2017 predictions analysis

As the year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on my predictions for 2017 and laugh at how utterly wrong I was. Back in January I made 10 predictions of things I thought would happen this year plus the big one: how many rooms will be open on 31 December 2017. Let’s … Continue reading 2017 predictions analysis

Update: 2017 predictions

Oh, we’re halfway there… so for a bit of fun I thought I’d have a quick look at how the 2017 forecast is faring. Back in January I made 10 predictions of things I thought would happen this year plus the big one: how many rooms will be open on 31 December 2017. Let’s see how … Continue reading Update: 2017 predictions

Looking ahead to 2017: predictions for the year

This site ran prediction features over the last three years, albeit penned (so to speak) by a different author, with varying levels of success. Time for this new author to put a stake in the ground so that in a year’s time we can look back and laugh at his naivety. It’s always hard to predict … Continue reading Looking ahead to 2017: predictions for the year

Looking back on 2016: predictions for the year

In early January of 2016, this site posted an article predicting what would happen in 2016. It didn’t attempt to predict the results of the referendum or the US presidential election but it did talk about puzzling and escape rooms. Since then, Chris, who ran the site at the time has moved on to exexitgames.co.uk but that … Continue reading Looking back on 2016: predictions for the year

Looking ahead to 2016: predictions for the year

This site has ran predictions features over the second half of 2014 and over the whole of 2015, assessing the accuracy of the predictions each time so that the world can have a giggle at just how wrong the guesses were in the first place. Let’s have another go for 2016, more because it’s fun … Continue reading Looking ahead to 2016: predictions for the year

Reviewing this site’s predictions for 2015

At the start of 2015, this site made a number of predictions as to what might happen over the course of of the year. The accountability department declares it time to go back, review those predictions and have a good laugh. Expect counterpart predictions for 2016 early in the new year. There is a 5% … Continue reading Reviewing this site’s predictions for 2015

DASH 7 predictions reviewed

The accountability department decrees that when there is a DASH 7 predictions post, there should be a prediction review post. The “rehashing old content for a relatively quick post” department agrees. So, how did the predictions do? The graphic above may well set the tone. The predictions are numbered; the inset dots review their accuracy. … Continue reading DASH 7 predictions reviewed

DASH 7 predictions

Professor Trelawney has been divining again and this is what she has come up with regarding DASH 7 in London (and 15 cities across the US!) this Saturday: As the event gets closer, weather forecasts theoretically become more accurate. The BBC’s current prediction is for a dry day sandwiched between two showery ones, Metcheck’s latest … Continue reading DASH 7 predictions

Looking ahead to 2015: predictions for the year

This site ran a predictions feature over the second half of 2014 then assessed the accuracy of its predictions. More strictly, the piece was a series of probability estimates, which is not quite the same thing. This year, to make things more explicit, this site will split its estimates into challenges, which represent interesting predictions … Continue reading Looking ahead to 2015: predictions for the year

Reviewing this site’s predictions for the second half of 2014

Around half-way through the year, this site made a number of predictions as to what might happen in the second half of the year. It’s time to go back and review those predictions. Expect counterpart predictions for 2015 early in the new year. There is practically a 0% chance that the whole exit game industry … Continue reading Reviewing this site’s predictions for the second half of 2014