| | Baby Lottery v. 1.9
The Kim and I have created a bit of a game for our family and friends to pass the time between now and when "shireling #2" arrives (due date is April 11th). You get to guess the birth stats and earn points for each category guessed closest to Baby Shire's actual birth stats. The person with the highest cumulative points will win a trans-regional gift card basket! There will be gift cards from national department stores, restaurants, online shopping, etc... If anyone wishes to donate gift cards to sweeten the pot, that is perfectly acceptable. Just let us know. This game also has a bonus round where you get to guess what our child's name will be. Listed below are the categories and their assigned point value. After that, I explain the tie breaker rules. Good luck!
Birth date (5 points):
Exact time of birth e.g. 5:43pm (12 points):
Gender (3 points):
Weight in lbs. & oz. (10 points):
Length in inches (7 points):
BONUS ROUND
You get three guesses for each gender. Even if you are predicting the baby's gender to be male, you can still guess female names too. THREE names per gender. For each guess that matches our child's first or middle names, you will receive 10 points! Choose wisely. This could be the deciding factor in your victory. It certainly was a factor last time around.
[EDIT: Can't figure why this part is so confusing (it was last time too), so I'll give an example of what I mean regarding "3 names per gender"....
Male Names: Bubba, Bart, Brody
Female Names: Betty, Eunice, Narlita
Hope that helps. :]
In the event of a tie within a category, the points for that category will be awarded to all parties who guessed alike. Thus, if 90 of you guess the gender correctly, then you all get those five points added to your score. If a tie occurs with the total cumulative points, the champion will be determined by the winner of the following categories in numerical order.
1)Weight
2)Birth date
3)Length
In the event a tie still occurs, a coin toss officiated by Marie Whittaker will be used to determine the winner.
Entries may be posted in this blog as comments, or emailed to babyshirelottery@yahoo.com with "Baby Lottery Game" as the subject/title. All entries must be received circa the passing of the vernal equinox (or March 21, 2009 for those of you who require a specific date). If for some reason the baby arrives before then, you're out of luck. Should have gotten in the game sooner. Good luck to all of you!
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