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The Bill of Rickies

The Rickies

The Rickies is a game Connected hosts play before Apple Keynotes and the beginning of a new year, trying to predict future events. It is made up of three rounds; each host makes two regular picks, followed by a “risky” pick.

There are two types of Rickies: Annual Rickies and Keynote Rickies.

  • The winner of the Annual Rickies is named the Annual Chairman. This position is awarded every January.
  • The Keynote Rickies winner is named the Keynote Chairman. This position is held until the next keynote.

After The Rickies, the hosts then play a game called “The Flexies.” These two games have separate but related rules. Please stand for the reading of the rules.

  1. Correct regular picks are awarded with one point.

  2. The language used for regular picks must be finalized and agreed upon during recording.

  3. No partial points may be awarded.

  4. Correct risky picks are worth two points.

  5. Wrong ones will cause a point to be deducted from that host’s total.

  6. Picks must have been approved as “risky” by the two other hosts before the start of the game.

  7. Picks made for Keynote Rickies cannot be reused by the host who made them for the next keynote.

  8. For the Annual Rickies, hosts are forbidden from choosing any pick they made during the previous calendar year.

  9. Additionally, picks may not be used in back-to-back Annual Rickies by the same host.

  10. All hosts are allowed to reuse picks made by others.

  11. Scoring is completed during recording, and cannot be modified once an episode is complete.

  12. In the event of a tie, Dice by PCalc must be used in “Relay FM Mode” to pick a winner.

  13. In the case of a three-way tie, hosts all make their calls at the same time, with flipping continuing until a winner is named.

  14. Jason Snell has a lifetime ban on flipping any coins in relation to the Rickies; coin “flips” by Jason on other podcasts are allowed, but are frowned upon and subject to public shaming.

  15. For Keynote Rickies the scoring window starts when the live stream begins and closes when the picks are scored.

  16. Any information used in scoring must be publicly verifiable at the time of recording.

  17. The order of picks is set by previous performance.

  18. The winner of the previous associated game goes first.

  19. The previous Loser goes last.

  20. Winners will be recognized during the Closing Ceremonies.

Past rules can be seen at Rickies.net and Rickies.co. These sites also have pages about how to manage your own scorekeeping at home.

The Flexies

The Flexies is a game held after each edition of The Rickies. It consists of a series of additional picks in relation to the upcoming Apple event or year.

Scoring is completed separately from the main game, but like the Rickies, the order of picks is set by the results of the previous game, and ties will be broken by using Dice by PCalc.

Please lie down as the rules are read.

  1. Hosts must make a minimum of five Flexy picks.

  2. Each correct pick is awarded with one point.

  3. Wrong picks do not remove any points.

  4. No partial points may be awarded.

  5. The winner is determined by comparing the percentage of correct Flexies made by each host.

  6. The winner can use their chosen title as long as they are the winner:

    • Federico shall be named “Prince Flexie”, and is known as “King Flexie” when having won both the Keynote and Annual games.
    • Myke has chosen “Duke of Flexington”, and uses the name “Archduke Flexington” when applicable.
    • Stephen is the “Attorney General Flexie”, and uses the title “Secretary of Deflex” when necessary.
  7. Loser of the Flexies must compensate the winner of the Flexies by donating to a charity of the winner’s choice.

  8. The amount of the donation is $25 per wrong Flexie made by the loser.

  9. The money must be donated on-air.

  10. If someone holds all four titles, they are allowed to choose their own moniker.