You should be able to edit predictions

[JohnSmith]

If a band does better than expected at their first contest, you should be able to modify your predictions for their next one. 

[Samuel Culper]

Or maybe you don't submit predictions until the week of the contest.

[J-Mike16]

I understand both sides of this, however!.... at the end of the day, you do have that choice to not put in a prediction until right before the competition.

[FormerWildcat]

1 hour ago, Samuel Culper said:

Or maybe you don't submit predictions until the week of the contest.

The Sound of Springtown Marching Showcase (taking place this weekend) doesn't even have a schedule posted yet.

[LeanderMomma]

5 hours ago, JohnSmith said:

If a band does better than expected at their first contest, you should be able to modify your predictions for their next one. 

You definitely should hold off making predictions until the week of a competition. 😊

[Clarinot]

I am certainly always open to changing how the prediction game works, as we have done in the past. For the record though, the reason it's setup in this way is intentional to force someone to make their own independent predictions before seeing others: that's why you can't view lists until you've made your own. Over the last couple of years we have tried to be better to not even add contests until we're a few weeks out (primarily because the bands attending really doesn't get locked in until pretty close in) which would allow someone to use scores from earlier on in the season to make good predictions. Additionally, if you've made predictions and the school lineup changes in any way (schools adding or withdrawing from the contest) you can edit your prediction list, even if you didn't have any of the impacted schools in your original list.