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Tanya and Damian's Baby Pool

Welcome to our baby pool. We thought this would be a fun way to record everyone's predictions.
For your information the Doctor's have determined the due date to be March 19th, 2013.
We look forward to your participation!

tanyapiche Pool Photo
 

 
 
 
Entered Sort by EnteredPerson Sort by PersonEmail Sort by EmailBirth Date Sort by Birth DateBirth Time Sort by Birth TimeGender Sort by GenderLength Sort by LengthWeight Sort by WeightHair Sort by HairComments/ Congratulations Sort by Comments/ Congratulations
2012-10-24 15:11:26Toad 2013-03-1317:23Girl18.5006.625
6 lbs 10oz
BrownCongratulations...can't wait until March 2013!!!
2012-10-24 18:38:35Nanaps1944@???
.com
2013-03-1509:32Girl21.0006.500
6 lbs 8oz
BlackCongratulations ... Have a Happy Healthy baby xoxo
2012-10-27 10:23:05Ryland 2013-03-1603:00Girl19.8307.875
7 lbs 14oz
BlondWhy not a strawberry blond like Mr.C?
I can't wait!
Excited!
Excited!
: )
2012-11-04 12:33:22Anonymous 2013-03-1305:00Girl18.0008.125
8 lbs 2oz
RedCongrats!
2013-02-07 07:53:54Jenjentro1@??
?.com
2013-03-0808:18Girl21.0007.750
7 lbs 12oz
BrownBest wishes for a safe delivery :)
2012-10-25 03:59:35Jack  2013-03-1108:30Boy18.5007.125
7 lbs 2oz
Brown 
2012-10-25 08:28:35Stephaniestephy.69@
???.com
2013-03-1707:00Boy19.0007.313
7 lbs 5oz
BlackCongrats again!!
Can't wait to know the gender :)
2012-10-25 12:58:17Daphnedchiu77@??
?.com
2013-03-1716:23Boy22.0007.750
7 lbs 12oz
BrownCongratulations! We can schedule playdates when your little one arrives :) Can't wait
2012-10-26 13:13:15Kathykathypiche
@???.com
2013-03-1409:00Boy20.0007.500
7 lbs 8oz
BrownI am sure the baby is going to be awfully cute, so even if some of my other predictions are off I won't be wrong on this one! Congratulations to you guys it is exciting.
2012-10-27 15:22:55MakaylaMakaylawat
son2001@??
?.ca
2013-03-0712:47Boy21.6008.188
8 lbs 3oz
BrownCongrats ! Ill have to remind to tell Ryland that i called it when HE's born
2012-10-28 07:04:54Auntie Tamtamaracuba
ynes@???.c
a
2013-03-2003:00Boy19.0007.563
7 lbs 9oz
BlondLook out world here comes another Piche!!! Lots of Love to all of you - including the bump!!! xoxoxoxo
2012-10-29 07:17:50Terri  2013-03-0907:00Boy18.5007.438
7 lbs 7oz
Brown 
2012-11-01 10:56:20Veroniqueveronique_
r10@???.co
m
2013-03-1019:00Boy20.0007.000
7 lbs
BrownCongrats!!! Can't wait to see what he or she looks like!
2013-02-07 07:36:32Lorne McDonaldljmcdonald
8@???.com
2013-03-0902:37Boy17.0006.438
6 lbs 7oz
RedCongrats!
2013-02-07 09:21:20Melanie Walalcemeldrewis@
???.com
2013-03-0307:44Boy20.0007.625
7 lbs 10oz
Red 




Your Name
Email (Optional)
(Will be partially masked for privacy / anti-spam reasons;
however, Tanya and Damian will have access
to your full email address. If you include your email, you can receive
messages such as a birth announcement or other information related to this pool.)
Birth Date
Use format yyyy-mm-dd (e.g. 2005-12-31)
  NOTE: It's not uncommon to mis-type the year part of
the date - please double check the year you enter.
 
Birth Time
24-hour format (e.g. 20:00 for 8pm)              
ampm
Gender
Length inches
(e.g. 20, 21.5, 22.33)
 
Weight lbs
(e.g. 6, 7.5, 8.33)
lbs oz
 
Hair
Comments/Congratulations

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Statistics:

Gender:   
10 Boy (67%)
5 Girl (33%)
  15 Total
 
Average Length:    19.6 in
 
Average Weight:        7.39 lbs
 
Hair:   
0 Bald (0%)
2 Black (13%)
2 Blond (13%)
8 Brown (53%)
3 Red (20%)
 
   
 
 

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 – 3 points for time of day (approximately 0.12 points per hour difference. For instance, plus or minus 4 hours is approximately a half point; birth date is not part of the calculation, so clock time is relative and not calculated across the midnight boundary).

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.