I agree that it's too easy to miss a match, especially with 2 matches per day - that definitely rejuvenated the contest, but hurt the Oracle IMO. But it's not a very easy problem to solve. Giving average points means that about half the people are worse off for making a prediction than not, which seems unfair. I was never able to think of a good way to handle it that made sense and was fair, other than trying to get people to make their predictions in advance.
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I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience