recalculated. If a pool component is deselected by the pool administrator, any data entered while it was active will be ignored by the total score calculation.