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So, what do you guys think the next decade is going to be about? The themes we'll see emerge in the news, the technologies that will emerge, or even specific events that are going to happen? We'll make it into a game - pick a year month, even a day for prediction to come true by. If it occurs you get a point. If it doesn't occur we'll just cross it off the list. Winner is the person with the most points in 2020 (hahaha).
The rules are pretty simple. You can predict anything you want, as long as there's some chance it may or may not happen. You can't predict something stupid "Christmas will come on December 25, 2011" or "the sun will rise on Jan 1, 2015." Stupid predictions will be evaluated by me and your peers. I'll try to be pretty lenient, I want you guys to have fun but I don't want to fill the main post with garbage and point spam.
2012 predictions and any other end of the world predictions are fine. Are you having trouble thinking of something to predict? Elections, olympic outcomes, moive and game releases, winners of various awards, etc. The format for a prediction is "Prediction text" (Username in Month/Year of prediction).
I will be 31 by the time this forum game is over (!). I don't know if I'll be on the forums that long, or if the forums will even be around that long. If it looks like I will be in a position where I can no longer update this topic, I'll pass it on to someone else.
In the beginning I will diligently be adding predictions to the main post, but as the volume increases there will probably be delays or I may miss your prediction. If your prediction does not get added it probably got lost in the background chatter or I forgot about it. PM it to me and it will definitely get added. Submitting a set of predictions rather then 1 at a time also makes it easier to add them all.
Finally general relatively ontopic chatter, political and religious discussion, arguments, etc are welcome and encouraged since it will keep this thread bumped. Ontopic specifically meaning related to the current discussion in the thread, not necessarily the main post. So what's offtopic and ontopic will evolve as people post and go off on random tangents. If your debate starts to drag on for a few pages consider making a new topic in off-topic or the drama forums, picking out predictions from 4 pages of arguments isn't easy.
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Blockland Predicts...
2010 (hurry up and make your predictions guys)
- First US representative elected who claims to be a registered member of the Tea Party. (Wedge in Sep. 2010)
- Democrats do not lose the Senate in the midterm elections. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- Obama's approval polls fall below 25% on or before December 31, 2010. (Dodger in Sep. 2010)
- Halo Reach will become the highest selling game of 2010. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- After Igor hits Bermuda, 2 more hurricanes impact the island. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- Fallout New Vegas will be massively well received by the critics. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
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2010 will come before 2011. (Kalphiter in Sept. 2010) Failed because 2011 BC came before 2010 BC.
- Protests start after Obama gave 6 billion dollars in military technology to Saudi Arabia for protection from the Taliban. (Crysist in Sep. 2010)
2011 (here's a good solid place to put a prediction)
- US economy recovers - this is a tricky one so we'll call it at the end of 2011. (Wedge in Sep. 2010)
- Duke Nukem Forever delayed again. (Wedge in Sep. 2010)
- Android phones beat both the iPhone and Blackberries. (Wedge in Sep. 2010)
- US lifts trade embargo with Cuba. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- 83rd Academy Awards - Best Visual Effects goes to Inception. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- The next-gen gaming consoles are announced (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo). (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- Iran develops nuclear weapons and suggests testing them (mid Summer). (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- This thread is locked/dies off. (Joekirk in Sep. 2010)
- Terrorist attack rocks the nation. Thousands die, and the country remembers the day as we remember 9/11. (Oasis in Sep. 2010)
- By Dec 31, 2011: Windows will come out with two new operating systems. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- There will be a new Play Station (PS4). (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- Nike releases self-lacing shoe, footwear revolutionized for years to come.
- Yeti corpse discovered in Himalayas. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- Steve Carell returns to The Office. (Moybus in Sep. 2010)
- World Pop is around 7.5 billion. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- Portal 2 will spawn at least 5 memes in 2011. (Marcem in Sept. 2010)
- World population 8 billion. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Ozzy Osbourne dies. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Chuck Berry dies. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Deus Ex Human Revolution is delayed. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Jimmy Carter dies. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Apple releases a phone with a physical keyboard. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Saudi Arabia attacks Israel. (Crysist in Sep. 2010)
2012
- Linux based tablet (Chrome/Android included) beats the iPad. (Wedge in Sep. 2010)
- Lou Dobbs does not run for President. (Wedge in Sep. 2010)
- In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Germany will win gold in men's dressage. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- In November 2012 Barrack Obama is re-elected. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- Vladimir Putin will be elected President of Russia (again). (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- Micheal Steel becomes the Republican representative for the presidential elections. (Dodger in Sep. 2010)
- Obama will run for president again and lose. (Cyanian in Sep. 2010)
- A flash of white and the world will dissappear. (shafin25 in Sep. 2010) - Addendum: Unfortunately if this occurs there will be no update and we will not know who won.
- The first 3d POP-Station is released. It's a smash hit with billions sold worldwide. (Marcem in Sep. 2010)
- Iran tests nuke successfully. (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- Clint Eastwood dies. (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- Apple announces second gaming console to be released in 2014. (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- Iran threatens US in the fall season. (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- Prez. Obama gets denied a second term. (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- By Dec 31, 2012: All phones will be 4G. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- Blockland will have over 40,000 players. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- The nextgen Nintendo Wii will come out. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- All traces of stray oil extracted from Gulf of Mexico. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- Barack Obama re-elected as President of United States. (Man 2, in Sep. 2010)
- Conservatives/libertarians take control of the government. (Archon in Sep. 2010)
- The world will not end. (MrMulch in Sep. 2010)
- Google purchases Facebook in July. (Cheemo in Sep. 2010)
- I become skinny. (Hugums in Sept. 2010) Addendum: You must post a picture of yourself in 2012.
- Hugums remains fat. (Moybus in Sept. 2010) See above.
- 2012 didn't happen." (TheBlackParrot in Sept. 2010) Author's note: if the year 2012 comes this automatically fails.
- Pop-tarts are now also sweetened with Splenda sometime in 2012. (TheBlackParrot in Sept. 2010)
- Japanese air-powered car released to public around the world. (Man 2 in Sept. 2010)
- Dreamworks Pictures forced out of business. (Man 2 in Sept. 2010)
- Mass Self Deletes due to ridiculous claims of world ending. A town in Georgia completely depopulated due to the claims. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Obama barely wins second term. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Sarah Palin is seriously considered but is denied the Republican nomination for president. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Glenn Beck attempts and fails to get the Republican nomination for president. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Twitter, Facebook, and Google will have either bought each other out or merged into one distinct company. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
2013
- There will be a federal election in Germany in October and at this election the CDU/CSU and FDP coalition will fail and there will be a red-red-green coalition formed. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- US invades Iran in late Winter/early Spring (or vice versa). (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- Morgan Freeman dies. (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- Next-gen gaming consoles are released (Holiday season). (Illidan in Sep. 2010)
- A new Xbox comes out. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- Price of oil dramatically rises as reserves begin to be depleted, large push for alternative energy is mounted. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
2014
- Half-Life Episode 3 cancelled. (Wedge in Sep. 2010)
- DJI average rises to above its current record high. (General Nick in Sep. 2010) - Record closing average is 14,164.53, set on Tuesday, October 9, 2007.
- President Barack Obama assassinated during press conference in Seattle. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- Planets are discovered beyond Pluto sometime in 2014. (TheBlackParrot in Sept. 2010)
- Apple announces a real gaming computer. It fails miserably. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Steve Jobs steps down as CEO of Apple. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Capitalism will have found a way to change the internet from a free exchange of ideas to a commodity, dramatically changing how we use the internet. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- NASA completes new space shuttle. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Woody Allen dies. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
2015
- The blockland forums and blockland itself will die out. (Cyanian in Sep. 2010) - Measuring this will be hard, if the forums are dead there will be no one to post the update.
- The Pope of the Catholic Church dies. (Oasis in Sep. 2010)
- 1/4 of Americans will be driving electric cars. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- Average Price of a 20 OZ Coca Cola in a vending machine ($1.25) climbs to ($2.25). (Dodger in Sep. 2010)
- Myspace dies sometime this year. (TheBlackParrot in Sept. 2010)
- By 2015 I will lose my virginity. (Hiiro3293 in Sept. 2010) Addendum: We will require a notarized signature from your partner as evidence.
- Africa, India, and much of Asia is hit by massive famines and droughts. Much of the population of these regions are forced to move elsewhere, or die. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Moon colonization is planned. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Fiber optic edges out cable. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
2016
- Global catastrophe results from man's arrogance of his own atmosphere. The Green Revolution is taken to the next step. (Oasis in Sep. 2010)
- Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson becomes first man to set foot on Mars. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- The United States, in response to all-time high crime rates, becomes a totalitarian state, controlling all media and mass monitoring under the unsuspecting eye of the citizens. Rebellion groups will form, but they will be dismissed as insane. :o (*Magick* Mage in Sep. 2010)
- Linux may become fierce competition for Apple and Microsoft OSes sometime in the winter. (TheBlackParrot in Sept. 2010)
- Civilian colonies established in Antarctica in temperature-controlled domes. (Man 2 in Sept. 2010)
- Roughly 25% of all cars in North America are air-powered. (Man 2 in Sept. 2010)
- Dictator rises to power in Portugal. (Man 2 in Sept. 2010)
- EU reported that Europe's official population is 2 billion. This does not include the many immigrants from all over the world. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Obama's second term ends and Hillary Clinton wins election by a landslide. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- The U.S. is no longer the obvious world superpower. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- Food and water become major commodities in the world market. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
2017
- Valve Corporation has finally succumbed to the wrath of a publishing company, either EA or Activision, and has been bought out and liquidated. (General Nick in Sep. 2010)
- Liquid water discovered on Mars, blueprints for permanent colony presented to NASA. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- Due to large amounts of bridge collapses, the first crCIA the new president (assuming Obama is re-elected) faces is allotting money to upgrade the nation's crumbling infrastructure. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
2018
- World War III will start. (Cyanian in Sep. 2010)
- Holograms exist. (shafin25 in Sep. 2010)
- Facebook dies sometime this year. (TheBlackParrot in Sept. 2010)
- Smoking dies out in United States, President takes opportunity to place ban on smoking. (Man 2 in Sept. 2010)
- China's population reaches 3 billion. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Most major nations create laws to restrict the number of children a couple may have. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
2019
- Major global conflict forces the UN to take major action. (Oasis in Sep. 2010)
- Stem Cell Research reaches a break through cure to Parkinson's and many types of Cancer. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
2020 (good luck)
- Prince Charles will not have become king of England at any point during the decade. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- By Dec 31. 2020, Cuba will still be a communist country. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
- The Cubs will win the world series. (Dnitro in Sep. 2010)
- Mars colonized by humans, interplanetary trade route formed. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- David Cameron reappointed Prime Minister of United Kingdom, forms Global Peace Coalition (GPC) with all of Earth's leaders. Global peace ensues for years to come. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- Families from all walks of life immigrate to aforementioned colony on Mars, overpopulation at an end for now. (Man 2 in Sep. 2010)
- The UN will decide to build a mineral mining/research base on the moon. (Dodger in Sep, 2010)
- Air-powered car percentage reaches 80% North America and Europe. (Man 2 in Sept. 2010)
- World population reaches 13 billion. Minor wars for resources ensue. (Lordy Lord in Sep. 2010)
- Widespread use of nanotechnology merging with the human body. (Sirrus in Sep. 2010)
- NASA makes a permanent base on the moon. (Snackbar in Sep. 2010)
